Air India, Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines on Monday cancelled their flights to the UK and other parts of Europe in the wake of huge clouds of volcanic ash emanating from Iceland. Air India and Jet would, however, operate their flights to the US and Canada by taking a diversion, sources in these airlines said. Read the rest of this entry »
Shashi Tharoor was asked to resign as the Congress did not want to face an embarrassment in Parliament trying to defend a weak case. Moreover, the Congress core group felt that the govt had nothing to do with the IPL. Read the rest of this entry »
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the verdict in the Jessica Lall murder case. Prime accused Manu Sharma had challenged his conviction and life sentence awarded by the Delhi High Court.
The apex court also upheld the conviction of two other accused in the case Vikas Yadav and Amarjeet Singh Gill for destruction of evidence. Read the rest of this entry »
Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi was questioned for as long as eight hours over the financial dealings and share holding patterns of the cricketing body as Income Tax officials left his Worli-based office early on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
Under fire for his alleged involvement in the Kochi franchise of the Indian Premier League (IPL), minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor will give a statement on the issue in the Lok Sabha on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
The countdown to WWF’s Earth Hour has well and truly begun, with a record 120 countries and territories taking part in what is set to be the greatest climate change event ever. Over 1,700 cities and towns across the globe will switch off lights at 8.30pm this Saturday – 27 March 2010 – to call for action on climate change. Read the rest of this entry »
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Against the backdrop of the Supreme Court favouring amendments in the RTI Act to provide insulation from disclosure of information pertaining to appointment of judges and decisions of the collegium, Law Minister M Veerappa Moily today indicated changes in the Act.
He however, clarified that the proposed changes were “independent” of the Delhi High Court judgement in this regard and the matter would be looked into by the Department of Personnel and Training which deals with the implementation of the Act.
In a landmark verdict against the Supreme Court, the Delhi High Court on January 12 held that the office of the Chief Justice of India comes within the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, saying judicial independence is not a judge’s privilege but a responsibility cast upon him.
“There is some proposal being contemplated. It is in comparision to other judiciaries in the world.
Britain has suspended student visa applications from northern India, Bangladesh and Nepal after an alarming jump in number of applicants, even as the authorities fear that unscrplulous agents are preparing to push thousands into bogus colleges in the UK.
The UK Border Agency today said in the last three months of last year, there were 13,500 applications from north India alone, compared with 1,800 in the same period of 2008.
British officials said the system has been overwhelmed and there are concerns that many cases are not genuine.
Unscrupulous offers of visas as a way of settling in the UK are not uncommon.
While extra checks take place, visa applications have been temporarily suspended - a decision which will be reviewed at the end of February