Supreme Court says can't ban IPL, asks BCCI for report on spot-fixing
Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday May 21, 2013
The top court said spot fixing incidents had taken place due to BCCI's lackadaisical approach in reining in the erring players.
IPL spot-fixing: What the Supreme Court said
NDTV.com | Tuesday May 21, 2013
The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking a stay on the remaining four matches of the Indian Premier League, plagued by the spot-fixing scandal, but has asked India's cricket board to ensure that "cricket should remain a gentleman's game."
Jayalalithaa renews demand for retrieval of Kachatheevu islet from Sri Lanka
Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 21, 2013
Voicing concern over attacks on Indian fishermen, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today asked the Centre to take urgent steps for retrieval of Katchatheevu islet, ceded to Sri Lanka in 1974, besides redrawing the International Maritime Boundary Line.
Spot-fixing: Supreme Court says can't ban IPL, directs BCCI to take strict action
Edited by Surabhi Malik | Tuesday May 21, 2013
The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking a stay on the remaining four matches of the Indian Premier League, plagued by the spot-fixing scandal, but has asked India's cricket board to ensure that "cricket should remain a gentleman's game."
Former RJD MP Pappu Yadav released from jail
Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday May 21, 2013
Four days after the court acquitted former RJD MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav on charges of killing CPI-M leader Ajit Sarkar, he was formally released from jail here Tuesday, police officials said.
Supreme Court agrees to hear plea seeking stay on all remaining IPL matches
Edited by Surabhi Malik | Tuesday May 21, 2013
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear at 2 pm today a petition seeking a stay on all remaining IPL matches in the wake of the massive spot-fixing scandal that has hit the tournament.
Consensual sex with intention to marry is not rape: Supreme Court
Written by A Vaidyanathan | Tuesday May 21, 2013
The Supreme Court on Monday said that if a man has consensual sex with a woman with the intention to marry her, then it cannot be termed as rape, even though the marriage does not take place.
No timely action by West Bengal government in Saradha case: Sebi
Sreenivasan Jain | Tuesday May 21, 2013
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) chief UK Sinha today told NDTV that despite the regulator informing the West Bengal government, no timely action was taken against chit-fund companies like Saradha that allegedly cheated thousands of inve...
COAI wants cancellation of Tata Teleservices' 19 GSM licences
Press Trust of India | Monday May 20, 2013
COAI is of the view that that the 19 licences awarded to Tata Teleservices (TTSL) on January 2008 stand cancelled as per the Supreme Court's February 2012 order.
COAI to seek cancellation of 19 Tata Tele GSM licences
Sunday May 19, 2013
The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) is planning to approach the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in the "next few days" asking it to cancel 19 licences awarded to Tata Teleservices (TTSL) over 5 years ago.
Road rage on Sanjay Dutt's way to court?
Mid-Day.com | Saturday May 18, 2013
As mayhem ensued in front of Sanjay Dutt's Bandra residence, it was a test of patience for everyone present there.
Sanjay Dutt reads religious books, wants to be moved from 'anda' cell
Press Trust of India | Friday May 17, 2013
Actor Sanjay Dutt, sent to the Arthur Road Central jail here, spent a restless night reading spiritual books, while his lawyer today requested the TADA court to shift him from the high-security egg-shaped cell where he felt suffocated.
Sanjay Dutt will have a new beginning post jail term: Mahesh Bhatt
Indo-Asian News Service | Friday May 17, 2013
Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, who stood by Sanjay Dutt during his trying times, is confident the actor will make a fresh start after completing his jail term.
Australian gets 45 years for Indian student's murder
Agence France-Presse | Friday May 17, 2013
An Australian man who raped and strangled his neighbour Indian student and threw her body into a canal in a suitcase was jailed today for 45 years for the "horrifying" murder.
We will give CBI functional autonomy: Finance Minister P Chidambaram to NDTV
Rahul Joglekar | Friday May 17, 2013
Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said that the expert panel formed by the government will work towards giving CBI functional autonomy, but at the same time warned that accountability is important.
