Chennai, March 13 (IANS) Thirty-one candidates, 24 of them independents, are in the fray for the bypoll to the Pennagaram assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu slated for March 27.
According to the Election Commission, out of the 33 validly nominated candidates, two withdrew their candidature Saturday, the last day for doing so, leaving 31 to fight it out. (Continue reading)
Panchkula (Haryana), March 13 (IANS) The government Saturday said that alternate dispute redressal mechanisms like Lok Adalats should be strengthened to prevent the piling up of cases in courts.
"Strengthening our judicial system not only ensures fair, swift and affordable justice but it is also the catalyst for development. Serious efforts should be initiated to reinforce our Lok Adalats that come under alternate dispute redressal system," said Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. (Continue reading)
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) The Delhi Judicial Service (DJS) Association Saturday asked the Delhi High Court intervene and take action against lawyers who went on strike earlier this week.
Lawyers of all the district courts had abstained from work March 11 protesting against corruption in the judiciary. (Continue reading)
Chandigarh, March 13 (IANS) Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal Saturday sought day-to-day hearing of the over 25-year-old 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases.
Badal, who is also the president of Punjab's ruling Akali Dal, sought the intervention of the Supreme Court to order day-to-day trial of the anti-Sikh carnage to expedite the justice delivery system. (Continue reading)
Chennai, March 13 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Saturday visited Satyamurthy Bhavan, the party's state headquarters here.
Gandhi, who came here to participate in the inaugural function of the new assembly complex, stepped into the party headquarters enroute to the function venue. (Continue reading)
Kolkata, March 13 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Saturday said his government would work towards ensuring equal rights for the socially and economically backward sections - including Muslims - in the state.
"We can only progress if we can provide equal rights to the economically and socially backward sections of our society. We have to provide facilities so that the poor and minority communities can also come forward and get proper education," Bhattacherjee said while addressing a programme in Nadia district, more than 100 km north of Kolkata. (Continue reading)
Mewat (Haryana), March 13 (IANS) Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia fired a blistering seven under 65 at the Classic Golf Resort to win the Solaris Chemtech Open Golf Championship 2010 with a 13-under 275 and end his two-year title drought here Saturday.
The Kolkata golfer, who finished one-stroke ahead of round three leader R. Murthy, saved the best for the last as he delivered a near-perfect performance in round four to clinch his 12th professional title and second win on the Aircel-PGTI. The 31-year-old won his last title at the Indian Masters in February 2008. (Continue reading)
Mumbai, March 13 (IANS) Scoreboard of the Indian Premier League match between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royal here Saturday:
Mumbai Indians: (Continue reading)
By Jaipal Sharma Bangalore, March 13 (ANI): The second edition of the Bangalore International Automotive Expo (BIAE) 2010, which commenced here this week, is proving to be major draw for thousands of automobile lovers here. (Continue reading)
Mumbai, March 13 (IANS) He wasn't nominated for the Oscars this time, but Academy Award winner Resul Pookutty struck a deal for his second major international film after "Slumdog Millionnaire" and met one of his idols, Quentin Tarantino, while he was in the US to attended the awards ceremony.