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Murder accused Himachal MLA takes oath
SHIMLA (TIP): Congress legislator Ram Kumar Chaudhary, who has been booked in the Jyoti murder case and lodged in the Ambala jail, took oath as an MLA here today. Speaker Brij Bihari Lal Butail administered […]
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Pakistan’s Crisis Could End In A Military Coup
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Experts are not ruling out the possibility of a military takeover in Pakistan after the country’s top court ordered the arrest of the PM. Antigovernment protesters continue with their sit-in outside parliament. An […]
Europe
Lanka President Sacks First Woman Top Judge Over Graft
COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Jan 13 sacked the country’s first woman chief justice Shirani Bandarnayake after ratifying her impeachment by parliament which held her guilty of corruption, notwithstanding widespread protests by […]
Europe
Rajapaksa Names His Man As Sri Lanka’s New Chief Justice
COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Jan 15 appointed his cabinet’s legal adviser as the country’s new chief justice to succeed Shirani Bandaranayake, whose impeachment created much furore both inside and outside the […]
India
Delhi Gang Rape Accused Says Police Tortured Him
NEW DELHI (TIP): One of the five men charged with the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman said police tortured him in custody and he and at least three of his co-defendants say […]
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AS I See It:Restricting Guns: Now It Is Between Lawmakers And National Rifle Association
Adam Lanza, clad in ‘black battle fatigues and a military vest’ picked up the deadliest arms as if to wage a battle against his enemies and thus become a ‘martyr’ to the memory of his […]
Business & Economics
Delhi gangrape: NYPD and London might offer some solutions
Indian laws against rape are amongst some of the toughest in the world. Owing to regular interpretation of Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the victim’s word is now considered substantive proof to […]
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DELHI GANG RAPE: Protests outside Rashtrapati Bhavan
NEW DELHI (TIP): A large number of women activists and students today marched towards Rashtrapati Bhavan to protest against the gang rape of a young girl in a moving bus and demand stringent action against […]
United States
Oak Creek, WI Investigation Report Released
UNITED SIKHS wants the attack to be labeled a hate crime NEW YORK (TIP): Teresa Carlson, special agent in charge of the FBI‘s Milwaukee office, announced on Tuesday, Nov 20. 2012 that the agency has […]
India
PM, Judiciary be Brought Under Lokpal: Hegde
NEW DELHI (TIP): There is nothing wrong in bringing the Prime Minister under the jurisdiction of Lokpal as like others he is also a public servant, former Supreme Court judge and erstwhile Karnataka Lokayukta N […]
Europe
Egypt Mass Protests Challenge Islamist President Mohammed Morsi
CAIRO (TIP): The same chants used against Hosni Mubarak were turned against his successor on Tuesday as more than 200,000 people packed Egypt‘s Tahrir Square in the biggest challenge yet to Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. […]
Europe
Pakistan All Set to go to Polls in May
LAHORE (TIP): Pakistan’s next general election will be held in May, information minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said on Tuesday, offering for the first time a specific timeframe for the polls. “The general election will be […]
India
Law Minister to Review Judge Gag Clause in Judicial Bill
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a departure from the rigid stand taken by his predecessor, Union law minister Ashwani Kumar has sought to review the controversial clause in the Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill that prohibits […]
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As I see it:Judgment call
By Kalyan Mitra It can hardly be disputed that judicial activism is now a central feature of every system that vests adjudicatory power, like Mr. Justice PN Bhagwati pointed out, in a free and independent […]
United States
US House seeks hate crime data against Sikh Americans
WASHINGTON D.C. (TIP): As many as 81 members of the US House of Representatives have introduced a resolution supporting a call to the Justice Department to begin collecting comprehensive data on hate crimes committed against […]
United States
Senate Sub Committee to hold a Hearing on Hate Crimes
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): In the wake of the tragic, hate motivated shootings in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, a United States Senate Subcommittee announced September 12that it will hold a hearing on threats posed by extremist […]