SC closes habeas corpus plea against Jaggi's foundation

The Supreme Court on Friday closed the proceedings in a habeas corpus petition filed by a man who had alleged that his two daughters were held captive on the premises of spiritual leader Jaggi......

Jallikattu ban: Protests intensify in Tamil Nadu, 149 held

Determined in their efforts to conduct 'Jallikattu', people in Madurai on Saturdy mounted pressure on the Central and state governments by launching agitations against the ban on the bull taming......

SC overturns bail for 8 PFI members, cites national security

The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside a verdict of the Madras high court which had granted bail to eight alleged Popular Front of India members and office bearers, saying national security is......

Separatist ideology 'dead' in J-K, people reaise it as futile: Sajad Lone

The ideology of separatism is "dead" in Jammu and Kashmir as people realised it is futile, separatist-turned-mainstream politician Sajad Lone said. IMAGE: Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference......

Slump hits real estate lawyers hard

The heady days of the real estate boom are over for most lawyers who made quite a packet dealing with clients on the lookout for purchasing land, with most of them having to deal with petty cases......

Chennai group looks to sue TCS for 'lay-offs'

Says more than 120 who lost jobs have approached it; TCS says workforce optimisation leads to some involuntary attrition, nothing out of ordinary A Chennai-based group called Young Tamil Nadu......

Disaster risks grow, as India's cities flounder

Poor land-use planning, indiscriminate approvals of building plans and the absence of disaster-risk assessment in urban design have resulted in what experts term concentrated concretization,......

Reservation rocks India's boat

The scenes from the streets of Bombay (Mumbai), Delhi, and other big Indian cities have shocked India. As medical students and young doctors peacefully protested a government initiative to reserve......

Ashwin: Evolutionary, cerebral and never a one-trick pony

If one has to analyse Ashwin the cricketer, it is very difficult to ignore Ashwin, the person, who had a very independent mind and a brain that probably ticked 24x7. He believed in de-construction......

BCCI state units set to fully comply with Lodha reforms

There is good news on the anvil for the Indian Cricket Board's affiliated state units as their apex council composition is likely to be increased to 19 members, compared to the nine-member team of......

Will BCCI's Ganguly, Shah get an extension?

IMAGE: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly with secretary Jay Shah. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would hear after two weeks the applications which have......

Three members to represent BCCI at ICC meeting, says Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stated that the three-member panel of Vikram Limaye, Amitabh Choudhary and Anirudh Chowdhury 'enjoy the same status' and will represent the Board of Control for......

Srinivasan apologises to Supreme Court, says won't preside over March 2 AGM

Former Board of Control for Cricket in India president Narayanswami Srinivasan tendered unconditional apology to the Supreme court for presiding over the Board's working committee meeting in......