The Supreme Court Thursday did not hear the petition seeking a direction to the government to take steps for the recovery of black money stashed away in foreign banks in tax havens. The case was listed for hearing by the apex court bench of Justices B. Sudarshan Reddy and S.S. Mijjar. It was adjourned as [...]
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Court adjourns hearing on black money case
February 3rd, 2011 |
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Monty Python cow tossing, Cooler Master solar case, Apple denies new in-app purchase rules
February 2nd, 2011 |
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One of my favorite scenes in Monty Python and the Holy Grail is where they start attacking the French castle with a catapult loaded with cows. An iPhone app is coming soon that will let you fling cows all you want called Monty Python Cow Tossing and it should land in the next few weeks. [...]
Chidambaram says didn’t mislead Sushma Swaraj on Thomas
February 2nd, 2011 |
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Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday denied allegations by opposition leader Sushma Swaraj that he “misled” the committee that selected P.J. Thomas as central vigilance commissioner (CVC) last year. “I take exception to the statement by Swaraj that I ‘misled the selection committee’ and told the committee that Thomas had been ‘acquitted’,” Chidambaram said in a [...]
Evidence in Medicus case thrown out
February 2nd, 2011 |
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An EULEX judge in the proceedings against the Medicus clinic decided to throw out some of the evidence presented during the opening debate. The clinic in Priština is illegal organ transplants allegedly took place.
CBI quizzes Raja in 2G spectrum case
February 2nd, 2011 |
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DMK leader and former communications minister A. Raja was Wednesday questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the the 2G spectrum scam for the second time this week. Raja, who reached the CBI headquarters here Wednesday morning for further questioning, had also been quizzed Dec 24 and 25, 2010. Raja had [...]
Court pulls up government in Amar Singh tapping case
February 2nd, 2011 |
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The Supreme Court Wednesday pulled up the central government and other contenders in the Amar Singh wire tapping case for filing a “very casual and vague” affidavit and asked them to file a fresh one. The apex court bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi and A.K. Ganguly said casual and vague affidavits have been filed by [...]
STI off 1.3%; 3,090 worst case consolidation – DBS Vickers
January 31st, 2011 |
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The STI is down 1.3% at 3188.45, in line with regional markets’ weakness as worries over the unrest in Egypt cap demand for equities. Volume is light at 863 million shares worth $1.01 billion, with over four decliners per gainer on the broad market.
DBS Vickers says it expects investors “to shy off stocks this week on news of the worsening unrest in Egypt over the weekend, equity markets’ negative reaction to that unrest and this being a holiday-shortened week.”
“Hague made mistake in Kosovo case”
January 26th, 2011 |
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CoE Rapporteur Dick Marty says the Hague Tribunal made a mistake when it destroyed evidence connected to the Kosovo organ trafficking. The evidence came from the town of Rripe near Burrel, in Albania.
US reviewing immunity for Kamal Nath in 1984 Sikh riots case
January 25th, 2011 |
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The United States is still reviewing whether Indian Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath, who has been summoned by a New York court for his alleged role in the1984 anti-Sikh riots, can be given diplomatic immunity. “The immunity question remains under review here at the State Department, and we have not made any determination at this [...]
Android Copyright Case Debate Rages Over Java Files
January 22nd, 2011 |
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An intellectual-property expert says Google may have used copyrighted code owned by Oracle in as many as 43 files in Android 2.2 and Android 2.3 smartphones. Bloggers disagree. – Google may
have used copyrighted code owned by Oracle in as many as 43 files for the
latest versions of its Android operating system, said an intellectual-property
specialist.
However,
tech-savvy bloggers who have studied the issue dispute his claims.
Oracle sued Google Aug. 12 for infringing …
Face value: John Quelch: Teaching case studies in China
January 20th, 2011 |
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The Western dean of a business school in Shanghai
AS HE left Rupert Murdoch’s office at the Sun newspaper clutching a fat cheque, John Quelch realised he was interested in business. He was a history student at Oxford and had not previously given the subject much thought. But in 1972 he stepped in to help Cherwell, the student rag, after cocky editors (for such people can occasionally be found at that university) had driven it, in his view, into the river after which it was named.
The young Mr Quelch displayed a certain chutzpah, too. He turned up at Mr Murdoch’s office with a rudimentary business plan “which wouldn’t have passed muster with any accountant”, and walked out with a sizeable sum. Cherwell’s editors were duly dispatched. One, Peter Stothard, went on to edit the Times. The other, Howard Davies, became chairman of Britain’s Financial Services Authority. Mr Quelch took over at Cherwell. …
Anti-Corruption Agency in case against deputy PM
January 18th, 2011 |
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The Serbian Anti-Corruption Agency filed a request on Tuesday for initiating infringement proceedings against Deputy Prime Minister Božidar Äelić. This came after Äelić failed to transfer management rights over his company within the set deadlines.
Serbian couple continue U.S. custody battle
January 18th, 2011 |
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There have been no new moments in the case of a Serbian family fighting to be reunited with their children in the United States. This is according to Serbian Ambassador in Washington Vladimir Petrović, who commented on the case after Belgrade’s Blic newspaper ran a story that the prosecution in California determined that the parents, Verica and Vuk Nastić, did not sexually abuse their children, aged 8 and 5.
Data Breaches at Arizona Medical Center Makes Case for Zero Trust Security
January 14th, 2011 |
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Its no longer enough to protect the network from just external hackers because there are plenty of insiders who have too much access to data, according to a security expert. – Two recent incidents at a hospital and a radiology lab
highlight the importance of securing medical data from both internal and
external threats.
Three employees and a contracted nurse at Tucsons
University Medical Center were fired for accessing confidential patient
records, according to the …
Kalmadi aide Darbari gets bail in CWG scam case
January 14th, 2011 |
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The Delhi High Court Friday granted bail to former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee official T.S. Darbari, who was arrested for alleged involvement in the Queen’s Baton Relay scam. Darbari, a former aide of organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi, was arrested Nov 15 by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
GSLO Volt Solar Charger, Apple was most popular device maker in December, Case-mate gear for Verizon iPhone
January 13th, 2011 |
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GSLO has announced that it has secured the rights to exclusively sell a new charging case in the US. The case is the Volt Solar Charger and has an internal battery and a solar panel on the back for charging on the go. Millennial Media has offered up the numbers for the mobile market based [...]
Defense statements in Frenchman murder case
January 13th, 2011 |
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The trial for the murder of French football fan Brice Taton continues with closing arguments of the defense lawyers.
They believe that not a single piece of evidence was presented during the trial that would show that any of the accused threw the victim down the stairs.
Turkish organ case decision criticized
January 13th, 2011 |
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Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović says the Turskish decision to release Yusuf Sonmez was a bad message to all those who had committed crimes. Sonmez is a surgeon suspected of involvement in illegal human organ trafficking in Kosovo.
Closing arguments in Taton case
January 11th, 2011 |
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A Belgrade court will today and tomorrow hear the closing arguments in the trial of 14 FC Partizan supporters charged with killing a French fan. The group has been charged with brutally beating Brice Taton in Belgrade in September 2009, which led to his death in the hospital 12 days later.
CVC Thomas to face trial in palm oil corruption case
January 11th, 2011 |
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The trial of Chief Vigilance Commissioner P.J. Thomas in the palm oil import corruption case will continue, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The decks were cleared after the Supreme Court said former Kerala chief minister K. Karunakaran’s appeal against the trial in the case was infructuous following his death. Thomas was Kerala civil supplies secretary [...]