Friday, August 17, 2012

Ex-teacher gets 5-year prison term for student sex

Ex-teacher gets 5-year prison term for student sex

Ex-teacher gets 5-year prison term for student sex

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 05:47 PM PDT

A former North Texas high school teacher was convicted Friday and sentenced to five years in prison for having sex with five 18-year-old students at her home.

‘Not just bad deals, staff too bleeding AI’

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 05:30 PM PDT

Air India's bleeding fortunes are not just the result of ill-timed aircraft purchases. The company is being wrung dry by employees against whom a few hundred cases of corruption have emerged in the past three years.

CBI files 1st chargesheet in QBR scam

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 05:27 PM PDT

More than one- and-a-half years after the CBI started investigations into the 2010 Commonwealth Games scam, the agency on Friday filed chargesheet in the first case related to the queen's baton relay (QBR) against London-based businessman Ashish Patel and his two companies — A M Films and A M Car and Van Hire — and key Organizing Committee (OC) officials T S Darbari, Sanjay Mohindroo and M Jeychandran.

‘Singh owes an answer to nation’

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 05:12 PM PDT

The CPM on Friday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying that he owed an explanation to the nation for the manner in which coal blocks were handed to private parties when the coal ministry was under his charge, causing an estimated loss of Rs 1.86 lakh crore to the exchequer.

Coalgate shatters Congress’s ‘PM-is-clean’ defence against corruption

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 05:04 PM PDT

CAG's view that coal block allocations caused windfall profits to private parties is expected to put corruption back on the political agenda.

PM morally responsible, must quit: BJP

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 05:01 PM PDT

Terming Coalgate the biggest scam in the UPA regime, opposition BJP held Prime Minister Manmohan Singh "morally, politically and personally" responsible for the Rs 1.86 lakh crore loss estimated by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in coal block allocation and called for his resignation.

Rai: From faceless babu to anti-graft watchdog

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 04:58 PM PDT

Until a few years ago, he was one among the many faceless bureaucrats in the government. But since taking charge as the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in 2008, he has put the once staid organization at the centre of the crusade against corruption and financial wrongdoing.

Sachan threatened to expose CMOs’ killers in letter: CBI

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 04:56 PM PDT

The findings of the multi-crore NRHM scam in Uttar Pradesh are getting murkier. Deputy chief medical officer (CMO) Y S Sachan, who was found dead in a Lucknow prison under mysterious circumstances in 2011, had allegedly threatened to expose the people behind the murders of two CMOs — B P Singh and V K Arya — through a letter written 10 days before he died.

Government: Bill won’t cloud freedom of judiciary

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 04:51 PM PDT

Responding to Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia's caution against tinkering with judicial independence, the Centre on Friday said the Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill would help reinforce faith of the people in the judiciary rather than compromising its independence.

Katju: No need of contempt case against Mamata

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 04:46 PM PDT

Press Council of India chairman Markandey Katju, who recently slammed Mamata Banerjee for the arrest of a farmer asking her a question, has disapproved initiation of contempt proceedings against the West Bengal chief minister for her remarks against judiciary.

All political parties together in graft, says Team Anna

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 04:36 PM PDT

Team Anna on Friday said all political parties were hand-in-glove in corruption and CAG reports on Coalgate, power and Dial only reiterated their point.

MPs across party lines seek temporary ban on social media

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 04:31 PM PDT

Technology appeared to be the prime villain of the piece with MPs cutting across party lines demanded banning of social media like Facebook, Twitter and You Tube, which were blamed for spreading rumours and causing unrest.

‘Social media users lack sophistication’

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 04:29 PM PDT

Pictures, SMSs, videos and threats of violence — and the special trains to Guwahati were full. This week saw an exodus of people from northeast living in Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad and other cities following threats of violence for alleged atrocities against Bangladeshi migrants in the eastern Indian state.

Shinde vows tough action against guilty

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 04:26 PM PDT

Home minister Sushilkumar Shinde hailed the unity displayed with Lok Sabha speaking in "one voice" in support for the people from the northeast and promised tough action against mischief makers who had instigated rumours and fabricated video clips to fuel violence.

India objects to OIC calling J&K a country

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 04:25 PM PDT

An Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) communiqué referring to Jammu & Kashmir as a country drew a sharp reaction from India which described it as wrong and unacceptable. Despite opposition from India, OIC continues to refer to the state as occupied territory or a separate country.

220 more Pak Hindus cross border

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 04:16 PM PDT

A fresh batch of 220 Pakistani Hindu pilgrims arrived in India via Attari border near Amritsar on Friday with many insisting that they live happily in their country.

Cabinet will take call on SEZ inclusion in land law

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 04:15 PM PDT

The Union Cabinet will determine if consent of landowners and higher compensation will apply to acquisition of land for special economic zones (SEZs). The rural development ministry has ignored the objections of the commerce ministry that SEZs be kept out of the purview of the Land Acquisition Act.

MoEF OKs 80 road plans in a day

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 04:08 PM PDT

There has been an added push in the clearance of key infrastructure projects since the return of P Chidambaram in the finance minister's saddle. Sources in the government said that the ministry of forest and environment (MoEF) has cleared about 80 files relating to road projects—which were awaiting nod for long—in a day.

Geetika suicide case: Gopal Goyal Kanda arrested

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 03:50 PM PDT

Prime accused in Geetika suicide case ex-Haryana minister Gopal Kanda has been arrested outside Ashok Vihar police station in New Delhi.

‘Haryana faces problem of illegal migrants also’

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 03:39 PM PDT

At a time when protests over the influx of illegal Bangladeshi migrants has become a cause for concern for the Centre and even to states other than Assam, the Supreme Court on Friday said it would surprise many on learning that the same has become a problem in Haryana in the last two years.

SC: Our legal system makes life easy for criminals

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 03:32 PM PDT

Our legal system has made life too easy for criminals and too difficult for law abiding citizens, the Supreme Court said on Friday, referring to the "dilatory tactics" of the L N Mishra murder case accused in dragging its trial for the last 37 years.

SC: Can’t spare Samaritans from being witnesses, enough laws to protect

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 03:10 PM PDT

People who save lives of hit-and-run victims by rushing them to hospitals cannot be given immunity from appearing in court as witnesses, SC said on Friday.

Nationwide ban on bulk SMSs, MMSs for 15 days

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 03:05 PM PDT

With MPs cutting across party lines pitching for a foolproof mechanism to check spread of rumours that led to exodus of people from the northeast in certain states, the government on Friday banned bulk SMSs and MMSs for 15 days across the country.

211 people died in six months during clinical trials in India

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 03:05 PM PDT

211 people died between January and June during clinical trials. Probe is on to ascertain how many deaths were caused by drugs administered to trial subjects.

House stands united with NE people

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 02:27 PM PDT

Parliament rallied solidly behind people from the northeast who are fleeing cities like Pune, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad in the face of threats of violence, assuring that the nation stood with them and demanded stern action against those spreading rumours.
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