Jail officials issued notice over gangster’s ill health

November 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Monday sought Delhi government and Delhi Police's response to the plea of a former assistant commissioner of police who has challenged his conviction for gunning down two businessman in Connaught Place in March 1997, after mistaking them to be gangsters. The notices were issued by a bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice A.K.

November 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Tuesday sought the response of the husband of Bollywood actress Karishma Kapoor in a case against him for not vacating a rented property here after expiry of the lease. Justice Manmohan issued notice to Sona Kayo Steering Systems, owned by Sanjay Kapur, Karishma's husband, and asked for the reply by Nov 25.

November 3rd, 2009 China sentences notorious gang 'godmother'BEIJING — Dubbed the "godmother" of the Chinese underworld, she was notorious for her toughness and a lavish lifestyle that reportedly included luxury villas and a stable of 16 young lovers. Her criminal reign ended Tuesday when Xie Caiping, 46, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for running illegal casinos and bribing government officials.

November 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court issued a notice to the police here Tuesday over the petition filed by underworld don Babloo Srivastava, challenging the charges framed against him under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act(MCOCA). Justice V.K.

October 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission said Wednesday it has issued notice to Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi for violating the moral code of conduct in Kerala's Kannur district after an assembly bypoll was announced. "The commission has issued a notice for violation of (moral code of conduct) to Vayalar Ravi for making announcement of financial grant of Rs.500,000 for betterment of sports facilities at Nirmalagiri College, Kuthuparamba, during his visit to Kannur Oct 16 and also for making a promise of recruiting hundreds of youths to the Union of European Nations at the press meet at Kannur on Oct 16." The commission has asked Vayalar Ravi to reply in 48 hours.

October 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to Delhi University (DU) and St. Stephens college for giving a zero mark to a student in her internal assessment.

October 22nd, 2009 NY officials rescind mandatory H1N1 flu shot orderALBANY, N.Y. — New York state health officials have suspended a ruling that would have forced health care workers across the state to get vaccinated against the swine flu by the end of November or risk losing their jobs, saying in a decision issued Thursday that they did so because the vaccine is in short supply.

October 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Thursday issued notice to Delhi Police on the interim bail plea of Vikas Yadav - serving life imprisonment for killing Nitish Katara - as he wants to attend the wedding of his sister Bharti. A division bench headed by Justice Anil Kumar issued notice to Delhi Police and the Tihar Jail authorities asking for details about the number of days Vikas Yadav will have spent in jail by Oct 20.

October 14th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The Orissa High court Wednesday issued notices to several key officials of the central government and the Andhra Pradesh and Orissa governments on a controversial mega irrigation project in Andhra Pradesh. "The petition was filed by Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader and former Orissa legislator Laxman Munda.

October 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Thursday issued notice to Delhi University and Swami Shraddhanand College for not giving migration certificate to a student. Justice Geeta Mittal issued notice to the DU and the Swami Shraddhanand College for Oct 20 to explain why the college was not giving migration certificate to Neelam Chopra for Kirorimal College.

September 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A city court Wednesday issued notice to Delhi Police and Tihar Jail authorities over arrested Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy's plea, requesting that he be taken to a specialised hospital for cancer treatment. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanjay Bansal asked the police and prison authorities to respond to the plea by Thursday.

September 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court on Friday issued a fresh notice to Niramla Convent Higher Secondary School in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh on a Muslim student's right to sport a beard. Earlier, Nirmala Convent Higher Secondary School a government-aided minority Institution terminated Mohd Salim a class 10th student from the school for sporting beard.

September 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The state government Thursday told the Delhi High Court that a show cause notice has been issued against a private school for hiking the students' fees citing increase in salary of teachers as per the Sixth Pay Commission but not passing the benefits to the teachers. The notice was issued to Ganga International School after a petition was filed by a group of school teachers.

September 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the chairperson of the city water authority Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit and other executive officers to explain why a locality in east Delhi had not been getting water supply for the past 87 days. The court was hearing a public interest petition filed by advocate Surendra Sharma, a resident of Mohalla Ganga Ram in Shahdara.

September 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to the Gujarat government seeking its response to a lawsuit by ousted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh challenging the ban on his book "Jinnah: India - Partition - Independence" in the state. A bench of Justice Altmas Kabir and Justice Cyriac Joseph while issuing the notice to the Gujarat government decided to hear Singh's lawsuit Sep 8.