High court pulls up MCD for using parks for weddings

September 18th, 2009 In hundreds of cities, parking space become parksLOS ANGELES — Activists across the nation are planning to occupy curbside parking spaces and transform them into mini parks with sod, potted plants and lawn chairs to draw attention to the lack of public space in big cities. They expect to create hundreds of instant parks Friday as part of a 4-year-old movement called Park(ing) Day.

July 26th, 2009 Iraq pulls Basra gas field from bidding roundBAGHDAD — Iraq has removed a small gas field in Basra from a list of 11 oil and gas fields being offered for development in its second round of postwar bidding. A top Iraqi official overseeing oil and gas licenses said Sunday that Iraq's state-run South Oil Co.

July 1st, 2009 Feds could seize Calif. parks if closed by budgetSACRAMENTO, Calif.

June 15th, 2009 Susan Boyle pulls out of singing engagementLONDON — Susan Boyle pulled out of a singing engagement with the "Britain's Got Talent" live tour. A spokesman for Boyle told Britain's Press Association the 48-year-old singer was advised to rest on Sunday.

May 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A three-year-old boy has left people zapped after learning to become a professional master of ceremonies at weddings in China.ittle Dong Zixu, in Baoji, Shaanxi province, has already overseen five marriages in the city. The youngster picked pointers on managing weddings from his father, an expert master of ceremonies having more than 10 years of experience in the line, reports the China Daily.

May 13th, 2009 Senate backs allowing guns in national parksWASHINGTON — The Senate has approved a measure that would allow people to carry loaded guns in national parks and wildlife refuges. Republican Sen.

May 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - For Ramesh Kumar, a resident of north Delhi, Thursday was no ordinary day - not only because he got married but also because he took out time to go and vote. 'We have voted.

April 25th, 2009 PANAJI - The Election Commission's decision to ban liquor from Catholic weddings in Goa held on the notified dry days during the Lok Sabha polls has forced a rights group to approach the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) for relief. The All Goa Catholic Minority Forum (AGCMF) has claimed that the poll panel's decision went against the customs and traditions followed at Catholic weddings, where use of wine is an integral part of the ceremony.

April 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Some weddings in Madhya Pradesh are going for a toss, thanks to the elections. Government servants are putting off the weddings of their children as they have to report for poll duty and cannot go on leave.

March 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Patil Wednesday appointed five chief justices of high courts across the country. 'The president is pleased to appoint Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad of the Patna High Court as the chief justice of the Allahabad High Court with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office,' said a statement by the ministry of law and justice here.

March 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Monday asked the police to file a detailed report on the steps taken to trace nearly 2,000 children reportedly missing in the city. Media reports said that between June 2008 and January 2009, 2,210 children - an average of 17 everyday - were reportedly missing in the city.

February 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Monday expressed concern over trial courts in the capital terming witnesses hostile whenever minor differences are found in their statements, saying it was a disturbing feature of the criminal justice system. A division bench of Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Aruna Suresh said trial courts should refrain from this.

January 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court has pulled up the Delhi government for its callous attitude towards the increasing deaths on the capital's roads due to 'killer' blueline buses. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Sanjeev Khanna last week pulled up the government for dilly-dallying on implementation of strict rules and regulations for blueline buses, responsible for several road deaths.

December 22nd, 2008 NEW DELHI - Couples facing matrimonial disputes and fighting over a child's custody should not be insensitive to the trauma the young one would be feeling, the Delhi High Court has said. 'Parents often remain unmindful of the psychological, mental and physical trauma it has on kids,' Justice Kailash Gambhir observed last week while hearing a case about a child's custody.

December 22nd, 2008 NEW DELHI - The panel organising the Commonwealth Games here in 2010 has invited the ire of the Delhi High Court for not providing information about the progress in preparation under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. 'The Commonwealth Games are round the corner and people have the right to know how you are organising it,' Justice G.S.