Japanese boss ordered to publicly apologise after accusing woman of stealing his pants

August 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A subway passenger in China blamed another man for theft on the basis of his looks. When Zhou couldn't find his mobile phone, he caught Chen, and took him to police station in Shaoguan, Guangdong province, claiming he was the thief.

July 23rd, 2009 LONDON - The fat-busting pants, which are supposed to literally melt away cellulite just by being worn, disappeared from market shelves in no time when they came out in May in the U.K. And now, they are back on sale.

July 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Reacting to former president APJ Abdul Kalam's statement that he has not received any communication from Continental Airlines, the US-based airline today said that they want to apologise personally to him. "Since he is not in Delhi, we are waiting for him to return so that we can apologise personally to Dr.

July 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday said Congress president Sonia Gandhi should apologise for Uttar Pradesh party chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi's derogatory remarks against Chief Minister Mayawati. Merely the Uttar Pradesh Congress chief's apology will not do.

July 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former railways minister Lalu Prasad Tuesday urged his successor Mamata Banerjee to prepare a report on his tenure within seven days and added that he was prepared to apologise to the nation if any irregularities were found. "Within seven days, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) officials, railway officials and planning commission officials should be called and a report should be published on my tenure, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad said in the Lok Sabha during a discussion on the railway budget.

June 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party Friday asked Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad and Lok Janashakti Party (LJP) president Ram Vilas Paswan to apologise to the "secular forces" for breaking a "secular coalition" before the Lok Sabha polls. Laluji and Paswanji should apologise to the secular forces for breaking a secular coalition just before the Lok Sabha elections, Congress spokesperson Shakeel Ahmad told reporters.

June 12th, 2009 TORONTO - A Canadian parliamentarian has urged the prime minister to apologise to the Indian Canadian community for the 1914 Komagata Maru episode that saw a ship carrying Indians being turned away and 20 passengers being killed on reaching Indian shores. Komagata Maru was a Japanese ship which brought 376 Indians to Vancouver in British Columbia province in May 1914.

June 10th, 2009 LONDON - In yet another example of the hard-line approach towards sex in United Arab Emirates (UAE), the daughter of a British engineer has been jailed for allegedly sleeping with her boss. Roxanne Hillier, a diving instructor, was asleep in a room above the dive shop where she worked in the emirate of Sharjah, when police broke down the locked door and arrested her.

May 26th, 2009 DHAKA - Memories of the grainy video of a teenage girl being publicly flogged in Swat in Pakistan came rushing back when a 22-year-old unmarried woman in Bangladesh was reportedly caned 39 times for alleging a neighbor was the father of her son. The woman has been hospitalized and is battling for her life.

May 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress' efforts to mollify estranged ally Samajwadi Party (SP) seemed to have worked, with SP general secretary Amar Singh Thursday saying he had 'forgiven' senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh after the latter called him up to apologise. 'Digvijay Singh called up in the afternoon to apologise.

May 11th, 2009 LONDON - Fat-busting knickers from John Lewis disappeared in half an hour after the British store's online shop was plagued by enthusiastic customers. And the in-store stocks of the new anti-cellulite 'wonder pants' were further taken home by shoppers within hours of going on sale.

April 25th, 2009 LONDON - A Japanese pop singer, arrested for public indecency, after he was found drunk and naked in a Tokyo park has apologized to his fans for his "shameful" conduct. Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, 34, who was arrested on April 23 from the park, had allegedly been sitting on the grass, undressed and heavily intoxicated from 10 glasses of Japanese rice wine and beer.

April 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Renowned pop star Lionel Ritchie has revealed that he has a huge collection of leather pants, as he totally dotes on them. Though the 'I Call It Love' hitmaker has a huge collection of his favourite leather pants, he can hardly wear them because he has grown very fat, reports the China Daily.

April 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Saturday demanded that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi apologise to the elderly and to all women for terming the party a 125-year-old 'budhiya' (aged woman) and saying it was a burden on the country. 'Modi should apologise to women, in fact men and women, and to the elderly for his remarks.

March 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Shunning its 'other Gandhi' candidate, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Tuesday that Varun Gandhi should apologise for his inflammatory anti-Muslim remarks that go against the party's credo of 'harmony and unity'. 'We are of the strong belief that Varun Gandhi should apologise.