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New Delhi, April 28: India's nominee Justice Dalveer Bhandari of the Supreme Court was on Friday elected to the post of Judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the elections held in New York, United States. Justice Dalveer Bhandari defeated the 84-year-old Justice Florentino Feliciano of the Philippines in the elections held to fill the casual vacancy following the resignation of Awn

New Delhi, April 28: President Pratibha Patil on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about her decision not to move into what would have been her post-retirement accommodation in Pune. Her office said she was “pained” at allegations of her taking over land meant for “war widows” and “distortion of facts by the media.” A controversy had broken out over the choice of land, owned by the

Mumbai, April 28: Bank customers who change jobs or locations will find it easier to shift their bank account to the new location now. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made it mandatory for banks to allow transfer of accounts from one branch to another without insisting on opening a fresh account or making the customer undergo the full know your customer process again. Earlier, since the

New Delhi, April 28: From May 4, if your car has black film on the front and rear windscreens that blocks light by more than 30% and the tint on the side window panes is more than 50%, then you could be in contempt of court in addition to being prosecuted as per the rules provided under the Motor Vehicles Act. A bench of Chief Justice S H Kapadia and Justices A K Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar went

New Delhi, April 27: Former BJP president Bangaru Laxman has been convicted, 11 years after he was caught on camera allegedly taking bribe in a sting operation. A special CBI court here held Bangaru guilty of accepting Rs 1 lakh bribe in 2001 and convicted him under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The court of special CBI judge Kanwaljeet Arora sent Bangaru into judicial custody soon after

Srinagar, Apr 27: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, an avid cricket fan, today said he was ''amazed'' by the storm generated by nomination of cricket superstar Sachin Tendulkar to the Rajya Sabha. "Amazing to see the storm that Sachin's nomination (to Rajya Sabha) has generated," Omar wrote on the micro-blogging site Twitter.com. However, Omar felt that the cricketing legend, who has

New Delhi, April 27: The Union Cabinet on Thursday cleared a Bill that seeks to raise the age of legal sex from 16 to 18, provoking sharp criticism from child rights activists, who called it a regressive step. The Protection of Children against Sexual Offences Bill, 2011, says sex under the age of 18 - even if consensual - would be deemed as statutory rape and an offence that would be tried under

Ahmedabad, April 27: Ibrahim Bhura, a fisherman from Jamnagar in his late forties, spent all his life at sea and yet, his catch never earned him more than Rs 2 lakh annually. On Tuesday, however, he instantly became a crorepati, thanks to just one catch. Bhura struck gold when he caught some 350-odd ghol fish from Jhakhau creek in mid-sea. The catch is worth close to Rs 1 crore. The value of ghol

New Delhi, April 27: Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley on Thursday said that the fact that culprits could not be brought to book in the Bofors gun deal was a serious reflection on the health of the investigating agencies. “Somebody swung the deal, somebody got kickbacks. Money was traced, accounts were traced, you don't need further evidence and the man was allowed to leave the

New Delhi, April 27: With two months left for the installation of the new President, the Congress has begun consultations with United Progressive Alliance (UPA) allies in the hope of achieving agreement on a common name. Defence Minister A.K. Antony will be flying down to Chennai shortly to meet Dravida Munnetra Kazagham president M. Karunanidhi to discuss the coming presidential elections, senior