UK caterer to pay 415,000 pounds over egg allergy death

LONDON - A caterer who supplied ras malai dessert containing eggs at a Sikh wedding has been ordered to pay 415,000 pounds to the widow of a man who died from an allergic reaction.

Use RTI with a sense of responsibility, says CIC

NEW DELHI - The Central Information Commission (CIC) has advised people to exercise “some restraint in the number of queries” filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act while criticising an applicant for lacking a “sense of responsibility”.

First Indian head for Amnesty International

LONDON - Amnesty International has appointed Salil Shetty, an Indian who headed the UN Millennium Campaign, as its next secretary general.

LeMond and Trek bicycles settle two-year lawsuit, LeMond gets control of LeMond bike brand

LeMond and Trek bicycles settle two-year lawsuit

Couple: Star wedding planner David Tutera got cold feet, backed out days before $265K wedding

Couple: Star wedding planner Tutera got cold feet

Oklahoma public officials lose bid to revive defamation lawsuit against Grisham, other writers

Okla. men lose bid to sue Grisham, other writers

Shooting association elections in legal tangle

NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Monday issued notice to a National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) member on whose petition a lower court had annulled the election of the organisation’s top office bearers.

Judicial glasnost: Delhi High Court loves it, apex court is chary

NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court appears to love judicial glasnost, while the Supreme Court seems to be chary of it - going by their diametrically opposite responses to an RTI plea.

SIDBI, US NGO join hand to fund rickshaw pullers

LUCKNOW - Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) and America India Foundation (AIF), patronised by former US president Bill Clinton, have joined hands to transform the lives of poor rickshaw pullers by making them economically independent.

Why weren’t huts demolished, court asks MCD chief

NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Monday issued notice to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) commissioner for not following the court’s earlier direction to demolish some hutments in Sultanpuri area of north-west Delhi.

John Edwards’ former aide says he’s spurned offers for tape showing Edwards with ex-mistress

Edwards’ ex-aide says rejects big offers for tape

NCW, UN agency to work against women trafficking

NEW DELHI - The National Commission for Women (NCW) Monday signed an agreement with United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) to check the cases of trafficking in women in the country.

NHRC asks Manipur for report on 111 gunbattles

NEW DELHI - The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Monday said that it has asked the Manipur government to submit a report on 111 police gunbattles in the state.

Polanski, Scorsese films rub shoulders with Asian movies, Banksy film at Berlin festival

Berlin festival combines star power, world view

Boston Scientific to pay Johnson & Johnson $1.73 billion to settle 2 suits over stents

Boston Scientific to pay JNJ $1.73B in settlement

‘Rahul Dulhaniya…’ show warned against indecency

NEW DELHI - The National Commission for Women (NCW) Monday asked the information and broadcasting ministry to ensure that NDTV Imagine’s reality show “Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega” does not portray women in an indecent manner.

It is women’s power that rules Kochi

KOCHI - It is women’s power that rules this port city of Kerala. With B. Sandhya Monday taking over as the new inspector general of police of the central range, women are ruling this commercial capital - from district collector to the mayor.

Plea for acceptance of Andhra legislators’ resignation dismissed

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a lawsuit seeking its direction to Andhra Pradesh assembly speaker to accept the en masse resignations of 139 legislators on the issue of the state’s bifurcation.

Goa should have more force to protect tourists: Girija Vyas

NEW DELHI - Days after a nine-year-old Russian girl was raped in Goa, the National Commission for Women (NCW) Monday said the state should employ more security personnel to ensure safety of tourists.