SC Lt. Gov. Bauer says illegal immigration caused by residents too lazy to toil in fields

SC’s Bauer: Lazy people cause illegal immigration

US state enacts strict illegal immigration law

Washington, April 24 (IANS/EFE) Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed into law Friday a measure criminalizing undocumented immigrants and requiring police to verify the immigration status of anyone suspected of being in the country illegally.

Shareholder lawsuit names Goldman’s CEO and other brass for breach of duty in mortgage deals

Goldman’s CEO and board are named in lawsuit

Court dismisses public interest lawsuit as ‘personal’

GANDHINAGAR - The Gujarat High Court Friday dismissed as “personal” a public interest lawsuit (PIL) which claimed that the officer bearers of Surendranagar Peoples Cooperative Bank Ltd were responsible for irregularities and had duped the bank of Rs.85 crore of the depositors’ money.

Feuding children of fantasy artist Frank Frazetta resolve dispute over father’s famed art

Frazetta siblings resolve dispute over fantasy art

Sender of threatening SMSes granted bail

NEW DELHI - A city court Friday granted bail to Narender Khosla, the businessman accused for sending threatening and sleazy text messages to politicians, including former minister of state for external affairs Shahshi Tharoor.

Gujarat ordered to compensate riot victims made homeless

GANDHINAGAR - The Gujarat High Court Friday ordered the state government to compensate and rehabilitate the victims of the 2002 riots as well as other families whose houses were demolished by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation in 2009.

D.P.Yadav gets warrant in Katara case witness murder bid

GHAZIABAD - A Ghaziabad court Friday issued a bailable warrant against influential Uttar Pradesh politician D.P. Yadav in the case of attempted killing of the main witness in the Nitish Katara murder case. His son Vikas Yadav has been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the Katara murder.

CBI to examine Mayawati’s plea to close graft case

NEW DELHI - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday told the Supreme Court that it will examine Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati’s plea to close the corruption case against her for having wealth exceeding her legal income, after factoring in tax authorities’ clean chit.

Uttar Pradesh bargains with Delhi on land

NEW DELHI - Uttar Pradesh has staked claim to over 285 acres of land virtually in the heart of the national capital in lieu of 21 acres of its land that the Delhi government acquired to widen the Uttar Pradesh link road connecting the Commonwealth Games Village to the satellite town of Noida.

Rajat Gupta may have tipped off Rajaratnam on deal: WSJ

WASHINGTON - Rajat Gupta, Indian-American director of Goldman Sachs, may have tipped off hedge-fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam about a $5 billion investment in Goldman by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway before the deal was made public in 2008, says the Wall Street Journal.

Women’s commission faces heavy backlog of complaints

NEW DELHI - The National Commission for Women (NCW) is facing a heavy backlog of complaints that were either not taken up or not disposed of, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath said Friday.

Tribunal reinstates Kerala cop suspended for foreign trip

KOCHI - The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) Friday stayed the Kerala government’s order that suspended Inspector General of Police (IGP) Tomin J.Thachankary and asked for his immediate reinstatement.

Former cricket board chief moves court on IPL franchise norms (Second Lead)

NEW DELHI - The former president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), A.C. Muthiah, has moved the Supreme Court challenging the norms that allow office bearers to hold stakes in the franchises for Indian Premier League (IPL).

Obama hosts naturalization ceremony for active military Friday, then starts weekend vacation

Former cricket board chief moves court on IPL franchise norms

NEW DELHI - The former president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), A.C. Muthiah, Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging the norms that permit office bearers to hold franchises for Indian Premier League (IPL).