WARSAW/OSLO - The Nobel committee Monday was cool to an offer by former Solidarity leader Lech Walesa to pick up the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Liu Xiaobo, since the Chinese dissident and his family will be unable to attend the December award ceremony in Oslo.
NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Monday asked the central government why one standard notification providing for uniform working conditions of all national tribunals was not being issued. The national tribunals are headed by former apex court judges.
NEW DELHI - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday told the Supreme Court that it would complete its investigation into the second-generation (2G) spectrum allocation scandal and file a charge-sheet by March next year.
NEW DELHI - The government Monday told the Supreme Court that if its criterion of central vigilance commissioner (CVC) being an outstanding civil servant of impeccable honesty and integrity was to be followed in all postings then every judicial appointment would come under scrutiny.
MUMBAI - Reality TV show "Bigg Boss" got a further reprieve Monday after the Bombay High Court adjourned till Dec 3 hearing on its appeal against a central government order changing its telecast timings, a Colours channel spokesperson said.
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