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Unpredictable NRIs abandoning their brides India, US can't ignore need for better coordination 10/18/2006 11:07:29 PM NEW DELHI, OCT 18 With a visible growth in incidents of NRI (non-resident Indian) grooms abandoning their brides, a drive has been launched to persuade New Delhi and Washington to ensure better coordination in aid of damsels in distress. US-based attorney, Anu Peshawaria, says she gets on an average 40 such cases a month. She has let it be known that Indians are not alone, she is getting a large number of cases from nationals of Fiji, Bhutan, Bangladesh, China and Afghanistan in the United States. A former Indian tennis champion, Peshawaria has been trying to provide legal aid to the victims of NRI marriage through her NGO, Sava, which has 40 branches across the US. "Given the fascination of many to get married to NRIs, the incidents of brides being abandoned are growing alarmingly," said Peshawaria, who is currently in New Delhi to spread awareness about people's rights and to tell people marriage is not the only route to seek immigration to the US. "NRIs come to India and marry girls here either for money or enjoyment. They take hefty dowries and go away prom...   READ MORE

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I was right on office of profit: Kalam 10/18/2006 10:57:12 PM NEW DELHI: President A P J Abdul Kalam has said the formation of a Joint Parliamentary Committee to define what constitutes an office of profit has vindicated his decision to return a bill on the issue to Parliament before finally giving his assent to it. "The issue connected to the Office of Profit bill is quite clear. The decision we took was in strict conformity with the Constitutional provision, both in letter and spirit," Kalam, who was on a two-day visit to the northeast, said in an interview with NETV in Aizwal. "Now you will notice that further action by both Houses of Parliament in terms of formation of the JPC and general mood of the people and political parties has vi...   READ MORE   '93 blasts case: Verdict on Sanjay Dutt after Diwali 10/18/2006 10:56:45 PM Mumbai Oct 18 A TADA court on Wednesday exempted actor Sanjay Dutt and 25 other accused from personal appearance until further orders in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case. Dutt and the 25 accused on Wednesday appeared before designated judge PD Kode in accordance with summons issued to them. Sporting a blue denim jeans and sky blue short, Dutt was sitting on a bench with other accused throughout the proceeding. He was allowed to go at about 2.30 pm. Several fans had gathered outside the court and ran after him as the actor emerged out of the court in Mumbai. However, Dutt managed to get into his car with help of the policemen on duty. Outside the court, Special Public Prosec...   READ MORE   Ex-SP booked in sexual assualt case in J&K 10/18/2006 10:54:23 PM JAMMU: A former Superintendent of Police was on Wednesday booked on charge of sexually assaulting a woman police Constable here, official sources said. Channi police registered the case against Chowdhary Chiragdin following a directive from State Human Rights Commission on the complaint of the alleged victim, they said. She had complained to her senior officers in 2000 that she was sexually assaulted by his immediate officer SP Chiragdin but no action was taken after a senior officer found nothing to substantiate the charge during a probe, they said. She later moved the SHRC, which directed police to register a formal case and initiate a probe, sources said. Chiragdin had re...   READ MORE   Chinese president Hu to visit India Nov 20 10/18/2006 10:49:48 PM New Delhi, October 18, 2006 India and China, among the world's fastest growing economies, are set to deepen their ties when Chinese President Hu Jintao comes in India on an official visit on November 20. Hu comes 20 months after Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited India in April 2005, a historic visit that saw the finalisation of guiding principles and political parameters for resolving the border row besides progress on economic and energy cooperation between the Asian giants. Hu, who took over as the leader of the Communist Party of China in 2002, will also go to Mumbai, India's financial hub, and the country's tech capital Bangalore, reliable sources said. He will discuss a ran...   READ MORE

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