P. Chidambaram gets clean chit from CBI

P. Chidambaram

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has given a clean chit to P. Chidambaram (Home Minister of India) on Thursday after probing the 2G spectrum scam.

Supreme Court bans tobacco products in plastic pouches

Supreme Court of India

New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India today imposed a ban on the sale tobacco products in plastic pouches from March next year. According to reports, the court has set March 2010 as the deadline within which the manufacturers need to implement its order by shifting to more eco-friendly packaging materials.

Supreme Court says bride burning deserves death sentence

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today said that bride burning in Indian society should be awarded death sentence, the Court observed that bride burning belongs to the “rarest of rare” category and deserves death sentence.