The Legalizer

Protest against Delhi High Court decision on Article 377 on homosexuality in Delhi

Ani — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:05:49 +0000

NEW DELHI - A group of Sikh and Hindu activists staged a demonstration in the national capital to protest the Delhi High Court’s recent verdict on Article 377. The Delhi High Court on Thursday decriminalised Article 377, allowing consensual sex between persons of same gender above 18 years of age. Members of National Akali Dal along with [...]

Protest against Delhi High Court decision on Article 377 staged in Delhi

Ani — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:22:18 +0000

New rehabilitation scheme for rape victims

Ians — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:51:32 +0000

NEW DELHI - The National Commission for Women (NCW) has formulated a new relief and rehabilitation scheme for rape victims, its chairperson Girija Vyas Sunday said. She said the scheme will provide interim compensation and counselling to the victim, but not at the cost of revealing her identity. The commission has long been demanding amendment in [...]

New rehabilitation scheme for rape victims

Ians — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:50:37 +0000

At 90, freedom fighter wins yet another battle

Kanu Sarda — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:38:27 +0000

NEW DELHI - After having fought to free the country from British rule, he had no idea that another battle was in store. Satish Chandra Mishra, now 90, had to run from pillar to post for his pension since 1981 - which he is finally getting thanks to the Delhi High Court that pulled [...]

We are no longer criminals, say capital’s eunuchs

Shweta Srinivasan — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:34:48 +0000

NEW DELHI - “We are not criminals, never were,” a member of the capital’s abused and suppressed transgender community said as the group erupted in joy after hearing of the Delhi High Court’s decision to decriminalize consensual sex between consenting adults. “I am so happy! I have been celebrating the court’s judgement since Thursday. I participated [...]

Indo-Canadian officer faces extradition to US for drug smuggling

Ians — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:53:00 +0000

VANCOUVER - An Indo-Canadian officer with the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA), who minted money by allowing smuggling of cocaine into Canada, faces extradition to the US after his indictment by a court in Seattle. Jasbir Singh Grewal has been indicted by the US court for allowing over a dozen large shipments of cocaine into Canada [...]

In court records, psychologist disputes that woman accused of al-Qaida ties was held captive

Larry Neumeister — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:49:15 +0000

Details emerge on woman accused of al-Qaida ties NEW YORK — A U.S.-trained scientist accused of being an al-Qaida operative was living freely in Pakistan and Afghanistan for portions of the five years before her arrest last year, a psychologist says, disputing claims that the scientist had spent those years in the custody of foreign authorities. Newly [...]

Ex-Beatles, Rolling Stones manager Allen Klein dies in NYC at 77

Jennifer Peltz — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:45:05 +0000

Ex-Beatles, Rolling Stones manager Klein dies NEW YORK — Music manager Allen Klein, a no-holds-barred businessman who bulldozed his way into and out of deals with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, died Saturday, a publicist for his company said. He was 77. Klein, who was one of the most powerful figures in the music business in [...]

RI car dealer wrestles with Chrysler bankruptcy decision, appeals to keep franchise

Kelsey Abbruzzese — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:57:00 +0000

Car dealer fights Chrysler over franchise NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — A poster in Jim Tarbox’s office at his North Kingstown Chrysler Jeep dealership declares: “Challenge: The harder the course, the more rewarding the triumph.” It’s a fitting slogan for Tarbox, whose business is suddenly in peril after Chrysler ended its franchise agreements with his two dealerships in [...]