Monday, November 19, 2007

SC dismisses plea seeking action on Nandigram violence

The Supreme Court dismissed a petition seeking direction to the Centre to take action against the West Bengal government for the Nandigram violence based on the report of Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi.
A Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan said that it cannot pass any such direction.
Further, it said that the matter was being looked into by the National Human Rights Commission.
The court also said that it was not inclined to entertain the petition which was based on newspaper reports.

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Breaking: Bush takes blame in Iraq, adds troops in speech

President Bush on Wednesday acknowledged for the first time he erred by failing to order a military buildup in Iraq last year and said he was increasing U.S. troops by 21,500 to quell the country's near-anarchy. "Where mistakes have been made, the responsibility rests with me," Bush said. More…