| Indians wake up to identity thefts, still reluctant to react
As the cyber world unveils websites that let you live a 'second life', fake identities and identity thefts are fast emerging a menace giving spurt to hate mails and even serious crimes. Identity theft remains unrecognised by many Indians, but many may already be becoming targets even without realising it, experts say. One of the fastest growing crimes in the developed nations like United States, it is spreading in developing economies too. According to a website that monitors cyber crimes, in 2006, identity theft complaints made up thirty seven per cent (37 per cent) of all fraud complaints. With extensive use of social networking sites in India, the young population chatting for hours, however is unaware of the risks involved. Sharing personal information on social networking sites like Orkut, Tagged, hi5, etc.
Identity theft lands wrong man in Albuquerque jail for six days
• Get yourself fingerprinted so that your prints are on file for comparison. Contact your local law enforcement agency. • Ask arresting agency to amend all criminal complaints that wrongly name you. • Ask the appropriate courts to provide you with official documentation showing that your identity was wrongly used in a criminal case, then carry those documents with you at all times. • Keep the phone number of a good attorney handy. • Investigate your own background to check for identity theft by accessing various online information broker services such as mybackgroundcheck.com. Locally, check Metro Court records under your name at www.metrocourt.state.nm.us or state district courts at nmcourts.com. • Report your identity theft to the Federal Trade Commission at consumer.gov/idtheft, so it can more accurately monitor such crimes.
Now Yeung puts McLeish in limbo
No WAGS skittering down a Swiss street in impossibly high heels, moaning about the paparazzi. No England player promising that the Golden Generation will at last come good. No tiresome debates about David Beckham's role. No slender tomes from England mediocrities who have never read a book in their lives. We'll be spared the sight of England flags hanging off roofs and out of car windows. Scores of football reporters will be seething that they can't have a couple of months out in Austria and Switzerland on generous expenses, trying to tell us it's hard work. But that leaves them to concentrate on other sporting events. Like the Olympics. Would it be too much to expect proper, in-depth coverage of England's cricket contests against New Zealand and South Africa? Come on, Freddie - get fit and well.
SC order, Admn ban drown in Divali din
In an order pronounced on July 18 last year, the Supreme Court of India had ordered the imposition of ban on the bursting of crackers between 10 pm and 6 am. The apex court had also directed that every manufacturer would mention the details of the chemical contents of crackers on each box. It had also ruled against bursting of crackers at any time in the silence zones. .
Some say Cherokee Lane's plethora of liquor stores a problem for area
Nearly every morning, Chip Herman hoses off pools of urine and human feces from the side of his auto detailing shop on South Cherokee Lane.No matter how hard he tries, however, the longtime Lodi businessman can't rinse away the root cause of his frustrations: the widespread access to alcohol on the Eastside corridor.There are roughly 30 places you can buy a drink on Cherokee Lane, from the restaurants and bars to the liquor, grocery and convenience stores.While Downtown has a few more restaurants and bars, Cherokee Lane leads the city with the highest concentration of corner stores and mini-marts that sell alcohol. There are 14 of them on the corridor, nine from 380 to 900 S. Cherokee Lane.With that many outlets, Herman says, the commercial district has become a magnet for vandals, drunks and the homeless.Cleaning it up means taking away the booze first, he said, standing behind his shop, where bottle caps, broken glass and wadded up brown paper bags are strewn on the ground."If you take the alcohol away, they wouldn't be hanging around here," said Herman, a slender and chatty man with a neatly trimmed brown goatee."You've got nice families walking down this alley and they shouldn't have to see this graffiti ...
Mohali judicial courts open today
He set up the medical college at Rohtak and also the Anatomy Department at the PGIMER and museums of Anatomy in several medical colleges. Prof Dewan was elected the Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy. Besides, he actively participated in research publications and till the last day of his life, he was actively working on research papers. In 1976, he was the recipient of B.C. Roy National Award for being an eminent medical teacher in Anatomy. He was the President of Anatomical Society of India during 1962-1963. He was elected a fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences in 1961 and was on its council for three years. He was editor of the Journal of Anatomical Society of India for six years and had been a member of the editorial board of Exerpta Medica Amesterdam.
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