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Lawyers strike enters sixth day
The strike by lawyers of Cuttack city entered the sixth day on Monday, hampering judicial activities in all courts, tribunals as well as Orissa High Court. The lawyers are abstaining from judicial work in courts in Cuttack city as part of their agitation. The lawyers are on strike over an alleged assault on an advocate by policemen here last Tuesday. "Our agitation will continue till the erring policemen and a private person, against whom FIRs have been registered, are arrested," said Orissa High Court Bar Association president Srikant Kumar Naik after a general body meeting of the association here Monday afternoon.
Indirapuram youth held on rape allegation by minor girl
The Indirapuram Police has arrested an 18-year-old for allegedly raping a minor girl who lives in the shanties of Abhay Khand, the police said Monday. City Superintendent of Police Shlok Kumar said the incident happened Sunday when the 15-year-old girl's father had gone to his work and the mother had left for village. He said the youth took advantage of the absence of the girl's parents and went to her home and allegedly raped her. When she raised an alarm, the youth allegedly threatened her with dire consequence and fled, said the officer. When her father returned, she narrated her ordeal to him after which he approached the police and filed an FIR. Kumar said the accused has been booked under IPC section 376 (punishment for rape) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) Act. The officer said the police arrested the youth this afternoon on a tip-off. He also said the girl has been sent for medical examination.
Troubled by dogs, Lalu Yadav faces sleepless nights
Former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Monday requested the authorities of Rajendra Institute of Medical Science (RIMS) here to shift him to another ward as he cannot sleep due to the incessant barking of dogs near the super speciality ward of the hospital.
MCA to soon register its 'new' constitution
The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) will soon be registering its 'new' constitution that incorporates the Lodha Committee reforms with the Charity Commissioner, a top official said Monday. The MCA Committee of Administrators (CoA) comprising Justices (retd) Hemant Gokhale and V M Kanade Monday called a meeting of the Managing Commitee members to take a call on the matter, it is understood. "The MCA will be putting up the revised draft of the 'new' Constitution on its website for three days. If the members still have any suggestions, they can give us. "We will register the new Constitution with the Charity Commissioner, most likely in the next week," the official, who attended the meeting, told PTI on condition on anonymity. The BCCI on August 21 had registered its new constitution with the Registrar of Societies of Tamil Nadu in Chennai, paving the way for its Committee of Administrators (CoA) to chalk out a roadmap for conducting elections. The BCCI CoA had said the ...
KEG expresses regret over police not filing charge sheet in Shujaat Bukhari murder case
The Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) on Monday expressed regret over the police not filing a charge sheet in the murder case of senior journalist Shujaat Bukhari who was shot dead by suspected militants in June this year. "The KEG regrets that the police have not been able to file a charge sheet in the broad daylight murder of the senior journalist so far. This was despite the fact that the police claimed to have solved the case," a spokesman of the guild said in a statement here. Bukhari, 48, the editor-in-chief of Rising Kashmir, was killed by gunmen at the Press Enclave here when he was leaving his office for an iftar party on June 15. Police had later said the conspiracy to kill Bukhari was hatched by Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) in Pakistan and three cadres of the banned outfit executed the plan. Referring to the reports of media persons in the valley allegedly being asked by security agencies to disclose their sources, the KEG said a journalist cannot be forced to reveal his source of ...
UN urges Myanmar to free Reuters reporters 'immediately'
New UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said Monday she was "shocked" by Myanmar's jailing of two Reuters journalists for seven years and called for their immediate release. "I was shocked," the former Chilean president told reporters on her first day as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. "The trial was a travesty of justice." "I urge Myanmar to immediately and unconditionally release Kyaw Soe Oo and Thet Oo Maung," she said in a statement. Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, who have been held in Yangon's Insein prison since their arrest in December, were charged with breaching Myanmar's state secrets law while reporting on a massacre of Rohingya Muslims. The case has sparked an outcry among the international community as an attempt to muzzle reporting on last year's crackdown by Myanmar's security forces on the Muslim Rohingya minority in Rakhine state. Army-led "clearance operations" drove 700,000 Rohingya into Bangladesh, carrying with them widespread accounts of atrocities - ...
Delhi priest arrested for molesting minor
A 42-year-old priest has been arrested for allegedly molesting a minor girl here, police said on Monday.
Three raped after being made to drink drugged fruit juice in
Three women members of a family were allegedly raped by a man who forced them to drink drug-laced fruit juice before committing the crime in Assam's Hojai district, police said on Monday. The man was known to them as he lived in the same village as them and the incident took place on the intervening night between Saturday and Sunday at their home in Uttar Dimarupar village, the victims said in their complaint to the police. The complaint said the man had brought sugarcane juice to their residence on Saturday morning and had requested them to store it in their refrigerator. The woman's husband works in Saudi Arabia and the two girls are her relatives. The complaint said the man had returned that night and forced the woman and the two girls to have the juice after which they fell unconscious. The woman was raped first and when she regained consiousness she saw the man committing the crime on the two girls. When she tried to stop him, the man had allegedly threatened to ..
Activists' arrests: Bombay HC frowns at police media meet
In an embarrassment to the Maharashtra government, the Bombay High Court on Monday demanded to know why the police addressed the media on the arrest of five rights activists when the matter was sub-judice.
Man killed by wife and paramour
A 40-year-old man was allegedly killed by his wife and her paramour at Nainwa town of Bundi district, police said on Monday. The body of the deceased, identified as Rambharose from Kisan Colony in the town, was recovered today from a well in the nearby forest area, said SHO of Nainwa police station Lakhan Lal Meena. Rambharose was reported missing from his house on the morning of August 31. Family members lodged a missing person's report with the police on September 1, the SHO added. Following investigation into the matter, Nainwa police today arrested the deceased's wife Fulentabai (32) and her paramour, Chandra Prakesh Choudhary (35), for murdering and dumping Rambharose's body in the well, the SHO said. According to police sources, the two accused are neighbours in the town and were in a relationship for over a year. The accused woman's husband had objected to the relationship. The illegitimate couple decided to murder Rambharose and on the morning of August 31, Fulentabai ...
Akali worker, wife shot dead in Sangrur
A Shiromani Akali Dal worker and his wife were shot dead allegedly by four youths near the Sadar Basti locality here, police said Monday. The deceased were identified as Dr Charanjit Garg and his wife Pooja, police said. Garg was a worker of the opposition Shiromani Akali Dal, they said. The couple were going towards Raj Senior Secondary School last night, they said adding the accused intercepted their car and allegedly attacked them with sharp-edged weapons before firing bullets. Police have registered a murder case against four persons. They were identified as Jaidev, Rakesh, Pradeep and a former Municipal Councillor, Pompy, a senior police official said. Garg was demanding his money back from one of the accused, he said. Raids are being conducted to arrest the accused, the official added.
2 held for illegally withdrawing cash from Delhi ATMs
Two persons were arrested for illegally withdrawing cash from various ATMs in the national capital, police said on Monday.
Great Eastern Shipping Company gets NCLT approval for scheme of amalgamation
Scheme becomes operative from 01 September 2018
Lawyer for JD.com CEO says does not expect charges to be brought
BEIJING (Reuters) - A lawyer for JD.com Inc CEO Richard Liu, who was arrested on suspicion of criminal sexual misconduct in the U.S. state of Minnesota and later released, said on Monday that Liu denies any wrongdoing, and also said he does not expect charges to be brought against his client.
Kashmir editors demand to know charges against arrested scribe
The Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) on Monday asked the Jammu and Kashmir Police to make public the charges against an arrested Srinagar-based journalist, Aasif Sultan.
Two men arrested for ATM fraud
Two persons were arrested for their alleged involvement in ATM fraud cases in south Delhi's Sangam Vihar area, police said Monday. The accused - Aniket (23) and Gulshan (22) - were arrested following a complaint filed by a BSF constable on Sunday, they said. The constable was withdrawing cash when the accused pressed a button due to which the transaction hanged. Shortly, the complainant received a message on his phone regarding transaction of Rs 10,000, Deputy Commissioner of Police (south) Vijay Kumar said. On suspicion, he enquired the two men about the transaction but they tried to escape. He, however, caught hold of them, Kumar said. Seven ATM cards and Rs 10,000 were recovered from their possession. During interrogation, both the accused confessed to the crime, he said.
Raghav Bahl, 9 others settle case with Sebi; pay Rs 31 lakh
Raghav Bahl, his wife Ritu Kapur and eight other related entities have settled a case of alleged disclosure lapses with the markets regulator Sebi after paying over Rs 31 lakh towards settlement charges. These entities include Vandana Malik, Subhash Bahl, Digital Content Pvt Ltd, RB Diversified (formerly known as RB Investments Pvt Ltd), RB Holdings Pvt Ltd, Network 18 Employees Welfare Trust, TV 18 Employees Welfare Trust and Network 18 Media and Investment Ltd. According to a Sebi order dated August 30, the entities had acquired shares of Network 18 Media and Investment Ltd, following which their shareholding had increased beyond threshold limit of 2 per cent on separate instances in the year 2008, 2009 and 2012. However, they had not made the disclosures for the acquisitions within the time specified under the SAST (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations and the PIT (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations as well as under the shareholding pattern filed ...
Guj: Girl attempts suicide along with friend after being raped
A teenage girl, along with her friend, attempted suicide after she was allegedly raped by the latter's relative near Bodeli in Gujarat's Chhota Udepur district, over 200 kilometres from here, police said Monday. Police said that the 17-year-old girl and her friend tried to end their lives Thursday by consuming pesticide. The victim has told Bodeli police that two persons, identified as Sajanbhai Naika and Rohit Naika, approached her and her friend while they were on their way to school last Thursday and persuaded the two girls to accompany them to a temple nearby, an official said. "While the victim sat on Sajanbhai's two-wheeler, her friend rode pillion on Rohit's motorcycle. En route, while Rohit rode ahead with the friend, Sajanbhai took the victim to an isolated spot out of town and raped her at knife-point," the official said. The accused dropped the girls to Bodeli where they consumed pesticide out of fear, he added. The victim and her friend were rushed to Bodeli .
Afghan man gets prison in Germany for killing ex-girlfriend
A court in Germany on Monday sentenced a young Afghan man to eight-and-a-half years in prison for killing his 15-year-old ex-girlfriend in 2017.
Malaysian finance minister cleared in corruption case
Malaysia's finance minister was today cleared of corruption charges brought against him by the former government, which critics said were a bid to neutralise a potent political threat, official media reported. Lim Guan Eng is a leading politician in the reformist alliance that unexpectedly swept to power at May elections, toppling the coalition that had ruled Malaysia for 61 years and was criticised for becoming increasingly authoritarian. Lim was a vocal critic of the former leader Najib Razak, who allegedly had a central role in a massive financial scandal that helped persuade voters to boot him out of power. Lim went on trial in March when he was still chief minister of northern Penang state and was accused of one count of corruption in allegedly purchasing a house at below-market value. A second charge related to abusing his position over re-zoning some public land for development. The High Court in the state cleared him of the charges on Monday after the attorney-general's office