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AP forest encounter: Suspected red sanders woodcutter from TN killed, 1 held
A suspected red sanders woodcutter from Tamil Nadu was killed in an alleged encounter with state forest department personnel at Gollapalli, police said Saturday. The incident occurred last night when the personnel were conducting combing operations in the area based on information regarding movement of some red sanders woodcutters, they said. The forest department personnel spotted a group of over 15 woodcutters and cordoned off the area to nab them. The woodcutters allegedly hurled stones at the personnel, who opened fire in retaliation, an official said. A red sanders woodcutter, Kamaraj, was killed and another arrested. More than 15 others fled deep into the forest after the firing, he said. Kamaraj was in his fifties and belonged to Tiruvannamalai. In 2015, a total of 20 red sanders woodcutters from Tamil Nadu were killed in an alleged encounter in the Seshachalam hills near here.
Two arrested with cannabis in J-K's Rajouri
Two alleged drug peddlers have been arrested with cannabis in separate parts of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, police said Saturday. During a routine patrolling, one Mohammad Rashid was found roaming under suspicious circumstances in Kandli bridge area Friday night, they said, adding he was arrested after seizure of 70 grams of cannabis from him, they said. In another case, a car was intercepted Friday in Chingus area of the district and 350 grams of cannabis seized from one Ajit Bali (driver of the car), they said, adding he was arrested and case registered against him.
Man, son booked for posting objectionable pics of female students on social media
A man and his son have been booked for posting on social media objectionable pictures of four female students, including a minor, of a private university here, police said Saturday. The booked duo have been identified as Yatin Bedi and his father Jaswinder Bedi of Haibowal Kalan in Ludhiana, and the complainants were three female students, they said. The complainants claimed objectionable pictures of the minor along with theirs, were uploaded on social media, including Facebook and Instagram, using fake IDs, police said. The duo have been booked under Sections 292 (sale, etc, of obscene books,etc), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation), 120-B (punishment of criminal conspiracy) of IPC, and relevant sections of the IT Act and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, police said, adding no arrest has been made yet.
Nothing new in claims of Maha cops on proof about Maoist link:
The Maharashtra Police's "conclusive proof" to link the arrested activists to Maoists and all the evidence is "cooked up", a nephew of Telegu poet Varavara Rao claimed Saturday. He said the there was nothing new in the claims of the police. "All this was said in June. It is nothing new. It is illegal to hold a press conference when the Supreme Court asked the evidence to be submitted on September 6," Venugopal, a nephew of Varavara Rao told PTI. He said the matter was sub-judice and termed it contempt of court. "This police officer does not have a right to hold a press conference," he said. The police officer knew that the "evidence" was cooked up and he had gone to the press only to defame those arrested, he claimed. The apex court asked him to give details to it and not to the press. "It set one week duration. Within the one week, he comes out to press, just to defame these people. This is trial by media, conducted by the police," he said. "I'm not going into merits and demerits of
DRI seizes heroin worth Rs 9 crore in Jammu, two arrested
DRI sleuths arrested two persons and seized heroin worth Rs nine crore from them on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Jammu district Saturday, officials said. On the basis of a tip-off, sleuths of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) intercepted an SUV at Ban Toll Plaza on the highway near Nagrota, they said. During the search, they recovered 1.8 kg of high-grade heroin valued at around Rs nine crore in the international market, the officials said. The narcotic was concealed in a specially designed cavity in the dashboard near steering wheel of the SUV, they said, adding two Kashmir-based smugglers were arrested and the vehicle was seized. A case was registered against them, they said, adding further investigation is on. In another such case, police arrested a narcotic smuggler, Mohammad Sadiq, and recovered 120 grams of heroin from his car at Gandhi Nagar area in Jammu city on Friday, they said. A case was registered against Sadiq and investigation is on, they added.
Australian filmmaker jailed for spying in Cambodia
Australian documentary filmmaker James Ricketson has been sentenced to six years of imprisonment in Cambodia after he was found guilty of espionage.He was held in prison for past 14 months, awaiting trial. During the seven-day trial he denied all the charges, but according to the prosecutor Ricketson was working for the political opposition against the country's Prime Minister Hun Sen, Variety reported.Ricketson, on his way back to jail after receiving the sentence, was heard shouting "Who am I spying for?" During the hearing, the filmmaker insisted that his work was not political. The filmmaker was arrested after flying a camera drone over a Cambodian National Rescue Party rally.Prosecutor Sieng Sok also claimed that the accused had been collecting political, economic and social information about Cambodia and sending it out to a foreign state for 22 years, until the day he was arrested. He said that while Ricketson was pretending to help poor Cambodians, he was actually filming the ..
DRI seizes heroin worth Rs 9 cr in Kashmir
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested two men and seized heroin worth Rs 9 crore being smuggled into Kashmir from across the border, according to an official statement issued Saturday. On the basis of inputs, DRI sleuths intercepted a car at Ban Toll Plaza near Nagrota here on Thursday, the statement said. Rummaging of the intercepted car resulted in the recovery of around 1.8 kg high-quality heroin valued in the international market at Rs 9 crore, it said. The contraband was concealed in a specially designed cavity in the dashboard near the steering wheel of the car, the DRI said. The narcotic material and the car have been seized and two Kashmir-based smugglers arrested, it added.
US airman convicted of hate-crime for attacking Sikh man
A US airman has been guilty of aggravated assault with a hate-crime enhancement for beating a Sikh man two years ago, a media report said on Saturday. The victim, Mehtab Singh Bakhshi, according to court records, was standing, talking with friends near Dupont Circle on August 21, 2016, when Dylan Millhausen from Texas came up behind him, pulled off his turban and punched him in the face until he was unconscious, Washington Post reported. A jury found Millhausen guilty and added a hate-crime enhancement as the victim was targeted for race, religion or national origin, according to a media release. The victim, an adherent to the Sikh religion, was wearing a turban. The crimes carry a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. Sentencing is scheduled for November 30. Millhausen was apprehended by police and told them he likened the victim to Islamic extremists responsible for terrorist attacks, according to court records. Millhausen, at the time an Airman First Class stationed at Fort ...
Arrested activist's son says charges against his father false
The son of Vernon Gonsalves, one of the five activists arrested for alleged Maoist links, Saturday rejected the police charges against his father and termed them as "laughable". Vernon Gonsalves, a Mumbai resident, is one of the prominent activists and lawyers whose homes were raided by the Pune Police on August 28 on suspicion they had links with Maoists. He and four others were later arrested. His son Sagar Gonsalves said charges against him were false. The police claimed to have "conclusive proof", including letters seized during the raids, to link the arrested Left-wing activists to Maoists. "I was present when searches and raids were conducted at our home and I know what police have seized," said Sagar Gonsalves. He said allegations against his father, made by a top police officer while addressing a press conference Friday, with regards to alleged letters was like "talking in the air". "I could not stop laughing, when the police were levelling false charges with so called ...
Man jailed for not sharing Facebook password
A British man suspected in the murder of a school girl has been sent to jail for refusing to share his Facebook password with police investigating her death, the media reported.
Brazil court bars Lula from running in presidential election
A Brazilian court ordered that former president Lula da Silva, currently in prison, cannot stand as a candidate in the presidential election this year because of a corruption conviction.
Drunk man urinates on passenger's seat in AI flight
A woman has alleged that a drunk passenger urinated on her mother's seat onboard an Air India flight from New York to Delhi flight.In a series of tweets, Indrani Ghosh, the passenger's daughter, said that her mother was travelling alone in the flight AI102 and was traumatized because of the alleged incident."Disgraceful @airindiain yesterday on your flight AI102 from JFK to Delhi a drunk passenger removed his pants and peed on the seat my mother was sitting!!! She was travelling alone and is completely traumatized! Reply ASAP #AirIndia #Shameful," she tweeted.Giving details about the alleged incident, Ghosh added, "@airindiain when I called to make a complaint the usual call centre guy following the script asked me to go to the website and write a feedback!! Really FEEDBACK!"She also demanded strict action against the drunk passenger and said that by "reporting such obscene and offensive behavior the airline can stop such a person from creating nuisance in future".Taking cognisance of
Minor raped near Jamshedpur: Police
A nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour at Adityapur, about 2 km from here, in Seraikela-Kharswan district of Jharkhand, police said Saturday. The incident occurred when the girl had gone to the house of her friend whose father Laden Hembram sent out his daughter and raped the victim on Thursday. The 40-year-old accused dropped the victim at her home when her condition turned bad, they said. The parents of the victim lodged a complaint at Adityapur police station on Friday. The accused, a truck driver, and his family fled the area. The victim was sent for medical check-up in a government hospital at Seraikela.
Retired subedar and his son get six years jail for abducting youth
A fast track court here sentenced a retired Army subedar and son to six years imprisonment for abducting a youth here. Judge Shabista Akil convicted retired Army subedar Shantu and his son, Rajkumar, Friday. Akil sentenced them to six years imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh each. Government lawyer Anod Balyan said they abducted a youth, Niraj.
Brazil's Lula da Silva barred from running for presidency
A majority of justices on Brazil's electoral court voted late Friday to bar ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from running in October's presidential election, virtually ending any chance that the front-runner will get on the ballot. The decision, while long expected, leaves tens of millions of voters without a candidate and adds uncertainty to the race to lead Latin America's largest nation. After several hours of debate late Friday, five justices had voted against da Silva's candidacy and just one in favour. One more was still to vote, though the majority was enough to seal da Silva's fate. Supreme Court Justice Luis Roberto Barroso cast the first vote, saying barring da Silva was "very simple" due to the conviction and upheld appeal. "There is no margin here for the electoral court to make any other evaluation but the one showing there is a conviction, and that conviction matters in the candidate's eligibility" to run, said Barroso. Justice Edson Fachin disagreed, citing a ...
Kim Jong-nam murder: Malaysian police looking for 2 witnesses
Malaysian police are seeking two Indonesian women to appear as witnesses in an ongoing trial over the murder of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Six Indian nationals among several arrested by US immigration authorities
Six Indian nationals are among over 300 people arrested by American authorities for criminal activities and violating the country's immigration laws during a month-long crackdown across six states. Federal officers with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested 364 criminal aliens and immigration violators during a 30-day enforcement action across Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri and Wisconsin. Those arrested during this operation came from 25 countries, including six from India. Other nationalities included Colombia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and and Ukraine. Of the 364 arrested, 187 had criminal convictions, 16 were women and 346 men and 236 were from Mexico. From the Chicago area, ICE arrested a 25-year-old man from India in Champaign, Illinois. He was convicted of criminal sexual abuse on July 30 and remains in ICE custody pending his removal. More than half of
Minor girl abducted, rape attempted
A minor girl was abducted from Budhana town here allegedly by four men with an intent to rape her, police said Saturday. The incident took place on August 27, said SHO Perbhaker Kentura. Based on a complaint lodged by the girl's family, a case was registered against the four men. The accused persons had abducted the girl from Budhana town and later took her to Haryana, the SHO said, adding that the girl was recovered on August 28. It is learnt that the girl's family was rehabilitated to Banat town in Shamli district during the Muzaffarnagar riots in 2013.
Two arrested, hundred liquor cartons seized in UP
Two men were arrested and a hundred cartons of liquor worth Rs 7 lakh seized in Shamli district, police said Saturday. Circle Officer Rajesh Tiwari said a truck was intercepted last evening in Jhinjhana Police Station area Friday evening. The truck was smuggling over one hundred cartons of liquor worth Rs 7 lakh from Haryana to Uttar Pradesh. Parveen Kumar and Vishal from Ambala were arrested, he said.
Exclusive: Brazil prosecutors hope to strike deal lifting glyphosate injunction
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil federal prosecutors are negotiating with health authority Anvisa and the agriculture ministry to reach a deal that could lift an injunction against the popular weed-killer glyphosate, a prosecutor on the case told Reuters on Friday.