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Jitan Manjhi thanks judiciary for granting bail to Tejashwi, Rabri
Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Friday thanked the judiciary for granting bail to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad's son Tejashwi Yadav and his mother Rabri Devi. The two were in the jail for their alleged involvement in the 2006 Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) hotels tender scam."We very well knew that they (Rabri, Tejashwi) will get bail in this case. Judicial process will continue. I thank the judiciary for granting the bail to Tejeshwi Yadav and Rabri Devi," Manjhi told ANI.Congress leader Pramod Tiwari too welcomed the order. "I welcome the decision, there is nothing in this case that could stop the bail. Whoever opposes Modi ji, or tries to strengthen the Opposition, would be framed in false cases," Tiwari said.A Delhi court on Friday granted bail to all accused, except RJD president Lalu Prasad, in an alleged money laundering case related to the IRCTC hotels tender scam.Lalu's bail application is pending as he could not appear
Taiwan carries out first execution in two years
Taiwan executed a death-row inmate on Friday, the first execution carried out under President Tsai Ing-wen's government and despite ongoing calls from rights groups to abolish the death penalty. Lee Hung-chi was executed at a jail in southern Kaohsiung city Friday afternoon by firing squad, according to the justice ministry, for killing his ex-wife and five-year-old daughter in 2014. Lee stabbed his ex-wife to death outside the kindergarten their two daughters attended and then took one of the girls to his car, where he attempted to commit suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning. Lee survived after they were rescued but the girl died two months later despite treatment. "His actions were brutal and ruthless ... and inflicted irrepairable harms to the victims' families," deputy justice minister Chen Ming-tang told reporters, adding that the court had ruled there was no likelihood of Lee reforming. Taiwan resumed capital punishment in 2010 after a five-year hiatus, with the death penalty ...
Son of Hizb chief sent to NIA custody till Sept 10
A Delhi court today sent the second son of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin to National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody till September 10. District Judge Poonam A Bamba allowed the plea of the probe agency for the custody of 48-year-old Syed Ahmed Shakeel till September 10. The second son of the globally-wanted terrorist, Salahuddin, was arrested yesterday by the NIA in connection with a 2011 terror funding case for allegedly receiving money from his father. Armed with a non-bailable warrant from a Delhi court, the NIA officials, accompanied by the state police and CRPF, placed 48-year-old Syed Ahmed Shakeel under arrest at Rambagh locality in Srinagar yesterday when he was on his way to Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Science, where he works as a senior laboratory assistant. He was then brought to the national capital and produced before a duty magistrate last evening, which sent to a day's NIA custody with a direction to produce him before the concerned judge ...
Sri Lankan man charged with terror document in Sydney
A Sri Lankan man was refused bail by a Sydney court on Friday, after being charged with a terrorism related offence.
Activist's letter spoke of "Rajiv Gandhi-like" event: Police
Maharashtra police today said there was "conclusive proof" to link the arrested activists to Maoists, adding a letter exchanged by an arrested activist spoke of planning a "Rajiv Gandhi-like" incident. An email letter, between Rona Wilson and a CPI-Maoist leader speaks of ending "Modi-raj" with a 'Rajiv Gandhi-type incident', Maharashtra police additional director general (law and order) Parambir Singh told reporters here. The letter also sought money for procuring grenade launchers, he said. Police has seized "thousands of letters" exchanged between the overground and the underground of Maoists, the police officer said. Some of the letters exchanged between the arrested activists spoke of planning "some big action" which would attract attention, Singh said.
Man held for sexually abusing minor girl in Erode district
A 24-year old man was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl in the district, police said today. Sarathkumar had kidnapped the 16-year old girl working in a garment factory here and sexually assaulted her by promising to marry her, they added. A few days ago, he had gone to the factory and taken the girl out by telling the manager in-charge he was her brother and wanted to take her to meet their ailing father, the police said. Later, he took her to Palani and sexually abused her by promising to marry her, police said. Meanwhile, the girl's parents lodged a complaint at a all-woman police station, stating that their daughter had gone missing. Police spotted the girl and Sarathkumar near here last night and detained the two. The girl told the police and her family members that the man had sexually assaulted her. The police registered a case against him under the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) and also for kidnapping the minor girl.
Case filed against Assam MLA for controversial remarks on NRC
A case has been filed against Assam BJP MLA Siladitya Dev for allegedly making controversial remarks on the National Register of Citizens (NRC). Advocate Inamul Huda had filed a case in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate in Nagaon district on August 29, accusing Dev of frequently criticising the NRC through the media and other social networking platforms. The advocate said remarks made by the MLA could affect the "age-old peaceful atmosphere" of the state. Huda's complaint was registered under various sections of the Information Technology Act 2000. The court has fixed September 27 as the next date of hearing. Dev could not be contacted for his reaction.
Man dies after falling off train in mobile snatching incident
A 19-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly snatching the mobile phone of a passenger travelling on a suburban local here leading to the latter falling off it and dying, railway police said today. The incident happened in the early hours of August 19 when Nashik-based medical professional Chetan Ahirrao (35) was standing on the footboard of a Central Railway local train while on his way to Diva station in neighbouring Thane district, the official said. "Just as the train was about to leave the platform at Kalwa station, accused Ajay Solanki (19) hit Ahirrao on the wrist to snatch his cellphone. The victim jumped off the train to retrieve the mobile but fell beside the tracks and was grievously injured. He died while being rushed to a hospital," the official said. Solanki fled the scene after picking up Ahirrao's mobile phone, he said. "While initially it was believed to be a case of a passenger falling off a local train, suspicion was aroused when we realised that
Airlines asked to pay Rs 35 lakh as compensation for deboarding three of family
The Punjab State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission here has ordered two airlines to jointly pay a compensation of Rs 35 lakh to a woman and her two minor children for the "mental agony, tension, harassment" suffered by them after being asked to deboard a Toronto-bound flight at Delhi airport last year. Minali Mittal along with her two children--11 year old daughter and 3-year old son -- was travelling to Toronto in September, 2017. They boarded a Jet Airways flight from the Chandigarh International Airport at Mohali to Delhi for onward journey to Canada. In her petition, Minali submitted that having boarded the Air Canada flight in Delhi her daughter Teesha Mittal had to use the washroom and finding it locked, she kept on waiting at its door. It was alleged that the "washroom was emitting a foul smell," as a result of which Teesha suffered from nausea and vomited at the door of the washroom. Commission president Justice Paramjeet Singh Dhaliwal and member Kiran Sibal in their ...
Demands like banning church confessions are knee-jerk reactions: law panel
Demands such as one seeking a ban on church confessions as they could lead to blackmailing of women are "knee-jerk reactions" and one should be wary of them, the Law Commission said today. In its consultation paper on 'Reform of Family Law' the panel said confessing in itself cannot be a criminal act. "It's the misuse of confessions by select priests that needs to be checked. It is a far more progressive and sensible suggestion to eventually also include nuns who can hear confessions. This need not be enforced by law, but be brought in through consensus building within communities," the document said. The National Commission for Women (NCW) had last month recommended abolition of the practice of confessions in churches, saying the practice could lead to blackmailing of women. NCW chief Rekha Sharma had made the recommendation after allegations came to light in June that four priests of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church in Kerala had used a married woman's confession to sexually ...
NGT appoints ex-judge Justice Tarun Agrawal as chairman of panel to decide Vedanta's plea
The National Green Tribunal has appointed former Meghalaya High Court Chief Justice Tarun Agrawal as head of a three-member committee to decide mining company Vedanta's plea, challenging closure of its Sterlite copper plant at Tuticorin. A bench headed by chairperson A K Goel had earlier named former Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice S J Vazifdar as head of the panel, however, he expressed inability to accept the appointment stating personal reasons. "The matter has been put up on receipt of a communication from Justice S J Vazifdar, former Chief Justice of Punjab & Haryana High Court and former Judge of Bombay High Court dated August 28 expressing inability to accept the appointment in terms of order dated August 20 for personal reasons. "In view of above, we substitute Justice S J Vazifdar by Justice Tarun Agrawal, former Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court and former Judge of Allahabad High Court. All other terms of order dated August 20 will remain," the bench, ...
Missing woman found in Muzaffarnagar
A 55-year-old woman was found dead in her under-construction house at Bagowali village here last evening, police said today. Zahida was missing since Wednesday, they said. The victim was found with her hands tied, SHO Harsharan Sharma said, adding that she might be strangulated to death. A case was registered against unidentified persons and the body has been sent for post mortem, he added.
Vikhe Patil meets slain rationalist Pansare's kin
Congress leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil today met the family members of slain rationalist Govind Pansare here and requested them to mount pressure on the government to ban "extremist outfits, like the Sanatan Sanstha". Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly Vikhe Patil also accused the state government of backing those opposed to the rationalist movement. Pansare was shot at on February 16, 2015 here and succumbed to his injuries on four days later. Members of the Sanatan Sanstha were questioned in connection with the killing. "I requested them (Pansare's kin) that modern thinkers like them should come together to exert pressure on the government to ban extremist outfits like the Sanatan Sanstha, which provoke young people and give them guns and bombs," Vikhe Patil told reporters after meeting CPI leader Pansare's wife Uma and daughter-in-law Megha. Referring to the arrest of an individual in connection with the murder of rationalist Dr Narendra Dabholkar, ...
Woman commits suicide after police refuse to file FIR
A 28-year-old woman, who was allegedly raped by a man, died after she set herself ablaze in a police station here following which three policemen were suspended, an official said today. The woman's husband Ramvir has alleged that she was upset after police refused to file an FIR in the case and they were exerting pressure on the victim to reach a compromise with the accused, Vinay Kumar. Yesterday, the woman was rushed to a district hospital, where she succumbed to injuries, the official said. Her husband has lodged a case of rape and abetment to suicide. Meanwhile, Superintendent of Police S N Chinappa said three policemen, including police station in-charge Subhash Kumar and sub-inspectors Lal Singh Rana and Lokesh Kumar, were suspended in this connection. Vinay Kumar was also arrested, Chinappa said, adding that strict action will be taken against all those who forced the accused and the victim to reach an understanding in this connection. SP (Rural) Subhash Chandra Shakya was sent
IRCTC scam: Rabri, Tejashwi granted bail
A Delhi court on Friday granted bail to all accused, including former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi and her son Tejashwi Yadav in a money laundering case related to the 2006 Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) hotels tender scam.Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad, who is presently lodged in Ranchi's Birsa Munda Central Jail for his involvement in multi-crore fodder scam, has also been named in this case by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).A production warrant for October 6 was issued against Lalu by the court today.The law enforcement agency in its chargesheet had also named RJD supporters PC Gupta and his spouse Sarla Gupta, a company Lara Projects and ten others as accused in the IRCTC hotels maintenance case.The case pertains to alleged irregularities in allotting a contract to a private company for the maintenance of IRCTC hotels located in Ranchi and Puri when Lalu was heading the Railway Ministry from 2004 to 2009.According to the prosecution
Court grants bail to Lalu's wife Rabri, son Tejashwi in IRCTC scam case
A Delhi court today granted bail to RJD supremo Lalu Prasad's wife Rabri Devi and son Tejashwi Yadav in an Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) scam case. Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj also issued a production warrant against Prasad in the case. The court granted bail to Rabri and Tejashwi Yadav on a personal bond of Rs lakh and one surety of the like amount. Earlier the court had summoned and asked the Lalu family and others in the case to appear before the court today in the case related to alleged irregularities in granting operational contract of two IRCTC hotels to a private firm. Lalu did not appear before the court today as he is in a Jharkhand jail in another case. The CBI, which had on April 16 filed the charge sheet in the case, had said there were enough evidence against Lalu, Rabri, Tejashwi and others. The CBI had earlier informed the court that sanction has been procured from authorities concerned to prosecute Additional Member of Railway Board B K ...
6 years jail for Australian for espionage in Cambodia
A Cambodian court on Friday convicted Australian filmmaker James Ricketson of spying and sentenced him to six years in prison.
Ex-coach booked on charges related to US gymnastics sex scandal
The former women's gymnastics coach at Michigan State University turned herself in to authorities Thursday, to face charges that she lied to police investigating a massive sex abuse scandal in the sport. Former gymnasts have accused Kathy Klages of turning a blind eye to the assaults perpetrated by Larry Nassar, the ex-doctor who abused hundreds of athletes in the guise of medical treatment, including Olympic champions such as Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross and Madison Kocian. Nassar admitted his crimes, plead guilty, and is serving three prison sentences that will keep him behind bars the rest of his life. State prosecutors have turned their attention to those who may have been alerted to the abuse, but failed to stop Nassar. Klages retired from MSU last year. She was the women's gymnastics coach and worked with Nassar, who treated athletes at the university and at USA Gymnastics events and trainings. Some athletes have claimed Klages was told about Nassar's abuse and did not believe ...
Arms smuggler arrested in Manipur: Police
An alleged arms smuggler was arrested by security forces at a check post near Lilong bridge in Thoubal district of Manipur, the police said. The 26-year-old Md Amjad Khan was caught during an operation by a team of state police commandos and Assam Rifles jawans under the supervision of Thoubal SP S Gautam Singh on Wednesday. Acting on a tip off, the security forces launched the operation at the vehicular check point and nabbed the man. One 9mm pistol with magazine and a car were seized from the possession of Khan, they said.
UP: Cops stop man from selling his child for pregnant wife's treatment
In a shocking incident, the Uttar Pradesh police stopped a man from selling his child for Rs 25,000 for his pregnant wife's treatment.Arvind Banjara, a resident of Barethi Darapur village in Kannauj, had admitted his seven-month pregnant wife Sukhdevi in District Hospital when she developed complications. Doctors apparently asked him to arrange blood for her treatment.The couple has a four-year-old girl Roshni and one-year-old son Jaanu."In the district hospital, we were told to get blood for her. They told me that if she will not survive if blood is not arranged for her. I didn't have money. So, I had no other option, but to sell my child," Banjara told ANI.Adding to that, Sukhdevi said: "It's not easy to sell a child, but we had no other option. We had already visited few hospitals for treatment."However, the police stopped the couple from selling their child and assured them full financial support."We got to know from people that there is one couple, which is in need for money for .