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White ex-Texas cop gets 15 years in black teenager's death
A white former police officer was sentenced to 15 years in prison after being convicted of murder a day earlier for killing an unarmed 15-year-old boy when he fired into a car filled with black teenagers leaving a house party in suburban Dallas. Roy Oliver's conviction Tuesday in the April 2017 death of Jordan Edwards was handed down by the same jury that delivered his punishment. He also was fined USD 10,000. Prosecutors had sought a minimum of 60 years in prison. Edwards' family praised prosecutors and the verdict but said the sentence was too lenient. Charmaine Edwards, Jordan's stepmother, said of Oliver, "He can actually see life again after 15 years and that's not enough because Jordan can't see life again." The Dallas-based group Mothers Against Police Brutality expressed dissatisfaction with the sentence, saying in a statement that what Oliver received "is not at all commensurate with his crime." Oliver's defense team said it had already begun the process of appealing. His ...
NIA arrests Syed Salahuddin's son in terror funding case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) today arrested Syed Shakeel Yousuf, son of globally wanted terrorist Syed Salahuddin, in connection with a 2011 terror funding case for allegedly receiving money from his father. An NIA spokesman said in Delhi that Shakeel, at present working as a laboratory assistant at a prestigious government hospital, was picked up from Rambagh locality of Srinagar and placed under arrest. The spokesman said, "In an operation today morning, NIA team along with the police and CRPF arrested Shakeel in a terror funding case". He is the second son of Salahuddin who has been arrested by the NIA in connection with the case. Earlier in June this year, his another son, Shahid, who was working in the agricultural department of the Jammu and Kashmir government, was arrested in the same case. The NIA alleged Shakeel used to receive funds through a US-based international wire transfer company from Aijaz Ahmed Bhat, another accused in the case who is absconding and based
Case against me based on false statements, says activist Varavara Rao
Varavara Rao, one of the activists who has been put under the house arrest in Hyderabad for having alleged links with Communist Party of India (Maoist) [CPI (Maoist)] in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence, said on Thursday that the police has framed him in this case on the basis of false statements."I am saying it from the beginning, that on basis of false statements, a case was filed against me. I have faith in the law," he saidOn Wednesday, the Supreme Court directed the Pune police to keep the five accused activists --Rao, Arun Ferreira, Gautam Navlakha, Vernon Gonsalves and Sudha Bhardwaj--under house arrest till September 5. These activists are under police scanner for having links with Maoists and also being allegedly involved in triggering violence at Elgaar Parishad, an event to mark the 200th year of the Battle of Bhima Koregaon, in Pune that took place in January this year.Speaking to ANI, Rao's lawyer Mihir Desai, said that these latest orders of house arrest for ..
NIA arrests Hizbul supremo's son in Srinagar
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested Pakistan's Muzaffarabad-based Hizbul Mujahideen supreme commander Syed Salahuddin's son, Syed Shakeel Ahmed, during a raid here, police said.
Varavara Rao reaches home, under house arrest as per apex court directive
Left leaning Telugu poet and writer Varavara Rao who was arrested by the Pune police for his alleged links with Maoists reached home this morning after the Supreme Court directive. The apex court yesterday ordered that the five activists, arrested on August 28 in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence case, should be kept under house arrest till September 6. "They (Pune police) brought him home at 7 in the morning. He was brought to the city by flight," Rao's wife Hemalatha told PTI. She further said the police is not allowing anyone except his daughters and sons-in-law into or out of the house. When PTI tried to talk to Rao, she said he is not allowed to talk to the media as per the police. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central Zone) Viswa Prasad in a message said the Hyderabad police would be managing Rao's house arrest. Earlier, there was confusion as to whether the local police or Pune police would manage the writer's house arrest. "We will always standby to the Pune ...
Deccan Gold Mines receives favourable ruling on Hutti North PL application
From Tribunal, Ministry of Mines, Government of India
Former South America football boss Napout jailed for nine years in US
The former head of the South American football confederation CONMEBOL, Juan Angel Napout, was sentenced to nine years in prison for his role in the sweeping FIFA corruption scandal -- a tough punishment the judge said should deter others tempted by easy money. The sentencing of the 60-year-old Napout came just a week after the former boss of Brazilian football, Jose Maria Marin, was jailed for four years in connection with the same case. "There's a need for general deterrence because there was, and perhaps there is still, corruption in international soccer," federal Judge Pamela Chen told the courtroom as she delivered the sentence yesterday. Wearing a beige prison jumpsuit, Napout implored the judge: "I want to ask for your compassion. I want to ask for your mercy." But Chen said it was important to send a message "that you cannot steal millions in bribes from soccer organizations and go unpunished... that there are real consequences, that you'll go to jail and it won't be a slap on
UP: Man kills wife, daughters
In a bizarre incident, a man from Lakhnaur village in Uttar Pradesh's Mau district allegedly killed his wife and two daughters and later informed police about the same before he is believed to have committed suicide.Following a domestic dispute, the man, named Lakshmi Shankar Maurya, strangled his wife, Dimple, and killed his two daughters by drowning them in a tub, the police said."At 3:38 pm on Wednesday, Lakshmi called police and informed that he has killed his wife Dimple and their two daughters. Lakshmi added that he is going to commit suicide. When a police team reached the crime scene, they found the three dead bodies. Their neighbours informed that Lakshmi has left the house," said Assistant Superintendent of Police Shailendra Kumar Srivastava."Following that, the cyber cell traced his phone in Turtipar. When the police visited the site, they were informed by an eyewitness that a man came, left his motorcycle and phone, and jumped in the Ghaghara river. Till now, we have not ..
Bhima Koregaon case: 'Arrested activists members of banned CPI (Maoist)'
"Varun Gosalves, Arun Ferreira and Varavara Rao are active members of banned organization, Communist Party of India (Maoist) [CPI (Maoist)]", prosecutor told Pune session court while seeking the remand of the three accused activists arrested on Tuesday.Pune police on Tuesday had conducted raids in different parts of the country and arrested five accused activists in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence case, three of which were produced before Pune sessions court on Wednesday.Vernon Gosalves was arrested from Mumbai, Arun Ferreira from Thane, whereas Varavara Rao was arrested from Hyderabad.Seeking their 14-day remand, the public prosecutor informed the court that the accused were involved in the crime, adding that several documents were seized during the search operation from their houses. The court was also informed that electronic devices, seized from the accused, need to be investigated.The grounds, on which Pune police sought their remand, included, "Code languages were ...
NY Guv halted Weinstein case probe after receiving donation
Days before halting the probe into the handling of sexual misconduct allegations of Harvey Weinstein, New York (NY) Governor Andrew Cuomo's campaign received a donation from a law firm which previously represented the disgraced movie mogul.The firm Manhattan firm Boies Schiller & Flexner donated the money on June 20 following, which the governor called for a six-month suspension of state Attorney General Barbara Underwood's investigation into Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance for deciding not to prosecute Weinstein for a 2015 groping incident, reported Page Six.The firm defended the contribution as the spokesperson of the firm was quoted by Page Six as saying, "Neither Mr. Boies, nor anyone from his firm, ever discussed Harvey Weinstein or Mr. Vance with Mr. Cuomo, or anyone from his office, at any time. Mr. Boies is a longtime supporter of Mr. Cuomo and his contribution in June was consistent with his contributions to Mr. Cuomo over years past.""The attorney general's investigation was ...
Chhattisgarh: Naxals kill surrendered naxal
A 55-year-old naxal, named Podia Wadde, who had surrendered before police few days ago, was allegedly murdered by Naxals on Wednesday in Cholnar village in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district."Podia Wadde was a Naxalite since last 20-25 years. He was the mastermind of the Cholnar blasts in which seven police personnel were killed in April. We arrested him four days ago. He was also wanted in few other cases," said Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallav.Pallav added that Wadde was advised not to return to his village, however, he didn't listen to the police and got killed.
Hacker of celebrity photos gets 8 months in prison
A Connecticut man who hacked into more than 200 iCloud accounts of Hollywood stars and other people has been sentenced to eight months in prison. George Garofano was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Bridgeport. After prison, he must serve three years of supervised release and perform 60 hours of community service. The North Branford man was one of four men arrested in the 2014 hacking scandal that led to private photos of Jennifer Lawrence, Kirsten Dunst, Kate Upton and others being made public. Authorities say the hackers used a phishing scheme that sent emails appearing to be from Apple security accounts that asked for usernames and passwords. Garofano pleaded guilty in April and asked for leniency, saying he faces a lifetime loss of rights because of the felony conviction.
US soldier pleads guilty to trying to help Islamic State
A soldier based in Hawaii has pleaded guilty to trying to help the Islamic State group admitting he provided secret military information, a drone meant to track US troops and other support to undercover agents he believed were members of the terrorist organization. Sgt. 1st Class Ikaika Kang, handcuffed and wearing beige prison jumpsuit, spoke in a clear and confident voice when he told a US magistrate judge in Honolulu yesterday that he's guilty of all four counts charged in an indictment filed last year. "Your honor I provided unclassified, classified documents to the Islamic State," Kang said, adding that he also provided the drone. He agreed when Assistant US Attorney Ken Sorenson described other support he provided to undercover agents Kang believed were part of the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS. Kang provided voluminous, digital documents that included sensitive information including a US military weapons file and various military manuals, Sorenson said. Trained as an
Cop's minor daughter raped by juvenile in Delhi
A minor daughter of a Delhi Police personnel was allegedly raped by a juvenile, police said today. She told police that her cousin introduced her to the accused, whose father is also a Delhi Police personnel, six months ago and they became friends, he said. Police said the victim lives in a society in Dwarka North while the accused lived with his family in Haryana's Bahadurgarh, the officer said. One day, the accused called the girl to his house, following which he gave her some intoxicants and made her obscene videos. He allegedly raped her after threatening to upload her videos on the Internet, police official said. On Monday, the accused asked the victim to meet her but she refused. After which, he threatened the girl and barged into her house yesterday where he was caught by her family members, police official added. Based on a complaint filed by her, a case was registered under the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act. The accused was later apprehended, they ...
Woman held for creating ruckus at Delhi airport
The Delhi Police arrested a 55-year-old woman for allegedly creating ruckus after being asked by security personnel at the airport to remove power bank from her baggage, a senior police officer said. The woman allegedly threw the power bank on the floor which triggered a small blast, he said. She was arrested yesterday from the airport and later released on bail. Sources claimed that she is an actress but the police officials was not sure about her antecedents.
Former S America football boss Napout jailed for nine years in US
The former head of the South American football confederation CONMEBOL, Juan Angel Napout, was sentenced to nine years in prison today for his role in the sweeping FIFA corruption scandal. The sentencing of the 60-year-old Napout came just a week after the former boss of Brazilian football, Jose Maria Marin, was jailed for four years in connection with the same case. Napout, who was also once the head of Paraguayan football, was found guilty on December 22 on three counts in connection with bestowing television and marketing rights for major events in exchange for millions of dollars in bribes. He was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and two counts of wire fraud conspiracy, but was acquitted on two counts of money laundering conspiracy. US prosecutors have lifted the lid on a quarter of a century of endemic corruption in the heart of FIFA, football's governing body, and on the largest graft scandal in the world's most popular sport. In total, 42 officials and marketing executives, .
Patna HC asks Bihar exam board to revise girl's result, slaps Rs 5 lakh cost on it
The Patna High Court today ordered the Bihar School Examination Board to give "one mark" for an unchecked answer in Hindi paper of a girl, who had secured the second rank in the state in matriculation examination last year. A bench of Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh also slapped a cost of Rs five lakh on the Board, "which, instead of fairly accepting the claim of petitioner had chosen to invite a verdict from the court". The bench passed the order on the plea of Bhavya Kumari, a resident of Begusarai district and alumni of a girls' residential school at Simultala in Jamui. She had secured 460 marks out of 500 in the examination, the results of which had been declared in June 2017. The girl had moved the court after perusing her answer scripts secured through a transparency plea under the Right to Information Act. The girl had claimed under-evaluation of her Hindi, Sanskrit and Social Sciences papers, seeking a direction to the Board for their re-evaluation, but the court made it ...
Arrested activists not Naxals: Sharad Pawar
Calling the arrest of five rights activists as "unfortunate", NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said that he knew some of them "personally" and they cannot be associated with Naxalism or Maoism.
Man arrested for securing bank loans using forged documents
A 38-year-old man was arrested for allegedly taking loans from banks by producing forged documents of mortgaged properties, the police said today. Amit Verma was already declared a proclaimed offender in four cases and non-bailable warrants had been issued against him in six cases pertaining to financing single properties multiple times, they said. Based on a tip-off, a trap was laid at the hide out of the accused at Dayanand Block in Shakarpur yesterday. Subsequently, the accused was arrested and five mobile phones and a car was seized from his possession, said Rajiv Ranjan, Additional Commissioner of Police (crime). During interrogation, Verma told the police that he along with his associates Nitin Arora, Sandeep Khera, Ishima Arora and Vinod Arora used to create forged documents of flats and properties which were already mortgaged with different banks, he said. When the accused could not pay the loan instalments following which the bank officials visited the site in question, they .
NIA court issues non-bailable warrant against Malegaon Blasts accused
A special National Investigation Agency court on Wednesday issued a Non-bailable warrant against 2008 Malegaon blasts accused Sudhakar Dwivedi alias Dayanand Pandey after he was regularly absent in several hearings at the court.At present, he is out on bail but has not been attending the court hearings. The next hearing in the will take place on September 5.Sudhakar Dhar Dwivedi alias Dayanand Pandey is an accused in Malegaon 2008 blasts case.According to NIA's case, he was part of the conspiracy and had attended meetings with some of the co-accused in Bhopal and Faridabad in April 2008. He was given bail by Special NIA court in September 2017.He is also accused of possessing SIM cards from which various calls were made to accused Lt Col Prasad Purohit and Sadhvi Pragya Thakur during the conspiracy in the Malegaon 2008 blasts.