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Youth shot at for jumping roadblock in J&K's Kulgam
A youth was shot at and injured by a soldier on Wednesday after he did not stop at a roadblock set up in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
Assam CIC asks cops to expedite reports of land grab cases
The Assam Information Commission has asked the police to provide within 30 days the details of total number of land grabbing cases reported in different police stations of the city as such cases have been on the rise. The commission has been receiving several Right to Information RTI cases, especially in Guwahati with allegations of involvement of government functionaries, including those from revenue department and police. With a view to informing the public about the status of implementation of the Assam Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act 2010, State Chief Information Commissioner H S Das has directed the Commissioner of Police, Guwahati to provide certain details in the police website. The CIC directed the Commissioner of Police, Guwahati to provide within 30 days suo motu, through their website the details of total number of land grabbing cases reported in different police stations of the city; number of police cases registered; number of cases presently under ...
Teacher held in Manipur for raping girl student
A school teacher in Manipur was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly raping a girl student, officials said.
Take note of harassment of intellectuals, activist urges judiciary
Anand Teltumbde, one of the nine alleged "urban naxals" raided by Maharashtra Police, on Wednesday urged the judiciary to take note of what he called "monumental harassment" by police of intellectuals critical of the government.
Three stone crushers sealed in Jammu
Three stone crushers were today sealed here for operating illegally in Tawi river bed, an official spokesman said. He said a team of the Geology and Mining Department sealed the crushers in the presence of a magistrate. The stone crushers were extracting minor minerals during odd hours in the river bed, which is completely banned by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, the spokesman said. He said to curb illegal mining, the authorities have installed CCTV cameras at various locations along the river. Earlier, eight unauthorised stone crushers were sealed for operating illegally in Tawi river bed.
Police searched house without warrant, seized hard disks, mobile phones: Varavara Rao's wife
Police did not produce a warrant before searching their house and took away computer hard disks besides mobile phones, Hemalatha, wife of Telugu poet Varavara Rao who was arrested for alleged links with Maoists, alleged today. She said about 20 police personnel, including two women officials, arrived yesterday. "They did not produce any warrant. They seized computer hard disks and mobile phones. They also disconnected the intercom system that connects with other flats. "He (Varavara Rao) was arrested several times earlier also and no case has been established against him... He wants to spread his ideology through the pen (writings), not the gun," Hemalatha told PTI. She said they initially refused to allow the police to enter their flat at Gandhi Nagar, but they let them in after a local police official informed that they did not need a search or arrest warrant under the sections Rao was booked. The Telegu poet was arrested by a police team from Pune. The team also conducted searches
California police charge 2 in attack on DSGMC President Manjit Singh GK
Two pro-Khalistan referendum supporters have been charged by law enforcement officials in California for the attack on Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee President Manjit Singh GK last week. Singh was visiting the main Gurudwara in Yuba City, California on August 25 when a group of 30-35 people supporting the Khalistan 2020 referendum attacked him. A statement from Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) said California's Sutter County Sheriff's office has charged Sukhwinder Singh and Gurdeep Singh, belonging to the pro-Khalistan Referendum 2020 campaign, for the attack. The two have been charged with "battery", or willful and unlawful use of force or violence on another person, under section 242 of California's Penal Code and a court date for October 15 has been set. The charge carries a USD 2,000 fine or six months in jail. SFJ legal advisor Gurpatwant Singh Pannun said the group will defend the charges against the two persons since they were only protesting the DSGMC chief's presence outside
Following is the timeline of events relating to the arrest of five rights activists by ...
Following is the timeline of events relating to the arrest of five rights activists by the Maharashtra Police for suspected Maoist links in which the Supreme Court today directed that they be kept under house arrest till September 6. 10:30 AM: Historian Romila Thapar and four other human right activists move SC against arrest of five rights activists by Maharashtra Police. 10:40 AM: SC agrees to hear at 3.45 pm plea by Thapar and others against arrest of activists. 10:45 AM: Delhi HC fixes for 2:15 pm hearing on plea of rights activist Gautam Navlakha, claiming his arrest by Maharashtra Police to be illegal. Maharashtra Police tells Delhi HC that translated copies of documents not yet ready and will be given to Navlakha's counsel by 12 pm. 2:20 PM: Navlakha's counsel tells HC they have received certain documents, translated from Marathi to English, from Maharashtra Police at 12.30 pm. A junior counsel appearing for Navlakha said advocate Nitya Ramakrishnan, who has to argue the ...
Five govt officials arrested by police in Mizoram
Five government officials including two women were arrested in Mamit district for their alleged involvement in the burglary in their office on August 23 night, a senior police officer said today. Superintendent of Police H L Thangzuala told PTI over phone that five officials of the Election office of Mamit district were arrested for their alleged involvement in the burglary of their office on August 23 night when all the forms duly filled in by Bru people in six Tripura relief camps were found missing. The SP said the police was interrogating the five officials at the Mamit police station. The burglary apparently took place on August 23 night and the district administration submitted FIR on the next night, he said. Investigation was launched and Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by Sub-Divisional Police Officer of Mamit was constituted in view of the sensitivity of the case, the said. Election officials who conducted revision of voters' lists in the relief camps ..
Dabholkar killing: CBI plea seeking Kalaskar's custody rejected
A Mumbai court today rejected CBI's plea seeking the custody of Sharad Kalaskar, one of the accused arrested by Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad in connection with the seizure of explosives and arms earlier this month. The central agency yesterday sought Kalaskar's custody to question him in connection with the killing of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar in Pune in August 2013. Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Padalkar rejected CBI's plea, saying the court cannot send Kalaskar in its custody as he is in another agency's remand. The court also held that the CBI failed to provide any legal provision for seeking Kalaskar's custody. In its application, the CBI said it needs to bring Kalaskar face to face with Sachin Andure, the alleged main shooter in Dabholkar murder case, to determine his role in the killing. Kalaskar is one of five right-wing activists arrested by the ATS in the explosives seizure case. They were allegedly hatching a conspiracy to trigger blasts in the state. On August ...
Activists' arrest: Pune police says there is evidence about
A day after arresting five Left-wing activists for alleged Maoist links, the Pune Police said today it had "evidence" which suggested that there was a plan to target the "highest political functionaries". Joint Commissioner of Pune Police Shivajirao Bodkhe also claimed to have evidence to suggest that the arrested people had links with Kashmiri separatists. Pune police yesterday raided the homes of prominent Left-wing activists in several states and arrested five of them -- poet Varavara Rao in Hyderabad, activists Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira in Mumbai, trade unionist and lawyer Sudha Bhardwaj in Faridabad and Chhattisgarh and civil liberties activist Gautam Navalakha in Delhi. The raids were carried out as part of a probe into a conclave -- Elgar Parishad -- held in Koregaon-Bhima near here on December 31 last year, which had allegedly triggered violence the next day. The police official, while addressing a press conference here today, said the Elgar Parishad had
Country heading towards dictatorship: Lalu Prasad
Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on Wednesday said the country is heading towards dictatorship and that the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is paving the way for the imposition of Emergency.
Delhi HC questions Maha over Navlakha's arrest, says it will examine transit remand order
The Delhi High Court today questioned the Maharashtra government over the arrest of rights activist Gautam Navlakha and said it will examine the legality of the state police's action to arrest him and the transit remand order to take him to a Pune court. However, after the Supreme Court almost simultaneously heard a petition challenging the arrest of Navlakha and four other activists and ordered that all of them would be kept under house arrest till September 6, the high court said it would pass a direction only after going through the top court's order. It also observed that even if all other arrests in the matter were found to be valid, it would not lend validity to the arrest of Navlakha. The Maharashtra Police wanted to arrest Navlakha and take him to Pune in connection with an FIR lodged there following an event -- 'Elgaar Parishad' (conclave) -- held on December 31 last year that had triggered violence at Koregaon-Bhima village. During the arguments, a bench of Justices S ...
Sanatan Sanstha ban proposal: Maha to send explosives haul case info to Centre
The Maharashtra government has found that the five arrested in the explosives seizure case had links with Sanatan Sanstha sympathizers and would send details to the Centre to ban the radical Hindutva outfit, a police official said today. The state government had sent a proposal to ban the Sanatan Sanstha to the Centre in 2015. It decided to send the details so that it can be added to the proposal, the official said. The Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) probing the recent seizure of explosives, has so far arrested five persons - Vaibhav Raut, Sharad Kalaskar, Sudhanva Gondhalekar, Shrikant Pangarkar and Avinash Pawar. "During the investigation, it was found that all the arrested persons had links with right wing Hindutva organisations and also with the sympathisers of the Sanatan Sanstha and the Hindu Janjagruti Samiti (HJS)," he said. The social media accounts and online activities of the arrested also suggest these links, he added. "The proposal to ban Sanatan Sanstha was sent .
SC order puts activists in house arrest till Sep 6
Describing dissent as a safety valve, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed that the five human rights activists arrested by Maharashtra Police should be kept under house arrest until the next date of hearing on September 6.
Sex-offenders' registry coming next month
With an aim to name and shame those involved in crimes against women, a national registry of sex offenders will be launched next month, officials said today. The move comes against the backdrop of a nearly three-percent increase in crimes against women and a 12-percent rise in rapes in 2016 as compared to 2015. "The national registry of crimes against women will be launched next month. The records are being sourced from the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS)," a senior Union Home Ministry official said. The National Crime Records Bureau will be the nodal agency to maintain the sex-offenders' registry. It will help the law-enforcement agencies in identifying the repeat offenders, while people, too, would be aware of those involved in sex crimes, the official said. According to NCRB data, as many as 38,947 rape cases were registered in 2016, against 34,651 in 2015. Overall crimes against women rose from 3,29,243 in 2015 to 3,38,954 in 2016. A majority of cases ...
34 children trafficked to Ludhiana from J'khand, Bihar: Police official
Thirty-four children, mostly tribals, were allegedly trafficked from Bihar and Jharkhand to Ludhiana in Punjab and some were converted to Christianity, a police official said today. They were lodged in a missionary-run child shelter home in Ludhiana, Superintendent of Police (SP), West Singhbhum, G Kranthi Kumar, said. Kumar said the police swung into action after Jyotsana Tirkey, a member of the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) in Chaibasa, lodged a complaint on August 26. Her complaint was based on a media report that claimed that 34 children from Chaibasa in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district and Bihar were illegally kept in a missionary-run child shelter home in Ludhiana, he said. Following the complaint, a police team was sent to Ludhiana and it along with the Punjab Police arrested a man He was produced at a court there before he is brought to Chaibasa on transit remand, the officer said. "Police has contacted 12 children of the 20 reportedly sent back to West Singhbhum before ...
Interpol rejects request for Musharraf's arrest: Pak govt
The Interpol has rejected Pakistan's request to arrest General Pervez Musharraf as it does not want to interfere in cases of political nature, the government today informed a special court hearing the high treason case against the former military dictator who is now in Dubai. The government's reply came as the tribunal resumed hearing in the treason case against the former president for suspending the Constitution in 2007 by imposing emergency. Gen. (retd) Musharraf, 75, was indicted in the case in March 2014 after he appeared before the court and rejected all charges. Interior Secretary Yousuf Naseem Khokhar in his reply on efforts to bring Musharraf back to the country informed the court that a letter was written to Interpol to issue a Red Warrant. But it returned the letter by refusing to interfere in cases of political nature. Khokhar appeared before a two-judge bench headed by Lahore High Court Chief Justice Justice Yawar Ali and comprising Sindh High Court's Justice Nazar Akbar .
SC orders house arrest for activists
In a huge relief, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed that the five human rights activists arrested across the country in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon incident in Maharashtra should be kept under house arrest.
SC orders house arrest of activists till September 6
The Supreme Court today ordered that the five human rights activists, arrested in connection with the Bhima-Koregaon violence case, be kept under house arrest till September 6, saying dissent was the "safety valve" of democracy. The five activists will now not be sent to jail till September 6 but will remain in house arrest under police watch. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra questioned the Maharashtra police for arresting these persons after around nine months of the Bhima-Koregaon incident. "Dissent is the safety valve of democracy and if you don't allow these safety valves, it will burst," the bench, which also comprised Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, said. The top court also issued notice to the Maharashtra state government and the state police on the plea filed by five intellectuals, including historian Romila Thapar and economists Prabhat Patnaik and Devika Jain, against the arrest of the rights activists yesterday in connection with the case. The ...