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Elderly pilgrim dies near Shivkouri shrine in J&K's Reasi
A 70-year-old pilgrim from Uttar Pradesh died after allegedly suffering a cardiac arrest near the cave shrine of Shivkouri in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district today, police said. Jai Kishan Diwedi, a resident of Ambedkar Nagar, lost consciousness and collapsed near the famous shrine, they said. He was immediately taken to the Ransoo-Pouni hospital, where he was declared brought dead by doctors, an official said. He said the pilgrim had apparently died of cardiac arrest. The body of the deceased was handed over to the family members who were accompanying him on the pilgrimage, the official said.
Left leaning poet & writer Varavara Rao arrested
: Left leaning poet and writer Varavara Rao was arrested from his residence here today for his alleged links with Maoists. He was arrested from his residence at Gandhi Nagar by a police team from Pune. A senior police official here said the team conducted searches at the residences of Rao's two daughters and a journalist, among others, before arresting him. "Pune police sought our assistance. We have provided them with local force to assist in conducting searches and making the arrest. They arrested Varavara Rao. He will be produced in a court and taken to Pune on transit warrant," Deputy Commissioner of Police ( Central Zone) Viswa Prasad told PTI. Besides Rao, left wing activist Sudha Bhardwaj was also arrested at Faridabad. Protesting against the arrest, Civil Liberties Committee president GaddamLaxman said they would fight the issue legally. "The BJP Government is attacking intellectuals physically and mentally tortutring them. We are consulting legal experts. We ...
Don't take Gautam Navlakha out of Delhi, says high court
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed Maharashtra Police not to take Maoist sympathizer Gautam Navlakha -- who has been arrested on terror charges -- out of Delhi till Wednesday and keep him under house arrest till further orders.
Dawood's aide remanded in custody until Sept 25 in UK
Jabir Moti, the Pakistani national described as a "top lieutenant" of organised crime and terror network D-Company, was today remanded in custody until September 25 by a UK court. The 51-year-old, who appeared before Westminster Magistrates' Court via live video link from Wandsworth prison in south-west London, is facing extradition to the US on money laundering and extortion charges, which allegedly link up with terrorism funding. Moti, arrested by Scotland Yard's Extradition Unit early this month, had been denied bail at his hearing last week as the judge deemed him to be a flight risk. "At this stage I am remanding you in custody on the same conditions, to appear before the court in four weeks' time," Judge Mark Jabbitt told Moti today, as he sat with his hands folded and dressed in his prison outfit during the video link. Moti faces extradition to the US following an FBI investigation dating back to 2005. The UK's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) told the court at the last hearing .
Court to hear argument on money laundering charges against Lalu's daughter Misa Bharti
A Delhi court will hear on September 20 the arguments on charges against RJD chief Lalu Prasad's daughter Misa Bharti and her husband in an alleged money laundering case. Special Judge Arvind Kumar fixed the matter after he was informed by the Enforcement Directorate that all the documents filed along with the charge sheet were handed over to the accused. ED's special public prosecutor Atul Tripathi told the court that most of the documents have already been handed over to the accused and the remaining will be given soon. Bharti, who is a Rajya Sabha MP, and her husband Shailesh Kumar were granted bail on March 5 after they appeared before the court in pursuance to summons issued against them. The court had on February 8 issued summonses against Bharti, her husband and her firm Mishail Packers and Printers as accused in the case after taking cognizance of the charge sheet filed by the ED. The charge sheet had accused them of money laundering. The ED had on December 23 filed its final .
Gangster shot dead in Bihar court
Jailed gangster Santosh Jha, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing two engineers, was shot dead on Tuesday in the premises of a court in Bihars Sitamarhi district, police said.
Top Philippine court asked to halt Duterte's ICC withdrawal
Rights advocates urged the Philippines' top court today to halt President Rodrigo Duterte's push to quit the International Criminal Court, which has launched a preliminary probe into his deadly narcotics crackdown. In oral arguments before the Supreme Court in Manila, they told the justices the Philippine Senate would have to approve the nation's withdrawal from the tribunal's founding treaty. Duterte in March gave notice he was pulling out of the agreement, saying the ICC's examination of his internationally condemned drug war was "unduly and maliciously created". However opposition senators and rights advocates have asked the Supreme Court to declare the withdrawal invalid, arguing the constitution requires two-thirds of the Senate to approve the move. "A treaty already transformed into Philippine law cannot be undone by a one-sided act of the president. Only the Senate can undo its own act," Romel Bagares, lawyer for a coalition of campaigners, told the court. Judges will next hear
Govt rectifies anomaly, allows law enforcement agencies to hold banned notes
The Centre has come to the rescue of law enforcement agencies like tax department and Enforcement Directorate, which are faced with a unique situation of holding confiscated currency notes beyond specified limits, by making changes in the law. A notification in this regard has been issued by the Ministry of Finance allowing agencies such as Central Board of Direct Taxes, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Enforcement Directorate to hold banned currency notes. Under the Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act, 2017, banned currency notes beyond a certain limit could be held only by the Reserve Bank, its agencies, or other person authorised by it, and in pursuance of court order. An individual is not allowed to hold more than 10 banned notes. Besides, not more than 25 such notes could be kept for study, research or numismatics. According to the Finance Ministry's notification, law enforcement agencies had seized or confiscated the Rs 500/1,000 notes on or before December ...
HC asks Maharashtra police not to take away activist Gautam Navlakha from Delhi till morning
The Delhi High Court today directed that rights activist Gautam Navlakha, arrested by Maharashtra police for alleged Maoist links, should not be taken away from the national capital till it hears the matter tomorrow morning. A bench of Justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel said Navlakha will remain at his residence under police guard and be allowed to meet only his lawyers. The court also said this will be the first matter to be considered by it tomorrow morning. The high court was hearing a habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of Navlakha by his advocate Warisha Farasat after he was picked up from his Delhi home this afternoon by the Maharashtra police in connection with the December 31 last year violence at Koregaon-Bhima village. A habeas corpus petition is a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, especially to secure his or her release. Left-wing activists, including Varavara Rao and Sudha Bhardwaj, were also arrested today as the ...
Complaint filed against Duterte in ICC
The families of the victims of the war against drugs in the Philippines filed a complaint before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday alleging crimes against humanity by President Rodrigo Duterte.
Maoist ideologue Varavara Rao held, police link him with plot to kill PM
The Maharashtra Police on Tuesday arrested Maoist ideologue Varavara Rao here, with a family member quoting the detectives as saying that he was linked with an alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Aircel-Maxis case: Chidambaram moves court accusing CBI of leaking charge sheet to media
A Delhi court today sought response from the CBI on a plea of former Union Minister P Chidambaram who accused the agency of leaking parts of the charge sheet in the Aircel-Maxis case, in which he is an accused, to the media "to sensationalise" the issue and "make mockery of judicial process". Special Judge O P Saini took the application on record and issued notice to the agency, seeking its response by October 8. In his application, the Congress leader alleged that the CBI was not interested in a fair trial in the court of law and only wanted trial by the media. The application, moved by advocates P K Dubey and Arshdeep Singh, said that the cognizance of the charge sheet has not yet been taken by the court and the copies have not been supplied to any of the accused, including Chidambaram. However, one of the newspapers has published articles regarding the purported contents of the final reports, it alleged. "Since this court is yet to take cognisance of the charge sheet, it appears ...
Angry woman in UK gets Indian-origin boyfriend arrested for drunk driving on his birthday
Birthday celebrations of an Indian-origin man in the UK turned out to be a nightmare after his girlfriend called police and reported him for drunk-driving, leading to an abrupt end to their relationship. Kamaljit Sagoo was fined and banned from driving for 17 months by a court for drunk-driving. He had been out celebrating his 44th birthday with his friend on June 18 when they got into a fight after returning home in Longbenton, England. Sagoo jumped into his car to drive to a nearby store to buy cigarette paper when she called the police and informed them that he was drunk behind the wheel of his car. "Unusually, he has been reported by his partner for driving while drunk and he was later found by police in the driver's seat of his car," prosecutor Lorna Rimell told North Tyneside Magistrates' Court in north-east England. According to local media reports, Sagoo blew 61 microgrammes of alcohol in 100ml of breath when the legal limit in the UK is 35 microgrammes. He pleaded guilty to ..
Cop suspended for arresting pregnant woman, mother-in-law in false case
A police inspector was suspended for allegedly arresting a pregnant woman and her mother-in-law in a "false" abduction case to favour his relatives, the police said today. Rajesh Kumar Pandey, Inspector Unjh police station, has been suspended for arresting Naurangi Devi and her mother-in-law Navrang Devi, 60, on August 20, said Superintendent of Police Rajesh S. The suspension came after police received a complaint that the inspector filed a false abduction case against Bholanath Maurya, her mother Navrang Devi and sister-in-law Naurangi Devi after Maurya had a "love marriage" with one Deepika Tripathi on August 18, he said. During investigation it was found that Pandey favoured his relatives and arrested the duo, the SP said, adding that it was shown in records that the women were held from the Unjh area, but actually they were picked up from their house in Jaunpur. A detailed probe is underway, he said.
Suspended IAS officer Pradeep Sharma gets bail in bribery case
The Gujarat High Court granted bail today to suspended IAS officer Pradeep Sharma, who was arrested in March in connection with a 10-year-old bribery case He was held in the bribery case soon after being released on bail in an money laundering case. Justice A J Desai granted him regular bail in the bribery case, paving the way for his release from Sabarmati Central Jail where he is currently lodged. Sharma was arrested on March 9 by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for an offence which allegedly took place in 2007-08. In its FIR lodged earlier this year at Bhavnagar, the ACB had alleged that Sharma demanded and accepted Rs 25 lakh bribe from a contractor when he was holding the additional charge of managing director of the state-owned ship-building company, Alcock Ashdown (Guj) Ltd, situated there. The FIR was based on statements of one Sahayraj Savrimatthu, who told officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) that Sharma, during his tenure between 2007 and 2008, allegedly took the .
Aircel-Maxis: Court notice to CBI after Chidambaram accuses it of leaking chargesheet
New Delhi [India], Aug 28 (ANI): A special court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and sought a reply on a application filed by Congress leader P Chidambaram alleging that the central probe agency has leaked parts of the chargesheet in the Aircel-Maxis case to the media to sensationalise the issue and make a mockery of the judicial process.The former union minister also stated in his plea that the "CBI is not interested in a fair trial resulting in a complete travesty of justice".The next hearing of the matter is scheduled for October 8.The application was moved by Chidambaram's Advocate Arshdeep Singh and Advocate PK Dubey before special judge OP Saini, who is hearing the Aircel Mexis case.Chidambaram and his son Karti Chidambaram were named in the charge sheet filed by the CBI in July.The agency is conducting an investigation on how Chidambaram, who was in charge of the Finance ministry in 2006 under United Progressive Alliance (UPA) regime, ...
Delhi man arrested for killing daughter
A man was arrested here for killing his daughter after attacking her with an iron rod, police said.
Police conduct searches at residences of activists; two
Two Left-wing activists Varavara Rao and Sudha Bhardwaj were arrested today as the Pune police carried out searches at multiple places in various states on the residences of people suspected to have Maoist links, a senior police official said. The raids were carried out as part of a probe into the violence at Maharashtra's Koregaon-Bhima village, triggered by an event called 'Elgar Parishad' (conclave) held in Pune on December 31 last year. Searches were carried out at the residences of Left wing activist and poet Varavara Rao in Hyderabad, activists Vernon Gonzalves and Arun Ferreira in Mumbai, trade union activist Sudha Bhardwaj in Faridabad and Chhattisgarh and civil liberties activist Gautam Navalakha in Delhi, the official said, while refusing to be identified. Following the searches, Rao and Bhardwaj were arrested, the official added. Rao's name had figured in a letter which the Pune police had claimed to have seized during searches at the premises of one of the ..
Man kills 90-yr-old father following altercation
A 90-year-old man was allegedly killed by his son following an altercation, police said today. According to an FIR registered by the daughter of the accused, Sewak Singh (47) was a habitual drinker and wanted to sell their house for money. Singh's father refused the idea following which he killed him, they said. Singh has been arrested, they said, adding a case was registered.
Man arrested for killing daughter in Delhi
A 55-year-old man today allegedly killed his daughter and grievously injured other members of his family at Sangam Vihar area here, police said. Nand Kishore, the accused, attacked his wife Viyawati, two daughters Kavita (22) and Suman (24) with an iron rod, they said. At the time, Kishore's three sons were present in another room of the house, they added. Kavita was declared brought dead to the hospital while Vidyawati and Suman are critical. Kishore repairs bicycles in Sangam Vihar and is said to be facing financial constraints. The accused has three sons and three daughters. One daughter is married, while the other two are unmarried. A senior police officer said we suspect Kishore was unable to arrange finances for getting his daughters married and allegedly attacked them out of frustration.