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Vadra appears before ED for questioning
Robert Vadra, the brother-in-law of Congress President Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case involving overseas properties owned by him.
Chidambarams' interim protection from arrest extended again
A special court here on Thursday again extended the interim protection from arrest for former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and his son Karti till August 1 in the Aircel-Maxis deal case.
Maha: Couple running realty firm booked for cheating bizman
A couple running a real estate firm in Thane district of Maharashtra has been booked for allegedly cheating a 71-year-old businessman to the tune of Rs 28.5 crore, police said on Thursday. The complainant, Vijay Agrawal, who is an aluminium trader in neighbouring Mumbai, said he came in contact with the accused - Sanjay Bhalerao and his wife Pratima Bhalerao - through a common friend in 2011. The accused asked Agrawal to invest in their real estate business by promising lucrative returns, a police spokesperson said. They allegedly fabricated documents to show Agrawal as the owner of some flats in their venture but later sold those properties, causing a loss of around Rs 28.59 crore to the complainant, she said. Based on the complaint, the couple was booked on Wednesday under various Indian Penal Code sections for cheating, criminal breach of trust, forgery and criminal conspiracy, she said. No arrest was made so far, the spokesperson said, adding that a probe was ...
Three die after consuming spurious liquor in Sitapur
Three people died and five others were taken ill in the district after drinking spurious liquor, the second such incident in Uttar Pradesh this week. Superintendent of Police, Sitapur, L R Kumar, said the deaths were reported from Paiteypur and Saidpur villages on Wednesday night. One person identified as Kanhaiya Kumar has been arrested and investigations are on to establish from where the liquor was sourced, the SP said. Those who lost their lives were identified as Vijay, 30, Sumerilal, 40, and Vinod, 30. Of the five taken ill, four are in critical condition and have been referred to the Lucknow Trauma Centre. Earlier this week, spurious liquor claimed 17 lives in Barabanki district.
Man wanted in 15 house-breaking thefts arrested in Maha
A 30-year-old man wanted in as many as 15 cases of house-breaking thefts has been arrested in Thane district of Maharashtra, police said Thursday Acting on several complaints, the police launched a probe and nabbed Dinesh Yadav, a resident of Nallasopara area in the neighbouring Palghar district, here on Tuesday, senior police inspector Jairaj Ranavare said. Yadav's interrogation revealed that around 15 cases were registered against him at various police stations here and in neighbouring Mumbai under Indian Penal Code Sections 454 and 457 (lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in order to commit offence), he said. The police recovered 76 gm of stolen golden ornaments worth around Rs 2.28 lakh from the accused, he said, adding that a probe was underway in various cases against him.
Two people shot dead in Delhi's Jyoti Nagar
Two people were shot dead by some assailants last night in Jyoti Nagar area here. Personal rivalry is believed to be the reason behind the murder.One of the deceased has been identified as Govind Bhati and the other as Akash, who was a passerby.Few people have been arrested by police in the case. Police is also checking the CCTV footages of the area.Further details are awaited.
Two drug traffickers arrested with 20 kg doda post
Two suspected drug peddlers were arrested and 20 kg of 'doda post' (a kind of opium) seized from them at Kairana town in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, police said Thursday. The arrest was made Wednesday, they said. The arrested accused were identified as Irfan and Naushad. A case was registered against them under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, Circle Officer Rakesh Tiwari said.
Woman kills her two children, self over family dispute
A 36-year-old woman allegedly poisoned her two children to death before committing suicide over a family dispute at a village in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, police said Thursday. The incident took place Wednesday at Gogvan Jamalpur village. The woman was identified as Rachna while her two children as Mansi (10) and Vikrant (8), they said. According to Station House Officer (SHO) Nemi Chand, the woman allegedly mixed some poisonous substance in a soft drink which she offered to her children and then consumed it herself. The SHO said a family dispute was stated to be the reason behind the incident and police are investigating the case. In a separate case, a 15-year-old girl, identified as Shivani, burnt to death after her house caught fire in Gomtipur village under Thana Bhawan Police Station in Shamli district Wednesday, police said. She had suffered burn injuries and was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared her dead, they said.
Sara Netanyahu reach plea deal in corruption case
Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly, reached a plea deal with the state prosecutors on Wednesday over allegations she breached public trust and misused state funds.The plea deal, which avoids an extended corruption trial against her in the so-called prepared food affair, however, charges Netanyahu with reimbursement of NIS 55,000 (USD 15,210) to the state, The Times of Israel reported.In last June, Netanyahu and Ezra Saidoff, a former caretaker at the Prime Minister's Residence, were charged with fraud and breach of trust for spending USD 100,000 of state funds on catered meals while there was a full-time chef on staff.The residence is not permitted to order in prepared food if a chef is present. The two allegedly misrepresented the chef's presence between September 2010 and March 2013 in order to claim state funds to order meals.Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit had been eager from the start to avoid a criminal trial, drawing up a ...
Tripura: 3 held with arms at Agartala Railway Station
Railway Protection Force (RPF) on Wednesday arrested three people, including a tribal woman at Agartala Railway Station and seized five pistols and six magazines from their possession."On the basis of specific information, the RPF personnel arrested a tribal woman from the Agartala bound Deoghar Express along with five pistols, six loaded magazines, some Indian currencies, two mobile sets and an ATM card," said Assistant Commandant of RPF Abhay Kumar Singh.He said that the woman who had boarded the train from Lunbding was carrying the arms and ammunition and was supposed to hand them over to two tribal youths at Agartala Railway Station.Those arrested have been identified as Larence Debbarma, Binod Debbarma and Soilo Rani Chakma.All of them have been handed over to the Government Railway Police (GRP).
Turkey frees former NASA scientist after 2 years in prison
Turkey on Wednesday evening freed a former American NASA scientist, who was sentenced to over seven years in prison on terrorism charges, three years ago.The release came without any notice, hours after a phone call between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his counterpart from the United States, Donald Trump, The New York Times reported.The scientist, Serkan Golge, 39, is a Turkish-American citizen and was arrested while on vacation visiting his family in southern Turkey in 2016, following the coup that failed to oust Erdogan.Kubra Golge, the wife of Golge, was quoted as saying over the telephone that he had just walked free from his prison and was heading back with his parents to their home in the southern city of Hatay.She said, "I just talked to him on the phone. He is going back to his family," adding "He was shocked.""He said 'I am very thankful I am out of prison. I am very happy.' And I cried," she further said.The telephonic conversation between Trump and Erdogan was
Mumbai doctor suicide: Post-mortem report reveals ligature mark on neck
The post-mortem report of postgraduate medical student doctor Payal Tadavi, who was found dead in her hostel room recently, has revealed evidence of a ligature mark on her neck.Under 'provisional cause of death', the post-mortem report stated 'evidence of ligature mark over neck.'A Mumbai court on Wednesday sent all the three accused in the case to two-day police custody as her family sought directions for the crime to be treated as a murder.The lawyer representing Tadvi's family told the court that said that circumstances of the medical post-graduate student's death suggested it was a murder case."From the circumstances of her death and bruise mark on her body, we can say that it must be a case of murder and not of suicide. Police must investigate this case in the lines of a murder investigation. Police should be given 14 days time for that," Nitin Satpute, counsel representing the deceased's family, said."The accused had taken her body to some other place and later it was brought to
Woman injured in Pakistan shelling in J&K's Poonch
Pakistani troopers resorted to indiscriminate shelling from across the line of control (LoC), leaving a woman injured in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Wednesday evening.
Kingpin of Mohit Mor killing arrested
The prime accused in the sensational murder case of Tik Tok celebrity Mohit Mor has been arrested, the Delhi Police said on Wednesday.
US scientist pleads not guilty to lying about China contact
A longtime scientist for a U.S. laboratory in New Mexico pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he lied about contacts he had with a state-run program in China that seeks to draw foreign-educated talent. Turab Lookman, who lives in Santa Fe and until recently worked at the Los Alamos National Laboratory tasked with securing the nation's nuclear stockpile, conducting research and reducing weapons threats entered the plea to charges of making false statements during a federal detention hearing in Albuquerque. A judge decided that Lookman could be released while he awaits trial on a $50,000 secured bond, despite a federal prosecutor's argument that he posed a potential security threat if he tried to flee the country. "If he fled, it would quite frankly be a national security disaster," said George Kraehe, a prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Mexico. Authorities said Lookman came under scrutiny after he told a co-worker that he had citizenship in four difference ...
Congress will respond to Trump's 'crimes, lies': top Democrat
A top Democrat said Wednesday the US Congress must respond to Donald Trump's "crimes, lies and other wrongdoing," in the absence of legal action by the Justice Department. Jerry Nadler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, made the call after Special Counsel Robert Mueller said charging a sitting US president with a crime was "not an option." "Given that Special Counsel Mueller was unable to pursue criminal charges against the President, it falls to Congress to respond to the crimes, lies and other wrongdoing of President Trump - and we will do so," Nadler said on Twitter. "No one, not even the President of the United States, is above the law.
Fake currency seized by NIA in Gurugram, two held
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) seized fake currency with face value of Rs 1.2 crore, in denomination of Rs 2,000, in a raid here on Wednesday and arrested two people, officials said.
Pak additional attorney general resigns over govt interference in judiciary
Pakistan's additional attorney general Zahid F Ebrahim on Wednesday resigned as protest against alleged interference in judiciary by the government. Ebrahim in his resignation sent to President Arif Alvi said that he took the decision after reports in the media that Alvi ordered formal probes of misconduct against some judges of the Supreme Court and the Sindh High Court. He said that it was a "reckless attempt to browbeat the judiciary", as one of the probes was reportedly against a judge who gave a verdict against sit-in by a religious party in 2017. The judge had criticized the role of security and intelligence institutions. "In the view of the above, I cannot in good conscience continue in office, Ebrahim added. Though the names of the judges have not been revealed but media reports showed said that the Supreme Court judge to be probed was Qazi Faez Esa who is considered independent minded.
7 held in Manipur for possessing party drugs
Seven persons, including four women, were arrested by Manipur Police from two different places in the state for being in possession of party drugs, police said on Wednesday. A total of 1,06,060 of narcotic drugs known as 'World is Yours' (W Y amphitamine tablets) were recovered from their possession, they said. In the first incident four persons, including three women, were held from Sugunu Bazar area in Manipur's Kakchig district Wednesday along with 6,060 W Y tablets, the Superintendent of Police, Victoria Yengkhom, said. Three others were arrested with 1,00,000 W Y tablets by officers of the Narcotics and Affairs of Border (NAB), Manipur, from the district on Tuesday, police said. A case has been registered at NAB police station.
Man travelling atop truck mowed down
A 36-year-old man was allegedly mowed down by a truck in east Delhi's Vinod Nagar area, police said Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Mohammad Raqeeb, a resident of Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, they said. According to the police, Raqeeb was travelling on the roof of the truck which was going to Kashmir from Ghazipur Mandi. At about 2 am on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, the speeding truck suddenly applied breaks when it reached NH24 near east Vinod Nagar, they said. Raqeeb, who was sitting on the top of the truck, lost his balance and fell. His head was crushed by the moving truck and died on the spot, said Khadin Hussain, brother of the deceased. The truck driver was nabbed by the brother of the deceased who was also travelling in the same truck, a senior police officer said. The accused was identified as Manzoor Ahmad Bhatt, a resident of Sopore district in Jammu and Kashmir, he said.