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Another deaf-mute tribal woman alleges rape by hostel director in MP
One more hearing-and-speech impaired tribal woman in Madhya Pradesh has lodged a police complaint against the director of a hostel in Bhopal for allegedly raping her after showing pornographic material to her. A case was registered here last night against Ashwini Sharma, the hostel's director, on the basis of the complaint filed by the 23-year-old woman, a native of Dhar district, Indore's Hira Nagar police station in-charge Mahendra Singh Bhadauria said today. The victim, in her complaint, has accused Sharma of raping her after showing pornographic material to her, the official said, but did not divulge any further details. The alleged incident occurred between December 2017 and February 2018, when the woman was staying in Sharma's hostel in Bhopal for her studies, Bhadauria said. Based on her complaint, a case was registered under IPC sections 376 (rape), 377 (unnatural offence) and the relevant provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) ...
Woman gang-raped on pretext of job in Odisha
A 35-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by three persons on the pretext of job in Odisha's Jajpur district, police said on Sunday.
Bengal civic volunteer arrested for killing mother
A civic volunteer was arrested on Sunday for allegedly beating his mother to death in West Bengal's Hoogly district, police said.
Man lynched on suspicion of being thief suffered 11 injuries: Police
A man, who was lynched in Bijopur here by a group villagers on suspicion of being a thief, had 11 injuries on his body, according to the post mortem report. The deceased was identified as Kapil Tyagi. According to the post mortem report, the victim had suffered 11 injuries, Station House Officer (SHO), Chapar, Subhash Rathore, said. The person has no criminal history. The matter in being investigated, he said. The incident took place on Friday evening and a case of murder was registered against several people, of whom two persons were arrested, the SHO had said yesterday. His family claimed that Tyagi was innocent and was beaten to death when he had gone to work at Bijopur, Rathore had said.
UP: Woman beaten to death over dowry
A woman was beaten to death allegedly by her in-laws and husband over dowry at a village in Shamli district, police said today. The incident took place last evening at Abdan Nagar village. Based on a complaint lodged by the woman's father, a case was registered against her father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law and husband at the Jhinjhana police station, Circle Officer Rajesh Kumar Tiwari said. The woman's husband and mother-in-law were arrested. Her body has been sent for post mortem, he said. The complainant has alleged that his daughter was being harassed over dowry since her marriage in 2015, the officer said.
HC sentences man to jail for a month for lying on oath
Taking a serious view against a man for lying on oath, the Delhi High Court has sentenced him to jail for a month for contempt of court and said it will be a great public disaster if the fountain of justice is allowed to be poisoned by anyone giving false statements in a court of law. Justice Manmohan said as the man had admittedly made false statements under oath, the court was of the view that it struck a blow at the rule of law and no court could ignore such a conduct, which had the tendency to shake public confidence in the judicial institutions because the very structure of an ordered life was put at stake. Besides sentencing the man to simple imprisonment for a month, the court also imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 on him. The court was hearing a trademark infringement suit filed by Louis Vuitton Malletier, a French fashion house and luxury retail company, seeking to restrain a Delhi-based man from selling counterfeit products bearing the company's registered trademark and logo. While
Bangladesh apex court upholds ex-PM Zia's bail in arson case
Bangladesh's Supreme Court today upheld the High Court decision granting a six-month interim bail to imprisoned former prime minister Khaleda Zia in an arson case relating to the attack on a passenger bus in 2015, media reports said. The 72-year-old three-time former premier, however, will have to stay in jail as other cases are pending against her. Eight people were killed after the bus was petrol bombed in Chittagong on February 3, 2015 during protests by the Bangladesh Nationslist Party (BNP)-Jamaat alliance. Two separate cases one for murder, the other under the Explosives Act were filed in Comilla against Zia, who is also the chairperson of the opposition BNP. The case was later changed to the Special Powers Act. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court upheld the High Court order granting the six-month bail to Zia, Dhaka Tribune reported. The four-member Appellate Division bench, led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, passed the "no order" on a government petition ...
BMC razes illegal under-construction hotel within 12 hours
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has pulled down an under-construction hotel, being built illegally near the city international airport, within 12 hours, an civic official said today. The unauthorised multi-storey structure being built in Sahar village was demolished between the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, the official said. "It was an under-construction hotel, where 30 rooms were planned. The illegal work was first noticed around seven months back by the BMC staff," the official said. "So far, up to 10,000 sq ft of construction work of three floors was completed. The building was being constructed on a plot at Sutar Pakhadi in Sahar village," he added. The civic administration earlier issued a 'stop work' notice and also filed a caveat in the court so that its demolition won't be stopped. According to the official, when the civic staff started pulling down the building on Thursday, the developer sent his men to obstruct the work. "The staff of ..
Mystery surrounds death of 2 inmates at Patna shelter home
Two women inmates of a state-run shelter home here have died under mysterious circumstances, days after a man was arrested for reportedly asking the inmates of the home to escape by luring them with gifts. The inmates, aged 17 and 21 years, were staying at Aasra Shelter Home in Nepali Nagar locality of the city. "While the shelter home claimed the women died during treatment at Patna Medical College last night, the hospital authorities said the inmates were brought dead. Police was informed about the deaths only this morning," Deputy Superintendent of Police, Law and Order (Patna), Manoj Kumar Sudhanshu told PTI. The shelter home came into news when it was recently reported that four of its inmates had tried to run away. The police then carried out an investigation and arrested a person, living in the vicinity. He was alleged to have been luring the inmates by offering gifts. Sudhanshu said according to the shelter home authorities, the two inmates were taken to the hospital ...
Woman gang-raped in JK's Reasi; police suspects she committed suicide
A 19-year-old woman was allegedly abducted and raped by two men, following which it is suspected that she committed suicide by jumping into the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district, a police official said today. The woman's father had lodged a missing complaint for his daughter on July 24, he said. After analysing the woman's call details, Paramjeet Singh was arrested, the officer said, adding that Singh revealed during interrogation that his friend, Pankaj Khajuria, was using a phone number on his name to entice her. An FIR was registered after the woman's relatives complained that she was abducted by Khajuria, his friend Naresh Kumar and Singh. Subsequently, Khajuria was arrested from his shop in Zero Morh locality of Talwara, and Kumar, who had fled to Punjab's Amritsar, was held by a special police team there. "During their interrogation, it came to the fore that Khajuria was in a relationship with the women and used to call her using Singh's SIM card and also ...
Justice M R Shah sworn in as Chief Justice of Patna HC
Justice Mukesh R Shah was today sworn in as the Chief Justice of Patna High Court here. Bihar Governor Satya Pal Malik administered the oath of office to Justice Shah at the Raj Bhavan here. Justice Shah was a judge of the Gujarat High Court before his appointment as the Chief Justice of Patna High Court. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, Bihar Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Choudhary, Legislative Council Vice Chairman Haroon Rashid, former chief minister Rabri Devi, ministers, judges of the high court, advocates and other officials were present at the swearing-in ceremony. Justice Shah enrolled as an advocate of the Gujarat High Court in 1982. He became a judge of the Gujarat High Court on March 7, 2004 and was confirmed as permanent judge on June 22, 2005.
Justice Vijaya Tahilramani sworn in as Madras HC CJ
Justice Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani was today sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court by Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit here. The Governor administered the oath of office to the new Chief Justice at a ceremony in the Raj Bhavan. Justice Tahilramani, who was the acting chief justice of the Bombay High Court, was recently appointed Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, succeeding Justice Indira Banerjee, who has been elevated to the Supreme Court. Justice Tahilramani is the third woman chief justice of the Madras High Court. Banerjee, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami, his deputy O Panneerselvam, besides judges of the Madras High Court and a team of 11 judges from the Bombay High Court were among those who attended the swearing in ceremony.
Car of actor Vikram's son crashes into auto, 1 injured
Tamil fiml Actor Vikram's son Dhruv was arrested after a car allegedly driven by him rammed into a parked autorickshaw here, injuring its driver, early today, police said. He was released on own bail later, police said. A case had been registered for rash, negligent driving and causing hurt by act endangering life of others. The incident took place on the TTK Road at around 3.50 am. Auto driver Kamesh had been admitted to the Government Royapettah Hospital, city Traffic Police said. The autoricksaw had been damaged severely, a police official told PTI. When asked how the accident occurred, Police said further investigations were on.
Teen charged with beating Sikh man makes obscene gestures in court: Report
The teenager son of a police chief in California, who brutally assaulted a 71-year-old Sikh man, grinned and made obscene gestures during his first court appearance, according to a media report. Sahib Singh Natt was attacked last week and spit at by 18-year-old Tyrone McAllister and his 16-year-old juvenile friend in Manteca, California. McAllister, the son of Union City Police Chief Darryl McAllister, and the juvenile have been charged with attempted robbery, elder abuse and assault with a deadly weapon. On Friday, younger McAllister entered the courtroom and flipped his middle fingers to a cameraman. He then dropped his hands before throwing up his middle finger a second time, Sacramento's FOX 40 reported. He appeared to be grinning, and made suspected gang signs while his hands were cuffed, the report added. Younger McAllister appeared in the court for his arraignment. No bail was set for the teen. The attack on Natt during his morning walk was captured by surveillance cameras and .
Fredericton shooter charged with four counts of murder
The accused in the shooting incident in Canada's Fredericton was charged on Saturday with four counts of first-degree murder.48-year-old Matthew Vincent Raymond was behind Friday's shooting in the city's Brookside Drive area, which killed four, including two cops.Fredericton police chief, Leanne Fitch confirmed to the media that Raymond had also sustained injuries during the exchange of gunfire with the police, wherein he (Raymond) used a long gun, and is currently hospitalised, Sputnik reported."Today, a 48-year old Fredericton man was charged with four counts of first degree murder in this incident. Matthew Vincent Raymond was charged in the morning of August 11th with the death of 45-year old Constable Lawrence Rob Costello and 43-year old Constable Sara Mae Helen Burns and our citizens Donald Robichaud and Bobbie Wright," Fitch told reporters.Fitch also confirmed that Raymond would be kept in custody until August 27, the scheduled date for a court hearing of his case, adding that .
Businessman arrested for sodomising minor boy
A 65-year old businessman was arrested in this south Odisha city for allegedly sodomising a seven-year old boy, police said today. Though the incident took place on July 22, the accused was arrested on Friday as he was undergoing treatment in a hospital in Bhubaneswar, said Inspector In-Charge of Bada Bazaar police station, Suresh Chandra Tripathy. A case was registered against the accused, on July 24, two days after the incident, when the father of the victim lodged an FIR, he said. The accused allegedly lured the minor boy by offering chocolates. He had sodomised the boy in his godown, police said. The victim's father complained to police after the boy narrated the incident, they said. Police came to know that he was discharged from the hospital on Thursday evening and arrested him from his house on Friday, said the IIC.
Notorious drug peddler among 2 held in J-K
Two people, including a "notorious drug peddler", were arrested with heroin and poppy in two separate operations in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri and Jammu districts, police said today. Shakoor Ahmad, a resident of Dhani Dhar village, was arrested after seven gm of heroin was recovered from his possession during checking near the Rajouri district town last evening, a police officer said. Ahmad is a "notorious drug peddler" and is listed as an accused in a number of cases in Rajouri district. He was also detained under the Public Safety Act last year for his repeated involvement in peddling of narcotics and psychotropic substances, he said. The officer said a fresh case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act has been registered against him. In a separate operation, the officer said a suspected drug peddler was arrested from Manda area of Jammu city and 5 kg of poppy straw was recovered from him. Jasvinder Singh was arrested last evening, he said adding an FIR has
Tribunal rejects BP's claim for legal cost against govt
In a rebuff to BP plc, an international tribunal has held that the British energy giant cannot claim any legal cost from the Indian government as it was never part of an arbitration its partner Reliance Industries filed in the gas migration row with ONGC. Last month, the three-member international arbitration tribunal by a majority vote held that Reliance could contractually produce and sell any gas that might have migrated from adjoining fields of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) into its area. It asked the Government of India to pay Reliance USD 8.3 million to cover for the legal cost but rejected USD 1.47 million claimed by BP and another USD 156,930.03 claimed by Canada's Niko Resources -- two minority partners in eastern offshore KG-D6 fields. "Not being a party to the arbitration should the costs incurred by each of them be included as those incurred by the Claimant (Reliance) and recoverable from the Respondent (Government of India)? In the Tribunal's view, this ...
Company secy not required to disclose non-filing of previous year's annual return: Court
A company secretary of a private firm is not mandated to disclose non-filing of balance sheet, profit and loss account and annual return for the previous financial year in his compliance certificate, a Delhi court has said. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pawan Singh Rajawat acquitted a company secretary of the charges of filing fake certificate, while accepting the submissions of his advocate Sanjay Kumar Singh that the law does not provide any format for indicating the 'non-filings' by the company secretary in the compliance certificate. Singh had told the court that accused Kapil Saluja, who was the company secretary of Infolance Software Solutions Ltd, was not "duty bound" under the provisions of Companies Act to indicate the non-filings by the firm in his compliance report. According to the complaint filed by then Deputy Registrar of Companies NCT of Delhi and Haryana, the accused being the company secretary had not mentioned in compliance certificate for the year ...
FBI rules out terrorism in Seattle plane crash
The airline employee who stole a plane on Friday in Seattle and crashed soon afterward did not have any links to terrorist organizations and was seeking to commit suicide, the FBI said on Saturday.