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Gold bars worth around Rs 1.90 cr seized from flight
Gold bars worth around Rs 1.90 crore were seized from a Jet Airways flight at the Mumbai international airport today by the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs, an official said. The AIU officials searched the flight on a tip-off after it arrived from Dubai, he said. During the search, the AIU officials found seven gold bars, wrapped in an adhesive material, placed under a seat, he said. The value of the seizure, weighing 6.90 kg, is estimated at Rs 1,89,76,508, the official said. The unclaimed gold bars were seized under the Customs Act, he said, adding that further investigation is underway.
SC pulls up Himachal lawyer, says don't be 'chamcha' of state
The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up an advocate representing Himachal Pradesh government, who drew its attention that the wife of an apex court judge, hearing a matter relating to unauthorised constructions in Kasauli, has filed a plea in the high court.
Govt school student slapped by teacher in south Delhi
A 14-year-old government school student was allegedly slapped by his teacher following which he sustained injuries on his ear at south Delhi's Khanpur area, police said today. The alleged incident took place on July 26, they said. The student did not tell his parents about the incident after he returned home. Next day, he told about pain in his ear to his mother and narrated the incident. He was taken to a hospital by his mother, the officer said. Police were informed about the alleged incident on August 3. However, the victim refused to give a statement to police then, but agreed to it on August 7. The student alleged in his statement to the police that on July 26, during 5th period at the school, he asked the class monitor to provide a duster to clean his desk. He claimed that the teacher allegedly ordered the monitor not to give him the duster and instead slapped him 2-3 times, following which his ear started bleeding, he said. A case has been registered and the accused teacher has
BJP Telangana unit demands NRC for state
BJP's Telangana unit has demanded the government publish the National Register of Citizens (NRC) for Hyderabad and Telangana to identify foreigners who are illegally staying in the city and state. "In this state, in Hyderabad also, our government should constitute Assam-like NRC and Indian citizens in Telangana state and Hyderabad should be identified and those who are not Indian citizens should be made public. "As part of that, I feel the process of detection, deletion, deportation should be continued," state BJP president K Laxman has said. He demanded state Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao to release a white paper about foreigners who came in illegally. The government has all the necessary information as it had conducted an intensive household survey (four years ago), Laxman said here yesterday. Talking about instances of alleged terror-related elements that surfaced in Hyderabad, he said the city was a centre for spread of terror ideology. The city became a "safe ..
Adultery a crime without consent of women: CJI
The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved the verdict on Sec 497 (Adultery) of the Indian Penal Code while observing that infidelity is the cause of breaking up of royal marriages.A five-judge Constitution Bench of the top court headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, after hearing the arguments of the Centre, stated, "The idea of imposition of Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code is not to enforce monogamy but to ensure to protect fidelity in the marriage, which is a promise made by both the parties while entering to a marriage."Additional Solicitor General, Pinky Anand, appearing for the Centre said marriage instills a sense of sanctity between two individuals and also in the society, to which the CJI observed that adultery is an offence if done without the consent of the woman, if it is gender neutral, it would not be an offence.The five-judge Constitution Bench is hearing the petition filed by a businessman, Joseph Shine. The bench also comprises Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman,
Woman gives birth to twins at home as family fails to get
A tribal woman gave birth to twins at her home as her family allegedly failed to get any ambulance to take her to hospital in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, officials said. The incident took place at Balibhole village under Karanjia sub-division of the district, officials said. The woman's family members claimed that they called for ambulance under the 108 Janani Surakhya Ambulance but they failed to get any ambulance to take the woman to hospital for delivery. The sub-collector of Karanjia, S K Purohit said an inquiry has been ordered into the incident. The villagers rushed the woman and her newborn twins to the Karanjia sub-divisional Hospital, where doctors declared the twins as brought dead. The villagers staged demonstration in the hospital campus demanding action against ambulance staff and compensation to the tribal woman. The sub-collector handed over a compensation of Rs 5000 to the tribal woman's family.
SC commences final hearing on pleas challenging Maha law on dance bars
The Supreme Court today commenced final hearing on pleas of hotel and restaurant owners challenging a Maharashtra law imposing new restrictions on licensing and functioning of dance bars in the state. A bench of justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan was told by the petitioners that the state government has tried to circumvent a previous order of the apex court by bringing in the new law on conditions for operation of dance bars. Senior advocate Jayant Bhushan, appearing for hotel and restaurant owners, said the state government has adopted an attitude that they will not permit operations of dance bars irrespective of orders passed by the apex court. He said that for years state government has been putting some conditions or others to prevent operation of dance bars in the state. "Even after the apex court direction, they have not issued licenses to 81 applicants. And the three licenses, which were granted after the court's prodding, were revoked later by authorities saying there was no
CBI files 3rd charge sheet in Manipur fake encounter cases
The CBI today filed a charge sheet in a special court against seven personnel of the Manipur Police in connection with an alleged fake encounter six years ago, officials said today. This is the third charge sheet in 41 alleged fake encounter cases handed over by the Supreme Court to the CBI last year. The agency has charged six policemen with criminal conspiracy and murder, while another personnel has been charged with destruction of evidence, they said. The findings of the agency are based on forensic opinion, field investigation, expert opinion of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory, post-mortem report, they said. The agency also elicited opinion of doctors from AIIIMS and collected a huge volume of records during the investigation into the encounter of Zamir Khan on January 20, 2012, the officials said. The alleged extrajudicial killing took place in the Kiyamgei Santipur area of Manipur. "The NHRC collected reports from various authorities and examined the same. The commission
Muzaffarpur scandal: Bihar minister Verma quits after call records show husband's link with accused
In the first major political casualty of the Muzaffarpur shelter home scandal, Bihar social welfare minister Manju Verma resigned today after days of resistance as opposition stepped up its attack citing purported telephonic conversations her husband had with the key accused Brajesh Thakur. After handing over her resignation to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Verma tried to put a brave face saying she was confident her husband would come out clean after investigation and demanded that call records of Thakur with other influential people should also be made public. Speaking to reporters, Verma denied any pressure from the chief minister to quit and said she has quit following a hue and cry made by the opposition in the matter. Battling a major political crisis amid repeated attacks from the opposition over the case involving alleged rape of 34 inmates at a government-funded girl shelter home in Muzaffarpur run by Thakur's NGO, the chief minister had said earlier this week Verma would quit
NY Republican congressman indicted over insider trading charges
New York Republican Representative Chris Collins was charged with securities fraud, wire fraud and false statements on Wednesday, according to the Justice Department.
SC questions Centre, reserves verdict on adultery law
The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the Central government for defending the adultery law that punishes only a married man for extramarital affair with a married woman. The court reserved its judgment on the validity of the law.
Govt employee arrested for taking bribe
A government employee was today arrested after being allegedly caught red handed taking bribe at the office of the Deputy Inspector for Schools and an another person was detained for interrogation in Assam's Sonitpur district, police said. The accused, an Upper Division Assistant at the office of Deputy Inspector of Schools, was allegedly caught accepting a bribe of Rs 3000 from one Bhashkar Jyoti Nath for clearing the file for leave encashment of his father, who had retired way back in 2011, a police spokesman said. The accused had allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 6000 from the complainant who approached the Anti Corruption Bureau police station and registered a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act (as amended in 2018). Another accused was also detained and is being interrogated. House search will follow and the arrested will be forwarded to the Special Court tomorrow, the spokesman added.
BJP alleges party leader's car attacked in Nadia
The BJP alleged that the car of state party leader Samik Bhattacharya was today attacked by miscreants in Nadia district while he was on way to attend a meeting. Bhattacharya, a former BJP MLA was on his way to attend a party meeting at Chakdaha when his car was attacked by miscreants near Chakdaha. The rear windscreen of the car was damaged in the attack, Jagannath Sarkar, president of BJP Nadia south unit said. A police officer said "we have received information about that black flags shown to a BJP leader but no information about BJP leader's car attacked near Chakdaha." Sarkar said the party has not lodged any police complaint about Bhattacharya's car being attacked by miscreants.
3 Pak-origin men of UK sex grooming gang to be stripped of British citizenship
Three Pakistani-origin members of a notorious sex grooming gang, jailed for offences including the rape and trafficking of girls as young as 13, will be stripped of their British citizenship following a court ruling, a media report said today. Prime Minister Theresa May, then Home Secretary, began the process in 2015 by ruling that Abdul Aziz, Adil Khan and Qari Abdul Rauf should not remain British. The trio were among nine men jailed for offences including the rape and trafficking of young girls in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, in 2012. Court of Appeal judges rejected a legal challenge from the men, the BBC reported. The men, who are all of Pakistani nationality, claimed the decision violated their human right to family life. But senior judges ruled that stripping the men of their citizenship was "conducive to the public good". Lord Justice Sales said the men were motivated by "lust and greed" which amounted to "serious organised crime". The decision paves the way for the ...
J-K: Sedition case filed against unidentified persons for raising pro-freedom slogans
A sedition case has been filed against unidentified persons in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district for raising pro-freedom slogans during a demonstration in support of Article 35A of the Constitution, the police said today. "An FIR was registered yesterday under various sections of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) including 124-A (sedition) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) at Gursai police station," a police officer said. The case was filed in connection with 'pro-freedom' slogans raised by a group of people during a rally which was a part of the general strike on Monday, he said. The strike was observed in Poonch along with Rajouri and Chenab valley districts of Ramban, Kishtawar and Doda in Jammu region in response to a call given by various social and religious organizations against a Supreme Court hearing of petitions challenging the validity of the Article 35A. Rallies were taken out at different places in the districts demanding dismissal of the petitions.
Kathua Rape: SC seeks J&K's response to plea against custodial torture of witness
The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought the Jammu and Kashmir government's response to a petition alleging "custodial torture" of Talib Hussain, who was part of an agitation that had erupted following the gang rape and murder of an eight year old girl in Kathua in January.
2 foreigners, Indian held at IGI for entering with fake ticket
Two foreigners and an Indian have been apprehended at the Delhi airport for allegedly using a fake ticket to enter the terminal area, a senior official said today. In the first incident, Canadian national V Garg and his associate K Garg (Indian) were intercepted by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel yesterday as they were about to leave the Terminal-3 building of the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), the official said. They were stopped and questioned as the exiting the terminal area is not usually permitted for passengers, he said. The duo told the security personnel that they used a cancelled ticket to enter the terminal area to see off their relatives who were travelling to Thailand, the official said. They were subsequently handed over to the police as their ticket was fake and charged with alleged trespass, he said. In a similar incident yesterday, an Afghanistan national K Waziri was apprehended in a similar fashion. Waziri, who illegally entered ...
Runaway Mumbai gangster held from Guj in 1996 murder case
A suspected gangster was arrested today from Valsad in Gujarat, around 22 years after he jumped bail in a murder case, a Mumbai Police official said. The accused Anil Gavande was a member of the K T Thapa gang which used to operate mainly in eastern suburbs of Mumbai during 1990s. The arrest was made by unit VII of the crime branch of the Mumbai Police on a specific tip off, the official said. Gavande is also wanted in three more cases of murder, including for allegedly killing members of a rival gang, and other offences, he said. "Gavande had been arrested by the same crime branch unit VII for murder occurred under Mulund police station in 1987," said senior police inspector Anil Mane. Gavande has been absconding since 1996, after he was granted bail by a Mumbai court in the murder case. "He had shifted his base to Gujarat from Maharashtra since then," he said. A court in Mumbai had recently issued a non-bailable warrant against Gavande. He was produced before a local ...
Youth killed in Delhi, 3 held
A youth was killed while two passersby suffered injuries when a fight broke out on a Delhi street, police said on Wednesday, adding that three persons have been arrested.
SC fumes at HP Govt for mentioning case filed by wife of apex court judge
An advocate was today told by the Supreme Court not to be a 'chamach' (spoon) of the state when he drew its attention to the fact that the wife of an apex court judge, hearing a matter regarding unauthorised constructions in Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh, has filed a plea in the high court. The apex court took umbrage when the Himachal Pradesh government's lawyer placed before it the details of the case. "Does the state has nothing else to do? What about governance? What about governing the state? Tell your state that this will not be tolerated," a bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur told the counsel. "Do not be the mouthpiece of somebody who has some vested interest. You are an advocate and officer of the court and not a 'chamach' of the state. Do not do it ever again," Justice Lokur observed. In colloquial Hindi, a chamach or spoon denotes a stooge. The bench, also comprising Justices S Abdul Nazeer and Deepak Gupta, took strong exception that the state has placed before it the ...