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Dalit officer denied drinking water by village head
A deputy chief veterinary officer was allegedly denied drinking water in Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi district because of her Dalit identity, officials said today. The incident happened yesterday in Ambawa Poorab village in Manjhanpur block, 167 km from Lucknow.The officer, Dr Seema, said today that she had gone to the village on the directions of the district panchayat raj officer to review developmental works. As there was no water in her bottle, Seema had asked the village pradhan, Shiv Sampat Pasi, and village development officer, Ravi Dutt Mishra, for water. She alleged that both of them refused to give her water as she was a Dalit. She added that when she sought water from the villagers, the two allegedly gestured them not to give water to her. When contacted, District Magistrate Manish Verma said, "We have taken cognizance of the incident after the officer lodged a written complaint. Superintendent of police has been asked to probe the matter.
HC seeks BMC commissioner's reply on comments on RTI activists
The Bombay High Court issued today a notice to Mumbai municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta on a petition alleging that he made some uncharitable remarks about Right to Information (RTI) activists. A bench of Justices R M Borde and V M Deshpande asked Mehta to submit his reply on the petition filed by Kamlakar Shenoy, an activist, within two weeks. The petition said that following the fire at Kamala Mills compound last December which claimed 14 lives, Mehta issued a circular, which contained objectionable remarks about RTI activists in the city. The circular, which listed steps taken by the corporation against unauthorised alterations in the wake of the fire tragedy, also directed officials to make a list of RTI activists who regularly file queries about unauthorised constructions with ulterior motives. The petition said Mehta mentioned in interviews to newspapers and news channels that he had asked deputy municipal commissioners to prepare a list of "professional complainants" who seek .
Tension in part of Jaipur over interfaith marriage
Tension erupted in Hasanpura area of the city over an interfaith marriage today, after the woman's relatives hurled stones at her husband's home, police said. Sadar police station SHO Hemraj said on July 30, the family of Sahalia had complained that she has been abducted by Manish, who stays in the same neighbourhood. A case was then registered against him. The woman was recovered today by the police who then took her and Manish to the police station. In the meantime, her relatives and family members pelted his house with stones, he said. As a police team was already present at the spot, the situation could be brought under control soon, the SHO said. Three stone pelters identified as Imran Khan, Nadeem and Shahrukh were arrested under section 151 of CrPC, he said. The woman was presented before a magistrate where she stated that Manish was her husband and she wished to live with him so the couple was allowed to leave together, he said. Another police officer said the couple had ...
Former chief justice Thakur calls for a litigation policy for government
Former chief justice of India T S Thakur today advocated framing a litigation policy for the government, the biggest litigant in the country, to decide in an objective manner the cases which have to be contested up to the Supreme Court as "no officer is ready to take a decision" on whether the cases merit an appeal. He said the officers were afraid to take any objective decision on whether to contest a case further because he might be questioned on his actions later. Justice Thakur, speaking at the release of a book, 'The Wheel of Justice', penned by former law minister M Veerappa Moily, said the state might continue spending money and contest cases up to the Supreme Court just because there was no mechanism to protect the officers who take the decision. "The problem is no officer today is ready to take a decision. Let's say there is a major case and an officer might feel that if he takes a decision today, then tomorrow he can be accused for taking an unfair decision. A decision which
Sex racket busted in Srinagar, 7 arrested
Seven persons were arrested in Jammu and Kashmir's capital on Wednesday for their involvement in a sex racket, police said.
Singer Mika's employee arrested for theft
A 27-year-old video editor was arrested here on Wednesday on charge of involvement in theft at the Mumbai home of famous Bollywood singer Mika Singh and recovered nearly $7,000 stolen by him, police said.
Not SC, HC job to govern through PILs: Minister
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said that it was not the job of the Supreme Court and the High Courts to govern through public interest litigations and said that law-making better be left to Parliament.
NH 74 land scam: U'khand CM assures action against perpetrators
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Rawat on Wednesday assured that those found guilty in National Highway (NH) 74 land scam will be severely punished."I had said it earlier as well. Be it a junior level official or any bureaucrat, no one will be spared," the chief minister said.The chief minister's remark came after a Special Investigation Team (SIT) team probing the alleged irregularities into the NH 74 scam in Udham Singh handed over its report to the Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh.Irregularities worth Rs. 300 crore were detected in the acquisition of farmland for the purpose of the proposed NH-74 between 2011 and 2016.As per reports, agricultural land was shown as non-agricultural land to increase the compensation by upto 20 times for some persons.Most of the land in question is located in Jaspur, Kashipur, Bajpur and Sitarganj areas.
NCLT restores Jai Mahal Hotel ownership to Gayatri Devi's grandchildren
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) today restored the ownership of iconic Jai Mahal hotel in favour of grandchildren of late Maharani Gayatri Devi. Allowing the petition of Gayatrai Devi's grandchildren, a Delhi bench of NCLT set aside the resolution of the extraordinary general meeting of the company held in March 1999 and March 2001 regarding appointments on board and dilution of their stake. "All the resolutions which has been passed in the meeting of the board of director or in EGM or AGM . are hereby set aside," said NCLT bench of R Vardharajan. It restored the "position ante immediately upon death of Maharaja Jai Singh (son of Late Gayatri Devi)". The tribunal further said, the resolution passed in the board meeting regarding allotment of shares are set aside. The tribunal said that the share register of the company should reflect the original position of at the time of death of Maharaja Jai Singh. Maharaja Devraj and Rajkumari Lalitya Kumar had filed the petition in the .
Court convicts AAP MLA in assault case
A city court has convicted Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Tughlakabad, Sahi Ram Pahalwan, in a case related to assault on a youth in September 2016.
People with 'heinous' criminal cases against them should be debarred from elections: Ex-CEC
Former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi today suggested that people with "heinous" criminal cases against them should be debarred from fighting elections. Quraishi, who was the CEC from 2010-12, said it was high time that long-pending electoral reforms were carried out in the country. There were 40 pending proposals for electoral reforms, he said while speaking during a panel discussion at the launch of Congress leader and former Union minister M Veerappa Moily's book 'The Wheel of Justice'. Quraishi, while talking about three such reforms, said criminalisation of politics must be dealt with strongly. He said there had been a proposal that people who had criminal cases pending against them should be debarred from fighting polls, but a concern that was raised was that there may be false cases and political cases. "The answer is that only heinous cases such as rape, dacoity, murder and kidnapping which will lead to five year imprisonment and where a court of law has framed the .
Crypto-currency racket busted; 1,800 people duped of Rs 30 crore
Two men were arrested today for allegedly duping as many as 1,800 people of Rs 30 crore by forming a fake crypto-currency company here, police said. Acting on a complaint by around 50 investors, Gaurav Aneja, a native of Sahibabad city in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district, and Nelson Lobo from Mumbai were nabbed in Vasundhara area, said Akash Tomar, superintendent of police (city). They confessed that they had formed a fake US-based crypto-currency company, Ripple Future, which promised depositors to triple their deposits in 250 days. They were also running daily-and-weekly payment schemes, Tomar said. Such companies are banned in India. The accused had allegedly cheated around 1,800 investors of 30 crore rupees. One accomplice is still at large, the SP said. The data base of the company has been seized to probe the case. An FIR has been lodged under Section 420 (cheating) and Section 406 (criminal breach of trust) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), he added.
Three, including Nigerian, held with over 5 kg heroin in Delhi
Three people including a Nigerian national were arrested today from west Delhi's Uttam Nagar and over five kilogram high-grade heroin was seized from them, the police said. A total of 5.250 kg of high-grade heroin worth Rs 21 crore in the international market has been recovered from the trio, they said. The three smuggled heroin to Haryana, Punjab and Delhi-NCR from Afghanistan, the police said. A case has been registered by the police.
Medical negligence case registered against pvt hospital in Jaipur
A case of medical negligence was registered against a prominent private hospital in the city following the direction from a local court here, police said today. The case was registered against Fortis Hospital under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including murder, Sub-Inspector posted at the Jawahar Circle police station, Munshi Lal Sharma said. The court directed police to register an FIR in the death of 53-year-old Praveen Tiwari. He died at the hospital in May last year, he said. Sharma said earlier hospital authorities did not cooperate in the investigation. Praveen's family members had lodged a complaint, but had to move court last month to get an FIR registered in the matter. "My father was admitted at the hospital in January last year owing to cardiac problem. He was admitted for over four months and he died on May 21. "The hospital served a Rs 50 lakh medical bill, including Rs 4.5 lakh for hand gloves. Visits of doctors who were abroad were included in the ...
Arrested Saket SHO dismissed from service
The Delhi Police dismissed the station house officer (SHO) of Saket today, a day after he was arrested along with an advocate of a real estate firm by the CBI on bribery charges. Yesterday, the CBI carried out a raid following inputs and allegedly found advocate Neeraj Walia paying Rs 2 lakh as bribe to SHO Neeraj Kumar on behalf of Unitech Ltd. Kumar was placed under suspension yesterday and an inquiry was ordered against him. On the basis of the inquiry, he was dismissed from service today, a senior police officer said. It is alleged that the Saket district court had referred 47 cases related to Unitech to the Saket police station for a probe. The firm was allegedly making regular payments to the SHO to "manage" these cases, officials had said. The central probe agency also booked Unitech Ltd founder Ramesh Chandra, in the case and registered FIR against nine accused -- eight individuals and company Unitech Ltd. The anti-terrorism officer of Hauz Khas police station was sent to ...
Odisha Congress demands CBI probe into bridge construction
The Congress in Odisha on Wednesday demanded a CBI probe into alleged corruption in the construction of Gurupriya bridge in Malkangiri district, claiming that around Rs 74 crore were paid fraudulently in excess to the contractor.
HC orders collector to cancel anti-Sterlite protester's NSA
The Madras High Court today directed the Tuticorin district collector to cancel his order detaining an anti-Sterlite protester under the National Security Act (NSA), and cautioned him against merely accepting police request for such detentions. Justices C T Selvam and A M Basheer Ahamed of the Madurai Bench gave the order when collector Sandeep Nanduri appeared before it complying with its yesterday's order, which was given during the hearing of a habeas corpus petition (HCP) filed by the wife of the protester Hari Raghavan. "Any person who did not commit a crime should not be punished. The collector should not accept whatever the police say and sign (on detention orders). Your signature could affect the freedom of an individual. Do not act like this in future and respect the judicial orders," the bench cautioned. Taking a stern view of the detention of Raghavan under the National Security Act despite the court having granted him conditional bail, the division bench had asked the
Man gets death for raping, murdering woman in Assam
A local court today sentenced a man to death for raping and murdering a 58-year-old school teacher in Hojai district. Another accused in the case was awarded rigourous imprisonment for life and five years under different sections of the IPC. The sentences will run concurrently. The two accused, Moinul Haque (41) and Salimuddin (32), were convicted by a fast track court on July 24 for raping and strangulating the headmistress of a school in Hojai in May last year before dumping her body in river Kopili. Salimuddin (32) will not be given the benefit of parole or remission and he shall remain behind the bars throughout his life, Additional District and Sessions Judge N Senabaya Deori said in the verdict.
Pak's top anti-graft body to file corruption case against ex-pm Gillani
Pakistan's top anti-graft body today decided to file a corruption case against former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gillani and several former top officials of the Ministry of Information Technology. The decision was taken during a meeting of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) at its headquarters in Islamabad. Gillani and others are accused of misusing their authority to illegally grant an advertising contract in contravention of the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) rules, Dawn reported. The act is reported to have cost the national treasury Rs 129.07 million. Gillani served as 19th prime minister from March 25, 2008 until his disqualification and ouster by the Supreme Court on April 26, 2012. The meeting also granted approval for the launch of investigations in four different cases against former president Asif Ali Zardari's foster brother, Owais Muzaffar alias Tappi, who was the Sindh local bodies' minister, the paper said. Other Sindh government officials named in .
233 courts in TN to have video conferencing facility
The Tamil Nadu government has informed the Madras High Court that video conferencing facilities would be provided in 233 court complexes in the 32 districts of the state. In an affidavit filed before Justice T Raja, the Home Department said Rs 22.83 crore had been allocated for procurement of 233 video conferencing equipment and accessories for this purpose in two phases. This had been done as per the directions of the Supreme Court, it added. The affidavit was filed in response to a petition by H Ramakrishnan seeking a direction to the government for implementation of the March 9, 2017, order of the Supreme Court to issue suitable instructions to all district courts to use video conferencing for recording evidence. The petitioner, residing in London, had moved the court saying he was unable to attend court proceedings in Cuddalore district and seeking video conferencing facility for recording his depositions. The Judge posted the matter after two days.