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Avenfield case: Islamabad HC to hear Sharifs' appeals
The Islamabad High Court's (IHC) constitutional bench on Tuesday will hear petitions filed by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam and son-in-law Captain (retired) Safdar against their convictions in the Avenfield reference case.Nawaz was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment and fined eight million pounds in the corruption reference, while Maryam was awarded a seven-year jail sentence and fine of two million pounds.Safdar, on the other hand, was given a one-year sentence but exempted from paying fine.The Sharifs had filed petitions challenging their convictions in the IHC citing legal flaws in the Avenfield judgment. They are now demanding the judicature to grant them bail and declare the accountability court's verdict null and void.An additional appeal has also been filed requesting the judicature to transfer the Al-Azizia and Flagship Investment references against the former prime minister to another accountability court from the court of Accountability Judge-I ...
German man acquitted over 'racist' bombing 18 years on
An alleged neo-Nazi was acquitted by a German court today for a bombing 18 years ago targeting Jewish immigrants at a commuter rail station. Ralf Spies was cleared of 12 counts of attempted murder and a charge of causing an explosion in the attack in the western city of Duesseldorf on the afternoon of July 27, 2000. One woman lost her unborn baby in the blast. Spies was known to police as a right-wing extremist at the time and ran a military surplus store near the scene of the crime, which shocked Germany and drew international condemnation.
2 arrested with 30 kg poppy in Jammu
Two persons were arrested with 30 kg of poppy on the outskirts of Jammu city, a police officer said today. During routine checks at Manwal village, last night, a Maruti car driver tried to evade the police party. The police followed the car and nabbed its driver and his companion after a short chase. As much as 30 kg of poppy was found in the car. Following this, a case was registered at Jhajjar Kotli police station and the duo were arrested. During questioning, the accused said they brought the drug consignment from Srinagar to sell the same to the youth of Jammu. The police official said more persons are suspected to be involved in the case and further investigation is on.
Man admits Australia child suitcase murder
A man pleaded guilty today of killing a young mother and her toddler, whose skeleton was found in a suitcase on the side of a road, ending a case that baffled police and shocked Australians. Daniel James Holdom, 43, admitted the double murder in 2008 of Karlie Jade Pearce-Stevenson, then aged 20, and her two-year-old daughter Khandalyce Kiara Pearce, when he appeared in the New South Wales state Supreme Court. Pearce-Stevenson's bones were discovered in 2010 in Belanglo State Forest in New South Wales, notorious as the site where seven backpackers' bodies were dumped during a serial killer spree in the 1990s. Police were unable to identify her until 2015, when her child's remains were found by a passerby in a suitcase near a highway close to a small South Australia town some 1,100 kilometres (684 miles) away. The child's discovery prompted two calls to a police hotline that eventually helped investigators identify the pair through DNA. Holdom, who had a short relationship with ...
3 arrested for bovines smuggling in J-K
Three smugglers were arrested and 71 bovines rescued today in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda and Ramban districts, police said today. A police team intercepted the bovines smugglers, identified as Gulzar Ahmed and Javed, at Dessa area of Doda district last night and rescued 55 bovines from them, a police official said. The two accused were arrested from the spot and the other two, identified as Khursheed and Abdul Lateef, fled, he said, adding that efforts were underway to arrest them. A case has been registered at in this connection, the official said. In Ramban district, a police team intercepted a truck at Nashri in Ramban district and during checking, 16 bovines were rescued, he said. The vehicle has been seized and all the bovines have been rescued, the official said. The driver of the vehicle has been arrested and a case as been registered against him, he said.
Kashmir family to get militant's body month after shootout
Parents of a slain Kashmiri militant are expected to receive his body on Tuesday, more than a month after he was killed in a shootout in Kupwara, police said.
15 get life term in murder case
A court here has sentenced 15 persons, including two women, to life imprisonment for killing a man over political rivalry. Additional District and Sessions Judge, Hisar, Paramjit Nijjar convicted and awarded the sentence to them after they were held guilty of murdering Pradeep (20) on April 12, 2014, before the previous Lok Sabha polls, in Kheri Jalab village in the district. The court had held them guilty on July 21 and the sentenced was pronounced yesterday. Those sentenced are Raj Kumar, Jagdish, Rajesh, Ram Rattan, Balbir Singh, Sonu, Manoj, Sandeep, Pradeep alias Kala, Jagbir, Vikas, Manjit, Sukhbir, Suman and Ompati, all residents of Kheri Jalab village. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 21,000 on each. According to the prosecution, a group of about 15-20 people had attacked Dharamvir and his family with sharp-edged weapons while they were sitting in their house in the village. Pradeep, Dharamvir, Subhash, Manjit, Kuldeep, Roshni and Santro were injured in the attack and they .
Espionage case: NIA Court awards convict with 5-year imprisonment
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Chennai on Tuesday convicted Mohamed Saleem in an espionage case, awarding him five years of imprisonment.Apart from conviction, Saleem has also been slapped with a fine of Rs. 2,000.The court held him guilty of charges of criminal conspiracy, possession of high quality counterfeit Indian currency notes, and preparation to commit terrorist acts.Saleem has been convicted under sections 489C and 120B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) besides sections 16 and 18 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967."The case pertains to the criminal conspiracy hatched by Saleem and others along with the then officials of the Pakistan High Commission in Colombo, Sri Lanka during early 2014 with the intention of causing explosion at the US Consulate and other places of public congregation in Chennai besides other installations in South India," a press note from the NIA read.The NIA further said that the accused had also procured high quality ...
NIA court convicts one more in espionage case
A special NIA court here has pronounced Mohamed Saleem guilty in an espionage case for possessing counterfeit currency and conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks, the central agency's official said on Tuesday.
Aircel-Maxis case: Hearing adjourned until Oct 1
Delhi's Patiala House Court has adjourned the hearing in the Aircel-Maxis case until October 1, and will take cognizance of the chargesheets filed by the Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation on the same day.The case pertains to a Foreign Investment Promotion Board ( FIPB) clearance allegedly granted by former finance minister P Chidambaram to M/S Global Communication Holding Services Ltd for investment in Aircel.Earlier, the Supreme Court had dismissed the plea filed by Chidambaram's son Karti against the issuance of summons in the case after the CBI on July 19 filed a fresh charge-sheet before a Delhi Court against 18 accused, including Chidambaram, Karti, and select government officials (serving and retired).The father-son duo has been under the scanner of investigating agencies, CBI and ED, for granting FIPB clearance to M/S Global Communication Holding Services Ltd for investing in the telecom major Aircel.The FIPB approval was allegedly granted in the ..
Girl gang-raped in UP
A 17-year-old girl was allegedly raped by three men while another of their associate recorded a video of the act in Lalganj area here, police said today. The girl, a resident of Jevai village, was returning home from market when the men lured her into accompanying them on their motorcycle last evening, Circle Officer, O P Dwivedi said. The accused took the girl to a secluded spot and took turns to rape her, the CO said, adding that another of their associate recorded a video of the incident. On the basis of the complaint of the girl's father, an FIR was lodged and three of the accused arrested. The girl was sent for medical examination, the CO added.
Prosecution head in treason case against Musharraf quits
The high treason case against Pakistan's former military dictator Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf suffered a blow as head of the prosecution has resigned, expressing his inability to proceed with the case after the imminent change of government at the Centre. The Nawaz Sharif government had appointed Mohammad Akram Sheikh as head of the prosecution in the high treason case against the former president soon after the PML-N came to power in 2013 for his role in the promulgation of emergency on November 3, 2007. In his resignation letter sent to the interior secretary yesterday, Sheikh expressed his inability to proceed with the case after the imminent change of government at the Centre, the Dawn reported. Initially, the legal team of Musharraf, 74, challenged Sheikh's appointment as chief prosecutor, but the special court seized with the high treason case as well as the Islamabad High Court (IHC) dismissed the challenge. The special court had indicted Musharraf for high treason in March ...
4 people, including boy, fatally shot at apartment building
Four people, including a young boy, were shot and killed at an apartment building, police said. Detectives were investigating whether the deaths might have been a murder-suicide. Officers were called shortly before 9 p.m. yesterday to a building in the Astoria section of Queens. In a first-floor apartment, they found two women, a man, and a boy about 5 years old, New York Police Department Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea told reporters. Pronounced dead at the scene, all four had been shot, and the man's throat had been slashed, police said. They said a gun was found at the scene. Officials were still poring over the apartment and backyard, and Shea cautioned that the investigation was still in its preliminary stages. Shea said the possibility of a murder-suicide is something they're looking into. "We don't lean either way, but that is that something, certainly, we will look to," he said. Officers were working to confirm the victims' identities, and it wasn't immediately clear whether
Trump's lawyer unsure if collusion with Russia is a crime
Rudy Giuliani, the lawyer of United States President Donald Trump on Monday said the former was not sure whether collusion with Russia would be considered a crime.Giuliani further denied the involvement of Trump's presidential campaign's former chairman, Paul Manafort, in intimate business relations with the US President, CNN reported.Manafort is facing trial for bank and tax fraud charges levelled against him by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, as part of his investigation into the alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US Presidential Election."Four months, they're not going to be colluding with Russia, which I don't even know if that's a crime, colluding about Russians. You start analyzing the crime, the hacking is the crime. The President didn't hack," Giuliani told CNN.This comes despite legal experts saying that anyone found to be colluding with Russia will be liable to be charged with criminal offenses such as conspiracy.Giuliani also said that he was not sure whether Trump ...
Hyderabad: Engineer nabbed for accepting Rs 2L bribe
A superintending engineer of the Telangana Urban Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation (TUFIDC) was arrested by the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) while accepting a Rs 2 lakh-worth bribe from a complainant.ACB's deputy director Madhusudhan Reddy said that after receiving a tip, raids were conducted at the TUFIDC office where the accused, S. Praveen Chandra, was caught accepting a bribe from a complainant in exchange for a "favour."The accused has been arrested and will be produced in a special ACB court. Thereafter, he will be sent to judicial custody.
Former IMF head denies money laundering charges
A former head of the International Monetary Fund and an ex-deputy Prime Minister in Spain's government who is under investigation for alleged involvement in money laundering for private profit denied any wrongdoing at a hearing in front of an investigating magistrate here on Monday.
Ex-SAD minister acquitted of rape, blames Cong
Former Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) minister Sucha Singh Langah was acquitted by a local court in a rape case filed against him by a woman constable of the Punjab Police in 2017.After the acquittal, Langah said, "What Congress government did was wrong. They made a false case against me to win the elections. The court provided me with justice."Singh was booked in Gurdaspur on the basis of the complaint of a woman constable of the Punjab Police. He had been escaping custody by remaining underground.The victim alleged that the Akali Dal leader had been repeatedly raping her since 2009 and submitted a video clip to substantiate her allegation.Sucha Singh Langah was present in the court when the judgement was pronounced.His lawyer, Karan Singh, said: "The judgement was pronounced by additional court judge Prem Kumar in which he was held guilty.
Cash, gold worth Rs 3 lakh stolen from Mika Singh's house
Singer Mika Singh, through his manager, on Monday lodged a complaint at the Oshiwara Police Station here reporting a theft of around Rs 3 lakh at his residence here.According to the police, gold jewellery worth Rs 2 lakh and Rs 1 lakh were stolen from Mika's residence at around 2:00 PM.The Police have registered a case and have started investigating the matter.Further details are currently awaited.
UP: Girl abducted, gang-raped for 14 days
In a shocking incident, a girl in Uttar Pradesh was allegedly abducted by five people and gang-raped for 14 days."I was abducted by five people on two motorcycles. They later took me to Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh), Bihar and Gurugram in a car and raped me. After 14 days, they left me in Mau (Uttar Pradesh)," the victim said and added that she does not know any of the five accused.The police have registered a case and have launched a search for the accused."A case has been registered. We will now take an action accordingly," said Sangram Singh, Circle Officer.
NAB files corruption reference against former Pak PM Shaukat Aziz
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday filed a corruption reference against former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in the accountability court.The notice from the NAB stated that former federal minister for power and water Liaquat Jatoi, former secretary Ismail Qureshi, additional secretary Yousaf Memon and ex-secretary of Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB), Dr Naseem A Khan, have also been nominated in the case, as reported by Geo News.The reference was filed in connection with the alleged illegal appointment of Basharat Hasan Bashir as a consultant for one of the country's top alternative energy board on a Management Position-II (MP-II) scale salary package.According to the Express Tribune, the ex-joint secretary of water and power, Ghulam Nabi Mangrio, ex-section officer of water and power, Umar Farooq and retired air marshal and former chairman of AEDB, Shahid Hamid, are also among the accused in the NAB reference.Allegedly, Bashir was appointed as the consultant .