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Six get 5 yrs jail for abetting suicide of girl
A special court in Thane has sentenced six men to five years imprisonment for abetting the suicide of a girl in 2009. Special Judge (SC/ST court) G P Shirsat, in an order passed two days back, also imposed a fine of Rs 8,000 on each convict from Kopar Khairane of Navi Mumbai. The court, however, acquitted two women, giving them benefit of doubt. Those awarded punishment are: Sandip Shrikant Dhonde (33), Suresh Baban Sanas (49), Rajendra Baban Bhor (51), Vilas Baban Sanas (46), Ratnakar Rambhau Aaute (47) and Kumar Vasant Gole (31). They were held guilty under the Indian Penal Code Sections 306 (abetment of suicide), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and a section of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The prosecutor told the court that the victim's mother, in her complaint lodged with the police, said that on May 4, 2009, when she was on her way to the family-owned clothes shop, she spotted some boys throwing stones and mud in the water ..
DoT approves merger of Vodafone with Idea Cellular
The merger is now subject to National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai Bench, passing the dissolution order of VMSL and VIL, which is expected shortly.
Alleged spy arrested in US is political prisoner: Russia
A high-ranking Russian Foreign Ministry official on Thursday claimed that a woman who had been arrested in the US for allegedly spying on behalf of the Kremlin was a political prisoner.
Thousands protest disputed judicial reforms in Poland
Thousands of anti-government protesters hit streets across Poland to rally against a string of judicial reforms that the EU has dubbed a threat to judicial independence and the rule of law. The demonstrations are the latest salvo in a bitter battle over sweeping judicial changes introduced by the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) government. They have led the EU to trigger unprecedented proceedings against Poland over "systemic threats" to the rule of law that could see its EU voting rights suspended. Chanting "Shame!", "Free courts!" and "We'll defend democracy!", several thousand protesters rallied in front of the presidential palace in Warsaw just hours after PiS-allied President Andrzej Duda signed into law a controversial measure effectively allowing the government to pick the next Supreme Court chief justice. Warsaw lawyer Bozena Rojek, 68, said she had returned to protest on the same street where she had rallied against the Communist Party's brutal 1981 martial law crackdown on .
Woman shot dead in Dilshad Garden
A woman in her late 30s was allegedly shot dead by a man in Shahdara's Dilshad Garden, the police said today. Yesterday, the police were informed by the Swami Dayanand Hospital authorities that a woman was brought there by a group of three-four men who alleged that she was suffering from some health issue. A medical examination was conducted but the woman died in the hospital. Later, during examination, injury marks were found on her stomach, said a senior police officer and the body was sent for postmortem. During investigation, police found that the deceased, Nishti, was known to one Usha. Police said Usha runs a boutique at her residence in Dilshad Garden and Nishti had gone to her house where she was allegedly shot at by one Sunny. The accused has been absconding since the incident, the officer said.
Case filed after foetus found in plane lavatory; woman not booked but passport taken, misses Korea tournament
The Delhi Police has registered a case in connection with the recovery of a foetus from a lavatory of an AirAsia plane after it landed here from Guwahati yesterday, a senior police officer said. A postmortem was conducted on the foetus today to determine its gestational age, he said. When an alarm was raised by the cabin crew about the discovery yesterday, a 19-year-old taekwondo player had admitted that she had lost the foetus. The woman was sent for medical examination, but she refused to undergo tests. The woman claimed she was not aware of her pregnancy and even her brother-in-law said her family was not aware she was pregnant. The case has not been registered against the player, the officer added. But she could not travel to South Korea for the tournament as the police has taken her passport for questioning her. Police have registered a case under Section 318 of the IPC, which pertains to "concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body" and is punishable with a maximum term
Body of Ola cab driver found in Haiderpur canal
The body of a 34-year-old Ola cab driver was found with head injuries in Haiderpur canal after he was reported missing since July 24, police said today. The deceased was identified as Salimuddin, a resident of Sohna in Gurgaon. His family members claimed that it was a case of hate crime as his hair had been cut, but the police have so far ruled out the allegation. On July 23, some passengers had boarded a Swift Dzire cab at the Kashmere Gate bus terminal. They told the driver they wanted a bigger car after which the cab driver booked another car for them, they added. Salimuddin, who used to drive an Ertiga, arrived there and they asked him to take them to Murthal. They paid the fare in advance. Around 3 am on July 24, Salimuddin's car was found rammed into a tree in Bawana but he was missing. It was found that the car was owned by one Hamid, a resident of district Mewat in Haryana, who told them that he had given the car to Salimuddin to drive. Salimuddin's family told police that he .
Congress slams appointment of Justice Goel as NGT chief
The Congress on Thursday slammed the government over appointment of Justice A. K. Goel as National Green Tribunal Chairman after his retirement as a Supreme Court judge.
UP govt recommends CBI probe over YEIDA land scam
The Uttar Pradesh government recommend a CBI probe over the alleged Rs 126 croreYamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) land scam. The state authorities had found direct involvement of former YEIDA CEO P C Gupta in the purchase of 57.1549 hectares of land in seven villages of Mathura at a cost of Rs 85.49 crore, which caused a loss of Rs 126 crore to YEIDA. "The state government has sent the reference to Centre recommending a CBI probe," Secretary (Home) Bhagwan Swarup said. It is alleged the purchase was meant to benefit the coteries and relatives of the accused. The Greater Noida police has already added three more names of former and current bureaucrats in the FIR lodged against the 22 accused on June 3. Gupta was arrested on June 22.
Bureaucrat held for arson attack at MPSC building
A suspended junior bureaucrat has been arrested for his alleged role in the arson attack at the Meghalaya Public Service Commission (MPSC) building earlier this month, police said. Meghalaya Civil Service (MCS) officer G H Passah, who was identified as the main accused of the attack, was held after he surrendered at a police station, they said. "He (Passah) surrendered along with his lawyers and we have arrested him," Director General of Police S B Singh told PTI. Passah was today produced in a local court here where he was remanded to seven days custody. On July 10, two unidentified persons entered the MPSC premises and lobbed a petrol bomb in the room of Secretary WAB Booth, damaging important documents and computers. East Khasi Hills District SP Davis Marak said preliminary investigation revealed that the arrested officer was involved in "paying" for the petrol bomb attack. "We have circumstantial evidence in the case," he said.
NHRC notice to Raj govt over Alwar lynching case
The National Human Rights Commission today sent a notice to the Rajasthan government over the death of a 28-year-old man in Alwar district after he was allegedly thrashed by a mob on the suspicion cow-smuggling. The national human rights commission said it has taken suo motu cognisance of media reports that on July 20, Rakbar Khan, from Haryana's Mewat district, was attacked by a group of 8-10 cow vigilantes in Alwar and succumbed to injuries a few hours later. "The cow vigilantes have, reportedly, alleged that the victim died in police custody and not because of mob violence as claimed by the authorities. There are further reports in the print media that it took Alwar police more than three hours to travel six kms while taking a critically-injured victim of lynching to the closest hospital, the Community Health Centre in Ramgarh," the NHRC said in a statement. The commission has observed that the contents of the news reports, raise a serious issue of violation of human rights of the .
Ola's cab driver found murdered in Delhi, one detained
A driver working with cab aggregator Ola Cabs was brutally murdered by unidentified men and his body dumped in Bawana canal in west Delhi, police said on Thursday.
DRI busts foreign currency racket at Mumbai airport, 8 held
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) busted a foreign currency smuggling racket at Mumbai International Airport by arresting eight persons who had concealed USD 410,000 (about Rs 2.75 crore) in laptop bags, officials said today. They claimed that the foreign currency smuggling racket was one of the largest ever busted by the agency in recent times. An official said that the interrogation of the accused had revealed that these persons had made over 100 trips in the past one year and had managed to smuggle over Rs 50 crore in foreign currency out of the country. "In an overnight operation at Terminal-2 of the Mumbai International Airport, following a tip-off received from abroad, four passengers were intercepted as they were about to board two flights headed to Bangkok and Dubai," the official informed. "During a search conducted on these four persons, a total of USD 410,000 (Rs 2.75 crore in rupee terms) was found concealed in four laptop bags," he said. The DRI
Third murderer of XXXTentacion arrested
The third alleged murderer of Hollywood rapper XXXTenatacion has been arrested.According to TMZ, Robert Allen, the third murderer was arrested in America's Georgia state.Currently, Allen who is being held in Dodge County in Georgia was picked up from his sister's home. The police authorities said that his sister was cooperative when the officers showed up to arrest him.Allen was the guy who was initially wanted as he was caught on surveillance video outside a motor shop where XXXTentacion was before he was murdered.Prior to this arrest, he along with other two suspects Michael Boatwright and Trayvon Newsome-the two alleged gunmen along with the already arrested, Dedrick Williams was indicted by a grand jury for first-degree murder and armed robbery with a firearm.He will now be moved to Broward County in Florida state as he will now be giving company to Michael Boatwright and Dedrick Williams.Trayvon Newsome is the only suspect who is still at large.On a related note, the Hollywood ...
Delhi family deaths: CBI asked to conduct psychological autopsy
Delhi Police has written to the Central Bureau of Investigation, asking to conduct a psychological post-mortem of the 11 family members, who were found dead in their house here this month, an official said.
Spain's Treasury agrees to $22.3 million deal with Ronaldo over tax fraud
Spain's tax agency on Thursday approved an agreement reached between Cristiano Ronaldo, the Public Prosecutor and State lawyers through which the football star is to pay a fine of almost 19 million euros ($22.3) and be sentenced to two years in prison which would be suspended.
Two held for gang rape, blackmail
Two men have been arrested on the charge of gang raping and blackmailing a young woman in east Delhi over a period of four years, police said on Thursday.
HC directs TN govt to file details of inquiry commissions
The Madras High Court today took a serious view of various judicial inquiry commissions functioning for years together without yielding any result and directed the Tamil Nadu government to file details of such panels and expenditure incurred. Justice S M Subramaniam wanted to know how many inquiry commissions were functioning in the state and what was their use if there was no result. The court was hearing a plea from DMK chief M Karunanidhi challenging the questionnaire sent to him by the Justice R Reghupathy commission of inquiry, which was appointed by the AIADMK government to probe allegations of corruption in the construction of the Secretariat at Omandurar government estate by the then DMK government. The judge raised several questions to Additional Advocate General Mani Shanker and asked him to file an affidavit with details stating how many inquiry commissions were functioning. "The commissions are headed by retired high court judges and such commissions were functioning years
Orissa HC rejects convicted officer's plea against vigilance court order
The Orissa High Court today rejected the pleas of convicted IAS officer Vinod Kumar and three others challenging the order passed against them by a vigilance court. Justice J P Dash ordered the four to appear before the vigilance court on August 4 when their quantum of punishment would be pronounced. The high court, however, granted some relief to the IAS officer by directing vigilance sleuths not to execute the non-bailable warrant issued against Kumar by the vigilance court. In an interim order earlier, the high court had stayed the operation of the vigilance court's order. The vigilance court in Bhubaneswar had found the senior IAS officer guilty of financial irregularities to the tune of Rs 55 lakh during his tenure as managing director of Odisha Rural Housing Development Corporation (ORHDC). The Court had also issued NBW against him. Soon after the conviction order, Kumar had gone underground. But through his counsel he approached the high court challenging the conviction order ..
Sunanda Pushkar death: Tharoor exempted from personal appearance
A Delhi court on Thursday approved exemption application of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor from personal appearance in his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death case.The Patiala House court has taken up applications of Tharoor seeking to restrain Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy from interfering in the case and on the vigilance report of the Delhi Police.Tharoor had filed an application before the Patiala House court to restrain the Delhi Police from supplying copy of the chargesheet to any third person or stranger in connection with the case.In his petition, Tharoor said he wanted a "fair trial". He further claimed that there has been "misreporting" and "spreading of false information" regarding him and alleged that it would subvert the legal process.After Tharoor's plea, the Delhi court issued a notice to the police.The matter now will come up for hearing on August 23.On July 23, the Supreme Court disposed of a petition filed by Swamy seeking a time-bound investigation ..