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Two men arrested with 535 kg cannabis
In a major haul of narcotics, 535 kg of cannabis estimated to be worth over Rs 50 lakh was seized in the national capital and two persons were arrested for possession of the contraband, the police said today. A truck carrying 535 kg of cannabis procured from Odisha was seized from the two accused on July 19, following which they were arrested, they said. The accused identified as Vijay Rai (48) and Atveer Singh (36) are residents of Delhi. Based on a tip off, the police laid a trap last Thursday at Geeta Colony Pusta near the cremation ground opposite to Chacha Nehru hospital. At around 4:10 pm, a truck coming from Shakarpur side was intercepted. On searching the vehicle, 21 sacks filled with cannabis were found, P S Kushwah, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) said. The contraband was seized and both the accused were arrested, he said. During interrogation, the accused revealed that they used to supply cannabis in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) for the last 10 ...
HCS officer suspended for sexually harassing woman employee in Panchkula
A Haryana Civil Services (HCS) officer, who was booked for allegedly sexually harassing a woman employee at his office, was suspended by the state government today. The accused, Reagan Kumar, held the post of administrative officer-cum-secretary and CEO of Utkarsh Society under the directorate of school education, Panchkula. He was booked for sexually harassing a woman employee at his office in May following which the state government had formed a seven-member committee to probe the allegations. The panel recently submitted its report to the State Chief Secretary after which Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today gave orders to suspend him. The complainant had alleged that on May 28 the officer called her to his cabin and offered coffee which she refused. On May 29, he again called her to his cabin and tried to sexually abuse her, the police said.
Over 370 foreign prisoners, including 54 women, in Delhi jails: Authorities to HC
The Delhi High Court was informed that 378 foreign prisoners, including 54 women, were lodged in Delhi prisons and most of them were facing prosecution in drug cases in which bail was a rarity. Regarding the status of bail, the jail authorities said out of 54 foreign women inmates in Tihar and Mandoli jails, 20 had already applied for the relief and the applications were pending in courts, pleas of seven had been rejected and 13 prisoners had not applied. In a status report filed by the director general of prisons, Tihar Jail, it was stated that the details of status of bail pleas of remaining 14 foreign women prisoners were not available with the jail department. The report was filed before a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar and the matter would be taken up for hearing on August 2. The court, while hearing a PIL related to the issue of denial of bail and proper phone call facility to foreign women inmates arrested in drug cases and lodged in the ...
Parliament passes bill amending Negotiable Instruments Act
Parliamentary approval was accorded on Thursday to the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2018, which amends the 1881 bill to specify penalties for bouncing of cheques, and other violations with respect to such negotiable instruments with the Rajya Sabha passing the law.
33,000 cases of sexual assault registered under POCSO in 2107: WCD
A total of 33,000 cases of sexual assault of children were registered under the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act last year, with Uttar Pradesh recording the highest number of cases at 6,782, the Rajya Sabha was informed today. Quoting the National Crime Records Bureau, Minister of State of the Women and Child Development Ministry Virendra Kumar said, "While 33,000 cases were registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in 2017, about 36,022 cases registered in 2016." In 2017, Uttar Pradesh registered 6,782 cases of sexual abuse of children, Maharashtra recorded 4,354 and Madhya Pradesh 4,118, Kumar said. In 2016, 3,659 people were convicted under the POCSO Act with 792 convictions from Madhya Pradesh, he said.
SC seeks status report of probe in Kerala priest rape case
The Supreme Court on Thursday sought status report of police investigation in the case relating to the Malankara Orthodox Church priests facing charges of sexual abuse of a parishioner.
Gauri Lankesh murder case: One more arrested
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh has arrested one more person, suspected to have provided shelter to the man who shot her dead. H L Suresh (36) was arrested in Tumakuru yesterday and produced before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court, which remanded him in judicial custody, a SIT release said here today. Sources in the SIT claimed that Suresh had provided shelter to Parashuram Waghmare, who allegedly pulled the trigger, killing Lankesh outside her house here. With this, a total of 11 suspects have been arrested so far in connection with the case. Lankesh, known for her vociferous anti-Hindutva stand, was shot dead on September 5 last year. Her killing drew widespread condemnation from various quarters.
Parrikar to raise issue of convicted Goan footballer with
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today said he would raise the issue of Goan footballer Ryan D'Souza who was handed a 517-year imprisonment by a Dubai court for fraud, with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. D'Souza and two others had been found guilty by the court in April this year. The issue of "false implication" of D'Souza was raised in the Legislative Assembly by Congress MLA Nilkant Halarnkar. The MLA said D'Souza was taken to Dubai to play for the football team FC Bardez and was made to work in the office of its owner Sydney Lemos, one of the convicts. "D'Souza was working in the office of Lemos and was arrested at the (Dubai) airport when he was heading back to India," Halarnkar said. He said the residents of D'Souza's village in north Goa have been demanding intervention of the External Affairs ministry in securing his release from the Dubai prison. In his reply, Parrikar said he would take up the issue with Swaraj during his visit to Delhi next ...
Nirav Modi, Choksi summoned by court under new fugitive offender law
A PMLA court here summoned diamond jeweller Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi to appear before it on September 25 and 26 respectively on the Enforcement Directorate's plea seeking action against them under the new fugitive economic offenders law in the alleged USD 2 billion PNB bank fraud case, officials said today. The agency had recently moved the court seeking to declare the diamond traders as 'fugitive economic offenders' and to confiscate their assets worth Rs 3,500 crore in the case. The court has sought their appearance on September 25 (Nirav Modi) and 26 (Mehul Choksi) respectively under the fugitive economic offender law, they said. The ED had filed two separate applications against the duo before the special court that hears matters under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Parliament yesterday only passed the fugitive bill by a voice vote in the Rajya Sabha. The Lok Sabha had cleared this Bill on July 19. The agency, early this month, had moved a similar ...
Home delivery with aid of SM videos goes wrong, TN woman dies
A couple's planned delivery at home with the aid of social media videos went horribly wrong, leaving the 28-year old woman dead after giving birth to a baby girl in neighbouring Tirupur, police said today. Krithika, who gave birth to her second child, died of excessive bleeding after the delivery assisted by her husband, his friend and the latter's wife -- none of them medically qualified -- in their house, they said. The woman fell unconscious and both she and the new-born were rushed to a government hospital in Tirupur, where the doctors declared her brought dead on July 22. The baby has been hospitalised, police said. On a tip-off by locals, officials of the Child Development lodged a complaint with police who have detained the woman's husband Karthikeyan and are questioning him. According to preliminary investigations, Karthikeyan, employed in a knitwear company, and Krithika, were already having a five-year old child. After she conceived for the second time, the ...
As MP CM dubs him 'anti-national', Digvijay presents himself before police
Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh presented himself today before the police here and dared them to arrest him, a week after Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan termed his actions as "anti-national". The police, however, told the former chief minister that he could not be arrested as there was no case registered against him. Singh, accompanied by hundreds of party workers holding banners and placards against Chouhan, marched for around one km from the party's state office to T T Nagar police station. Talking to PTI later, the Congress leader's son Jaivardhan, who also accompanied him, said: "Police handed over a letter to my father that read- 'No criminal case or complaint of sedition against Digvijay Singh has been lodged in T T Nagar police station as per the records'." Talking to reporters outside the police station, Digvijay Singh said, "I have a letter from the police... Chouhan, who is holding a constitutional post, is telling 'lies'. I am going to drag him ..
Prescribing medicines without diagnosis amounts to culpable negligence: HC
Observing that prescribing medicines to patients without diagnosis amounted to culpable negligence, the Bombay High Court has turned down the anticipatory bail pleas of a doctor couple booked for the death of a woman patient. Justice Sadhana Jadhav made the observations yesterday while hearing the anticipatory bail pleas filed by a gynaecologist couple - Deepa and Sanjeev Pawaskar. The doctors have been booked by the Ratnagiri Police under section 304 of Indian Penal Code (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) after the patient died earlier this year. According to the police, the woman was admitted to the accused couple's hospital in Ratnagiri in February this year where she underwent caesarean operation and gave birth to a baby. The court order said The woman and the child were normal and were discharged two days later. However, the next day the woman fell sick and her relatives called up Deepa Pawaskar, who asked them to go to a medicine shop and let her speak with the chemist .
Case of snide remarks against CRPF jawans: UP govt sanctions Azam Khan's prosecution
The Uttar Pradesh government has given its sanction to prosecute senior Samajwadi Party leader and former state minister Azam Khan for allegedly making objectionable remarks against CRPF personnel last year. "The prosecution sanction has been given by the state government in the matter. Now a charge sheet will be filed against Azam Khan under IPC sections 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups), which requires prior sanction," Rampur Additional Superintendent of Police Sudha Singh told reporters. The case against Azam Khan was lodged under sections 153 A and 505 of the Indian Penal Code. Each of the two penal offences entails a jail term of up to three years or fine or both on conviction under it. The FIR against Khan was lodged on the complaint of former BJP MLA Shiv Bahadur Saxena's son Akash Saxena for his statement in June last year which allegedly said, "Women terrorists were chopping off the private parts of the security personnel to send across a strong message which .
Retired railway employee booked for molesting class 3 student
A 65-year-old man, a retired employee of the Indian Railways, was booked for allegedly molesting a teenage girl at Titeya village in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district. The girl is a neighbour of the accused. He took the girl to an isolated place on Saturday last and sexually assaulted her, SHO, Uneil, Prahalad Singh said. He said that a case was registered late last night after the victim's father, who was in Ujjain, arrived in the village. A case under relevant sections of the IPC and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was registered against Vardha Balai for allegedly molesting and outraging the modesty of the 11-year-old class 3 student. The girl was playing outside her home when the accused lured her to an isolated spot in her school after the classes were over, the SHO said. The girl raised an alarm following which some women passersby rushed to the spot to rescue her. Soon after, the accused fled the spot, he said, adding that efforts are underway to nab ...
SC asks Kerala govt to furnish church sex scandal report
The Supreme Court on Thursday instructed the Kerala Government to furnish a status report on Kerala church sex scandal case by August 6.The apex court division bench, headed by Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri, also stayed the arrest of two accused, Jaise K. George and Father Sony Varghese, till August 6.Out of four accused priests, the other two accused, Father Job Mathew and Father Johnson V. Mathew, were earlier granted conditional bails by the Kerala High Court.The scandal first came into light when a woman parishioner visiting the Malankara Orthodox Church in Kerala's Ezhakadavu had accused five priests of sexually abusing her for a decade. Her husband lodged a complaint that she came under the duress from at least five priests.
Missing boy traced in Samba, reunited with family: police
An 11-year old boy, who went missing from north Jammu city, was traced in the Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir and reunited with his family, police said today. Acting on information that a boy was roaming in village Meen Sarkar, a police party brought him safely to Police Station Bari-Brahmana last evening, an official statement released here said. On questioning, he disclosed his identity as Alyas Hussain Sheikh, the statement said adding the missing boy was studying at a madrassa in Digiana in Jammu city. Police contacted his family members and called them at Police Station Bari-Brahmana. After proper identification and verification, the missing boy was handed over to his elder brother Sadam Hussain Sheikh, the statement said. The family of missing boy complimented the police for its arduous efforts, the statement said. SSP, Samba, Anil Magotra, appreciated the efforts of the police team at Bari Brahmana, it added.
Will take legal action against MP CM, says Digvijay
After Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan allegedly dubbed him a "traitor", senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Thursday approached the police to get himself arrested. The police, however, refused to act in the absence of any complaint/case against him.
Teacher held for inappropriately touching 2 minor boys
A 33-year-old private school teacher was today arrested for allegedly inappropriately touching two minor boys at the school's premises here, police said. The boys are studying in the seventh and ninth standard. He has been remanded in judicial custody. Cases have been registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
Govt returns names of 2 judges for elevation to HCs, cites no reasons
The government has asked the Supreme Court collegium to reconsider its recommendation to appoint two lawyers as high court judges but did not cite any reason for its move, a senior government functionary said. The SC collegium had in 2016 recommended names of Harnaresh Singh Gill and Mohammed Nizamuddin for appointment as judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and the Calcutta High Court respectively. While returning the names to the collegium, the government did not cite any reason, the functionary said. Recently too, the top court collegium's recommendation for the appointments of two lawyers, one of them a former top court judge's son, as judges of the Allahabad High Court was returned for the second time by the government citing complaints against them. The two lawyers are Mohammad Mansoor and Basharat Ali Khan. Mansoor is the son of former Supreme Court judge late Saghir Ahmed. The government had also returned the name of advocate Nazir Ahmed Beig for elevation as a Jammu ...
Sunanda death: Tharoor granted exemption from personal appearance today
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor was granted exemption from personal appearance for today by a court here in a case relating to his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death almost four years ago in a luxury hotel here. The court granted the relief to Tharoor, who was granted bail earlier this month after he had appeared before it as an accused, on an application moved by his advocate. In his application, Tharoor said that he was unable to come to court since Parliament was in session. The court accepted the application, moved by senior advocate Vikash Pahwa on behalf of the politician, for the day and posted the matter for further hearing on August 23. Pushkar was found dead in a suite of a luxury hotel in the city on the night of January 17, 2014. The couple was staying in the hotel, as the official bungalow of Tharoor was being renovated at that time. The court also directed Delhi Police to hand over various documents filed along with the charge sheet, including statements of witnesses, to ...