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Dutch pair charged in Britain after cocaine haul seized from boat
A pair of Dutch nationals appeared in a British court today after authorities seized one of their largest-ever hauls of cocaine, aboard a yacht off the south-west coast. Maarten Peter Pieterse, 59, and Emile Adriaan Jeroen Schoemaker, 44, appeared via video-link at Bristol Magistrates' Court in south-west England charged with drug importation offences. Pieterse did not enter a plea, while Schoemaker pleaded not guilty. They have been remanded in custody and are due to appear next in court on August 20. The two were arrested Thursday after the Netherlands-registered boat that they were travelling on was intercepted by a Border Force cutter 193 kilometres off the far southwestern county of Cornwall. Officers discovered an estimated two tonnes of cocaine, wrapped in plastic bagging in a compartment beneath the decking area at the rear of the vessel, the SY Marcia, Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) said in a statement. Its National Maritime Intelligence Centre aided the operation ...
Charge sheet filed against J-K officials in graft case
The Jammu and Kashmir State Vigilance Organisation (SVO) filed a charge sheet today against 10 officials, two of them now retired, of the state rural development department in a 4-year-old corruption case filed in Doda district. The charge sheet against the officials including the then Executive Engineer (Rural Engineering Wing) Kishtwar Romesh Kumar and the then Block Development Officer Marwah Krishan Chand Sharma (both now retired) was filed in the court of special judge (anti-corruption), Doda, a spokesperson of the SVO said. A case against the officials was filed in 2014 after an inquiry into 19 development works in Marwah block of Doda under various centrally-sponsored schemes during 2012-13 revealed misappropriation of over Rs 16.50 lakh. The accuse include then Assistant Executive Engineer (REW) Rama Kant Sharma, then Technical Assistant Tariq Hussain Kichloo and then Junior Engineer Abdul Rashid Shah, the spokesperson said. "After obtaining the sanction from the competent ...
Gorakhpur infant deaths: Another round of victimisation has started, says Kafeel
Kafeel Khan, who recently walked out of jail after being arrested in connection with the death of infants at a state-run hospital in Gorakhpur last year, today alleged that he is being victimised again. He also demanded that all those who failed in their responsibilities to provide oxygen to the kids be put behind bars. Khan, who worked as nodal officer at the Baba Raghav Das Medical College, at Gorakhpur, was granted bail by the Allahabad High Court on April 25. More than 60 children, mostly infants, had died at the hospital within a week in August, 2017. There were allegations that the deaths occurred due to disruption in oxygen supply. Interacting with people at an event organised by the 'Dwarka Collective', an initiative by local residents, Khan said he was the juniormost doctor and had no say in the hospital administration but despite this, he was targeted. He had written a letter from jail which was made public by his wife at a press conference in Delhi. In the letter, the ...
Goa temple priest accused of molestation granted interim bail
A court here on Saturday granted interim bail to a priest at the iconic Mangueshi temple who has been accused of allegedly molesting two women inside the temple premises.
19-year-old sentenced to death for raping minor in Alwar
A 19-year-old has been sentenced to death in Rajasthan's Alwar for raping a seven-month-old girl. The sentence was passed by the Schedule Caste/Schedule Tribe court on Saturday.Special Judge Jagendra Kumar Agarwal passed the judgement. The culprit was registered under Section 363, 366, 376 AB 5M / 6 of POSCO (Protection of Children against Sexual Offences) Act.The culprit from Harsana village of Laxmangarh area of Alwar abducted the girl and raped her.The case was fast-tracked by the judge and was heard on a daily basis for 12 hearings in 22 working days of the court after the case being registered on may 10.Hemant Priyadarshi, Inspector General, Jaipur said that he is satisfied with the verdict."I'm professionally satisfied with the verdict. Taking everything into account the entire team as a system has been able to deliver as per expectation and spirit of the amended law," Priyadarshi told ANI.Special public prosecutor Kuldeep Jain said that this will be the first case in Rajasthan .
Granddad arrested after toddler accidentally shot dead by cousin
A 53-year-old man has been arrested for child endangerment after his four-year-old grandson got hold of his gun and fatally shot a two-year-old girl in California, police said.
2 arrested in fake recruitment racket
Two men, who cheated youngsters on the pretext of providing them jobs at Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), have been arrested, the police said on Saturday.
19-year-old sentenced to death for rape under new Rajasthan law
A 19-year-old was Saturday sentenced to death for raping a seven-month-old baby in Rajasthan this year, police said.
ISI pressuring judiciary to get favourable verdicts: Pak HC judge
A Pakistani high court judge today alleged that the country's powerful ISI spy agency is pressuring the chief justice and other judges to get favourable verdicts in different cases, including against ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Speaking at the Rawalpindi Bar Association today, Islamabad High Court judge Justice Shaukat Siddiqui openly lashed out at the Inter Services Intelligence for "controlling" the judiciary and media. "Today the judiciary and media have come in the control of 'Bandookwala' (army). Judiciary is not independent. Even the media is getting directions from the military. The media is not speaking the truth because it is under pressure and has its interests," he said. He said, "In different cases, the ISI forms benches of its choice to get desired results. The ISI had asked the chief justice to make sure that Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz should not come out of jail before the July 25 election. It also had asked him not to include me in the bench ...
Ugandan woman arrested for drug trafficking
A Ugandan woman was arrested from near Chattarpur metro station in New Delhi in connection with the seizure of one kg of heroin by the sleuths of Special Task Force of the Punjab Police. Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Punjab police Rashpal Singh said the accused, Rubia, was arrested yesterday and during interrogation, she revealed that a packet containing one kg of heroin was buried in the ground at some place in Tarn Taran district. The police today took her to the spot in Tarn Taran and seized the packet of heroin. The AIG said Rubia's involvement in drug trafficking was disclosed by another alleged drug smuggler Kuldip Singh who was arrested with 250 grams of heroin on June 21. Rubia had already spent eight month in a jail in Fazilka in another drug smuggling case in 2016, he said. Singh said around a dozen people were still working with Rubia for the supply of drugs at various districts in Punjab. Raids were being conducted to arrest them, he said.
Two Russians arrested in Goa for 'growing marijuana'
Two Russian nationals were arrested today by the Goa Crime Branch for allegedly growing marijuana (cannabis) plants in the backyard of a house. Maxim Moskichev and Artem Seregin, both in their early thirties, were arrested for growing marijuana on the premises of the house they had rented at Siolim, police said. The village is near Anjuna beach, a tourist hot-spot. Superintendent of Police Karthik Kashyap said that 30 kg of marijuana, worth Rs 10 lakh in illicit markets, was seized from the house. The accused were booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, he said.
2 arrested for killing e-rickshaw driver
Two men, accused of killing a 35-year-old e-rickshaw driver afer a scuffle, have been arrested, police said on Saturday.
19-year-old sentenced to death for raping infant in Alwar
A 19-year old youth was today given death penalty by a court for raping a seven-month-old child in Alwar district of Rajasthan in May, the first such sentencing in the state after a law entailing capital punishment to those convicted of raping a child below 12 years of age came into force, according to police. A special court hearing cases of SC/ST Act and POCSO Act in Alwar sentenced to death Pintu, who was found guilty of raping the infant in Laxmangarh area in Alwar on May 9. Special Judge Jagendra Agrawal, who had conducted daily hearings in the case, found the youth guilty on July 18 and announced the quantum of punishment today. Pintu was convicted under IPC sections 363, 366 A (related to abduction of minor) and 376 AB (for rape on woman under twelve years of age) and 5(M)/6 of POCSO Act. The death penalty was awarded under the IPC section 376 AB, SHO of the Laxmangarh police station Prahlad Sahay said. It is the first such case in Rajasthan after the criminal law (amendment) ..
Wall of under-construction building collapses in Noida, boy killed
A 2-year-old boy was killed and three others were injured after the wall of an under-construction building collapsed in Noida's Sector 63, police said. SP (City) Rajiv Kumar Singh said the incident took place yesterday during basement construction at the building in Sector 63 A under Phase-3 police station limits. Initially, four persons were injured, he said, adding all of them were rushed to hospital. But doctors there declared Himanshu dead, Singh said. Of those injured, the condition of a person indentified as Hemraj is stated to be serious and was admitted to AIIMS, New Delhi. A case was registered under the relevant sections against the land owner and the contractor concerned, Singh said.
One killed, 3 injured in wall collapse in Noida
A 4-year-old boy was killed and three others, including his parents, both labourers, injured when the basement wall of an under construction building collapsed here, police said on Saturday.
School headmaster held for sexually harassing 2 teenage girls
Two girls of a local government school were allegedly sexually harassed by their 45-year-old headmaster who has been arrested, police said today. Police said Murugesan had allegedly sexually harassed the girls, aged 15, on Thursday. The girls had complained about the harassment to their parents who lodged a complaint with police. People at Thiruvalluvar Nagar, where the the school is located, blocked traffic demanding his arrest. They alleged that the headmaster had misbehaved with the girls earlier also. Murugesan was arrested today, police said.
Judge rejects US efforts to strip terrorist of citizenship
The government can't strip a terrorist of his US citizenship, a federal judge ruled this month in a decision siding with a Pakistan-born man serving the last few years of a 20-year prison sentence for his guilty plea to plotting to destroy New York's Brooklyn Bridge. The case involves Iyman Faris, who was sentenced in 2003 for aiding and abetting al-Qaida by scoping out the bridge as part of a plot to cut through cables that support it. His case was among the first and highest-profile terrorism cases after the September 11 attacks. Faris met with Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and worked with September 11 architect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, although some critics questioned how realistic the plot was, given post-September 11 security in New York. A court filing last year in US District Court in southern Illinois argued that Faris lied on immigration papers before becoming a naturalised US citizen in 1999 and that his terrorist affiliations demonstrated a lack of commitment to the US ...
Lawyers meet jailed Sharifs
Lawyers for Pakistan's jailed former premier Nawaz Sharif, his daughter and his son-in-law, today met them to discuss the appeal against their conviction. Sharif, 68, and his daughter Maryam, 44, were arrested in Lahore on July 13 on their arrival from London after an accountability court found them guilty over his family's ownership of four luxury flats in London. They were later taken to Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi. Both Sharif and Maryam have been sentenced by the court to 10 and seven years in prison, respectively, for corruption charges. Maryam's husband Muhammad Safdar was jailed for one year. But all of them lodged appeals in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against their conviction and the court after initial hearing on Monday adjourned the case till the last week of this month. Counsel Amjad Pervaiz, a member of their legal team, said they met with Sharif, Maryam and Safdar and discussed legal matters. He said Sharif was in good health but the former premier complained that ...
Herald case: Vora moves court seeking to restrain Swamy
Senior Congress leader Motilal Vora today approached a Delhi court seeking to restrain BJP leader Subramanian Swamy from sharing information about the National Herald case on social media. Swamy has filed the case against Vora, Rahul Gandhi, his mother Sonia Gandhi and others. In an application moved before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal, Vora said he has "time and again noticed that the complainant (Swamy) has been putting up various posts on social media regarding the daily proceedings of the instant case for the purpose of causing defamation of the accused and vilification of the court process. He submitted, The complainant has been indulging in loud and persistent publicity amounting to an interference with the administration of justice." The application, moved through advocate Tarannum Cheema, said, "Before and after every date of hearing he (Swamy) unleashes hostile publicity through tweets, posts on social media or statements to the media. Meanwhile, the .
Woman killed by husband
A 34-year-old woman, married for seven years, was allegedly killed by her husband here, police said.