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Pen drives recovered from Atiq's barrack, knives, phone from others in Deoria jail
Four knives, as many sim cards and a mobile phone set were recovered as the authorities today carried out searches in the Deoria district jail where former MP Atiq Ahmad is one of the inmates, officials said today. In nearly three hours of searches, each barrack including that of Ahmad was searched, the official said. Four pen drives were recovered from Ahmad's barrack while four SIM cards, a mobile phone set and four vegetable cutting knives were recovered from others, Superintendent of Police, Deoria, Rohan P Kanay said. Around 6 am, over 300 policemen led by District Magistrate Sujit Kumar and SP Kanay conducted searches at Deoria district jail, according to officials. All the Circle Officers, and district administration officials were present during the searches.
CBI names P Chidambaram, Karti in Aircel-Maxis case charge sheet
Congress leader P Chidambaram and his son Karti Chidambaram were today named as accused in a charge sheet filed by the CBI in the Aircel-Maxis deal case in which they have been charged for alleged criminal conspiracy and misconduct. The agency filed its supplementary charge sheet before special CBI judge O P Saini who fixed it for consideration on July 31. Besides Chidambaram and Karti, the CBI named 10 individuals, including public servants, and six companies as accused in the case. The charge sheet was filed for the alleged offences of criminal conspiracy under the Indian Penal Code (IPC), public servant taking illegal gratification, punishment for abetting this offence and public servant committing criminal misconduct under the Prevention of Corruption Act. If convicted, the offences entail a maximum punishment of seven years. According to the sources, the CBI is yet to obtain sanction to prosecute the public servants. The money alleged to be given as illegal gratification was ...
Mumbai civic body imposes hefty fine on contractor for not
Sending out a strong message, Mumbai's civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has imposed a hefty fine of Rs 1 lakh per day on a contractor for not maintaining a road in the megacity. Till now, the maximum penalty for shoddy work or delay was up to Rs 5,000 per day for the tender-winning contractors. "The contract work of the repair of Ghatkopar-Mankhurd Link Road was awarded to the contractor prior to the monsoon," a civic official said. "The contract included improvement of the 3-km-long stretch from Shivaji Nagar junction to Vasant Road Naik Marg, but contractor failed to deliver, which resulted in inconvenience to the motorists," he said. The official said that during the review of the work of the road department of the civic body, "it was found that contractor failed to deliver" and therefore, his firm was ordered to pay a fine of Rs one lakh per day starting from yesterday. The contractor will have to pay the fine till the company completes the task ...
Qualcomm disappointed with continuing EU probe into pricing case
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm on Thursday expressed disappointment with EU antitrust regulators' decision to continue an investigation in a case where it has been accused of charging below cost prices to stymy British phone software maker Icera.
Matrimonial disputes: MEA revokes passport of 8 NRIs
Taking stringent action against those NRIs who have abandoned their wives in India, the government has revoked the passports of all eight people who were issued Look-out-Circulars (LoC), a Women and Child Development (WCD) official said on Thursday.
Indian man shot dead in Canada, 2 charged
A 27-year-old Indian man has been shot dead in his home in Canada's Brampton city, police said. Two suspects in the case have surrendered and charged with first-degree murder, while the other two are absconding.
Girl jumps to death from 14th floor of apartment complex
A girl student of city-based University of Hyderabad allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the 14th floor of a residential apartment complex here today, police said. The deceased, in her 20s, is a MSc student, they said. "She jumped from the terrace of the building and died on the spot. No suicide note was found," Assistant Commissioner of Police (Miyapur Division) S Ravi Kumar told PTI. According to her mother, the girl had called her several times on the mobile but she was unable to pick up her calls. She later received a message from her daughter this afternoon, saying "sorry amma." "She had failed in one subject. Her concentration was entirely into academics," the woman said.
Ex-Euribor traders given jail terms for global rate-rigging plot
LONDON (Reuters) - Two former traders, including a one-time star employee at Deutsche Bank, were handed jail terms totalling more than 13 years by a London court on Thursday for plotting to rig global interest rates.
No public interest in law aspirants' plea for re-test of DU LLB entrance exam: HC
The Delhi High Court today said there was no public interest in a plea moved by 11 unsuccessful law aspirants seeking that Delhi University's LLB entrance test be held again as widespread cheating allegedly took place at some exam centres. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar, however, said there was only private interest in the matter as the candidates had taken the entrance exam. The court directed that the petition be deregistered as a PIL and be listed before an appropriate bench on July 23. The petition, filed through advocate Abhishek Kumar Choudhary, sought cancellation of the result declared on July 11 and fresh conduct of the the exam, alleging improper management of the test leading to widespread cheating at some centres. If the entire exam cannot be held again, it said that a re-test be held at the centres where the alleged irregularities were reported from. The plea also sought a CBI probe into alleged mismanagement and cheating. The test .
Smiriti Irani demands trial against Sanjay Nirupam
Union Minister of Textiles Smriti Irani on Thursday demanded trial in a case pertaining to a derogatory remark by Mumbai Congress president Sanjay Nirupam during a TV debate in 2012.Following the incident in 2012, Irani had filed a defamation case against Nirupam.Earlier today, both were present in Delhi's Patiala House Court for the hearings of defamation cases filed by both against each other.During the hearing, Irani told the court that she was neither ready to settle the dispute nor agreed to apologise."I want a trial in the case. Nirupam made a defamatory remark first. There is no question of apology," Irani said.She further alleged that Nirupam again made a derogatory remark against her in the court by saying "iss aurat ko Supreme Court jaane ka shauk hai" (this lady is fond of going to Supreme Court).A complaint was also filed by Nirupam against Irani after some remarks were made by her.Meanwhile, Nirupam's lawyer said, "apology has to be from both sides to settle the case to ..
Interaction with litigant on social media can be grounds for judge's withdrawal: HC
The Bombay High Court has upheld the Pune district court's decision to transfer a case from the roster of a judge after one of the lawyers in the matter commented on his Facebook post. Further, under certain circumstances, a lawyer leaving a comment on a judge's social media post can be seen as "professional misconduct", the high court said. In an order earlier this month, a division bench of Justices Shantanu Kemkar and Nitin Sambre said a judge recusing (withdrawing) himself from a case in such circumstances would be justified. The issue arose during the hearing of a property dispute before Additional District Judge S B Bahalkar. Sonia Prabhu, one of the petitioners who herself is a lawyer and who represented her side of the family in the case, had commented on a Facebook post of Judge Bahalkar. The Facebook post had nothing to do with the case, but deeming such interaction inappropriate, Bahalkar approached District Judge S M Modak and sought to recuse himself. Modak ordered that .
Inter-state fraudster from Punjab lands in police net
An inter-state fraudster from Punjab, who allegedly cheated a woman job aspirant from the city of over Rs 19 lakh after drugging her and her mother, has been arrested, police said today. The accused Talvinder Singh alias Joseph from Ludhiana lured the complainant on the pretext of offering her a job in a perfume franchise with attractive salary package, police said. The woman contacted the accused and as per his instructions, she and her mother went to Delhi last month by flight to attend the interview, Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh M Bhagwat said. The accused received them and while having meals he drugged them by mixing sleeping pills, he said. He then took them to Jhansi by train and kept them at a hotel and took their gold ornaments, he said. He also took them to two bank branches and got Rs 19 lakh withdrawn from her accounts and also purchased gold by using her cards and fled, the commissioner said. During the course of investigation, police found that ...
Stop Mahabharat in CBI: Cong
Stop 'Mahabharat' in the premier investigating agency CBI, senior Congress leader Digivijay Singh said in the Rajya Sabha today. He was referring to reports about internal tussle in the agency between two senior officers. Participating in the debate on amendments to the law on prevention of corruption, Singh said "the CBI is our prime institution. See what Mahabharat is going on. ... Stop the 'Mahabharat' there. If an officer investating several cases is being investigated, then what will happen to the institution." He also alleged that an officer has taken bribe from Sterling Biotech. Referring to the Rafale deal, Singh said the government did not follow any protocol while signing an agreement with France and was also not disclosing the price of fighter jets to be purchased. "Will this scam be probed under this law," he sought to know. Raising a point of order, BJP leader Bhupender Singh asked the Chair to expunge Singh's reference to cases which are being investigated .
Goa temple priest accused of molesting two women in premises
A priest from Shree Mangueshi temple in south Goa has been accused of molesting two women of Goan origin currently based in the US, inside the temple on separate occasions last month. Though the Ponda Police, under whose jurisdiction the temple is located, denied receipt of any formal complaint from the women, the temple committee has confirmed receiving the written complaint from the women. The alleged incidents had taken place on June 14 and 22 this year and both the women had named the same priest in their plaint. Goa Art and Culture Minister Govind Gawade today demanded a formal probe into the allegations. The Mangueshi Devasthan Committee had stated on July 11 that they had received a complaint from the women against the priest, and held an emergency meeting on July 4. "In the meeting, it was decided to obtain comments of the accused on the complaint and to initiate preliminary enquiry. "During the enquiry, the committee could not lay its hands on any dependable ...
Ex-Euribor traders sentenced to jail for global rate-rigging plot
LONDON (Reuters) - Former star Deutsche Bank trader Christian Bittar and Philippe Moryoussef, who once worked at Barclays, were sentenced to jail by a London court on Thursday for plotting to rig global interest rates.
Raasi Refractories' former promoters settle case with Sebi, pay Rs 15 lakh
Two former promoters of refractory bricks manufacturer Raasi Refractories have settled with Sebi a case related to alleged disclosure lapses after paying over Rs 15 lakh towards settlement. Ashok Kumar Agarwal and Sanjay Agarwal -- the two former promoters of Raasi Refractories -- had filed applications to settle the proposed adjudication proceedings for the delayed compliance with disclosure norms as required under the SAST (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeover) Regulations, according to a Sebi order dated July 18. The regulator's High Powered Advisory Committee (HPAC) considered the settlement terms proposed by the former promoters and recommended the case for settlement on payment of Rs 15.31 lakh by them. The panel of whole time members of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) also accepted the recommendation of the HPAC. Last month, Ashok Kumar Agarwal and Sanjay Agarwal remitted the settlement amount, following which the regulator settled the proposed ...
EU regulators charge Qualcomm with additional violation in pricing case
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators on Thursday charged Qualcomm with a new violation in a case where the U.S. chipmaker has been accused of selling chipsets below cost to drive out Nvidia Corp unit and British phone software maker Icera.
CBI charge sheet names P. Chidambaram, son in Aircel-Maxis case
The CBI on Friday filed a charge sheet against 18 people in Aircel-Maxis deal case including former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and his son Karti.
Gym trainer shot dead
A gym trainer was shot dead in the city on Wednesday over an altercation over food supplements.
Jailed Audi chief seeks release pending German fraud probe
Audi's chief executive is seeking his release from jail during an ongoing investigation of suspected fraud as part of parent company Volkswagen's diesel emissions scandal. Rupert Stadler was arrested June 18 due to fears he might try to evade justice. Authorities had earlier searched his private residence on suspicion of fraud and indirect improprieties with documents. News agency DPA reported that Munich prosecutors said today that Stadler has filed a complaint against being kept in investigative custody, which they will now consider. Audi said shortly after Stadler's arrest that it had complied his with request to temporarily relieve him of his duties. The company named sales chief Abraham 'Bram' Schot as its interim CEO. The probe against Audi follows the emissions scandal that has rocked Volkswagen since 2015.