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Pak approves open trial of Sharif in 2 graft cases
The federal cabinet, headed by Pakistan's caretaker prime minister Justice (retd) Nasir-ul-Mulk, on Wednesday approved to hold an open trial of jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in regards to the Al-Azizia and the Flagship Investment cases.The cabinet also revoked an earlier decision to conduct proceedings against Sharif inside the Adiala jail in Rawalpindi, where he and his daughter Maryam Nawaz are currently lodged, Geo TV reported.The accountability court, which is hearing the corruption references against the Sharif family, will next hear the remaining two cases (Al-Azizia and Flagship Investment) on July 30.The court is also waiting for the orders from the Islamabad High Court (IHC), where the Sharif family has made a plea challenging Sharif and Maryam's conviction in the Avenfield properties case and the transfer of the cases to another court.While Sharif and his UK-based sons, Hussain and Hasan are named in all the three corruption cases - Avenfield reference, Flagship .
Man who plotted to kill British PM found guilty
A British man on Wednesday was found guilty of plotting an assassination attack on Prime Minister Theresa May at her Downing Street residence.The man, Naa'imur Zakariyah Rahman, 20, was convicted at the Old Baily court for committing an act of terrorism.Rahman, who has been on trial from past few months, revealed to the police officers of assassinating the prime minister in May in an Islamic State (IS)-inspired attack, Anadolu News Agency reported.In November last year, he was arrested after he told undercover officers that he was planning to launch an assault at Downing Street and was provided with explosives and a suicide vest.Apart from Rahman, Mohammed Aqib Imran, 22, was also found guilty after a terrorist handbook was recovered from him earlier, as per the report.Rahman told the court that he motivated Imran to join the IS in Libya.It should be noted that Britain recently suffered a spate of terror attacks last year.
Sharif, Maryam likely to be moved to Sihala rest house
Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz are likely to be shifted from Adiala jail in Rawalpindi to the rest house of Sihala Police Training College in Islamabad.Geo TV quoted sources as saying that all arrangements have been made to move the father-daughter duo to Sihala rest house. The Islamabad chief commissioner had earlier declared the rest house as a sub-jail to keep the two figures.On July 6, Sharif and Maryam were convicted in the Avenfield reference case by the Accountability Court.While Sharif was given ten years of imprisonment and slapped with a fine of eight million pounds, Maryam was awarded eight years in jail and fined two million pounds. Also, Nawaz's son-in-law Captain (retd) Muhammad Safdar was given a one-year sentence without any fine.Upon their arrival at Lahore, the father-daughter duo was taken to Islamabad by a special chartered flight, from where they were taken to Adiala jail in Rawalpindi.It should be noted that Sharif and ..
Woman falls victim to triple talaq over dowry
A woman from Uttar Pradesh's Hapur has been given divorce through triple talaq by her husband after she failed to meet his demands of dowry.The husband had allegedly asked for car and money, which the three-month pregnant wife failed to provide and hence, she was given divorce via tripe talaq.A case has been registered in the Kharkhoda Police Station in Meerut.Senior Superintendent of Police has lodged an FIR for Harassment and Dowry and said that the accused will soon be arrested.
Assam cash-for-job scam: BJP MP's daughter, 18 others arrested
Assam police on Wednesday arrested Pallavi Sharma, daughter of BJP MP RP Sharma, and 18 other government officers in connection with the cash-for-job scam of Assam Public Service Commission (APSC).Earlier, police had filed charge sheet against former Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) chairman Rakesh Kumar Paul and few other members in connection with the case.Additional Superintendent of Police of Dibrugarh Police, Surajeet Singh Panesar told ANI, "So far 63 officers have been arrested in the case. Today, we have arrested 19 officers, out of which eight are women."Police had earlier identified 25 officers of the 2015 batch who had bribed APSC officials to get jobs through doctored answer scripts.Out of those 25 officials, 13 were in Assam Civil Services, seven in Assam Police Services and the rest are in allied civil services.On November 8, police arrested 16 civil services officials in this regard.Former APSC chairman Rakesh Kumar Paul was arrested on November 4 last year after .
Money-laundering scam: Zardari's name removed from Exit Control List
The names of former Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur have been removed from the Exit Control List (ECL) by Pakistan's Interior Ministry."Zardari and Talpur's names were removed from the ECL on the directives of the interior secretary. The interior secretary had prepared a summary a few days earlier directing that the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader and his sister's names be removed from the list," Geo TV quoted sources as saying.Prior to this, Zardari and Talpur's names were placed on the Exit Control List (ECL) on the orders of Pakistan's Supreme Court, sources told Geo TV earlier.However, on July 12, the country's apex court refuted reports that it did not place the brother-sister duo on the ECL and did not issue directives to prevent them from leaving the country in connection to their alleged involvement in a money-laundering scam.Earlier on July 10, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had issued notices to Zardari and Talpur, in regards to .
U.S. proposes expedited appeal in fight with AT&T over Time Warner purchase
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has proposed an expedited schedule for an appeal of a judge's ruling that allowed AT&T Inc to buy movie and TV show maker Time Warner, according to a court filing on Wednesday.
U.S. proposes expedited appeal in fight with AT&T over purchase of Time Warner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has proposed an expedited schedule for an appeal of a judge's ruling that allowed AT&T Inc to buy movie and TV show maker Time Warner, according to a court filing on Wednesday.
Sharif getting all facilities he is entitled to: Punjab govt
Jailed former premier Nawaz Sharif is getting all the facilities he is entitled to under the law, the government in Pakistan's Punjab province said today. The clarification was issued after former chief minister and PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif complained that his elder brother Sharif has been kept in "abysmal conditions" in the Adiala jail. Punjab Information Minister Ahmed Waqas Riaz told the media that Sharif was given all facilities that he was entitled to. Separately, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Prisons, Malik Mubashir, issued a statement to provide the list of facilities given to Sharif. Mubashir said that Sharif was jailed in a separate cell in a Better Class portion of the jail and has been issued a steel bed, table, chair, newspapers, sheets for his personal bed, personal clothes, one ceiling fan, two bracket fans and toiletries. He has also been allowed to keep a 21-inch TV. He also has been provided adequate space to take a walk and he "regularly goes for a stroll in .
Man shot by two bike-borne assailants
A 28-year-old man, riding on his two-wheeler with his family, was injured after two unidentified men on a bike opened fire at him, police said.
Bill seeks to include offence of human trafficking in MPDA
The state government will bring a bill in the ongoing Monsoon session to include human trafficking in the list of crimes covered under the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act, Minister of State for Home Ranjit Patil said today. He was answering questions in the Legislative Council about rise in the number of cases of missing girls. To curb the cases of trafficking of minors, the government plans to include the offence of human trafficking in the MPDA, he said. One reason for the increase in the number of cases related to missing girls in Mumbai was a Supreme Court order which mandates that every case of a minor girl going missing must be treated as a case of abduction, the minister said. Between 2013 to 2017, 5,056 girls under the age of 18 went missing from Mumbai, and 4,758 of them were found, leaving 298 unsolved cases, he said. MLC Bhai Jagtap expressed concern about such a high number of cases. "According to the statistic, a girl goes missing in ...
Ishrat case: Court reserves order on discharge plea for August 4
A Special CBI Court here on Wednesday reserved its verdict for August 4 on the discharge pleas of two retired police officers D.G. Vanzara and N.K. Amin in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan shootout case even as her mother strongly opposed the plea.
Will take steps after legal view to scrap Navi Mumbai land
The Maharashtra government would seek the view of the law and judiciary department and take steps to scrap all transactions related to a Navi Mumbai land deal, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said in the Legislative Assembly today. The government has already stayed transactions in the wake of the allegations of "scam" raised by the Congress-led opposition. The Congress had alleged that the land worth Rs 1,767 crore, meant for eight project affected people (PAP) of the Koyna dam, was given to a private builder for just Rs 3.60 crore. The party had also claimed that the transaction had the "blessings" of Fadnavis. Following a hue and cry, Fadnavis had announced a judicial probe into the alleged scam along with 200 other such land deals carried out under the erstwhile governments led by the Congress-NCP combine. Replying to questions raised by opposition leaders in the Assembly today, the chief minister also informed the Lower House that the government had requested chief
Former TDB prez flays govt stand on entry of women in
Flaying the Kerala government's stand in the Supreme Court, favouring entry of women of a particular age group in Sabarimala temple,a former TDB president said the ruling LDF had moved away from its duty of protecting the customs and traditions of places of worship. "It is the duty of a government to protect the customs and tradition of the places of worship. But the LDF government has moved away from this principle", alleged Prayar Gopalakrishnan, a Congress leader who headed the Travancore Devaswom Board during the previous UDF rule. The TDB, an autonomous body, administers 1,248 temples, including the one in Sabarimala, in the erstwhile princely state of Travancore. The Kerala government, which has been changing its stand on the contentious issue of women of a particular age group entering the Sabarimala temple, today told the Supreme Court that it now favours their entry. Gopalakrishnan said the state government should file a curative petition if the Supreme Court ...
Tough action will be taken in girl rape case: TN CM
Condemning the rape of a 11-year old girl here by several men, Chief Minister K Palaniswami today said tough action would be taken against perpetrators of such a serious offence. "The issue has gone to the court. However, the government would take tough action against perpetrators of such serious offences," Palaniswami told reporters at the airport here. The seventh standard hearing impaired girl was allegedly raped multiple times over the past seven months in an apartment complex here with police arresting 17 of her suspected tormentors. Amid the shock and outrage over the incident, the accused were arrested and produced before the women's court in Chennai yesterday when a group of agitated lawyers punched and kicked them, while dragging them down the staircase as they were being escorted out. The court had remanded all the 17 in judicial custody till July 31. Those arrested included a liftman, security guards, plumbers, electricians and other maintenance staff working .
Frenchman at centre of Nobel scandal to face trial in September
The man at the centre of a sexual assault scandal that shook the Nobel Literature Prize giving body, which postponed this year's award, will go on trial in September on rape charges, a Swedish court said. French cultural figure Jean-Claude Arnault, who is married to a former member of the Swedish Academy which selects Nobel literature laureates, has been charged with raping a woman in Stockholm on two occasions in 2011. The Stockholm district court told AFP his hearings will take place on September 19, 20 and 24. According to the charge sheet, seen by AFP, the 71-year-old allegedly forced the victim -- who was in a state of "intense fear" -- to have oral sex and intercourse in a Stockholm apartment on October 5, 2011. Arnault, who has denied the allegations, is also accused of raping her during the night of December 2-3 while she was asleep. In November, Sweden's Dagens Nyheter newspaper published the testimonies of 18 women claiming to have been raped, sexually assaulted or harassed .
One arrested with fake currency in JK's Rajouri
A person was arrested today after fake currency in new denomination notes, worth Rs 41,900 recovered from him in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior police officer said. Senior Superintendent of Police, Rajouri, Yougal Manhas said the police was busy in routine vehicle checking at Jaglanoo village of Kandi when they noticed a pedestrian moving around in suspicious circumstances. "On noticing a police party, he tried to flee but was chased and arrested," the officer said, adding that the accused was identified as Altaf Hussain of Muradpur village During his frisking, the SSP said, a bundle of fake currency notes with a face value of Rs 41,900 in the denomination of Rs 500 and Rs 200 were recovered. He was arrested and a case under relevant sections of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) registered against him, Manhas said. Manhas said the accused was being questioned so that it may lead to the arrest of other people involved in the fake currency racket in the district.
Two held for duping senior citizen on pretext of higher returns on expired insurance polices
A man and his female associate were arrested for allegedly duping a senior citizen of Rs 80 thousand on the pretext 0f higher returns on expired and discontinued insurance policies, police said today. The accused identified as Vishal Aggarwal, a resident of Ghaziabad and his associate Pooja, (25), Noida resident, were arrested from Ghaziabad last week, said Chinmoy Biswal, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (south east) said. A complaint was filed by a 92-year-old man that on June 26, he received a call from Pooja who told him that in 2012 he had purchased an insurance policy from HDFC and paid only one instalment. She said that the policy was still active and if he deposits Rs 80,000 to HDFC account he will be given Rs 14 lakh as the policy will mature once the amount is paid, Biswal said. Trusting her version, the complainant paid the said amount, he said. Subsequently, Pooja and her male associate who pretended to be an executive of the insurance company demanded Rs 2,40,000 from ...
Mob refused to listen to my appeal: Swami Agnivesh
Self-proclaimed spiritual leader and social activist Swami Agnivesh said his appeals to the mob that attacked him in Jharkhand's Pakur district on Tuesday went unheard."The Supreme Court gave a strong verdict on mob lynching. But at the time verdict was being delivered, I was being attacked by a mob. I appealed to them (mob) to speak to me but they didn't listen," he told ANI.Earlier in the day, Swami Agnivesh said he could have been murdered in the "planned" attack.Agnivesh further demanded an inquiry by a retired or sitting judge of the Ranchi High Court in the matter.The spiritual leader lodged a complaint with the Ranchi police stating that a group of people allegedly belonging to the RSS, and Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) entered the premises and assaulted him.Soon after the incident, the state government headed by Raghubar Das provided security to Agnivesh.
Three workers killed in ethylene gas cylinder blast in Jalgaon
Three workers were killed and another one was injured after an ethylene gas cylinder exploded in a banana-ripening centre in Jalgaon district in north Maharashtra today, police said. The incident took place this afternoon at Anturli in Muktainagar. The deceased were identified as Shivaji Salunkhe, Nivrutti Patil and Shekh Sharif Shekh Khalu, senior police inspector Ashok Kadlag said. "After being alerted about the incident, police rushed to the spot and immediately shifted the victims to a hospital, where three of them were declared brought dead," he said. One worker, who sustained serious injuries in the incident is undergoing treatment at a nearby hospital, he added. "Bodies of all the deceased were handed over to their family members after the post-mortem," he said. The exact cause of the blast is yet to be ascertained, Kadlag said adding that forensic experts have been called for an analysis. An accidental death report (ADR) has been registered at Muktainagar police .