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Netanyahu quizzed for 10th time over graft allegations
Israeli police investigators on Tuesday questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his official residence here for the 10th time over corruption allegations.
5-year-old girl gangraped
A five-year-old girl, daughter of a migrant labourer, was brutally raped by unidentified men in Dasuya town in this district, police said today. The girl was admitted to the Civil Hospital, Dasuya from where she was referred to PGIMER, Chandigarh, in a critical condition after the incident yesterday night, they said. Police said the girl went missing from her house last night at about 10:30 pm when there was a power shutdown in the area. The family members lodged a missing report with the Dasuya police station late yesterday night. Today, a passerby noticed the girl lying in an unconscious state near a railway track. Some blood stained clothes were also found there. The father of the girl is a migrant labourer, police said. Dr Rajesh Bagga, Senior Medical Officer, Dasuya Civil Hospital, confirmed gang rape and said the victim suffered external as well as internal wounds. A case was registered at the Dasuya police station under relevant provisions of the POCSO Act and the IPC, police ..
Law Min ready with draft to set up special fast track courts to try rape cases
The Law Ministry has come up with a proposal to set up "special" fast track courts across India to try rape cases as part of a larger scheme to strengthen infrastructure for better investigation and swift prosecution in such cases. Following discussions with the Home Secretary, the Department of Justice in the Law Ministry has prepared a draft scheme for setting up of "special fast track courts" to try rape cases. On June 14, the department had informed the Cabinet Secretary that the draft is ready and awaiting approval of the Law Minister. The new scheme is part of an ordinance recently promulgated to allow courts to award the death penalty to those convicted of raping children aged up to 12 years. The Criminal Laws (Amendment) Ordinance amended the IPC, the CrPC, the Evidence Act and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. While bringing out the ordinance, the government had decided to frame a scheme to set up an "appropriate" number of fast track courts to try rape ...
Rs 7.25 lakh looted from ATM
Unidentified criminals took away Rs 7.25 lakh from an ATM of the Punjab National Bank (PNB) here in May but the crime was detected only three days back, police said on Tuesday.
Woman batters father-in-law to death in Himachal
A woman killed her father-in-law by beating him repeatedly with his stick at their house in Banethi village of Nahan in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district over some domestic dispute, the police said today. An FIR under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered against the accused woman at Nahan police station and she was arrested, they said. The woman had murdered her aged father-in-law last night but the police came to know about the incident only this morning when the victim's son informed them, Sirmaur Superintendent of Police Rohit Malpani told PTI Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Sirmaur, Virendra Thakur said the woman, Pratima (30), had battered to death her father-in-law Kishan Chand (75), a retired public works department (PWD) employee, with his stick last night. After killing him, the woman closed the door of his room and went to bed, he added. The victim's son Dhanvir, who is a driver, reached home after work late in the night yesterday ..
RJD leader's mutilated body found
Police have recovered mutilated body of a local RJD leader from neighbouring Nalanda district late last evening, police said today. Nawada town police station SHO Anjani Kumar said that the deceased identified as Kailash Paswan was kidnapped on July 6 and later killed by some unidentified persons. The police found Paswan's body with severed head from under the bridge over Paimar river located under jurisdiction of Khudaganj police station of Nalanda district late last evening, the SHO said. Paswan, who was Nawada district RJD's general secretary, had left his house from Budhaul village located under town police station area with some work relating to Panchayat but never returned home, the SHO said. His son Sanjay Paswan had lodged an FIR alleging that his father has been kidnapped. The miscreants had severed the head from the body in order to hide the identity of the deceased, he said. Police are investigating the matter from all angles, the police officer said adding ...
Munna Bajrangi cremated amid tight security
Dreaded gangster Prem Prakash Singh alias Munna Bajrangi, who was shot dead in mysterious circumstances in the Baghpat jail on Monday, was cremated at the Manikarnika Ghat here on Tuesday.
Bajrangi's murder in UP jail not an isolated case
The killing of gangster Munna Bajrangi in an Uttar Pradesh jail was not an isolated case, with quite a few cases being reported in the state in the last years. Anurag Tripathi alias Annu, said to be close to a sharpshooter of the Munna Bajrangi gang, was shot at inside Varanasi jail by another murder accused Santosh Gupta on May 13, 2015. In this case, the firearm was smuggled inside the prison in the body of an air cooler to avoid metal-detectors, a senior police officer said. Annu had killed a local corporater in Varanasi Banshi Yadav, who was lodged in the jail on March 2, 2004, after he was called at the jail entrance gate on the pretext of meeting a visitor. On June 22, 2011, YC Sachan, a key accused in the NRHM scam, was found dead inside the Lucknow jail. His body was found in a jail toilet in a sitting position with nine injuries caused by shaving blade. His leather belt was found tied around his neck with its other end tied to window grill. After the killing of 51-year-old ...
Aircel-Maxis case: ED opposes Chidambaram's anticipatory bail
The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday has filed a detailed reply in the Aircel-Maxis money laundering case and opposed former finance minister P Chidambaram's anticipatory bail.In its statement, the ED said that they have come to a bonafide conclusion that under anticipatory bail, it will not be possible to reach the truth."It is submitted that in the investigation conducted so far a strong prima facie case has emerged showing the involvement of the applicant in violation of larger conspiracy is unfolding," said the agency in their statement today."P Chidambaram is evasive in his replies to why the total foreign inflow to the tune of US $ 800 million was approved by him on March 13, 2016, deliberately and intentionally without raising any objection," added the official statement.According to the ED, Chidambaram was examined under provisions of the PML on June 5 and June 12, but his examination is still pending.Meanwhile, the Delhi's Patiala House Court had extended interim protection
Yet another Kerala priest booked over rape allegation
A case of alleged rape has been filed against yet another priest of a church in Kerala, where a string of clergymen are facing accusations of sexual misconduct, police said today. Binu George, a priest of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, was alleged to have raped the parishioner in Alappuzha district four years ago. He is currently serving at a church under the diocese at Koypallikaranma. The victim woman has claimed the priest sexually assaulted her at the office of the church when she approached him for help to settle some family dispute in 2014. In her complaint to the police, the woman said she had informed the church authorities about the incident soon thereafter, and was promised she would not face any harassment from him in the future. However, when the priest continued to torment her and spread "baseless gossip", she decided to take legal recourse, police said. In a major embarrassment for the clergy, a man from Pathanamthitta district had last month accused ...
HC confirms death sentence for techie for 7-yr-old girl's rape, murder
The Madras High Court today confirmed the death sentence awarded to a 23-year-old techie by a lower court for the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl here last year. A division bench of justices S Vimala and Ramathilagam upheld the February 19 order of the Mahila court in neighbouring Chengalpattu, awarding death penalty to S Dhasvanth, an engineering graduate. The bench was dismissing an appeal filed by Dhasvanth, who had challenged the trial court order convicting him in the rape-and-murder case of the seven-year old girl, who was his neighbour, in February last year. The crime had triggered a public outcry and Dhasvanth had faced the ire of a group of women, who assaulted him when he was brought to the lower court for trial. According to the prosecution, the convict had lured the girl into his flat at Mugalivakkam, using a dog, and strangled her to death after raping her. The convict had then dumped the body in a travel bag and subsequently, burnt it on a highway. He was held .
Akhilesh slams UP govt on crime front; govt refutes charge
A day after gangster Munna Bajrangi was shot dead in Baghpat district jail, former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav today slammed the Yogi Adityanath government for ensuring "no law and order" in the state, a charge refuted by the BJP government. "In present day Uttar Pradesh, there is no law and order, just an atmosphere of panic. The perpetrators have become so confident that they have murdered someone in prison. These are the government's failures. The people of the state are very scared; the state has never seen such misrule and chaos before," the SP president tweeted in Hindi. UP government spokesperson and senior Cabinet Minister Sidharth Nath Singh, however, refuted his charges, saying law and order was "definitely better" compared to the SP regime and police was hot on the heels of criminals across the state. Munna Bajrangi was shot dead inside Baghpat district jail yesterday by a fellow inmate. Singh said that acting swiftly, the state government suspended the ...
Nigerian woman carrying drugs arrested in Kolkata
The Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) Kolkata unit arrested a Nigerian woman here for allegedly trying to smuggle drugs by concealing them in her private parts, a senior officer said on Tuesday.
No lapse by UP police in providing security to Bajrangi: DGP
A day after Munna Bajrangi was shot dead allegedly by another gangster inside a jail in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh DGP O P Singh today said there was no lapse on part of the police force in providing security to the mafia don. Talking to reporters here, he said adequate security was provided to Bajrangi while transferring him from Jhansi jail to Baghpat, and that the transit time between the two locations was nearly 12 hours. "There was no laxity on part of the UP Police in providing security to Bajrangi," Singh said. Mafia don Prem Prakash Singh, alias Munna Bajrangi, was shot dead, hours before he was to be produced in a local court in a case of extorting money from a former BSP legislator, police said. The UP DGP said a judicial probe was on in the matter and the guilty would not be spared. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has called for enhancing the security in jails. He also directed the district magistrates and SPs to inspect the jails in their areas to plug any ...
Encroachment on cooperative land: Court orders suspension of officer
Taking a serious view of encroachment on the land of the cooperative farming committee in Dehradun, the UttarakhandHigh Court has ordered the suspension of the Assistant Development Officer (Cooperative). A recall application filed against the same was also dismissed. Earlier in 2014, the court had directed the cooperative department to clear the encroachment upon 38 acres of cooperative farming land at Vikasnagar, Sindhiwali. A division bench of justices Rajiv Sharma and Lokpal Singh noted yesterday that even after four years of the said order, the encroachment in the area was intact. Taking note of the negligence, the court passed the suspension order of Assistant Development Officer (Cooperative) Surendra Singh Bisht.
Police question again Netanyahu on corruption allegations
Israeli police are once again questioning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of their investigations into a string of corruption allegations. Police were seen arriving at Netanyahu's residence today. He is expected to be questioned about a corruption case involving the country's telecom giant. Two Netanyahu confidants have been arrested on suspicion of promoting regulation worth hundreds of millions of dollars to the Bezeq telecom company. In return, Bezeq's subsidiary news site, Walla, allegedly provided positive Netanyahu coverage. The confidants have turned state witnesses. Netanyahu held the government's communications portfolio until last year. Police declined to comment. Police have recommended indicting Netanyahu on corruption charges in two other cases. Netanyahu has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, dismissing the accusations as a media witch hunt.
Chinese woman arrested for gold smuggling at Delhi airport
A Chinese woman was arrested by customs officials at the Delhi airport for allegedly trying to smuggle gold worth around Rs 61 lakh into the country. The passenger was intercepted after her arrival from Hong Kong on Friday, a statement issued today by the customs said. Her baggage search resulted in recovery of two gold bars weighing a total of two kilograms and having market value of Rs 61 lakh, it said, adding that the Chinese national was arrested.
Headless body of missing RJD leader found
The headless body of a missing RJD leader has been found in Bihar's Nawada district, police said on Tuesday.
Baby survives 9 hours buried in western Montana woods
A 5-month-old infant who miraculously survived more than nine hours being buried under a pile of sticks and debris in the woods of western Montana suffered only minor injuries despite wearing wet and soiled clothes in cold weather, authorities said yesterday. The baby boy is otherwise in good condition, authorities said. Missoula County Sheriff's deputies were called about 8 pm Saturday about a man threatening people in the Lolo Hot Springs area of the Lolo National Forest. Deputies apprehended the man, who indicated that a baby was buried somewhere in the woods. The sheriff's office hastily put together a search crew of federal, state and local officials that combed the forest outside the hot springs for six hours before a deputy heard a baby's cry at about 2:30 am Sunday. He found the baby face-down under the pile of sticks and debris, dressed only in a wet and soiled onesie in the 46-degree (8-degree Celsius) weather. "He suffered some minor scrapes and bruising but overall is in ..
Nawaz Sharif, Maryam placed on Exit Control List
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz have been placed on the Exit Control List (ECL), according to the Pakistan Interior Ministry sources.The names of the father-daughter duo was placed on the list as they were convicted in the Avenfield reference case, Geo TV quoted the ministry sources as saying.Sharif and Maryam, who are expected to return to Pakistan on July 13, are likely to be arrested during the immigration process upon their arrival at the Lahore airport.As per sources, they will be sent to the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi directly from Lahore via a helicopter, wherein a letter has been written by the director general (DG) of NAB Lahore to its chief.Sources added that the accountability court judge would also be required to visit the prison.Earlier, the NAB wrote three different letters to the Pakistan Interior Ministry urging them to place the names of Sharif and Maryam on the ECL in February, June, and July this year respectively. But, the ..