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Two gunrunners held with 21 pistols
Two persons who supplied illegal firearms to gangs and criminals in NCR-Delhi area were arrested in north Delhi and 21 sophisticated pistols seized from them, police said on Wednesday.
Roadside eatery owner, worker held for firing shots on customers
A roadside eatery owner and his helper were arrested for allegedly opening fire and injuring three customers after an exchange of heated arguments over some billing issue nsear Ghookna Mod on Delhi-Meerut road, police said. The incident took place last night after the twop parties argued over payment of food. According to SHO, Sihani Gate, Vinod Pandey, Surendra (25), Sandeep (26) and Gaurav Pal alias Babloo reached Tyagi Hotel for dinner last night. They had some arguments with the owner Arun Tyagi on the issue of exorbitant rates of food which they had been asked for. The petty clash took an ugly turn when the owner along with his workers attacked on them and allegedly opened fire upon the customers. Surendraa and Sandeep received bullet shot in their stomach and thigh respectively. Babloo sustained fracture in his right hand. They were rushed to the nearby hospital for treatment. Police have arrested Arun and Imran and recovered a country-made pistol and one live and another used ..
Defamation case: Sanjay Singh seeks exemption from personal appearance
AAP leader Sanjay Singh today moved an application before a court here seeking exemption from personal appearance in hearings in a defamation case filed against him by former minister and senior Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia. Sanjay Singh who moved the application in the court of judicial magistrate Jagjit Singh, mentioned that due to "increased work load" as he has become a Rajya Sabha member he sought exemption from personal appearance during hearings. During the arguments, Damanbir Singh Sobti, counsel for Majithia while opposing the application, said that AAP leader was just trying to delay the trial with these tactics. However, defence counsel Himmat Singh Shergill said his client cannot attend each and every hearing due to his commitment as an MP. The court, keeping the application pending, adjourned the case for July 11. Later, Sanjay Singh while interacting with reporters outside the court complex said that he continues to stand by his statement made against Majithia on .
HC dismisses media house defamation suit against journalist
The Delhi High Court today dismissed a defamation suit filed by a TV channel against union minister M J Akbar, when he was a senior journalist, and others for publishing an alleged libel article against it in 2010. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw rejected the suit of NDTV claiming Rs 25 crore damages from Akbar, then the managing editor of 'The Sunday Guardian' newspaper, its publisher and others for allegedly defaming it by publishing the article. "The onus of all the issues was on the plaintiff (NDTV) and which the plaintiff has failed to discharge; resultantly, the suit of the plaintiff has to be dismissed and is dismissed," the judge said. The court also raised questions over the conduct of both the parties in delaying the matter, dubbing them as "non-serious litigants". It said if the media house was so aggrieved by the acts of the journalist and others, it ought to have shown urgency and given importance to the matter on which a high monetary value was being given. "The argument ...
Why is 'Y' category security given to ex-MP Dhananjay Singh, HC asks UP govt
The Allahabad High Court today took a serious view of former MP Dhananjay Singh being provided 'Y' category security despite having a criminal history and sought details in this regard from the Uttar Pradesh government. Hearing a PIL that the criminal-turned-politician is involved in 24 cases, seven of them related to murder, the court asked Additional Solicitor General Shashi Prakash Singh and the state government counsel to apprise the bench by May 25as to how a person having such criminal history has been provided with Y category security and why the security cover be not withdrawn. The bench comprising Chief Justice DB Bhosale and Justice Suneet Kumar was hearing the PIL filed by Prahlad Gupta of Jaunpur seeking withdrawal of the security cover provided to former Jaunpur MP. It was brought to the notice of the court that after the security cover was provided to former MP, four more criminal cases were registered against him. It was further pointed out to the bench that Singh was ..
Village headman hacked to death in Jharkhand
A village head was hacked to death by a group of co-villagers on Wednesday in Jharkhand's Khuti district, following which two persons were arrested, police said.
HC judges differ on plea against disclosure of PMNRF donor details
A division bench of the Delhi High Court today delivered a split verdict on the issue of whether it was compulsory to disclose the details of institutional donors in the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund under the RTI Act. The bench referred the matter to the Acting Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court to allocate it before a third judge who will decide the question. When the bench Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Sunil Gaur assembled for the pronouncement, the judges said there was disagreement between them on the issue. "We are not in agreement with each other. So we have made a reference to the Acting Chief Justice," Justice Bhat said. However, details of their judgements were not available. The bench was hearing PMNRF's plea challenging a single judge's order of November 19, 2015 dismissing its petition against a 2012 Central Information Commission (CIC) order asking it to disclose the details of its institutional donors. The division bench had earlier stayed the operation of the
Death for one in kidnapping-murder case, life for co-accused
A sessions court here today sentenced a man to death for the kidnapping and murder of a 12-year-old boy in 2012, while awarding life imprisonment to another accused. Imtiyaz Shaikh (26) was awarded capital punishment by the court. Co-accused Azad Ansari (26) was sentenced to life imprisonment. Additional Sessions Judge Dattatray Satawalekar held that prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. The judge awarded the death penalty to Shaikh as he was the one who hatched the conspiracy. A detailed order was yet to be made available. According to the prosecution, Shaikh and Ansari kidnapped the victim, the son of their former employer, on May 27, 2012 and strangled him to death on the same night. The duo held a grudge against the boy's father, owner of an embroidery unit, for sacking them, the prosecution said. On the day of the incident the victim was visiting the factory. The accused took him out in a taxi, promising him a treat. He was taken to Bhiwandi in the ...
Mother jailed for 4-and-a-half years in UK for tricking daughter into forced marriage in Pak
A 45-year-old Pakistani-origin woman was today sentenced to four-and-a-half years in jail by a British court for taking her teenage daughter to Pakistan and forcing her to marry a man 16 years her senior, in the first successful prosecution of its kind in the UK. The woman, who is from Birmingham but cannot be named for legal reasons, was found guilty of one count of forced marriage, one count of practising deception with the intention of causing another person to leave the country for the purpose of a forced marriage, and one count of perjury at a trial in Birmingham Crown Court yesterday. Judge Patrick Thomas QC told the defendant: "You had cruelly deceived her. She was frightened, alone, held against her will, being forced into a marriage she dreaded. You must have known that was her state of mind. Yet for your own purposes, you drove the marriage through." "It takes no imagination to understand the terror she must have felt", the judge said. Judge Thomas explained that the maximum
Ensure legal aid to every rape victim: HC to DSLSA
The Delhi High Court has acquitted two men of charges of gang-raping a 13-year-old girl, saying the prosecution has failed to to prove their culpability though the possibility of the assault cannot be completely ruled out. While passing the order, it directed the legal aid authority to ensure that every rape victim in the national capital gets a lawyer and counselling services from beginning till the end of the case. The court also reiterated that its 2009 guidelines should be followed in true spirit, including that the rape victim should be provided prompt medical assistance. A bench of Justices S Muralidhar and I S Mehta, while acquitting two men of charges of gang-raping the minor girl, said the possibility of the minor being subjected to sexual assault or rape cannot be entirely ruled out, but the prosecution has not been able to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the two men were responsible for it. The prosecution had alleged that three accused, including a juvenile, had ...
Macedonia ex-PM sentenced to jail for abuse of power
Macedonia's former prime minister Nikola Gruevski was sentenced today to two years in jail by a Skopje court for abuse of power over the purchase of a luxury Mercedes. The tribunal found Gruevski guilty of using the vehicle, worth 600,000 euros (USD 702,000), for personal use even though it was purchased with state funds. The leader of Macedonia's nationalist right-wingers also unlawfully influenced officials to ensure the luxury car was bought from a company he favoured, the court ruled. Judge Dobrila Kacarska said Gruevski had "lied and ridiculed citizens" who "should have been informed about the vehicle". "Not only were citizens not informed about it, but we have heard that the prime minister was intentionally trying to hide the vehicle," the judge added. An interior ministry official, Gjoko Popovski, was sentenced to six and a half years in prison over his role in the case. A former interior minister, Gordana Jankulovska, also faces abuse of power charges. Gruevski, who led the ...
Corruption cases result of high treason case instituted against Musharraf: Sharif
Pakistan's embattled former premier Nawaz Sharif said today that the three corruption cases filed against him were a result of the high treason case he instituted against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf. Sharif, 68, said the corruption cases as well as the sit-in protests of 2014 were due to the legal action taken against Musharraf for imposing emergency in the country. "After the elections, my government reached out to lawyers to start formulating a treason case against Musharraf as per law. I was warned in advance that if I proceed with this, the former president will emerge scratch-less but I will be the one facing hurdles," Sharif told reporters after appearing before the accountability court where he completed recording of his statement in response to 128 questions asked by the court. It took him three days to record the statement. Sharif and his family are facing three corruption cases in the Accountability Court after the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) filed cases
Throat-slit body of nurse recovered in J-K hospital
A 23-year-old nurse was today found dead with her throat slit at the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi (SMVD) hospital in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior police officer said. A murder case was registered against her male colleague, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, who was also found in a serious condition near her body inside the laboratory of the super speciality hospital at Kakryal, Reasi Senior Superintendent of Police Tahir Sajad Bhat told PTI. Hospital spokesperson Man Mohan Harjai said Vishali, who hails from Himachal Pradesh was on night duty at intensive thoracic unit (ITU) of the hospital and at about 3.30 am took a break, after informing the concerned shift incharge. When she did not turn up for duty even after lapse of almost two hours, the other staff on duty called her many times, he said. At around 6:27 am, she was found lying lifeless in a pool of blood in the console room of Cath laboratory. Pavan Chauhan (23), a critical care assistant in the hospital, was found with ..
CBI registers case against 17 in SSC paper leak case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday registered an FIR against 17 people in Staff Selection Commission (SSC) paper leak case.Among the ones against whom the FIR has been registered is a head of the content team of an IT company.The rest are some officials of SSC and other unknown persons.The case has been registered under section 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 420 (cheating), Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act and the Information Technology Act, 2000.The CBI also informed that they are conducting searches at 12 locations across the country.It was also revealed that the question paper was leaked 20 minutes before the examination.Earlier in May, the Delhi Police Crime Branch had arrested the alleged kingpin in the SSC paper leak case.On March 27, a joint team of the UP Special Task Force and Delhi Police Crime Branch had busted a gang involved in the said case.They had arrested four accused in the case, who used to help candidates cheat in the exams with the help of an ...
British burglar caught after spending five months in French woods
A British ex-soldier suspected of around 40 burglaries in central France spent five months on the run in the woods before being caught this week, police said today. The 51-year-old suspect never strayed far from his hunting ground in the village of Surin, where he amassed a vast trove of treasures, including laptops, jewellery and pieces of silver. He also broke into local larders, with one couple's home targeted on eight occasions, each time after they had stocked up their fridge. He was arrested in April 2017 and charged with several burglaries but later vanished into thin air, the local La Nouvelle Republique daily reported. Yesterday the French authorities, who had issued a European arrest warrant for him, finally followed a trail of broken twigs through the woods to his camouflaged tent hide-out. There they found their man living a spartan existence, with bottled gas for cooking and a stolen battery-operated television his sole entertainment. They also recovered 200 stolen ...
Telangana: Two men lynched by villagers over theft suspicions
In separate incidents of lynching, two men were beaten to death by group of villagers in Telangana on suspicion of being thieves, police said today. A 42-year-old man was yesterday afternoon thrashed by villagers at Chengal village in Nizamabad district on suspicion of being a thief after they nabbed him from a mango farm, police said. The victim was admitted to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, they said, adding that the deceased was a local person from a neighbouring village. In another incident, a group of youngsters attacked a 32-year-old man in Jiapally village on the city outskirts last night after he was found roaming in the village. "The man, who was allegedly drunk did not properly reply to the youths when they caught him. They beat him up on suspicion that he may be a burglar resulting in his death," the police said. However, later it was found that he was a native of a neighbouring village, a senior police official said. Police have identified those involved in
China dismisses EU's criticism against Tibetan activist sentence
China today dismissed the criticism from foreign countries over the five years sentence to Tibetan language rights activist Tashi Wangchuk, saying that other countries should not interfere in its internal affairs. Wangchuk, 33, was arrested in early 2016, two months after he was featured in a New York Times video and article about Tibetan language education. A Chinese judge sentenced him to five years in prison for inciting separatism. The judicial department of China has dealt with the Wangchuk's case according to local laws and regulations, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang told the media here when asked about EU's criticism of the sentence. The French Foreign Ministry too has criticised the sentencing. "Hope other countries and governments will not interfere in China's internal affairs and this will influence bilateral relations between China and other countries," Lu said. The Chair of the EU Subcommittee on Human Rights, Pier Antonio Panzeri, expressed grave concern over the ...
SC refuses relief to DU student who missed classes due to pregnancy
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to grant interim relief to a Delhi University law student who was detained in Semester IV for lecture shortage owing to her pregnancy.
Vaishno Devi: When will you finalise rehab plan, NGT asks J-K govt
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today expressed dissatisfaction over the status report filed by the Jammu and Kashmir government on rehabilitation plan for those engaged in carrying pilgrims to the Vaishno Devi shrine on horses and mules, which have now been barred. A bench headed by acting NGT Chairperson Jawad Rahim said it was inclined to summon the state chief secretary to explain the default in implementation of the rehabilitation scheme. However, after a lot of persuasion by the state's counsel, the green panel gave him a day to clearly inform it about the time within which the government will comply with the directions of the tribunal. "We had commenced dictating the order being dissatisfied with the status report filed and in fact expressed that we would like to have presence of the Chief Secretary of the State of Jammu and Kashmir before the tribunal to answer for the default committed by the State in implementation of the rehabilitation scheme. "However the counsel G M ...
Lalu Prasad Yadav admitted to Mumbai hospital
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav was today admitted to the city-based Asian Heart Institute. Prasad (69), who had undergone a bypass surgery a few years ago, had sought an appointment with renowned heart surgeon Ramakant Panda at the institute, sources close to his family had said earlier. The former Bihar chief minister, convicted in fodder scam cases, has been granted a six-week bail by the Jharkhand High Court. "A team of five doctors -- a general surgeon, physician, nephrologist, diabetologist and cardiologist -- has been put together to examine and treat him as required," the hospital said in a statement here. Prasad, who was in jail since December 23 last year after being sentenced in a fodder scam case, was subsequently convicted and sentenced to jail in two more fodder scam cases.