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TN sets up judicial inquiry into Toothukudi firing
The Tamil Nadu government has ordered a judicial inquiry into the police firing in the state's Toothukudi on Tuesday which left nine people, including a girl, dead.
Two persons arrested at airport with undisclosed currencies
Two Bangkok-bound passengers were today arrested for carrying undisclosed foreign currencies worth Rs 46 lakh at the Kolkata airport, a senior officer of the Air Intelligence Unit of the Customs said. Acting on a tip-off, the Customs officials searched the checked-in baggages of two passengers and recovered Euro 55,000 concealed in pointed gourds (parwal), the officer said. The Customs officials then physically searched both the passengers and recovered USD 5,000 from their possession, he said. The total seizure was worth Rs 46,71,500, the officer said, adding both the passengers have been arrested.
JK guv promulgates ordinance on advisory boards
Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra has promulgated an ordinance to harmonise the procedure for selection and appointment of the chairmen and members of advisory boards to be constituted under various statutes. The object of the Jammu and Kashmir (Preventive Detention Laws) Ordinance, 2018 is to harmonise the procedure for selection and appointment of the chairmen and members of the advisory boards to be constituted under the J&K Public Safety Act, 1978, the J&K Prevention of Black Marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1998 and the J&K Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 and bring it broadly in line with the provisions of the J&K Accountability Commission Act, 2002 and the J&K Consumer Protection Act, 1997. The ordinance provides for the constitution of a search-cum-selection committee of senior officers, which would recommend persons for selection and appointment to the aforesaid ...
Play recorded music, Delhi govt to restro-bars; Sisodia pulls up excise officers over dept 's order
Days after the excise department issued a diktat allowing only "live singing and playing of instruments"at restro-bars in the city, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today said that there is no ban on recorded music in these establishments. Sources said that the deputy chief minister pulled up the top officers of the excise department as to why the order was issued without its file being shown to him. Sisodia, who also holds the charge of the excise department, pulled up the excise officers for "creating confusion" by issuing the May 16 order which stated that "only live singing and playing of instruments" are allowed in restro-bars. Following Sisodia's directions, the excise department today issued a fresh circular in the evening, stating, "On the issue of playing of recorded music in the restaurants music, no new direction has been issued by the excise department." However, the circular, issued today, cited the same excise rules which it had mentioned in May 16 order. "The ...
Retd judges, senior lawyers complain to HC about illegal encroachment near their locality
The Delhi High Court today sought the response of local authorities and the AAP government on a PIL initiated by it taking cognisance of a letter received from senior lawyers and retired judges complaining of illegal encroachments near south Delhi's Neeti Bagh area. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar took suo motu cognisance of the joint letter sent by former attorney general and senior advocate Soli Sorabjee, retired Supreme Court judge S C Agarwal, retired Delhi High Court judge M L Varma, Congress leader and senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Additional Solicitor General Pinky Anand. The court directed local authorities, especially the South Delhi Municipal Corporation, to carry out physical inspection of the area within a week and file a report in four weeks thereafter. With the direction, the bench listed the matter for further hearing on July 20. In their letter they have claimed that traffic jams, illegal encroachments, unauthorised ...
IO suspended, three HPS officials face action in divorcee's case
Five police officers, including three Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs), face action following complaint filed by a divorcee in a district court and after the intervention of the Haryana DGP, an officer said on Tuesday.
HC seeks Delhi govt reply on journalist's plea in defamation case
The Delhi High Court today sought the response of the Delhi government and a former BJP councillor on a plea by a TV journalist challenging the proceedings against him in a criminal defamation case for allegedly airing libellous news. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva issued a notice to the complainant, who had filed the defamation case against Rajdeep Sardesai, who was then heading the IBN18 Network, and listed the matter for hearing on September 19. The court also granted journalist exemption from personal appearance before a Dwarka trial court for a hearing in June. Advocates Saif Mahmood and Mrinal Bharti, who appeared for Sardesai, sought quashing of the January 8 order of a sessions court which had set aside a previous decision of a magistrate discharging him in the defamation case. The counsel sought the high court's direction to reaffirm the magistrate's December 2013 order by which the journalist was discharged in the case on the ground that no offence was made out against him. They ..
NHRC seeks report on criminal being paraded naked
The National Human Rights Commission on Tuesday issued a notice to Delhi Police seeking a detailed report, within four weeks, in the case of alleged parading of a naked criminal by police personnel in public view here.
Anganwadi worker killing: Naxal 'sympathiser' held
Police probing the last month's killing of a woman anganwadi worker allegedly by naxals in Chhattisgarh's Kondagaon district today arrested a suspected Maoist supporter, an officer said. "Sudan Mandavi (30) was picked up from Kohkadi village under Mardapal police station limits of the district by a team of local police," Kondagaon Additional Superintendent of Police Maheshwar Nag told PTI. He was allegedly part of the Maoist squad that had killed local anganwadi assistant Parvati Korram (20) on April 21 in Kohakawadi village on suspicion of being a police informer, the officer said. Mandavi was one of the key associates of naxal leader Raiju Lohar, the main accused in Korram murder case, he said, adding that Mandavi was assigned the task of passing on information about the movement of security forces in the area. Efforts are on to trace the other accused in this connection, Nag added. As per the complaint lodged by the victim's father on May 1, naxals had stormed inside .
Four Pak men jailed in UAE for major human trafficking case
Four Pakistani ringleaders of a major human trafficking gang were sentenced to a year in jail each followed by deportation by a Sharjah court for bringing 35 compatriots for begging in the UAE, according to a media report today. The Sharjah Criminal Court of First Instance sentenced the four yesterday in the case, considered to be first he first of its kind in the UAE, the Gulf News reported. Presiding Judge Mahmoud Abkar sent the four Pakistanis to jail for one year each followed by deportation. They were accused of forcing 14 physically challenged people into begging. The anti-human trafficking team of Sharjah Police arrested the gang members after they received an information that the suspects had brought 35 Pakistani men and women to the UAE and were forcing them to beg. During the raid, police discovered that the 35 victims, who had been brought to the UAE from Pakistan to beg, were kept in inhumane conditions, the report said. The case, considered to be first he first of its ...
NHRC issues notice to Guj govt over Dalit man's death
The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the Gujarat government over an incident in which a Dalit man was allegedly beaten to death in a factory compound near Rajkot district's Shapar town. The NHRC, in a statement, said that it had issued notice to the state's chief secretary and had called for a report on the matter within four weeks, along with measures taken to provide relief to the affected family. A Dalit ragpicker, Mukesh Vaniya (35), was allegedly beaten to death, and his wife assaulted, on May 20 by five people in the factory compound, including the factory owner. They suspected that Vaniya and his wife were stealing scrap. A video of the incident -- purportedly showing two people taking turns to beat Vaniya with a stick while another person holding him by a rope tied to his waist -- had gone viral on social media. The police arrested the five people based on the video, a police official had said. The couple was picking through garbage near Radadiya ...
Unable to send daughter abroad, debt-ridden Gujarat man kills family
A debt-ridden businessman in Ahmedabad shot dead his wife and two daughters on Tuesday after an argument over sending the elder daughter to Australia for higher studies, police said.
Kuchibhotla's killer pleads guilty to hate crime
A former US Navy veteran, serving life in prison for killing Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla and injuring two others at a bar in Kansas city in 2017, has pleaded guilty to hate crime charges.
Explosive materials seized in Cgh; seven held
Police recovered a huge cache of explosive materials, including 120 sacks of ammonium nitrate and 4000 detonators, from two places in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district and arrested seven persons, a senior official said today. A consignment of explosives was seized from a pick-up vehicle under Sarangarh police station area late last night when it was being taken to Timarlaga stone quarry area for illegal sell, said Raigarh Additional Superintendent of Police Harish Rathore. He said three of the five persons accompanying the consignment were arrested from the spot while two others, who escaped during the operation, were picked up from neighbouring Janjgir-Champa district later. They are identified as: Prakash Agrawal, Khirsagar Netam, Netram Sahu, Ajay Nagarchi and Dineshwar. The seizure consisted of 4000 detonators, four bundles of explosive wick, and 123 boxes of Neogel explosive, he said. Based on the interrogation of the arrested persons, 120 sacks of ammonium nitrate ...
CS assault case: Court issues notice to Delhi Police on Kejriwal's plea
A Delhi court today sought the response of the city police on an application by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking a copy of a video and his statement recorded by the probe agency on May 18 in connection with the alleged assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash in February. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal issued a notice to the Delhi Police and directed the investigation officer (IO) and the DCP to file a response to Kejriwal's plea by May 29. It also directed the IO to be present before the court. In his application, moved through advocate B S Joon, Kejriwal said that after the proceedings on the day, the police made a statement before the media that Kejriwal had evaded certain questions by not giving proper answers, which was "fully incorrect". "The conduct of the police before the media gives an indication that the police can go to any extent to frame him or any other member of the AAP by tempering with the said statement/CD," the application said, adding .
Reveal names of those involved in Bofors scam: Advocate writes to Bihar Guv
BJP leader and advocate Ajay Agrawal, who has been pursuing the Rs 64-crore Bofors pay-off case in the Supreme Court and trial court, today wrote a letter to Bihar Governor Satya Pal Malik urging him to reveal names of Congress leaders involved in the politically-sensitive scam. Malik, who was appointed as governor by the BJP-led NDA government last year, had on May 18 praised Rajiv Gandhi at a function in Patna and said that the former prime minister was a "good and honest" person and some other Congress leaders were involved in the Bofors scam. He, however, had not named anybody. In his letter to the governor, he said if Malik knew anything about the scam then he should give all the information. The CBI had, in February, moved a district court here seeking re-investigation of the scam. However, the matter has not been able to make progress as the original case records are in the custody of the Supreme Court. The trial court decided to take up the matter after the summer ...
Khaleda Zia files bail pleas in 2 separate cases
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on Tuesday moved the High Court Division seeking bail in two separate cases.In the two cases, Khaleda is accused of "undermining" the map and flag of Bangladesh, which also includes the distortion of the 1971 Liberation War in an event and celebrating her birthday with false information, Dhaka Tribune reported.The 72-year-old leader claims August 15 as her birthday, which is considered a controversial matter in Bangladeshi politics.This is because August 15 is the day when the family members of current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's family, including her father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman were assassinated.As a result of their deaths, August 15 is officially declared as 'National Mourning Day of Bangladesh'. However, Khaleda's passport indicates August 19, 1945, as her birth date.Masud Rana, one of Khaleda's lawyers said the petitions might be put up for hearing on Wednesday.On November 3, .
Maharashtra Maoists massacre: 8 innocent villagers killed, allege kin
Residents of a village in this Maoist-affected Maharashtra district on Tuesday alleged that at least innocent eight youth, including five girls, may have been felled by police bullets in the country's biggest anti-Maoist operation here last month.
Raj Police arrests 3 men for trying to convert tribals
The Rajasthan Police has arrested three persons in Rajasthan's Bikaner district, saying they were allegedly trying to influence tribals to convert to Christianity. Vijendra Singh, a teacher in a private school, along with two others Sai Ram and Kashi Ram was arrested under section 151 (arrest to prevent the commission of cognizable offences) of CrPC, police said. The accused were arrested from 20 BD village in Khajuwala with Christian literature to influence tribals. The accused will be produced before the court on Wednesday, SHO Khajuwala Vikram Singh said. He said the police will have to investigate whether the accused have any past criminal record.
Four jail officials suspended in Punjab
Four prison officials, including a jail superintendent, were suspended by Punjab Jail minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa for dereliction in duty. They were suspended in connection with the escape of two inmates from the Ludhiana Central Jail. The minister took the action after an enquiry ordered into the incident found the officers in absolute negligence of the duties expected of them, an official spokesperson said. Those who were suspended were Superintendent Jail Shamsher Singh Boparai, Deputy Superintendent Jail Manjit Singh Tiwana, Assistant Superintendent Jail Parwinder Singh and Head Warder Nishan Singh. Two undertrials, both brothers, had gone missing from the Ludhiana Central Jail on May 13. They were identified as Jasbir Singh and Harvinder Singh of Amloh in Fatehgarh Sahib district and were facing trial in separate criminal cases of theft and under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.