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Ex-HR&CE official seeks advance bail in idol case
Former commissioner of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment P Dhanapal today moved the Madras High Court seeking anticipatory bail in the temple idol-casting case. The bail application was filed before the Madurai bench of the high court. Dhanapal has been arraigned as an accused in the case filed by the Idol wing of Tamil Nadu police for alleged misappropriation of gold collected by way of donation for making the processional idol of the famous Lord Dhandayuthapaniswamy temple at nearby Palani in 2004. Police have so far arrested four persons, including two officials of the HR and CE, which administers a large number of temples in Tamil Nadu, and a sculptor, in connection with the case. The petitioner contended that the case had been filed 14 years after the idol was made. Petitioner said the idol was cast using 10 kgs of gold. But, experts from IIT-Madras have said 22 kgs of gold had been used. Only excess gold had been used, so where was the question of ...
Cabinet approves India-Brunei tax agreement
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved an agreement signed with Brunei on exchange of information and collection of taxes.
Anti-terror court summons last 2 Pak witnesses in 26/11 case
An anti-terrorism court today summoned the last two Pakistani prosecution witnesses in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack case and directed officials to submit in the next hearing the "concrete response" on the availability of 27 Indian witnesses "so as to conclude the trial expeditiously". Ten Lashkar-e-Taiba militants killed 166 people and wounded dozens in Mumbai in November, 2008. Nine of the attackers were killed by police while the tenth attacker, Ajmal Kasab, was caught and executed after a trial in India. The anti-terrorism court (ATC) is hearing the 26/11 Mumbai attack case since 2009. The case resurfaced in headlines, with progress in the trial coming under question, when ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif in a recent interview said that non-state actors had crossed the border to carry out the Mumbai attack. The court today resumed hearing the case, with District Police Officer Dera Ghazi Khan Sohail Habib Tajik recording his statement in court before ATC Judge Shahrukh ...
Man booked for 'raping' woman friend
A 30-year-old man was booked today for allegedly raping his 28-year-old woman friend, a housewife, at different locations in Thane and Pune districts, police said today. The accused, identified as Yogesh Patil, developed friendship with the woman around one year back, police said. The complainant claimed that Patil took her to Jejuri in Pune district and raped her in a lodge in January this year, said an official of Thane police station. Patil also allegedly raped the woman on two occasions in Thane district in subsequent months, the official said quoting the complaint. On one occasion, he allegedly raped the woman by threatening to kill her with a revolver, the official said. A case has been registered against Patil under various sections of the IPC. Police are yet to make any arrest in the case.
Vaishno Devi: NGT slams J-K govt for defying its order
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today slammed the Jammu and Kashmir government for "open defiance" of its order on rehabilitation plan for horses and mules which have been barred from carrying pilgrims from Katra to the Vaishno Devi temple. A bench headed by acting NGT Chaiperson Jawad Rahim warned the state government while taking exception over the submission of the counsel for the Jammu and Kashmir government that the issue was pending consideration before the state cabinet. The green panel said it had penned down each and every step for the rehabilitation in its order and yet the state government has not complied with its direction. "We have had enough. If you want to comply with our order, its okay. Otherwise we know how to get it done. You are mischievously frustrating the orders of the tribunal. We are pained by your conduct. "The counsel for the state government has submitted a tabulated statement of timeline of events, the reading of which shows that there is open defiance .
3 suspected members of interstate drug cartel arrested
Three suspected members of an interstate drug cartel were arrested and 20 kilogram of heroin worth over Rs 20 crore was seized from them, police said today. The three accused were identified as Shakeel (30), Irshad (29) and Jitender Yadav (23) and police seized five kilogram of contraband from them, they added. Shakeel and Irshad, along with their other active associates, procured contraband from drug suppliers of Jharkhand and Manipur, said Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell). There are certain areas in Jharkhand, especially Naxal-affected areas around Chatra district, and hill terrains of Manipur where persons cultivate opium illegally and process it into pure form of heroin and transport the drugs in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh through carriers, he added. Shakeel, Irshad and other drug dealers procured heroin in pure form from Manipur and Jharkhand. They also procured heroin in raw/crude form and further processed it into pure heroin in their secret ...
CBI nabs ONGC official in Assam for accepting bribe
A senior official of oil major ONGC was arrested by the Central Bureau of investigation (CBI) on Wednesday for accepting a bribe of Rs two lakh from an individual for clearing his bill.
2 Indian nationals arrested with gold in Nepal
Two Indian nationals were arrested today for allegedly smuggling half a kilogram of gold in a jeep in western Nepal, officials said. Jitendra Sainik and Suresh Kumar, residents of Haryana, were arrested during checking at Gaddachauki in Bhimdatta Municipality-10 of Nepal's Kanchanpur district, custom officials said. The gold was being smuggled in a jeep with an Indian number plate and the men were intercepted by the officials following a tip-off as they were on their way to India, The Himalayan Times reported. The market price of the seized gold, kept in a bag without a label, is around Rs 2.5 million, officials said. Chief at the customs office in Gaddachauki Madan Dahal said it was not clear where the gold came from, but assumed that it could have come from Kathmandu. "We are investigating whether it is the work of an organised smuggling group or some businessmen," he said, adding that legal action would be taken against the accused after further investigation.
ONGC official arrested by CBI taking bribe
A senior ONGC official was arrested today by the CBI for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs two lakh in Assam's Sivasagar district today. The CBI had received a complaint wherein the complainant alleged that ONGC Assam Asset's Deputy General Manager A K Singh was demanding a bribe of Rs 12 lakh for passing his pending bills, a CBI press release said here. An FIR was registered yesterday 2018 under section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 on the basis of the written complaint received. The accused was caught red handed while he was demanding and accepting illegal gratification of Rs two lakh from the complainant today. The accused has been arrested and will be produced before the CBI Special Judge in Guwahati tomorrow. Searches are being conducted at his residential and official address, the release added.
Now govt depts, PSUs can't move court against each other over commercial disputes
The government today put in place a new mechanism to settle commercial disputes between government departments and Public Sector Undertakings where the Cabinet Secretary will have the last word, and barred them from approaching courts to settle such matters. However, disputes concerning the Railways, Income Tax, Customs and Excise departments have been kept out of ambit of the new mechanism. "The Union Cabinet approved the strengthening of the mechanism for resolution of commercial disputes of central public sector enterprises inter se and also between CPSEs and other government departments/organizations. The decision will put in place an institutionalised mechanism within the government for speedy resolution of commercial disputes of CPSEs without the matter being referred to the courts of law," an official statement said here. Now, a new two-tier mechanism will be put in place of the existing permanent machinery of arbitration mechanism to resolve commercial disputes between CPSEs, .
Auction process of Sahara's Aamby Valley project to continue, says SC
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered to continue the auction process of Sahara's Aamby Valley project.The auction will continue on June 2.The court has fixed July 12 as the next date of hearing in the case.On April 19, the Apex Court asked Sahara to sell one of its portions or parcel of Amby Valley project and deposit the money accrued through it with the Sahara- Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) refund account.The three-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra and also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, however, did not specify as to how much amount the Sahara Group has to deposit.The SEBI, the market regulator, had alleged that the company's Chairman, Subrata Roy had allegedly failed to comply with the 2012 apex court order which directed him to return investors more than Rs 20,000 crores with 15 percent interest as his two companies-- Sahara India Real Estate Corporation Limited and the Sahara Housing ...
Mumbai terror attack trial resumes in Pakistan
An Anti-Terrorism Court here resumed hearing of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack case on Wednesday, summoning the last two Pakistani prosecution witnesses and asking the government about the availability of 27 Indian witnesses in the next hearing "so as to conclude the trial expeditiously".
Court rejects Mukul Roy's defamation plea against Mamata's nephew
A Delhi court today rejected a criminal defamation complaint filed by BJP leader Mukul Roy against Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, saying the statement referred to as defamatory were not made by the respondent. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal dismissed the complaint of Roy, a former Railway Minister, who had alleged that he was defamed by Banerjee, a Trinamool Congress MP, through various means which included a legal notice and a tweet. Roy was earlier a member of the Trinamool Congress but later joined the BJP, while Banerjee is a Member of Parliament (MP) of the TMC. "It is clear that the statement referred to by the complainant as defamatory are actually not made by the respondent. Therefore, there is no ground to proceed against the respondent in the present case. Accordingly, the complaint is dismissed," the court said. The court rejected Roy's contention that the legal notice sent to him by Banerjee was ...
Proper critical care training needed for paramedics : HC
The Delhi High Court today stressed the dire need for proper critical care training to paramedics, while hearing a plea by a woman whose mother had died of cardiac arrest due to medical negligence. The court sought response of the Delhi government on the plea by the woman, a neuro scientist in the US, seeking direction to frame binding critical care guidelines for Delhi government-run and private hospitals. She also prayed for a direction to provide basic and advanced critical life support cardiopulmonary resuscitation training to all doctors and nurses under their jurisdiction. "You (Delhi government) need to do something about it. Her mother was taken from one hospital to another. Paramedics should be trained more," Justice Rajiv Shakdher said. The woman, in her petition filed through advocate Jai Dehadrai, highlighted the "criminal neglect" suffered by her mother "at the hands of two hospitals and five doctors who blatantly refused to admit or treat her while she laid helplessly ...
Mizoram police seize 13 gold biscuits smuggled from Myanmar
Mizoram police have seized 13 gold biscuits reportedly smuggled from Myanmar at Zembawk near Aizawl on Monday night, a police statement said here today. Police department's public relations officer (PRO) said that the seized gold weighing 13 kg was worth around Rs 4.29 crore on the prevailing rate of gold bullion. One Lalbiakthuama (24) was arrested in this connection for allegedly concealing the gold biscuits in his jacket. He was handed over to the officials of the Customs department of Aizawl division.
Two Indians arrested with gold in Nepal
Two Indians nationals have been arrested with half a kg of gold in Nepal.
CARE settles case with Sebi, pays Rs 43 lakh
CARE Ltd today settled with markets regulator Sebi a probe into alleged violations of regulation pertaining to credit rating agency after paying a little over Rs 43 lakh. Sebi agreed to settle proposed adjudication proceedings in the case, pertaining to violation of the CRA (credit rating agency) norms, after it was approached by CARE with a plea under the settlement regulations. The settlement allows entities to settle charges by paying a penalty without admission or denial of guilt. Earlier in January, Crisil had settled with Sebi a probe into alleged violations of regulation pertaining to credit rating agency after paying over Rs 28 lakh. In July last year, the markets regulator had issued a show-cause notice to Crisil and Credit Analysis and Research (CARE) for not following proper process while evaluating the Amtek Auto debentures. In a settlement order passed today, Sebi said it has disposed of the "adjudication proceedings initiated against the applicant -- CARE Ltd". It was ...
CS assault case: CM should join probe without indulging in politics, says Delhi BJP
The Delhi BJP today expressed hope that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal would join the police probe into chief secretary Anshu Prakash assault case without "indulging in politics". The "conspiracy" of assault on Prakash was "hatched" at Kejriwal's residence so it was no surprise that he was to be questioned by the police, alleged Vijender Gupta, BJP legislator and Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly. The Delhi Police today sent a notice to Kejriwal, asking him to appear before it in connection with the alleged assault on the chief secretary. "The chief minister should cooperate in investigation instead of indulging in politics over it," Gupta said. He also criticised the Delhi Police for delaying the questioning of Kejriwal in connection with the case. "It is a delayed step by the police. I fail to understand why police was hesitant in questioning him," he said. Last month, Kejriwal's private secretary Bibhav Kumar and party volunteer Vivek Kumar were also questioned in ...
Man booked for 'snooping' on estranged wife through spy camera
A man has landed in trouble after his estranged wife accused him of snooping on her. The man, who is in his mid-40s, has been accused of installing a spy camera in the woman's bedroom in the house located in Kalepadal area of the city, where he no more stays, police said today. "They had got married around two decades back. But within a year of their marriage, the man went abroad for work and stayed there for a few years" sub inspector of Wanwadi police station, Rekha Kale, said. However, the relationship between the couple soured when he returned to India around 10 years ago. After he came back, the couple stayed together for eight months, but since things did not work out between them, the man moved to Bengaluru to stay with his parents, she said. "But he suspected his wife's character and would often visit the flat in Pune to meet their 12-year-old son. During one of his visits, he secretly installed a spy camera on the waterpurifier machine in the bedroom to spy on ..