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Kasauli firing incident: Injured HP employee dies at PGIMER

An employee of the Himachal Pradesh Public Works Department, who was shot at during a demolition drive against illegal constructions in Kasauli, succumbed to his injuries at the PGIMER here, officials said today. A PGIMER official said Gulab Singh, 46, died late last night. Gulab Singh was critically injured after allegedly being shot at by Vijay Singh Thakur, the son of a guest house owner during the court-ordered demolition drive on May 1. Vijay Singh also allegedly shot dead Assistant Town Planner Shail Bala Sharma when she was supervising the sealing process at the Narayani Guest House on the Dharampur-Kasauli road. Singh's condition had worsened on May 10 and he had to be put on a ventilator at Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research here where he was admitted after the incident. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur had also met him at the hospital here on May 9. Gulab Singh was a member of Sharma's team and was a resident of a village in Kasauli. On .

Woman arrested for blinding paraplegic roommate in US

A woman was arrested in the US state of Oregon for allegedly blinding a paraplegic man who was living with her, media reports said.

Hindu trader, his son shot dead in Balochistan

A Hindu businessman and his son were recently shot dead during a robbery bid in Pakistan's Balochistan province.Pakistan-based human rights activist and blogger Kapil Dev, in a tweet, "Hindu trader Jaipal & his son Haresh were shot dead while they were returning from their shop yesterday in Hub Choki. This is second double murder incident followed by two brothers' murder in Mithi in Jan. Media is busy in covering jalsas, so plz raise voice for the justice here!."Jaipal Das and his son Haresh Das were returning to Hub from a nearby city when they were attacked by the robbers. The two tried to resist the robbery bid and were shot as a result.Protests against the killing broke out on the Karachi-Quetta road leading to a road blockade.Earlier, in January this year, the same kind of incident had taken place where two brothers, who were food grain traders by profession, were shot dead by robbers in Shahi Bazaar of Mithi town.Daleep Maheshwari and his brother Chandar Maheshwari, who were

Cop arrested for beating wife to death

A 26-year-old police constable was arrested for beating his wife to death, an officer said today. According to the police officer, constable Nitin returned home here last night in an inebriated state and beat up his wife when she objected to his habit of drinking. She died subsequently, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Akhilesh Chaurasia said. The police constable has been arrested, the SSP said.

Mexican cartel leader jailed for 12 years

A federal judge condemned a cartel leader to 12 years in jail after finding him guilty of drug trafficking and illegal possession of firearms, Mexico's Prosecutor-General (PGR) said.

Man held for killing fiance in J-K

A man has been arrested for allegedly killing his 24-year-old fiance in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said today. Dead body of a missing woman namely Rifat Bano, a resident of Gujar Patti Sangri Colony Baramulla, has been recovered from Mohara Uri on the instance of her fiance Sajad Ahmad Bhatti, a police spokesman said. He said the woman went missing on May 10 and her family had lodged missing/abduction report the next day. The spokesman said, based on the report, police registered a case and investigation was taken up. In the course of investigation, he said, the fiance of the missing woman emerged as the prime suspect. Bhatti, a resident of Mohara Uri, was apprehended and during questioning, he confessed to having murdered the woman, the spokesman claimed. He said Bhatti led the police team to Mohara and upon his instance the dead body of the missing woman was recovered. The woman had reportedly went to meet her fiance with whom she was formally engaged, the ...

Dogs maul girl to death in Sitapur; 7th such incident in May:

A pack of dogs mauled a 12-year-old girl to death in a village in Sitapur, taking the toll in fatal attacks by feral hounds in the district to 13 in the last six months, police said today. The incident occurred in Maheshpur village under the Khairabad police station. This was the seventh such death this month, they said. District administration officials told PTI that Khairabad area of the district was the "worst affected". "A 12-year-old girl identified as Reena died today after being attacked by a pack of dogs," Superintendent of Police Anand Kulkarni told PTI. The SP said the administration was tackling the menace and the number of dogs in packs was decreasing. "Earlier they used to attack in pack of six to eight dogs. Now they are reduced to two or four," he said. Meanwhile, District Magistrate Sheetal Verma, while elaborating upon the cases of dog attacks, told PTI, "Of the 13 deaths due to dog attacks since November 2017, as many as 10 took place in Khairabad police station ...

Dogs maul girl to death in Sitapur; 7th such incident in May: police

A pack of dogs mauled a 12-year-old girl to death in a village in Sitapur, taking the toll in fatal attacks by feral hounds in the district to 13 in the last six months, the police said. The incident took place in Maheshpur Village under the Khairabad police station. "A 12-year-old girl identified as Reena died today after being attacked by a pack of dogs," Superintendent of police Anand Kulkarni told PTI. This was the seventh such death this month, the police said. Kulkarni said the administration was tackling the menace and the number of dogs in packs was decreasing. "Earlier they used to attack in pack of six to eight dogs. Now they are reduced to two or four," he said.

SC worried over overcrowding in jails, asks HCs to look into the issue

Supreme Court has asked the chief justice of each high court to also take up this issue as a suo-motu writ petition

Kasauli: Second victim succumbs to injuries

Another victim of firing purportedly by a guest house owner during a demolition drive in the tourist resort Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh succumbed to his injuries on Sunday after battling for life for 12 days, police said.

Iran sentences 8 to death over Islamic State attacks

Iran has sentenced eight people to death over attacks claimed by the Islamic State group last year. Mousa Ghazanfarabadi, the head of the Tehran Revolutionary Courts, told state TV today that they were found guilty of aiding the five militants who attacked parliament and a shrine to Iran's revolutionary leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. The attacks last June killed 18 people and wounded more than 50. Security forces killed all the attackers. Ghazanfarabadi says 18 other people face trial over the attacks. Those convicted have 20 days to appeal. The trials began last month.

Paris knife attack suspect born in Chechnya, parents in custody: judicial source

A knifeman who killed one person and wounded four others in a suspected terror attack in central Paris was born in Chechnya in 1997, a judicial source said today. The parents of the attacker, who witnesses said shouted "Allahu akbar" during the assault on Saturday night before being shot dead by police, have been taken into custody, the source added.

Hindu trader, son shot dead in Pakistan

A Hindu businessman and his son were shot dead during a robbery bid in Pakistan's Balochistan province, a media report said. The incident occurred yesterday in the Gadani area of Hub district in Balochistan province, The Express Tribune reported. Jay Pal Das and his son Girish Nath were shot dead killed by unidentified assailants near a cement factory whenthey resisted the robbery bid, police said. The bodies were handed over to the family after completion of medico-legal formalities. The police lodged a case and opened investigation into the matter. Meanwhile, Lasbela Senior Superintendent of Police Muhammad Hashim along with Adviser to Balochistan CM Dhanish Kumar met with the Hindu community and offered condolences. "An investigation team has been assigned the task to nab the culprits and very soon they will be in police custody," Hashim said. "Strict security measures have been adopted in residential areas of the Hindu community as it is our responsibility to make sure of your ...

Citizens have 'fundamental right' to assemble peacefully, without arms: Court

A Delhi court has discharged seven volunteers of India Against Corruption in a case related to a protest outside the Prime Minister's Officer in August 2012, holding that citizens have a "fundamental right" to assemble peacefully and without arms. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal granted the relief to Anil Kumar Singh, Ranjit Singh Bist, Kishore Singhal, Gautam Kumar, Mohit, Jagdish and Jitender Kumar on a discharge plea filed by them. The court noted that the demonstration was peaceful, which was evident from the fact that the police personnel controlling the protesters had not suffered any injury and also there was not any prominent damage to any public property. The order of the police officer under section 144 CrPC to impose prohibition on the assembly was a non-speaking order without assigning any reason for passing it, it noted. "It is not in dispute that the volunteers of an organisation, India Against Corruption, who have the fundamental right to assemble .

Man moves HC in search of 'wife', woman denies wedlock

A man knocked the doors of the Delhi High Court in search of a woman whom he claimed to be his wife but she refused to go with him telling the court that she never married him. The woman also denied the man's claim that she was detained illegally by her brother and maintained that she was living with him willingly. She told the court that the 'nikahnama' (marriage certificate) claimed by the man was not genuine as she was forced to sign blank papers after being taken forcibly in a car. With these facts coming up in the court proceedings, a bench of justices S Muralidhar and I S Mehta refused to be drawn into any further claims and counter-claims and held that it was satisfied that the woman was living with her brother of her own free will and was under "no restraint or illegal detention". The court disposed of a habeas corpus petition filed by the man seeking direction to the woman's brother to produce the woman, whom he claimed to have married on July 26, 2017, and said it was "not ..

'Nominal fees charged for water, toilets to prevent their misuse: metro to HC'

The Delhi Metro has told the high court here that a nominal fee is charged for drinking water and toilets at its stations to prevent the misuse of these facilities. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), however, also said that someone who is unable to pay the charges will be provided drinking water or use of toilets free of cost if they approach the staff at the stations. The submissions by the DMRC were made in an affidavit filed before a bench of justices S Ravindra Bhat and A K Chawla which is hearing a lawyer's appeal against a single judge's order that a commuter on the metro does not have a right to free drinking water. The single judge had said that a person has a right to drinking water, but not for free. The order had come on a plea by advocate Kush Kalra who had sought directions to the DMRC to provide free drinking water and toilets at its stations. In his plea, filed through advocate Kush Sharma, the Kalra also alleged that there is lack of dustbins inside several metro

Woman among 2 drug peddlers held in JK

Two people, including a woman, were arrested on charges of drug peddling in separate operations in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri and Kishtwar districts, police said today. The woman, a resident of Kheora village, was arrested when she was smuggling a consignment of drugs into Rajouri town, a police spokesman said. He said the police were monitoring the woman's activities after receiving inputs regarding her illegal activities. "Subsequently, she was caught with 17 strips, containing 408 capsules, of a drug," the spokesman said. She was booked under relevant provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. In a separate operation, the spokesman said another alleged peddler was arrested from Kishtwar town and a "huge cache" of banned drugs were seized from his possession. Nisar Ahmad of Kuchhan village used to sell drugs to students. He has been booked, the spokesman said.

Minor boy attacked by father's servant

A 12-year-old boy was today allegedly attacked by his father's servant with a blade in north Delhi's Burari area, police said. The accused is on the run after the incident. He was brought by the child's father from his native place Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh to work for him, they added. It is suspected that he was harbouring a grudge against the child's father, though the exact reason behind the incident needed to be ascertained, police said. The child is undergoing treatment and is stated to be critical, they said.

Fugitive accidentally dials 911, officers take him to jail

A fugitive who's wanted in North Carolina accidentally dialed 911 while he was in upstate New York, and he's now behind bars. WHEC-TV in Rochester reports that deputies from the Wayne County Sheriff's office arrested 53-year-old Jesse Graham on Friday night in Lyons, a town east of Rochester. Graham reportedly is wanted in Mooresville, North Carolina, on several unspecified charges. He's being held in the Wayne County Jail awaiting to be transferred to North Carolina.

CM offers condolences to slain CPI(M) leader's family

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan tonight visited the residence of a local CPI(M) leader at Palloor in Mahe, who was hacked to death on May 7 and offered his condolences to the family. Vijayan spent about 15 minutes with the family and later left for Kozhikode, they said. Babu Kannipoyil (42), a former municipal councillor of Mahe, was waylaid and fatally attacked by a four member gang, allegedly RSS-BJP workers, near his house at Palloor on May 7.