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CPI-M worker murdered in Kannur, RSS activist attacked
A CPI-M worker was on late Monday slashed to death by RSS activists at Palloor near here, the Left party alleged. An RSS worker was soon attacked in retaliation.
Shahabuddin not in solitary confinement but in high security cell: Tihar Jail to HC
Tihar Jail authorities have brushed aside in the Delhi High Court allegations by controversial RJD leader Mohammad Shahabuddin that he was being kept in solitary confinement and tortured, saying he was lodged in a high security cell with all the facilities given to any other inmate incarcerated there. Taking note of the submission, a bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and P S Teji asked the politician, who was transferred to Tihar Jail from Siwan Jail in Bihar on the Supreme Court's order, to move a representation before the prison authorities if he was aggrieved by the conditions in which he was lodged there. The court asked the prison authorities to expeditiously decide the representation when it is moved and with the direction disposed of his plea that claimed he was being kept in solitary confinement and tortured in Tihar Jail. In an affidavit, filed through Delhi government standing counsel (criminal) Rahul Mehra, the prison authorities have contended that Shahabuddin's "allegation ..
Man throws acid on sleeping wife, another woman in central Delhi
Two women sustained burn injuries after the husband of one of them allegedly threw acid on them on the suspicion that his wife was having an extra-marital affair in Paharganj here, police said today. Nisha (24) and Laxmi (50) were sleeping in a single room shanty when someone threw acid on them, the police said. Nisha had been staying with her parents for the last one-and-a-half months. She was having strained relations with her husband Ritesh who has earlier been arrested in theft and snatching cases, they added. The woman alleged that her husband threw acid on her. Nisha received 45 per cent burn injuries while Laxmi got 40 per cent burn injuries. The accused has been arrested, they added.
HC grants interim bail to son and daughters of Yadav Singh
The Allahabad High Court today granted interim bail to former government engineer Yadav Singh's son and daughters in a graft case. The criminal cases were registered against Yadav's son Sunny Singh and daughters Garima Bhushan and Karuna Singh on July 30, 2015 under sections 109 read with 120-B IPC (conspiracy) and 13 (2) and 13 (1)(e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. It was alleged in the FIR that they had been utilising the illegal money earned by Yadav Singh by making a company. The matter was investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which submitted charge sheet against them. At present, the trial against them is going on at the court of Special Judge (Anti Corruption, CBI Cases), Ghaziabad. While directing that the three applicants be released on bail, a division bench comprising Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice D K Singh directed the Special Judge, Anti Corruption, CBI cases, Ghaziabad to ensure that if the applicants have any passport, the same shall be ...
CPI(M) worker hacked to death in Kerala
A local CPI (M) leader was hacked to death tonight at nearby Palloor in Mahe, which borders Kannur district, police said. The incident occurred at around 9 pm. The deceased, Babu, was a local committee member of the CPI (M), they said. Police sources said though he was rushed to a hospital, his could not be saved. The Left party has alleged that the RSS and the BJP were behind the attack. The CPI (M) has called for a strike tomorrow in Kannur district and Mahe. The deceased was returning home when he was attacked, police said. Mahe, is situated between Thalassery in the politically volatile Kannur district and Vatakara in Kozhikode district. It is an enclave of UT Puducherry.
The Delhi Police has arrested a former chairman and managing director of a finance ...
The Delhi Police has arrested a former chairman and managing director of a finance company, who had been declared a proclaimed offender by a court in connection with a cheating case, officials said today. On the basis of a tip-off, the accused, Arvind Tyagi, was arrested from Shakti Khand, Indira Puram last week by the Crime Branch officials, police said. He was wanted in a cheating case in which he along with his associates had cheated an international real estate consultancy firm of Bangalore of Rs. 51.5 lakh on the pretext of arranging a loan of Rs 10 crore, the police said. He was declared a Proclaimed Offender by the court in the case on March 15, 2017. In June 2014, owners of United Estates Bangalore, an international real consultancy firm that works for different MNCs, approached NBFC Sobell Finance Limited, for finance by loan and mortgage of their property in Bangalore, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Alok Kumar said. Tyagi along with other directors of his company took .
Minor girl raped by shopkeeper near Shimla; accused held
A 12-year-old girl was allegedly rape by a shopkeeper in Mashobra, 10 km from here, following which the accused was arrested, police said. The victim, a class 6 student, in her complaint said that the 52-year-old accused barged into her house on May 4 and molested her and threatened to kill her if she informed anyone about the incident, they said. After the medical examination of the girl, which confirmed sexual assault, the accused was booked under section 376 of IPC and section 8 of the POSCO Act, police said. Shimla Superintendent of Police Ompati Jamwal confirmed the incident and said the accused had been arrested and investigations are in progress. A case of molestation of a minor girl by a teacher of Government Middle School, Mayfield (Shimla) was reported last week and the accused teacher was booked and dismissed from government service. Meanwhile, a local Court today deferred the hearing on bail plea of former Shimla SP D W Negi, who is in the jails since November 16, 2017, in
Worker killed after being impaled by iron rod
A 45-year-old man died allegedly after an iron rod pierced through his body while he was involved in welding work at a CNG pump in east Delhi's Ghazipur today, police said. Police have registered a case against unidentified persons and are probing whose negligence caused the incident. The victim, Bobby Panchal, was a resident of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh. Police were informed at 2 pm by the hospital where the victim was admitted. The victim was welding iron rods sitting on a girder at a CNG pump. He was using a gas cutter to cut the iron rods attached with the girder. The girder collapsed and one of the rods pierced his stomach. The contractor with whom he was working rushed him to Max Hospital. Later, he died due to excessive bleeding. Police suspect that appropriate safety measures were not in place which could have led to the incident.
No HC interim relief for Dhobi Ghat washer men against civic
The Bombay High Court today refused to grant interim relief to a group of washer men from the famous 'Dhobi Ghat' in Mahalaxmi area here. They had sought that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) be restrained from demolishing structures at Dhobi Ghat that they were using as washing stones and for drying clothes. A vacation bench comprising justices AK Menon and Bharati Dangre, however, issued a notice to the BMC and directed it to file its reply to the plea, before a regular bench of the court, by June 4. The petitioners had claimed that they had valid licences for use of this area and that any demolition would breach their right to earn a livelihood. The BMC, however, told the vacation bench that the petitioners had constructed some illegal structures, including steel staircases, in the area that was reserved to be used as washing stone and for drying clothes. Such use and construction were contrary to the licence terms, the BMC contended. The Corporation also alleged that ..
Woman, man commit suicide separately in Rajasthan's Baran
A 22-year-old woman and a 21-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison in two separate incidents in Baran district, with locals saying that they were in a relationship. The woman and man committed suicide by consuming poison in their respective homes in Nahargarh village of Baran district late last night, Nahargarh police station Assistant Sub-Inspector Rajendra Kumar said. Both of them were separetely rushed to a local hospital from where they were referred the district hospital. The man died on the way to the disrict hospital while the woman died early this morning during treatment, he said. The reason behind the extreme step is yet to be ascertained, the police officer added. Locals, however, said the man and the woman, who lived in the same neighbourhood, were allegedly in a relationship. The ASI said but family members of both the deceased refuted the locals' claim of a relationship. On the separate reports by family members, two separate cases were registered .
School principal's hubby booked for 'groping' girl student
A case has been registered against a government residential school principal's husband here for allegedly groping a minor girl student, police said today. While police said they registered the case against Damodar last week, official sources said the principal has been suspended in connection with the alleged incident. Police said the 14-year old girl was allegedly groped during Diwali festival last year at the quarters of the principal located on the premises of the residential school. But, the case was registered last week after the girl's mother lodged a police complaint about a week ago, they said. "A case under relevant sections of IPC and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was registered against Damodar last week," a senior police official said. Police said teams have been formed to nab the accused, who is absconding.
Man stabbed to death in B'day party over playing of song
A birthday party turned ugly after a 28-year-old man was stabbed to death allegedly by a disc jockey in a west Delhi restro-bar following a quarrel over playing of a song, police said today. The incident took place around midnight at the Raftaar High Speed Bar and Lounge at Club Road, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), West, Vijay Kumar said. The argument broke out between a group of nine people and the restaurant's staff over playing of a song, Kumar said. In the ensuing scuffle, Vijay Deep, a gym owner, suffered stab wounds after being attacked by Deepak Bisht (25), he said. Police said a woman, who was part of the celebration, also suffered head injuries after being hit by a bottle. Bisht, a resident of Uttarakhand, lives in Burari here. He was arrested today, the DCP said. The incident occurred at the birthday party of Ishu Sondh. Tejendra Singh, Deep's brother, claimed that the argument started over a trivial issue and he did not know that it would lead to his brother's ...
Ex-Congress legislator's cousin murdered in Himachal
A trader and cousin of a former Congress legislator of Himachal Pradesh was murdered over a property dispute near the industrial town of Baddi in Solan district, police said on Monday.
Women panchayat candidate in Bengal threatened, seeks NCW's help
A women candidate, contesting the upcoming panchayat elections in West Bengal, has been threatened to withdraw her nomination and has sought help from the National Commission for Women (NCW), the apex women's body said on Monday.
Elderly German neo-Nazi apprehended, sent to prison
German authorities say they've apprehended a notorious elderly neo-Nazi and taken her to prison to begin serving her sentence for Holocaust denial. Police and prosecutors told the dpa news agency Monday that Ursula Haverbeck, 89, was picked up at her home in the town of Vlotho in central Germany. Haverbeck was convicted of incitement last year in Verden state court and sentenced to two years in prison for denying the Holocaust, a crime in Germany. She was supposed to report to prison last week but vanished, prompting a search for her. It was not immediately clear when she returned home. Haverbeck has repeatedly said the Auschwitz death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland was simply a work camp and has been convicted several times, but had avoided prison due to lengthy appeals.
Guj bitcoin case: Rs 25 lakh recovered from Ex-BJP MLA's aide
Cash worth Rs 25 lakh was today recovered from former BJP MLA Nalin Kotadia's aide by Gujarat CID (crime) officials probing the case of alleged "looting" of 176 bitcoins worth over Rs 9 crore from a builder in apparent connivance with policemen, a senior officer said. The recovery of the cash "clearly establishes" Kotadia's role in the case, he said. The cash was recovered from one Nankubhai, a resident of Rajkot, said Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), CID, Crime, Deepankar Trivedi. He said the cash was "delivered" to Nankubhai at the behest of Kotadia, who is yet to record his statement in the case. "This recovery of cash is a hard evidence in the case. With this, Nalin Kotadia's role is clearly established now. We are looking for him and we are confident that he will be arrested soon," Trivedi told reporters in Gandhinagar today. The DIG said that Kotadia has not presented himself before the CID for recording his statement despite two summons issued to ...
In absence of domestic violence, no maintenance for wife under
The Bombay High Court has held that a wife cannot be entitled to seek maintenance from her estranged husband under the Domestic Violence Act unless she has actually been subjected to any of the acts or conduct defined as "domestic violence" under the Act. In a judgment pronounced earlier last week, Justice Bharati Dangre held that a wife could not be entitled to maintenance under the Act merely because a discord had developed in the marriage. Instead, the wife, seeking such maintenance, will qualify as an aggrieved person entitled to maintenance only if "she alleges to have been subjected to any act of domestic violence by the respondent husband." Justice Dangre was hearing a petition filed by a city resident challenging a family court order that had awarded a maintenance of Rs 2 lakh per month to his estranged wife. The petitioner's lawyer, advocate Seema Sarnaik, told HC that the family court had erred in its order because not only had it failed to come up at a reasonable amount ...
HC rejects bail plea of Purnima Shukla in BRD Medical College case
The Allahabad High Court rejected today the bail application of Purnima Shukla, the wife of Rajiv Kumar Mishra, the principal of Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur, where several children had died allegedly due to disruption in oxygen supply. Shukla was an attached homoeopath at the medical college and had allegedly interfered in its functioning. Earlier on April 30, the court had turned down the bail plea of Mishra in connection with the deaths of children. Declining to grant bail to Shukla, Justice Yashwant Varma said that an order for the release of the petitioner on bail could not be passed at this stage keeping in view the present facts and circumstances of the matter. Over 30 children had died at the medical college on August 10-11, 2017 allegedly due to disruption in oxygen supply as the vendor had not been paid for several months. The plea of the petitioner was that she had been languishing in jail for the past seven months. Further, other ...
Five-Judge SC bench to hear plea against rejection of impeachment notice
A five-Judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday a plea by two Congress Rajya Sabha members against house Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu's decision to reject a notice on the impeachment motion against apex court's Chief Justice Dipak Misra.
SC censures IT department for delay in filing appeal
The Supreme Court today came down heavily on the Income Tax Department for delayed filing of appeals in high courts and in the apex court. A bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan took strong note of the usual delay in filing appeals by the IT department in cases related to income tax assessment. "In every case there is a delay of 200 days. Why should we give you indulgence?" the bench said. "I have my experience of above 10 years in high courts and the Supreme Court (as a judge) in tax matters itself. The department has not reformed at all. It (delay by the department) has to be dealt sternly," the bench said and dismissed the appeal filed by the IT department. Attorney General K K Venugopal, who was present in the courtroom, said there had been a delay in filing of appeals by the department and the "system has to change". "It (system) has to change at their part in the department and not ours," the bench said, adding that almost 90 per cent of the appeals of the IT ...