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Six arrested for illegal sale of arms
The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata police on Monday nabbed six people for selling arms illegally after acquiring them from the ordnance factory in West Bengal, an officer said.
Delhi HC dismisses Govt's plea against Vodafone's int'l arbitration
The Delhi High Court today dismissed the Centre's plea challenging Vodafone's move of initiating international arbitration against India under the India-UK Bilateral Investment Protection Agreement (BIPA) in connection with a tax demand of Rs 11,000 crore under a retrospective law of 2012. The high court, however, granted liberty to the government to raise the issue of "abuse of process" before the India-United Kingdom BIPA tribunal. "However, keeping in view the findings, vis-a-vis the abuse of process, kompetenz-kompetenz issues, the present suit and application are dismissed with liberty to the plaintiff Union of India to raise the issue of abuse of process before India-United Kingdom BIPA, that now stands constituted," Justice Manmohan said in an 81-page judgement. Kompetenz-kompetenz, or competence-competence, is a jurisprudential doctrine whereby a legal body like a court or tribunal, may have competence or jurisdiction, to rule to the extent of its own competence. The judge ..
Woman kept confined by mom over love with Muslim youth
A 24 year-old woman from Kerala has been rescued after being under "illegal confinement" in a house here following her mother's objection to her relationship with a Muslim youth, police said. Hailing from Thrissur in Kerala, the woman was kept under illegal confinement at the rented house of a local BJP leader for the last one year, they said adding a case had been registered against her mother. Police rescued the woman last week following investigations after she posted a video on the social media about her plight two months ago. The woman, whose father had died a few years ago, had fallenin love with a Muslim youth, which was opposed by her mother, who brought her to Mangaluru and left her in the 'care' of the BJP leader last year, police said. The victim had been in illegal confinement since then. She had uploaded a video clip from an undisclosed destination in the city on her plight in the social media two months ago, after which the police conducted an investigation
Danish submariner appeals life term over journalist murder
A Danish inventor found guilty of the murder of a Swedish journalist aboard his homemade submarine has appealed his life sentence but is not contesting the verdict, prosecutors said today. Peter Madsen "is found guilty in the murder of Kim Wall and has only appealed the length" of his life sentence, Simon Gosvig, spokesman for the Danish prosecutor's office, told AFP. A Copenhagen district court on April 25 sentenced the 47-year-old to a life sentence for murdering the 30-year-old journalist, chopping up her corpse and throwing her body parts into the sea in August last year. The eccentric inventor confessed to stuffing Wall's head, arms and legs into plastic bags, weighing them down with metal pipes before tossing them into the sea, but maintained throughout his trial that her death was accidental. The court, however, concluded the gruesome videos Madsen watched of women being beheaded and tortured and the fact that he brought a saw, plastic strips and a sharpened screwdriver on ...
Goa mining scam: SIT questions former CM Kamat's son-in-law
Goa Polices Special Investigation Team (SIT) today questioned Govindraj Dempo, son-in-law of former chief minister Digambar Kamat, in connection with a mining scam it is probing. Superintendent of Police (Crime Branch) Karthik Kashyap said, "Dempo was questioned about shell companies both in India and abroad with accounts linked to foreign banks." He said that Dempo, a businessman, was questioned for two hours. The SIT, set up by Goa Police's Crime Branch, is investigating a complaint filed in July 2013 by the state Mines and Geology department. The complaint sought to fix criminal liability on those involved in illegal mining, as pointed out by various committees, including the Justice M B Shah Commission appointed by the Centre. The Crime Branch had registered an FIR in August 2013 against those named in the reports prepared by the Shah Commission as well as other committees. The FIR was registered under relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, Mines and .
6 kg gold seized from 3 NRIs in Bhubaneswar airport
The Revenue Intelligence Directorate today seized gold weighing more than 5 kg from three NRIs at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here, official sources said. The market value of the seized gold is an estimated Rs 1.82 crore and was being carried in their footwear. The trio had arrived in an Air Asia flight from Kuala Lumpur this morning and has been detained for interrogation, an airport official said. The sleuths intercepted them following a tip-off, the official said adding "Their behaviour triggered suspicion following which we frisked them and detected the gold." On May 4, the customs officials had seized 300 grams of gold worth Rs 9 lakh was seized from a Chennai-based passenger on his arrival here from Malaysia. On April 22, a NRI woman was detained by customs personnel for allegedly carrying illegal gold worth Rs 17 lakh. The woman, who had arrived in the city airport from Bangkok, was travelling on a Thai passport. Silver-coated gold chains and bangles ...
Journalist Upendra Rai's CBI custody extended
Journalist Upendra Rai's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody was extended by two days on Monday.The CBI on Thursday had arrested Rai, former CEO and editor-in-chief of Tehelka and Sahara Media, on allegations of giving false information to gain access to sensitive areas of national importance such as airports.The probe agency also registered a case against Prasun Roy, CSO of Air One Aviation Private Limited, the company and unknown public servants for helping Rai in getting Aerodrome Entry Pass (AEP) for all airports across the country.On May 4, he was sent to three-day CBI custody.On Saturday, the CBI filed a fresh case against Rai for allegedly blackmailing a real estate developer.The case was also registered against his aide Rahul Sharma and other unknown officials of the Income Tax department.Rai and his accomplices allegedly blackmailed directors of White Lion Developers Real Estate Pvt. Ltd. and demanded Rs 15.19 crore from them claiming they can stop raids with their .
International drug cartel busted, Heroin worth Rs 20 cr seized
A team of Special Cell Southern Range of the Delhi Police, on Monday, busted an International drug cartel.The Special Cell team also apprehended a key member of the operation, identified as Oliver Chijike Iheanacho, a 40-year-old Nigerian national.The team also recovered four kilograms of Heroin worth Rs 20 croresOn May 1, the Special Cell had received information that Oliver would come near a petrol pump in Majnu Ka Tila, New Delhi, to deliver a consignment of Heroin to a Punjab based drug dealer.The arrested Nigerian also disclosed that apart from Indians, individuals of Afghanistan and African origin were also part of the drug cartel.He revealed that he used to get consignments of drugs from his other African-origin associates residing in the national capital. He also mentioned that he used to send consignments of Heroin to other countries including England, France, Canada and South Africa through courier companies.Further efforts are being made to identify and arrest the other ...
Kathua case: Mufti lauds SC for ruling out CBI probe
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday lauded the Supreme Court's decision to rule out a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry in the Kathua gangrape and murder case and said it was a big morale booster for the state police."I welcome today's decision by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the Kathua case. This will go a long way to boost the morale of our @JmuKmrPolice force who in the face of great adversity have left no stone unturned to ensure that the deceased's family gets justice," Mufti tweeted after the apex court transferred the case from Kathua to a Pathankot court in Punjab and decided against the CBI inquiry in the matter.Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh expressed confidence in his state's ability to provide adequate security, saying, "Security is the main concern, we have adequate security in Pathankot."As per the top court, day-to-day hearings would also take place in the matter along with in-camera proceedings, under the Pathankot ...
Jharkhand woman kills husband with rod, held
A woman killed her husband by hitting him on his head with a rod at their village home in Jharkhand's Ranchi district on Monday, following which she was arrested, police said.
1.7 kg gold, two kg of saffron seized at Kochi airport
Customs sleuths at Cochin International Airport (CIAL) here have seized 1.7 kg of gold valued at Rs 51.23 lakh in separate cases last week, a top official said here today. They also seized two kg of saffron valued at Rs seven lakh and 20 cigarette cartons valued at Rs 30,000 during the period from May 2 to May 6 in 11 separate cases, Customs Commissioner Sumit Kumar said. This includes seizure of 100 grams crude gold chain valued at Rs 3.15 lakh from a passenger who arrived from Doha and two gold bars weighing 233.2 grams and valued at Rs 7.42 lakh from the checked-in baggage of a passenger from Jeddah. In two other cases, 259 grams of crude gold chains totally valued at Rs 8.17 lakh were seized from two passengers who arrived from Dubai, Kumar said. The seizure of one crude gold chain totally weighing 233 grams and totally valued at Rs 7.42 lakh and saffron totally weighing two kg and valued at Rs seven lakh was effected from a native of Kasaragod who had arrived from ..
2 Turkemnistan nationals held for gold smuggling at Delhi airport
Two Turkmenistan nationals have been arrested by officials of the Customs department for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country gold valuing about Rs 95 lakh at the Delhi airport. The duo were intercepted after their arrival from Turkmenistan on Saturday. "Their personal and baggage search resulted in recovery of gold weighing 3.05 kgs, in the form of multiple gold rings interwined and crudely given the shape of chains, ingeniously concealed in a black cloth which was further wrapped on the waist line and around the neck of the two passengers," the Customs department said in a statement. The value of the seized gold is Rs 94.9 lakh. They have also admitted to having smuggled another 2.65 kgs of gold worth Rs 1.77 crore on their visits in the past, it said. In a related incident, officials had on Friday arrested 28 Turkmenistan nationals, including 22 women, for smuggling gold worth about Rs 5 crore at the Delhi airport. The seizure was made in two cases yesterday. In the first ..
Court holds ousted AAP MLA guilty of flouting election rules
A Delhi court today held ousted AAP MLA Devinder Shehrawat guilty of flouting election regulations during the campaign for 2013 assembly polls. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal convicted Shehrawat saying the prosecution was able to prove the case beyond reasonable doubts. The court has fixed May 14 for argument on the quantum of sentence. The police had filed an FIR on October 7, 2013 alleging that it had recovered several pamphlets bearing Shehrawat's name and photographs seeking votes, but no name of the publisher was mentioned in them. The case was registered under section 127A of Representation of the People Act, which says that no person shall print or publish any election pamphlet or poster which does not bear on its face the names and addresses of the printer and the publisher. In September 2016, the Aam Aadmi Party had suspended Sehrawat from its primary membership for alleged anti-party activities.
Goa mining lease: Former CM fails to appear before Lokayukta
Former Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar today failed to appear before the Lokayukta in connection with a complaint filed over the renewal of mining leases in the state. Parsekar's lawyer submitted a written statement before the Lokayukta, Justice (retd) P K Misra, in which the former CM informed that he could not remain present for the deposition as he was busy with the wedding preparations of his daughter. Parsekar's daughter is getting married on Tuesday. An NGO, Goa Foundation, had filed a complaint with the Lokayukta alleging that the renewal of 88 mining leases in the state between November 1, 2014 and January 12, 2015 appeared to be the result of "corrupt acts". The complaint named Parsekar, then Goa Mines Secretary Pawan Kumar Sain and current Director of Mines and Geology Prasanna Acharya and had demanded that they be charged under section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The Supreme Court had quashed these mining leases, with an annual ...
HC rejects Centre's plea against Vodafone's UK arbitration
The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed the Centre's plea challenging Vodafone's move to initiate two international arbitrations against India.
HC issues notice to DMK MLA on encroachment allegation
The Madras High Court has issued notice to DMK MLA and former city Mayor M Subramanian on a petition alleging that he was attempting to encroach a government property here. A division bench of justices M Sathyanarayanan and P Rajamanickam issued notices to the Tamil Nadu Small Industries Development Corporation (SIDCO), the Industries Development Corporation of India and Subramanian, returnable by June 29, on a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed by one S Panthiban. The bench, in its interim order, said, "In the light of the communication given by the Public Information Officer of SIDCO, notice to the respondents through court as well as privately, returnable by June 29." The petitioner has submitted that Subramanian, in his nomination papers filed for the 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, had stated that a property at Labour Colony in Guindy was registered in the name of his wife, Kanchana. Alleging that the information was false, the petitioner has said the property was ...
Mehbooba welcomes SC decision to shift Kathua case trial
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court decision to transfer the trial of Kathua rape and murder case to Pathankot in neighboring Punjab.
Court discharges Congress leader Jai Prakash Aggarwal
A Delhi court today discharged Congress leader Jai Prakash Aggarwal from charges of defacing public property while campaigning for the 2014 general elections. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal granted the relief to the accused, noting that he was facing the case for around four years for committing an act which was "not even an offence". The court noted that there was no allegation that the accused had committed any defacement of the property by writing on it by ink, chalk, paint or any other similar material. "The accused is facing this case for around four years for the commission of an act which is not even an offence and the trial has not even started. On the basis of the aforesaid discussion, the accused is discharged from the present case," the court said. According to the FIR lodged in March 2014, one Lalit Mohan had complained that the accused had defaced a public property in Karawal Nagar in North-East Delhi by putting up a hoarding over a public urinal ...
Man arrested for stabbing to death pregnant wife in Nashik
A man who fled after stabbing to death his pregnant wife was arrested from Ambad area here, police said today. The incident took place on May 3 and the accused had been at large since then, an official said. Sariputra Punjaram Shinde (25), a construction worker hailing from Parbhani district, was arrested yesterday night following a tip-off that he would visit his house situated in Cidco's Pandit Nagar locality in Ambad here, an official said. "On May 3, the accused had stabbed his wife, Rama Shinde (21), pregnant at the time, with a kitchen knife after a minor quarrel. He had fled the scene after the incident," the official said. He said that Ambad police had registered a case of murder against Shinde and further investigations were underway.
RS rules prohibit public statements by MPs on judges' removal: SC
The Supreme Court today virtually dampened the spirits of opposition MPs publicly advocating impeachment of Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, observing that the Rajya Sabha rules prohibited them from making public statements on removal of a judge of the higher judiciary without any notice in Parliament. The apex court, which was hearing a plea seeking to restrain Members of Parliament (MPs) from making public statements on removal of a judge without any notice in Parliament, also said there was "no urgency" in the mater and posted the hearing for the third week of July. The petition was filed in the backdrop of Congress and other opposition parties submitting a notice to Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu for initiating removal proceedings against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. The notice was later rejected by Naidu. When a bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan was told that public statements by politicians were made without there being any such notice in ..