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Three BJP states to seek review of SC/ST order
Following a nudge from the top party brass, three BJP-ruled states have decided to keep in abeyance implementation of the Supreme Court order on the SC/ST Act and will file review pleas against the directive, a top leader said today. While Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan had reportedly taken steps to implement the order, they have now decided to put its execution in abeyance and approach the apex court for a review. "We have spoken to these chief ministers and their governments will soon file a review petition in the court. It is natural that the implementation of the order will be put in abeyance till the judiciary takes a final call," the party leader said on the condition of anonymity. The court recently laid down guidelines to prevent the alleged misuse of the Scheduled Castes and the Schedule Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Dalit groups have, however, vehemently protested against the verdict, saying it dilutes the law and will lead to a rise in cases of ...
SC/ST Act: Chhatisgarh Govt to appeal against SC ruling
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday stated that the state government will appeal against the decision of the Supreme Court on the SC/ST protection Act.The Chief Minister said the state government has always been sensitive towards the cause of SCs and STs."We have always been sensitive towards SCs & STs. The state government, just like Centre, will appeal against the decision of Supreme Court. Till then the order (to strictly implement the Supreme Court order) by Police headquarters stands cancelled," Singh told media.The Police Headquarters on April 6 had issued a circular asking the police to implement the Supreme Court's order strictly.The order was before Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the state to assure the nation that his government will not allow the dilution of the Act which seeks to deliver speedy justice to marginalised section of the society.The apex court, on March 20, introduced the provision of anticipatory bail in the Act while directing that ...
Decide school safety guidelines in 3 months, SC to Centre
The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to decide in three months on demands for framing of safety guidelines for all schools, as sought by the father of a seven-year-old boy who was killed in a Gurgaon school, and some lawyers. The top court said the decision taken by the government should cover both public and private schools. A bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and R F Nariman said the court was not an expert on framing of policy or guidelines for schools and it would be appropriate if the government looks into the cause raised in various writ petitions. "We direct Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) to look into the prayers in the PILs and consider taking a decision in three months. The decision taken shall be for both government as well as private schools," the bench said. Earlier, the apex court had sought compilation of norms formulated by the Centre and states for its consideration. It had asked all the states and union territories to file their responses on the ..
Court grants bail to cop accused of abetting wife's suicide
A police official, accused of torturing and compelling his wife to kill herself, has been granted bail with a Delhi court observing that there was an unexplained delay of around two months in lodging an FIR against him. Additional Sessions Judge Prem Kumar Barthwal granted the relief to the 31-year-old sub inspector on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 with one surety of the like amount with a direction that he would join the probe as and when required by the investigating officer. The court also directed him not to leave the country without its permission and not to tamper evidence or influence witnesses in the case. The order came on a plea of the accused in a domestic violence and abetment of suicide case lodged by his father-in-law against him in January 2018, over two months after the official's wife committed suicide in November 2017. The court noted that immediately after the death of the woman on November 6, 2017, her father did not allege any ill-treatment by the accused to his ...
Man held with charas in Jammu
An alleged drug peddler has been arrested after 1.5 kg of charas (cannabis resin) was recovered from his vehicle on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the police said today. A police team stopped the vehicle coming from Srinagar at Nagrota yesterday and seized the contraband from its driver, a police spokesperson said. A case has been registered against the driver under relevant sections of law, and police is investigating the matter for further details, the spokesperson said.
Judge, wife get 1 yr in jail for torturing minor maid in Pak
A Pakistani high court today sentenced an additional district and sessions judge and his wife to one year in jail for torturing a 10-year-old girl child working as a domestic help at their house here. In a short verdict, Justice Aamer Farooq of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) convicted additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ) Raja Khurram Ali Khan and his wife Maheen of torturing the minor and sentenced them to one year in prison. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 each on them. The girl, Tayyaba, first made headlines when police rescued her in December 2016 from the ADSJ's residence, after some of his neighbours shared her pictures on the social media. Khan and his wife were booked and charged with assaulting, confining, ill-treating, neglecting, abandoning, harming and injuring the minor housemaid. Following the incident, the IHC had suspended the judge and made him an officer on special duty (OSD). Initially her parents struck a deal to pardon the couple but Chief ...
Topping cyber crime charts, Mum to get 4 cyber police stations
The Maharashtra government has approved the setting up of four cyber police stations in the metropolis to tackle increasing number of such crimes, a senior police official said today. "Four new cyber police stations will come up in the city. The government has sanctioned 186 new posts for this initiative and most of them would be in the rank of assistant police inspectors," K M M Prasanna, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) told PTI. The National Crime Records Bureau, in its report on crime in 2016, which was released on November 30 last year, had stated that Mumbai stood first among all cities in the country in terms of cyber crime cases. The NCRB report stated that Mumbai stood first with 4,172 such cases reported for the year 2016, while Bengaluru was second with 762 cases and Jaipur third with 532 cases. Mumbai currently has one cyber police station, at Bandra Kurla Complex, and officials said that it would become the first city in the country to have five ...
CID officer critical after suicide bid inside HQ
A CID officer of West Bengal was critically injured after he allegedly shot himself using his service revolver inside the agency's headquarters here this morning, a senior CID officer said. Binay Bhattacharyya, a sub-inspector of the agency's Barasat section, allegedly shot himself inside a room of Bhawani Bhawan at around 11 am. Hearing the sound of firing, other CID officers rushed to the room and found him lying in a pool of blood with his service revolver in one hand, the officer said. He was taken to the SSKM Hospital where his condition was stated to be "very critical", hospital sources said. Bhattacharyya was probably depressed due to some problems in his personal life, the CID officer said.
Last accused in Kerala RJ's murder arrested
The last key accused in the murder of a former radio jockey was arrested here on Tuesday, police said.
Man rejoicing at child's birth killed in celebratory firing
A 25-year-old man died in alleged celebratory firing at a function organised to celebrate the birth of his daughter, police said today. Another person was injured in the incident which took place in Igui village under the Tharet Police Station area of the district at around 11 last night, an official said. The deceased, Nandram Patwa, was hit by a bullet in the head in alleged celebratory firing by one of his relatives, Dilip Patwa, who had come to attend the function, said Tharet Police Station in-charge Ajay Singh. Dilip Patwa (30) allegedly fired two bullets from his gun and one of them hit Nandram Patwa, the father of the child. Another villager Gajendra Kushwaha (38), was hit by the second bullet, he said. Nandram Patwa was taken to the nearby Indergarh Hospital in a serious condition. Doctors there referred him to a Gwalior hospital, where he was declared dead, the officer said. The injured villager is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Gwalior, Singh ...
Bodies of Indian family missing in US found
The bodies of all four members of an Indian family, which perished when their sport utility vehicle plunged into a river in California earlier this month, have been found, the authorities said.
Won't stake claim to Taj Mahal: Sunni Wakf Board tells SC
The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Wakf Board on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it won't stake claim to the ownership of the Taj Mahal.
Two Pakistani killed in firing by Iran security forces
Two Pakistanis were killed when Iran's border security forces fired at a group of people allegedly trying to enter the country illegally, according to a media report. On April 12, a group of 15 Pakistanis belonging to different cities of Pakistan tried to illegally enter Iran, Express Tribune reported. The Iranian Border Force fired on the people who crossed the border, killing two. Iranian force then arrested five people, while the remaining eight disappeared after crossing the border, it said quoting Pakistani authorities According to reports, Iranian authorities have handed over the bodies and arrested people to Pakistan Levies Force. Levies officials shifted the bodies to the District Head Quarter Hospital in Gwadar. The deceased were identified as Shahzeb Khan Wali, 27 and Omar Sadiq, 27, both belonging to Bannu area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. Those who were arrested were also moved to Gwadar. The arrested included Wahid Khan, Shah Fayyaz Khan and Saifullah Khan from ...
Minor raped in UP, accused arrested
A seven-year-old girl attending a wedding ceremony was allegedly raped and strangulated to death by a man hired to set up tents on the occasion, triggering protests by her family who blocked the Etah-Farrukhabad road today. The latest incident of assault of a minor in western UP comes amid public outrage over the rape of minor girls in Unnao (UP) and Kathua (J-K). The incident in Etah happened when the 7-year-old girl had gone with her family members to attend a marriage ceremony. According to police, the incident took place at around 1.30 AM near Mandi Samiti gate on the Aliganj road here. Sonu Jatav, who was given the task of putting up tents for the marriage ceremony lured the girl, raped her and subsequently killed her, Superintendent of Police Akhilesh Chaurasia said and added that the man was in an inebriated state. "After this, the accused fled the spot. The body of the girl was found in an under-construction house in the vicinity of the marriage venue. A rope was ...
Cohen's mystery client revealed as Fox News host
Fox News host Sean Hannity, an ardent supporter of Donald Trump, was named as the third "mystery" client of Michael Cohen, the US President's longtime personal lawyer, the media reported.
Charge-sheet against 4 for 'misbehaving' with Smriti Irani
A charge-sheet has been filed against four Delhi University (DU) students for "misbehaving" with Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani on an occasion in 2017, police said on Tuesday.
NIA was misused: Former MHA official
Former Under Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, R.V.S Mani, on Tuesday, said that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) painted the 'Hindu Terror' angle in every case."The original case by the CBI, which had gathered a lot of evidence and was progressing well, the then political leadership of the home ministry transferred the case from one central agency to another, handing the case to NIA. I don't know what they did with the original evidence, but since then the saffron terror narrative was enforced," Mani said"Initially they did only saffron terror cases, I think it was more of a painting agency than an investigation agency, they were colouring everything (every case) in saffron," he added.Asserting that the alleged religious politics that the Home Ministry played with several acts of terror in the country was after his transfer from the ministry, he said, "The seeds of Hindu terrorism were sowed in the Home Ministry only after my transfer. I have left the government and ..
Charge sheet filed against four DU students for 'stalking' Smriti Irani
The Delhi Police has filed a charge sheet against four Delhi University students for allegedly misbehaving with and stalking union minister Smriti Irani in 2017. The final report was filed before Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Sarwaria who took cognisance of the charge sheet and put up the matter for October 15. The four youths, identified as Sitanshu, Karan, Avinash and Amit, were booked on charges of stalking, criminal intimidation and intention to insult the modesty of a woman. "I take cognisance of the offence as mentioned in the charge sheet. Considering the overall facts and circumstances of the cases, there is sufficient material on record to issue summons against the accused," the judge said, noting that the accused were on bail. In April 2017, the police had alleged that the drunk students had followed Irani's car in Lutyens' Delhi, following which they were detained. Acting on a complaint, the police had intercepted the car in which the four youths were travelling. The ...
After Kathua, 8-year-old raped, murdered in UP
In yet another shocking incident of crime against a minor, an eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district on Monday night.The incident took place when the victim had come to attend the wedding of a family cousin, where she went missing mid-way.At around 1:30 am, her body was found near an abandoned building in a semi-naked condition with a rope strangled around her neck. There were blood stains on her neck and abdomen area.The police arrested a person named Sonu Jatav after the victim's family filed an FIR.The accused was a worker, who had set up the tent in the wedding..
Cohen is radioactive: Stormy Daniels' lawyer
Porn star Stormy Daniels' attorney Michael Avenatti has called President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen "radioactive" and insisted that anyone in contact with him should be "very concerned", the media reported.