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DMK leads protest against SC/ST law dilution
The DMK, along with other opposition parties, staged a protest here on Monday against the dilution of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Indian arrested for visa violations in Lanka
An Indian national, who arrived in Sri Lanka on a tourist visa, has been arrested for allegedly doing business illegally in the country's western province, according to media reports today. The 52-year-old man was arrested by the police on Saturday when he was selling garments at Rajamalwatta Junction in Modara, Colombo Page reported. The suspect, who was not identified, has been arrested for doing garment business illegally, violating immigration and emigration rules, police said. The suspect will be produced before the court today. Modara Police are conducting further investigations.
Kathua rape and murder accused produced in court
All the eight accused in the Kathua rape and murder case were produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) of Kathua as the trial started on Monday.
Court extends interim protection of Karti Chidambaram
The interim protection given to Karti Chidambaram, son of former finance minister P. Chidambaram, in the Aircel-Maxis case has been extended till the next date of hearing which is May 2 by a Delhi Court.On March 24, Karti Chidambaram was granted an anticipatory bail by a Special Delhi Court, which had asked him to appear before the investigating officer whenever he is summoned.Karti was arrested on February 28 at the Chennai airport on his return from the United Kingdom, for his alleged role in facilitating Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance for INX Media Ltd. and its directors, Peter and Indrani Mukerjea.He allegedly took service charges for getting the FIPB clearance to INX Media for receiving funds from abroad worth Rs. 305 crore in 2007 when his father was the finance minister.The Aircel-Maxis deal is part of the wider 2G scam that engulfed the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) regime.The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had registered a First Information ...
Kathua accused plead not guilty, ask for narco test
The eight people accused of raping and killing an eight-year-old girl here today pleaded not guilty and asked the district and sessions judge for a narco test. As the trial in the case began here, the district and sessions judge asked the state Crime Branch to give copies of the chargesheet to the accused and fixed April 28 as the next date of hearing. Of the eight people accused of the crime, one is a juvenile who is also under arrest. He moved a bail application before a judicial magistrate which will be heard later today. The child from a minority nomadic community was allegedly held in captivity in a small village temple in Kathua district for a week in January this year during which she was kept sedated and sexually assaulted before being bludgeoned to death. According to the chargesheets filed by the crime branch, the abduction, rape and killing of the girl was part of a carefully planned strategy to remove the minority nomadic community from the area. The caretaker of the ...
Kathua case: SC to hear at 2 PM two separate pleas
The Supreme Court today agreed to hear at 2 PM two separate petitions including the one filed by Kathua-based lawyer Deepika Singh Rajawat, representing the family of an eight-year-old girl who was gangraped and killed, alleging that she was facing threat to her life for pursuing the matter. Another plea filed by Delhi-based lawyer Anuja Kapur, seeks transfer of the sensational gangrape case from Kathua trial court to a local court in the national capital. Kapur has also sought transfer of probe to the CBI, besides seeking exemplary compensation to the family of the victim of the case. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud considered the submission advanced by senior advocate Indira Jaising, representing Rajawat and Kapur, for urgent hearing of the two petitions today itself. "We have already passed the order on Friday," the bench said. Jaising responded by saying that the earlier notice was issued to the bar associations but the .
SC to hear plea for transfer of trial in Kathua case
The Supreme Court on Monday said that it will hear later in the day a plea by the father of Kathua rape and murder victim seeking transfer of trial to Chandigarh.
Court extends interim protection from arrest to Karti in Aircel-Maxis case
A Delhi court today granted Karti Chidambaram interim protection from arrest till May 2 in two cases filed by the CBI and ED in the Aircel-Maxis matter arising out of the 2G spectrum cases. Special Judge O P Saini granted relief to the son of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram after the counsel for the Enforcement Directorate (ED) sought time to argue on Karti's application seeking anticipatory bail. The submission was supported by the CBI counsel who requested the court to put up the matter for next date. The court had on March 24 granted interim relief to Karti till today after considering that both the investigative agencies had sought time to file their responses on his anticipatory bail plea. Karti had filed a plea seeking protection from arrest in the Aircel-Maxis matter, in which the CBI and the ED lodged cases in 2011 and 2012, respectively. The matter pertains to grant of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance to firm M/S Global Communication Holding Services .
17 arrested for rioting in UP
Police today claimed to have booked 30 people for rioting at Deval village here over domestic dispute. Around 17 people were arrested in this connection, they said. The incident was reported last evening when two groups clashed with each other over sending a married woman to her parents' house forcefully, SHO Kuldeep Sharma said. The groups came to blows and pelted stones at each other, he said. Six persons, including two women, were injured in the incident, the officer said.
Mecca Masjid blast case verdict today
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Hyderabad on Monday will pronounce its verdict in the sensational Mecca Masjid attack which was allegedly carried out by a group of right-wing terrorists 11 years ago on May 18, 2007.The NIA Special Court at Nampally had concluded the hearing and will pronounce the judgment in the case which claimed nine lives.The blast which took place at the Mecca Masjid which is adjacent to the historic Charminar in the Old City during Friday prayers had left 58 injured.The judgment will decide the complicity of five of the 10 accused charge-sheeted in the case.The NIA took over the case from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in 2011, in which ten persons allegedly belonging to right-wing organisations were named as accused.However, only five of them were arrested and faced trial in the case. The accused arrested are - Devendra Gupta, Lokesh Sharma, Swami Aseemanand, Bharat Mohanlal Rateshwar and Rajendra Chowdhary.Two other accused- ..
Trial in Kathua rape case begins today
The trial in the Kathua rape and murder case against the eight accused men who allegedly drugged, tortured and gang-raped an 8-year-old girl in a village temple here for a week in January this year, begins today.The Hearing of the case is scheduled to take place at the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate.According to reports, the Jammu and Kashmir government has appointed two special public prosecutors, both Sikhs, for the trial in the sensitive case. This move is being seen as an effort to ensure there is "neutrality" in view of Hindu-Muslim polarisation over the case.In connection with the case, two First Information Reports (FIRs) have been filed: one against eight people for allegedly being involved in the crime and another has been filed against a group of lawyers which had allegedly stopped the police from filing chargesheet against the eight accused.Two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ministers leaders, Chandra Prakash Ganga and Lal Singh, have also resigned following ...
Three arrested for faking loot of money
Three persons, including two employees of a private bank, were arrested for allegedly misappropriating Rs 3.4 lakh in Mayurbhanj district, the police said. The three were arrested yesterday after investigation showed that the two bank employees and their associate had misappropriate the money and made false claims in an FIR, said Superintendent of Police Avinash Kumar. The accused were identified as manager of Manatri branch of Bandhan Bank, Bhajan Kar and Doorstep Officer of the bank, Sitaram Sahu and their associate Braja Sekhar Pradhan. Sahu had on April 5 lodged an FIR at Barasahi police station alleging that four unidentified persons looted Rs 3.4 lakh at gun point near Durgapur while he along with the branch manager was returning from Baripada Branch of the bank in a bike, he said. However, investigation into the case showed that Sahu, along with the branch manager and Pradhan, had conspired and misappropriated the money, the SP said. The entire sum of Rs 3.4 lakh .
Trump: All lawyers 'deflated' by FBI raid on Michael Cohen
President Donald Trump said today that all lawyers are now "deflated and concerned" by the FBI raid on his personal attorney Michael Cohen, who is under criminal investigation for personal business dealings. "Attorney Client privilege is now a thing of the past," he tweeted. "I have many (too many!) lawyers and they are probably wondering when their offices, and even homes, are going to be raided with everything, including their phones and computers, taken. All lawyers are deflated and concerned!" The raid carried out last Monday at Cohen's apartment, hotel room, office and safety deposit box sought bank records, records on Cohen's dealing in the taxi industry, Cohen's communications with the Trump campaign and information on payments he made in 2016 to former Playboy model Karen McDougal and to porn actress Stormy Daniels, people familiar with the investigation told The Associated Press. One of Trump's lawyers, Joanna Hendon, filed papers late Sunday asking a federal judge to block ..
Case against two for spreading false news of minor raped, murdered in Surat
The Surat police has registered a case against two people for 'spreading false news' by sharing a photo of the dead body of a girl from Gujarat, claiming that an Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) linked person raped her.However, the police said that they are still investigating the case and trying to ascertain the identity of the deceased."It has come to the notice of the Surat Police that some people are sharing a photo of the dead body of a young girl from Gujarat and saying that an ABVP linked person raped her. The fact of the matter is that police is still investigating the case and trying to ascertain the identity of the deceased. Surat Police has registered a case against people who have been spreading such false news to avoid disruption of peace and communal harmony," a statement by Surat Police read.The body of the unidentified minor girl, believed be in the age group of 9 to 11 years was found from a cricket ground in Bhestan area of Surat on April 6 with 86 injury ...
Taekwondo instructor held for flashing, masturbating at 2 women
A taekwondo instructor, recently released from prison, was arrested again for allegedly flashing and masturbating in front of two women in Vasant Kunj area of southwest Delhi, police said today. Sandeep Chauhan was arrested yesterday after one of the two women filed a police complaint against him. Both incidents happened on Thursday. According to police, Chauhan flashed at the woman when she was in her balcony. Later, he followed the other woman towards her building after she disembarked her office cab. Scared, she ran towards her residence, when Chauhan made lewd comments, flashed and masturbated in front of her, police said. A repeat offender, Chauhan told police he has a habit of flashing at women after getting drunk. About 20 cases of snatching, robbery and molestation have been filed against him at various police stations in the city. Chauhan came out of jail nearly a month ago after serving 14 months for a similar crime. In 2016, a woman had jumped off the third floor of her ...
Man runs amok in Philippines, hacks five to death
A man went berserk in the Philippines' Zamboanga del Norte and hacked to death five people, including his four children, before he was shot dead by policemen, police said on Sunday.
Woman thrashed, hanged to ceiling over dowry
In a hair-raising incident, a woman was brutally thrashed and her hands were tied to the ceiling by her husband over non-fulfillment of dowry demands.The incident is of Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur district, where the man thrashed her wife after she refused to ask for Rs. 50, 000 from her parents, as demanded by her husband.Talking to ANI, the victim said that her husband beat her with belt and when she fell unconscious he tied her hands to the ceiling with the help of her dupatta.The accused even filmed the entire incident and sent it to the victim's brother while threatening that if they do not fulfill his demand, such incidents will continue."He thrashed me brutally for 3-4 hours after which I fell unconscious. When I gained my consciousness back, both my hands were tied to the ceiling," said the victim.A case has been registered under relevant sections of Dowry Prohibition Act against the victim's husband and four other people of his family and investigation has been ...
I may get raped, I can be killed: Kathua rape victim's lawyer
Kathua rape victim's lawyer Deepika Singh Rajawat on Sunday said she fears for her life as she may get raped or murdered."Today, I don't know, I am not in my senses. I can be raped, I can be killed and may be they won't allow me to practice in court. They (have) isolated me, I don't know how I can survive," Advocate Deepika Singh Rajawat told ANI.She added that she has been called anti-Hindu and boycotted socially.Further, Deepika said she would be approaching the Supreme Court to demand security for herself and her family."I will tell this to the Supreme Court. I am feeling bad and it's really unfortunate. You can well imagined my plight. But, I will stand for justice and we would seek justice for the eight-year-old girl," she concluded.Earlier today, the Bar Council of India (BCI) said a panel has been formed to probe the actions of Jammu and Kashmir Bar Association lawyers, who had stopped police from filing a chargesheet in the Kathua rape and murder case.In connection with the ...
Unnao rape: Sengar's woman aide sent to 4-day police custody
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court on Sunday sent BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar's woman aide Shashi Singh to a four-day police custody in connection with the Unnao rape case.Shashi Singh, who allegedly took the victim to Sengar on the day of crime, has been remanded to policy custody till April 19.She was detained by the police authorities yesterday.Earlier on April 13, the CBI arrested Sengar on the charges of raping a minor last year. He was later sent to a seven-day CBI custody.An FIR was lodged against the BJP MLA on Thursday under sections 363 (kidnapping), 366 (abduction of woman), 376 (rape), 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.The victim's family had also alleged that the accused MLA's brother, Atul Singh Sengar, along with his companions also raped the girl and thrashed the victim's father on April 3 for refusing to withdraw the FIR over the same. The father of the victim ...
Tantrik, 4 aides arrested for killing youth
A tantrik and his four associates were arrested today for allegedly killing a youth for performing witchcraft earlier this month, a police official said. According to Superintendent of Police (City) Shravan Kumar Singh, tantrik Bunti Saini and his associates -- Rajendra Yadav, Vinod Saini, Laxman Saini and Sonu Saini -- allegedly killed Sachin on April 2 for performing witchcraft. The accused are residents of areas under Sadar Bazaar police station. The arrests were made based on a complaint of the father of the deceased, police said.