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Will not say sorry, says BJP's Priyanka Sharma after her release
BJP youth wing member Priyanka Sharma, who was released on Wednesday after spending five days in jail for posting a meme on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, said that she will not apologise as she has done "no wrong"."I will not apologise for it. I will fight the case because I have not done anything," Sharma told media persons after she walked free from jail this morning.The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered her release from jail, but she was freed over 18 hours"I was kept in prison and tortured by the jail authorities. I was pushed by a jailer yesterday and given sub-standard food to eat," she claimed.Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court censured the West Bengal government after Sharma's counsel contended that her release was being delayed.She also contended that even though the court had directed her to tender a written sorry after release, she was "forcefully" made to sign an apology letter by the authorities before releasing her."I insisted them to let me talk to my ...
Delhi police finds no cognisable offence in sedition complaint against Rahul
No cognisable offence is made out in the sedition complaint against Congress president Rahul Gandhi, the Delhi Police told a special court in Delhi on Wednesday. The case pertains to Gandhi's remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in context of the 2016 surgical strikes.Police submitted an Action Taken Report before Delhi's Rouse Avenue court today.The police, in the report, stated that a defamation suit may be filed against Rahul Gandhi for his remark."As per the contents of the complaint, no cognisable offence is made out. Rahul Gandhi made the defamatory statement against PM Narendra Modi for which a defamatory suit may be filed by the individual against whom the statement was made," the police said.The report was filed by the Delhi Police in pursuance to court's directions over an application moved by an advocate, Joginder Tuli. He had sought a direction to the police for registering an FIR against the Congress president under charges of sedition.Rahul Gandhi had, in 2016, ..
Two men nabbed by PCR staff for firing in air under the influence of alcohol
Two men were arrested after a brief chase when they allegedly fired in the air while drinking alcohol, officials said Wednesday. Police said a PCR staff, who was on his way to Bharthal village on Tuesday night in connection with a case suddenly heard gunshots. He saw the shots being fired by occupants of a car coming from Bijwasan. On spotting the PCR, the accused fled towards Bharthal. After chasing them for around 3-4 kilometers, the PCR staff intercepted the car, a senior police officer said. The PCR van was also damaged as the vehicle driven by the accused hit the van. Two people Subhash and Monu were apprehended while the third person - Meenu Pehlwan managed to escape with the pistol, he said. The accused were under the influence of alcohol when they opened fire in the air, he added. Three fired cartridges were recovered from the place of incident, police said, adding a case has been registered and efforts are being on to nab the third accused.
Rs 1 crore unaccounted cash seized in Kolkata, 3 held
Kolkata Police seized unaccounted cash worth more than Rs. one crore and arrested three persons in two separate raids in the city, a senior officer said on Wednesday.
HC seeks Gautam Khaitan's reply on ED plea to cancel his bail in money laundering case
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought response of AgustaWestland chopper scam accused Gautam Khaitan on ED's plea challenging the bail granted to him by a trial court in a black money and laundering case. Justice Chander Shekhar issued notice to Khaitan and sought his stand on ED's plea seeking setting aside of the trial court's April 16 order granting the relief to him. The high court listed the matter for further hearing on July 18. ED has challenged the trial court's order on the ground that in view of his position in society and the gravity of the offence, there was an apprehension of witnesses being tampered with, won over or intimidated by his influence. The agency, in its plea filed through advocate D P Singh, has contended that the investigation was at a very crucial stage as the role of his alleged accomplices and aides was being examined in the money laundering case. ED has said it was filed on the basis of a case lodged by the Income Tax department against him under the .
Aviation scam: Delhi court cancels NBW against lobbyist Deepak Talwar's son
A Delhi court Wednesday cancelled non-bailable warrant (NBW) against Aditya Talwar, son of corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar, in a case related to negotiations favouring foreign private airlines and causing loss to national carrier Air India. Special Judge Anuradha Shukla Bharadwaj directed Aditya to appear before the court on May 28 in the money laundering case. Aditya's counsel had sought cancellation of NBW issued against him saying that the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) have not reached his address and hence the probe agency's contention that he was not cooperating in the probe had no ground. To this, ED had said that it had sent the summons to his last known address. Earlier in the day, ED moved the court seeking to declare Aditya a fugitive offender in the case.
Lawyer lands in ACB net for accepting Rs 50,000 bribe
The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) Wednesday caught a lawyer while accepting Rs 50,000 bribe in Satara district of Maharashtra, police said. Shivraj Maruti Patil (30), a resident of Karad, was caught outside the consumer court while accepting the bribe from his client, an official said. Patil was the lawyer of a 46-year-old person, whose case is pending in the consumer court in Karad, he said. "The lawyer demanded Rs 50,000 from the complainant for getting a favorable verdict from the court. Patil told the complainant that he has to give the money to the court," the official said. Based on the complaint, the ACB laid a trap was laid outside the court premises and Patil was caught in the act, he said.
Arrest over Mamata meme latest in long line of similar rows
The arrest of BJP youth wing activist Priyanka Sharma for posting a morphed picture of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Facebook, is the latest in a series of such arrests in India. Sharma was arrested for having shared a meme which had a morphed image of Banerjee's face on Priyanka Chopra's look at the recent Met Gala. In 2012, a professor from Kolkata learnt the hard way that sharing TMC or Mamata Banerjee cartoons on social media can land one in jail. Prof Ambikesh Mahapatra was arrested for forwarding a cartoon of Banerjee to his friends. A professor of chemistry, he was jailed for one night and assaulted by alleged TMC workers later while he was on his way back from work. In Maharashtra, cartoonist Aseem Trivedi Trivedi was arrested in 2012 for depicting the national emblem and Parliament in "bad light" in his cartoons, triggering a public outcry. Cartoons by Trivedi included one of the national emblem with lions replaced by blood-thirsty wolves, and ..
Court upholds Ronaldinho travel ban
A Brazilian court has rejected an appeal by Ronaldinho and his brother Roberto Assis against a ruling that prevents them from leaving the South American country.
BJP's Kerala candidate has 240 criminal cases
K. Surendran, the Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate from Kerala's Pathanamthitta parliamentary constituency, has declared 240 criminal cases against himself, topping the list of those with criminal records contesting the general elections.
One dead in hit-and-run case in J-K's Kathua, accused driver arrested
One person was killed Wednesday when he was hit by a vehicle in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The accused driver was arrested within an hour of the incident, they said. Sansar Singh, a resident of Pallad village, was hit by a rashly driven Punjab-bound load carrier at Kalibari on Jammu-Pathankot highway this morning, resulting in his death, a police official said. The driver sped away to escape the arrest, he said. All checkpoints along the route were alerted and one of the teams managed to intercept the vehicle near Kharote Morh and apprehended the erring driver, Balkar Singh of Punjab, the official said.
Maoists torch vehicles in Odisha
A group of armed Maoists allegedly torched at least five vehicles and some road construction machines in Odisha's Kalahandi district, the police said on Wednesday.
One held with ganja worth Rs 6 lakh in Maharashtra
A 35-year-old man was arrested after the police seized ganja worth Rs 6 lakh from him in Thane district of Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday. Acting on a tip-off, the police nabbed Irshad Iqbal Inamdar near a toll plaza in Mumbra town here on Tuesday night and seized 39.7 kg of the contraband from him, a police spokesperson said. The man was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, the official said.
10 workers injured in factory blast
At least 10 labourers received burn injuries in an explosion at a cylinder-manufacturing factory near Makhyali village here on Wednesday, police said. According to SHO Santosh Kumar Singh, the explosion took place during the repairing of a cylinder. The injured were rushed to a hospital and six of them are critical, the SHO said.
2 teens abducted from UP rescued in Maharashtra
Two teenaged girls allegedly kidnapped from Uttar Pradesh have been rescued in Palghar district of Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday. A man, also hailing from UP, has been arrested on charges of kidnapping them, a police spokesperson said. The girls, aged 16 and 17 years, both distant cousins, went to their relative's house at Sonauli town in Maharajganj district of UP last week. One of them was apparently depressed after failing in her intermediate exams, he said. On the intervening night of May 9-10, the duo left their relative's house without informing anyone, he said. When their families failed to trace them, they approached the Sonauli police, raising suspicion on one Abhijit Yadav, from Prayagraj in UP, for having abducted them, the official said. The police there registered a case under Indian Penal Code Section 363 (kidnapping) and started an investigation. Meanwhile, Palghar crime branch's police sub-inspector Surendra Shivde, who was on leave, got a tip-off ..
Bandipora rape case: J-K High Court asks IGP to fie status report by Friday
Jammu and Kashmir High Court Wednesday took suo moto cognizance of the Bandipora rape case of a three-year-old girl and directed Inspector General of Police (Kashmir zone) to file a status report by Friday. A division bench of Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Tashi Rabstan, taking notice of reports about the rape case, directed the IGP to file a status report about the investigations before 10 am on Friday. A three-year-old girl was allegedly raped last week by her neighbour, leading to widespread outrage and protests against the incident. The accused has been arrested by police and a special investigation team constituted for a speedy investigation of the incident.
BJP MP Meena, Rashtriya Loktantrik Party leader booked for violent protests
BJP MP Kirori Lal Meena and Rashtriya Loktantrik Party leader and MLA Hanuman Beniwal are among 72 persons booked for allegedly creating ruckus and violent protest on railway tracks in Rajasthan's Dausa on Tuesday, police said. Meena and Beniwal along with their supporters took out a protest march from Dausa against the Alwar gang rape case on Tuesday and allegedly pelted stones at police. "A case against 72 persons including Kirori Lal Meena and Hanuman Beniwal was registered late last night with GRP police station.Two trains were delayed due to the blockade on railway tracks, which has been cleared now, police said. The FIR was registered under sections 147 (rioting), 149 (offence committed in prosecution of common object by unlawful assembly), 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty), 353 (assault), 336 (endangering life or personal safety of others), 307 (attempt to murder) of IPC and relevant sections of Railways Act and Prevention of Damage to Public
Pak Christian couple on death row over blasphemy didn't get fair trial: Aasia Bibi's lawyer
A Pakistani Christian couple, who has been sentenced to death for sending blasphemous text messages, did not get a fair trial, said the lawyer who successfully defended Aasia Bibi in the high-profile blasphemy case. Advocate Saiful Malook will plead for the innocence of the Christian couple, Shagufta Kausar and Shafqat Masih, who was awarded death sentence by a district court in Pakistan's Punjab province in April 2014 and also imposed a fine of Rs 100,000 each. Kausar is the second woman after Bibi to be ordered capital punishment and is lodged in the same death cell, where Bibi was imprisoned before her acquittal in the blasphemy case last year. The couple has appealed to the high court in Lahore. "They did not get a fair trial," Malook told Fox News. "They are innocent." Lawyer Saiful Malook, who briefly fled Pakistan after receiving death threats when Bibi's conviction for blasphemy was overturned last October, is to appeal against the couple's 2014 conviction under the same ...
J&K Police asked to file report in minor's rape
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Wednesday asked the police to file on Friday the status report on the rape of a minor in Bandipora which triggered widespread protests.
WB government pulled up for BJP leader's delay in release
The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the West Bengal government over the delay in the release of BJP Yuva Morcha leader Priyanka Sharma from jail despite its order for her "immediate release".