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Illegal brick kilns: NGT slams Delhi, NCR states for not filing reply
The National Green Tribunal has slammed Delhi and neighbouring states for not filing their reply on a plea alleging that illegal operation of brick kilns has resulted in severe air and water pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR). A bench headed by Justice Raghuvendra S Rathore said that despite its February 7 direction for filing of the replies in three weeks, Delhi, NCR states and state pollution control boards have not filed their response. "Counsel for State of Haryana, Rajasthan, UP, Delhi and state pollution control boards are given last opportunity to comply with the order dated February 7 for filing of the report in respect of all brick kiln within the area referred in the original application. "In case they fail to do before the next date of hearing, they would be liable to be saddled with costs," the bench said while posting the matter for next hearing on May 2. The tribunal was hearing a plea filed by Delhi resident Shailesh Singh seeking action against brick kilns .
SC/ST Act: Centre's review plea 'politically motivated', says BJP MLA
Welcoming the Supreme Court's verdict on the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, a BJP MLA in Uttar Pradesh today said the central government's decision to seek a review of the order was "politically motivated". Surendra Singh, the MLA from Baira, said the apex court's March 20 verdict putting safeguards on arrest under the stringent Act "will definitely prove instrumental in safeguarding the humanity". "The way in which the SC/ST Act is being misused, the review petition does not seem to be relevant...The society should not be made to bear the fallout of caste politics...The Supreme Court has not changed the Act, but has only said that its misuse should be stopped and innocent people should not be harassed," he said. The central government moved its review plea on April 3 following widespread protests and outcry against alleged dilution of the Act. The apex court, however, asserted that "no provisions of the SC/ST Act have been diluted" and refused to keep in abeyance the ...
36 Karnataka Congress MLAs have criminal background
Karnataka's 36 Congress Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) have criminal background, said a report by the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR).According to the report, out of the 207 MLAs analysed, 68 (33 percent) MLAs had declared criminal cases against themselves.The report added that 35 (17 percent) MLAs had declared serious criminal cases against themselves.The ADR and Karnataka Election Watch have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 207 out of 224 MLAs.Seventeen MLAs have not been analysed because either they are no longer members of Karnataka assembly or due to badly scanned affidavits. This report has been prepared on the basis of the affidavits submitted by the MLAs prior to Karnataka Assembly Elections, 2013.The Congress tops the list with 36 (32 percent) of its MLAs out of 114 having criminal cases registered against them.The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is on the second spot with 13 MLAs out of 40 having criminal background.11 (31 percent) out of 35 MLAs from ...
Two killed in separate incidents
A minor girl and an middle aged tribal man were killed by unidentified people in separate incidents here, police today said. A five-year-old girl, who was playing in front of her house in Burmamines locality was lured away by some people to a vacant house and slit her throat with a sharp weapon on last evening, police said. After committing the crime, the miscreants dumped the body in a dustbin in the house. Asked about the possibility that the girl was raped and killed, they said the preliminary investigation did not suggest the possibility of rape. In an another incident, a tribal man identified as Srikant Hansda, a resident of Punsa tola under Naxal-affected Bodam police station, was shot dead by unidentified people near Dimna Lake late last night, they said. Hansda, who has a small carpentry business and was also the Bodam committee President of the tribal organisation Majhi-Mahal Paragan, had a tea last evening at his friends place near the place of occurrence and ..
Police foils bovine smuggling in Kathua
Police foiled a bovine smuggling bid in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district and recovered 11 bovines. A police party during a checking at highway at Tapyal intercepted one truck coming from the Kathua side, a police official said. During checking of the vehicle, 11 bovines were found laden inside the vehicle which were being transported illegally without any permission, he said. All the bovines were rescued and vehicles seized on spot, he said, adding that a case was registered in this regard at police station Ghagwal and investigation was underway to nab the driver, who escaped leaving behind the vehicle.
Salman gets 5-year jail term in blackbuck poaching case, sent to Jodhpur jail
A Jodhpur court today sentenced Bollywood star Salman Khan to five years in jail and sent him to the Jodhpur Central Jail for killing two blackbucks in October 1998, a prosecution lawyer said. The court acquitted his colleagues Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Neelam and Sonali Bendre and a local, Dushyant Singh, giving them the "benefit of doubt", the lawyer said. Salman, 52, was taken to the Jodhpur Central jail from the court premises in a police vehicle, police officials said. As the sentence is more than three years, Salman will have to appeal in higher court for bail. This is his fourth stint in the Jodhpur Central Jail. He has earlier spent a total of 18 days in the jail in 1998, 2006 and 2007, all for cases of poaching. Final arguments of the case were completed in the trial court on March 28, after which Chief Judicial Magistrate Dev Kumar Khatri had reserved his judgment. Today, the court sentenced him to five years in jail and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000, prosecution lawyer Mahipal ...
Court satisfied by probe in AAP minister's assault case
A Delhi court has expressed satisfaction over the ongoing probe into the case of alleged assault of Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain with the police assuring it that efforts were on to identify the culprits. The Delhi Police made the submission in its status report to Metropolitan Magistrate Abhilash Malhotra, saying it was in the process of obtaining the hard disk having CCTV footage of the alleged incident to send it to the forensic laboratory. "The status report filed by inspector Ravinder Malik informing that sections 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions) and 353 (assault to deter public servant from discharging duty) of the IPC is added during investigation. "He informed that he is in process of obtaining the hard disk in which the footage is recorded and thereafter they will send the disk to FSL for examination. It is further informed that efforts to identify the culprits is in the process. Report of investigation found satisfactory," the ...
Miscreants damage ATM
Miscreants pulled out an automated teller machine (ATM) of the State Bank of India and stole money from it at Bahanga in Balasore district, the police said today. Local people informed the police this morning about the incident occurred last night. The exact amount stolen from the ATM is being ascertained, they said. A similar incident had also occurred on November 25 last year there.
Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan 'paid woman for silence'
The prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, detained in France over rape allegations, paid a woman to stay silent about their relationship in 2015, the Belgian judiciary said. Ramadan, 55, paid the Belgian-Moroccan woman 27,000 euros (USD 33,000) to stop posting details about their affair online, Luc Hennart, president of the Court of First Instance in Brussels, confirmed to AFP yesterday. The Oxford professor was detained by a French court in February over charges that he raped two Muslim women in France. A third woman has since made further allegations of rape. Ramadan denies all the charges. Hennart said a public judgment was made in Brussels in May 2015 between the professor and the woman, Majda Bernoussi, after she posted online about his "psychological grip" on her. She did not accuse him of rape or sexual assault. The agreement "provides that Majda Bernoussi deletes her online posts and stops publishing new ones, for a sum of money given by Tariq Ramadan," Hennart ...
Woman killed for marrying outside community; father held
A 24-year-old woman was today allegedly killed here by her family members, who were apparently unhappy with her for marrying a man from another community, police said. The woman's father was arrested in connection with the incident, while her mother and brother are at large. The victim, Sarla Mali, had married Pankaj Mali, who belongs to a different community, about a year back and since then her family members were annoyed with her, Sub-Inspector at the Khetia police station, Rajendra Ingle, said. The woman's brother yesterday brought her to the family home at Khetia town from a nearby village where she used to live with her husband, on the pretext that their mother was ill. This morning, the family members allegedly killed the woman by attacking her with a tool used to cut sugarcane plants, Ingle said. The police took into custody the woman's father, Devidas Koli (55), while her mother Tulsibai (50) and brother Hiralal (25) are at large, he said. A case under Indian Penal Code ...
Salman gets 5-year jail term in blackbuck poaching case, 5 others acquitted
A Jodhpur court today sentenced Bollywood star Salman Khan to five years in jail for killing two blackbucks in October 1998 but acquitted his colleagues Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Neelam and Sonali Bendre giving benefit of doubt, a prosecution lawyer said. Preparations for sending Salman to the Jodhpur Central jail are in place, Mahipal Bishnoi, the prosecution counsel, told reporters. Salman was sentenced to jail for a five-year term and a fine of Rs 10,000 was imposed on the actor, he said. A fifth person, Dushyant Singh, a local from the area, has also been acquitted, he said. Salman was found guilty of killing the blackbucks, from the antelope family, in Kankani village near Jodhpur on the night of October 1, 1998 during the shooting of the film "Hum Saath Saath Hain". Salman, who has been held guilty under Section 9/51 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, faces a maximum punishment of six years behind bars. Final arguments of the case were completed in the trial court on March 28, after ..
Delhi HC rules out stay in defamation case against Kejriwal by ex-aide of Sheila Dikshit
The Delhi High Court on Thursday refrained from staying trial in defamation case against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by Congress leader Sheila Dikshit's ex-aide Pawan Khera.The court also issued notice to Pawan Khera on Kejriwal's plea to quash the defamation complaint.The complainant had filed the defamation case over Kejriwal's alleged remarks against Dikshit during the power tariff hike protests in October 2012.Khera had said that Kejriwal had used objectionable language against Dikshit in a TV show.
CBI books EPFO official in bribery case
The CBI has registered a case against an Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) official for demanding a Rs 40,000 bribe from the owner of a private hospital here to settle the issue of late payment of an EPF subscription, an official said on Thursday.
HC protects Setalvad from arrest till May 2
The Bombay High Court today ordered no arrests of social activists Teesta Setalvad and her associate Javed Anand till May 2 in a criminal case lodged against them by the Gujarat police for alleged misappropriation of funds. A bench of Justice Revati Mohite-Dere gave an interim protection to the from arrest till May 2 on their plea for "tarnsit anticipatory bail,' fuiled yesterday. While allowing their plea, the bench asked them to appear the probe agency tomorrow for recording their statements and later, as and when required. The Ahmedabad Crime Branch had last week lodged a complaint against Setalvad and Anand, alleging that through their NGO Sabrang Trust, they had 'fraudulently' secured central government funds to the tune of Rs 1.4 crore between 2008 and 2013. According to the complaint on the basis of which the case was lodged, the funds had been secured to provide education to poor children in Gujarat and Maharashtra and to help victims of the 2002 post- Godhra riots in Gujarat,
Jaime King's son hit by glass after man attacks car
Actress-model Jaime King's four-year-old son was struck by glass after a man allegedly attacked a car the boy was in.
Cops detain minor for raping, impregnating 14-year-old
A minor has been detained for allegedly raping a 14-year-old repeatedly and getting her pregnant, police said today. Thane police spokesperson Sukhada Narkar told PTI that the 17-year-old accused, a resident of Dombivali here, used to visit the girl when her parents and brother were away from home and repeatedly raped her between October, 2017 and February this year. "She is now two months pregnant. The victim's parents filed a complaint last evening following which the accused was detained," Narkar said. A case of rape and penetrative sexual assault has been registered at Manpada police station under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and further investigations were underway, police said.
Spain arrests whistleblower in HSBC tax evasion scandal
Spanish police say a former HSBC technology employee convicted for leaking data on a tax evasion scandal has been arrested in Madrid on an arrest warrant issued by Switzerland. French national Herve Falciani was sentenced in late 2015 to five years in prison for economic espionage. The Swiss court also convicted him for illegally obtaining data, breach of business confidentiality and of bank secrecy. For many, though, Falciani is a crucial whistleblower whose more than 100,000 records on prominent clients of the Swiss subsidiary of HSBC sparked a global wave of tax evasion probes. He has been living in Spain and cooperated with Spanish authorities in some of the probes. His arrest yesterday comes as Spain seeks the extradition from Switzerland of a Catalan politician considered key in the Spanish region's independence bid.
Inspector, constable arrested by Thane ACB for seeking bribes
A police inspector and a constable were arrested in separate incidents for allegedly demanding and accepting bribes, Anti-Corruption Bureau officials said today. "Inspector Rajan Narayan Jagtap (53) of Khopoli police station was arrested in an ACB trap yesterday while accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from the complainant in return for not arresting the latter's brother in a criminal case," a release from the Thane unit of the ACB said. He had initially demanded Rs 4 lakh and two bottles of foreign liquor, officials added. In another incident, constable Ankush Mangal Bhoir (51) of the Navghar police station, under Thane (Rural) police limits, was arrested yesterday while accepting Rs 25,000 from the complainant during a trap laid by the ACB. Officials said that the bribe was allegedly sought to protect the complainant's brother from arrest in a case. Both have been charged under relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, officials said.
Two held for plotting to kill man over business dispute
A man has been arrested and another booked for allegedly plotting to kill a Titwala-resident with whom the two had old business disputes, police said. Senior Inspector B A Kadam of Khadkpada police station in Kalyan division told PTI that Sachin Parachkar (27) was arrested yesterday from a hotel near here when he, armed with a chopper, was on his way to kill complainant Vinod Vishe. "Pacharkar had an old dispute with Vishe as the latter allegedly cheated the accused's father of Rs 10 lakh in a business deal involving the sale of a room in Titwala," the official said. He said that one more person, who partnered Vishe in a construction business, had also been booked as he too had a dispute with him and allegedly was helping Pacharkar carry out his plan. "A case has been registered under relevant sections of the IPC and the Arms Act against them. Further investigations are underway," Kadam said.
Teesta gets interim protection from arrest in FCRA case
Bombay High Court on Thursday gave Teesta Setalvad interim protection from arrest in a case of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) violations case.Her husband Javed Anand, who is also accused in the same case, has also been given protection from arrest.Teesta has to appear before police in Ahmedabad on Friday.Though Justice Revati Mohite Dere has not decided her Transit Anticipatory bail application and has referred it to a larger bench, the interim protection from arrest is given till May 2, 2018, and is extendable if a larger bench is not constituted till then.