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Ex-MLA held for attacking IFS probationers in Gujarat
The police today arrested a former MLA in Gujarat for allegedly attacking a group of probationary officers of the Indian Forest Service (IFS) last month. Mahipatsinh Jadeja, the former two-term Independent legislator from Gondal in the district, was arrested from his home at Ribda, about 20 km from here, after the probationary officers filed an FIR against him and three others, Rajkot (rural) Superintendent of Police Antrip Sood. On March 24, when a group of 47 probationers of the IFS 2017 batch was returning to Ahmedabad by bus, Jadeja allegedly hit one of the them with a rod when he alighted from the vehicle, thinking that he was urinating near his house, Sood said. "Jadeja and his three supporters also attacked three other probationers when they came to their colleague's rescue. An FIR was registered and the four accused, including Jadeja, were identified on the basis of a CCTV footage," he said. The four accused were booked under Indian Penal Code sections 308 ...
Petition filed against Supreme Court's amends to SC/ST Act
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday confirmed that the Supreme Court's ratification to make amends to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) {Prevention of Atrocities} Act (1989) will not go unchallenged and a petition has already been filed to try and convince the apex court to reconsider its decision."I wish to convey that today we have filed a petition on the judgment by Supreme Court on the SC/ST act. We have filed a comprehensive review petition which will be presented before the court by the senior lawyers of the government," said Prasad.Outrage over the review in the Act made by the Supreme Court has engulfed numerous parts of the country in a cloud of violence, as various parts of Bihar, Punjab, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan, etc. have seen border-line riots, as protesters have taken to destruction of private and public property to send their message of disapproval to legislature and judiciary.Various Dalit organisations have also called for a ...
Man dies of electrocution in Kolkata
One man has died of electrocution after touching a partially damaged electrical distribution box in the city's West Port area, police said today. Prasenjit Mondal, a 22-year-old resident of Malda district, collapsed on the pavement as soon as he came in touch with the switch box, while crossing the Dumayune Avenue, last night, a senior officer said. Mondal, a temporary labourer, was engaged by the Bridge & Roof Company for the repair work of a swing bridge in the area, he said. "He was first taken to BNR Central Hospital and then to the SSKM hospital. The doctors at SSKM hospital declared him brought dead. A post-mortem examination of the body will be done today," he added.
Traffic chaos in Lutyens' Delhi over Dalit protests
Traffic came to a standstill in Lutyens' Delhi today as hundreds of protesters marched in unity against the dilution of the SC/ST Act. The protesters gathered at Mandi House protesting the Supreme Court order banning automatic arrest and registration of cases for alleged harassment of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. They blocked road outside the Mandi House Metro Station, bringing traffic to a halt as commuters faced inconvenience while travelling towards ITO and other stretches. The protesters also blocked one of the carriageways of Barakhamba Road affecting the traffic on the stretch, police said. The city police has also curtailed the traffic movement on Sansad Marg from Patel Chowk to Jantar Mantar. Several Dalit organisations had called for a 'Bharat Bandh' across the country today. The Supreme Court had on March 20 diluted certain provisions of the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, in a bid to protect 'honest' public servants discharging bona fide duties from being ...
Centre files review petition over SC/ST Act order
The Lok Sabha was informed on Monday that the Centre has filed a review petition over the Supreme Court's order for the dilution of the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act.
Four top cops suspended in connection with missing arms case
The Manipur government has suspended four high-ranking police officials, including an IPS officer, in connection with the case of missing weapons from 2nd Manipur Rifles armoury between 2014 and 2018, an official statement has said. The officers will not be allowed to leave the premises of the state police headquarters without the consent of higher authorities, the statement issued by Joint Secretary, Department of Personnel, L Bikram, said on Saturday. Altogether, 56 auto 9 mm pistols along with 58 magazines were found missing when the commandant of 2nd Manipur Rifles recently conducted a routine examination of the arms corte (armoury), Chief Minister N Biren Singh had told media on Saturday. The missing arms belonged to a batch of 570 pistols that were received by the state police headquarters in 2014 for supply to 2nd Manipur Rifles, he had said. The CM has written to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), seeking its intervention into the case. "The matter relates .
PWD executive engineer arrested for unaccounted cash
An executive engineer of Odisha's Public Works Department (PWD) was arrested by vigilance sleuths after over Rs 3.28 lakh alleged unaccounted cash was recovered from his car, the police said today. Acting on a tip-off about collection of huge amount as bribe by Niroj Kumar Dash, executive engineer, roads and building, Puri, who was proceeding towards Bhubaneswar, vigilance officers intercepted his vehicle on Saturday night at Pipili toll gate, a vigilance release said. A sum of Rs 3,28,500 was found from the possession of Dash. On being asked, Dash failed to account satisfactorily for possession of such a huge amount of cash, it said. The vigilance wing registered a case against Dash, who was arrested, forwarded to the court yesterday and he was remanded to judicial custody till April 13. In this connection, his residential government quarter in Bhubaneswar and his office chamber at Puri were searched simultaneously. During search, an additional Rs 4,34,590 in cash, one ..
Haryana student commits suicides over exam score
A girl student in Jind district of Haryana on Sunday committed suicide over not being able to score good marks in exams, police said on Monday.The Class 11 student from Siwah village shot herself with her father's revolver because she was not able to top her class exams, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sunil Kumar said.Her father, Vedpal, found her dead in the washroom along with his revolver, the DSP said.Anjali, who got her exam result on Saturday, was studying in Indus Public School.Eldest of her three siblings, Anjali was the daughter of the village head. She had two sisters and a brother at home.The police have handed over the girl's body to her parents after conducting the post-mortem, the DSP said.An investigation into the matter has been initiated.
No link with CBSE official: CBSE papers leak accused
The three accused, held for their alleged roles in leaking the class 12 Economics paper, have denied any link with the CBSE official, suspended for 'laxity' in his duty, said a police official, privy to the probe. The police said the arrested teachers Rishabh, 29 and Rohit, 26 of the Mother Khazani Convent School in Bawana, and private coaching centre tutor Tauqeer, 26 were quizzed over their possible links with CBSE official K S Rana after his suspension, but they denied having any truck with him. Rana had been entrusted the responsibility of delivering the Economics paper to the Mother Khazani Convent School. The papers were delivered earlier than the stipulated time and Rishabh and Rohit got a chance to share the images of the paper with their associate Tauqeer, said the officer. "We questioned Rishabh and Rohit about Rana but they denied his connivance in the matter. If we find that the official (Rana) was involved in the matter, he will be probed. A departmental inquiry has been .
SC to hear TN's plea against Centre on Cauvery Management Board
The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a contempt plea of the Tamil Nadu government against the Centre for not constituting the Cauvery Management Board (CMB). A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud posted the matter for April 9. "We understand Tamil Nadu's difficulty of not getting water. We will resolve the issue. List the matter for April 9," the bench said. Tamil Nadu had sought contempt action against the Centre for "failure" to frame the scheme for constitution of the Cauvery Management Board and the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee within six weeks, as directed by the apex court on February 16. Tamil Nadu, in its contempt plea, said the Centre was bound to give effect to the judgement by framing a scheme so that the authorities of -- Cauvery Management Board and Cauvery Water Regulation Committee -- were put in place within six weeks. It said the authorities needed to be in place so that the decisions of the tribunal as ...
HC to hear plea for court-monitored probe into CBSE paper leak
The Delhi High Court today agreed to hear a plea for a court-monitored probe into the recent leaks of the Maths and Economics CBSE exam papers of class 10 and 12, respectively. The plea was mentioned before a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar which agreed to hear it today. The petition, moved by NGO Social Jurist, has sought that the class 10 Maths exam be held in April, rather than July as proposed by the authorities. Apart from that, the petition filed by advocate Ashok Agarwal has sought that liberal marks be awarded to the students in the Maths and Economics re-examination.
Youth booked for sodomising minor boys
A youth has been booked for allegedly sodomising two minor boys in Shahbuddinpur area here, police said today. The FIR was registered against 20-year-old Shavaiz following a complaint by the family of the victims, they said. According to the complaint, the victims of around 8 years of age were taken by the accused to a nearby place and violated in turns. Efforts are on to trace the absconding accused, police added.
Girl sexually assaulted in Delhi Saharanpur train
A 16-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by three youths in New Delhi-Saharanpur passenger train following which one of the assailants has been arrested, the police said today. The police have launched the manhunt to trace the two other youths on the run. The incident took place in the running train near Kasimpur Kheri railway station under the jurisdiction of Baraut railway police station in Baghpat district on Saturday, said Station House officer of the Baraut railway police station of Government Railway Police, Kiran Raj. The victim, a class 9 student was returning home to Shamli from Baraut along with her brother-in-law after finding out her examination results at her school, when the assailant intruded in the woman coach of the train and after finding the duo alone in the coach began harassing her, said the woman police officer Kiran Raj. As the two objected to the unruly behaviour of the youth, they grew all the more violent and sexually assaulted the girl after assaulting and .
Why ST/SC Act case was not presented properly?: Congress
The Congress Party on Monday reiterated that the Centre did not present the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Protection Act properly before the Supreme Court."Of course a review petition on SC/ST protection act should be filed and its the right of the Government, it's a legal procedure. The basic question is as to why they were unable to present the case properly before Supreme Court and lost, inquiry needed," Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi told ANI.The Congress leader further said that there has been an increase in atrocities against Dalits in last three years."In last three years, we have witnessed unprecedented atrocities and inactions against Dalits. Two days ago I came across the astonishing news of Baba Saheb Ambedkar's statue being damaged. Every other day we come across such news, I think this an ambience for which the government has to answer," Singhvi added.Meanwhile, several parts of the country are witnessing a shutdown and protests against the Supreme Court's ...
Minor electrocuted in UP
A minor boy was electrocuted after a high tension wire fell on him in Ramnagar village here, while two of his friends who tried to help him were severely injured in the incident. According to police, Vijay Kumar (12) was playing outside with his friends when he came in contact with the live wire yesterday. The deceased's uncle has lodged a complaint against the staff of the electricity department, they said. The body has been sent for postmortem, police added.
Ex-Guatemalan dictator, charged with genocide dies
Former Guatemalan military dictator Efrain Rios Montt, who was convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity, died on Sunday in Guatemala City aged 91.The former General died of the heart attack, the New York Times, reported, quoting his lawyers Jaime Hernandez and Luis Rosales as saying.Rios Montt was convicted in 2013 of genocide and crimes against humanity for the killing of over 1,700 ethnic Mayans by security forces under his command during a civil war.The former General, who was then 86, maintained his innocence and said at his trial, "I never did it. Of everything that has been said here, there has never been any evidence of my participation."Judge Yasmín Barrios said she was "completely convinced" of General Ríos Montt's guilt and had sentenced him to 80 years of imprisonment but the ruling was swiftly set aside and a new trial ordered.He is survived by his wife, María Teresa; a son, Enrique, who served as army chief of staff but resigned after being charged with ...
INX Media case: SC to hear ED's plea against Karti
The Supreme Court will on Monday hear the plea filed by Enforcement Directorate (ED) against Karti Chidambaram, in the INX media money laundering case.In a March 26 hearing, the apex court extended the interim protection of Karti from March 26 to April 2.Earlier, the apex court granted interim protection to Karti from arrest by the ED in connection with the case.On February 28, Karti was arrested at the Chennai airport on his return from the UK for his alleged role in facilitating Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance for INX Media Ltd and its directors, Peter and Indrani Mukerjea.Karti allegedly took service charges for getting the clearance to INX Media for receiving funds from abroad worth Rs 305 crore in 2007 when his father P Chidambaram was the Union finance minister in the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.
Two men shot dead in Daman
Two men were shot dead by unidentified persons, on Sunday night in Daman.The deceased, identified as Ajay Manjra and Dheeraj Patel, were returning from Gujarat's Vapi when some people intercepted their car and opened fire.Both the victims were residents of Daman's Bhimpore area.Further probe in the matter is on to nab the culprits.
Govt to file SC/ST review petition tomorrow
Union government will file a review petition regarding the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Protection Act on Monday.Union Minister of Law Ravi Shankar Prasad took to his Twitter account on Sunday to inform that the Union Government on Monday will file a review petition against the Supreme Court judgment regarding the legal clause of immediate arrest and registration of alleged cases under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989."Review petition by the Government against the SC judgment on SC/ST Protection Act shall be filed positively on tomorrow, Monday, April 2" Prasad tweeted.The opposition has been pressing the Centre to file a review petition against the recent top court ruling that diluted the provisions for immediate arrest under the SC/ST Act.On March 20, the apex court, in a bid to check misuse of the SC/ST Act, ruled that preliminary enquiry in a case under the Atrocities Act would be done by the DSP to ensure the allegations are not ...
Wanted sharpshooter arrested by UP police
The Meerut branch of Uttar Pradesh Police's Special Task Force (STF) arrested a sharpshooter on Sunday.The sharpshooter, Sungar Bhati, had a bounty of Rs. 25,000 on his head.He was arrested from Gajraula while he was on his way complete one of his assignment to kill someone.Last year, on September 1, a sharpshooter Sunil Sharma, who fled from the police custody in August, was killed by the police in an encounter in Lucknow's Gomti Nagar.