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Fourth fodder case: Lalu sentenced to 7 years each on two counts
A special CBI court here on Saturday sentenced RJD chief Lalu Prasad to seven years in jail each in two cases pertaining to the fourth fodder scam case and fined him Rs 60 lakh.
Russell Simmons 'vehemently' denies rape allegations
Hip-hop artist Russell Simmons, who has been accused of rape in a new $10 million lawsuit, has 'vehemently' denied the allegations.According to the lawsuit, filed Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, a woman identified as Jane Doe accused the Def Jam Recordings co-founder of luring her to his hotel room and raping her.The 60-year-old, who is 'shocked' by the accusations, told E! Online, "I vehemently deny all the allegations made against me.""They have shocked me to my core as I have never been abusive or violent in any way in my relations with women. I have submitted myself to multiple lie detector tests. I denied forced sex and sexual harassment allegations brought against me in each test; I also answered no to the question, 'Have you ever physically forced any woman to have sexual intercourse?' I passed all of the lie detector tests."In her complaint, the plaintiff alleges Simmons raped her in a hotel room after she met him at a concert - which she was attending with her ..
Kerala IS recruitment case: Woman operative sentenced to 7 years RI
A NIA Special Court today sentenced woman operative Yasmeen Mohammed Zahid to seven years rigorous imprisonment in connection with Kerala IS recruitment case. Special Judge S Santhosh Kumar awarded the sentence after convicting her under various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Indian Penal Code. The NIA special court in Ernakulam also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on her. Zahid, who hailed from Bihar, is the second accused in the case investigated by the NIA. Last year, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had filed the charge sheet against two ISIS operatives Abdul Rashid Abdulla as the main accused, who motivated a number of youths from Kasaragod to leave India along with their families to join the Islamic State, and Yasmeen Mohammed Zahid. Zahid was intercepted while trying to take a flight to Kabul to join the IS in Afghanistan. There are 15 accused in the case. The NIA had chargesheeted only two as the 13 others including first accused, Rashid, were in ..
Lalu sentenced to 14 yrs in prison in fourth fodder scam case
RJD supremo Lalu Prasad was today sentenced to 14 years in jail and fined Rs 60 lakh by a special CBI court in the fourth fodder scam case pertaining to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 3.13 crore from the Dumka treasury in the early 1990s, a CBI counsel said here. CBI judge Shiv Pal Singh awarded two sentences of seven years each to the former Bihar chief minister under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Prevention of Corruption Acts, he said. Prabhat Kumar, Lalu Prasad's counsel, told journalists that he will appeal in a higher court against the judgment. The court had on March 19 held the 69-year-old RJD chief guilty along with 18 others in connection with the case - RC 38 A/96. Former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra, however, was acquitted in the case along with 12 other accused. Prasad has been serving prison term in Birsa Munda Jail in Ranchi since December 23 last year after being convicted in the second fodder scam case pertaining to illegal withdrawal of money from the ...
Russell Simmons sued for USD 10 Million over alleged rape
Hip-hop giant Russell Simmons has been hit with a USD 10 million suit accusing him of rape. In a complaint filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, a woman named Jane Doe has accused Simmons of raping her in his hotel room, reported E! online. According to the lawsuit the woman met Simmons at a concert, where she was chaperoning her son. Simmons invited her to an after-party. She dropped off her son with a baby-sitter before joining Simmons at the hotel where he was staying. They went to a nightclub before returning to his room. The complaint alleges that Simmons lured her into the room, promising that he was not interested in sex because he was dating a well-known model. Once she was inside the room, however, he raped her and also threatened her son. Simmons has denied the claim and said he had passed a lie detector test. "I vehemently deny all the allegations made against me. They have shocked me to my core as I have never been abusive or violent in any way in my relations with ..
Missing US family found dead in Mexico
Four members of a missing US family were found dead at an apartment in Mexico's resort town of Tulum.
Fodder scam case: Lalu convicted for seven years
Former Bihar chief minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad on Saturday was sentenced to seven-year in prison in the fourth fodder scam case.Lalu was held guilty in the Dumka treasury case by a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court, here, earlier on March 19.The RJD chief was guilty of fraudulently withdrawing Rs. 3.13 crore from Dumka Treasury between December 1995 and January 1996, when he was the chief minister of undivided Bihar.Former chief minister Jagannath Mishra from the Bhartiya Jan Congress (Rashtriya) was acquitted by the court in the case. At least 14 others were also convicted.Lalu Prasad is already serving a jail term of 13.5 years in three fodder cases and has been lodged in the Birsa Munda jail here.
Russell Simmons sued for another alleged rape
Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons has been hit with a $10 million suit accusing him of rape.
Haryana: 18-year-old shot dead in Sonepat
A boy, aged 18, was shot dead in Haryana's Sonepat district by a few of men, who reportedly murdered his elder brother five months ago.The incident took place on Friday, when the boy was waiting at the playground of Government Senior Secondary School for Girls for his sister, who had gone to write her Class-10 board exam."The deceased Rajesh Singh of Madina village was shot by few men who came in a white sedan and opened fire at him. He was shot 10 times and died on the spot while his friend also suffered a bullet shot in his stomach," said police.According to media reports, villagers at the spot identified two accused -Seeta and Pawan of Madina village, who absconded from the spot after the incident." Seeta and Pawan were booked in October last year for allegedly murdering Rajesh's elder brother Rakesh over an old dispute. Rajesh was a witness in his elder brother's murder case," police added.Outraged over the incident, family of the deceased and villagers blocked the Rohtak-Panipat .
NYC man convicted for murder of Bangladeshi-American Imam, associate
A 37-year-old city resident has been convicted of killing a Bangladeshi-American Muslim cleric and his associate in New York in 2016, a crime that was seen as symptomatic of rising Islamophobic and xenophobic rhetoric in the US. "Oscar Morel of Brooklyn was convicted at trial of first-degree murder and other charges for the broad daylight execution of Imam Maulana Akonjee, 55, and his associate and friend Thara Uddin, 64. The two men were gunned down as they walked home following prayers at the Al-furqan Jame Masjid Mosque in Queens in August 2016," Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said in a statement. Describing the killings as a "senseless act of gun violence" carried out in the middle of the afternoon in a close-knit neighborhood filled with families, Brown said, "Morel's actions caused immeasurable grief not only to the victims' families, but the slaying struck at the heart of the Muslim community of Queens." He expressed hope that the verdict would bring some closure to ...
US imposes sanctions on Iranians for worldwide cyber theft
The US imposed sanctions on Friday on 10 Iranians and an Iranian organization, all related to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of that country, for the massive theft of valuable data from hundreds of universities, private firms and government agencies worldwide.
London tube train bomber sentenced to life in prison
Teenager Ahmed Hassan was sentenced on Friday to life in prison with a minimum term of 34 years for planting a bomb on a packed rush hour train at Parsons Green in London in September last year.
US indicts 9 Iranians for massive global cyber attacks
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday indicted charges against nine Iranians for their massive hacking into over 300 global universities and theft of precious academic data and intellectual property.According to the charges, it alleges that the defendants worked on behalf of the Iranian government, specifically the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)."They hacked the computer systems of nearly 320 universities in 22 countries. Of them, 144 were American universities," US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said."The defendants stole research that cost those universities approximately USD 3.4 billion to procure and maintain. That stolen information was used by the Revolutionary Guard or sold for profit in Iran," he added.The nine Iranians worked for an organisation known as the Mabna Institute, which two of the defendants founded for the stated purpose of helping Iranian universities to "access scientific research." Their work consisted of stealing research ...
Chinese businesswoman's sentence reduced to 25 years in jail
BEIJING (Reuters) - A self-made Chinese businesswoman, originally handed the death penalty for cheating investors out of millions, had her sentence reduced again on Friday to a 25-year jail term, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
Muslim woman wins USD 85k lawsuit after police remove her hijab
The city has agreed to pay USD 85,000 to a Muslim woman, who according to her, claimed that the New York Police Department (NYPD) forces had 'forcibly' made her to remove the hijab.The woman, named Rabab Musa, said that her hijab was confiscated by the NYPD in Midtown South Precinct stationhouse after she was taken into custody on September 6, 2016.The woman claimed that she was thrown into a holding cell with men and then transferred to a Brooklyn police station in the city, where she was strip-searched, according to NY Daily News.Police urged her to "confess to what she did," with no further explanation, she said.During the interrogation, the NYPD told to "confess to what she did, with no further explanation" and was released after six hours without being charged.It is not known why the police arrested Musa. However, according to an NYPD source, the police 'nabbed' the wrong person.Many Muslim women wear hijabs, or veils, in the presence of men who are not members of their immediate
Spain issues international warrants for Catalan separatists
A Spanish judge today issued international arrest warrants against Catalonia's former president Carles Puigdemont and four others involved in the region's independence movement, the Supreme court announced. Supreme Court judge Pablo Llarena, who is handling the case concerning Catalonia's secession bid last October, issued the international and European arrest warrants for Puigdemont and four other former ministers who are in self-imposed exile in Belgium. An international warrant was also issued for a sixth Catalan separatist Marta Rovira who failed to appear in court on Friday and is now in non-EU Switzerland, according to Spanish media. In December the same judge dropped European arrest warrants for Puigdemont and the four other deputies who fled to Belgium, saying the warrants would complicate the overall probe into the region's leaders. Were a magistrate in another EU state to make a ruling on the secessionists -- including to drop all charges -- Madrid would be bound by that ...
Suspension, remission, commutation of sentences executive functions: Gujarat HC
The Gujarat High Court on Friday ruled that suspension, remission and commutation of sentences are executive functions and that the judicial function ends after conviction and awarding sentence.
Jailed UK fraudster sentenced again after opening accounts on day release
LONDON (Reuters) - A jailed fraudster, who conned investors out of 5.5 million pounds ($7.6 million) by pretending to be a foreign exchange trader, was sentenced again by a London court on Friday after he opened five bank accounts under the radar of authorities.
2 of 5 Delhi criminals, who had fled after shootout, arrested
Two of the five criminals, who managed to escape following a shootout here on Thursday, have been arrested, a police officer said on Friday.
HC dismisses Hero Ecotech Ltd's plea to accept its tender for free bicycle scheme
The Madras High Court has dismissed a plea by Hero Ecotech Ltd seeking that its bid be considered in the tender floated by the Tamil Nadu government for supply of over six lakh bicycles under the free-cycle scheme meant for school children in the state. According to the petitioner, the government rejected the company's bid for two technical reasons - failure to fix a geared bell in the bicycle meant for boys and for not affixing logo of the Tamil Nadu government in the sample cycles. It claimed that the reasons for rejecting the company's bid were trivial, flimsy and mala fide. Justice K Ravichandrabaabu refused to direct the government to relax some of the minor rules of the tender and accept the bid submitted by Hero Ecotech Ltd. In his recent order, the judge said, "The question of relaxation does not arise while considering the technical qualifications notwithstanding the fact that the lapse is minor or major." Noting that if 40 per cent is the pass mark, certainly the person, who