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Aadhaar concern: SC nods for PowerPoint presentation
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to give a PowerPoint presentation on the technical issues being raised by petitioners in Aadhaar scheme in the court to allay concerns.The presentation is to be made before the Apex Court at 2:30 pm today.The Centre yesterday sought the top court's permission to present a PowerPoint presentation on the concerned case.Appearing on the behalf of the Centre, Attorney General urged the apex court to allow the CEO of UIDAI for a PowerPoint presentation. The Attorney General told the Apex Court that proper security measures have been adopted to ensure that data is not leaked from data centers in any form.Chief Justice Dipak Misra said he will fix the time for the presentation after discussing the matter with other judges of the five-judge constitution bench he is heading.The bench is hearing a number of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of Aadhaar and its enabling Act.
SC closes proceedings against Lalu's son in journalist murder case
The Supreme Court on Thursday closed proceedings against Tej Pratap, son of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad, in connection with the journalist Rajdeo Ranjan's murder case.The decision came after Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) gave a clean chit to Pratap, former state cabinet minister, who had figured in the case as one of the accused.Ranjan, the Siwan bureau chief of Hindi daily Hindustan, was shot dead in May last year. He was gunned down by motorbike-borne criminals near the busy Station Road at Siwan in north Bihar.Ranjan's widow Asha Ranjan had sought direction for the registration of FIR against RJD leader Shahabuddin and Pratap for "conspiracy and harbouring and sheltering the proclaimed offenders" in the murder case.The CBI, last year, took custody of Mohammad Shahabuddin, whose name had cropped up as an accused in the investigation.
ED raids its ex officer in Rs 600 cr ponzi scam case
The ED today searched the premises of its ex-Deputy Director and others in connection with the money laundering probe in a Rs 600 crore alleged ponzi scam case. The ED officials said the house of its former officer Gurnam Singh, advocate Puneet Shrma and an another person in Chandigarh and Mohali are being raided since morning, under provisions of the Prevention of the Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Singh has been the investigating officer of the said ponzi case and was relieved from the central probe agency by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) headquarter in Delhi last year in January. Officials claimed that the ex-Deputy Director of the ED's Chandigarh zone was allegedly taking bribes, to the tune of about 4-6 crore, in purported connivance with Sharma in this case. The raids have been launched to gather more evidence in this context, they said. ED Director Karnal Singh had issued stern directives in the agency that instances of corruption in the organisation will be prosecuted even if
Indian-origin physiotherapist in Singapore jailed for molestation
An Indian-origin physiotherapist has been sentenced to 11 months in jail and three strokes of caning for molesting a teenager during treatment.
UP schoolboy attack: Juvenile board grants regular bail to girl
The Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) has granted regular bail to an 11-year-old girl, accused of stabbing her junior in a school here as she wanted a holiday in the event of a schoolmate's death. She was taken into custody on January 18, two days after the incident took place, and was granted interim bail the next day. Since then the girl was on interim bail, which was extended time and again. Allowing her regular bail yesterday, the JJB took into consideration the report of the District Probation Officer. The board directed the parents of the girl to file two sureties of Rs 20,000 each as condition of bail by March 24. While the victim, a boy studying in class 1, was stated to be out of danger, the school's principal was arrested on January 18. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had visited the trauma centre here, where the six-year-old Ritik was admitted after being attacked in the toilet of the school, in a chilling reminder to a similar incident in a Gurgaon school last ...
Youth thrashed, paraded naked by girl's family
A 22-year-old backward caste youth was allegedly thrashed and paraded naked by the family members of his girlfriend, a dalit, after he was found with her in a restaurant here, police said today. Following the alleged incident, counter cases were registered by the families of both the youth and the girl, that led to the arrests of the man as well as the girl's father, said SHO Anil Kapervan. The SHO said that Akash alias Aryan was spotted with the girl in the restaurant in Aryapuri locality by the woman's family who allegedly thrashed and paraded Akash naked for over a kilometre on road till the district hospital last evening. The girl's family reside in the hospital compound as her father Virpal works as a ward boy there. A minor clash also took place outside the hospital between the family members of the youth and the girl, the SHO said. On Akash's complaint, the girl's father Virpal was arrested and a case has been registered against several persons, the SHO said. Akash too, ...
UIDAI CEO to make presentation on Aadhaar before SC
The Supreme Court today allowed the CEO of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to make a PowerPoint presentation on the Aadhaar scheme at 2.30 pm before it. The constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra asked the petitioners opposing the Aadhaar scheme to prepare a questionnaire after the UIDAI CEO's presentation. The constitution bench is hearing a number of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of Aadhaar and its enabling Act. The bench had yesterday said there are several technical aspects related to the Aadhaar scheme. These include surveillance, data security and exclusion of certain people from receiving benefits for want of either authentication or the lack of an Aadhaar number. The apex court was earlier told that the collection of biometric details of citizens by the UIDAI from 2010 onwards till 2016, when the enabling Aadhaar law came into force, was "illegal" and "invalid" and the collected data deserved to be destroyed. The court has ..
Man shot dead for resisting robbery in Delhi
A 35-year-old man was shot dead for resisting a robbery by two bike-borne assailants on Thursday, police said.
Delhi bar owner accidentally shoots himself
A bar owner was killed after he accidentally shot himself while dancing with a gun in his hand, police said on Thursday.
Sarkozy blasts lack of 'physical evidence' in corruption case: French media
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, who has been charged with corruption for allegedly accepting funding from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi towards his 2007 election campaign, has denounced the lack of "physical evidence" against him, in his court statement published by French media today. "I stand accused without any physical evidence because of declarations made by Mr Kadhafi, his son, his nephew, his cousin, his spokesman, his former prime minister," Sarkozy told judges in remarks published by the Figaro website, a day after he was charged. "I've been living the hell of this slander since March 11, 2011" when Khadafi first made the allegations, he added.
Table tennis player Soumyajit Ghosh accused of rape, kin deny charges
An FIR has been lodged against India's youngest national table tennis champion and Olympian Soumyajit Ghosh for allegedly raping an 18-year-old girl.The FIR has been lodged against the Arjuna awardee player at the Barasat Women Police Station after the girl filed a complaint against him.The girl alleged that Ghosh, with whom she was in a relationship for last three years, raped her on the pretext of marrying her."We were in a relationship since last three years, during which he raped me. He also promised to marry me, but refused later," the victim said.The girl in her complaint said that she came in contact with Ghosh in 2014 when she was 15-year-old.The victim further said in the complaint that Ghosh forcibly raped her at her parental house and assured her of marrying in future.However, one of Gosh's relatives has denied all the allegations on the athlete, saying all this was done to defame Gosh."This is a conspiracy to distract Gosh ahead of the upcoming Commonwealth Games and ...
Reliance Infrastructure files application for payment of arbitration award win agains Goa Govt.
In its Application filed under section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Reliance Infrastructure Limited has sought the Court's direction to Goa Government to pay an amount of Rs. 278.29 crore with interest totaling to Rs. 292 crore, which was awarded by the Arbitration Tribunal in its Award on 16 February 2018.
UIDAI CEO to make Aadhaar presentation in SC
Ajay Pandey, the CEO of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), will make a presentation on Aadhaar before a Supreme Court bench at 2.30 p.m. on Thursday.
Relief to Tej Pratap Yadav in journalist murder case (Lead, correcting headline)
In a relief to RJD chief Lalu Prasad's son Tej Pratap Yadav, the CBI on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it did not find anything against him in the murder of journalist Rajdeo Ranjan.
Relief to Tej Pratap Singh in journalist murder case
In a relief to RJD chief Lalu Prasad's son Tej Pratap Singh, the CBI on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it did not find anything against him in the murder of journalist Rajdeo Ranjan.
SC closes proceedings against Tej Pratap in murder case
The Supreme Court today closed proceedings against former Bihar minister Tej Pratap, son of jailed RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, in the murder case of a Siwan-based journalist. The apex court had asked the CBI to investigate allegations relating to media reports featuring photographs and videos that showed Pratap, former Bihar health minister, along with two absconding accused, Mohd Kaif and Javed, who are presently in judicial custody in the Rajdeo Ranjan murder case. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud considered the submission of Additional Solicitor General Aman Lekhi that CBI has not found any incriminating material against the RJD leader. The bench ordered closure of proceedings against Tej Pratap and gave the slain journalist's widow the liberty to get her plea revised if some incriminating material surfaces in the future.
Parcel bomb survivor appeals to CM for justice
A woman, who lost her husband in a parcel bomb explosion just five days into their marriage, has made an appeal for justice to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Soumya Sekhar, a man in his mid-20s, and his grandmother, 85, were killed, while his wife, Reema Sahoo, sustained critical injuries when a parcel bomb disguised as a wedding gift exploded at their Patnagarh home in Balangir district on February 23. Sahoo, also in her mid-20s, is undergoing treatment at the SCB Medical College and Hospital here. "I want justice and I request the chief minister to direct the state police to thoroughly investigate into this incident and arrest the culprits," Sahoo said. Her family members also met the CM recently in the state capital to discuss the matter. Patnaik assured the family that the state police would do everything to solve the case, a source close to the chief minister's office said Although Balangir police has been investigating into the case over the past one month, .
One held with heroin worth Rs 23 lakh
A man has been arrested with heroin worth Rs 23 lakh from Sonauli area on Indo-Nepal border here by a joint team of Sashstra Seema Bal (SSB) and Sonauli police, a senior official said today. The accused, identified as Akram Hussain of Nautanwa district of Mahrajganj, was arrested last night during a routine checking and 110 gram of heroin worth Rs 23 lakh was recovered from him, SSB Inspector Raja Murad of Sonauli check post said. He has been booked under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
DA case: Special CBI court grants bail to Virbhadra Singh
A special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday granted bail to former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh, his wife, and others in connection with a money laundering case.The court also directed them to furnish a bail bond of Rs 50,000 along with surety of the same amount.Delhi's Patiala House court has fixed April 25 as the next date for scrutiny of the documents.On March 9, the court had also granted bail to Vakamulla Chandrasekhar, director, and promoter of Tarini Group of Companies, in connection with disproportionate assets case involving Singh.Earlier this month, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had filed a supplementary charge sheet against Singh, his wife and others under the provisions of the PMLA.Singh is accused of accumulating assets worth around Rs 6.03 crore which were disproportionate to his total income during his tenure as Union minister.
Haqqani rubbishes reports of treason case registered against him
Responding on the treason case registered against him in Karachi on Wednesday, former Pakistan Ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani said that it was an attempt to 'harass' and 'silence' a dissident voice that questions wrong policies."It seems to be Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)'s Standard Operating Procedure to file multiple cases in multiple locations to generate local media activity. It is absurd to say that I have committed treason by expressing my opinions in TV interviews, as the latest case says. Outside the propaganda bubble in Pakistan, this will be seen for what it is: an attempt to harass and silence a dissident voice that questions questionable policies," Haqqani said, in a statement."I thank the ISI and its various henchmen for making it obvious to the world that their authoritarian mind cannot countenance dissent and disagreement," he added.An FIR was registered against Haqqani for allegedly causing harm to the national security in Karachi's Perredy Police .