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Maldives court suspends rebel MPs ahead of key vote
The Maldives top court has suspended 12 pro-opposition legislators before a crucial parliamentary vote today, emboldening President Abdulla Yameen as he clings to power in the troubled islands. The Supreme Court decision late Sunday reverses its original order to reinstate the MPs, who had defected from the ruling party. It comes as parliament prepares to ratify a state of emergency declared by Yameen that plunged the Maldives into crisis. The court had ruled on February 1 that the 12 defectors be reinstalled as legislators, reducing the presidents party to minority rule in the Indian Ocean archipelago. This latest backflip by the Supreme Court restores Yameens majority in the 85-member legislature. The three-judge bench said it was suspending the February 1 order to reinstate the politicians following an appeal by the attorney general. It is the second backflip by the Supreme Court since Yameen ordered the arrest of the Chief Justice and another supreme court judge just two weeks ago
Man held with opium husk in Raj
A man has been arrested with more than nine kg of opium husk in Sri Ganga Nagar district of Rajasthan, police said. A BSF patrol team caught the man, later identified as Sukhvinder Singh (20), who was allegedly smuggling the opium husk in 10 packets on a motorcycle yesterday, they said. He was handed over to police for further action. The accused hails from Punjab.
Man strangulates woman he had befriended on social media
A 25-year-old man from Nallasopara allegedly strangulated a woman with a shoe lace at his residence because she refused to have sex with him, police said today. The accused Haridas Nirgude and the victim Ankita More (20) became friends through social networking site 'Facebook', a senior police official said. Yesterday Nirgude had called More to his house in Nallasopara. After the victim reached there, he demanded sexual favours and as she refused it, Nirgude killed her, the officer added. Nirgude threw her body in the nearby area. Locals alerted the police, following which police officials reached the spot and took her body, the officer said. The accused was detained and he confessed the crime, the officer said, adding the process to arrest him was underway.
Court drops sedition, attempt to murder charges against Dera followers
The Haryana's Panchkula Court on Monday has dropped 'attempt to murder' and 'sedition' charges against 53 Dera Sacha Sauda followers in the Panchkula violence case.The court said that the police had failed to submit incriminating evidences, including CCTV footage to fortify the allegations.According to media reports, Panchkula Dera in-charge Chamkaur Singh and media coordinator Surinder Dhiman Insan, are among the accused.The accused have been discharged from the offences punishable under Section 307, 121 and 121-A, Indian Penal Code (IPC).All the 53 accused will face trial in the case of violence and other sections in the court of chief judicial magistrate, Panchkula.Last year, thirty-six people lost their lives in Haryana after Dera Sacha Sauda followers went on a rampage following the conviction of their Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh by a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here in a rape case.
PNB Fraud case: CBI seals PNB's Mumbai branch
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sealed Punjab National Bank's MCB Brady House branch in Mumbai on Monday.It is from this branch that transactions related to the PNB-Nirav Modi fraud were carried out.The PNB has lodged two financial fraud complaints of Rs. 11400 crore and Rs 280 crore against Nirav Modi, his family members and Mehul Choksi, owner of Gitanjali Gems.The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a formal case charging four- Nirav Modi, his wife Ami, brother Nishal and Mehul Choksi- on January 31 over Rs. 280 crore fraud.The agency has filed the case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on the basis of an FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).The PNB detected the scam in which jeweller Nirav Modi acquired fraudulent letters of undertaking from one of its branches for overseas credit from other Indian lenders.The scam started in 2011 and was detected in the third week of January this year, after which the PNB ...
CPM workers arrested for Kerala Youth Congress leader's murder
Two Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) workers were arrested on Monday in connection with the murder of a 30-year-old Youth Congress worker in Kerala's Kannur on February 13.The arrested accused will be produced before the court today.On Sunday, Kerala police arrested eight people in connection with the murder of Youth Congress leader M Suhaib.M. Suhaib was hacked to death at Thyroor in the Kannur district of Kerala.In recent times, numbers of Congress workers were hacked to death in Kerala.The Congress party has been accusing the CPI (M) for the death of its party workers.
Two bombs found in Bihar's govt. school
Two bombs were found in front of the main gate of a Government school in Paraiya in Bihar's Gaya district on Monday.More details are awaited.The incident comes days after two live bombs were detected near Mahabodhi temple in Bodhgaya.Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had earlier assured that those found guilty of planting bombs in Bodh Gaya "would not be spared".
Russia church shooting: Administration identifies culprit
The perpetrator of the deadly shooting at a church in Russia's Kizlyar town in Dagestan, has been identified as a 22-year-old resident of the region, Khalil Khalilov."The killed shooter was identified as Khalil Khalilov, 22, a resident of Rassvet village of Dagestan's Tarumovsky District," a statement by Kizlyar's administration stated.Khalilov opened fire on people leaving a church service, on Sunday, killing five people.He was then killed in retaliatory firing.The motive behind the shooting is however yet to be ascertained.According to Russian news agency TASS, Head of Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov has said that the accused has no connection to Islam.
Public sector banks to transfer officers completing 3 years
In the wake of Punjab National Bank fraud case, the Central Vigilance Commission on Monday issued an advisory to all the public sector banks ordering them to transfer the officers who have completed three years as on December 31, 2017.The CVC advisory also stated that the transfer of all clerical staff who have completed five years as on December 31, 2017 "should be done immediately".Bank of Baroda (BOI) on CVC's behest has started implementing the process."As per Central Vigilance Commission guidelines, all officers should be rotated every 3 years. Further, as per Bank's Transfer Policy for Officers, no officer should be retained in the same post for a period in excess of 3 years and in the same station (municipal limits) for a period in excess of 5 years," said a BOI office memorandum.The PNB has lodged two financial fraud complaints of Rs. 11400 crore and Rs 280 crore against Nirav Modi, his family members and Mehul Choksi, owner of Gitanjali Gems.The Central Bureau of ...
Man held for trying to sexually abuse woman
A man was arrested in Shamli district after he allegedly tried to sexually abuse a woman when she was alone at her home, a police official said today. Dharmendra, 26, was arrested in Salem village yesterday. According to Kandhla police station house officer O P Chowdhary, the accused tried to enter the 30-year-old woman's residence when she was alone and tried to sexually abuse her. The woman in her complaint said local residents rescued her after they heard her crying. The accused was beaten up by residents and later handed over to the police, Chowdhary said. A case has been registered and an investigation was on.
Ex-Trump adviser to plead guilty to fraud-related charges
US President Donald Trump's former campaign adviser Rick Gates to fraud-related charges within days and has also agreed to testify against Paul Manafort, the lawyer-lobbyist who once managed the campaign, the media reported.
Mentally challenged person shot dead near J&K Air Force station
A mentally challenged person was shot dead when he entered the security area of an Air Force station in Jammu and Kashmir's Badgam district, police said on Monday.
SC to hear plea seeking SIT probe into Justice Loya case
The Supreme Court will on Monday continue hearing three pleas seeking a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the death of special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge B.H. Loya.The petitions will be heard by a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra.The apex court had earlier asked the Maharashtra Government to submit the postmortem report of the CBI judge, who had died in alleged suspicious circumstances in 2014, citing that the "matter was very serious."As per reports, Maharashtra-based journalist B.S. Lone and activist Tehseen Poonavala had filed independent pleas seeking a fair probe into the death of Justice Loya, who was hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, involving various police officers and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah.In a press conference held on January 12, Justices Madan B. Lokur, Kurien Joseph, Ranjan Gogoi and Jasti Chelameswar questioned the conduct of the CJI, alleging that selective Benches were being
12-year-old found dead, family alleges rape, murder
A minor girl was found dead in a field in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur on Sunday.The family members of the 12-year-old girl who hailed from Raipura village in Jalalabad alleged that she was raped and then murdered."She went to feed the cattle yesterday after which she went missing. On searching, I found her body in the field. She was raped and then strangled to death," the victim's father told ANI.As of now, a case has been registered against four persons and the body has been sent for an autopsy,"The Jalalabad Police was informed that a dead body of a 12-year-old girl from Raipura village was found in a field.The body has been sent for postmortem. An investigation will be done," Subhash Chandra, ASP, Shahjahanpur told ANI.
Maharashtra: Man arrested for killing lover
A 21-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend in Nala Sopara area of Palghar.The police revealed that the incident took place at the apartment of the accused, Haridas Nigore, on Sunday. When the 20-year-old victim did not oblige to his sexual interest, they had a fight.The argument took an ugly turn when he strangled the girl to death and left her body on the stairs of his apartment.A case was lodged under section 302 of Indian Panel Code.An investigation is underway in the case.
Israeli police arrest telecom officials in graft case
Israeli police say they have arrested senior officials at the country's national telephone company as part of an investigation into alleged corruption offenses. The Israeli daily Haaretz says police are investigating a possible relationship between the company, Bezeq, its controlling shareholder and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. According to Channel 2 TV, the case alleges that Netanyahu received favourable coverage from the Walla news site, a Bezeq subsidiary, in exchange for regulation that earned Elovitch hundreds of millions of shekels. The channel says two people arrested are Netanyahu associates and that Netanyahu is expected to be questioned. Police said it launched the probe yesterday. The development comes days after police announced there was sufficient evidence to indict Netanyahu for bribery, fraud and breach of trust in two separate cases.
Egypt sentences 65 Islamists to jail for incitement
An Egyptian court has sentenced 65 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group to jail over alleged incitement against the state. The decision yesterday by a court in the Nile Delta city of Zagazig also acquitted eight individuals. Prosecutors say the group was caught with inflammatory leaflets opposing the army and state institutions, and calling for violence. Of the group, 44 were sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, while the rest received two years. Under President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, Egypt has waged its most sweeping crackdown on dissent in its modern history, a process that has intensified ahead of a March election in which el-Sissi faces no serious opposition. Most recently, police arrested Abdel-Monaem Abul Fetouh, a senior Islamist leader, over his alleged links to the Brotherhood.
Man arrested for raping under-graduate student
A man was arrested here for allegedly raping an under-graduate girl and making a video of the act with the help of his accomplice, police said. The victim lodged a complaint on Friday after which Mehtab was arrested yesterday. She has also named three other persons in the complaint, they said. She was raped at a hotel on February 7 after being served a cold drink laced with a sedative. One of Mehtab's accomplices made the video, SHO, Sihani Gate, Vinod Kumar Pandey. The victim also alleged that Mehtab had threatened her that if she did not marry him by changing her religion, he would post the video online, the officer said. On February 15, Mehtab snatched her mobile and threw her out from a moving auto. The next day she lodged a complaint, the SHO said. The matter is being probed, the officer said.
Ex-Bar Council of Delhi chairman urges DDA to amend Master Plan 2021
A former Bar Council of Delhi chairman has urged the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to amend its Master Plan 2021 to exclude "legal profession" from the category of "commercial activities". In a letter written to the DDA commissioner-cum-secretary, K C Mittal, a lawyer, has said the "legal profession" is not a commercial activity and equating it with a retail shop under Master Plan 2021 for levying the annual mixed-use charges and other purposes is, on the face of it, "unsustainable". "The legal profession is not a commercial activity and being a noble profession, it cannot be equated with a commercial activity or be included within the meaning of mixed use. This is totally fallacious and erroneous on the face of it," Mittal has written in the letter. He has added that any building, where professional activities are carried out by legal professionals, cannot be termed a "business building" and that the activity cannot be described as "business/commercial". "The charges, on the .
Two held with arms and ammunition in Lakhisarai
The police today recovered arms and ammunition from two criminals and arrested them following an encounter in Bihar's Lakhisarai district. Two other criminals were also injured in the encounter that happened at Jaidpur village in riverine area under the jurisdiction of Barahiya police station of the district, police said. The criminals fired around 20 rounds at the police and in retaliation the police personnel fired around 25 rounds at them, Superintendent of Police Arvind Thakur said. While the injured criminals managed to escape from the spot, two others have been arrested, the SP said. A carbine, a 315 bore rifle, two country-made pistols, two magazines of AK 47 rifles, 47 cartridges and three mobile phones were seized from their possession, he said.