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Police announces reward for info on man who molested DU girl
The Delhi Police on Saturday announced reward for providing information about the man who allegedly masturbated sitting next to a girl inside a bus.The Delhi police have announced a reward of Rs 25,000 for anyone who provides information about the man. The identity of the informant will be kept anonymous, the notice by the police added.On February 12, a student of Delhi University (DU) had lodged a complaint against a middle-aged man for allegedly masturbating beside her in a moving bus and trying to repeatedly touch her waist.An FIR was lodged with Vasant Vihar Police under sections 354 (sexual harassment), 354A, and 294 (obscene act in public place) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).As per the FIR, the incident occurred on February 7 in the route between Vasant Village and IIT Gate.The complainant shouted at the accused, but "he did not understand" and the co-passengers also "ignored it", the FIR further read.She also uploaded a video of the incident on social media.
Shutdown call by separatists affects normal life, restrictions imposed in Srinagar
Normal life here was affected due to a strike called by separatists to protest the Supreme Court's decision to stay an FIR against army personnel in the Shopian firing, while restrictions were imposed in parts of the city to maintain law and order. According to a police official, strict restrictions under CrPC Section 144 have been imposed in Nowhatta, Rainawari, Khanyar, Safakadal and M R Gunj police station areas of the city, while partial restrictions were in force in Maisuma and Kralkhud areas. Restrictions have been imposed as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order in view of the strike called by separatists, he said. Normal life was affected elsewhere in the city as most of the shops, business establishments and fuel stations were shut, while public transport was off the roads, the official said. However, private cars, cabs and auto-rickshaws were seen plying in many areas of the city where there were no restrictions, he said, adding similar reports were received from
Suspecting 'fidelity' man kills wife
Suspecting "fidelity", a 38-year-old man allegedly killed his wife in Karimnagar district, police said today. One Jayanthkumar had tied the knot with Rontala Shailaja alias Madhavi (35) eight years ago, a senior police official said. The couple had a son and a daughter. But since the past few months, Jayanthkumar started suspecting 'fidelity' of his wife, the officer said. "The couple was counselled a couple of weeks ago. But yesterday, Jayanthkumar came to an agriculture field in Pedda Papaiah palli village where Madhavi was working and attacked her with a sharp-edged weapon," the officer said, adding the woman died on the spot. A case under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code was registered and efforts are on to nab the accused, he said.
Shop owner acquitted of charges of possessing 'gutkha'
A local court has acquitted a 26-year-old shop owner from Mumbra near here in a case of possessing 'gutkha', which is banned in Maharashtra. District and Additional Sessions Judge AS Bhaisare, in his recent order, held that the prosecution has failed to prove the charges against the shop ownerNadim Suhel Ahmed Shaikh under various sectionsof the Indian Penal Code and the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. Public Prosecutor Sangita Phad informed the court that on January 28, 2015, police personnel and sleuths of Food and Drug's Administration raided the shop owned by Shaikh and seized from his possession banned goods including'Goa Gutka 1000' and 'Vimal panmasala'. But after hearing the prosecution and defence, the Judge acquitted Shaikh of all the charges.
Anger bubbles over at funerals for Florida shooting victims
As families began burying their dead, authorities questioned whether they could have prevented the attack on a South Florida high school where a gunman took the lives of 14 students, the athletic director, a coach and a geography teacher. At funerals and in the streets of Parkland, a suburb on the edge of the Everglades, anger bubbled over at the senselessness of the shooting and at the widespread availability of guns. A rally to support gun-safety legislation was scheduled for Saturday at the federal courthouse in Fort Lauderdale. During a funeral Friday for 18-year-old Meadow Pollack, her father looked down at his daughters plain pine coffin and screamed in anguish as Gov. Rick Scott and 1,000 others sat in Temple Kol Tikvah. "You killed my kid!" Andrew Pollack yelled, referring to Nikolas Cruz, who is accused of gunning down Meadow and 16 others. "My kid is dead. It goes through my head all day and all night. I keep hearing it. This is just unimaginable that I will never see my ...
2 held, 13 booked for thrashing youth in UP
As many as 13 people were booked and two arrested for thrashing a youth of another community at his house and setting his motorcycle on fire at Sarvat Road area here, the police said today. The incident took place yesterday when some people forcibly entered the house of Akib Hasan and and beat him up. They also set his motorcycle on fire, SP City Ombir Singh said. Hasan, who was seriously injured in the attack, has been admitted to a hospital, the police said. On receiving information about the incident, police personnel rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control. Security has been tightened in the area, the police said, adding 13 people were booked in connection with the incident and of them 2 were arrested.
Cheating case: Developer DS Kulkarni detained in Delhi
The Pune Police today detained embattled city-based developer D S Kulkarni and his wife in New Delhi in a cheating case after the Bombay High Court lifted interim protection from arrest given to them. D S Kulkarni and his wife Hemanti were booked by the Pune Police on charges of cheating over 2,500 investors to the tune of Rs 230 crore. Deputy Commissioner of Police, Pankaj Dahane, who holds additional charge of the Economic Offence Wing, told PTI that Kulkarni and his wife were detained in Delhi this morning and the process of their arrest had begun. "They will be brought to Pune today," the officer said but refused to share additional details. The Bombay High Court yesterday withdrew the interim protection from arrest that it had earlier granted to Kulkarni and his wife. Justice Sadhana Jadhav had noted that the Kulkarnis had taken the court "for granted" and that they had "not only cheated their investors, but also the court". Observing that they must not be permitted to enjoy ...
Trump visits shooting survivors in Florida hospital
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visited a hospital in Florida where the survivors of this week's school massacre were being treated, media reports said.
Hyderabad: Woman commits suicide by jumping into pond
A woman committed suicide by jumping into a pond in Jagadgirigutta area of Hyderabad on Friday.The suicide was reportedly caught on camera, as a passerby recorded the incident.The woman, identified as Sarita, killed herself due to family issues, said an official.As of now, the body has been sent to the Gandhi General hospital for Autopsy and a case under section 174 Code of Criminal Procedure has been registered.An investigation on the same is underway.
Trump meets shooting victims at Florida hospital
United States President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visited the victims of the Parkland, Florida mass shooting Friday night, immediately after his arrival in Florida.Speaking to reporters at Broward Health North Hospital, the President praised the "incredible" work of doctors, nurses and first responders who helped victims after the shooting, CBS News reported.The President further said that he met with victims, adding that it was "very sad that something like that could happen."Trump is expected to meet with law enforcement at the Broward County Sheriff's office later Friday.On Thursday, Trump called on all United States embassies, public buildings, military facilities, diplomatic sites, naval vessels, consular offices, other facilities abroad to fly their flags at half-staff through Monday.19-year-old Nikolas Cruz gunned down at least 17 people on Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. He was a former student and was expelled from the school for ...
'Florida school shooter heard voices in his head'
Nikolas Cruz, the 19-year-old youth who killed 15 students and two staff members with an AR-15 automatic rifle in Florida, told police that voices in his head told him how to carry out the attack, police said on Friday.
U.S. seeks to block AT&T from citing Trump opposition in merger lawsuit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday moved to prevent AT&T Inc from arguing that politics played a role in the government's decision to stop its merger with Time Warner Inc, a deal that President Donald Trump had publicly criticized.
Family of Indian-origin victim gets no money after surgery blunder
A US court has overturned a verdict to award a staggering USD 20 million to the family of an Indian-origin woman who died after doctors at a Detroit-area hospital mistakenly performed brain surgery on her. Bimla Nayyar, 81, was admitted to Oakwood Healthcare's Dearborn hospital in January 2012 for a routine jaw realignment. But due to an extraordinary blunder and records mix-up, she underwent the unnecessary brain surgery and spent 60 days on life support before she died, Washington Post reported. In 2015, a jury awarded Nayyar's family USD 20 million. But Michigans highest court says they cannot collect a penny all because of an apparently bad legal gamble. The Michigan Supreme Court faulted the family's lawyers for arguing that Nayyars death was the result of ordinary negligence, a claim that places no limits on the amount of money plaintiffs can be awarded. An earlier ruling in the case had effectively barred the lawyers from pursuing an ordinary negligence claim, the justices ...
Cauvery: TN CM says cut in quantum of water disappointing
Chief Minister K Palaniswami today said the Supreme Court verdict reducing the quantum of Cauvery water to be released for Tamil Nadu to 177.25 tmc ft was "disappointing". Palaniswami, under attack from the DMK for allegedly not handling the matter in the apex court properly, however said: "Several advantageous features for Tamil Nadu find place in the verdict." The Supreme Court directing the Centre to evolve an action plan within 6 weeks to implement the final award of the Cauvery Tribunal was a "big victory", he said. Tamil Nadu will urge the Centre to implement the action plan within a time frame, he added. The apex court also recognised the Cauvery Tribunal's endorsement of 24.708 lakh acres in Tamil Nadu's Cauvery Basin for irrigation, he said. Also, the top court confirmed that Tamil Nadu should be given water for 15 years as per the Cauvery Tribunal's Final Award. Slamming the DMK for claiming that Tamil Nadu's rights were given up by the ruling dispensation, he said, "The ...
Gujarat: Dalit activist who set himself on fire dies
Dalit activist Bhanubhai Vankar, who set himself on fire outside the Patan Collector's office over alleged delay in allotment of land to a Dalit family, succumbed during treatment tonight. Earlier in the day, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani had ordered an inquiry into the self-immolation bid. "Bhanubhai, who had over 80 per cent burns, died during treatment at a private hospital here," Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch co-convener Subodh Parmar said. Bhanubhai Vankar, resident of Unjha town of Mehsana district, was an active member of the Manch, led by Dalit leader and Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani. Sixty-year-old Bhanubhai Vankar, who set himself on fire outside Patan district Collectors office yesterday, had been admitted to a private hospital here. Rupani had earlier said chief secretary J N Singh would conduct inquiry into the incident, and appropriate action would be taken. He had also stated that the government will bear all expenses of Vankar's treatment. Bhanubhai Vankar had ...
FIR against two PNB officials over fraud case
An F.I.R. was registered against two Punjab National Bank (PNB) officials over the fraud with the bank.F.I.R. was registered against Gokulnath Shetty and Manoj Hemant Karat.The F.I.R. said Shetty and Karat in connivance with accused companies defrauded PNB to the tune of USD 754.92 millions.It further added: The fraud was done in matter of issuance of unauthorised and fraudulent Letters of Undertaking in favor of foreign branches of Indian based banks and purported Foreign Letters of Credits in favor of foreign suppliers of accused companies.Earlier in the day, eight PNB employees were suspended on Friday.The number of suspended employees now stands at 18, which also includes General Manager level officers. Internal investigation of the bank is still underway.Celebrity jeweller Nirav Modi and his business associate Mehul Choksi are embroiled in the PNB fraud case. While Nirav Modi owns brand 'Nirav Modi', Choksi owns Gitanjali Gems. The PNB has lodged two financial fraud complaints of
Ex-Berhampur mayor moves HC challenging lower court decision
BJD leader and former mayor of Berhampur Municipal Corporation K Madhavi, whose election as a corporator of the civic body was set aside by a lower court, today challenged its proceedings in the Orissa High Court, her advocate said. The Ganjam district court had yesterday annulled the election of Madhavi as a corporator of the civic body while disposing of an election petition filed by another former mayor Siba Shankar Das, he said. Consequently, Madhavi lost her mayoral post as she was no more a member of the civic body council, the advocate said. Apart from challenging the election of Madhavi on the ground of submitting a wrong affidavit pertaining to the name of her spouse, Das in his petition also alleged that she misused the official position to grab a piece of prime land in a posh locality of Berhampur town.
Virbhadra Singh PMLA case: Businessman arrested, sent to ED custody
A Delhi court on Friday sent chairman of Tarini Group of Companies Vakamulla Chandrasekhar to judicial custody till February 17 in connection with money laundering case involving Congress leader and former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh.The Enforcement Directorate (ED) earlier today arrested Chandrasekhar under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) for allegedly providing an amount of Rs 5.9 crore to Singh and his family members through his three personal bank accountsHe will be produced tomorrow before the Special Judge.Earlier this month, the Enforcement Directorate filed a supplementary charge sheet against Singh, his wife and others under the provisions of the PMLA.The probe agency charged Singh, with projecting around Rs. 5 crore "proceeds of crime" as agricultural income in connivance with his wife and others, and investing it in purchasing LIC policies.Singh had allegedly accumulated assets worth around Rs 6.03 crore which were disproportionate to his total
HC allows sand mining subject to outcome of plea in SC
Taking into consideration the need for river sand quarrying for the state's economic development, the Madras High Court today allowed sand mining, subject to the outcome of a plea pending in the Supreme Court on the issue. The court also considered the fast approaching deadline of 2022 for authorities to complete construction of 8.30 lakh houses for houseless in the state under a central government scheme while passing the order. It comes two months after the court directed the state government to stop all sand mining and quarrying activities in Tamil Nadu within six months and not to open any new sand quarries. The apex court subsequently stayed the order. A division bench of Justices K K Sasidharan and G R Swaminathan today directed the state government to maintain a balance, taking into account the need to preserve the ecology and to cater for the economic development. It passed the orders on a batch of PILs filed before the Madurai Bench seeking to regulate sand mining. "The ...
1st year DU student killed in car accident near North Campus
A first year Delhi University student was today killed after he was allegedly hit by a speeding car at Maurice Nagar near the varsity's north campus, police said today. The car also hit two other people -- a policeman and another student -- leaving them injured, the police said. The car first hit Delhi Police constable Mukesh, who was on patrolling duty on his motorcycle this morning. It then hit 19-year-old Kapil Ratnu, a first year student at Ramjas college of the DU and Jagriti, a third year political science student, a senior officer said. The accused car abandoned the vehicle and fled the spot, the officer said. The three were rushed to nearby hospitals where Ratnu, a native of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, was declared dead, he said. Both, Jagriti as well as constable Mukesh were hospitalised where they were stated to be out of danger, said the officer. The car was registered in the name of Kalyan Puri resident R C Vyas and police have formed teams to identify and nab the absconding ..