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Lawsuit claims Steven A. Cohen's investment firm Point72 is hostile to women
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A female executive at billionaire Steven A. Cohen's Point72 Asset Management on Monday filed a lawsuit accusing the fund management firm of operating as a "boys' club" where women are subjected to a hostile working environment, paid less than men, and kept from advancing their careers.
U.S. charges five ex-Venezuelan officials in PDVSA bribe case
(Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Monday announced charges against five former Venezuelan officials accused of soliciting bribes in exchange for helping vendors win favourable treatment from state oil company PDVSA, the latest case to stem from a $1 billion graft probe. The indictment by the U.S. Justice Department was filed in federal court in Houston, Texas, and was made public after Spain on Friday extradited one of the former officials, Cesar Rincon, who was a general manager at PDVSA's, procurement unit Bariven.
Ukrainian opposition leader deported to Poland
Ukrainian opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili was deported to Poland after being detained in Kiev by law enforcement agents.Saakashvili was deported on February 12.According to The Independent, associates of the former Georgia President said that he was detained by armed men in camouflage at a restaurant in Kiev and driven to the airport.Earlier last week, Saakashvili's lawyer said that he could face imminent deportation or extradition after he lost a court appeal.Further, a spokesman for the Ukrainian border guards, Oleh Slobodyan, on Facebook said that the agency's personnel had to use force to counter his supporters at the airport."This person was on Ukrainian territory illegally and therefore, in compliance with all legal procedures, he was returned to the country from where he arrived," The Independent quoted Slobodyan as saying.Saakashvili entered Ukraine in September 2017, despite being stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship in a protracted standoff with authorities in Kiev, ..
Ex-PDVSA unit executive extradited from Spain to face U.S. bribe case
(Reuters) - A former executive at a unit of Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA has been extradited from Spain to face U.S. charges that he and others solicited bribes in exchange for helping vendors secure business, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday.
Trump Jr.'s wife taken to hospital after scare with powder in letter
Donald Trump's daughter-in-law, Vanessa Trump, was taken to a hospital after receiving a letter containing white powder that was later deemed to be non-hazardous.According to Fox News, Trump Jr.'s wife opened the letter addressed to Donald Trump Jr. at the couple's Manhattan apartment on Monday.It is unclear as to what the white powder was, but authorities have tested the substance and found it to be non-hazardous.Vanessa Trump was taken to the hospital as a precaution, the New York city police said.Two other people who were exposed to the powder were also taken to the hospital.Police and Secret Service are investigating the incident."The Secret Service and our law enforcement partners in New York City are investigating a suspicious package addressed to one of our protectees received today in New York, New York. This is an active investigation and we cannot comment any further," Fox News quoted U.S. Secret Service as saying.
Austria hands findings on 2003 Eurofighter purchase to U.S
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria has handed over its findings on suspect money flows related to its 2003 purchase of Airbus Eurofighter jets to international bodies including the U.S. Department of Justice, the Austrian defence ministry said on Monday.
Guj Protem Speaker, ex-BJP MLA convicted for poll code breach
Sitting BJP MLA from Bhuj and Protem Speaker Nimaben Acharya and former party MLA Kantilal Amrutiya have been sentenced to one year in jail by a magisterial court in Morbi district in a case of luring voters through gratification during the 2009 Lok Sabha elections. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate J G Damodara also held Manoj Panara, the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) convener of Morbi, guilty in the same case. In 2009, Panara was a BJP worker. Along with the one year jail term, the court also fined them Rs 1,000 each. "Kantilal Amrutiya, Nimaben Acharya and Manoj Panara were today sentenced to one year imprisonment for breaching the Election Code of Conduct in the 2009 general elections," government pleader Rehanaben Gori told PTI. "The JMFC court judge J G Damodara in Morbi also slapped a fine of Rs 1000 each on the three, all of whom were convicted under section 171(B) of the IPC," she said. The same court had stayed the execution of the order for 30 days ..
Court awards death sentence to man for rape, murder of girl
A court here today awarded death sentence to a man for rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Ranchi four years ago. Additional District Judge, Shiv Pal Singh held 30-year- old Gandhi Oraon guilty in the case and pronounced the death sentence. The incident took place on March 19, 2014 and the police filed the charge sheet on June 18 that year. The convict, who hails from Gumla district of the state, was working as a helper of a bus in Ranchi.
Cong Sewa Dal member's killing: Police releases sketches of 2
The Delhi Police has released sketches of two suspects in connection with the suspected road rage killing of Delhi Congress's Sewa Dal organiser Vinod Mehra. The Congress Sewa Dal leader was shot dead on Bhalaswa flyover near GT Karnal Road on February 6. The police released the sketches on the basis of information provided by eyewitnesses. Mehra was shot in the chest by one of the occupants of a vehicle that scraped past his car on the flyover, in front of his adopted minor son. The Crime Branch is also trying to nab the culprits along with the local police. The sketches are likely to help in getting clues about the killers of Mehra. Delhi Congress president Ajay Maken had met the Commissioner of Delhi police recently, seeking immediate arrest of the culprits and security for Mehra's son.
Man hacks to death two persons
A man in Odisha's Balasore district today hacked to death two persons in a fit of anger following an altercation over a land dispute, police said. The incident took place at Harinagundi village under Kamarda police station limit of the district. The victims were identified as Narayan Giri and his brother Madhusudan Giri. The duo was attacked by Durgasankar Dash of the same village with a sword, while they were engaged in a quarrel. The attack was so severe that both the victims received multiple injuries and died on the spot, police said. "The police have arrested the accused and investigating the incident," sub-divisional police officer of Jaleswar, Ramchandra Gauda said.
'Irregularities' in church land deals: HC notice to Syro
The Kerala High Court today issued notice to the head of Syro Malabar Church, Cardinal George Alencherry, and three others on a petition seeking a police probe into alleged irregularities in land deals involving the Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese. Justice B Kemal Pasha issued the notice and posted to February 28 the petition filed by one Joshy Varghese from Perumbavoor for further hearing. The petitioner alleged that large scale malpractices had been committed by officials of the archdiocese and they had resorted to "sophisticated cheating" in the sale of the properties. Claiming that several witnesses were required to be examined, he said an investigation by a special wing of the police alone may subserve the interest of justice. The petition has been filed days after a committee of the Church, which probed the alleged irregularities in financial and land transactions of the Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese, said that it found numerous instances of violation of canon and
HC directs authorities to retrieve temple properties in TN
Noting that nearly 50,000 acres of temple land in Tamil Nadu has been encroached upon in the last few years, the Madras High Court today directed authorities to take steps to retrieve the properties illegally alienated or leased. Justice R Mahadevan held that a duty was cast on the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment (HR and CE) department authorities to ensure temples and endowments were properly administered and that their income was duly appropriated for the purposes for which they were founded or exist. He also directed the HR and CE commissioner to constitute committees that would visit all temples and identify lands belonging to them and those encroached upon. A report should be filed within six weeks specifying the details of the temple lands for which 'patta' (land deeds) had been granted to third parties/encroacher, he said. The judge set aside a June 30, 2017 order of an Assistant Commissioner of HR and CE, directing the trustees of a temple in Sivaganga .
Cyberabad cops close to solving case of pregnant woman's death
The Cyberabad Police, investigating the recovery of chopped body parts of an unidentified pregnant woman near the Botanical garden in Hitech City here, today said that the "case was almost solved". A senior Cyberabad Police official said the accused were identified after police teams analysed CCTV footage from surrounding areas, adding that the case was almost solved. On January 30, the chopped body parts of a woman, in her mid twenties,, were found stuffed in two gunny bags by local residents who alerted the police. Among the CCTV footage analysed, one grab showed a motorcycle-borne youth, with a woman riding pillion, and the deceased seemed to be that woman, police said. He added that the woman was possibly killed two days before her body was dumped near the Botanical Garden.
DU student alleged man sitting beside her in bus masturbated
A Delhi University (DU) student has filed a complaint against a man for allegedly masturbating while sitting next her in a moving bus and claimed that no one came forward to help her even after she raised an alarm. She also alleged that the man tried to touch her waist several times. The complaint was lodged at the Vasant Vihar police station and based on it, an FIR was registered on February 10 under sections of the Indian Penal Code pertaining to sexual harassment and obscene act in a public place, police said today. "I was reading a book while returning from my college in a bus. The person sitting next to me started masturbating and even tried to touch my waist several times. "I made a video of his act and even shouted at him, but he did not understand. I even tried to approach people but they ignored it," the girl said in her complaint. The incident took place on a moving bus going from Vasant Vihar to the IIT Gate, where the man got down, she alleged. "After he got ..
Cops crack ex-Army captain killing case; call centre staffer
Former Army captain Ravindra Bali was killed on February 1 night after he refused to hand a match box to a 21-year-old call centre employee for lighting a cigarette, police said today claiming they have cracked the murder case. The mystery behind the death of Bali (67) was unravelled after the accused, identified as Robin Anthony Lazarus, was arrested today, an official said. Bali, who was living as a recluse in a makeshift tent on a footpath in the Camp area, was bludgeoned to death on February 1. According to police, Lazarus attacked Bali in a fit of rage after the latter refused to give him a match box in the dead of night. "Lazarus works as a call centre employee. On the intervening night of February 1 and February 2, he and his friend Kunal More were returning after consuming liquor. "As their motorcycle broke down in the middle of the road in the Cantonment area, More started pushing the motorcycle while Lazarus walked behind," said a Laskhar police station ...
Indore school bus accident: DPS principal arrested
The principal of Delhi Public School (DPS) here was today arrested for alleged violation of rules, following the death of four students of the institute in a bus accident on January 5, the police said. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Harinarayanchari Mishra said Sudarshan Sonar, the principal of DPS, was arrested for alleged violation of rules and regulations related to transport and maintenance of school buses. Sonar was produced in a court here, which rejected his bail plea and remanded him in judicial custody till February 22. On January 5, a bus belonging to the school had rammed into a truck at Kanadiya bypass, killing four students and the driver. On January 7, the police had arrested a DPS official and two other persons for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, cheating and forging documents after investigations revealed that the bus' speed governor was malfunctioning. District Prosecution Officer Mohammed Akram Sheikh today said Section 188 (disobeying of ...
Mallya asked to pay $90 million claim to BOC Aviation
The High Court in London on Monday ordered embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya to pay an estimated USD 90 million to a Singapore-based aircraft leasing company in claims.The case involves a number of aircraft leased by Vijay Mallya's now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines from BOC Aviation in 2014.High Court judge Justice Picken, sitting at the Business and Property Courts of the High Court, ruled Feb 5th that the "defendents have no real prospect of successfully defending the claim" brought by BOC Aviation in Singapore and BOC Aviation (Ireland) Ltd.Kingfisher Airlines Ltd and the United Breweries Ltd were listed as the defendants in the case.In November Diageo, the UK-based producer of Johnnie Walker whiskey, sued Mallya, his son Siddharth and the Mallya entity United Spirits Ltd for nearly $200 million for breach of contract and making questionable payments made by affiliated companies, among other claims.Mallya, 62, is currently in the midst of a long-drawn out extradition trial at ...
Gujarat Pro Tem Speaker, others get 1-year jail
The Gujarat Assembly's newly appointed Pro Tem Speaker and veteran BJP MLA Nimaben Acharya and two others were on Monday sentenced to one-year in jail in a 2009 case pertaining to violation of the election code of conduct.
Ranchi court gives death for minor's rape, murder
A Ranchi court on Monday awarded death sentence to a person convicted for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in 2014, a lawyer said.
Kamala Mills fire: Court begins hearing arguments of accused
The sessions court today began hearing arguments of the accused arrested in connection with the Kamala mills fire case. Lawyers for the eight arrested accused argued for bail to their clients. The accused also contended that a major part of the investigation was over and sought bail, promising they would abide by any condition laid down by the court. Most of the accused argued that section 304(II) (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) had been applied wrongly in the case and the accused were chargeable for the less serious offence of causing death due to negligence. The advocate of one of the accused said that bouncers of the eatery '1 Above' had asked the guests not to leave the washroom, and those who were inside died due to suffocation, and none died due to burn injuries. The prosecution will begin its argument tomorrow. On December 29, a massive fire had swept through two rooftop pubs, 'Mojo's Bistro' and '1 Above', located in Kamala Mills compound, resulting in