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Boy falls in pit at construction site, dies
A 10-year-old boy fell in a pit at a construction site here today and died, said an official. The boy, Satish S Dhotre, fell in the pit dug up at the construction site in Balkum area at around 1.45 pm, Santosh Kadam, chief of the Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC), told reporters. Those working nearby pulled him out and admitted him to a nearby hospital, where he died during treatment, he said. Police are probing the case.
Man arrested for posting morphed obscene pictures of Ker Min
A man was arrested today for allegedly posting pictures of Kerala Minister K T Jaleel morphed in an obscene manner on the social media, police said here. The man, identified as Shameer Parapadan, a native of the state, was arrested by the Cyber Crime police when he arrived from abroad at the international airport in Kochi early this morning, police said. Later, he was released on bail, police added. A complaint had been filed against him for allegedly morphing the pictures of Jaleel and circulating obscene photos through the Whatsapp recently. Jaleel, a CPI-M independent MLA representing Thavanoor constituency in Malappuram district, is the minister for Local Administration.
J-K Assembly passes bill to hike salaries of HC judges
The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly today passed the 37th Constitutional Amendment Bill 2018 to hike the salaries of the chief justice and judges of the high court in the state. The salary of the chief justice has been raised from Rs 90,000 to Rs 2.50 lakh and that of the judges from Rs 80,000 to Rs 2.25 lakh. Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Law and Justice, Abdul Haq Khan, who moved the bill in the House, said Parliament has amended High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act 1954, thereby revising the salary, pension and family pension in respect of judges of high courts with effect from January 1, 2016. "By enacting High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Condition of Service) Amendment Act, 2018, the salary of the chief justice of the J-K High Court has been enhanced from Rs 90,000 per mensem to Rs 2.50 lakh per mensem and salary of judges has been enhanced from Rs 80,000 per mensem to Rs 2.25 lakh ...
NIA takes over probe into LeT terrorist's escape from Srinagar
The National Investigation Agency today took over the probe into Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Mohammed Naveed Jhatt's escape from the SMHS hospital here, the agency spokesperson said. The NIA today registered a case related to Jhatt's escape from SMHS hospital in Srinagar where he was brought on February 6 for treatment, the NIA spokesperson said. An FIR was registered by the local Police at Karan Nagar in Srinagar district, the NIA said. In this incident, two police personnel Mushtaq Ahmed and Babar Ahmed were killed, it said. The NIA team is proceeding to Srinagar tomorrow for the investigation of the case, the spokesperson said. The Pakistani terrorist staged the daring escape from the SMHS hospital, killing the two policemen with a pistol handed to him by his LeT accomplices who ambushed the police team escorting him. The attack by the LeT to free "hardcore" terrorist Jhatt took place inside the busy Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) hospital complex in a high security ...
SC to pass order on if ex-judicial officers can be appointed
The Supreme Court said today it will pass an order on whether a retired judicial officer can be appointed as an additional judge of a high court. The apex court is dealing with the issue of whether a person who is sought to be appointed as an additional judge should be a judicial officer at the time when vacancy arises or at the time of the notification for appointment. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said it will pass order on the issue which arose after the appointment of two additional judges Justice Virendra Kumar Mathur and Justice Ram Chandra Singh Jhala was challenged on the ground that they were appointed for less than the stipulated period of two years, and that they had already retired from judicial service before being appointed. The top court was hearing a PIL filed by advocate Sunil Samdaria, who questioned the appointments cleared by Supreme Court collegium. He has contended that when the government notified the appointment of the two judges
CBI arrests ex-homeguard for blackmailing transport officials
The CBI has arrested a former homeguard for allegedly extorting money from Delhi transport department officials after secretly filming them while taking bribe, the probe agency's officials said here today. The CBI had received "reliable" information about "rampant corruption" in the Delhi government's transport department, wherein officials of some enforcement teams were collecting hefty amount of illegal gratification from drivers and owners of vehicles violating traffic rules, they said. The agency also received information that taking advantage of the situation, Mukesh Moga -- a resident of Ghaziabad -- started secretly filming officials indulging in corrupt act and extorted money for them for not sending those videos videos to higher officials, the officials said. In one such case, Jagat Singh, an assistant sub-inspector of the transport department, was reportedly filmed by the driver of Moga while allegedly taking bribes from vehicle owners in Mundka on February 8 ..
Dera chief summoned on Feb 28 in castration case
Rape convict Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and two others have been summoned by a CBI court in Panchkula on February 28 in connection with a case involving alleged castration of several followers of the sect head. The court today directed the Superintendent of Sunaria Jail in Rohtak district to produce Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh through video conferencing. Ram Rahim Singh is currently undergoing a 20-year imprisonment in the Sunaria jail for raping two devotees. The court also directed the Jail Superintendent of Ambala to produce another accused M P Singh before it through video conferencing. A third accused has also been asked to appear in the court. On February 1, the CBI had filed a charge sheet against Dera Sacha Sauda chief and two doctors for allegedly forcibly castrating 400 followers of the sect. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was charged along with doctors Pankaj Garg and M P Singh in the castration case. They were charged for allegedly castrating the men
Molestation victim's hair cut as purification ritual in C'garh
A 13-year-old girl's hair was cut by people from her community as part of a "purification ritual" after she was allegedly molested by a man in Chhattisgarh's Kawardha district, police said today. The man was arrested today and a search was on for the community members who had ordered and carried out the "ritual", officials said. The hair-cutting incident occurred on February 5 in a village under the Kukdur police station, around 75 km away from the district headquarter, Superintendent of Police, Kawardha, Lal Umed Singh told PTI. Narrating the sequence of events, Singh said, "On January 21, the girl was molested by a person identified as Arjun Yadav (22) when she had gone to work at a construction site in the area. Following this, she informed her parents who informed the local village panchayat." The official said that the panchayat disposed off the matter the next day by imposing a fine of Rs 5,000 on Yadav. "However, on February 4, the Baiga Adivasi community, to ...
SC slams UP over not taking stand on restoring anticipatory
The Supreme Court today pulled up the Uttar Pradesh government for not taking a clear stand on the issue of restoration of provision for anticipatory bail in the state that was scrapped in 1976. The apex court was hearing a petition filed by a lawyer seeking restoration of the provision of anticipatory bail in Uttar Pradesh as its absence is "discriminatory" to the people of the state. The top court had in 2008 recommended to Uttar Pradesh government to take appropriate steps and bring an ordinance to restore the provision for anticipatory bail in the state. The state government had in 2010, brought an amendment in the law to include the provision for anticipatory bail. During the hearing today, the top court asked the state government as to why it has not placed before the Assembly 'The Code of Criminal Procedure Uttar Pradesh (Amendment) Bill, 2010' after the President had withheld the assent and sent it back in September 2011. "You (UP) want to create some problem or ..
Why hasn't bill to restore anticipatory bail been brought, SC asks UP
The Supreme Court on Monday came down heavily on the Uttar Pradesh government for not putting before the Assembly a bill to restore the legal provision for anticipatory bail that was taken away in 1975 during the Emergency.
SC asks ECI to file reply on plea for common electoral rolls
The Supreme Court today asked the Election Commission to file a reply within two weeks on a plea seeking direction for common electoral rolls for Parliament, Assembly and local body polls to save public money and manpower. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra, and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, listed the matter for disposal on March 5 and asked Attorney General K K Venugopal to assist the court in the matter. The apex court had on October 13 last year sought the response of the Centre and the Election Commission on the plea, filed by Delhi BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay. The petition has also sought direction to the authorities to take steps to use 'totaliser' for counting of votes. 'Totaliser' is a device which allows votes cast in about 14 polling booths to be counted together. It referred to the provisions of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961, under which votes in the EVMs are to be counted polling station-wise, and said this led to ...
What are you doing to protect Sohrabuddin case witnesses? HC
On a day two more witnesses in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case turned hostile, the Bombay High Court today sought to know from the CBI the steps it was taking to ensure that the witnesses were able to testify "fearlessly". The HC posed the question to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) after noting that several of the witnesses in the case examined by a special court here had turned hostile, and maintained that the premier investigative agency can't be a "silent spectator". A single bench, presided by Justice Revati Mohite- Dere, said it was the probe agency's duty to extend protection to its witnesses to ensure they faced no fear or coercion while deposing before the special court. "Is it not the CBI's responsibility to ensure that its witnesses are protected so that they can depose against the accused fearlessly? "Considering that several witnesses have turned hostile before the special CBI court, are you providing any protection to them? Your ...
Three arrested for raping 16-yr-old girl
Three people allegedly raped a 16- year-old girl near here and one of them recorded the act and uploaded it on social media, police said today. They have been arrested, they said. The trio, residents of a village in Thane district's Sahapur Taluka, forcibly took the girl to a nearby jungle and took turns to rape her repeatedly, Inspector at the Khinavali police station, Arun Phegade, said. The incident took place in November last year, but a complaint was filed by the victim on February 9, police said. Based on the complaint, the accused -- Dhanji Patil, (23), Bharat Valimbe (24) and Nitin Patil (22) -- were arrested on February 10, they said. One of them recorded the act on his mobile phone and posted the video on social media, police said. The police said that one of the accused was a watchman in a local company and the other two labourers. They are in police custody till February 15, they said. The trio has been booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code ...
Man hacks three family members to death
Three members of a family were today allegedly hacked to death by their relative near here, police said. Property dispute is suspected be the reason for the crime. Sivan (60), his wife Valsa (52) and their daughter Smitha (33) were attacked by Sivan's brother Babu at nearby Angamaly this evening. Babu, who fled from the spot after the incident, was taken into custody from Koratty following a massive manhunt, police said.
Tarun Agarwala sworn in as Chief Justice of Meghalaya HC
Justice Tarun Agarwala was on Monday sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court.
DU student alleges molestation inside moving bus
Police on Monday said it has registered a case against an unknown person who allegedly molested a Delhi University student and masturbated in front of her inside a moving bus in Delhi.
Army jawan dies in ammo explosion in Pokhran
An Army jawan died and another received severe injuries today in Rajasthan's Pokhran firing range when some ammunition exploded, army sources said. The jawans were trying to destroy the ammunitions which did not explode when fired from a few rocket launchers, they said. A jawan was killed and another injured in the incident which took place at around 4 pm, the sources said. The cause of the explosion appears to be malfunctioning of the ammunition, they said, adding a probe has been ordered into the incident. The jawan who died was from 14 Engineering regiment.
Virbhadra Singh seeks time in SC to file reply on CBI's plea
Former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh today sought four weeks time from the Supreme Court to file his reply on a CBI's plea seeking a clarification on the nature of sanction needed from a state government to probe any offence committed in the state. A bench of justices R K Agrawal and A M Sapre allowed Singh to file his reply in four weeks and adjourned the matter. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Singh, said that he needs some time to file the reply on the investigating agency's plea. The bench adjourned the matter for March 16. The CBI had challenged a limited part of the order of the Delhi High Court passed in the case of Virbhadra Singh on March 31, 2017, in which it had said that the consent issue will be adjudiciated by the trial court. The agency had said that it has challenged only the limited issue of consent in the high court verdict. The CBI has said that section 6 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act, 1946, does not ..
Man gets life imprisonment for killing brother
A local court here today awarded life imprisonment to a man for killing his brother over a property dispute three years ago. Additional District and Sessions Court Judge (ADJ) (V) Rajesh Kumar found Ranjit Singh guilty of murder and sentenced him to lief imprisonment. Ranjit shot dead his brother in an area under the Hisua police station of the district on April 22, 2014, Additional Public Prosecutor (APP) Anil Kumar said. He chopped the body into several pieces and hid these in his house. The body parts were exhumed after family members got putrefied smell, the APP said. Ranjit's father Yogendra Singh alias Julum Singh had lodged a complaint with the police station against his son after four days of the incident, he said.
Tell-all writer on trial over France's 'heist of the century'
The suspected mastermind of France's "heist of the century" went on trial today nearly half a century after robbers tunnelled through sewers to snatch the equivalent of 29 million euros from a bank vault. The 1976 robbery at a Societe Generale branch in the southern city of Nice confounded the police for decades. Only one person was ever charged with the crime, with most of the gang disappearing, and the loot - 46 million francs, about 29 million euros (USD 36 million) in today's money - was never found. But in 2010, the case took an unexpected twist when a career criminal wrote a book in which he portrayed himself as the heist's mastermind. He used a pen name but investigators quickly concluded the writer was Jacques Cassandri, a key mafia figure in Marseille, where he is now standing trial. He had assumed he was safe because the crime was too old to be prosecuted, but Cassandri is being charged with laundering the millions from the heist - a crime for which France has .