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CBI nabs sr. executives of Noida-based construction co.; APFC
The CBI today arrested two senior executives of a Noida-based construction company and an Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner in a bribery case involving Rs 5 lakh, agency officials said. The arrested persons are Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner Surender Kumar, 3C Universal Developers Pvt Ltd executive Santosh Kumar, and the Chief Financial Officer of the company Dinesh Pahwa, they said. The company had built several projects in the NCR area like Lotus Boulevard, Lotus Boulevard Espacia, Lotus Panache among others. The CBI had received information that APFC Surender Kumar was allegedly in the habit of demanding illegal gratification from various private parties in the name of Regional Provident Fund Commissioner by providing them relief in the cases of violation of provident fund provisions. Pahwa engaged Surender Kumar through Santosh Kumar for seeking favours in the matters of the company relating to delay in deducting, depositing and filing return of employee .
Woman near train door attacked by phone robber; injured
A 23-year-old woman standing near the door of a coach of a CSMT-bound local train fell on tracks and sustained serious injuries after a mobile phone thief hit her with a stick, an RPF official said today. The accused, a minor, was apprehended from the Masjid railway station this morning. The incident occurred last morning when Dravita Singh, a resident of Kalyan in Thane district, was commuting to her office in a ladies special train, he said. Singh's office is located in Fort area in south Mumbai, according to the official. He said the woman went near the door of her coach to talk on her mobile phone due to poor signal strength. As the train crossed Sandhurst Road station and slowed down while nearing Masjid station, a boy standing on the tracks hit her with a stick around 9 A.M, the official said. "Due to the impact, the woman fell on the tracks while the accused took away her mobile phone and ran away," he said, adding that some commuters and others who witnessed the ..
BJP using police to target us: AAP
Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh on Wednesday said that the Delhi Police was unable to curb crime and was only being used by the BJP to target his party legislators.
16-yr-old girl suffers burn injuries
A minor girl suffered serious burn injuries after her uncle allegedly poured petrol on her while she was preparing tea on the gas stove, police said. The incident occurred today after a verbal spat between the victim's mother and her Greece-based NRI uncle over money, said SSP Sandeep Sharma. The accused, identified as Haridass, allegedly poured petrol on the victim and her mother, the SSP said. The 16-year-old girl caught fire as she was standing close to the gas stove. However, her mother had a miraculous escape, Sharma said. The girl was rushed to a local hospital, he said.
Khaleda Zia gets 5 years in jail for corruption
A Bangladesh court on Thursday sentenced former Prime Minister and the country's main opposition leader Khaleda Zia to five years in prison on corruption charges that she and her supporters described as a "politically motivated" attempt to keep her out of general elections.
Teenager stamps toddler to death over pigeon flying away
A teenager allegedly stamped atwo-year-old boy to death after the child reportedly blocked his way in trying to catch a pigeon leading to it flying away, police said today. The incident occurredatSoladevanahalli in the city yesterday. The toddler was the third son of Basavraj, a migrant worker from Raichur, who sells snacks to eke out a living. Police said the accused, a 14-year-old boy, whose parents hailed from Bagalkote, reared some pigeons at home. The bird droppings had led to quarrel between his parents and neighbours including Basavaraj's family. A couple of days ago, there was an altercation between both the families. Yesterday afternoon, the boy found one of thepigeons missing at home and spotted it sitting nearby on theroad. As he ran to catch the bird, the child reportedly came in between. By the time he could react, the bird flew away. Police said the angry teenager allegedly took the child to a nearby plantation, dumped him on the ground and stamped him to ...
Owners of '1 Above' pub arrested for PF default
Three owners of a tony pub gutted in the Kamala Mills Compound blaze were today arrested for not paying their employees' Provident Fund (PF) dues, police said. Kripesh Sanghvi, his brother Jigar and their partner Abhijeet Mankar, the owners of '1 Above' pub, were arrested by the N M Joshi Marg police, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Zone III, Virendra Mishra, said. The three had allegedly not paid PF dues of Rs 8.65 lakh that they owed their employees. A case was registered against them under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Provident Fund Act, he told PTI. The case was registered after the Kamala Mills fire and the arrests were made today, the DCP said. The three were already in custody in the Kamala Mills fire case and had now been arrested in the PF payment default matter, police said. They were booked under IPC sections 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent), and
Drug peddler arrested by Crime Branch
An alleged drug peddler, who carried a reward of Rs 25,000, was arrested by a Crime Branch team near the Dwarka court, police said today. Dinesh Pal (32) was caught recently by the Crime Branch, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Alok Kumar said. "He is a notorious drug peddler and was arrested earlier also. He was carrying a cash reward of Rs 25,000 on his arrest," he said. "The reward was announced by the Commissioner of Police in connection with a case registered with Crime Branch police station," the officer said. In November last year, Najafgarh resident Satbir was arrested and 200 gram of heroin was seized from him. During interrogation, he had disclosed the name of Pal as his supplier, Kumar said.
SC summons HP chief secretary as cases go unrepresented
The Supreme Court has summoned the Chief Secretary of Himachal Pradesh to appear before it and explain why no lawyers have been engaged by the state for appearing for it in criminal matters. The top court said it was "unfortunate" that there was no representation on behalf of the state of Himachal Pradesh and the lawyer present had no instruction to appear in the matter. A bench of Justices N V Ramana and S Abdul Nazeer, which was hearing a criminal appeal pending since 2011, wanted to know if there was any remission scheme pending for considering early release of convicts, who had suffered more than 15 years of incarceration. "In view of the fact that no standing counsel for the State of Himachal Pradesh is present even today also, we have no option but to direct the Chief Secretary of the State of Himachal Pradesh to appear before this Court on the next date of hearing and explain the reasons for not engaging any counsel in these matters," the bench said. The top court
Maharashtra court issues arrest warrant against ex-AAP leader
A court here on Thursday issued an arrest warrant against anti-corruption activist and former Aam Aadmi Party leader Anjali Damania in a defamation case filed by the local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists.
Kochi yoga centre in soup over religious conversion, molestation
A yoga centre in Kerala's Kochi has come under scanner for alleged religious conversions and molestation of women.The Kochi crime branch registered a case against the Sivasakthi Yoga centre on Thursday.Three cases that of conspiracy, torture, wrongful confinement and outraging the modesty of women have been filed against the yoga centre.Further probe in the regard is on.
Vyapam: CBI files fresh chargesheet against MP minister
Former Madhya Pradesh minister Laxmikant Sharma, his OSD and 85 others were today charged by the CBI for alleged cheating and corruption in the recruitment of Grade-II contractual teachers through Vyapam in 2012, agency officials said. The chargesheet, filed in the Bhopal Special court today, has named then controller of Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board - also known as Vyapam - Pankaj Trivedi; then principal system analyst in Vyapam Nitin Mohindra, 72 candidates, two other Vyapam officials and 11 middlemen, including Sharma, they said. O P Shukla, the OSD of Sharma, then technical and higher education minister in the BJP government in the state, has been named as an accused in the chargesheet, the officials said. Mohindra and Trivedi allegedly helped in inflating marks of the candidates appearing for the examination for the appointment of Grade-II contractual teachers, they said. The CBI has found that Sharma had appointed Trivedi as the controller of ...
No curtailment in demand for funds under MGNREGA: Govt to SC
The Centre today told the Supreme Court that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was a "demand-driven scheme" and it has not curtailed the demand for funds by the states under it. Attorney General (AG) K K Venugopal told a bench comprising justices Madan B Lokur and N V Ramana that there were no instances where the Centre has either capped number of days of employment under the Act or not released funds to the states. "We have paid increased amount (to the states). The MGNREGA is a demand-driven scheme and at no stage, the demand (of the states for funds) has been curtailed by the Union of India," he submitted. Venugopal put forwards the arguments while countering the submissions of advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the NGO-turned-political party Swaraj Abhiyan. Bhushan claimed in the court that the Centre has no authority in law to reduce the "person days" from the projection made by the states under the Act and due of lack of funds, the ..
Teacher arrested for touching student inappropriately
A school teacher was today arrested for allegedly misbehaving and touching inappropriately a class II student, an official said today. The incident came to the fore after the victim's family lodged a complaint with the local police, said Dhananjay Misra, the SHO of Kotwali Nagar Police Station. On the basis of the complaint, the accused was arrested under section 354 of the IPC and the POCSO Act, Misra said.
Barricade wire snuffs out biker's life, seven policemen suspended
In a freak accident, a biker was killed early on Thursday when his neck was fatally slashed by a wire tied at a police roadblock in west Delhi, following which an Inspector was transferred to the police lines and seven others suspended, police said.
VVIP chopper deal: Court seeks ED's response on woman
A special court today sought the Enforcement Directorate's response by February 12 on a plea of a woman director of two Dubai-based firms, accused in a money laundering case connected with the Rs 3,600-crore VVIP chopper deal, seeking permission to go abroad. In her application before Special Judge Arvind Kumar, Shivani Saxena, an active director of Dubai-based M/s UHY Saxena and M/s Matrix Holdings, submitted she needed to go to Germany for medical treatment. She was arrested by the ED from Chennai on July 17 last year and granted bail by the Delhi High Court on December 15 with various conditions, including that she will not leave the country without the court's prior permission. The ED had on September 13 last year filed a charge sheet against her and others. The final report had also named her husband Rajiv Saxena, against whom a non-bailable warrant was issued for non- cooperation in the probe, but he has not been arrayed as an accused. The two are residents of Palm
Rs 83cr given to village panchayats in Rampur unaccounted for
A sum of Rs 83 crore allotted to the village panchayats here in 2017-17 for implementation of MGNREGS and sanitation programmes, and construction of roads is unaccounted for, recent audits have shown. The suspected case of corruption came to light when District Panchayat Raj Officer (DPRO) Sharan Jeet Kaur served notices on the erring village panchayats, sources said. District Magistrate Mahendra Bahadur, who took charge just a few days back, told PTI today that he had taken notice of the issue and asked the departments concerned to clarify soon so that action could be initiated. According to official reports, the district consists of 684 village panchayats, which is managed by 115 village panchayat officers, but the DPRO said the records of developmental works were with the village bodies. The DPRO said all the village panchayat officers of the Panchayat Raj Department were transferred, but none of them submitted records of expenditure of the allotted money although ...
Karna BJP unit alleges Rs 7000 cr sand scam in sand import
The BJP in Karnataka today alleged that a Rs 7,000 crore scam has taken place in importing sand from Malaysia and selling it at an exorbitant price in the state. Raising the issue in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, opposition BJP leader Jagadish Shettarsaid Mysore Sales International Limited (MSIL) had awarded the contract to a bogus company, Poseidon FZE, through a tender to import 180 lakh tons of sand for five years. "The company has given EMD documents at Axios Credit Bank in Singapore, but this bank has no branch in Singapore," Shettar said, releasing documents about the alleged scam. Shettar alleged that the import price of the sand flown from Malaysia is Rs 107 per 50 kg bag, but it was being sold at an exorbitant price of Rs 200 per 50 kg bag. "I can understand if there is a hike in selling price to say Rs 10 to Rs 15, but an increase of Rs 93 cannot be accepted.This is a scam of huge dimensions," he said. Shettar said it is an international crime and MSIL ...
43 gram heroin, 13.5 kilogram ganja seized in Mizoram
The Mizoram Excise and Narcotics department officials today seized 43 gram of heroin from a Myanmarese national here and arrested him for possessing the contraband, a department spokesman said. The contraband is worth around Rs 1.5 lakh in the local market, the spokesman said. In another incident, the officials also seized 13.5 kilogram of ganja from two persons, and arrested them for possession of drugs, he said. The three accused persons were booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, the spokesperson added.
Over 70 history-sheeters held in midnight swoop in city:Police
In a midnight swoop after a tip-off, the city police arrested 75 history-sheeters at gun-point after raiding a birthday party of a dreaded gangster, who, however, managed to escape with a few others, police said. The rowdies, wanted in connection with several cases, including murder, were arrested on the city outskirts in the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday after a history- sheeter spilled the beans, they said. During questioning, he told police personnel that he was on his way to the birthday bash of Binu, wanted in cases, including alleged extortion, they added. The images from the 'gala event' showed Binu cutting a cake with a machete, the police said. Acting on a tip-off, special teams of assistant commissioners and inspectors, among others, totally numbering around 70, stormed the venue near Poonamallee where the party was being held. The police personnel went in private vehicles to avoid detection. The revellers were caught off-guard on seeing the ...