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Girl raped by a youth in front of her brother
A 23-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a man in front of her mentally challenged brother here, police said today. According to a complaint lodged by the victim, the incident occurred yesterday when she had gone out to purchase some medicines in Kotwali Police Station area, they said. The accused, Monu, offered them a ride till the shop on his motorcycle. He took them to a secluded spot and raped the woman in front of her brother who is mentally challenged, they added. He also threatened the two with dire circumstances if they disclosed the incident to anyone. Police said a case was registered against Monu.
Colorado deputy killed as group of detectives made arrest
Colorado's third law enforcement officer to be killed in five weeks was part of a group of detectives making an arrest in a car theft case, but authorities did not release other details about what led to the shooting in the closest string of on-duty deaths in three decades. El Paso County Deputy Micah Flick was killed and four others two sheriff's officers, a police officer and a bystander were wounded Monday in a shooting near an apartment complex just east of downtown Colorado Springs. The suspect also was killed. The last time this many Colorado officers were killed in the line of duty so close together was in 1987, when three were killed within a month. "A number of other officers" were at the scene but not injured, El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder said, calling the shooting "senseless violence." He said the gunfire happened as they made an arrest and that the plainclothes officers were part of a group that works together regularly. Elder said they all wore ...
Man gets three year imprisonment for molesting toddler
A Thane court has awarded three years rigorous imprisonment to a 35-year-old man for molesting a toddler living in his neighbourhood. District and Sessions Judge S C Khalipe pronounced Vinit Nandkumar Dhanawade guilty under relevant provisions of the POCSO Act and IPC sections 354 (assault or criminal force on woman with an intent to outrage her modesty) and 506 (criminal intimidation). She also imposed a fine of Rs 3,000 on the accused in her order last week. According to the prosecution, the accused molested the girl when she went to his house in the Kashimira area on February 26, 2016. The accused then gave a candy to the girl and threatened to beat her up if she revealed the incident to anyone. However, the girl told her mother the same day. Subsequently, the victim's parents questioned their neighbour but he denied the allegations. The parents then lodged a police complaint on February 29 and the accused was arrested. Judge Khalipe observed that the delay in the ...
Court affirms USD 25 million Trump University settlement
A federal appeals court cleared the way for students who claim they were duped by the now- defunct Trump University to get most of their money back. The USD 25 million settlement, approved in March, had been threatened by a lone objector, Florida lawyer and Trump University attendee Sherri Simpson, who wanted to opt out and take President Donald Trump to court on her own. Simpson, along with thousands of other class members, had initially agreed to take part in the settlement, but then objected that she was denied a second opportunity to opt out of the case. But the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said the US District Court for the Southern District of California that approved the deal had "acted well within its discretion," given the fairness of the settlement as a whole. The original ruling from Judge Gonzalo Curiel -- who Trump would later claim was biased against the president due to his Mexican heritage -- ended three lawsuits relating to Trump ..
Five killed as car rams into tree in Palghar
Five persons were killed when a speeding car rammed into a roadside tree in the neighbouring Palghar district in the wee hours today, police said. The car was heading towards Palghar city from Vadrai village when its driver lost control over the wheels near the Patilwadi turn around 3 am, a police official said. As a result, the vehicle rammed into the tree on the roadside, he said. The victims, all locals aged between 25 and 30, could not get any help as the vehicular movement on the road is thin during the early hours, the official said. The driver of another car, which crossed the accident spot after sometime, alerted the police, he said. The five bodies were sent to a government hospital in Palghar for postmortem, he said. A case was registered at the Satpati police station, he added.
Uttarakhand: 8 killed after car falls in gorge
At least eight people were killed after a car fell down a gorge in Champawat's Sawala area of Uttarakhand on Wednesday.Local administration officials immediately rushed to the spot.Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident.The car was travelling from Pithoragarh to Tanakpur.Further details are awaited.Earlier on February 1, four tourists were killed and one woman was critically injured when their car fell into a canal in Nainital, Uttarakhand.
Hyd: Illegal hoardings to be taken down
In a bid to curb pollution, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) are taking down all the illegal hoardings in the city and filing criminal case against the offenders.GHMC Commissioner Janardhan Reddy told ANI, "Till now we have we have identified about 300 illegal hoardings, which will be removed in few days. Not only this, we are even putting a criminal case against the ones who put these hoardings without permission."Reddy said that new hoardings in the city will be checked from now and only the ones that are permitted by GHMC will be allowed to be put up."Today we are seeing lots of pollution created through various things in the city. The hoardings are also part of causing pollution as plastic is used in the hoardings. To reduce pollution, the government has decided to make few changes, of which removing the illegal hoardings is one the main step to controls the pollution," Reddy said.
Hyd: Police Constable commits suicide
A police Constable in Hyderabad's Mughalpura Police Station committed suicide by jumping in front of a moving train, in the wee hours of Tuesday.The Constable, identified as Sandeep Kumar, took the step a few days after his relationship with a married woman was disclosed in the media, and the woman's husband had filed a complaint seeking action against him.The incident took place within the limits of Malkajgiri police stationThe body has been taken for autopsy and a case has been registered under Section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), Malkajgiri Police informed.Further probe is underway.
Kunduli gang-rape: NHRC to examine vital points
A team from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) reached Odisha's Kunduli, on Tuesday, the place where a minor school girl was allegedly gang-raped last year, to examine several critical issues in the case.Acting on a petition and subsequent submissions filed by social activist and Supreme Court lawyer Radhakanta Tripathy, the NHRC sent its investigation team, headed by DSP Ravi Singh, to solve the case.Tripathy also sought heavy compensation to the victim's family and action against the errant officials.The girl, who was studying in ninth standard, was allegedly gang-raped by four security personnel in October last year. She committed suicide on January 22.The case took a complicated turn on November 7, when the HRPC of Odisha Police stated that as per the medical report of the victim, she had not been raped.Following the girl's suicide, a report submitted before the NHRC by the Crime Branch Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID) stated that betrayal by the deceased ...
Hemant Katare case: Victim says she was blackmailed
The alleged rape victim, who was shut behind the bars for allegedly blackmailing and extorting money from Congress MLA Hemant Katare, made shocking revelations on Wednesday after getting released on bail.The 20-year-old journalism student alleged that she was blackmailed by Katare as well as the Crime branch ASP, Rashmi Mishra, against speaking to media about being raped by him.Addressing a pressing conference, the alleged victim denied the charges on which she was arrested."I did not blackmail him. In fact, I was the one who was blackmailed," she said, adding that Katare had blackmailed to kill her and her family based on the pictures and videos he had made of her.As per the victim, the incident took place at Jhoona Gym, where she was called by Katare for a meeting regarding an event invitation."We had a students' organisation 'Youth Maange Azaadi' where leaders of opposition had been invited for participation to an event marked as a fight against the government regarding ...
Delhi HC seeks AIADMK reply on party symbol issue
The Delhi high court on Tuesday directed the Palaniswami-O Panneerselvam faction of the ruling AIADMK to file a reply in the two leaves symbol case by February 8.The notice was issued while the court was hearing a plea filed by the sidelined AIADMK leader, T.T.V. Dhinakaran, who has challenged the Election Commission of India's (ECI) decision to grant the symbol to the AIADMK's ruling faction -- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami and Deputy CM O. Panneerselvam.Earlier on January 12, Narendra Kumar Jain, a close aide of Dhinakaran, was granted bail in the case of bribing the ECI to procure the symbol.
Family of four commits suicide in Telangana
In a suspected incident of suicide, a family of four, including two minors, was found dead in Keesara area of Medchal district on Friday after they allegedly jumped into a lake.According to Keesara police, the husband and wife jumped into the lake along with their children.The deceased family consisted of Ramesh (32), his wife Manipadiga Shyamala alias Manasa (26), and their daughters- Geeta (three) and Divya (six months).The bodies recovered from the lake have been sent for a postmortem and an investigation has been initiated.Further details are awaited.
Saudi citizen who attended terrorist training camp indicted
A federal indictment returned today accuses a Saudi Arabian man of falsifying immigration paperwork when he failed to disclose he attended a terrorist training camp before entering the United States. A federal grand jury in Oklahoma City handed up the indictment against Naif Abdulaziz M Alfallaj, 34, of Weatherford, Oklahoma, who is charged with two counts of visa fraud and one count of making false statements. He has lived in Oklahoma since 2012. Court records do not indicate whether Alfallaj is represented by an attorney. The indictment alleges Alfallaj attended the al-Qaida- operated al Farooq terrorist training camp near Kandahar, Afghanistan, around September 2000 and filled out a form using a nickname. The FBI later found 15 of Alfallaj's fingerprints on the document after it was recovered by the U.S. military from an al-Qaida safe house in Afghanistan. The document is also alleged to include an emergency contact number associated with Alfallaj's father in Saudi ..
Former Alaska Airlines pilot to plead guilty to flying under the influence
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A former Alaska Airlines pilot has agreed to plead guilty to flying a commercial jetliner while under the influence of alcohol under an agreement that calls for him to serve a year in prison, federal prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Eli Zabar sues to block eviction from Manhattan food store
NEW YORK (Reuters) - E.A.T. may soon be O.U.T. if Eli Zabar's landlords successfully evict him from one of his food stores on Manhattan's Upper East Side, according to a new lawsuit filed on Tuesday.
India disturbed by declaration of state of emergency in Maldives
India was disturbed by the declaration of the state of emergency in the Maldives, following Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen's refusal to abide by the Supreme Court's ruling, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday."We are disturbed by the declaration of a State of Emergency in #Maldives following the refusal of the Govt to abide by the unanimous ruling of the full bench of the Supreme Court on 1 Feb, and also by the suspension of Constitutional rights of the people of Maldives," the MEA said in a statement."The arrest of the Supreme Court Chief Justice and political figures are also reasons for concern. Government continues to carefully monitor the situation," it added.On Monday, former Maldives' president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed, Supreme Court Justice Ali Hameed and Judicial administrator Hassan Saeed were arrested by security forces, just hours after President Yameen declared a state of emergency in the country.Yameen, who has been defying
Former Vatican bank managers found liable for mismanagement
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Two former senior managers of the Vatican bank have been found liable for mismanagement and ordered to pay damages by the city state's court, the bank said in a statement on Tuesday.
Terror charge dropped against man on trial over Paris attacks
Prosecutors sought a four-year jail term today for a man who hired out his apartment to two Islamic State jihadists after the 2015 Paris attacks, but they said there was insufficient evidence to convict him on terror charges. Jawad Bendaoud, who was nicknamed the "Daesh (Islamic State) landlord" in the French media, has been on trial since January 24 accused of harbouring the ringleader of the team of gunmen who killed 130 people in the French capital in November 2015. Bendaoud, a drug dealer, rented out one of his grimy apartments north of Paris to top Islamic State (IS) extremist Abdelhamid Abaaoud and an accomplice, Chakib Akrouh. The two men hid there and plotted more bloodshed in the days after the atrocity. Prosecutors initially claimed that Bendaoud knew he was helping to hide terrorists, but the 31-year-old denied it throughout, saying he was simply making money and was a cocaine-sniffing womaniser, not a religious fundamentalist. He is on trial along with ...
US judge says 'Chapo' Guzman jury will remain anonymous
The jury in the trial in New York of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman will remain anonymous for their safety, a US judge has ruled. Federal Judge Brian Cogan, who is handling the trial set to begin in September, granted the US attorney's office's request for anonymity. Guzman, 60, is accused of running the Sinaloa crime syndicate, one of the world's biggest drug empires. He has twice escaped prison in Mexico and has been held in solitary confinement in New York since being extradited to the United States a year ago. The US district attorney for the eastern district of New York, based in Brooklyn, has presented "strong and credible reasons to believe that the jury needs protection," Cogan wrote. The indictment alleges that Guzman "employed 'sicarios' or hit men who carried out hundreds of acts of violence, including murders, assaults and kidnappings," he said. Based on the indictment, "it seems likely that the trial evidence will depict a pattern by ..
Kidnapped minor is back home after 12 days, 1 kidnapper killed
A five-year-old minor abducted 12 days ago from the national capital returned safely to his parents on Tuesday, after he was rescued from the kidnappers. One of the kidnappers died in the exchange of fire that led to the boy's rescue.