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Cop shoots two is Noida
Two people were allegedly shot at by a police personnel on Saturday in Uttar Pradesh's Noida Sector-122."Among both the injured, Jitendra Yadav, who was shot in the neck, is said to be critical, while Sunil has wounded his leg. Investigations are on and if the police officer is found guilty then strict action will be taken," Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Luv Kumar told ANI.Meanwhile, the grieving family narrated that four boys were returning from Bahrampur at around 10:30 pm, when the police personnel stopped the vehicle and fired at one of them without any reasonA case has been registered in this matter.
HC directs relief for CRPF jawan injured in 1989 terror attack
Twenty-nine years after a CRPF jawan suffered serious injuries in a terrorist ambush, the Delhi High Court has directed the Centre to grant him due financial upgrade benefits. The court said the constable has been "unjustifiably deprived" of financial benefits to which he was entitled after being granted relaxation in the medical standards according to the policies of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). A bench of justices Hima Kohli and Rekha Palli quashed and set aside the government's June 2003 and December 2005 orders by which it had rejected the jawan's claim for grant of benefits under the assured career progression (ACP) scheme. "The official is held entitled to receive the first financial upgradation from the due date i.e. August 9, 1999 and the second financial upgradation under the ACP scheme from January 24, 2005, when he had completed 24 years of services," the bench said while allowing his petition. It, however, said that ...
47 Indian fishermen arrested in Pakistan
Forty-seven Indian fishermen have been arrested by Pakistani authorities for allegedly fishing in the country's territorial waters in the Arabian Sea, according to a maritime official. The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) yesterday arrested 47 Indian fishermen and seized nine launches for illegally fishing in Pakistani waters, a PMSA spokesperson was quoted as saying by the Express Tribune. The arrested fishermen were handed over to the Docks police for further proceedings and investigation, it said. The Indian boats have been confiscated for violating Pakistans coastal territory, the spokesperson said, adding that said PMSA vessels and fast attack boats took part in an open sea operation for the purpose. On January 19, as many as 17 Indian fishermen had been arrested by the PSMA for allegedly fishing in Pakistan's territorial waters. Three boats had also been impounded. Pakistan had released 292 Indian fishermen as a goodwill gesture in December-January. Pakistan
Surat: Two held for using fake biometric data
Two people have been arrested by Surat Crime Branch on the charges of making money by hacking ration cards and fingerprints of people who get food grains at subsidised rates in Gujarat.The accused have been identified as Babubhai Boriwal (53) and Sampatlal Shah (61)."The accused who were authorised to use E-FPS application provided by the government for issuing subsidised items to beneficiaries by matching their stored biometric details with barcoded ration card and UID (Aadhar), used illegal software and somehow accessed the data built by the government. This way they diverted the quantum in name of unsuspecting beneficiaries, who were not utilising their allotted quota," the Crime Branch of Surat police said in a statement.A case has been registered and further investigations are on.
TN: Bharathiar University VC's wife arrested
The wife of vice-chancellor of Bharathiar University in Coimbatore A Ganapathi has been arrested for allegedly tampering with the evidences in connection with the graft case against him.Swarnalatha was arrested on Saturday for dumping the cash in the garbage after her husband was caught by Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) for accepting a bribe of Rs 30 lakh from a job-aspirant.He was arrested by a team of DVAC after he was caught accepting the bribe from Suresh, who was seeking the post of assistant professor.As per reports, Suresh had earlier complained to police regarding the demand for the bribe.On the basis of the complaint, DVAC had laid out a trap and caught the vice chancellor red-handed with Rs 1 lakh in cash and a cheque of Rs 29 lakh.Ganapathi was appointed the vice-chancellor of Bharathiar University in March 2016.
Pregnant woman murder: Hyderabad police offers Rs 1 lakh reward for clues
The Cyberabad Police has announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh for any information in the case of the unidentified pregnant woman, whose chopped body parts were found stuffed in two gunny bags, near the Botanical Garden area at Kondapur in Hyderabad.The incident has sent shock waves across the city.The case came to light after local residents found the blood-stained bags by the roadside on Tuesday morning and apprised police of it.As the body was decomposed, her identity could not be established, said police.During the investigation, four eyewitnesses stated that the victim was in a stage of advanced pregnancy and was last seen on January 28 in a hotel near the Botanical Garden, Gachibowli police station limits.A case of murder has been registered and an investigation was underway.
Kashmiri student held in MP for carrying LPG cylinder on train
The Railway Protection Force arrested a 22-year-old Kashmiri man for travelling with a small LPG cylinder at Vidisha railway station in Madhya Pradesh earlier this week, an RPF sub-inspector said. Mohammed Idris was arrested on the night of January 31, and a local court granted him bail yesterday, he said. The RPF got information around 10.30 pm on Wednesday night that a passenger was travelling with a five-kg LPG cylinder in the AC coach of Delhi-bound Bhopal Express, the official said. Idris was arrested under Section 164 of the Railways Act (unlawfully bringing dangerous goods on railway). He was produced before a court here on February 1, which sent him in judicial custody, he said. Yesterday, the court accepted his bail plea, the RPF official said. Idris is a resident of Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir and a student of an agriculture college there. He had come with some other students to attend a month- long training programme in Bhopal, and was taking the cylinder ...
CBI court adjourns hearing in illegal telephone case to Feb 5
A special court today adjourned hearing of the "illegal" telephone exchange case against former Union minister Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanithi Maran to February 5. Arguing on discharge pleas filed by the brothers, their counsel Kabil Sibal contended that the case was foisted on them. The counsel submitted that the Central Bureau of Investigation had no basic technical understanding with regard to the telephone connections. Sibal argued that there was not even a "whisper" about the involvement of Kalanithi Maran in the entire 3,000 page charge sheet and no witness even spoke about his involvement in the case. "Except he was the MD of Sun Group, Kalanithi Maran has nothing in it," Sibal and another counsel ARL Sundarresan submitted before the CBI Court today. "The allegation that there were 700 telephone lines was wrong. As then telecom minister only 10 lines were provided to Dayanidhi Maran's residence, originally at Gopalapuram, later in the Boat Club ...
When is a bribe not a bribe? NYC mayor says he did no wrong
Harendra Singh was in a losing battle with New York City over millions of dollars in rent on his waterfront restaurant. So, by his own admission, he opened his wallet and bribed his way out of the problem. He donated thousands of dollars to the mayor's election campaign and, as a result, got a meeting with top city officials in which he hammered out a more favorable lease. Singh ultimately pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge. The man he admitted to bribing, Mayor Bill de Blasio, was not prosecuted. That incongruity dogged de Blasio anew over the past week after Singh's guilty plea, made in secret in 2016, became public for the first time. Reporters peppered the Democrat with questions about how someone could be guilty of giving him a bribe, but him not being guilty of accepting it. "Everything we did on that matter and everything else we've done in this administration was legal, was appropriate. We hold ourselves to high ethical standards," the mayor said. "The ...
Former cricketer Debasis Mohanty complains of vulgar remarks
Former India cricketer Debasis Mohanty today filed a written complaint with the police alleging that some mischievous elements have been uploading obscene and offensive materials about him on the internet using his and his wifes photographs. The former India fast bowler made the complaint in the cyber crime complaint cell here at the police headquarters. These vulgar things are appearing in the internet for over two years now. In 2015, I had brought this to the notice of the state crime branch police and after that had ignored them completely hoping that good sense would prevail upon the uploader and they would be deleted from internet, Mohanty said. He said when things did not change, he was left with no choice but to make a formal complaint with the police. When asked if he has any idea about the culprits or suspect any of his acquaintances to be behind the act, the cricketer, who represented India in two Test matches and nearly 50 one day internationals in the late ...
Former Army captain found bludgeoned to death on Pune pavement
The body of a former captain in the Army was found in the Pune Cantonment area late Thursday night with police stating that he had been bludgeoned to death by two unidentified people. Police said that Ravindra Bali (67), a former captain in the Army, was living as a recluse in a makeshift tent on a footpath in the Pune Camp Area. "The watchman of a bungalow, who saw two people assaulting Bali and fleeing from the scene, alerted the police," said an officer with Lashkar police station. "Bali was not in touch with his family for several years and was leading a reclusive life. During investigations, we managed to get details of his family and this in turn helped us identify Bali," the official said. He added that a case of murder had been registered against unidentified persons and investigations were underway to identify and arrest them.
Woman accused of hurling eggs at Odisha CM sent to judicial
A court here today sent a woman accused of hurling eggs at Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to judicial custody till February 8. The Judicial Magistrate (First Class), Jaleswar, Sumitra Sahu passed the order, a public prosecutor said. The woman was accused of throwing eggs at Patnaik on January 31 when he was addressing a public meeting at Talasari in Balasore district, he said. The woman was produced in court in connection with the case registered under relevant IPC and CrPC sections at Marine Police Station, Talsari, the public prosecutor said. The accused was allegedly manhandled by police and ruling BJD supporters after she was caught, and later admitted to the Balasore head quarter hospital from where she was discharged today, he added.
Former Goa CM Kamat chargesheeted in another mining scam
A Goa Police SIT probing the Rs 35,000 crore illegal mining scam on Saturday filed a chargesheet against former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat and others in yet another case of illegally condoning a delay in renewing a mining lease.
Brothers duo held for killing 2 Nepalese nationals in HP
Two brothers were arrested today for allegedly killing two Nepalese nationals in Shoghi, 13 Km from here, police said. The police have also Rs 2.38 lakh in cash allegedly looted by the two accused from victims as Navin (32), a resident of Ponta Sahib, and Chandra Prakash (19), resident of Renuka, whose bodies were recovered from a ditch, they said. The deceased were brothers-in-law and worked as driver and conductor of a tempo which has also been recovered. The accused, Naresh and Rakesh, both brothers were arrested from Kun village in Sirmaur district after the police scanned the mobile phone call records of the victims and followed the persons who made the last call, the police said. Director General of Police S R Mardi said the police also scanned CCTV cameras at two locations on Dhalli-Shoghi road and found that two vehicles were moving at a short distance from each other. The owner identified the vehicles in CCTV footage and told the police that he was owner of both .
CBI arrests GST commissioner, 8 others in bribery case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested a Goods and Services Tax (GST) and Central Excise Commissioner in an alleged bribery case on Saturday.Also, two superintendents and an official, working in the GST and Central Excise Commission in Kanpur and six persons, including the director of a private firm based in the city were apprehended.All the accused were produced in the respective courts at Delhi and Lucknow.The CBI registered a case on February 2 against the GST Commissioner (IRS-1986), and others under Section 120 B read with sections 7, 11 and 12 of the Indian Penal Code (IPL) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, based on the allegations of criminal conspiracy and illegal gratification.It was alleged that the Commissioner was taking periodic updates from his superintendents, regarding the receipt of the illegal gratification from various private parties.It was further alleged that these pertained to either monthly or quarterly payments for not taking action by the
Sheena case: Court allows Peter Mukerjea plea to examine Rai's
A special CBI court here which is conducting trial in the Sheena Bora murder case today allowed former media baron Peter Mukerjea's plea seeking to examine approver Shyamvar Rai's mobile phone. The phone and its SIM card are in the custody of the Bandra magistrate court, where Rai is facing a case under the Arms Act. Peter Mukerjea's lawyers wanted access to Rai's phone in order to cross-examine him further. Rai, Mukerjea's former driver and one of the accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, had turned approver (prosecution witness) and was granted pardon by the court. Special CBI judge J C Jagdale today also allowed Peter Mukerjea's plea seeking the log book of a police vehicle used by suburban Khar police when they arrested Rai in 2015. Rai had been detained illegally a few days prior to his formal arrest, Mukerjea's lawyer had alleged earlier. However, the court rejected his request seeking call detail records (CDR) of inspector Dinesh Kadam, former investigating ...
UP government biased against Muslims: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind
The Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) on Saturday accused the Uttar Pradesh government of bias against the minority communities after many Muslim youths were arrested in a case of violence in the BJP-ruled state's Kasganj in which one person was killed.
Jay Shah defamation case: Accused deny charge, trial from next
All the accused in a case filed by BJP president Amit Shah's son Jay Shah over an article published by news portal 'The Wire' relating to his company today denied the allegation of criminal defamation against them, according to Jay Shah's lawyer. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate S K Gadhvi recorded the statements of the accused today, his lawyer Prakash Patel said. With the accused denying the allegation that they indulged in criminal defamation, the trial will start from the next hearing on March 17 with Jay Shah's examination, he said. Jay Shah had moved court alleging criminal defamation by the accused after the article published by the website claimed his company's turnover grew exponentially following the BJP- led government coming to power at the Centre in 2014. Shah filed the criminal defamation case against the author of the article Rohini Singh, founding editors of the news portal Siddharth Varadarajan, Siddharth Bhatia and M K Venu, managing editor ...
Body of missing minor girl found in lake
A body of a 13-year-old girl, who had been missing since three days, was found in Basapura Lake in Bengaluru's Anekal on Saturday.The body of the minor girl has been sent for the postmortem.A case has been registered and police investigation is underway.
Gold worth Rs 54 lakh seized from air passengers
In continuing anti-smuggling operations, Air Intelligence officials of the Customs at theInternational airport here today seized over 1.7 kg of goldvalued at Rs 54.65 lakh in three separate cases. In the first case, 20 gold bar cut pieces totally weighing 756 grams valued at Rs 23.66 lakh were found concealed inside two hand mixers brought in the check-in baggage by a native of Kozhikode, who arrived from Jeddah, Customs Commissioner Sumit Kumar said. In the second incident, sleuths found 16 gold bar cut pieces weighing 757 grams valued at Rs 23.69 lakh concealed inside hand mixers in the check-in baggage of a passenger, who arrived from Abu Dhabi by a private airliner, he added. Both the passengers were arrested, Kumar said. In the third case, the Customs sleuths recovered two gold biscuits weighing 233.2 gms and valued at Rs 7.3 lakh from a passenger who arrived from Muscat by an Air India Express flight. The passenger, hailing from Kasargode district had concealed the