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SP slams Adityanath govt over 'failure' to check crime
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav today alleged that crime in Uttar Pradesh was on the rise as police officers were working on the "directions of BJP leaders". He also claimed that good officers were being "ignored" and that the Yogi Adityanath dispensation had failed to maintain law and order in the state. "How can law and order be maintained when a police chief acts as a BJP worker. Police officers are pleasing BJP leaders. Those who can hob-nob and work on directives of BJP leaders are being given postings and good officers are being ignored. Due to this criminals are ruling the roost," he said at a press conference here. On DGP OP Singh, who recently joined as the state's police chief and was an officer when Mulayam Singh Yadav was chief minister, the SP leader said, "He is a good officer. Let us see whether BJP men let him work or not." "Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath used to say criminals have fled the state, but the spate in crime
Scoreboard at lunch on day two
Scoreboard at lunch on day two of the third and final Test match between India and South Africa here today: India First innings: 187 South Africa First innings: Dean Elgar c Parthiv Patel b Bhuvneshwar 4 Aiden Markram c Parthiv Patel b Bhuvneshwar 2 Kagiso Rabada c A Rahane b Ishant 30 Hashim Amla not out 32 AB de Villiers not out 0 Extras (lb7,w6) 13 Total 81 for 3 in 31 Overs Fall of Wickets: 3-1, 16-2, 80-3. Bowling: B Kumar 11-7-17-2, J Bumrah 8-2-21-0, I Sharma 7-2-20-1, M Shami 4-0-15-0, H Pandya 1-0-1-0.
CID arrests man involved in attack on Sadar police station
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal Police has arrested one person for his alleged involvement in the attack of Sadar police station of Darjeeling during the Gorkhaland agitation, a senior police officer said. The CID arrested Dawa Sherpa, a resident of Alipurduar from Bagdogra yesterday for his alleged involvement in the Sadar police station attack case, DIG (Operations) of CID, Nishat Pervez said. A mob attacked Sadar police station in July last year during the Gorkhaland agitation.
Man held for smuggling gold, steroids at Delhi airport
A man has been arrested by customs officials for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country gold and steroids worth about Rs 69 lakh at Delhi airport, according to an official statement issued today. The accused was intercepted after his arrival from Bangkok on Tuesday by an Air India flight. "A detailed personal and baggage search of the passenger resulted in the recovery of one gold chain weighing 76 grams and assorted medicines in commercial quantity," it said. The value of the gold and the assorted medicines works out to be Rs 69.36 lakh, the customs department said in the statement, adding that the passenger has been arrested. "The medicines illegally brought by him are steroids," a senior customs official said.
Farmer electrocuted in Kota
A 45-year-old farmer was electrocuted while he was switching on the water booster in his agriculture field, police said today. The incident occurred on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday in Kachnariya village which comes under the jurisdiction of Dablana police station, they said. The body was handed over to family members after post- mortem, they added. In another incident, a 35-year-old farmer was killed when he was allegedly hit by an unknown vehicle yesterday, the police said. The deceased was identified as Ramdhan Gujar, a resident of Khataro Ka Kheda village, they said. A case was registered against the unknown driver, they said. Meanwhile, one person was killed and two others were injured after their car was hit by a vehicle and fell into a canal, a police officer said. The deceased was identified as Kunjbihari Naagar, 24, a resident of Bajaranjpura area which comes under the jurisdiction of Kunhari police station. The incident took place on Tuesday ...
Delhi HC's 'no' to plea on 'Padmaavat'
The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to entertain a plea seeking the quashing of the certificate for public viewing granted to the movie "Padmaavat".
UP: Minor gang-raped, two arrested
A 16-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by three youths at Dargahpur village in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, police said today. Two of the accused have been arrested, they said. The incident took place yesterday when the three accused barged into the girl's house in her family's absence, Circle Officer Rajesh Bhardwaj said. "Two of the accused have been arrested, while efforts are on to nab the third one who is absconding," he added. According to the complaint lodged by the victim's brother, her sister was beaten up and raped by the three accused, who he alleged also threatened to kill her if she informed anyone about the incident. A case has been registered and the girl has been sent for medical examination, police said.
SC to hear contempt plea against 4 states over 'Padmaavat' vandalism
Congress leader Tehseen Poonawalla on Thursday informed that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear the contempt petition against the state governments of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana for not taking steps to ensure law and order before the release of the film 'Padmaavat'."The Honorable Supreme Court has agreed to hear my petition on Monday. I prayed to the Honorable Supreme Court that its judgment with regard to Padmaavat on January 18 is not being followed, while the law and order situation is being violated", Poonawalla told ANI.Speaking about the Gurugram incident, where a school bus was attacked on Wednesday by a group of men protesting against the controversial film, Poonawalla said that it is a state government's responsibility to see that its people are abiding by the Supreme Court's decision."Innocent kids are being stoned, they are crying and being tortured. Law and order is the responsibility of the state governments to summon chief secretaries, home ...
IIT-K girl student alleges rape by IAF officer
An IIT-Kanpur girl student has accused an Indian Air Force officer of raping her repeatedly after promising marriage. She alleged in her FIR lodged yesterday that she was raped by the officer at the girl's hostel of the institute, Circle Officer (Kalyanpur), Navin Kumar Singh said today. He said the case was lodged under IPC sections 376 (rape), 354B (criminal force with intent to disrobe women), 120B (criminal conspiracy), 504 (intentional insult), and 506 (criminal intimidation). She has named the IAF officer, a resident of Saran district in Bihar, his friend, sister and brother-in-law in the FIR. The CO said investigation is on, but no arrest has been made. The girl will be produced before the magistrate concerned for recording of her statements under section 164 of CrPC. The girl claimed that she had come close to Sitanshu through social networking site Facebook about a year back. Since then they kept in touch with each other through social media, he said. A few ...
BJP for ED probe into fraud allegations against Kodiyeri's son
The BJP today approached the Enforcement Directorate seeking a probe into alleged illegal financial transactions carried out by the son of CPI(M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan from the state. According to a complaint by the Dubai-based JAAS Tourism company, Binoy, elder son of the senior CPI(M) leader, had allegedly cheated the firm of Rs 13 crore. Kerala BJP state general secretary A N Radhakrishnan said the party has sought a thorough probe by the agency into the financial dealings of Balakrishnan's family members including his sons Binoy and Bineesh. The BJP leader said he along with the party's state media cell co-convener met a top ED official currently in Kochi and pressed for a probe into the matter. Radhakrishnan said he has informed the ED official that Balakrishnan and his sons "amassed" huge wealth disproportionate to their known sources of income. The move by the BJP state leadership came a day after the party's national leadership demanded ...
Not all cases agnst politicians will be withdrawn: UP minister
Seeking to clear the confusion over the proposed withdrawal of 20,000 "politically-motivated" cases in Uttar Pradesh, Law Minister Brijesh Pathak has said that not all cases filed against politicians will be dropped. "Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has decided that politically-motivated cases will be withdrawn. Unfortunately, the message got circulated that all cases registered against politicians will be withdrawn. It is not so," Pathak told PTI in an interview. The Yogi Adityanath government's decision will pave the way for withdrawal of a case against the chief minister himself - and a dozen others - for allegedly organising a meeting in violation of prohibitory orders more than 22 years ago. Apart from Adityanath, who also holds the home portfolio in the state government, Union minister Shiv Pratap Shukla, BJP MLA Sheetal Pandey and 10 others were respondents in the case registered at Gorakhpur's Pipiganj police station in May 1995. The case is pending before a ...
Russell Simmons faces lawsuit over filmmaker's rape
American entrepreneur Russell Simmons is facing a lawsuit from a documentary filmmaker, Jennifer Jarosik, who has claimed he raped her at his home in 2016. He has denied the claim.
2 killed, 7 hurt as bus hits auto-rickshaw in AP
Two women were killed and seven other persons sustained injuries when their auto-rickshaw collided with a school bus in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district this morning, an official said. The children in the school bus escaped unhurt in the mishap, police said. The auto-rickshaw, carrying 10 farm labourers, was heading towards Pullipaka village when the private bus coming from the opposite direction hit the three-wheeler near Salempalem village around 8 am, Koduru's sub-inspector S Priyakumar said. The two women, who were in the auto-rickshaw, died on the spot. They were identified as B Meeramma (50) and K Dhanalakshmi (40), both from the Salempalem village, he said. The seven injured persons were taken to Avanigadda Government Hospital and later shifted to a hospital in Vijayawada for better treatment, the sub-inspector said. The bus driver was arrested, he said, adding that a case was registered in connection with the mishap.
Woman accused of killing son acquitted for want of evidence
A Thane court has acquitted a woman of charges of killing her one-year-old son and trying to kill her elder child, for want of sufficient evidence against her. District Judge P R Kadam acquitted the woman while observing that the husband of the accused and the surviving son, who was also a witness in the case, did not support the prosecution theory. The prosecution told the court that the woman and her husband, originally from Hooghly district in West Bengal, were staying in the Diva township of Thane district along with their two sons. The woman's husband worked as a labourer here. However, the woman used to fall sick frequently and was depressed because of health issues. In that depression, she allegedly assaulted her two children, then aged 1 and 11, on July 13, 2016 and then tried to commit suicide, the prosecution told the court. The woman, then aged 30, allegedly slit the throat of the toddler, who died on the spot. She also stabbed her elder son, causing injuries to
C'garh courts dispose of over 3 lakh cases in 2017
The Chhattisgarh High Court and the subordinate courts in the state have collectively disposed of over 3 lakh cases last year. "The Chhattisgarh High Court settled as many as 31,493 cases in 2017 (January 1- December 31). However, 33,307 new cases were registered with the HC last year," Registrar General of the high court, Gautam Chauradiya, said in a statement here yesterday. During this period, the subordinate courts under the HC settled 2,84,838 cases, he added. "Under the guidance of Chief Justice T B Radhakrishnan, the high court settled cases in a rapid manner," Chauradiya said. According to him, the HC also started issuing judgement copies in Hindi last year, he said. On the direction of the Chief Justice, hearing of appeal cases in criminal matters is being done through special bench every Saturday in the high court for speedy disposal of the pending cases, he said. Uniform listing policy has been introduced for giving priority to cases related to women, ...
Delhi HC refuses to entertain plea against 'Padmaavat'
The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to entertain plea seeking quashing of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) certificate given to film 'Padmaavat'.The state high court has asked petitioner to approach the Supreme Court.The petition was filed by General Secretary of Johar Smiti Sansthan, Chittorgarh, Bhanwar Singh.The petition had sought quashing the certificate issued by CBFC for allowing the exhibition of Sanjay Bhansali's magnum-opus.It also sought appropriate order for declaring section 5C of the Cinematography Act 1952 to be in violation of article 14of the constitution of India.
SC to hear contempt pleas against Karni Sena on Jan 29
The Supreme Court will hear on January 29 two petitions seeking contempt proceedings against Karni Sena leaders for obstructing the screening of film 'Padmaavat' that released on Thursday.
Undeterred by failed appeal, Brazil's da Silva vows to run
Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is charging ahead with his plans to run for Brazil's presidency again, even after an appeals court unanimously upheld a graft conviction against him and added years to his prison sentence. Da Silva, who was wildly popular as president in 2003- 2010 and has been leading the polls for October's presidential election, was defiant in the face of yesterday's court ruling. The case alleged that while president, da Silva traded favors in return for the promise of a beachfront apartment. It is just one of a series of graft allegations against him amid a mushrooming corruption scandal that has taken down top politicians and business executives in Latin America's largest nation. "I am not worried about whether I will be a candidate for president or not," da Silva told a crowd of supporters in Sao Paulo last night. "I want (the judges and prosecutors) to ask for forgiveness for the quantity of lies they told about me." His Workers' Party ...
TN prisoner gets leave to 'procreate'
The Madras High Court has allowed a 40-year-old convict serving life imprisonment in the central prison in Tirunelveli district to go on a two-week leave for the "purpose of procreation". A division bench of Justices S Vimala Devi and T Krishna Valli granted the two-week temporary leave to Siddique Ali, an inmate of Palayamkottai Central jail on a Habeas Corpus petition filed by his 32-year-old wife. The bench then observed that it was time the government forms a committee to consider allowing conjugal visits to prisoners and that many countries had given them such rights. "It is time the government constitutes a committee to consider possibilities of providing conjugal visits and analyse the merits and demerits of permitting conjugal visits," it said. The judges further noted that the Centre had already passed a resolution that conjugal visits are a right and not privilege and prisoners should be entitled to have their wish. "The right of prisoners for conjugal visits ...
NY Mayor's bribe attempt: Indian-American restaurateur pleads guilty
A leading Indian-American restaurateur, Harendra Singh, has pleaded guilty in secret court proceedings to trying to bribe New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, according to court documents, the media reported.