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Customs dept seizes gold worth over Rs 90 lakh; 2 arrested
The customs department's air intelligence unit has seized over 2.5 kg of gold worth over Rs 90 lakh and arrested two persons in five different incidents at the airport here. Yesterday, acting on a tip-off the officials intercepted 26-year-old Cheriya Parambath Ansar, who arrived here from Dubai, and seized 829 grams of gold worth Rs 25 lakh from him. The accused was arrested, an official release said. The same day, officials intercepted two women Ummal Bajria (69) and Halima Nachiya (47) who arrived from Dubai and seized 492 grams of gold, worth Rs 28 lakh, concealed under their burkha, it said. Customs department sleuths seized 333.8 grams of gold worth Rs 10 lakh from Sivaiah Kokkanti (44) who arrived from Kuwait, while 379 grams of yellow metal worth Rs 11.4 lakh was seized from Barakathnisa Shamsudeen who arrived from Bangkok. In the fifth incident, Byrozkhan Sulaiman (41) was arrested after 535 grams of gold worth Rs 16 lakh was seized from him upon his arrival from
Crime Branch visits Bawana fire site, another body identified
Crime Branch officials today visited the "cold firecracker" unit in Bawana where 17 people were killed in a massive blaze on Saturday. The case was yesterday transferred to the Crime Branch from the district police as it "required extensive investigation and a proper detailed follow-ups". Of the 17 killed in the fire, 10 were women. Till yesterday, 14 of the deceased had been identified. Today, another body was identified as Avinash (18). Two bodies, including that of a woman, are yet to be identified. The crime branch team visited the site today to ascertain the reasons behind the fire. "Today, we visited the spot to get an idea of what had transpired that day. We also interacted with the probe team of the district police," an officer privy to the probe said. He said the team would talk to the survivors, Roop Prakash and Sunita, who saved their lives by jumping off the second floor of the firecracker unit. "We will speak to the workers to know the conditions they were ...
Justice Chelameswar refuses to comment on judicial crisis
Senior judge of the Supreme Court, Justice J Chelameswar on Monday refused to comment on the judicial crisis, which was raised by three other senior Supreme Court judges, who revolted against Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra.At the launch of the book titled 'Supreme Court of India, The Beginning', penned by legal scholar George H Gadbois, Jr, Justice Chelameswar replied, "No comments," when the reporters asked questions on the progress of resolving the crisis."For the survival of a liberal democracy, an impartial and independent judiciary is essential without which it will not flourish. The decisions made by the apex court touched the lives of the entire population. Here was a need for a solution to clear the backlog of cases in the higher judiciary. This problem was real," he later said.He added that the enormous jurisdiction which the Supreme Court is conferred with by the Constitution, coupled with the eagerness of the court to do complete justice, created a huge amount of .
Madras HC refuses plea to declare Jayalalithaa's death suspicious
The Madras High Court on Monday dismissed a petition to declare the death of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa as suspicious and to conduct a probe into its cause.Advocate A K Velan had filed the petition at the High Court urging it to direct police to register Jayalalithaa's death as suspicious and to conduct a probe.However, Justice M V Muralidharan dismissed the petition and asked the petitioner to approach the one-man panel for any relief within two weeks.Jayalalithaa, popularly known as 'Amma', was taken to Chennai's Apollo hospital on September 22, 2016, and treated in the hospital for 75 days before she breathed her last on December 5.Following her death, allegations of foul play began to do the rounds and state forest minister Dindigul Sreenivasan even claimed that all cabinet ministers had lied to the people about hospitalisation and death of the former chief minister Jayalalithaa.Subsequently, a one-man commission was constituted and a probe under a retired ...
Kamala Mills owner detained
Kamala Mills owner Ramesh Govani was detained by Mumbai Police on Monday night in connection with the last month fire in its compound that claimed 14 lives.He is being interrogated by police in connection with the fire tragedy.Earlier in the day, families of two people who lost their lives in the massive fire strongly opposed the granting of bail to the five accused by a Mumbai court.Mojo's Bistro owner Yug Tuli has been placed in judicial custody till January 31. His bail plea was being heard with the pleas of four other accused in the case.Meanwhile, the Mumbai Police filed a reply in the bail applications filed by owners of the '1 Above' pub, Jigar Sanghvi, Kripesh Sanghvi and Abhijit Mankar, as well as the owners of the adjoining Mojo's Bistro, Yug Tuli and Yug Pathak.On Sunday, three people, who were arrested on January 20 in connection with the case, were produced before a Mumbai court.The arrested people were identified as Ravi Surajmal Bhandari, partner of Kamala mill, ...
Judge rejects Uber $3 millionn settlement with New York drivers
(Reuters) - A federal judge refused to grant preliminary approval for Uber Technologies Inc's proposed $3 million class-action settlement with 2,421 New York drivers who accused the ride-sharing company of retaining excessive fees from their fares.
Woman raped in front of husband, brother-in-law; 4 arrested
A woman was allegedly sexually assaulted while her husband and brother-law-in were being held at gun-point at Sector-56 here, following which four persons were arrested, the police said today. Police said the incident occurred late last night when the 22-year-old woman was returning from a family function along with her husband. According to the woman, while returning in her brother- in-law's car, they stopped near Business Park Tower in sector 56, where her husband stepped out of the vehicle to attend nature's call. In the police complaint, the woman said two cars arrived there and four persons asked them the reason for stopping their vehicle there. The accused then dragged her out of the car and while three of them held her husband and brother-in-law at gun- point, the fourth one raped her, said Manish Sehgal, ACP and chief PRO of Gurgaon police. Before fleeing, they threatened the victim, her husband and brother-in-law with dire consequences if they approach the ...
Man accuses cop of extra-marital relationship with his wife
The husband of an Additional Superintendent of Police today filed a case of adultery against a police inspector alleging that the latter was having an extra-marital relationship with the complainant's wife. Deputy Commissioner of Police Vishwa Prasad said that a complaint had been received from Surender Reddy alleging that inspector Mallikharjun Reddy of Nagarkurnool police was having an extra-marital relationship with the former's wife who is an ASP with the Anti-Corruption Bureau. "We received a complaint and accordingly, we have registered a case against Mallikharjun Reddy and information has been sent to the SP of Nagarkurnool for a departmental inquiry. Information will also be sent to the Director General of the ACB for departmental action," the police official told PTI. A case under sections 447 (criminal trespass) and 497 (adultery) of the IPC was filed against Mallikharjun Reddy, he informed.
Pub blaze: Kamala Mills owner Gowani held
The owner of Mumbai's Kamala Mills compound, Ramesh Gowani, was arrested today in connection with a pub fire, which claimed 14 lives on December 29 last year, police said. Gowani, who was travelling in a car, was intercepted at suburban Chembur by a team of the N M Joshi Marg police station, a senior police official said. "We have arrested Gowani under IPC section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder)," S Jaykumar, Additional Commissioner of Police (Central Region) told PTI. Earlier, Gowani was booked for the offence under relevant sections of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act and his statement was recorded by the police after the blaze swept through resto-pubs 1 Above and Mojo's Bistro located in the Kamala Mills compound in Central Mumbai, another official said. Recently, Kamala Mills partner Ravi Bhandari, Station Fire officer Rajendra Patil and owner of Nirvana Hukkah Utkarsh Pandey were arrested for the same offence. The arrests were made ...
HC rejects prayer for FIR over Jaya's death
The Madras High Court has dismissed a plea seeking the registration of an FIR in the alleged mysterious death of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in 2016. Rejecting the revision petition against a lower court order which had dismissed the prayer, Justice M V Muralidaran directed the petitioner to approach the one-man inquiry commission headed by retired judge A Arumugasamy, probing the hospitalisation and subsequent death of Jayalalithaa in December 2016. Advocate A K Velan had filed the petition challenging the order of the 14th metropolitan magistrate on June 27 last year, dismissing his petition seeking a direction to the city police to register an FIR in the alleged mysterious death of Jayalalithaa. Justice Muralidaran asked the petitioner to approach the Inquiry Commission within two weeks to ventilate his grievance by way of filing a representation or other documents. The petitioner had contended that Jayalalithaa died on December 5, 2016 in a suspicious ...
1 killed in blast at IOC plant in Panipat
A person was killed and five others injured in an explosion today at an Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) plant in Haryana's Panipat district, police said. The blast took place in the 'Naphtha Cracker' plant of the oil major at around 2:30 PM, they said. "One contractual employee of the IOCL died in the explosion," Panipat Superintendent of Police Rahul Sharma said over phone. Of the five injured, the condition of two has been stated as critical, he said The SP said technical teams were probing the incident and reasons that led to the blast could be clear by tomorrow. The body of the deceased has been kept in the civil hospital. The deceased could be around 38-40 years, police said.
J-K cop, who fled with official AK-47, arrested
A special police officer (SPO), who last week fled his post along with his service rifle -- an AK 47, was today arrested in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The weapon has also been seized, a senior police officer said. Mohammad Yaseen (22), hailing from Shishnan village and posted at Marwah police station, had fled along with the AK-47 rifle on Friday night. "The SPO was arrested in a joint operation by police and the Rashtriya Rifles this evening," Deputy Inspector General of Police, Doda-Kishwar-Ramban range, Basant Kumar Rath told PTI. Yaseen was arrested from an area within two kms of the police station and the weapon also recovered, Rath said. "We are questioning him to find out the motive behind his action," the officer said.
CBI arrests Punjab Transport Department officials for bribery
The CBI on Monday arrested a Superintendent and a clerk of the Punjab Transport Department for demanding and accepting a Rs one lakh bribe from an employee of the same department for clearing his dismissal matter, an official said.
Haryana to recruit more police personnel
Haryana DGP B S Sandhu today said that recruitment for the post of 4,500 men and 1,000 women police personnel will begin next month. He also said that more than 350 sub-inspectors will also be recruited. "They will be recruited on merit basis and there will be no interview," an official release quoted the Director General of Police (DGP) as saying. Counsellors will be appointed in 18 schools run by the police department to generate awareness about crime against children, he said. The DGP said that a campaign 'Durga Shakti' will be launched in to stop crime against women in the state. "Under the campaign, five woman SPOs each will be recruited for every village and ward to keep vigil on crimes against women. They will directly report to the district head of police," he said. Preventing crime against women is a priority of the Haryana Police and many schemes have been implemented in this regard, Sandhu said. He said that such crimes could be prevented by spreading ...
Man gets 7 years in jail for abducting, raping minor girl
A court here today sentenced a 26-year-old man to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for abducting and raping a minor girl. District Judge S S Gulhane also slapped a fine of Rs 11,000 on Mohammad Habibulla alias Barrister Karamali Shaikh. The victim and the convict hailed from Fulpur. Habibulla, a rickshaw driver, used to take the girl in his auto to school when she was 15, Assistant Public Prosecutor Sunil Sawant told the court. "They developed an illicit relationship and the girl gave birth to a child in 2011," he said. Her parents allowed Habibulla to take the new born and they relocated to Palghar district along with their daughter, Sawant said. Habibulla followed them and kidnapped the girl on December 23, 2013, and took her to Fulpur, and raped her, he said. Police arrested Habibulla from Fulpur and rescued the girl, the court was informed. The case was heard in a Palghar court as the convict had abducted the girl from here.
Suspected Al-Qaeda terrorist chargesheeted by Delhi police
Suspected Al-Qaeda terrorist Zeeshan Ali was today charged by Delhi Police with conspiring to recruit people for terror activities. The allegations were made by the police before Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma who was informed that Ali, a native of Jharkhand who was deported from Saudi Arabia last August, had made provocative speeches to recruit Indian youths with a purpose to establish a base for the terror outfit here. The agency told the court that Ali's brother and sister- in-law were active members of the terror outfit who had introduced him to other members. In the charge sheet, the police alleged that Ali's brother introduced him to another accused Mohd Abdul Rehman, arrested in the case, whose speeches and ideology influenced him and started collecting funds for AQIS (Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent) activities at his instruction. "Sabeel Ahmad (Ali's brother in-law) and his brother Arshiyan and his wife Alina are active members of terrorist outfit
Justice Chelameswar refuses to comment on SC crisis
Justice J Chelameswar, one of the four senior-most judges of the Supreme Court who had hurled accusations at Chief Justice Dipak Misra at a recent unprecedented press conference, today refused to comment on the judicial crisis looming for over a week. "No comments," was his reply with folded hands to the scribes when they sought to know whether the on-going crisis has been resolved or not, at the sidelines of a book release function here. Chelameswar, who was away from the national capital since Friday and resumed holding of the court from today, did not accept any questions from scribes on the progress of resolving the deadlock. Justices Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, M B Lokur and Kurian Joseph had held an unprecendented press conference on January 12 and raised a litany of issues pertaining to the administration of the top court, including the allotment of sensitive cases. Justice Lokur was also present at the book release function but did not address the gathering. ...
Pak media group sends legal notice to Imran Khan
A legal notioce has been sent to former cricketer and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan for making false, baseless and unfounded allegations against Jang/Geo Group, Chief Executive and Editor-in-Chief of Jang Group and Geo TV, Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman.According to GEo TV, Imran Khan has been asked to give an unconditional apology and pay Rs. one billion in damages within 14 days. If he fails to do so, the media group has said that it will initiate legal action against him in a court of law.Notices have been served on Khan through Advocate Amir Abdullah Abbasi at his Zaman Park residence in Lahore and at his Bani Gala residence in Islamabad for defamation under Section 8 of the Defamation Ordinance, 2002.The legal notice has been attached with a gist of all the lies and falsehood that Imran Khan has been spreading with no fear of any accountability and against all norms of decency, sobriety and a value for the truth and impartiality.
Pak SC suspends death penalty of three hardcore terrorists
Pakistan's Supreme Court has suspended the death penalty on three hardcore terrorists.A military court had sentenced the terrorists to death, reports the Express Tribune.The Supreme Court suspension order was passed by Justices Saeed and Azamat. The three terrorists have been identified as Shafaqat, Sabir Shah and Muhammad Liaqat.Justice Saeed ordered the suspension of the military court ruling until further orders, and adjourned proceedings indefinitely.Muhammad Liaqat had been charged with attacking a journalist, while Sabir Shah and Shafaqat are deemed involved in the murder of Advocate Arshad Ali in Lahore.
SC wasn't envisaged as superintendent court: Justice Chelameswar
Days after he led a revolt against Chief Justice Dipak Misra over the functioning of the Supreme Court and "arbitrary allocation" of cases, Justice J. Chelameswar on Monday said the apex court is not supposed to be a superintendent court as per the Constitution but has become one in practice.