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Verdict in fodder scam case will be 'milestone': JD(U)
Janata Dal (United) leader Neeraj Kumar on Saturday said that the special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court's verdict in the fodder scam case will prove to be a milestone that will give a new direction to the current political scenario."The verdict of Ranchi CBI court in fodder scam will prove to be a milestone against Lalu ji, who has become synonym with corruption," Kumar told ANI.Former Bihar chief minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav is an accused in the fodder scam that broke in 1996.Kumar noted that Bihar is known for its fight against corruption and is the land of Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan.Hailing Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's decision to break the alliance with the RJD, he said today's verdict will give a new direction to the current political scenario in the state.He also expressed confidence that the verdict will be against Lalu Prasad.This is one of the six alleged fodder scam cases against Lalu.However, Prasad is confident of .
Delhi HC suspends judges over corruption charges
Sending a strong message, the Delhi High Court on Saturday suspended two judges over the charges of corruption against them.The two were additional district judges at the Dwarka High Court.The evidence, which formed the basis of allegations, has already been handed over to the court.More details are awaited.
Kanimozhi, A Raja get grand welcome on homecoming
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leaders Kanimozhi and A Raja, who were acquitted in 2G spectrum allocation scam case, were accorded grand welcome here on Saturday.Hundreds of DMK workers and supporters gathered at the Chennai Airport after the party leaders were acquitted by the Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Delhi.The party supporters also gathered outside the residence of party supremo M Karunanidhi, father of Kanimozhi, at Gopalapuram.On Thursday, the CBI acquitted both the DMK leaders and 17 other accused in the case.The alleged 2G scam was among the major corruption scandals that came to light during the second term of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.The scam relates to the granting of 2G spectrum licence allocations in 2007-08 which caused, according to a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, a loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore to the exchequer.According to the CBI chargesheet, ...
Court to pronounce verdict in fodder scam at 3 pm
A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Ranchi will today pronounce its verdict at 3"The judgment will come at 3:00 pm," Yadav's advocate Prabhat Kumar told ANI.The accused Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo reached Ranchi along with his son Tejashwi Yadav to hear the verdict.The fodder scam case relates to the alleged fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 95 lakh from the Deoghar treasury.Overall, more than Rs 900 crore were reportedly siphoned off from the Chaibasa treasury during the last two decades.Altogether, there were 34 accused in the case, out of which 11 died during the course of the trial and one turned CBI approver and admitted the crime.Former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra has already been convicted and sentenced to five years of imprisonment in one of the five fodder scam cases.Yadav is hopeful of getting a clean chit like other accused in the 2G and Adarsh scams, and has alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) governments since the time of Atal ...
Police complaint against Salman, Shilpa over 'casteist' term
The Mumbai police today said they were looking into a complaint, seeking the filing of an offence against actors Salman Khan and Shilpa Shetty for allegedly using a casteist term on a television show. The complaint was filed at the Andheri police station yesterday by Navin Ramchandra Lade, the general secretary of the Rojgar Aghadi Republican Party of India, seeking that a case be lodged against Khan and Shetty for allegedly using the casteist term, the police said. The term was allegedly used by Khan during a television show, Lade said in his complaint, adding that Shetty also used it in an interview, hurting the sentiments of a community. The complainant also submitted recordings of the remarks made by the actors to the police, who said they had received the complaint, but no case was registered as yet. "No case has been registered until now. We are verifying the jurisdiction and other aspects of the complaint. Action will be taken, based on our probe," senior inspector
Purse of top cop's wife stolen in Metro
A purse belonging to a Deputy Inspector General's wife was stolen when she was travelling in the Metro, police said today. Preeti Vajpayee, wife of DIG S M S Vajpayee, resident of Sector 52 here, boarded the Metro last night from Pragati Maidan and got down at Noida City Centre, they added. Soon after deboarding, she realised that her purse was missing, police officials said, adding that it contained Rs 1800 in cash, an ATM card and other documents. In separate incidents, four motorcycles and a dumper truck were reportedly stolen yesterday and cases registered at various police police stations here, officials said.
RJD to move HC against fodder scam case order: Raghuvansh
Senior RJD leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh said that the party would move the high court against a special CBI court order convicting party chief Lalu Prasad in a fodder scam case today. Special judge Shivpal Singh acquitted former chief minister Jagannath Mishra, but convicted Prasad, also a former chief minister, and 15 others in the case pertaining to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 89.27 lakh from Deogarh treasury between 1991 and 1994. Soon after the verdict, a post on Lalu Prasad's Twitter handle read, "Powerful people and powerful classes always managed to divide society into ruling and the ruled classes. And whenever anyone from the lower hierarchy challenged this unjust order, they would be deliberately punished." "The legal fight will continue," Raghuvansh Prasad told reporters outside the special CBI court here reacting to the conviction of the RJD chief, he said. "We will move the high court. There is no other alternative," he said, adding that beside fighting it .
Robbers, drug peddlers, absconders held in police crackdown in
Robbers, drug peddlers and absconding criminals were among the 10 people arrested in separate police crackdowns in Noida last night, officials said today. The police said they have arrested three members of a gang, while two others were still at large, in connection with cases of robberies in sector 20 area. Those arrested have been identified as Rohit, Raju and Rohit Nagar. Five stolen mobile phones, a car, a scooty and lock-breaking equipment were recovered from them, a police official said. In another crackdown, officials of Sector 20 police station arrested a narcotics smuggler, Santosh, and recovered one kg cannabis from him, they said. Police in Bisrakh area also arrested a narcotics smuggler and recovered one kg cannabis from him, while another drug peddler was held from Harola village, the official said. An absconding criminal, identified as Ajay, was also nabbed by the police in Dadri area, the official said, adding, he was wanted in cases of extortion and ...
Twin baby case: DMC notice to doctors, nurses of Max hospital
The Delhi Medical Council has issued a notice to nine doctors and two nurses of Max Hospital, Shalimar Bagh for alleged medical negligence in connection with the case of a new-born twin baby who was wrongly declared dead by the facility. The DMC sent the notice on December 20 and has sought a response from them in 15 days. "The notice has been sent to nine doctors and two nurses through the medical superintendent of the hospital," a senior official of the Council said. "Earlier, based on media reports, we had sought a reply from Max hospital and they respond about a week back. This time we have sought individual responses from the doctors and nurses," he said. The case pertains to a baby boy being wrongly declared dead after his birth on November 30 by the upscale private hospital. The other twin, a girl, was still-born. The infant boy died a week later at a nursing home in Pitampura. "In this regard the Delhi Medical Council has taken suo motu cognisance of media ...
Lalu Prasad convicted in fodder scam, 7 acquitted
Former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad was on Saturday convicted in a fodder scam case by a special CBI court here.
Lalu convicted in fodder scam case; Mishra, 5 others acquitted
A special CBI court today convicted former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad and 15 others in a fodder scam case while acquitting six including another former chief minister Jagannath Mishra. CBI judge Shivpal Singh pronounced the verdict in a packed courtroom in the case pertaining to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 89.27 lakh from Deoghar Treasury between 1991 and 1994. Lalu Prasad, the chief of RJD, and other convicts were taken into custody immediately after the pronouncement of the verdict. A charge sheet was filed against 38 persons on October 27, 1997. Eleven of them died and three turned approvers while two other accused confessed and were convicted in 2006-07, a CBI official said.
US appeals court rules against Trump's travel ban
A federal appeals court has ruled against US President Donald Trump's latest travel ban, saying that it "exceeds the scope of his delegated authority," but that it was ultimately for the Supreme Court to decide.
Pak intruder shot dead along Indo-Pak border at Ajnala
A Pakistani intruder was shot dead by the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel along the Indo- Pak border, while he was crossing over to the Indian territory at Ajnala here, an official said today. The 70th Battalion of the BSF shot dead the Pakistani intruder, aged around 65 years, when he ignored the warnings of the personnel and kept proceeding, the BSF official said, adding that the incident took place yesterday at around 10.30 pm. The body was kept in the mortuary after conducting a post-mortem, the official said, adding that further investigations were underway. The BSF had foiled an infiltration bid from across the border in September, when it shot dead two armed Pakistani intruders along the Indo-Pak border at Ajnala.
Listed companies must comply on appointing women board directors
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has also mandated under SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015 for appointment of at least one woman director on the boards of listed companies. 54 and 88 number of companies including PSUs listed on National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange respectively which had not appointed women directors as on 30.09.2017 have been levied fine for non-appointment of women directors, as per fine structure prescribed by SEBI.
Money laundering case: ED attaches Gagan Dhawan's asset
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today attached a plot worth Rs 1. 17 crore in connection with its probe againstDelhi-based businessman Gagan Dhawan in a Rs 5,000 crore money laundering case involving a Gujarat-based pharma company. The agency said it has issued a provisional order, under the sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), attaching 336 sq mtrs of a plot located in DLF city phase-III in Gurgaon, near here. The ED said it found the asset involved in money laundering and purchased out of the proceeds of crime of the alleged defraud of bank loans in this case. "The facts of the case reveal that the said amount involved in money laundering was layered through various inter-bank transfers and thereafter integrated and then utilised by the afore-cited person (Dhawan) to acquire the said immovable property and rights therein attempting to show the same as untainted property which is likely to be concealed, transferred or dealt with in a manner which
Bhopal gangrape case: Life imprisonment for four accused
A court here today sentenced four men to life imprisonment for raping a 19-year-old woman near the Habibganj railway station in the city in October. Additional District and Sessions Judge Savita Dubey awarded the sentence to Golu alias Bihari Chadhar (25), Amar alias Ghuntu (24), Rajesh Chetram alias Raju (26) and Ramesh Mehra alias Raju (45). "They will remain behind bars for the rest of their lives," the court said. The sentence was awarded under IPC sections 307 (attempt to murder) and 376D (gangrape). The woman was raped near the railway station when she was returning home after attending a coaching class on October 31. The survivor, daughter of a police couple, had to make rounds of different police stations to get her complaint registered as the police initially refused to lodge an FIR, citing a jurisdiction issue. After a public outrage over the delay in the registration of the FIR, five police personnel were suspended, while three others, including two IPS ...
Note ban: ED's supp chargesheet names lawyer Rohit Tandon as
The Enforcement Directorate today filed a supplementary charge sheet before a Delhi court against lawyer Rohit Tandon in connection with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case involving Kolkata-based businessman Paras Mal Lodha. The prosecution complaint (charge sheet) was filed before Additional Sessions Judge A K Kuhar by ED Special Public Prosecutor Nitesh Rana who said the court has now kept it for consideration on February 2, 2018. This is the first time that Tandon's name has appeared as an accused in the matter involving Lodha who was chargesheeted earlier this year for alleged conversion of over Rs 25 crore old currency into new notes. Lodha has been accused of conspiring along with Tandon and indulging in converting old demonetised notes into new currency on commission basis which constitutes the offence under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). In its charge sheet filed in February, the ED had alleged that the new currency, which was ...
Tejashwi confident of fodder scam verdict
Ahead of the special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court's verdict on fodder scam case, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday expressed confidence that his father and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad, an accused in the case, will come out clean.Interacting with the media, Tejashwi said the entire matter was a part of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) propaganda to pull the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) down."We trust the judiciary and hope the verdict will be in our favour. We hope that justice will prevail. Just like BJP's propaganda was busted in the 2G scam and Adarsh scam, a similar verdict will happen now," he said.Tejashwi accused the BJP of practising vendetta politics and indulging in destroying the entire system.A special CBI court in Ranchi will pronounce its verdict today in the fodder scam case.The RJD supremo, Prasad on Friday expressed hope that he would get a clean chit in the fodder scam case like other accused in the 2G and Adarsh ..
Three arrested in engineer murder case
Three persons, who gunned down an engineer at Kendrapara town in broad daylight on Thursday, have been arrested, police said today. The police had tracked their mobile phones and nabbed them yesterday. Six mobile phones were recovered from their possession. Extortion was the motive of the crime, police said. Umakant Panda (23), Sonu Nigam Pradhan (32) and Tofan Pradhan (24), were arrested by special squads constituted for the purpose. Yjey hailed from the Patkura area of Kendrapara district, said Soumendra Priyadarshi, Inspector General of Police (central Range). On Thursday, the miscreants had gunned down Debashis Sahu (28), an electrical engineer of a private power infrastructure company, near Bada Mangala locality in the heart of the town. The antecedents of the accused persons are being cross checked to ascertain their role in other crimes. Their possible link with crime syndicates active in Paradip and Kendrapara areas is being looked into, police said. A motor bike
1 month jail term for Jagdambika Pal for violating model code
A court here has awarded one-month jail term to BJP MP Jagdambika Pal for violating Model Code of Conduct during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The MP, however, was granted bail by the court soon after. Pal had been charged for using vehicles more than the permissible limit during a rally in Bansi while campaigning for the 2014 polls. The then SDM had lodged a case against Pal in Bansi Kotwali for violation of model code of conduct, additional prosecution officer Keshav Pandey said. Chief Judicial Magistrate Sanjay Chaudhary pronounced the verdict yesterday, additional prosecution officer Keshav Pandey said. The CJM also imposed a fine of Rs 100 on Pal, he said. The MP was granted bail by the court soon after, Pandey added.