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Max case: Family seeks CBI probe, protests outside hospital
The family of the twin babies, one of whom was wrongly declared dead by Max Hospital in Shalimar Bagh, today demanded a CBI probe into the case after an appellate authority stayed the Delhi government order cancelling the hospital's licence. At a press conference held here, 48-year-old Kailash Kumar, grandfather of the baby boy, who later died at a nursing home in Pitampura while his sister was still born, alleged that the family was not even "informed" about the stay order. "We tried to silently protest in front of Max Hospital in Shalimar Bagh, but police asked us to move from there. The Delhi government had taken the decision that would have served as a warning to other hospitals. "But, now the cancellation order has been stayed. We are running for justice. We want justice and so we demand a CBI probe into the whole case so that things get clear," Kailash told reporters. He said they have hired an advocate to pursue the case and claimed that today a plea was filed by
Three held for snatching mobile phones
Three persons were arrested in south Delhi on charges of snatching mobile phones and wallets, police said on Thursday.
One killed in vehicle pile up in Sirhind
A 61-year-old man was killed while several others injured in a multiple vehicle pile up that occurred due to dense fog at GT road near Sirhind here. Anil Kumar, resident of Sun City Enclave in Hoshairpur, was travelling with his son and daughter-in-law in an SUV to Delhi, police said. He sustained serious injuries when his vehicle turned turtle after being hit by a truck from rear. Investigating Officer Nirmal Singh said that after the collision, Kumar was taken to a Khanna based private hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. In the pile up, over dozen vehicles rammed into each other, causing injuries to several people, police said. A car driver had a narrow escape when his vehicle got sandwiched between two trucks, they added.
14 journalists arrested in Chhattisgarh in eleven months
Fourteen journalists were arrested in Chhattisgarh in the last 11 months, the state government informed the Legislative Assembly today. It includes freelance journalist Vinod Verma, arrested in connection with an alleged sex CD scandal. In a written reply to a question by Leader of Opposition T S Singhdeo (Congress), Home Minister Ramsewak Paikra said, "Fourteen journalists were arrested between January 2017 and November 29, 2017 in the state. "Cases had been registered against these journalists before the arrests," the reply added. Vinod Verma (51), accused of involvement in the circulation of a 'sex CD' allegedly featuring a state minister, is among the arrested journalists, the reply said Verma was apprehended by the state police from Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) on October 27 this year. He was arrested following a complaint lodged by Prakash Bajaj with Pandri police in Raipur under section 384 (extortion) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC, the reply ...
Cong 'choreographed' 2G chargesheet,verdict no clean chit:BJP
The BJP today said that the trial court verdict acquitting the accused in the 2G spectrum case was no "clean chit" to the Congress and cited the 2012 Supreme Court order that cancelled the spectrum allocation to assert that corruption had been proved. Attacking the then Manmohan Singh government, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said it had given licences in 2007-08 on the basis of a price linked to 2001 and there was a "huge element of arbitrariness" in the implementation of the policy. His colleague Prakash Javadekar alleged that the "choregraphed" charge sheet by the previous UPA government resulted in acquittal of the accused. The trial court in its verdict has dubbed the chargesheet as "choreographed" and Javadekar told reporters that the CBI had failed it in 2011 when the UPA was in power. "The Congress choreographed it," he said. To make his point, he cited a case in which the then law minister Ashwani Kumar had to resign after he was accused of interfering with a ...
Azad, Sharma meet Kanimozhi after acquittal in 2G case
Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Anand Sharma on Thursday met DMK MP Kanimozhi at her residence here after she was acquitted in the 2G spectrum case.
2G case: Raja spent longest period among accused in jail
Ex-telecom minister A Raja, who was today acquitted in the 2G spectrum case, had spent 15 months in jail during the trial which was the longest for any of the accused in the case. His party colleague and MP Kanimozhi, the daughter of DMK chief M Karunanidhi, was in jail for six months from May 21, 2011 to November 28, 2011. Raja, who was arrested on February 2, 2011, was the last among the 14 jailed accused, to get bail from the trial court on May 12, 2012. The DMK leader was arrested along with the former telecom secretary Siddhartha Behura and his erstwhile private secretary Ravindra Kumar Chandolia. Behura was granted bail by the Supreme Court on May 9, 2012 while upholding the release of Chandolia by the trial court. The CBI had arrested Shahid Usman Balwa, promoter of Swan Telecom Pvt Ltd, on February 8, 2011 who was granted bail on November 29, 2011. Corporate executives of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group --Hari Nair, Gautam Doshi, Surendra Pipara -- and ...
17-yr-old girl raped by cousin in UP
A 17-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and raped by her cousin here, police said today. The victim's family, in their complaint, alleged that the cousin took the girl, who was going from her home to school, to Surat on October 13 and allegedly "raped her for a few days", officer-in-charge Durgvijay Singh said. However, the girl's statement is yet to be recorded, he said. The girl has been sent for medical examination, he said, adding that a case has been registered in Banda district.
'Teenage Hindu girl abducted, forcibly converted in Pakistan'
A teenage Hindu girl who was recently abducted from a village in Pakistan's Sindh province has been forced to convert to Islam and reportedly compelled to get married, her family and relatives claimed on Thursday.
'Shocked over 2G case acquitals; even SC convinced by CBI probe'
Former CBI Director A.P. Singh on Thursday expressed "shock" over a special court verdict acquitting all accused in the 2G spectrum allocation case and said that "even the Supreme Court was convinced with the agency's investigations".
Trial in 2G cases attracted a lot of public attention: Court
The trial in 2G cases attracted a "lot of public attention" drawing several private and public-spirited persons to the court with claims that true facts were not placed on record, Special CBI Judge O P Saini said today. Saini, who acquitted former telecom minister A Raja and others in three separate cases probed by the CBI and ED, noted that a number of applications filed by such private persons in the court were not supported by any legally admissible material. "It may be noted that trial of the instant case attracted lot of public attention. Everyone was curious to know about the case. Due to this, the courtroom would always remain overcrowded, filled up with persons from all sections of society," the judge said in his verdict. The court noted that several private persons came before it with claims that true facts were not placed, but when they were questioned as to whether they were in possession of any definite material for making such an assertion, "almost all of .
Raja not mother lode of conspiracy, didn't misled then PM:
Former telecom minister A Raja was not the "mother lode of conspiracy" and he "cannot be faulted" for misrepresention of facts to then prime minister Manmohan Singh, a special court said today while acquitting the DMK leader in the 2G spectrum allocation case. The court held that Raja's deposition matched with the official record and appeared to be cogent, truthful and acceptable. It was a matter of great importance that he took a "huge risk" in appearing as a defence witness, giving a good opportunity to the prosecution to "grill him" in detail about the payment of alleged illegal gratification of Rs 200 crore, Special Judge O P Saini said in his verdict. Saini, who "religiously" heard the matter on a daily basis for nearly seven years, said the genesis of the case lAY not so much in the actions of Raja but in the action or inaction of others. "There is no material on record to show that Raja was mother lode of conspiracy in the instant case. There is also no evidence .
Once US murder capital, NYC close to record low in homicides
Even after two terror attacks and a driver's deadly rampage through Times Square, New York City is on track to smash its modern-era low for homicides in a year. Through December 17, the city of 8.5 million people, once America's murder capital, had recorded 278 killings. That puts it on pace to end this year with killings down 14 per cent from last year, and well below the 333 in 2014, which was the year with the fewest homicides since the city began keeping accurate crime statistics in 1963. Those numbers mean a person's odds of getting killed by homicide in tightly packed, diverse New York City this year were about the same as they were last year in Wyoming, Montana and South Dakota. Crime has been dropping for many years in New York, but 2017 saw substantial drops even in places like Brooklyn's 75th Police Precinct, once among the nation's most violent places. "You can feel the change. More people are out walking the streets at night, they're out talking to their ...
Man arrested with opium worth Rs 15 lakh
A 25-year-old man, suspected to be connected to an inter-state racket involved in supplying opium, was arrested and 3.1 kg of the contraband worth Rs 15 lakh was seized from him, police said today. On December 17, the police nabbed one Guddu Khan from near the Vijay Ghat bus stand, Ring Road, here, they said. The police seized 3.1 kg of fine quality opium worth Rs 15 lakh in international market from his possession, Rajesh Deo, deputy commissioner of police (Crime), said. During interrogation, he revealed that he had procured the opium from Kasganj in Uttar Pradesh, the DCP said, adding that a team has been deployed to trace the supplier.
Woman moves HC claiming to be Jaya's daughter
Claiming to be the biological daughter of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, a woman today moved the Madras High Court seeking that the body of AIADMK leader be cremated as per the Vaishnavite brahmin community rituals. Justice S Vaidyanathan posted the petition of the woman for tomorrow to decide on maintainability after senior counsel V Prakash appearing for her sought time to amend the prayer to include a plea for a DNA test to establish her parentage. The woman had last month moved the Supreme Court with the same prayer but it had refused to entertain it. The woman had claimed that she had been given in adoption to Jayalalithaa's sister and her husband. A bench of Justices M B Lokur and Deepak Gupta had, however, said she was at liberty to approach the high court. When the matter came up for hearing, Justice Vaidyanathan, noting that several persons were claiming they were the legal heirs of Jayalalithaa, orally observed that to put the quietus on the
Cop-turned-special judge O P Saini handled high-profile cases
From a Delhi Police sub-inspector to becoming a special judge dealing with several high-profile cases, including the 2G scam, Justice O P Saini has been able to create a name for himself and is among a few trial court judges to enjoy a round-the-clock 'Y' category security cover. Saini, 58, today acquitted ex-telecom minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and others, including top corporate executives, in the 2G cases while holding that it was not a scam. Hailing from Haryana, Saini started his career as sub- inspector in Delhi Police in the early 1980s and was selected in Delhi judicial services after clearing a competitive exam. He shot to fame when he as a special judge dealt with the sensitive Red Fort attack case and awarded death sentence to the main accused and varying jail terms to others. Saini is one of the very few trial court judges in the country who enjoys 'Y' category security cover by the CISF. According to sources in intelligence agencies, the 'Y' category ...
2G verdict acquitting accused shocking, shame: Bhushan
Advocate Prashant Bhushan today termed as "shocking" and a "shame" the special court's verdict acquitting all the accused in the 2G spectrum allocation cases. In a series of tweets, Bhushan, who had argued for the PIL filed by NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), on which the Supreme Court had ordered a CBI probe, said "the acquittal of all 2G scam accused by trial court is grossly wrong and sends a signal that influential people are not accountable in this country's judicial system." "There was considerable evidence of benami licences, fixing of the 1st Come 1st served system & also bribes in this. Shame (sic)," he said. He said there was a "mountain of documentary evidence" in the CBI chargesheet about the illegal gratification paid to the DMK's Kalaingnar TV. He said in one of his tweets that "Anil Ambani whose company, which has been acquitted in the 2G scam, is the current favourite crony of the present govt, which has given it half the contract of
2G ruling: Anti-corruption baby thrown out with the bathwater (Comment: Special to IANS)
The CBI Special Court's 1,500 page verdict in the 2G case acquitting all the accused including former Telecom Minister A. Raja and Rajya Sabha MP M.K. Kanimozhi, has raised more questions than answers in the anti-corruption drive. At the center of the verdict lie grave issues of inefficiency, lack of transparency and accountability of stakeholders in the prosecution of the cases and the quality of the anti-corruption legal regime in India.
ED to appeal against 2G case verdict
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will move an appeal against the judgement of a Special CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) Court in 2G case.Earlier in the day, a special CBI court in Delhi on Thursday morning acquitted 19 accused in the 2G spectrum allocation case. Prominent among the acquitted accused are: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader and former telecom minister A Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi.In a statement here, the ED informed that it has decided to "move in appeal against the judgement of the Special Court, inter alia, on a number of grounds based on the facts as well as legal provisions"."The Special Court appears to have failed to appreciate a number of factors which, inter alia, position the offence of money laundering as standalone offence. Besides the observation / findings of the Supreme Court in this case appear to have not been considered by the Special Court," the ED statement said.It further added that "the offence of money laundering as defined under Section 3
HC doubts ashram's claim that women there are free
The Delhi High Court today raised doubts over a north Delhi-based ashram's claims that the female inmates there were not illegally confined, saying that if they were free, why were they being kept behind locked doors. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar asked why the ashram's founder and spiritual head was not making an appearance if he was genuine and honest. "Where is he? This inquiry (by the CBI) into the ashram, where girls and women were allegedly kept in illegal confinement will throw him in suspicion, if he does not appear," the bench said and sought his appearance before the CBI. The counsel for the ashram, however, told the bench that its founder was not in Delhi and he has sent the message about the court's order through someone else. Irked over the counsel's statement, the court wished to know about the whereabouts of Virender Dev Dixit, referred to as the founder and spiritual head of the Adhyatmik Vishwa Vidyalaya in North