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Woman missing from JK found in Punjab
A 19-year-old woman, who went missing this month, from Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district was found in Punjab, police said today. The girl, a student, was reported missing from Doda district on December 7 and was found at the Patiala guest house in Punjab on Sunday night, they said. On December 7, her parents lodged a complaint in the district's police station claiming that their daughter went missing after she went to her school, and that they suspect kidnapping. According to the police, during investigation it was found out that the girl had been taken to New Delhi. "A police party was rushed to Delhi and several locations were raided in the union capital, besides Pune and Hyderabad," the police official said. However, with the help of technical surveillance the girl's location was finally traced to Punjab. "The police party raided the Guest House of Patiala, Punjab and traced out the girl," he said, adding that the girl was handed over to her parents after legal ...
Ensure funds for special courts to try politicians: Anand Sharma
Congress MP Anand Sharma on Tuesday asked the government to ensure adequate funds for setting up special courts to try criminal cases against politicians.
NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar retires
National Green Tribunal (NGT) Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar today retired from the post after completing his five-year tenure. His successor is yet to be appointed. A full bench reference was organised today at the NGT in court number 1 on the occasion. Justice Kumar resigned as Supreme Court judge after he was appointed NGT chairperson on December 20, 2012. During his tenure as NGT chief, he passed several landmark orders and judgements. These include the ban on 10- year-old diesel and 15-year-old petrol vehicles, the slew of directions for rejuvenation of the Ganga and Yamuna, the demolition of illegal hotels in Himachal Pradesh and the ban on plastic items in Delhi, Haridwar and Punjab. His recent order capping the number of pilgrims at Vaishno Devi to 50,000 per day and his direction to maintain silence at Amarnath invited ire from various quarters. The first chairperson of the tribunal was Justice Lokeshwar Singh Panta, who was appointed on October 18, 2010 and
Japan executes two inmates for multiple murders
Japan on Tuesday executed two inmates who were sentenced to death for multiple murders in the 1990s, the Justice Ministry said.
Scolded for a job, man kills aged father
A 45-year-old man allegedly killed his aged father here after he constantly reprimanded him for not doing any job to earn his livelihood, police said today. The accused, Suresh Dhinda, and his father Dharma Dhinda (70), residents of Paya village in Bhiwandi taluka here, used to have frequent quarrels as the former did not do any work to sustain himself, a police official said. On Sunday night, the duo again had a tiff following which Suresh Dhinda attacked his father with a saw, killing him on the spot. The accused then fled his home, he said. The police yesterday sent the body for postmortem to a government hospital. The Bhiwandi taluka police registered an offence against the accused under IPC section 302 (murder), the official said, adding that a search was on to nab him.
Sharif appears before accountability court in Pakistan
Pakistan's ousted premier Nawaz Sharif today appeared before an accountability court here to face the corruption charges filed against him by the National Accountability Bureau in the Panama Papers scandal. Sharif along with his daughter Maryam Sharif and son-in- law Muhammad Safdar directly went to the Accountability Court here after arriving from Lahore in a private jet. Sharif, 67, came back from London on Sunday where he had gone with his daughter Maryam to see his ailing wife who is undergoing treatment for throat cancer there. Judge Muhammad Bashir will conduct the trial proceedings and record testimonies of more prosecution witnesses. NAB is expected to present three more witnesses in the court to have their statements recorded. So far, eight witnesses have testified against the Sharif family in three references. The three references against the Sharif family are related to the Al-Azizia Company and Hill Metal Establishment, Flagship Investment Ltd and the ...
Man arrested after video of killing of a monkey goes viral
Police in Washim district of Maharashtra have arrested a 23-year-old man who, with two minor boys, allegedly beat a monkey to death. The incident took place at Gramkura village in Risod tehsil on December 16. It came to notice after its video went viral on social media yesterday. According to the police, Pawan Bangar (23) and his two minor friends caught a monkey which had entered Bangar's farm. While two of them beat the animal mercilessly till it died on the spot, one of the minor boys shot a video of the incident on his mobile phone, and circulated it on WhatsApp. As the video went viral, it was brought to the notice of forest officials. Forest officer Mohan Bhosle lodged a police complaint yesterday, following which Bangar was arrested under section 9 (prohibition of hunting) of the Wildlife Protection Act. While Bangar was sent in police custody by a local court for five days today, the two minor boys were sent to juvenile justice home. Further probe is on.
Body of unidentified man found in drain in northeast Delhi
The body of an unidentified man was today found in a drain in northeast Delhi's Welcome colony, the police said. The body is yet to be identified, they said. The body of a man, aged between 25 and 30 years, was found in a plastic bag during a cleaning work, the police said. "Some people were cleaning the drain when they spotted a bag floating in the drain. They then informed the police," a senior police officer said. Deputy Commissioner of Police (northeast) Ajit Kumar Singla said they have registered a case of murder and have launched a probe in the matter. Police also said that some parts of the body were missing.
NGT didn't give full opportunity to present case: Amarnath
The Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) today said the National Green Tribunal (NGT) had issued directives without giving a full opportunity to it to present its case. The NGT on December 13 had declared the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas as a "silence zone" and prohibited religious offerings beyond the entry point. However, on December 14, the tribunal clarified that it has not imposed any restriction including on chanting of mantras and singing of bhajans inside the cave shrine, following protests over its decision. The NGT had said the only restriction imposed was that any devotee or any individual should maintain silence while standing in front of the "Amarnath Ji Maha Shivling", a natural formation in the cave. Governor N N Vohra, Chairman of the SASB, has convened an emergency meeting of board on January 9 to discuss the recent directions passed by the National Green Tribunal. SASB Chief Executive Officer Umang Narula said further legal action ...
Criminal case registered in AIIMS 2017 paper leak: CBI to HC
The CBI today told the Delhi High Court that it has registered a criminal case over the alleged leak of question paper for the AIIMS MBBS entrance examination this year from an institute in Ghaziabad. The submission was made before a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar, hearing a PIL seeking a court-monitored probe into the alleged illegalities and irregularities during the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) MBBS entrance exam held on May 28 this year. The AIIMS also told the court that the enquiry committee, set up by them, have found that one student was indulging in cheating. The CBI has said that "specific questions in the leaked screen shots were used in SET-3 of shift-2 at exam centre - HR Institute of Technology, Morta, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh". "It has also been found that the specific combination and sequence of the questions was randomly and uniquely allocated to a particular candidate," CBI's Special Public ...
6 sentenced to life for murder
A court here today sentenced six people to life imprisonment in a 17-year-old murder case. Siwan Additional District and Sessions Judge (IV) Manoj Kumar Tiwary also acquitted one person. Ram Naresh Dubey of Maniya village under Asanw police station was killed on February 17, 2000 due to personal enmity. Dubey's wife had lodged an FIR against these seven persons.
Afghan woman arrested for flesh trade in Gurgaon
An Afghan national along with 15 others were arrested by the Gurgaon Police for allegedly running a sex racket in Sector 39 here. In a late night raid yesterday, four men and 12 girls, including the Afghan national, were held, based on a tip-off. "Ganga Villa Guest House manager Kaptan Singh, kingpin of the racket, who indulged in immoral activities in connivance with the owner of the guest house, is among the arrested," Gurgaon Police PRO Ravinder Kumar said. All the 16 accused have been booked under relevant sections of IPC in Sadar police station, the officer said.
DDCA case: Court to pass order on AAP leaders' plea on Jan 2
A Delhi court will pronounce on January 2 its order on the applications moved by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP leader Raghav Chadha seeking various documents in a criminal defamation complaint filed against them by Union Minister Arun Jaitley in the DDCA row. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Sherawat, who was scheduled to pronounce today the order on the applications of AAP politicians, posted the matter for next hearing saying it was not ready. Both the accused have sought various documents reportedly filed by Jaitley along with the complaint, saying the copies they received earlier were not clear. The accused have also sought various documents from the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) and certain letters reportedly written by former cricketers to Jaitley highlighting corruption in the cricket association. Jaitley had on December 15 opposed the applications alleging that Kejriwal and Chadha were seeking a "roving and fishing enquiry" in ..
Chandy moves HC to quash solar panel scam inquiry report
Congress leader Oommen Chandy has moved the Kerala High Court, seeking to quash the solar panel scam inquiry commission report, alleging that it travelled beyond the scope of the terms of reference. In his petition filed on Saturday, the former chief minister alleged that the judicial commission's findings were based on a letter written by one of the accused in the scam, Saritha S Nair. The petition is likely to be considered tomorrow. Chandy said he was one among others whose name was "illegally" included in the letter written by Saritha in relation to her alleged sexual exploitation and harassment. Such a case can only be enquired into and probed under provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure and not by a Commission of Inquiry, he said and sought to quash the report. He alleged that the commissionnever issued him notice under Section 8(b) as mandated in the Commission of Enquiry Act, 1952, when it decided to entertain Saritha's letter. Chandy contented that with the .
HC notice to Maha govt over PIL challenging amendment to CrPC
The Bombay High Court today issued a notice to the Maharashtra government on a PIL challenging a recent amendment to section 156(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), as per which a magistrate could not order an FIR against a public servant without the prior sanction of the government. A bench of justices N H Patil and N W Sambre directed the state to respond to the petition and posted the matter for hearing after four weeks. The petition was filed in September by social activist and lawyer Abha Singh. It had sought for the amendment to be declared unconstitutional and ultra vires (beyond the powers). The petition claimed that bringing in the amendment was beyond the powers accorded to the state legislature as it intended to amend the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 "through the backdoor". It also claimed that the impugned amendment created a "logical impossibility", contending that while an application of mind as regards the relevant facts was necessary for the .
Indian-origin bank employee jailed for money laundering in UK
An Indian-origin Barclays Bank employee from London has been jailed for over six years for his role in a conspiracy to launder over 2.5 million pounds. Jinal Pethad used the 'Dridex' Trojan malware in the scam, which involved the 29-year-old acting as the "personal bank manager" to money launderers Pavel Gincota and Ion Turcan. He set up 105 sham bank accounts for them using false identity documents. Pethad pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder money between 2014 and 2016 at the Old Bailey court here last week and was sentenced to six years and four months in prison. "Jinal Pethad abused his position of trust at the bank to knowingly set up sham accounts for Gincota and Turcan, providing a vital service which enabled them to launder millions," said Mark Cains from the National Cyber Crime Unit at the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA). "Using his knowledge of the financial system, he made sure the stolen money was not blocked before entering these accounts, and provided .
4 of family awarded life term in 2009 murder case
A court here today awarded life imprisonment to four members of a family for the murder of a relative over a property dispute in 2009. Additional District and Sessions Judge Rajesh Kumar sentenced to life Domi Yadav, his wife Phulwa Devi and their sons Gore Lal Yadav and Ajay Yadav in the 2009 murder case. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 5,000 on each of the four. As per the FIR, Domi Yadav assisted by his three family members had stoned to death his cousin Hari Yadav over a property dispute at Nanura village of this district.
Govt extends timeline for comments on data privacy till Jan 31
The government has extended the deadline for public comments on white paper pertaining to data protection framework by a month to January 31, 2018. "The last date for submission of response to the white paper is extended up to January 31, 2018," The Ministry of Electronics and IT said in a note. The data protection framework will have an impact on privacy of people in the country. The Supreme Court in a judgement on August 24, 2017 declared right to privacy a fundamental right, a far-reaching verdict that could impact a range of life choices of Indians, including food habits and sexual orientation. The government had constituted a 10-member committee in July 2017 to recommend a framework for securing personal data in the increasingly digitised economy as also address privacy concerns and build safeguards against data breaches. The experts committee formed under Justice B N Srikrishna, a former Supreme Court judge, has sought public feedback on a white paper over data ...
No construction activity within 50m from Ganga edge in hills:
Construction activities will be be prohibited within 50 metres from the edge of river Ganga in hilly areas as it would now be treated as 'No-Development Zone', the National Green Tribunal said today, modifying its earlier order. "No-development zones" are areas where no construction including commercial or residential buildings can come up. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said that keeping in view the topography of mountainous regions, there was a necessity of revisiting its direction. In a detailed judgement, the tribunal had said in July that "till the demarcation of floodplains and identification of permissible and non-permissible activities by the state government of this judgement, we direct that 100 meters from the edge of the river would be treated as no development/construction zone between Haridwar to Unnao in UP." However, the bench today said the area falling between 50-100 metre would be considered as "regulatory" zone and there ...