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2 professors booked for molesting colleague after PMO steps in
Two professors of a private college have been booked for allegedly molesting a woman colleague here, police said today. The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) had written to the Bilaspur police to take appropriate action in the case, Superintendent of Police Shalabh Sinha said. He said a case was registered last night at the Kotwali police station against Subir Sen and Durga Sharan Chandra. Sen is a professor of commerce and Chandra is a professor of physics at DP Vipra College in the district. Sinha said the victim, the widow of an Army personnel, had complained to the Sainik Kalyan Board that the accused had molested her and passed lewd remarks at her. The victim, in her complaint, alleged the accused were pressuring her into having an intimate relationship with them but she had refused. Sinha said the Sainik Kalyan Board passed on the complaint to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO. The Bilaspur police received a letter from the PMO on December 11, directing police to take ..
Foreign national arrested, 118 grams cocaine worth Rs 6 lakhs
The Anti-Narcotics Cell of the Mumbai Police today arrested a foreign national for allegedly supplying drugs including cocaine to clients in the Lokhandwala area of Andheri. Police said that Ajah Osi Andrew, 41, a Nigerian national, was nabbed by the Bandra unit of the ANC when he had come to sell narcotics to some high-profile persons in the area. "We have arrested Andrew on the information of a drug deal yesterday. He is one of the main suppliers of cocaine in the Lokhandwala area. We have recovered 118 grams of cocaine, worth Rs 6 lakhs, from him," Shivdeep Lande, Deputy Commissioner of Police (ANC) told PTI. The official added that the police suspects that Andrew was providing drugs to some high-profile clients in the area. Lande added that the police was also investigating whether Andrew and Bakul Chanderia, an alleged drug-dealer arrested by ANC earlier, have any common link. Chanderia, also active in Lokhandwala and some other posh suburbs according to police, ...
Explore giving gadgets to women to combat sexual violence: HC
Deprecating rising sex crimes against women and girl child, the Madras High Court has asked the central and Tamil Nadu governments to explore the possibility of providing gadgets to women to prevent sexual violence against them. Noting that crimes against women and girl child were shockingly rising every year, especially sex crimes, Justice N Kirubakaran batted for urgent measures to stop such heinous offences and asked the governments to explore giving gadgets to women. Dismissing the bail plea of a duo accused in the rape- and-murder of a 60-year-old mentally-challenged woman, he said, "Sexual assault is a violation of privacy, dignity, and honour, causing a permanent scar and continuous agony in the mind of the hapless victim." The judge also raised several queries vis-a-vis rising sex crimes against women, to be answered by the central and state governments and the National Commission for Women (NCW). He impleaded the central government and the NCW in the case and .
Man robbed of motorcyle in Noida
A man was robbed of his motorcycle at gunpoint near Okhla Bird Sanctuary in Noida, police said today. R Dogra, a resident of Sector 78, in his complaint to the police said two armed men robbed his motorbike at gunpoint last night near the bird sanctuary. In another incident, two thieves struck at two shops on Salarpur Road in Dankaur area and looted goods worth lakhs of rupees. Naresh Nagar's garment shop was looted, while the thieves also struck at the adjacent mobilephone-and-accessory shop.
Newspaper: More women accuse US judge of sexual conduct
Nine more women accused a prominent US appeals court judge of subjecting them to inappropriate sexual conduct or comments. The latest allegations against Judge Alex Kozinski of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals go back decades and include women who met him at events, according to the Washington Post. The accusations include inappropriate touching and lewd comments. Leah Litman, a law professor at the University of California, Irvine, told the Post that the judge talked about having just had sex and pinched her side and leg at a restaurant the night before they appeared together on a panel at her school in July. Christine Miller, a retired US Court of Federal Claims judge, said Kozinski grabbed her breasts during a car ride in 1986 after a legal community function in the Baltimore area. She said it came after she declined his offer to go to a motel and have sex. A lawyer who was not identified said Kozinski approached her when she was alone at a legal event in Los ...
Woman alleges rape by two men, one arrested
A woman has alleged that she was raped by two men in Sector 63 in Noida, police said today. The woman, a resident of Mamura area, alleged that Aakash and Anil forcibly took her to an office property in Sector 63 on a motorbike last night, and there they raped her. Aakash has been arrested and police officials were looking out for Anil, who has been absconding since the incident, the police said. A medical examination of the woman was being conducted. In another incident, a 10-year-old girl was allegedly molested by a man, identified as Sandeep, in Sector 49. The girl's father has lodged an FIR with the police, alleging Sandeep molested his daughter when she was alone at home last night.
Girl killing: Police outpost in-charge removed for negligence
A police outpost in- charge has been removed from post for alleged negligence after an 18-year-old girl was hacked to death by a jilted lover in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, police said today. The Class 12 girl was killed with a sickle at Ghar Shayam village in Kandhla police station area of Shamli on Wednesday when she was returning home from college. Police outpost in-charge Kailash Chand was removed last evening for negligence of duty, Kandhla police station SHO O P Choudhary said. Yesterday, family members of the girl staged a protest. The main accused, Amarpal (26), has been arrested and the weapon used in the crime seized. Three other people were with Amarpal when he attacked the girl. Tension prevailed in the village as the girl and the accused belonged to different communities, police said. Security has been tightened in the area.
UP family protests police laxity in student's suicide post
The family members of a college student, who committed suicide after allegedly being molested by three youths, have staged a demonstration here, claiming police laxity in the case. The 21-year-old student had hanged herself to death at her home in Badausa town on Thursday and booked the trio for molestation and abetting suicide, officials said. But claiming laxity by the police, the student's family members staged a demonstration outside the office of the Banda superintendent of police. The father and the brother of the student carried her body to the SP office where they alleged the police did not act in time. The student's brother claimed that prior to her taking the extreme step, he had conveyed his concerns to the police, but was scolded and told to leave the police station. Responding to the charges, SP, Banda, Shalini said the student's father had met the police and told that that some youngsters were harassing her over mobile phone. "We had put the phone on ...
5-yr-old girl raped by 18-yr-old man in UP: Police
A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by an 18-year-old man here, the police said today. The incident took place yesterday within the Lonikatra police station limits, they added. "A neighbour of the five-year-old girl, identified as Mohit (18), on the pretext of dropping her home, took her to a nearby field on his motorcycle and sexually assaulted her. He then dropped the girl at her place, before fleeing," Lonikatra police station in-charge B P Yadav said. The girl narrated her ordeal to her mother, Yadav said, adding that on the basis of a complaint from the girl's father, a case under section 376, IPC (rape) and the relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was registered against the accused. The girl was sent to a primary health centre for treatment and efforts were on to nab the accused, whose mobile phone location had been traced to Madhya Pradesh, the police said.
Rapists of minors should be hanged within 6 months: Maliwal
Lamenting the "delay" in carrying out sentence of December 16 gang-rape and murder incident, Delhi Commission for Women Chief Swati Maliwal today claimed the long winding legal process allowed the criminals to feel they can get away with such henious crimes. She urged the prime minister to bring in a legislation wherein at least those convicted of raping minors are given death penalty within six months. Nirbhaya, a para-medical student, was brutally gang-raped on the intervening night of December 16, 2012, in a moving bus in South Delhi. The incident took place while she was returning with a friend after watching a movie. She died 13 days after the incident at a hospital in Singapore. Of the six men arrested in the case, one of the accused Ram Singh hanged himself in prison in March 2013, while another man, who was a juvenile at the time of the crime, was convicted in August. Last year, he was released from the correction home after serve the maximum sentence of three ..
Inflammatory letter sheds light on Uber's alleged misconduct
A former Uber security specialist accused the company of dispatching a team of spies to steal its rivals' trade secrets and using shady tactics to thwart its competition in the ride-hailing market, according an inflammatory letter unsealed by a federal judge. Those tactics allegedly included impersonating other people, illegally recording conversations and hacking into computers. Former Uber manager Richard Jacobs, who was fired earlier this year, made the explosive claims in a 37-page letter that sought a big payoff for being forced out of the company. The letter, written by a lawyer on Jacobs' behalf, has already reshaped a high-profile trial pitting Uber against Waymo, a Google spin-off that accuses its rival of stealing its self-driving car technology. The letter also has become evidence in a criminal investigation being conducted by the US Justice Department. US District Judge William Alsup, who is overseeing the Waymo-Uber case, took the unusual step of recommending
Following is the chronology of
Following is the chronology of events in a coal scam case unearthed during the erstwhile UPA regime in which a special court today awarded three years jail term to ex-Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and former coal secretary H C Gupta: *Dec 2014: CBI files charge sheet against Koda, others before a special court here. *Jan 21, 2015: Court summons Koda, others as accused. *Feb 18: Court grants bail to accused after they appear before it and seek relief. *July 14, 2015: Court orders framing of charges against Koda, others. *July 31, 2015: Court frames charges against accused. *July 11, 2017: Court concludes hearing in coal case. *Dec 5, 2017: Court reserves order. *Dec 13, 2017: Special court holds Koda, Gupta and others guilty of corruption, criminal conspiracy and other offences. *Dec 16, 2017: Special court awards three years jail term to Koda, Gupta and two others in the case. *It also imposes fine of Rs 25 lakh, Rs 50 lakh and Rs one lakh on Koda, a Kolkata-based firm
PIL in HC alleges collusion between north MCD, builders
The Delhi High Court has sought response of the municipal corporation of north Delhi on a PIL alleging that its officials were "colluding and conniving" with private builders by permitting illegal constructions. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar directed the civic body to indicate on affidavit what action it has taken on complaints received by it against unauthorised constructions in the area. The court sought the North MCD's reply by March 12, 2018, the next date of hearing of the petition filed by advocate Birender Sangwan who has sought action against the officials of the corporation for allegedly failing to discharge their duties and obligations. Apart from that, the plea also seeks a CBI probe into the alleged illegalities by the corporation officials and the private builders. It has also sought action against the vigilance officials of the corporation for allegedly not acting on complaints lodged against unauthorised ...
HC issues notice to Delhi govt, says finally a PIL on vacancy
Delhi government departments are crying for more manpower "because of failure of authorities to recruit", the Delhi High Court has observed while taking up a PIL on vacancies. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar made the oral observation during hearing of a PIL highlighting a "huge gap" in the existing and sanctioned strength of officers in the enforcement cadre of the transport department in the Delhi government. The moment the plea came up for hearing before the bench, it issued notice to the Delhi government and its transport department asking them to file their response before April 18 next year. "Finally one PIL on the issue. The government departments are crying because of failure of the authorities to recruit more people," the bench observed. The public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Deepak Juneja, a medico, through advocate Ayush Arora, has sought an increase in the sanctioned strength of enforcement cadre of transport ...
Drink-driving:Court gives first time offender chance to reform
Taking a lenient view towards a man guilty of drink-driving, a Delhi court has set aside the jail term awarded to him saying he deserved an opportunity to reform himself. Special judge Narinder Kumar quashed the sentence of the man, a north Delhi resident, and released him on probation of good conduct for a period of one year on a bond of Rs 10,000 and a surety of the like amount, considering that he was a first time offender. The court order came on an appeal filed by the convict challenging a November 20 order of a magisterial court sentencing him to seven-day rigorous imprisonment for driving his car in an inebriated state. "Trial court record does not reveal that the appellant (convict) was a previous convict. "It is true that quantity of alcohol consumed by him was on higher side, but considering that he is a first offender, court finds that he deserves an opportunity to reform himself, instead of being sent to jail to undergo substantive sentence for the offence ..
Man, his family held for killing wife in northwest Delhi
A man and his family members have been arrested here for allegedly killed his wife and then dumping her body in Uttarakhand's Mussoorie, the police said today. The man had lodged a missing complaint with the police but was subsequently arrested after the woman's parents expressed suspicion about him, they said. The incident was reported from northwest Delhi's Rani Bagh. Silky Arora's husband Lalit killed her earlier this month, police said. Lalit was allegedly helped by his brother and his wife, her brother and his father. They took her body and threw it in a valley in Mussoorie, they said. On December 11, Lalit approached police and alleged that his wife had gone missing. Police contacted the woman's family who expressed suspicion that their son-in-law might have something to do with her disappearance. Lalit was then questioned and subsequently confessed to killing his wife and dumping her body, the police said. The couple had regular fights and Lalit was upset over it.
Kabaddi player surrenders in court in dowry case
A state-level Kabaddi player from Haryana today surrendered in a court here in connection with a dowry harassment case against him. Acting Chief Judicial Magistrate Piyush Siddhartha released Abhishek Deshwal on interim bail after he furnished bail bond of two sureties of Rs 25,000 up to January 9, 2018. Deshwal, who is from Haryana, is married in Pinna village in Muzaffarnagar district. A dowry harassment case is filed against him here.
MLA murder case: HC stays trial in Bhind court
The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court today stayed the proceedings in the Congress MLA Makhanlal Jatav murder case at a court in Bhind. State minister Lal Singh Arya is one of the accused in the case and the Bhind court had issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against him. Justice Ved Prakash Sharma of the high court today stayed the proceedings in the Bhind court. The CBI had challenged, before the high court, an Indore CBI court's order to transfer the case to a special court in Bhind on the basis of jurisdiction. Jatav, Congress MLA from Gohad, was shot dead by unidentified assailants during the general elections on April 13, 2009. The case was transferred to the CBI in 2009, but in the meantime, Bhind district police had filed a charge sheet in the matter in the local court. The special CBI court in Indore held that the case should be tried before the Bhind court as the charge sheet had been filed there. The CBI challenged it before the high court. During .
FIR against gram pradhan and VDO over misuse of govt funds
An FIR was lodged against a gram pradhan and a village development officer (VDO) here for allegedly misusing government funds, officials said today. Block Development Officer (Jamo) Chandra Prakash Upadhyay, acting on the directives of District Magistrate Yogesh Kumar, lodged the FIR at Jamo police station against Udai Pratap Singh, gram pradhan of Ahad village, and Village Development Officer Om Prakash over alleged misuse of MGNREGS (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme) funds, reports said. Speaking to mediapersons, the district magistrate later said a complaint was earlier filed by Sarvtirth Mishra alleging that the duo transferred funds meant for MGNREGS to fake accounts opened in a local bank.
SC non-committal on vacancy in National Green Tribunal
The Supreme Court today refrained from making any commitment on who would succeed Justice Swatanter Kumar as the National Green Tribunal Chairperson after his tenure ends on December 19. A plea was raised before a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra that on the lines of National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) and the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), the tenure of retiring Chairperson of the NGT be also extended. The top court, on December 11, ordered that the retiring judicial and non-judicial members of NCDRC and CAT shall continue in their respective offices till April 15 after Attorney General K K Venugopal agreed to the suggestion mooted by the bench. "If the tenure of the members of NCDRC and CAT can be extended then why it cannot be done in the case of NGT," one of the lawyers told the bench which also comprised Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud. The NCDRC and CAT deal with grievances of common people and moreover, the Chief ..