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C'garh: Naxals kill two on suspicion of being police informers
Maoists allegedly killed two villagers in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on the suspicion of being police informers, police said Thursday. The incident took place in Karigundam village under Kistaram police station area on Wednesday, a local police official said. The slain villagers were identified as Podiyam Mutta and Koko Lachhu, he added. As per the preliminary information, a group of armed ultras reached Karigundam, located around 500 kms from Raipur, on Wednesday afternoon and started torturing Mutta and Lachhu, he said. Later, the Naxals held a 'Jan Adalat' (peoples' court or a kangaroo court) in the village and killed the duo with sharp weapons after accusing them of acting as police informers in front of the villagers, the official said. After committing the crime, the ultras fled from the spot, he added.
Ishrat Jahan case: CBI court drops charges against ex-IPS officials Vanzara, Amin
A special CBI court on Thursday dropped charges against two retired police officials D G Vanzara and N K Amin in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case.Special CBI Judge J K Pandya accepted the discharge application filed by the former IPS officials seeking to drop proceeding against them in the case.The court's order came after the Gujarat government did not sanction their prosecution.The court observed that the encounter was not fake and was carried out in view of the security of the state of Gujarat.Ishrat, a 19-year-old girl of Mumbai, and three others - Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh Pillai, Amjadali Akbarali Rana and Zeeshan Johar were killed in an alleged encounter with the police on the outskirts of Ahmedabad on June 15, 2004.It was claimed by the Gujarat Police, that the four had terror links and had conspired to kill the then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi.A high court-constituted-Special Investigative team (SIT) had concluded that it was a fake encounter, after which the court ..
CBI takes over case of serial abductor and missing Gujarat girl
The CBI has taken over investigation in the case of a missing teenager who allegedly eloped with a 49-year-old teacher, after he jumped parole on being sentenced to life for raping two minor girls. On August 11 last year, the woman who was studying at a tuition centre run by Dhaval Trivedi in Gujarat's Surendranagar city eloped with him, her parents alleged. On the plea of the father, the Gujarat High Court handed over the case to the CBI on April 2 after the state police failed to trace the 18-year-old woman. Trivedi was sentenced to life for raping two minor girls in Rajkot but was given parole in July last year. He allegedly jumped parole and went to Chotila, Surendranagar where he started a coaching centre. He is also accused to abducting other girls. The victim went to the coaching centre for an English- speaking course but on August 11 she did not return home, triggering a search by local police. Trivedi was believed to be in New Delhi and Nepal, but he could not be traced. "It .
65-year-old woman found dead in Punjabi Bagh
A 65-year-old woman was allegedly found dead at her residence in Punjabi Bagh area of the national capital, the police said on Thursday.The deceased was identified as Saroj. The police suspects that the killing occurred around 7 p.m. last evening.The victim was reportedly alone at home when the incident occurred..Preliminary probe suggests robbery as the motive behind the murder however, the angle of revenge is also being considered.Further investigation in the matter is underway.
WikiLeaks' Assange to fight extradition to US
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has confirmed that he will fight extradition to the United States, where he is accused of conspiring to hack a government computer. At a court hearing Thursday, Assange said he would not surrender to extradition for doing what he called "journalism that has won many awards." Assange appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court by video link from London's Belmarsh Prison, where he is serving a 50-week sentence for skipping bail in 2012 and taking refuge in the embassy of Ecuador. British police arrested him last month after Ecuador revoked his political asylum. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was facing a court hearing Thursday over a U.S. request to extradite him for allegedly conspiring to hack a Pentagon computer. Assange, who is fighting attempts to send him to the United States, is expected to appear by video link from prison for the hearing at London's Westminster Magistrates' Court. A few dozen supporters holding signs reading "Free Assange" and ..
Elderly man killed a car hits bicycle in Delhi's Civil Lines area
A 65-year-old man was killed after a car rammed into his bicycle in north Delhi's Civil Lines area, police said Thursday. The accident took place on Wednesday night when the victim took a right turn from a signal and the car, which was coming from the opposite direction, rammed into his bicycle, a senior police officer said. The car was coming from Vidhan Sabha area and was on way to IP college in Civil Lines, he said. Prakash Tiwari, a resident of P&T Colony in Civil Lines, was rushed to the Trauma Centre, where he was declared brought dead by doctors, police said. A case under Sections 279 (rash driving) and 304 (punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the IPC was registered at Civil the Lines police station and the accused, identified as Gaurav Saxena, was arrested, the officer said. Saxena, a resident of Gandhi Nagar, was working as a driver for the past six months, he added.
Gujarat court summons Rahul Gandhi over his Modi surname remark
A court in Surat Thursday issued summons to Rahul Gandhi in response to a criminal defamation suit filed by a Gujarat MLA over the Congress president's "how come all thieves have Modi as common surname" remark. Chief Judicial Magistrate of Surat, B H Kapadia, issued summons to Gandhi, directing him to be present before the court on June 7. The complaint against Gandhi was filed by BJP legislator Purnesh Modi, on April 16 under IPC sections 499 and 500 that deal with defamation. In his complaint, the MLA from Surat-West seat claimed the Congress president was defaming the entire Modi community by saying all "Modis are thieves". He was referring to an election rally at Kolar in Karnataka on April 13, where Gandhi asked, "Nirav Modi, Lalit Modi, Narendra Modi...how come they all have Modi as common surname. How come all the thieves have Modi as the common surname?" While talking to reporters after filing his defamation suit last month, Purnesh Modi had claimed that Gandhi's remark has ...
Diamonds bought with stolen 1MDB money to be handed to US
Diamond jewellery worth USD 1.7 million, allegedly bought by a Malaysian financier for his mother with money stolen from scandal-hit fund 1MDB, will be handed over to the US government, a report said Thursday. Billions of dollars were allegedly pilfered from the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund by toppled leader Najib Razak and his cronies, who spent it on everything from high-end real estate to artworks. Financier Jho Low allegedly played a central role in the fraud and has been charged in Malaysia and the United States, which is seeking to recover assets purportedly bought with looted funds via civil lawsuits. Among these assets were a pair of diamond earrings and a diamond ring which Low allegedly bought for his mother, Goh Gaik Ewe, using some USD 1.7 million taken from 1MDB. Low commissioned a top American jeweller to make the pieces. US prosecutors said in a court filing this week that the set's custodian had reached an agreement to hand over the jewellery, Bloomberg News ...
Cases filed against 3 women for bogus voting in Kerala
The Kerala police on Wednesday registered criminal cases against three women for casting more than one vote at the Pillathara polling booth in Kasargode Lok Sabha constituency on April 23.
PMK leader murder: NIA raids premises of islamic outfit in TN
The National Investigating Agency (NIA) Thursday carried out raids at premises linked to an islamic outfit in Tamil Nadu and neigbouring Karaikal in connection with the murder of a PMK functionary in Thanjavur district in February, police said. V Ramalingam was allegedly killed after he questioned some people about religious conversion in the area. The NIA team also conducted inquiries with members of the outfit here as part of the investigation into the murder of the PMK activist by a gang near Kumbakonam. Raids were carried out at the offices of the outfit in Kumbakonam, here and in Karaikal, they said. Eleven people have been arrested in this connection so far by the state police. The case was transferred to the NIA on March 14. A four-member team led by NIA DSP AP Shoukath Ali was investigating the case.
Indonesia jails Polish tourist who met Papuan activists
A Polish tourist sentenced Thursday to five years in prison in Indonesia for treason after meeting with Papuan independence supporters said that he was the victim of a show trial. Jakub Skrzypski was arrested in Wamena in the easternmost Papua region in August and accused of plotting against the Indonesian state. He denied any wrongdoing. One of his lawyers, Latifah Anum Siregar, said Papuan student Simon Magal, who met Skrzypski and communicated with him on Facebook, was sentenced by the same court Thursday to four years in prison. The case has highlighted Indonesia's sensitivity about the volatile Papua region, where the indigenous Melanesian people oppose Indonesian rule and an insurgency has simmered for decades. The government restricts foreign journalists from reporting in its Papua and West Papua provinces. Friends of Skrzypski, who lived in Switzerland, have said he's an avid traveler with a fascination for other cultures who unwittingly got embroiled in Indonesian ...
SC asks EC to decide plea seeking re-scheduling of voting time during Ramzan
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission to decide a plea seeking advancing of the start of polling by two hours to 5 a.m. in view of Ramzan coinciding with the remaining three phases of the Lok Sabha polls and due to heat conditions in Rajasthan and other areas.The direction was given by a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi on a petition filed by Delhi-based lawyer Mohammad Nizam Pasha.The bench, also comprising Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, asked the poll body to pass appropriate orders.Advocate Meenakshi Arora, appearing for Pasha, sought that the polling in the remaining three phases should begin from 5 a.m. instead of the scheduled time of 7 a.m. since the Muslim fasting month of Ramzan will begin shortly.She said that the meteorological department has also forecast a heat wave during that period and therefore the voting process cannot be extended in the evening.
Saradha chit fund: SC reserves order on plea seeking custodial interrogation of ex-Kolkata top cop
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on a plea of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeking permission to arrest and interrogate former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar for his alleged role in destructing evidence in Saradha chit fund case.A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi reserved the verdict after hearing the arguments of the CBI and Kumar's counsel.CBI is being represented by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, while senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi appeared on the behalf of Rajeev Kumar and state of West Bengal.The bench had on March 30, asked the CBI to show materials and satisfy the court on its plea for the custodial interrogation of Kumar.Singhvi had opposed the CBI's plea for Kumar's custodial interrogation.CBI has filed the plea seeking direction to withdraw its February 5 order granting protection to Rajeev Kumar from the arrest.The investigative agency had said that the custodial interrogation of Kumar was required to investigate the
Sydney jury convicts machete-wielding man of terrorist act
A pharmacy student who repeatedly stabbed a passer-by with a machete while shouting "I will kill you, you will die" was convicted in a Sydney court on Thursday of carrying out a terrorist act. Ihsas Khan, 25, had pleaded not guilty in the New South Wales state Supreme Court on the grounds of mental illness when he attacked Wayne Greenhalgh in the Sydney suburb of Minto in 2016. Khan was found guilty on Thursday during his sixth trial by a jury which rejected his mental illness defense. Four previous trials were aborted and the fifth jury could not reach a verdict. Justice Geoffrey Bellew is to hear sentencing submissions on May 23. Khan faces a possible maximum sentence of life in prison. Greenhalgh received injuries to his right arm, left hand, face and lungs. He was forced to take four months off work. After he was attacked, Greenhalgh fled to a nearby hair salon for safety while bystanders confronted Khan, who was later tasered by police. "He got me probably three or four times ...
NGT fines Goa CRZ body Rs 1 crore for non-compliance
The principal bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) to deposit Rs 1 crore with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) as an interim environment compensation for non-compliance with the green authority's directions.
Ramalingam murder case: NIA conducts searches in TN
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday carried out searches in Tamil Nadu's Tiruchirapalli and Kumbakonam in connection with the murder of PMK functionary Ramalingam, officials said.
No special hearing in BCCI CEO harassment case: SC
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused any special hearing in the sexual harassment case against the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) CEO Rahul Johri.
EU vows response to US move over confiscated property in Cuba
The EU vowed to take "appropriate measures", including at the WTO, against the United States' full implementation of the Helms-Burton Act on Thursday, which would open the way for lawsuits in US courts over property confiscated by Cuba. The EU considers the "application of unilateral restrictive measures to be contrary to international law", the EU's diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini said in a statement on Thursday. President Donald Trump's administration announced in April that it would allow lawsuits in US courts over properties seized by Cuba's communist government, enforcing a provision of the 1996 Helms-Burton Act that had been waived by successive presidents. The European Union and Canada have expressed displeasure over the US action, concerned that the property disputes will ensnare their citizens who do business in the island. "The European Union deeply regrets the full activation of the 1996 Helms-Burton (LIBERTAD) Act by the United States," Mogherini said. "The decision...
Pak court adjourns hearing in treason case against Musharraf till June 12
Pakistan's former military dictator Pervez Musharraf did not turn up for the treason trial against him on Thursday citing deteriorating health and a special court accepted his plea to postpone the hearing until after Ramazan, according to a media report. The former president's lawyer Salman Safdar, in an application on behalf of Musharraf, stated that despite strong willingness and eagerness to return to Pakistan, the life-threatening ailments and medical complications have forced him not to appear before the special court. The 75-year-old former president also apologised for not appearing before the court and requested it to postpone the hearing until the end of Ramazan, which falls on June 4. "Musharraf should be given an opportunity to appear so as to fulfil the requisites of justice," Safdar said. The counsel further clarified that Musharraf was unable to speak and that he could not respond to the questions in court without his client's assistance. The three-member bench, headed ..
Plea in SC seeks direction to debar Rahul Gandhi from contesting LS polls
A petition was filed in the Supreme Court Thursday seeking direction to the Centre and the Election Commission to debar Congress President Rahul Gandhi from contesting the Lok Sabha election till the issue of his citizenship is decided. The Home Ministry recently served a notice to Gandhi asking him to clarify within a fortnight his "factual position" on a complaint questioning his citizenship status. The plea filed in the apex court has said that the petitioners were "dissatisfied" with the "inaction" of the Centre and the poll panel in "deciding the question of voluntary acquisition of British citizenship" by Gandhi in spite of a November 2015 communication by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy in this regard. The petitioners -- Jai Bhagwan Goyal and C P Tyagi -- have alleged that since prima facie evidence in this regard has been produced before the Home Ministry and the EC, Gandhi should not have been allowed to contest the ongoing Lok Sabha elections from parliamentary constituencies .