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IAF officer killed in J&K chopper crash to be cremated on Friday
The mortal remains of an Indian Air Force officer, who was killed in a helicopter crash in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district, reached late Thursday evening in Agra, police said. The cremation of Pankaj Nauhar will take place on Friday as the body reached late in the night, said Superintendent of Police (City) Rajesh Kumar Singh. His body was brought from Agra and kept in a military hospital today late evening, Singh said. The body will be taken to his native Jarelia village in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district on Wednesday morning for cremation, the officer added.
Cabinet approves ordinance to set up New Delhi International Arbitration Centre
The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved promulgation of an ordinance for establishing the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC) to create an independent and autonomous regime for institutionalised arbitration.
5 SIMI activists awarded life term for possession of explosives
A NIA Court on Thursday awarded life term to five activists of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), for possession of explosives.The court awarded life term to Abdul Aziz, Javed, Abdul Wahid, Jubar and Mohammad Adil. Special NIA judge Girish Dixit also imposed a fine of Rs. 2,000 each.Out of the total 12 accused in the case, two were killed in an encounter with the police in October two years ago. Five others namely Umar, Sajid, Sadiq, Abu Faizal and Irfan Nagori were acquitted by the court due to lack of evidence against them.The Anti Terrorism Squad of Madhya Pradesh initially arrested three with a large haul of explosives during a raid in state's Ujjain district. Nine others were also arrested later. The ATS recovered 800 gelatin sticks, 540 detonators, a pipe bomb and some other kinds of explosives from their possession.Public Prosecutor Rajendra Upadhyay claimed that the seized explosives were lethal and could have caused massive damage and hence, pushed for ...
One held for abusing IAF pilot on Facebook
The police here on Thursday arrested a digital marketing coaching centre owner for allegedly abusing Wing Commander Varthaman Abhinandan on Facebook.
87 kg opium seized, two arrested
In a major drug haul, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) Thursday seized 87.38 kg of opium by arresting two persons in the district. One of the accused is a panchayat secretary, a senior official said. Acting on a tip-off, bureau sleuths raided a hide-out in Daulatpura village and arrested Bharat Lal Dhakad and Kamal Dhakad and seized 87.38 kg of opium and 42.40 kg of opium-mixed water, CNB deputy commissioner Pramod Singh said. Bharat Lal is village panchayat secretary. A case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act was registered against the duo, Singh said.
HC declines TN minister's plea to restrain NGO
The Madras High Court on Thursday refused to grant any immediate interim relief on a prayer by a Tamil Nadu minister seeking to restrain an NGO from levelling corruption charges against him in the media and on social media. In his suit, Municipal Administration Minister S P Velumani sought damages of Rs 1 crore against the non-governmental organisation, Arappor Iyakkam, for dissemination of alleged defamatory content against him, permanent injunction and the relief of an interim injunction against the NGO. The injunctions were to restrain the organisation from publishing in any manner further "defamatory" articles, photographs, statements or caricatures insinuating him to allegations of corruption. When the civil suit filed by Velumani came up before Justice R Subramanian, the judge directed tagging the suit with other similar matters and posted them for further hearing to March 8. The minister, in his suit, contended that the convener of Arappor Iyakkam, Jayaram Venkatesan, had been .
Dehradun Court gives 12 years jail to 7 human traffickers
A Dehradun court on Thursday sentenced eight people to 12 years imprisonment in a 2015 human trafficking case.Special POCSO judge Ram Pandey after convicting the accused sentenced seven of them to imprisonment of 12 years each and also slapped a fine of Rs. 40,000 and additional imprisonment for six months each in case of a payment failure.The seven convicts include four men- Sher Khan, Surendra, Sonu alias Haidar, Qadir Hussain and three women namely Lata, Manjeet Kaur and Mamata. While another convict Maqsood was sentenced to a jail term of 7 years for rape and also imposed a fine of Rs. 20,000.Public Prosecutor Bharat Singh Negi told the court that a case was registered at Saharanpur Police Station in Uttar Pradesh following a complaint of two womenThe complaintants had alleged that they were brought to New Delhi on the pretext of marriage. Following which, a woman brought the complainants to Dehradun with a promise of providing them a job but were forced into human trafficking. ...
Govt employee arrested in Andhra
A 30-year-old government employee, who allegedly impregnated a minor girl, was arrested in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district on Thursday, police said. The incident came to light on Thursday when doctors at Machilipatnam government hospital confirmed the pregnancy during a preliminary medical examination, a police officer said. The Class IX student had recently complained of stomach pain, after which her mother brought her to the hospital on Thursday, said sub-inspector A Durga Prasad. Her mother lodged a complaint against the accused, T L K Swamy. A case has been registered and an investigation is on. The accused was arrested and he is working in the Fisheries Department, the police added.
MP: 5 SIMI activists get life sentence for possessing explosives
A special court here on Thursday awarded life sentence to five activists of banned extremist outfit Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) for illegally possessing explosives.
SC allows arrest of Amrapali Group CMD in cheating case
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed arrest of Amrapali Group Chairman and Managing Director Anil Kumar Sharma as well as two other directors, Shiv Priya and Ajay Kumar, by the Delhi Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) in an alleged criminal case involving cheating.
HUA ministry team to visit Herald House tomorrow
A team of the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry will visit the Herald House on Friday and ask the leaseholder to give "peaceful possession" of its premises, failing which proceedings under the PPE Act will be initiated, an official said Thursday. The development comes after the Delhi High Court dismissed the plea of AJL, publisher of Congress mouthpiece National Herald, challenging the Centre's order to vacate its premises and said there has been "misuse" of lease conditions. The court held that the entire transaction of transferring shares of Associated Journals Ltd (AJL) to Young Indian (YI) company, in which Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi are majority shareholders, was a "clandestine and surreptitious transfer of the lucrative interest in the premises" to YI. "A two-member team of the ministry will visit Herald House located at ITO on Friday and request AGL to give peaceful possession of its premises. "If there is no satisfactory assurance, a ...
Afghan arrested with 32 kg gold at Attari
Custom officials on Thursday seized over 32 kg gold from a Afghanistan national at the integrated check-post (ICP) at Attari.
UP STF nabs two who opened fire on security guard in Gr Noida
The Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday said they have arrested two wanted operatives of a criminal gang who had opened fire at a security guard of a Chinese smartphone company's under-construction site in Greater Noida. The accused were arrested late Wednesday night near the construction site of Oppo mobile company, where they had opened fire at the security guard on January 31, leaving him critically injured, the Noida unit of the STF said. Mohit Singh (24) and Rohit Singh (20), both local residents, work for the Sundar Bhati and Anil Bhati gang and have been associated in several trades like dealing in scrap, building material and water supply, a senior official said. Mohit, a BBA graduate, and Rohit, a Class 11 pass, were also using the influence of their connections to procure contract for supplying water at some companies, including Oppo, Deputy Superintendent of Police, STF, Rajkumar Mishra, said. "In order to mount pressure on the company to keep ..
Delhi HC directs Pakistani woman to leave
The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed a Pakistani woman to leave the country within two weeks while observing there were adverse security reports against her.
3 held for stealing cars in Delhi
Three men have been arrested from the Punjabi Bagh area here for allegedly stealing vehicles with the help of hi-tech gadgets and selling them in Assam, police said Thursday. The accused were identified as Deepak (26), Ankit (28), residents of Narnaund in Haryana and Rinku (27), a resident of Gohana in the same state, they added. Police received information that a stolen Fortuner car was parked in Uttam Nagar which was going to be transported to receivers in Assam, a senior police officer said, adding that a trap was laid based on the tip-off. "After about 15 hours, a private cab stopped near the car under surveillance. A person, identified as Deepak, got down from it and when he opened the door of the car, officers arrested him," Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Monika Bhardwaj said. While the cab driver tried to speed away, the police chased and nabbed him. The driver turned out be an associate of Deepak. Later, their third associate was also arrested, Bhardwaj said. During ...
HC laments fall in standards of investigation by police
The Madras High Court Thursday observed that the standard of investigation by police has drastically come down, citing the number of acquittals in serious offences. Justice Anand Venkatesh made the observation while granting bail to an accused who suffered incarceration for more than 264 days, pointing out that during the trial before a lower court, the de facto complainant was unable to identify the accused. "Even in this case, the respondent police has not taken any steps to conduct an identification parade and therefore, the whole exercise of conducting the trial has now become pointless. "This court was made to believe based on the allegations made in the complaint that the case involved a grave offence. However, it now comes to light that not a single accused person has been identified by the witnesses before the court," the judge said. There are many cases where the case of the prosecution is becoming pointless due to non-identification of accused in court and the ...
Amrapali CMD not the first businessman to face court's ire
Amrapali Group Chairman and Managing Director Anil Kumar Sharma, whose arrest by Delhi Police has been allowed by the Supreme Court, is not the only businessman to have faced the court's ire, with the top court earlier taking strict action against other corporate figures for duping investors.
HC upholds conviction for sodomy of mentally challenged man
The Bombay High Court Thursday upheld the conviction in a case of sodomy where the survivor was a 32-year-old mentally challenged man. Justice Mridula Bhatkar dismissed the appeal filed by Ramchandra Yadav, sentenced by a trial court to seven years in prison under IPC section 377 (unnatural sex). The high court said it cannot take a lenient view of the offence. "It is an offence of unnatural sexual intercourse with a person having mild mental retardation with less IQ who in fact requires to be given more protection by the society," Justice Bhatkar said. The court also praised the survivor's parents. "The victim, though mentally ill, had confidence in his parents and for that credit is to be given to his parents, who could successfully develop that confidence and (had) open dialogue with their mentally ill son," the court said. "The accused, after committing the act, introduced the victim to his brother and told the victim that you will satisfy the lust of my brother also. The accused .
Youth gets life sentence for killing colleague
A youth working in a catering firm was sentenced to life and fined Rs 1,000 by a court here on Thursday, for killing his colleague in a monetary dispute 14 months ago. The judge of the First Additional District Court M Gunasekharan delivered the verdict. According to the prosecution, Praveen Kumar and Mohan had a tiff over a sum of Rs 300 on November 24, 2017. Kumar flung a large stone on Mohan's head leading to his death in hospital two days later. Kumar was arrested and lodged in the central jail.
Lok Pal, other panel members to be named shortly
The eight-member search committee for recommending names for chairman and eight other members of the Lok Pal is likely to submit recommendations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday in what is seen as a move to make the announcements before the electoral process kicks in.