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Girl battling for life in Telangana after man sets her ablaze
An 18-year-old college student suffered 80 per cent burn injuries after a man allegedly threw petrol and set her ablaze irked over her rejecting his advances, police said Wednesday. The 21-year-old man, who was also studying in the same private college as that of the woman, surrendered to police later. He has been arrested, an official said. The attack reportedly happened near the Warangal Police Commissionerate Office Wednesday morning. Warangal city Police Commissioner V Raveendra said the accused was allegedly pestering the woman with his love proposal for the past six months, but she spurned him. The woman had also complained to her parents who spoke to the man's father asking him to keep his son in check. Angered by her ignoring him, the man threw petrol on the woman while she was entering the college premises and and set her ablaze, police said. The girl is undergoing treatment at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Warangal where doctors said her condition is very serious.
Two Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen members arrested in West Bengal's Murshidabad
Two members of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) have been arrested from West Bengal's Murshidabad district, in a joint operation by a team of Special Task Force (STF) and Murshidabad Police.Several explosive materials were seized from the arrested JMB members, police said.They arrested JMB members have been identified as Moshibur Rahman (35) alias Farooque and Rahul Amin (26) alias Saifullah. Both are residents of Murshidabad. According to police they are associates of another operative arrested earlier and were planning to get him release by attacking the police.STF has arrested Said Manirul Islam, an alleged active member of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), a banned terror organisation, from Kolkata's Sealdah Station on February 8.Earlier this month in a joint operation, the West Bengal Police STF and the Kerala Police arrested terror suspect Abdul Matin from Kerala's Malappuram.
Money laundering case: Robert Vadra appears before ED
Robert Vadra, son-in-law of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, on Wednesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged purchase of a London-based property.A Delhi court had on Monday rejected Vadra's application for a stay on questioning and directed him to appear before the ED. He had sought the stay till required documents were supplied to him and his legal team.On another application of Vadra, the court had directed the ED to provide hard copies of documents to his legal team within five days in connection with the case.Vadra, who approached the court on Saturday, had sought a complete list of documents with full description of each document allegedly seized during a search of his office by the agency.
File affidavit with details of alleged contempt by WB cops in Saradha chit fund probe: SC to CBI Dr
The Supreme Court Wednesday directed the CBI Director to file affidavit giving details about the alleged contempt committed by West Bengal police and the then Kolkata police chief Rajeev Kumar in connection with Saradha chit fund scam cases. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna asked the CBI Director to provide information in support of the allegations of tampering and destruction of call data records by Kumar who was then heading the West Bengal SIT. The bench said the affidavit has to be filed within two weeks and posted the matter for further hearing on March 26. The apex court said the allegations made by the CBI were serious enough and it was the obligation on part of the agency to disclose full details of the alleged contempt committed by the then police commissioner.
CBI refused to probe death of Manipuri student in UP: CM
Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren informed the Assembly on Wednesday that the Central Bureau of Investigation had found the proposed inquiry into the death of a Manipuri student in Uttar Pradesh (UP) "not suitable".
Indian held over plot to kill Lankan President Sirisena acquitted
An Indian national held in Sri Lanka over an alleged plot to assassinate president Maithripala Sirisena was acquitted on Wednesday, court officials said. Marceli Thomas, from Kerala, was arrested in October following a complaint by Namal Kumara, a police informant, who had alleged a plot to assassinate Sirisena and Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the former top defence ministry bureaucrat and brother of ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa. The Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court acquitted Thomas of the charges of conspiring to assassinate the VIPs when the case was taken up for hearing on Wednesday. Colombo Fort Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake on February 13 informed the CID to present to court evidence against the suspect regarding the plot in two weeks. However, the CID has not been able to produce any evidence against Thomas implicating him in the conspiracy charges. Thomas had denied the allegation in the court and claimed that he is innocent and that an attempt was being made to frame him. Considering .
Delhi HC directs to expedite trial in journalist murder case
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the trial court to expedite the trial in the 2008 TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan murder case.
79 Rohingyas arrested in Manipur so far: CM
Seventy nine Rohingyas have been arrested by the Manipur police so far on the charge of entering the state without travel documents, Chief Minister N. Biren said on Wednesday.
AgustaWestland: Rajiv Saxena moves court to become approver
AgustaWestland scam accused Rajiv Saxena on Wednesday moved an application in the Delhi's Patiala House Court to become an approver in the case.ANI had earlier reported that Saxena had shown willingness to turn an approver.Special court Judge Arvind Kumar issued the notice to Enforcement Directorate (ED) on his plea and will hear the matter tomorrow. The Court has also sought ED's reply in the matter by tomorrow.The court granted him bail on February 25 against a personal bail bond of Rs 5 lakh and two sureties of like amount.The Dubai-based businessman was extradited to India in the wee hours of January 31 in connection with alleged scam in the Rs 3,600 crore deal for the purchase of 12 VVIP helicopters from AgustaWestland company.He was allegedly operating a number of bank accounts in Switzerland in which huge amounts of money were deposited, according to the government dossier.
Police recover missing Bihar shelter home girl
The last of the seven of Bihar shelter home girls who had escaped from a short-stay home here four days ago, have been traced to Madhubani district.
AgustaWestland: Rajiv Saxena moves court to become approver
Dubai-based businessman Rajiv Saxena on Wednesday moved an application in a Delhi court seeking to become an approver in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case.
Stalker sets afire college student in Telangana
In a shocking incident, a stalker set afire a college student in full public view in Telangana's Warangal district on Wednesday, police said.
Indian student charged with using 'USB killer device' to destroy dozens of computers in NY college
An Indian student has been arrested after being charged with intentionally causing damage to over 50 protected computers owned by a college in New York state capital Albany, officials said on Wednesday. Vishwanath Akuthota, 26 was arrested on February 22 in North Carolina after being charged with intentionally causing damage to protected computers owned by The College of Saint Rose in Albany, US Attorney Grant Jaquith said. According to a criminal complaint, on February 14, Akuthota entered numerous locations around the Saint Rose campus and inserted a device into more than 50 computers used by students. The device, which resembles a normal USB memory stick, sends a rapid series of power surges into a computer's electrical hardware, rendering it inoperable. The damage exceeds USD 50,000. Akuthota, an Indian citizen, is residing in the US on a student visa. He appeared in the federal court in Raleigh, North Carolina, where a US Magistrate Judge ordered him detained and transported to ..
VVIP Chopper case: Rajeev Saxena moves Delhi court to become approver
Rajeev Saxena, who was arrested in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland money-laundering case, Wednesday moved a Delhi court to become an approver in the case. Special Judge Arvind Kumar sought the Enforcement Directorate's response on Saxena's plea to become an approver. The court has posted the matter for hearing tomorrow. Saxena, a director of two Dubai-based firms - UHY Saxena and Matrix Holdings - is one of the accused named in the charge sheet filed by ED in the AgustaWestland case.
Cohen apologises to Senate panel for lying to Congress
US President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen has apologised to the Senate Intelligence Committee for lying to Congress during his 2017 testimony.
Govt releases passenger charter specifying rights of air travellers
Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu released the passenger charter Wednesday which specifies rights of air travellers. The charter states that if a domestic flight is expected to be delayed by more than six hours, then the airline would offer an option of "alternate flight" to the passenger within that time, or it will refund the full price of the ticket. It also said that if a passenger is informed of flight cancellation less than two weeks before departure, the airline must offer an alternate flight to passenger or refund the ticket completely. At the time of booking, the airline must clearly "indicate" the amount of refund money that will be given to passenger in case of cancellation, the charter states. If any passenger is denied boarding due to over booking of a flight, the passenger would not be liable to hold airline for compensation if he or she is given an alternate flight within one hour of original flight's departure, it states.
Vadra appears before ED for questioning in money laundering case
Robert Vadra, the brother-in-law of Congress President Rahul Gandhi, on Wednesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning for the seventh time in connection with its probe into a money laundering case.
Disgraced Cardinal Pell behind bars for child sex crimes
Cardinal George Pell was ordered held in custody Wednesday following his historic conviction for child sex crimes, capping an extraordinary fall from grace for one of the most powerful men in the Catholic Church. Prosecutors told a pre-sentencing hearing Wednesday that Pell, the most senior Catholic cleric ever convicted for child sex abuse, faces a maximum 50 years in prison for five charges of sexual assault against two choirboys at Melbourne's Saint Patrick's Cathedral in 1996-7. Pell's lawyers had planned to request a continuation of his bail pending a planned appeal of his conviction, but suddenly withdrew that application on Wednesday. Pell is due to be sentenced on March 13.
Minor boy missing since Sunday found dead
A 12-year-old boy, who was missing since Sunday, has been found dead at a jungle in Charthawal town of the district, police said Wednesday. It is suspected that the boy, a student of class IV, was strangulated. The body has been sent for post-mortem, they said. The body was found Tuesday. A case has been registered against unidentified people and investigation in underway, police said.
Man arrested for killing father in Palghar
A 28-year-old man was arrested for allegedly killing his father in Palghar district of Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday. Mavin D'Souza hit his father Wilson D'Souza (51) with a hard object at their home in Vasai area on Tuesday evening, killing him on the spot, Arnala Sagri police station's sub-inspector Ramesh Gaikwad said. The police arrested the accused in the early hours of Wednesday and booked him under Indian Penal Code Section 302 (murder), he said. The body was sent for post mortem to a government hospital, he said, adding that the motive behind the killing was yet to be ascertained.