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Couple booked for cheating doctor of Rs 2 cr in Thane
A couple has been booked for allegedly duping a city-based doctor of over Rs 2 crore on the promise of helping him set up a hospital in Dubai, police said on Wednesday. The accused came to the victim, who runs an in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) centre in Thane city of Maharashtra, for some medical treatment in 2015-16. Due their interactions, the couple promised to help the doctor in setting up an IVF centre in Dubai and allegedly took Rs 2.15 crore from him, a Thane police spokesperson said. An estimated expenditure plan of Rs 3 crore was drawn for the project and the accused held several meetings with the victim till 2018 and also visited Dubai. The victim alleged that he made payments to the accused for interiors and other works to set up the hospital. However, when he went to Dubai last year, he came to know that the accused had not paid the money to the local agent to start the work, the police official said. Based on his complaint filed on Tuesday, the Vartak Nagar ...
Maharashtra: 14-year-old kills elder brother for Rs 40 in Aurangabad
A 14-year-old boy from Aurangabad on Wednesday killed his elder brother, who was born just an hour before him, over Rs 40.The two brothers had a tussle for money a day before the incident as well.The police said, that the younger brother has admitted of committing the crime.The deceased, on returning home in the afternoon from school had fallen asleep. Angry over their argument the previous day, the accused took a hammer and attacked him, the police added.The police have sent the elder brother's body for post-mortem and said that a further probe is underway.
Australian cardinal challenges custody after child sex crimes conviction
Angry protesters called Cardinal George Pell a "maggot" and a "monster" Wednesday as he arrived in court, possibly for the last time as a free man, in a last-ditch push for bail while he appeals his historic conviction for child sex crimes. Once among Pope Francis' closest advisors and the most senior Catholic cleric ever convicted of child sex crimes, Pell is facing up to 50 years in prison on five charges of sexual and indecent assault on two choirboys in 1996-97. He is expected to be remanded in custody after the pre-sentencing submissions in court, but his lawyer plans to apply for bail later in the day before the Court of Appeal. A large crowd confronted the Cardinal outside the County Court of Victoria in Melbourne, with supporters of other abuse survivors jostling the 77-year-old and yelling: "You're a maggot, Pell, you rot in hell." "You're the devil. You're evil... You're a paedophile. You're a criminal. You're a monster. May you rot in hell," one protester shouted. Shortly ..
Cohen apologises for lying to Congress in 2017 testimony
US President Donald Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen apologised to the Senate Intelligence Committee for lying during the 2017 testimony.He testified before the panel behind closed doors on Tuesday (local time), where he made the apology, CNN reported while quoting sources.This was first of the three consecutive congressional appearances that are scheduled for Cohen during this week, with Trump's former lawyer slated to publicly discuss Trump's role in the crimes Cohen has pleaded guilty to.The testimonies come after Cohen was found guilty of campaign finance crimes related to payments made to silence women during the 2016 Presidential campaign on Trump's directives, amongst other charges.Cohen's attorney, Lanny Davis, had previously stated that the US President's former lawyer will be revealing "chilling" details about the character of the incumbent US President, including the "bigoted" words Trump uses in private."He (Trump) has no moral character in defrauding people in his ...
Convicted Cardinal Pell no longer Vatican economy chief
Cardinal George Pell, who has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two choirboys, is no longer in charge of Vatican finances, it said Tuesday. "I can confirm that Cardinal George Pell is no longer the Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy," Vatican spokesman Alessandro Gisotti tweeted about the third-most powerful position in the Vatican. Pell was appointed by Pope Francis to manage the Vatican finances in 2014, and was one of the pontiff's closest advisors. Such appointments usually have a five-year term.
Qnet scam: Cyberabad Police issues notice to Shahrukh Khan, others
Cyberabad Police has served notices to prominent Bollywood actors Shahrukh Khan, Vivek Oberoi, Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Boman Irani, and others for their alleged involvement in the multi-crore Qnet scam, according to sources.A notice was also served to cricketer Yuvraj Singh and Tollywood actors Allu Sirish and Pooja Hegde in connection with the case, the source added. According to sources, since last two days, Cyberabad Police has served notices to around 500 members in the Qnet scam registered in Cyberabad earlier. Till now, the police also arrested nearly 60 accused persons who are involved in the case.It has been alleged that these actors have promoted the company by taking remuneration.As per sources, Cyberabad Police have given a week's time to the alleged accused and asked them to appear before the police by March 4. The police have also mentioned in the notices that if they failed to appear, legal action will be initiated against them. According to reports, QNet was ...
Vishakhapatnam: Congress leader found murdered at her residence
Former Congress party worker Bhogasamudram Vijaya Reddy was found brutally murdered at her residence, the police said on Tuesday.The murder occurred on Monday and according to police, gold jewellery was also stolen from the spot.On Monday, at around 11 AM, a text message was sent from Reddy's phone to her husband (Narayana) that she was moving elsewhere on work and later the phone was switched off, the police informed adding that the husband spent that night at a neighbour's house.Next day, when he returned to the locked home, he opened the door with another key which was with a relative. After entering the home and while walking towards the bedroom he noticed blood which eventually led him to discover the dead body of his wife."The body of the deceased was found in the bathroom dipped in a pool of blood," the police official added. The police added that during the course of the investigation it was revealed that two unidentified persons had recently come in contact with the deceased
Uttarakhand: HC issues notice to former Bihar Chief Justice over contempt
In an unprecedented move, the Uttrakhand High Court issued a showcause notice to former Bihar Chief Justice and Central Administration Tribunal (CAT) chairman Narsimhan Reddy in connection with a contempt plea filed against him.The notice was issued to Reddy by a single judge bench of the court presided by Justice Sharad Kumar Sharma recently in a contempt plea filed against him by IFS officer and Ramon Magsaysay awardee Sanjeev Chaturvedi.The court has given four weeks time to Reddy to show that why the proceedings should not be drawn against him. The court has now slated the matter for hearing on March 20.It is important to note that the development comes at time when a tussle is on between the IFS officer and the over the discrepancies appraisal report of All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in the year 2015-16.The matter was before a bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal in Nainital. The Centre had sought for the transfer of matter to Delhi, to which, Reddy, who ..
Ayodhya hearing: Over 11,000 pages need to be translated into English
Over 11,000 pages of documents, mostly deposition of witnesses in Hindi, need to be translated into English, a task that would require 120 working days, for the Supreme Court hearing in the Ayodhya land dispute matter.
Three more held in connection with NRI businessman's death
Three more people have been arrested in connection with the death of NRI businessman Jayaram Chigurupati, police said Tuesday. Early this month, the 55-year-old businessman was found dead in a parked car under mysterious circumstances on a highway in Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh. With this the total number of arrests in the case has gone up to five. Police had earlier arrested Kavakutla Rakesh Reddy and his aide Dunne Srinivas. Vislawath Vishal, Nenavath Nagesh and Lakshmireddy Subash Chandra Reddy were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the case, a police release said. The initial investigation was conducted by Andhra Pradesh police. However, the case was transferred to Hyderabad on grounds of jurisdiction.
HC orders disqualified MLA to refund salaries from 2006-11
The Madras High Court Tuesday ordered a Tamil Nadu MLA, who was disqualified by the Supreme Court, to refund Rs 21.58 lakh which included the salary and allowances received by him as a legislator. Justice V Parthiban gave the order dismissing a petition by P Veldurai against a notice issued by the state assembly secretary seeking refund of salary and allowances which he had received between 2006 and 2011 as an MLA and a penalty, totalling Rs 21.58 lakh. The judge directed the former MLA to refund the amount within four weeks. Veludurai, elected from Cheranmahadevi constituency in the 2006 assembly election, was disqualified as MLA by the Supreme Court in April 2011, on the ground that he was a government road contractor at the time of filing nomination and hence, barred from contesting polls.. His disqualification came towards the fag end of his term. Following the court order, the assembly secretary issued the notice seeking refund of Rs 21.58 lakh, which included penalty of Rs 500 ..
SC asks Malvinder, Shivender Singh to be present in court on March 14
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked businessmen Malvinder Singh and Shivender Singh to be present in court on March 14 in connection with a plea by Japanese drug maker Daiichi Sankyo seeking Rs 3,500 crore from them.
S Africa ruling party spokesmen resign over sex misconduct claims
South Africa's ruling African National Congress said on Tuesday that two party spokesmen would step down just three months before elections over separate sexual misconduct allegations. In December ANC spokesman Pule Mabe was accused by his former assistant of being emotionally abusive and cutting her monthly salary substantially to USD 1,082 after she rejected his alleged sexual advances. Last week allegations of rape surfaced against Zizi Kodwa, who was acting spokesman while Mabe's case was being investigated. Speaking at the party headquarters in Johannesburg, ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule told journalists that the two senior party members had chosen to step down while the claims were investigated. "The ANC has therefore accepted their request to voluntarily step aside while dealing with the matters," the party said in a statement. "The ANC is committed to fighting gender-based violence wherever it occurs and takes allegations against any person with the seriousness it ...
London's black cabbies lose High Court battle against Uber
London's black cab drivers on Tuesday lost their High Court battle to get Uber's licence to operate in the British capital revoked. The United Cabbies Group (UCG), which operate the city's metered taxis, had claimed the decision to give Uber a 15-month permit in June last year was "tainted by actual or apparent bias" of Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London. Dismissing the case, Chief Justice of the High Court Lord Ian Burnett said the judge who granted the licence was not biased. "Having ascertained all the circumstances bearing on the suggestion that the judge was biased, we consider that those circumstances would not lead a fair-minded and informed observer to conclude that there was a real possibility that the judge was biased in this case," the judgment declared. It said that the list of "tenuous connections unearthed" by the black cab drivers' complaint fell "well short of evidence that would begin to give a fair-minded observer even pause ..
NIA files chargesheet against 6 ISIS supporters
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against six alleged supporters of terror group Islamic State (ISIS).The NIA alleged that the accused were a part of a criminal conspiracy hatched to target Hindu leaders activists."The case pertains to the criminal conspiracy hatched by the accused persons with the intention of furthering the objectives of the proscribed terrorist organization Islamic State (ISIS) by targeting Hindu leaders and activists at Coimbatore, who are critical of the ISIS and religious terrorism," said a statement from the NIA.The chargesheet filed in the Special NIA court in Chennai names Ashiq A. (25), Ismail S. (25), Samsudeen (22), Mohammed Salauddin S. (25) and Jafar Sadiq Ali (31) and Shahul Hameed (23).The NIA in its charegesheet booked the said accused under sections 120B, 143, 153A, 295A and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sections 18, 18-B, 38 and 39 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 The case was originally .
Justice (Retd) Teji appointed chairman of Police Complaints Authority
Justice (Retd) P S Teji has been appointed as the chairman of the Police Complaints Authority set up to look into complaints against erring policemen in the city, officials said Tuesday. The authority has started functioning on Vikas Bhawan in IP Estate under the chairmanship of Justice (Retd) Teji, they added. The other three members of the authority include former bureaucrats Nutan Guha Biswas and P Kamraj and Advocate Tinu Bajwa. The authority shall enquire into allegations of serious misconduct against police personnel, either on its own or on a complaint received from a victim.
3 Rwandans held in Pondy for allegedly peddling ganja
Three East African nationals have been arrested here for allegedly selling ganja and one kg of the narcotic was seized from them, police said Tuesday. Acting on a tip, a raid was conducted on a house where Peace John (32), A Zere Gilbert (30) and J Mazzoia Allen (25) from Rwanda were staying on rent, they said. All the three were arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, police said, adding that they have been remanded in 15 days judicial custody.
Local Congress woman functionary found murdered at her flat
: A local Congress woman functionary was found murdered at her apartment here and a 200 gram gold chain and some ornaments stolen, police said. They said a man and a woman had reportedly contacted Bhogasamudram Vijaya Reddy over selling her flat for Rs 1.30 crore. On Monday morning, a text message was sent from Vijaya Reddy's phone to her husband, an employee in a private sector bank, that she was going to another place for work. Subsequently, her mobile phone was found switched off, police said. The husband returned home Monday evening and found the door to his flat locked from outside and so stayed at his neighbour's home for the night. This morning, he got a spare key from a relative, opened the door to his flat and found his wife lying dead in the bathroom, following which he informed police. Initial investigations revealed that she had been killed with a knife and that a 200 gram gold chain and some ornaments were stolen, police said Police said they were probing ...
Centre's response on Gautam Khaitan's plea sought
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought the central government's reply on a plea filed by lawyer Gautam Khaitan, challenging a notice issued against him under the Black Money Act.
SC transfers investigation of Kalburgi murder to SIT probing Gauri Lankesh case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday transferred the probe into the killing of rationalist M M Kalburgi to the SIT investigating the murder case of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh after Karnataka government said there were common links in the two cases. Kalburgi, a former vice-chancellor of Hampi University and well-known epigraphist, was shot dead at his residence in Kalyan Nagar in Dharwad, Karnataka, on August 30, 2015. Born in 1938, he was a Sahitya Akademi award-winning writer of old Kannada literature. The state Crime Investigation Department was probing Kalburgi's killing and the SIT was investigating the murder of Lankesh in September 2017 in Bengaluru. During the hearing, the top court said the SIT probe into Kalburgi's killing will be monitored by the Dharwad bench of the Karnataka High Court. A bench of justices R F Nariman and Vineet Saran said if killings of Kalburgi, Lankesh and social activist Govind Pansare and rationalist Narendra Dabholkar are linked, it should be probed ..