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Delhi: Man loses leg after falling on metro track
In a tragic incident, a 57-year-old man lost his leg after falling on the track at Dilshad Garden metro station here on Thursday.He was rushed to the GTB Hospital where his condition is said to be critical, police official said.While his right foot is completely segregated, his left foot too has been almost severed. The injured, Zachariah Koshy is a government employee working with Ministry of Textiles.He was present at the metro station with his wife. However, no harm was caused to his wife.
Maoist torch vehicles in Jharkhand
Maoist guerrillas set on fire three vehicles and a generator in Jharkhand's Bokaro district early on Thursday, police said.
Delhi: Dreaded criminal facing over 100 cases held
Delhi Police on Friday arrested notorious criminal Raju Hakla alias Shyam Sunder. The accused has more than 100 cases registered against him including that of murder, extortion and bank robbery.He was also accused under Arms Act and several other dreaded crimes under section 186, 353, 307 and 411.Raju was arrested after a brief encounter with the Police at Pushpanjali farmhouse.Police has also recovered a country-made pistol, one live cartridge and one fired cartridge from him. His arrest comes at a time when there have been reports of increasing use of firearms in organised crimes in Delhi.Further details are awaited...
R-Com approaches lenders to pay Ericsson after Supreme Court order
Reliance Communications on Thursday sought urgent approval from its lenders to release about Rs 260 crore received from income tax refunds and lying in its bank account directly to Ericsson.The development came a day after the Supreme Court held R-Com Chairman Anil Ambani in contempt for not paying Ericsson's dues worth Rs 550 crore despite having the money to do so.The apex court threatened to send the controversial businessman to jail for three months if he did not pay up what was owed in four weeks.R-Com said a sum of Rs 118 crore has already been deposited with the Supreme Court.The apex court had said the R-Com chairman and others will have to purge the contempt by paying Rs 453 crore to Ericsson in four weeks.Since the amount to be paid has been calculated at Rs 571 crore along with interest, the amount due in four weeks is Rs 453 crore.
Man's decomposed body found in Maha lake
A highly decomposed body of a man, estimated to be in his mid to late 30s, was found in a lake in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said Thursday. The body was found floating in the Waraladevi lake in adjoining Bhiwandi town Wednesday noon, police said. Police in Bhiwandi have since registered a case under section 302 and 210 of the IPC and initiated a probe into the crime, an official said. At around 4.30 pm on Wednesday, police were alerted about a body floating in the lake. A police team rushed to the spot and fished out the body and later sent it for postmortem. The hands and legs of the victim were found tied with a rope when it was fished out, indicating that someone had killed him, police said. There were no other injuries on the victim's body, the police official said.
Jussie Smollett charged with filing a false police report
"Empire" star Jussie Smollett has been charged by the Chicago police for filing a false police report. The charges stem from a January 29 incident where Smollett had claimed that he was attacked by two men while leaving a restaurant in Chicago. The actor alleged that the suspects shouted racial and homophobic slurs before they attacked him. However, it was later reported that the actor may have been misleading the police, who believed that he may have paid two Nigerian brothers to stage the attack. On Thursday, Chicago Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi tweeted, "Felony criminal charges have been approved by @CookCountySAO against Jussie Smollett for Disorderly Conduct / Filing a False Police Report." "Detectives will make contact with his legal team to negotiate a reasonable surrender for his arrest," he added. The crime carries a felony charge, and if Smollett is found guilty he could face up to three years in prison and up to USD 25,000 in fines. Smollett had earlier denied the ...
Rajasthan minister thrashes employee; angry staff stage protest
Members of the Rajasthan State Electricity Board (RSEB) staged a protest here alleging that state minister Ashok Chandna slapped and verbally abused their Executive Engineer JP Meena.Chandna, allegedly lost his cool after he came to know that a suspended member was reinstated in Hindoli town. When JP Meena tried to explain the minister, he allegedly assaulted Meena.Speaking to ANI, Meena said, "Minister (Ashok Chandana) came and asked why I reinstated a staffer he had asked to suspend. He verbally abused and slapped me. He also held my collar. When I tried to explain to him he said only his orders will be followed in Hindoli. We demand justice. We have filed police complaint, they must take action."Chandna holds the portfolio of sports, youth affairs, skill development, employment, entrepreneurship, transport and Sainik welfare in the Congress-led Rajasthan government.
Telangana man shot dead in Florida
A man from Telangana late on Tuesday night (local time) was allegedly shot dead in Florida in the United States by unidentified gunmen.45-year-old Kotha Goverdhan Reddy moved to Florida six years ago and worked at a gas station located near Pensacola area of the city, informed Madhusudan Reddy, the brother of the victim.A native of Yadadri Bhongir district, Goverdhan is survived by his wife and two children. "We received information that on Tuesday late night, two persons barged into the gas station store where Goverdhan was alone and opened fire on him," Madhusudan told ANI."The local authorities are suspecting that the two unidentified men who shot Goverdhan would be robbers. Exactly we don't know the reason why the assailants had killed my brother," he added.The kin stated that further details in the matter are awaited.
Kulbushan Jadhav case: ICJ rejects five pleas by Pakistan
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has rejected five pleas made by Pakistan during the hearing of the Kulbhushan Jadhav case, including playing of so-called "confessional statement" of the Indian national and a request to adjourn the hearing citing illness of its ad-hoc judge.The four-day hearing in the Jadhav case started on February 18 at the ICJ headquarters in The Hague.Pakistan's delegation on Tuesday led by Attorney General Anwar Mansoor Khan requested the international court to adjourn the hearing in the case to appoint a new ad-hoc judge as Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani suffered cardiac arrest before the hearing. However, the ICJ President Abdullahi Ahmed Yusuf while rejecting the plea asked Pakistan's delegation to go ahead with proceeding if it is ready with its argument.Anwar Mansoor Khan then went on to make his argument, a day after the Indian side told the world court that Jadhav had been sentenced to death by a military court during an "opaque" hearing and ...
Cohen granted two-month delay to report to jail
Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, on Wednesday was granted a two-month delay to surrender himself to federal prison.
Telangana man shot dead in US
A man from Telangana was shot dead by unidentified persons in Florida State of the US.
Four arrested for stealing 150 mobiles from Flipkart's delivery hub
Four men was arrested for allegedly stealing 150 mobile phones from an online shopping portal's delivery hub at Alipur, police said today. A complaint was received from Maan Singh, a certified vigilance investigation expert of Flipkart security team, on February 19 that the mobile phones, being transported from their delivery hub to a warehouse at Binola, Bilaspur, were stolen, Additional Commissioner (Crime) Police Rajiv Ranjan said. A case was registered and investigation was undertaken, he said. "Four members of a gang were arrested from Dwarka area, including gang leader Santosh Kumar, leading to the recovery of 30 multi-brand new mobile phones from their possession," said the officer. The accused, Santosh Kumar, Brijmohan, Akhilesh and Ranjit, are drivers by profession with different transport companies in Delhi, he said. Santosh Kumar and Brijmohan were found involved in a theft case of a similar nature registered at Fursatganj police station in UP in which they had stolen more .
Indian man allegedly shot dead in US
A 48-year-old man from here was allegedly shot dead in the US by an unidentified man, his family members claimed on Wednesday. K Govardhan Reddy, a resident of Uppal area here, was attacked by the assailant at a fuel-filling station-cum supermarket in Florida on Tuesday, according to one of Reddy's friends Ramesh. "We got the information today morning that a masked man shot dead Govardhan when he was alone at the store and fled away. As per preliminary information, the accused did not take away any cash. The motive of the killing is not known," Ramesh said based on information received from a relative staying in the US. Goverdhan is survived by a wife and two daughters. He had gone to the US around five years ago and worked as a manager there, Ramesh said.
HC quashes death sentence awarded to accused believed to be mentally ill
The Gujarat High Court Wednesday quashed the death sentence awarded to a man in a triple murder case by a court in Mehsana, noting the trial judge did not take into account his mental illness while delivering the verdict. Ordering a re-trial in the case, a division bench of justices J B Pardiwala and A C Rao observed that charges were framed by the trial court at Visnagar in Mehsana district against the accused, Nagjiji Thakore, without taking into account the fact that he suffered from bipolar disorder. It asked the trial court to verify his mental condition before conducting the trial afresh as per the provisions under section 329 of the CrPC. Considering reports of the medical officer, the high court said "more than prima facie" it appeared the accused was suffering from bipolar disorder and was still under medication. A resident of Malarural village in Kheralu taluka of the district, Thakore had in April 2015 allegedly hacked to death his parents, his three-year-old daughter and ..
Police move MCOCA court for NBW against Pujari in Memon case
The Crime Branch has moved an application in the MCOCA court here seeking issuance of a non-bailable warrant against gangster Ravi Pujari in a case of firing at leading criminal lawyer Majid Memon in 2005. The gangster, who was on the run for the last 15 years, was arrested in the West African country of Senegal on January 22, sources had said earlier. "Pujari has been arrested in Senegal on the basis of a Red Corner Notice and in light of this you are kindly requested to issue a fresh non-bailable warrant against him for extradition process in the Majid Memon firing case of 2005," the Crime Branch said in an application filed earlier this week. The hearing on the application, moved before special judge S M Bhosale, was adjourned for Thursday. In July 2005, Memon was shot at by two gunmen outside his residence at Almira Road in suburban Bandra, but he escaped unhurt. Later, the Ravi Pujari gang had taken responsibility for the attack on Memon. Meanwhile, the agency has already managed
Amended anti-graft law to help innocent bribe-givers, Centre tells SC
The Centre on Wednesday defended its amendments to the Prevention of Corruption Act mandating its prior nod before proceeding against a public servant, asserting that it was intended to "insulate the innocent bribe-givers from harassment".
3 awarded 10 year's RI in connection with rape of minor girl
A local court Wednesday sentenced three people to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment in connection with the rape of a minor girl for four years. She was raped between 2010 and 2013 during her stay at a short-stay home here, and when she became pregnant, they terminated it. The Special POCSO (Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Act) court judge Ajanta Sadangi awarded rigorous imprisonment of ten years to the three accused after convicting them. The convicts were the stay-home's in-charge Goura Chandra Khamari (62), gardener Shyam Patra (42), and warden Mama Behera (33). While Khamari and Patra raped her a number of times in the Bapuji Seva Sadan at Chandipur, Behera was convicted of abetting the crime. Two other accused were acquitted due to lack of evidence. Besides the 10-year imprisonment, the convicts were slapped with a fine of Rs 20,000 each. In default, they would have to undergo additional jail term of six months. The matter came to light when the victim narrated her ...
Karnataka Congress legislator held in assault case
Congress legislator J.N. Ganesh has been arrested for allegedly assaulting fellow party MLA Anand Singh last month, Karnataka Home Minister M.B. Patil said on Wednesday.
AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal, 2 others convicted for rioting
A Patiala House Court on Tuesday convicted AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal and two others--Salim and Dharam Prakash--for rioting, unlawful assembly, and voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servants from discharging the duty.The court also convicted them under the provision of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act. The court will hear the arguments on the point of sentence on March 13.Delhi Police have alleged that on August 30, 2013, an incident of rioting occurred near Vayu Senabad, MB Road here.In the incident, some of the police personnel, who were controlling the riots, were assaulted and two vehicles were also damaged including a DTC bus.
Man gets death sentence for raping, murdering three-year-old in Gumla
A local court on Wednesday awarded death sentence to an accused who was held guilty of raping and murdering a three-year-old girl in Jharkhand's Gumla district.After the court's verdict police said, "We are happy with the judgement. The court has taken a decision in accordance with the evidence provided by our team.""I am not satisfied with the court's verdict. We will challenge the district court's decision in the high court," the defendant's advocate said.The incident took place when the girl was playing outside her home on September 23, 2018.Following which, a case was registered under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 against the accused in Puso Police Station.