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Pak asks ICJ to dismiss India's plea in Kulbhushan Jadhav case
Pakistan on Tuesday urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to dismiss India's plea in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case, as it accused New Delhi of using the top UN court for "political theatre". Jadhav, a retired Indian Navy officer, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of "espionage and terrorism" after a closed trial in April 2017. His sentencing evoked a sharp reaction in India. India moved the ICJ in May the same year for the "egregious violation" of the provisions of the Vienna Convention by Pakistan by repeatedly denying New Delhi consular access to the 48-year-old Indian national. The four-day hearing in the Jadhav case opened Monday at the ICJ headquarters in The Hague amidst heightened tensions between India and Pakistan following one of the worst terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad terror group that killed 40 CRPF soldiers. Opening the arguments on the second day, Pakistan's Attorney General Anwar Mansoor Khan ..
Turkey court upholds convictions of opposition journalists
A Turkish appeals court on Tuesday upheld jail sentences against opposition journalists in a long-running case targeting the Cumhuriyet newspaper -- one of the few remaining dailies to oppose President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Last year 14 former Cumhuriyet staff including journalists and executives were given multiple sentences for "aiding and abetting terror groups without being a member" but they remained free pending trial. An appeals court in Istanbul said it unanimously approved the sentences, and the Cumhuriyet reported that six former staff including cartoonist Musa Kart would have to go back to prison. Veteran journalist Kadri Gursel and lawyer Bulent Utku would remain free given time already served in jail, according to the daily. But the remaining journalists who were given sentences of more than five years, including investigative reporter Ahmet Sik -- who is now an MP with the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party -- will have to apply to the Supreme Court of Appeals, ...
Woman gets 15 yrs in jail for possessing drugs
A special court in Champai district on Mizoram-Myanmar border sentenced a 40-year-old woman to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment for possessing heroin, officials said Tuesday. Lalthansangi was convicted under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act for carrying 555 grams of heroin on February 9, 2017, they said. The judge, R Vanlalena, also slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 on the accused. The woman, who hails from Zokhawthar village of Champhai along Indo-Myanmar border, had packed the contraband in 42 soap cases and concealed them in a motorcycle which was used for trafficking, officials said. Her nephew, who was driving the bike, was also arrested near Melbuk village in Champhai district, they said. He was released from jail after about two years due to lack of evidence, the officials said.
Chit fund: Contempt case against WB Chief Secy, DGP, ex-Kolkata police chief on Wed in SC
The Supreme Court Tuesday decided not to pass any order directing personal presence of West Bengal chief secretary, DGP and former Kolkata police commissioner before it in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam in which they have been issued a contempt notice. "We are not passing any order. We will take up this matter tomorrow," said a bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices L N Rao and Sanjiv Khanna. According to the February 5 order, the matter was listed on whether Chief Secretary Malay Kumar De, DGP Virendra Kumar and Rajeev Kumar, former Kolkata Police Commissioner would be ordered to appear personally before the court on February 20 after the perusal of their affidavits filed yesterday. Kumar was on Monday shifted as Additional Director General of Police (ADG) and Inspector General of Police (IGP), Criminal Investigation Department (CID), West Bengal. The apex court on February 5 had issued contempt notice to the trio on CBI allegations that they obstructed .
'Monster' husband gets 25 years in Singapore for sex abuse
A Singaporean man described as a "monster" by prosecutors was sentenced to 25-and-a-half years in jail Tuesday for forcing his wife into prostitution and sexually abusing their six-year-old daughter and a niece. The sentence was more than the 22 years sought by state prosecutors because of the gravity of the offences, including punching his wife to coerce her into prostitution so they could provide for their infant son. A High Court judge also sentenced the unemployed man, who cannot be named due to a court-issued gag order, to 24 strokes of the cane and a fine of USD 8,845). "The 27-year-old accused is a monster," Deputy Public Prosecutor Eunice Lau said in court. "The sordid sexual depravity of his transgressions is unprecedented and involves him sexually exploiting the three most vulnerable women in his life - whom he had every responsibility to protect," Lau said, naming the wife, their daughter and his wife's 13-year-old niece. The man forced his wife to advertise her sexual ...
Unable to bear son's loss, elderly couple commit suicide
Unable to cope with the loss of their only son, an elderly couple allegedly comitted suicide by setting themselves ablaze at home in the early hours of Tuesday, police here said. The 61-year-old man and his wife, 55, were living with their son, whose wife had deserted him, and grandson at Velliyankadu near Kangeyam in Tirupur district Their son died due to illness six months ago and from then on, the couple appeared to be dejected, police said. The couple allegedly doused kerosene and set themselves afire around 6 AM, police said. Hearing their screams, the grandson tried to rescue them but the couple pushed him away, they said. Some neighbours managed to extinguish the fire. However, both died at the spot, while the grandson is being treated for minor burns, police said.
Another JMB militant arrested in Kolkata
The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police arrested an operative of terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) who allegedly got training under Kausar, one of the key accused in Burdwan's Khagragarh blast case of 2014, an officer said here on Tuesday.
Make Brajesh Thakur's call records public, hiding BJP leader will be exposed: Tejashwi
In a scathing attack at Nitish Kumar in the Muzaffarpur shelter home case, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday asked the Bihar Chief Minister to make main accused Brajesh Thakur's call records public so that the name of a BJP leader, who is hiding, can also come out."I want Nitish Kumar to make Brajesh Thakur's call records public. If Manju Verma's number is found in his records, then CBI can also trace the number of that leader from BJP quota against whom the girls of the shelter home alleged harassment. Nitish Kumar is protecting a person who is not only a minister in his government but his close aide. When Nitish comes to Delhi, that person is with him," Tejashwi told media here.Tejashwi further announced that in the next two-three days he will reveal the phone number of that leader and his personal secretary. He claimed that the number is now switched off but still through previous records the name of the leader can be found."The girl, who informed about this minister, was ...
SC stays arrest of ex-IPS officer Bharati Ghosh in all cases registered by WB cops
In a relief to former IPS officer Bharati Ghosh, who recently joined BJP in West Bengal, the Supreme Court Tuesday granted her protection from arrest in all the cases registered against her. Ghosh, once considered close to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Bannerjee, claimed that the police has registered 10 FIRs against her so far including a case of alleged extortion and illegal exchange of banned notes for gold. A bench of Justices A K Sikri, S Abdul Nazeer and M R Shah said that no coercive action be taken against her till further orders and listed the matter for hearing after three weeks. Senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani, appearing for Ghosh, said the apex court had earlier granted her protection from arrest in seven cases registered against her and similar relief should be granted in the three fresh cases which have been filed. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for West Bengal, opposed the plea for relief and said that there are concrete evidences against Ghosh by which it
Arpit Palace Hotel licencee Shardendu Goel arrested
A couple of days after the arrest of Rakesh Goel, owner of Arpit Palace Hotel, Crime Branch on Tuesday arrested his elder brother Shardendu Goel, licencee of the hotel here.
Anuj Sharma replaces Rajeev Kumar as Kolkata police chief
In a major shuffle in the IPS cadres, the state government has appointed Additional Director General (ADG) of West Bengal Police (law and order) Anuj Sharma as the new Kolkata Police Commissioner, replacing Rajeev Kumar, a government notification said on Tuesday. Kumar, who had completed three years in office as the Kolkata police chief, was posted as the ADG of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), it added. The outgoing police commissioner was recently in the eye of a storm over his alleged role in tampering with the evidence in the Saradha chit fund case. Kumar was questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Shillong for five days after the Supreme Court directed him to appear before the agency and cooperate in the investigation of chit fund cases. The notification also said Sharma had assumed his new responsibilities. Siddh Nath Gupta, who was the ADG (IB), was made the ADG (law and order). According to a rule of the Election Commission (EC), any IPS or IAS ..
7 of family get life imprisonment in 'honour killing' case
A court at Khambhaliya in Dwarka district of Gujarat on Tuesday awarded life sentence to seven members of a family, including two women, for the 'honour killing' of a married couple in 2014. Additional sessions Judge A M Sheikh sentenced the seven - the victim woman Puriben Chauhan's parents Jesabhai Chauhan and Kantaben, and her relatives Babubhai Chauhan, Manoj Chauhan, Devabhai Chauhan, Vanraj Chauhan and Pujiben Chauhan - to imprisonment for the rest of their lives. The victim had married Govindbhai Chauhan in 2010 against the wishes of her parents. Four years after their marriage, the woman's parents and other relatives attacked the couple with sharp weapons while they were working in a field at Jamgadhka village. Govindbhai Chauhan died on the spot while his wife Puriben Chauhan was seriously injured and died later at a hospital in Jamnagar. The couple had a daughter, who was three years' old at the time of the incident. A case was filed at Kalyanpur police station in connection
Man arrested for raising anti-India slogans in Jharkhand
A 22-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raising anti-India slogans on old Purulia road here in East Singhbhum district, a police officer said Tuesday. The incident happened under the jurisdiction of Azadnagar police station on Sunday, the police officer said, adding, the accused, identified as Anas Razi, is a resident of Zakirnagar. Razi along with half a dozen of his friends, were raising anti-India slogans such as and "Pakistan Jindabad" on Sunday evening, the Officer-in-Charge of Azadnagar police station, Vishnu Prasad Rawat, said. On being informed about the incident, a mobile tiger police team on bikes rushed to the spot and arrested Razi. His friends, however, managed to escape. Razi was forwarded to jail on Monday after a case under various sections of IPC was registered against him, Rawat said, adding, that Razi has disclosed the names of the other persons. A hunt has been launched to apprehend the others, he added.
Indian-American couple found dead in Texas home
An Indian-American couple has been found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in their home in the US state of Texas, police said.
Turkey seeks to detain over 300 for alleged Gulen ties
Turkish police on Tuesday launched raids to detain over 300 people, including military personnel, suspected of ties to a group blamed for a 2016 coup bid, state media reported. Prosecutors in Turkey's three biggest provinces -- Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir -- issued arrest warrants for 324 people as part of different probes into followers of US-based Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen, the private DHA and the Anadolu state news agency said. Turkey accuses Gulen of ordering the abortive bid to topple President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on July 15, 2016 but he strongly denies the claim. The Istanbul public prosecutor sought the arrest of 53 active duty soldiers in 15 provinces, including in the metropolis, Anadolu reported. In the Aegean province of Izmir, the public prosecutor issued 182 arrest warrants with police conducting raids across 42 provinces, including Izmir, DHA reported. The capital's public prosecutor said it issued 89 arrest warrants in two separate probes including one looking at .
Saudi man held at Delhi airport for smuggling gold
A Saudi man has been arrested by customs officials at the Delhi airport for allegedly trying to smuggle into India gold worth about Rs 53 lakh, according to an official statement issued Tuesday. The accused was intercepted after his arrival from Dammam in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. A detailed personal and baggage search of the passenger resulted in the recovery of 15 gold bars, weighing a total of 1.6 kg, the customs department said in the statement. "The gold biscuits were concealed in a plastic wrapper which was tied to his waist," it said. The gold, assessed to be worth Rs 53.7 lakh has been seized, and the Saudi national was arrested, the statement said.
Civil court should examine if wearing turban is essential for Sikhs: SC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it will not examine whether wearing a turban is an essential part of Sikh religion or not, adding that the issue should be heard by a civil court.A bench headed by Justice SA Bobde, said: "We are not going to the larger issue of Sikhs should wear the turban or not," adding that the issue has to be adjudicated by a civil court after examining the evidence.The court also wanted to know whether it is mandatory to wear a turban in Sikh religion.In July last year, the top court had issued a notice to the Union of India and cycling federation on a plea filed by a Sikh cyclist, Jagdeep Singh Puri, who was denied participation from contesting in a long-distance cycling competition.Puri had moved the top court after he was allegedly denied participation in the cycle race as he wears a turban.
Three including ex-councillor held for highway robbery
Three persons, including a former councillor of Kendrapara urban local body were arrested on the charge of committing highway robbery, police said Tuesday. Former councillor Rashmi Ranjan Das along with two other accomplices had allegedly snatched Rs 10,500 cash and a gold ring a week ago from a person near Duhuria junction on the Paradip-Daitary expressway, they said. After receiving a complaint, police swung into action and arrested the three accused persons on Monday, said Inspector In-Charge of Sadar police station, K Rout. The cash and the stolen ring was recovered from them, he said, adding they were produced before a court on Tuesday and remanded to judicial custody for 14 days.
Karol Bagh Fire: License holder of Arpit Palace hotel arrested
The Delhi Police has arrested Shardendu Goel, the license holder of Hotel Arpit Palace where a massive fire killed 17 people last week, officials said Tuesday. Goel is being produced at the Tis Hazari court and police will seek his remand, Rajesh Deo, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime), said. His brother Rakesh Goel, the owner of Hotel Arpit Palace, was arrested from Delhi airport on Saturday when he landed from Qatar. This is the fourth arrest in the case. Earlier, the hotel's general manager and receptionist were arrested in connection with the incident. A look out circular (LOC) was issued against Rakesh and Shardendu.
Anuj Sharma is new Kolkata Police chief
In a major reshuffle, Additional Director General of West Bengal Police (Law and Order) Anuj Sharma on Tuesday took charge as the new Kolkata Police Commissioner.