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Congress urged to fully open banks to marijuana industry
Banking officials are urging Congress to fully open the doors of the US bank system to the legal marijuana industry. Most Americans live in states where marijuana is legal in some form. But most banks don't want anything to do with pot money for fear it could expose them to legal trouble from the federal government, which still considers marijuana illegal. That conflict forces many businesses to operate only in cash, making them targets for crime and creating problems with paying taxes. A proposal in Congress would allow pot businesses to access banking services, while sheltering banks from prosecution for handling pot money. Some banking officials urged lawmakers at a House committee hearing Wednesday to pass the measure. Others say it wouldn't work because pot remains illegal at the federal level.
Exclusive: FBI investigating top Vitol executives in Americas - sources
RIO DE JANEIRO/HOUSTON (Reuters) - The FBI is investigating energy trading firm Vitol's top two executives in the Americas in connection with a Brazil bribery case, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, deepening the U.S. role in a probe of foreign oil firms' dealings with state-controlled Petrobras.
Hockey veteran booked on charges of using fake caste certificate to get job
The Hyderabad police on Wednesday arrested triple Olympian and former India hockey team captain Mukesh Kumar for allegedly illegally obtaining a Scheduled Caste (SC) certificate.Kumar had allegedly obtained a certificate of the Mala community from Trimulgherry Tahasildar office here. He did so to get a job in an Indian Air Lines.D Rajesh, Circle Inspector of Bowenpally police station said, "Four days ago we received a complaint from Trimulgherry Tahasildar stating that Mukesh Kumar who was former national Hockey player has obtained SC Mala community certificate illegally from Trimulgherry Tahasildar office, as Mukesh is of Backward Class (BC) - A Nayee Brahman community and through the SC certificate he got job in Indian Air Lines Earlier. After inquiry, it was noticed that Mukesh Kumar was not from the SC Mala community."A case Under Sections 420 and 471 of the IPC has been registered.Mukesh Kumar is legendary Hockey player and had played 307 international hockey matches and scored ..
US police under scrutiny after rapper shot dead in car
Police in northern California are conducting a probe following outrage over the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old rapper who was found sleeping in his car outside a Taco Bell. According to the Vallejo Police Department, the February 6 shooting took place after employees at the fast-food outlet late that evening called to report a Mercedes parked in the drive-thru line with a man slumped over in the driver's seat. In a statement, police said officers responded to the call and as they approached the locked vehicle, they noticed that the driver was unresponsive and had a gun on his lap. They added that the car's transmission was in drive. As police assessed the situation and tried to prevent the vehicle from moving forward, the statement said, things turned deadly. "The driver ... suddenly began to move," the police report said. "The officers told the driver to keep his hands visible, however the driver quickly reached for the handgun on his lap. "In fear for their own safety, the officers
Police foil dacoity bid; 7 held
Seven persons have been arrested from a hotel in Paharaganj here for allegedly planning a dacoity, police said Wednesday. The accused have been identified as Aas Mohammad alias Ashu, Raju, Sumit Arora, Dheer Singh, Ashok Kumar, Rahul Batra alias Vicky and Parveen Chaudhary, they added. On Monday, police received a tip-off that Mohammad and his associates, all members of the Rohit Chaudhary gang, had met at a hotel in Paharganj with a cache of illegal arms. They were allegedly planning to burgle the premises of one Rajeev Gupta (name changed for security reasons), Rajiv Ranjan, additional commissioner of police (Crime), said. Immediately, a raid was conducted and seven persons were apprehended, Ranjan said. During interrogation, the arrested confessed to their plan of committing dacoity. Four country-made pistols, one revolver, 30 live cartridges, two motorcycles and one car was recovered from the arrested, police added.
Exclusive: BT executives knew of accounting fraud in Italy unit - prosecutors
MILAN (Reuters) - A preliminary criminal investigation into an accounting scandal at the Italian unit of British telecom firm BT has alleged that three top executives of the group were aware of bookkeeping fraud at the unit, according to a document prepared by Italian prosecutors.
Neighbours kill 45-yr-old in Inderpuri
A 45-year-old man was allegedly killed by his neighbours in west Delhi's Inderpuri area on Wednesday, police said. The deceased was identified as Ravinder Pal, they added. According to a senior police officer, a quarrel broke out between the neighbours, following which Pal was attacked. "There were blunt force injuries found on Pal's body. Wounds from sharp objects have not been found," police said. The main accused in the case Ravi Rana, police added.
NDMC probe team visits Hotel Arpit; DC of Keshawpuram heading it: Official
The probe team of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) Wednesday visited the site of accident at a hotel in Karol Bagh, a day after a massive fire in it killed 17 people, officials said. "The team is headed by the deputy commissioner of the neighbouring Keshawpuram Zone, to ensure impartial probe," a senior NDMC official said. The team visited the site a day after the mayor had ordered a probe. Indicating violation of civic norms including running a makeshift restaurant on the rooftop, municipal officials Tuesday had ordered a probe into the fire incident at the Hotel Arpit Palace which falls under Karol Bagh Zone of the NDMC. Officials said the report of the probe is expected to come by Saturday. "A probe has been ordered and its report is expected in three days. The probe will seek to find if there were any lapses from the civic officials' end, or Delhi Fire department's end and also talk about ensuring that such incidents do not recur," North Delhi Mayor Adesh Gupta said ..
Texas children found in dog cage placed in foster care
Four malnourished children are in foster care after authorities found two of them locked in a dog cage and two more smeared with excrement in a North Texas barn. A Texas Department of Family and Protective Services official says the children were released from a hospital Tuesday night. Law enforcement found the children earlier in the day on the property near Rhome, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of Fort Worth. Spokeswoman Marissa Gonzales says the three boys, ages 5, 3 and 1, and a 4-year-old girl, are "doing OK," but declined to share details. Paige Isabow Harkings and Andrew Joseph Fabila, who are both 24, have each been charged with four counts of criminal child endangerment. Harkings, the children's mother, and was also charged with aggravated assault.
Three sisters burnt alive in Amritsar house fire
Three women, all sisters, were burnt alive in a fire in their house in the walled city area here on Wednesday evening, police said.
Fire: Raids on to nab Arpit Palace Hotel owner, says Police
Police are raiding at possible hideouts of the absconding owner of Arpit Palace Hotel in Karol Bagh where a massive fire broke out Tuesday which claimed lives of 17 people, officials said. Police are looking for the accused, Shardendu Goel, who also owns a hotel in Gurugram and other areas across Delhi, a senior police officer said Wednesday. His residence at Bank street in Karol Bagh was found to be locked on Tuesday when a police team went to track his whereabouts. They are questioning his relatives and associates including his brother who stays in Gurugam, the officer said. Two accused, Rajender, the General Manager and Vikas, the manager of the hotel who were arrested in connection with the incident are taken into police custody for two days. The case was transferred to the Crime Branch on Tuesday. The FIR highlights serious violations by the hotel. It states that extensive inflammable materials were used in the hotel and sufficient arrangements were not made to ensure the safety
Robert Vadra grilled second time in Jaipur
Businessman Robert Vadra deposed before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) here for the second consecutive day on Wednesday in connection with a money laundering case involving Bikaner land deal cases.
CBI files supplementary charge sheet in rationalist Dabholkar murder case; invokes terror charges
The CBI has invoked terror charges in a supplementary chargesheet filed before a Pune court Wednesday in the murder case of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar against two alleged shooters Sachin Andure and Sharad Kalaskar, officials said. In the chargesheet filed before the Special CBI Court, the agency has charged Andure and Kalaskar under Indian Penal Code sections for criminal conspiracy and murder and provisions of Arms Act and Section 16 of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), they said. The Section 16 of the UAPA Act relates to the act of terror and calls for punishment of life imprisonment if the act led to the death of a person. The agency has said the probe to look for motorcycle used for the killing and the weapon used is still going on. Dabholkar was killed on August 20, 2013 when he was on a morning walk on the Onkareshwar Bridge in Pune, they said. It is alleged that Andure was the first shooter who fired on Dabholkar while an armed Kalaskar also accompanied him. ...
Two Maoist 'couriers' held; money, ammunition seized
Two suspected Maoist couriers carrying cash and ammunition were arrested in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bastar district, the police said Wednesday. Mandra Nagesh (28) and Bhavesh Rao (31) were held Tuesday evening from the Parpa police station area of Jagdalpur town, a senior police official told PTI. The police had received a specific tip-off, he said. The two were intercepted near the old Saletax Naka in the town, he said. Rs 5 lakh in cash and cartridges of INSAS, AK-47, .12 bore gun and 9 mm pistol were seized from their possession alongwith 25 detonators and four explosive sticks, he added. The money and ammunition were meant to be supplied to the Maoists, the official claimed. Nagesh, a resident of Bijapur district, was earlier head of Dandkarayna Kisaan Majdoor Sangathan, a Maoist front, in Madded area, the official said. At least seven Naxal-related cases were registered against him and he was in jail from 2013 to 2015, the official added. The duo were being ...
Karnataka Speaker withdraws 'rape victim' remark
Karnataka legislative Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar here on Wednesday regretted and withdrew his remark likening himself to a "rape victim" during a discussion on the audio clip in which BJP chief B.S. Yeddyurappa allegedly made an attempt to lure a JD-S legislator.
Ex-US intelligence officer charged in Iran espionage case
A former US Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran has been charged with revealing classified information as well as research about her former colleagues to representatives of the Tehran government, prosecutors said Wednesday. A Justice Department indictment charges Monica Elfriede Witt, who defected in 2013 and is currently at-large, along with four Iranian hackers who, prosecutors say, used the information she provided to target former colleagues in the US intelligence community. The indictment says the four Iranians were acting on behalf of the government-linked Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. All four remain at large. "It is a sad day for American when one of its citizens betrays our country," said Assistant Attorney General John Demers, the head of the Justice Department's national security division. Jay Tabb, the FBI's top national security official, said the FBI had warned Witt before her defection that she was a vulnerable target for recruitment by ...
Karnataka Speaker regrets 'rape victim' remark
Karnataka legislative Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar on Wednesday expressed regret for his remark likening himself to a "rape victim" during a discussion on the audio clip in which BJP chief B.S. Yeddyurappa allegedly made an attempt to lure a JD-S legislator.
Body of man killed in 2011 identified
Delhi Police has identified through DNA test the body of a 22-year-old man who was killed in 2011, officials said Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Ashutosh, a native of Deoria district in Uttar Pradesh, they added. According to police, Ashutosh's father had filed a case at the Pul Prahladpur police station on March 18, 2011, stating that his son Ashutosh, who was working in Delhi, had been missing since March 4. The victim was last seen with his employer, Pramod Kumar, they said. However, no one ever saw Ashutosh again and after investigation, Kumar was arrested for kidnapping him, police officials said, adding that Kumar remained in jail for around 8 months, following which he was granted on bail. On April 4, 2012, the case was shifted to Crime Branch. Meanwhile, an unidentified body of man was found at Muradnagar area of Ghaziabad. A case of murder was subsequently registered at Muradnagar police station, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rajiv Ranjan said. A ...
Two held for issuing forged letter for obtaining Aadhaar
The police in Thane district Wednesday arrested two persons for allegedly forging the letterhead and signatureof Maharashtra minister Ravindra Chavan and issuing fake recommendations for obtaining Aadhaar cards. Ashok Kate, who is in his 30s, and Anil Sindkar, around 55 years old, were booked for cheating, forgery and other relevant offences. Senior Police Inspector R N Munagekar said a student from Dombivili, who wanted an Aadhaar card, approached the duo, who agreed to get him the minister's recommendation for Rs 1,000. After he paid up, the duo allegedly gave him a forged letter in the minister's name, following which the student approached the police, the officer said. Further probe was on.
Terrorists open fire, injure civilian in J-K's Pulwama
Terrorists Wednesday shot at and injured a civilian in the Tral area of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said. "Terrorists this evening fired upon one individual identified as Lateef Ahmad at Amlar area of Tral," a police spokesman said. He said the civilian sustained gunshot wounds and was rushed to a nearby hospital for medical treatment, where his condition is stated to be stable. Police officers have reached the spot and are ascertaining the facts of the matter, the official said. A case under relevant sections of the law has been registered and an investigation into the matter initiated, he added.