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AugustaWestland: Delhi court seeks CBI, ED reply on Christian Michel bail plea
Alleged AgustaWestland middleman Christian Michel on Friday approached a Delhi court for bail in CBI and ED cases.Special Judge Arvind Kumar issued a notice to the CBI and ED on the bail plea and sought reply till February 12.Michel, the alleged middleman in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland chopper deal case, was extradited from the UAE on December 4 last year.It was stated before Delhi's Patiala House Court that since the chargesheet was not filed against Michel within the stipulated 60-day period under Section 167(2), there is no basis keeping him in judicial custody. Christian Michel is currently lodged in Delhi's Tihar Jail.
Netflix, Amazon Prime do not require licence from government: Centre to HC
Online platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and others are not required to obtain licences from the government to run their programmes, the Central government told the Delhi High Court on Friday.
Former judge Ranjit Singh files criminal complaint against Sukhbir Badal, Majithia
Former judge Ranjit Singh, who headed a panel probing incidents of sacrilege and police firing in Punjab, has filed a criminal complaint against SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and senior Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia for making "false, derogatory and defamatory" statements against him. The petitioner in his complaint to the Punjab and Haryana High Court, claimed that both Badal and Majithia made "derogatory statements against him with an intention to bring him as well as Commission of Inquiry headed by him into disrepute". "Thus committing offence punishable in terms of Section 10-A of The Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952", the petition stated. Under the section 10-A, if anybody was found to be involved in bringing the commission or its member to disrepute with defamatory statements, then this offence can be punishable with six months imprisonment or fine or both. Justice (Retd) Ranjit Singh in his petition quoted several incidents in which he found that Badal and Majithia were ...
7 held for robbing fish trader of Rs 5 lakh in Mangaluru
Seven people have been arrested for allegedly robbing a fish trader of Rs 5 lakh at the railway station here, police said Friday. The arrest was made Thursday. The victim Mohammed Nakwa from Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, was relieved of the money when he arrived at the station February 5, the police said. The accused snatched the bag with the money he was carrying and fled, they said. A case was registered and investigations led the police team to Bhatkal in Uttara Kannada district, where all the accused were apprehended, they said. A car and mobile phones were also seized from the gang, they added.
Maoist held in Odisha for TDP leaders' killing
A hardcore Maoist was arrested from Odisha's Koraput district on Friday in connection with the killing of two TDP leaders in Andhra Pradesh in 2018, police said. The Maoist identified as Dambaru Khila was arrested from Kodikhal village, Koraput Superintendent of Police, Kanwar Vishal Singh, said. The Koraput police picked up Khila from his house following a tip-off. Two mobile phones were seized from him, the SP said. Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MLA of Araku constituency, Kidari Sarveswara Rao and former TDP MLA Siveri Soma were killed by the outlawed CPI (Maoist) near Livitiputta in Andhra Pradesh on September 23 last year, he said. Steps are being taken to hand over Khila to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the murder case, Singh said. During investigation, the NIA had gathered information about the alleged role of Khila in the killing of the TDP leaders and was trying to nab him, the police said.
Mayawati should pay back public money spent on building her and party symbol statues: SC
The Supreme Court on Friday said that it was of the view that BSP leader Mayawati has to reimburse all the public money spent on building of her and party symbol 'elephants' statutes at public places.A bench presided by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said, "Pay all the money from your (Mayawati) pocket. Madam Mayawati has to reimburse the public exchequer all the amount spent on statues. This is our tentative view."The bench also comprising justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna posted the matter for a final hearing on April 2.The court was hearing a plea filed by advocate Ravi Kant alleging misuse of crores of tax-payers' money for installing such statues.Filed in 2009, the petition had sought the top court's direction to restrain Mayawati from installing her and party symbol statues in public places at the cost of the state exchequer and demanded a CBI probe into the issue.The plea alleged hundreds of crores of public money had been spent to "falsely glorify" Mayawati.The activity was .
Woman kills husband' with the help of paramour, calls it 'heart attac
A woman allegedly killed her husband with the help of her lover and his friends here, and called it a "heart attack"."A person, named Baba Khan, was found dead at his residence under suspicious circumstances on November 15 last year. His wife Zaheeda Begum informed about this to the police and said that Baba died of a heart attack. As the death was suspicious, the Bowenpally police registered a case under Section 174 of CrPC and took up the investigation," said Ram Reddy, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Begumpet.Reddy said that during the investigation it was noticed that Zaheeda Begum was in a relationship with a person named Faiz Alam for last few months and her husband Baba Khan got to know about it."Baba did not allow his wife to maintain the relationship with Faiz. So, Zaheeda Begum, along with Faiz Alam, hatched a plan to kill Baba Khan. They took help from Baquar, Akram and Sajjad who are all Faiz's friends. All the five accused throttled Baba in November and Zaheeda enacted .
SC turns down sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhat's plea seeking security for his family
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain sacked Gujarat cadre IPS officer Sanjiv Bhat's plea seeking security for his family. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and S Abdul Nazeer asked Bhat to approach the Gujarat High Court with his plea. On October 4 last year, the apex court dismissed his wife Shweta Bhat's plea, challenging the police probe and his judicial custody in a 22-year-old case of alleged planting of drugs to arrest an advocate, and said he could approach an "appropriate forum" for relief. The apex court had held it was not appropriate for it to interfere in the ongoing investigation. Bhat was suspended in 2011 on charges of remaining absent from duty without permission and misuse of official vehicles and later sacked in August 2015. His wife Shweta had unsuccessfully contested assembly election as a Congress party candidate against Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Maninagar constituency in Ahmedabad in 2012. Sanjiv Bhatt and seven others, including some former ...
ED calls Robert Vadra again for questioning on Saturday
Vadra was on Thursday questioned for the second consecutive day in the same case. His questioning started at around 9.20 am.Later at around 9.20 pm, his wife and Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi reached the ED office. Thereafter, the duo headed back to their residence in their heavily guarded convoy as per their entitlements.Vadra's lawyer KTS Tulsi alleged that the ED was leaking information about its questioning of Vadra, Congress president Rahul Gandhi's brother-in-law. He argued that the probe agency has nothing concrete against his client.Vadra was questioned for around six hours for the first time in the case on Wednesday. The probe agency has alleged that Vadra owns several properties in the United Kingdom.Led by a joint director, the ED team comprising a deputy director and five other officers questioned Vadra.The Patiala House court has granted interim bail to Vadra on February 2 till February 16 in connection with the case.
SC refuses to entertain sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhat's plea seeking security for his family
The Supreme Court Friday refused to entertain sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhat's plea seeking security for his family. A bench of justices A K Sikri and S Abdul Nazeer asked Bhat to approach the Gujarat High Court with his plea. Earlier on October 4, the apex court had dismissed his wife's plea challenging the police probe and his judicial custody in a 22-year-old case of alleged planting of drugs to arrest an advocate, and said that he could approach an "appropriate forum" for relief.
SC orders Tejashwi to vacate govt bungalow for deputy CM, fines him Rs 50,000
The Supreme Court Friday dismissed former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav's plea, challenging the Patna High Court order asking him to vacate a government bungalow meant for the deputy chief minister, and ordered him to shift to an accommodation for the leader of the opposition. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the RJD leader for challenging the government decision. Yadav, who is currently the leader of the opposition in the state assembly, had filed an appeal against the Patna High Court judgement turning down his petition challenging the Bihar government order to vacate his bungalow to make way for Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi.
Two sentenced to five years jail under gangster act
A special court convicted two men in a murder case under the gangsters act and sentenced them to five years imprisonment. Judge A K Pathak imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 each on Vinod Kumar and Praveen Thursday evening. They were sentenced to five years' imprisonment under the act, prosecutor Sandeep Singh said.
Australia, US seize largest ever meth shipment
US authorities have confiscated almost a billion dollars' worth of methamphetamine bound for Australia in the largest-ever seizure of the drug on American soil, Australian police announced on Friday after a joint operation.
Body of missing girl found in UP
A 12-year-old girl, who was missing since three days, was found strangled to death in Kapur Ghar village in the district, police said Friday. Superintendent of Police (Rural) Alok Sharma said her body was found Thursday evening outside her house. It was sent for postmortem and an investigation into the case was underway. The police were interrogating some family members, he said.
BJP leader shot dead in Bihar
A Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was shot dead on Friday by unidentified assailants in Bihar's Aurangabad district, police said.
AP: Woman, daughter-in-law found dead
Two women were found dead lying in a pool of blood from an apartment in Bondilipuram of Srikakulam town of Andhra Pradesh on Thursday.The woman Jonabai and her daughter-in-law Mehanti Begum were discovered lying in a pool of blood by Mehanti's son on his return from school to their Sindhuja Apartments here, police said." The boy Jaffer returned from school and found the door of the house locked. When he got no response from his mother and grandmother he entered the house with a spare key he went and got from his aunt's residence. Upon finding the dead bodies lying in a pool of blood, he called his father Jilani who along with neighbours informed the police," Panasa Reddy, Additional SP, Srikakulam district said. The bodies of the two woman have been sent for post mortem he said."The family is claiming that Rs 5 lakh and some gold is missing from the residence. We suspect that the motive of the killing was robbery. The case is under investigation," Reddy said.
Gangster shot dead in encounter between Punjab police and Lawrence Bishnoi's gang
The Punjab Police special intelligence team during an encounter in the wee hours of Friday shot dead a dreaded gangster of Lawrence Bishnoi's gang in Peer Muchalla area of Zirakpur in Punjab.The encounter began when the police came to know about the presence of three Lawrence Bishnoi gang members at Maha Laxmi Aparments in the area.Immediately Senior Superintendent of Police, Mohali, Kuldeep Singh Chahal, along with other policemen reached the spot to handle the situation. Investigations into the matter revealed that the gangsters had held a girl as a hostage in order to avoid their arrest by the police. But the police personnel were able to kill one of the gangsters, identified as Ankit Bhadu, whose body was later shifted to hospital.A reward of rupees one lakh was announced by the Rajasthan police for arresting Bhadu who was in the list of most wanted criminals.In order to nab the gangsters, the entire Peer Mushalla area was sealed by the police.Shri Ganganagar police were also ...
Odisha: Class 6 student admitted to hospital after health deteriorates due to pregnancy, accused held
A class 6 student was admitted to a hospital after her health deteriorated as she was pregnant. The accused in the case has been arrested.According to reports, the girl was admitted to Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College and Hospital in Baripada on Monday night after her condition deteriorated at the residential school. Following an ultrasound, the doctors confirmed that she was pregnant.Avinash Kumar, IPS told ANI: "Based on victim's statement, accused has been apprehended. Further legal action will be taken as per the law."A few days ago, a minor girl had delivered a baby at a residential school in Daringbadi area.
Jayaram Chigurupati death case: Matter transferred to Hyderabad from Andhra
Case pertaining to Jayaram Chigurupati who was found dead on February 1 has been transferred to Hyderabad from Andhra Pradesh.Anjani Kumar, Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad City, told ANI: "By a special messenger superintendent of police of Krishna District has sent the case diary and all other documents of the case to Hyderabad Commissionerate."The case has been handed over to ACP Banjara Hills. Kumar also informed that the ACP of Banjara Hills will re-register the case and take up further investigation based on various evidences.Kumar added, "We will ensure that the case is charge sheeted at the earliest and complete case is detected soon too." Jayaram Chigurupati, Director Coastal Bank and MD, Express TV (a Telugu channel) was found dead in a car parked on a Highway near Aitavaram village. He was found with a head injury, the police said. His body was found at the leg space of the back seat of the car.
Nurse held after she attempts to throw acid on ex-doctor husband
A nurse attempted to throw acid on her ex-husband, who is a doctor, at a Sessions Court where they got divorced on Thursday. The woman later consumed poison but is currently out of danger and has been arrested by the police.The couple identified as Aruna and Adarsh used to work in the same hospital.Srinivasulu, SHO, West Police Station, told ANI: "The victim had come to the court to attend his divorce case when the accused came with acid and tried to pour it on him. Fortunately, the victim escaped from the attack but some sprinkles of acid fell on him."Furthermore, Srinivasulu informed that after throwing acid, the accused consumed poison. He said, "We have sent her to the hospital for treatment and now she is out of danger and has also been discharged. We have arrested her."The police also said that a case under relevant sections has been registered and the matter is being investigated.