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Two arrested with drugs in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district
Two persons have been arrested for possession of drugs in separate incidents in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district, police said Thursday. The Special Investigative Unit (SIU), Nahan, caught Ram Singh (50), of Kalog village, at Naya Khala between Shillai and Paonta Sahib with 1.114 kg of charas, said Sirmaur, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Virendra Thakur. In a similar case, one Abhishek of Dholakuan village in Paonta Sahib tehsil was arrested based on a tip-off and 17.69 grams of heroin was recovered from his possession, the ASP added. Separate cases under relevant sections of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act have been registered at concerned police stations, Thakur said, adding that further investigation is underway.
ACB nabs Jaipur discom engineer for accepting Rs 1 lakh as bribe
An assistant engineer of Jaipur Discom was caught red-handed while taking a bribe of Rs 1 lakh in Alwar for conducting inspection of works done by a contractor. The accused engineer Ramesh Chand Meena, posted in Neemrana office of Jaipur Discom, had demanded the bribe from the contractor Devi Singh for the inspection so that the payment against the work could be released. Singh's firm had got a contract from Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation (RIICO) for laying underground cable and the work was completed in July last year. The work was to be supervised by the electricity department but the accused engineer was demanding the bribe for conducting inspection of the work site police said. Since there was no work completion report from the assistant engineer, RIICO had stopped the payment of Rs one crore to the contractor. "The contractor gave complaint against Meena. After verification of the complaint, a trap was laid and the accused was held in his office
ED claims Talwar has links with Vijay Mallya, court extends custody till Feb 12
The Enforcement Directorate Thursday claimed before a Delhi court that corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar has links with fugitive Vijay Mallya in a money laundering case. Special Judge S S Mann extended the ED's custody of Talwar till February 12 after the probe agency said he was to be confronted with his son who is currently abroad and has been summoned by the investigating agency for February 11. ED had sought extension of custody for Talwar by seven days. The court had earlier allowed ED to quiz him in custody for seven days, after the probe agency alleged that he acted as middleman in negotiations to favour foreign private airlines causing the loss to national carrier Air India. ED claimed before the court that investigation has revealed Talwar's links with Mallya, when both the were evading the process of law, and the probe is on to determine the trail of the tained money. The 62-year-old former Kingfisher Airlines boss, who has been on bail in the UK on an extradition warrant ...
Vadra, Karti: Two high-profile visitors at ED office on same day
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) was abuzz with activity on Thursday with two high-profile politically-linked persons, Robert Vadra and Karti Chidambaram, appearing before the agency for questioning in separate money-laundering investigations being conducted against them. First to arrive at the ED's Jamnagar House office in central Delhi was Karti, son of former finance minister P Chidambaram, at about 11 am. The office houses some special investigation and vigilance units of the central probe agency. A posse of Delhi Police and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel was deployed around the premises and barricades were put up to regulate the mediapersons waiting outside the complex. Official sources said Karti was being grilled in the INX Media case. The ED had lodged the criminal case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in May, 2017. The sources said the investigating officer of the case would record Karti's statement under the PMLA, as was done in the past. The .
SC raps CBI for transferring officer probing Bihar shelter home cases
The Supreme Court Thursday came down heavily on CBI for transferring its former Joint Director A K Sharma, who was probing Bihar's shelter home cases, out of the agency in violation of the court's order and directed its then interim chief M Nageswara Rao to personally appear before it on February 12. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi took serious note of violation of two earlier orders of the apex court and issued contempt notice to Rao for transferring Sharma to the CRPF on January 17 without taking prior permission from the court. The bench, which also comprised Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, directed CBI Director Rishi Kumar Shukla to give the names of officers who were part of the process in transferring Sharma out of the probe agency. The top court referred to its earlier orders in which it had asked CBI not to remove Sharma from the team probing Bihar shelter home cases. Besides Rao, the bench also sought appearance of all other CBI officers who were ...
ED questions Vadra in money laundering case for second day
Robert Vadra, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's brother-in-law, was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate for the second day on Thursday in connection with a probe into allegations that he laundered money to purchase illegal foreign assets. Vadra, who was grilled for five-and-a half hours for the first time in the case on Wednesday, arrived at the ED office in Jamnagar House in central Delhi at about 11.25 am, about an hour after his team of lawyers. After two hours of questioning, he left for lunch and returned about an hour later to resume the session. Officials said Vadra was required to rejoin the probe on Thursday as he needed to answer more questions on allegedly acquiring immovable assets in United Kingdom. His statement will be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) as was done Wednesday, they added. He was asked about a dozen questions by a team of three ED officials, including the investigating officer of the case. His appearance before the ED on ...
Mother, aunt arrested for burning 5-yr-old girl with candle
A five-year-old girl's mother and aunt were arrested for allegedly burning the minor with a candle for her mischievous behaviour in Thane district of Maharashtra, a police official said on Thursday. The child was playing at her home in Roadpali area of Kalamboli locality in Navi Mumbai town on Wednesday, and not listening to her mother and aunt, he said. The two women apparently got annoyed over this. They caught hold of the girl and allegedly burnt her with the candle, causing several injuries to her, the official said. When the child's father, who works as a vegetable vendor, returned home at night, he found his daughter crying and saw burn injuries on her body, he said. When he asked the child about the injuries, she pointed towards her mother and aunt, the official said. The girl's father then lodged a complaint against his wife and sister-in-law (his brother's wife) at Kalamboli police station, the official said. The two women were subsequently arrested and booked ...
Maldives ex-president to be charged with money laundering
Police in the Maldives have asked the country's prosecutor general to charge a former president with money laundering and his former Cabinet minister with aiding him. A police statement says investigators have found grounds to charge Yameen Abdul Gayoom and his former Legal Affairs Minister Azima Shakoor. The case stems from an allegedly shady deal to lease islands for tourist resort development and the discovery of USD 1 million in Yameen's bank account. Police also say they asked the prosecutor general to charge Yameen and Shakoor with providing false information to investigators. Yameen lost the presidential election last year after a five-year strongman rule.
Indian-American man, girlfriend charged in plot to kill ex-wife
An Indian-American man and his girlfriend have been charged with trying to hire a hitman to kill the man's estranged wife.
No FIR against 21 disqualified BMC corporators yet: RTI reply
Although 21 corporators of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) have been disqualified since 2007, almost all of them for submitting fake caste certificates, no case has been registered against any of them so far, answer to an RTI query has revealed. City-based activist Anil Galgali had filed the Right to Information (RTI) query with the civic body, seeking details of the action taken against the disqualified corporators. Officer of BMC's legal department, S D Fulsunge, in his reply given recently, said no case has been filed against any corporator ever since their disqualification. He also said that the legal department forwards the election petitions to the Small Causes Court. The election department said that most of the 21 corporators were disqualified for submitting fake caste certificates, while one of them was disqualified for flouting the two-child norm. They were elected in 2007, 2012 and 2017 civic polls. In a separate reply, deputy law officer of the .
HC orders 2 persons, 3 firms to plant 15,000 trees for seeking time to file reply in 2G case
The Delhi High Court Thursday ordered two persons and three companies to plant 3,000 trees each for seeking more time to file their responses on the Enforcement Directorate's appeal challenging their acquittal in a 2G scam case. Justice Najmi Waziri granted one last opportunity to file responses to Swan Telecom Private Limited's promoter Shahid Balwa, director of Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Private Limited Rajeev Agarwal, and firms -- Dynamic Realty, D B Realty Limited and Nihar Constructions Private Limited. The two individuals and three companies along with others including former Telecom minister A Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi were acquitted by the trial court in the ED's money laundering case. The court directed them to appear before the forest officer concerned on February 15 for planting the trees in the South Delhi area. The companies will be represented through their authorised signatory. The court listed the matter for further hearing on March 26. A special court on December
Day2 of Vadra at ED: Mails exchanged with arms dealer's kin in focus
Robert Vadra, brother-in-law of Congress President Rahul Gandhi, who appeared for the second round of questioning before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday, was confronted with his mails that were exchanged with Sumit Chadha, a relative of absconding arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari, sources said.
Teenaged girl gang-raped in front of father in Bihar
In a shocking incident, a teenaged girl was gang-raped in front of her father by six youths in a village in Bihar's Kishanganj district, police said on Thursday.
SC shifts trial in Muzaffarpur shelter home case to Delhi
The Supreme Court on Thursday transferred the trial in the Muzaffarpur shelter home case to Delhi directing the trial court judge to hold day-to-day hearings and wrap it up in six months.
Vishwanathan case: Delhi CM directs to issue show cause notice to prosecutors
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has expressed shock over public prosecutors "missing" hearings in the journalist Soumya Vishwanathan case and directed the chief secretary to issue "show cause notice" to those prosecutors, officials said. The bereaved parents of the TV journalist, who was shot dead more than 10 years ago, had knocked the door of the chief minister, seeking speedy trial and justice for her. The chief minister has taken a strong note of the Vishwanathan case, a senior government official said. "He (Kejriwal) has also directed Chief Secretary Vijay Dev to issue show cause notice to the public prosecutors who missed the hearings," the official said. The chief minister has said it is shocking to hear that they missed hearings. Kejriwal has also directed to appoint a good special public prosecutor in consultation with the Home Ministry immediately, he added. In a letter to the CM, Soumya's father, M K Vishwanathan, had written that he and his family were tired of the ...
SC Collegium a cabal, time for it to go: Justice A P Shah (IANS Interview)
Sans any accountability and transparency, the Supreme Court Collegium system has been functioning like a "cabal", says former Law Commission Chairman A.P. Shah, who insists that the system of appointment to higher judiciary has outlived its utility and it should be replaced by an independent appointment commission.
Muzaffarpur horror trial shifted to Delhi
The Supreme Court on Thursday transferred the Muzaffarpur shelter home horror case trial to New Delhi and directed a Bihar court judge to expedite matters by holding it on a day-to-day basis and wrapping it up within six months.
INX media case: Karti Chidambaram appears before ED for questioning
Karti Chidambaram, the son of former Finance Minister and Congress leader P. Chidambaram, on Thursday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning in connection with its probe into the INX media case.
Vadra appears before ED for questioning in money laundering probe
Robert Vadra, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's brother-in-law, appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for the second time on Thursday in connection with a moneylaundering probe into alleged possession of illegal foreign assets. He arrived at the ED office in Jamnagar House in central Delhi at about 11:25 am. Vadra was grilled for five-and-a half hours for the first time in the case on Wednesday. Officials said Vadra was required to rejoin probe on Thursday as more questions needed to be put across to him in connection with acquiring immovable assets in United Kingdom.
Mother, aunt booked for burning 5-yr-old girl with candle
A five-year-old girl's mother and aunt have been booked for allegedly burning the minor with candle for her mischievous behaviour in Thane district of Maharashtra, police said on Thursday. The family lived in Roadpali village of Navi Mumbai town. The girl's mother, Anita Yadav, and her paternal aunt Rinki Yadav were apparently annoyed with the minor for playing in the house and creating mischief, Kalamboli police station's senior inspector Satish Gaikwad said. They allegedly burnt the child with candle, causing injuries all over her body, he said. The girl's father, a vegetable vendor, on Wednesday lodged a complaint, based on which the two women were booked under relevant provisions of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, the official said. No arrest was made so far, he said, adding that a probe was underway.