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Pak court adjourns Sharif's bail application till Feb 12
A Pakistani court on Wednesday adjourned till February 12 the hearing of the bail application by jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in a corruption case. A two-member bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) heard the application filed by 69-year-old Sharif to grant him bail due to bad health, after his conviction and arrest in the Al-Azizia Steel Mill case on December 24. The three-time prime minister is serving a seven-year imprisonment in Al-Azizia Mills case. He has been behind the bars since December 24. Various medical reports of Sharif, who is undergoing tests and treatment for multiple heart related complications, were presented in the court. The court ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to file its reply on the next hearing on February 12. Sharif was arrested and initially taken to Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi but after one day was shifted to Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore. His party Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) has been demanding that Sharif should be shifted ..
Hyderabad girl critical after attack by spurned lover
A class 12 student was critically injured in an attacked by a spurned lover on Wednesday, police said. The assailant was later arrested.
Bengal Congress demands swift action against Ponzi scam offenders, flays Mamata
West Bengal Pradesh Congress President Somen Mitra on Wednesday demanded that a CBI probe into the Ponzi scam be accelerated and criticised Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for not taking action against the "culprits".
Man held for stealing Briton's wallet in Delhi Metro
A 34-year-old man was arrested for stealing in a Delhi Metro train the wallet of a British national that had 3,900 pounds, police said on Wednesday.
Gandhi family 'bail parivar', corrupt: BJP
The BJP on Wednesday attacked Congress President Rahul Gandhi's brother-in-law Robert Vadra over kickbacks in the VVIP chopper scam and a petroleum deal in 2009, calling the Gandhi family "bail parivar" whose foundation was "built on corruption."
Court extends interim protection from arrest to Vadra's aide
A Delhi court Wednesday extended till February 16 the interim protection from arrest granted to Manoj Arora in a money laundering case in which his employer Robert Vadra, son-in-law of UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, joined the probe before the Enforcement Directorate. The relief to Arora was granted as the probe agency informed the court that Vadra has also been granted interim bail till February 16 after he filed an anticipatory bail application and sought time to respond. The case is linked to allegations of money laundering in the purchase of a London-based property 12, Bryanston Square worth 1.9 million pounds. The property is allegedly owned by Vadra, brother-in-law of Congress president Rahul Gandhi. ED had opposed Vadra's anticipatory bail and claimed that he had also got kickbacks in a petroleum deal in 2009. Vadra had moved the anticipatory bail plea from London where he had gone for the treatment of his mother. In his anticipatory bail plea, Vadra said he was being ...
Drug peddler arrested in J-K's Ramban
A suspected drug peddler was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district Wednesday after around 250 grams of cannabis was found in his possession, police said. The accused, Balveer Chand, was intercepted by a police party patrolling the Ramban market and its adjoining areas as he was found moving suspiciously, they said. Chand, a resident of Swani village in Chanderkote, was arrested after officials found the cannabis on him, police said, adding that a case was registered against him in this connection.
Soumya Vishwanathan's parents approach Delhi CM: 'Wish you never have to go through what we have'
The bereaved parents of TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan, who was shot dead more than 10 years ago, has knocked the door of the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for a speedy trial and justice for her. In a letter to the CM, Soumya's father wrote that he and his family were tired of the "hollow assurances" from authorities, and expressed hope from a "concrete response" from him. Five people were arrested in 2009 on the charges of murder and are presently in custody. The trial in the case is going on in the Delhi's Saket district court from last 10 years. "Over this period, there have been changes in courts, judges and public prosecutors more than once," M K Vishwanathan, Soumya's father, writes in the letter. "We are seriously concerned about both, the pace at which the trial is moving as well as the quality of efforts being put in the proceedings by the prosecution. Hollow assurances from authorities have tired us out and we sincerely hope for a concrete response from you at the .
Main accused arrested in Mahatma effigy incident, sent to jail
A leader of Hindu Mahasabha and her husband were arrested on Wednesday on the outskirts of the district and remanded in judicial custody for allegedly shooting at an effigy of Mahatma Gandhi and glorifying his assassination on his death anniversary, police said here. Puja Shakun Pandey, who is the national general secretary of the Hindu Mahasabha, and her husband Ashok Pandey were nabbed in the early hours from a house by the Aligarh police, Superintendent of Police (City) Ashutosh Diwedi said. They were absconding since January 30 after they were booked along with nine others for burning an effigy of Mahatma Gandhi and pumping three bullets into it on the day the country was observing his death anniversary, he said. The two were the main accused in the last week's incident. Both of them were brought to Aligarh and produced before an Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate who sent them to judicial custody for 14 days, the police said. Earlier, three persons were arrested in the ...
Man held with 15 live bullets at Delhi airport
A Raipur-bound passenger was apprehended at the Delhi airport Wednesday for allegedly carrying 15 live bullets in his baggage, an official said. A CISF officer, deputed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) to scan the baggage of commuters, detected bullet-like objects on the x-ray monitor while checking the bag of passenger R Taneja around 5 am. "Fifteen live bullet rounds of .32 mm calibre were recovered from the passenger who was travelling to Raipur in Chhattisgarh," the official said. The passenger was not allowed to take the flight and was handed over to the police as he could not produce any documents for carrying the ammunition, the official said, adding that he was later booked under sections of the Arms Act. Arms and ammunition are not allowed to be carried by passengers as per Indian aviation security rules.
College student attacks minor girl for spurning him
A minor girl was seriously injured when a 19-year-old college student attacked her with a knife here for spurning him, police sources said Wednesday. The accused has been taken into custody, they said. Relatives of the 17-year-old victim alleged that the student, Bharat, was harassing her and they had earlier lodged a complaint with police who counselled him. Bharat attacked the girl with a knife used for cutting open coconuts at a bus-stop while she was waiting for a bus to go to college, police said, adding she suffered injuries on her neck. A senior police official said the girl is being treated in an intensive care unit of a private hospital at Malakpet and her condition is said to be serious.
DA case: Court refuses to stay order against Virbhadra Singh, seeks CBI's reply
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to stay trial court order to frame charges against former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh in the disproportionate assets (DA) case.The court has sought the CBI's response on a petition filed by Singh and his wife Pratibha Singh challenging the framing of charges by the trial court against them for allegedly amassing disproportionate assets worth Rs 10 crore.The next date of hearing is scheduled for April 16.The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has alleged that the former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Singh used "bogus entries" to illegally transfer the money.The investigative agency filed a case based on the CBI's first information report, which accused Singh and his kin of accumulating assets while he was serving as the Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises under the UPA government in 2011.As per the ED, the assets were purchased in the name of Singh's close family members and were found to be disproportionate to his ..
Robert Vadra questioned by ED; wife Priyanka says, "I stand my family"
Robert Vadra was Wednesday questioned by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering probe into alleged possession of illegal foreign assets, days after his wife Priyanka Gandhi was formally inducted into the Congress party. In a move seen as sending a political message ahead of Lok Sabha polls, Priyanka, sister of Congress president Rahul Gandhi, accompanied her husband in a white Toyota Land Cruiser along with SPG personnel in tow, and dropped him outside the agency's office in Jamnagar House in central Delhi. Shortly after, Priyanka assumed charge as AICC general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh East. "I stand by my family," said Priyanka in response to a query about her husband being questioned by the ED. It is for the the first time that Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Sonia Gandhi, is appearing before any probe agency in connection with alleged criminal charges of dubious financial dealings After jostling with a posse of assembled media persons, Robert ...
FIR lodged against Sushil Ansal for concealing criminal cases from passport authorities: HC told
The police on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that an FIR has been lodged against real estate baron Sushil Ansal, convicted for the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire incident that claimed 59 lives, for not disclosing the criminal cases pending against him when he applied for passport in 2013. The Delhi Police also told the court that apart from Ansal the other accused include the three policemen -- two of whom retired in 2014 -- who in 2013 had given a favourable verification report, despite the pending criminal cases, which led to issuance of the travel document to him. The submissions by the police were made in an affidavit placed before Justice Najmi Waziri who had on December 17 last directed the agency to lodge an FIR against the police officers who had given Ansal a favourable verification report in 2013. The court directed the police to file a status report within four weeks regarding its investigation in the latest FIR, which was registered on January 17, and listed the matter for ..
There are 20 judges per 10 lakh people in India: Govt
There are 20 judges per 10 lakh people in the country as compared to 17 in 2014, the Law Ministry said on Wednesday. In a written reply in Lok Sabha, minister of state for Law P P Chaudhary said, based on the population as per Census 2011 and sanctioned strength of judges in Supreme Court, the 24 high courts, and lower judiciary in 2018, the judge-population ratio in the country works out to be 19.78 judges per million population. He said, the ratio was 17.48 judges per million population in 2014. The sanctioned strength of judges of high courts has increased from 906 judges in June 2014 to 1079 judges in December, 2018 and the sanctioned strength of Judges of district/subordinate courts has increased from 20,214 in 2014 to 22,833 in 2018. However, the working strength of judges in high courts is 673 while for the Supreme Court it is 28 against the sanctioned strength of 31.
Man hides gold in Delhi airport toilet, held for smuggling
A man, who had concealed two-kilogram gold in a toilet at Delhi airport, has been arrested by the customs officials for smuggling of the yellow metal, according to an official statement issued Wednesday. The accused was intercepted after his arrival from Dubai on Monday. Detailed enquiry of the passenger resulted in the recovery of two gold bars, total weighing two-kilogram, which he had kept inside the false wall behind the flush of the toilet, the customs department said in the statement. The gold, valued at Rs 66.45 lakh, has been seized and the passenger arrested, it said.
Rajasthan: Transport dept official, middleman arrested for taking Rs 8,000 bribe
An information assistant of the transport department and a middleman were arrested in Rajasthan's Churu district on Wednesday for accepting a bribe of Rs 8,000 for registration transfer of a vehicle, an Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) official said. Dharmendra Kumar and the middleman, Bhawani Singh, were arrested on a complaint lodged by one Ali Sher, ACB Additional Superintendent of Police Ramesh Machra said. Sher alleged that the duo had demanded a bribe of Rs 10,000 for registration transfer of a vehicle that he had purchased from New Delhi. The deal was fixed at Rs 8,000, her added. Machra said the accused persons were caught red handed while accepting the money. Kumar and Singh have been booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act and an investigation is underway, he said.
Kerala nun rape: NCW urges Pinarayi to ensure evidence against accused Bishop remains intact
The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Wednesday urged Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to take prompt action to ensure prevention of sabotage of material evidence and witnesses in the pending case against rape-accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal.In a letter addressed to Vijayan, NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma wrote: "I would like to draw your kind attention towards two different complaints received by the National Commission for Women from Sister Neena Rose and Sister Ranit Pallasseril of St. Francis Mission Home, Kuruvilangadu, Kerala, who have been directed to leave their convent in Kottayam District, Kerala in compliance with the transfer order issued by their congregation last year.""The complainants alleged that the transfer orders were aimed, to split them and 'to sabotage the case' against Bishop Franco Mullakal, which is pending trial," she added.Sharma said the two sisters alleged that the orders were issued to pressurise and threaten them as they were "prominent ...
MP doctor held for killing driver, immersing pieces of his body in acid
A doctor has been arrested for allegedly killing his driver, chopping his body into pieces and immersing them in acid at his residence in Hoshangabad. Superintendent of Police Arvind Saxena said the driver, Virendra, suspected the accused doctor, Sunil Mantri, of having an illicit relationship with his wife and allegedly threatened the doctor."The wives of Mantri and Virendra used to run a boutique since 2010 at the doctor's residence. Mantri's wife passed away in April 2018, but Virendra's wife continued to run the boutique from the doctor's house. Virendra suspected an illicit relationship between his wife and Mantri. He tried to blackmail and threatened Sunil, so Sunil offered him a driver's job at Rs 16,000 salary," Saxena said.The police official further said information had been received of suspicious activities at Mantri's home in Anand Nagar locality. Mantri was seen purchasing acid in a large amount from different hardware shops in the city, he added.The police reached ...
Jilted lover attacks 17-year-old girl with sickle in Hyderabad
A 19-year-old student allegedly attacked a 17-year-old girl with a sickle on Wednesday near Barkatpura area in Hyderabad.Police informed that the girl was attacked by the teenage boy for not accepting his love. "Both the accused Bharath and C Madhulika are neighbours. Bharath was following and harassing the girl for a few months," said Sudhakar, Assistant Commissioner of Police. Following this attack, the victim was immediately admitted to a local hospital for treatment."The victim has suffered severe injuries on the back of her neck, stomach, and fingers. She is in critical condition and right now is in the ICU," doctors said.The police have taken Bharath into custody.