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SIT to probe persecution charges against Kundan shelter home caretaker
Madhya Pradesh Police have launched a probe involving the caretaker of a women shelter home in Ratlam district for alleged persecution and harassment of girls after five inmates fled the home on January 24.
Over 60% of urban India's sewage enters water bodies untreated: NGT
More than 60 per cent of sewage generated by urban India is untreated and enters water bodies like rivers, resulting in pollution and making it unfit for human consumption, the National Green Tribunal has said. The green panel said it is a matter of serious concern that compliance of environment norms is not satisfactory and results in large scale deaths and diseases and serious damage to air, water and earth. The observations were made by the tribunal on Monday while hearing a plea filed by V Manickam, alleging pollution of Thirumanimuthar river in Tamil Nadu due to discharge of effluents by the industries and release of municipal sewage. The tribunal directed Salem Municipal Corporation to deposit interim compensation of Rs 25 lakh with the Central Pollution Control Board within a month for the damage already caused to the environment. "The Salem Municipal Corporation may also furnish a performance guarantee to the satisfaction of CPCB in the sum of Rs 50 lakh to the effect that the
Woman commits suicide, twin baby girls survive
In an alleged suicide attempt, the body of a 23-year-old woman was found hanging at her rented house here but her twin baby girls, aged two and half years, were saved in the nick of time following intervention of local people, police said Tuesday. Though the woman died, the children, who were allegedly hanged by her before she hanged herself from the same rope, survived as they could be taken to hospital in time, they said. The deceased has been identified as Baby, belonging to Hosanagar in Shivamogga district, police said The family had shifted to Ujire near here two years ago and the womans husband was working in a salon. The man had gone for work Monday when the incident occurred and he found the three hanging on his return in the evening. The woman had died and the children were found alive, police said. They were rushed to the hospital in the city with the help of local people. The reason for the woman taking the extreme step was not known. A case has been ...
SC order halted 'anarchist' Mamata's histrionics: Smriti Irani
Union Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday said "anarchist Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's political histrionics" were brought to a screeching halt by the Supreme Court order asking Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar to appear before the CBI and co-operate in the probe into the Saradha chit fund scam.
Kolkata top cop can't be arrested but must cooperate: SC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar to appear before the CBI and faithfully co-operate in the probe into the Saradha chit fund scam, but said he must not be arrested.
Ex-Cong district functionary in Kerala accused of raping tribal girl surrenders
A former Congress district functionary, booked for allegedly raping a 17-year-old tribal girl for nearly a year, surrendered before police on Tuesday, an official said. The ex-Congress committee general secretary of Wayanad district O M George, who was absconding, surrendered before police Tuesday noon and he was arrested, the official said. On the complaint of the girl's parents a case was registered against him under IPC Section 376 (rape), the SC/ST Act and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The girl's parents were working at George's house and she used to accompany them on some days. They alleged that George had threatened and blackmailed the girl several times. After the incident came to light, the Congress leadership in Kerala suspended George. The incident came to light a week ago after the girl's parents heard George purportedly threatening their daughter on phone. She also attempted to commit suicide by cutting her veins, the girl's father told ...
Delhi HC seeks ED's response on Talwar's plea challenging deportation from UAE
The Delhi High Court Tuesday sought ED's response on a plea by alleged lobbyist Deepak Talwar challenging his detention by Indian agencies after he was deported from the UAE last week in connection with a money laundering case. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has alleged that Talwar, who is in its custody, acted as middleman in negotiations to favour foreign private airlines causing the loss to national carrier Air India. A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal issued notice to the ED and directed it to file a response to the petition by February 11. The court listed the matter for further hearing on February 12. In his habeas corpus petition, Talwar claimed that his arrest and custody from January 30 onwards was illegal detention for which affirmative orders deserve to be passed to secure his personal life and liberty. He alleged that his fundamental rights have been grossly violated by the authorities. "He has been illegally picked up from a foreign country .
Kerala Minister in trouble over berating woman staff
A Kerala court on Tuesday ordered registration of a case against Public Works Department Minister G. Sudhakaran after hearing a plea from one of his former woman staff who accused him of "abusing" her.
74-year-old man, suffering from depression, commits suicide by shooting himself at Delhi home
A man in his seventies, who was suffering from depression, allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday by shooting himself at his home in southeast Delhi's Sundar Nagar area, police said. The man, identified as Yadav Nath Bhargava (74), was suffering from hard cough problem for the last six years and was in depression because of his illness, police said. Police officials, who found Bhargava's body lying in a pool of blood in his bathroom, have ruled out any foul play as of now. Hazrat Nizamuddin police station was informed regarding a suicide around 9 am. Initial investigations revealed that about 8.15 am, the victim's wife, Mamata Bhargava, heard a loud bang. Mamata asked her domestic help to check the noise. The help found Bhargava lying in the bathroom. His licensed revolver was also found there, Chinmoy Biswal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (southeast), said. Crime team of police has visited and inspected the spot, the officer said. The body has been sent for the postmortem examination
SC brought Mamata's political histrionics to screeching halt: Irani
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's political histrionics have been brought to a screeching halt by the Supreme Court, Union Minister Smriti Irani said on Tuesday after the apex court directed the Kolkata police chief to cooperate with the CBI in the Saradha chit fund scam probe. The apex court said Kumar will appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Shillong, Meghalaya, and no coercive steps, including the arrest of the Kolkata police chief, will take place during the course of the probe. Irani said the Supreme Court had ensured that a free and fair investigation takes place, adding that her party praises and welcomes the court's order which has put constitutional restraint on "didi ki dadagiri" (Mamata's intimidation tactics). Taking a swipe at Banerjee after she claimed a moral victory following the court's order, Irani said the West Bengal chief minister has been left with egg on her face. "With egg on her face, to celebrate it as a moral victory is a ...
No coercive action against Pradeep Koneru: HC to CBI
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the CBI not to take any coercive action against Pradeep Koneru, a witness in the meat exporter and alleged hawala dealer Moin Akhtar Qureshi case.
Malegaon case: Bombay HC asks NIA if it sought permission to truncate documents
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked the National Investigation Agency (NIA) if it had sought permission to truncate the documents and witnesses' statements that were part of the 2008 Malegaon blast case charge sheet. A division bench of Justices A S Oka and Ajey Gadkari was hearing an application filed by one of the accused, Lt Col Prasad Purohit, seeking non-truncated copies of the documents and statements of witnesses. Purohit had earlier filed the application in the high court challenging the applicability of provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in the case. His advocate, Shrikant Shivade, told the court on Tuesday that when the first probe agency, the state Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS), filed its charge sheet in the case, several documents and witnesses' statements were truncated or masked. He claimed that the agency never sought the court's permission to truncate or mask the documents and had done so at its own discretion. The bench then sought to know if .
MP Police invoke NSA against 3 accused of cow slaughter
The National Security Act (NSA) was on Tuesday invoked against three persons accused of illegal cow slaughter in the communally sensitive Khandwa region, said the police."Police got the information three days earlier that some people are involved in cow slaughter near Moghat. When the police arrived, the accused ran away from the spot. But we found the cow carcass," SP Siddharth Bahuguna said.The incident took place on Friday in Khandwa. The three accused had escaped taking advantage of the dark. The NSA has been slapped by police against the accused with the consent of the district administration."After a detailed investigation, three persons named Raju, Shakil and Azam have been arrested. Of the three, one has a record of involvement in cow slaughter," Bahuguna added.This is the first incident in which police have charged those accused of cow slaughter with NSA.
It's a moral victory: Mamata on SC verdict
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday claimed as "a moral victory", the Supreme Court verdict directing no coercive action, including the arrest of Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar, can take place during the course of CBI investigations.Addressing the media from the dharna site at Kolkata's Metro Channel, Banerjee said that she and her TMC party colleagues had great respect for the judiciary and the court verdict will boost the morale of the state's police officers.She said, "Rajeev never stated that he will not cooperate (in the probe into the Sarada chit fund scam). He wanted to meet at a neutral place, but the CBI came to arrest him from his residence without any notice on Sunday."Slamming the ruling BJP, the West Bengal Chief Minister alleged that the Centre was misusing agencies under it and interfering in opposition-ruled states.The chief minister termed the CBI versus Kolkata Police row "a constitutional breakdown" and said there cannot be any other "big
Jayalalithaa death: Dinakaran's lawyer appears before Arumugasamy Commission
"We had appeared before the commission for inquiry today. The Apollo hospital's lawyer has filed an adjournment petition stating that they are moving the Madras High Court against the dismissal order for constituting the medical board. So, it has been challenged and is going to be listed before this week by the High Court. Based on the petition Justice Arumugasamy has adjourned the proceedings to February 11," Sendurapandian told ANI."I requested today that the medical witnesses have nothing to do with the political witnesses... But the Judge has insisted that only after the Apollo petition is over, I can bring political witness," he added.In September 2017, Justice A Arumughaswamy was appointed to head the probe into the death of the former Chief Minister.Popularly known as 'Amma', Jayalalithaa was taken to Chennai's Apollo hospital on September 22, 2016 and treated in the hospital for 75 days before she breathed her last on December 5.Following her death, allegations of foul play ...
'Hardcore criminal' detained under PSA in J-K's Samba
A "hardcore criminal" was detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district, police said Tuesday. Mohammad Irshad alias Shadu, a resident of Bari Brahmana, is named in nine FIRs registered between 2010 and 2018 in various police station and the charges against him include attempt to murder, rape and house-trespassing, a police spokesman said. He said the district magistrate, Samba, issued the warrant of his detention under the PSA recently, and accordingly a special police team managed to nab him from the Bari Brahmana area. Subsequently, he was lodged at sub-jail Hiranagar. "The accused was absconding and was evading arrest for a long time," the spokesman said, adding that his detention under the PSA was necessary to curtail his activities. The PSA is an administrative detention law that allows detention without charge or trial for up to two years in some cases. "He was a great threat to the life and liberty of the people, particularly in the .
Teltumbde won't be arrested till Feb 12: Pune Police tells HC
The Pune Police told the Bombay High Court on Tuesday that it will not arrest activist Anand Teltumbde till February 12 midnight, even as the Dalit scholar termed the case a ploy to "humiliate" and "harass" him. The statement was made by the state's counsel Aruna Pai on behalf of the Pune Police before a bench of Justice N W Sambre. The court was hearing an application filed by Teltumbde seeking anticipatory bail in the Elgar Parishad-Koregaon Bhima case. Teltumbde is an accused in the case, which was filed following violent clashes at Koregaon-Bhima village near Pune on January 1, 2018. He was booked on several charges, including sections under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). Justice Sambre on Tuesday directed Pai to give an oral undertaking as a pre-condition for securing time to file an affidavit opposing Teltumbde's plea. The court said it would hear the plea on February 11. Teltumbde later termed the police's case against him and several other social activists as ..
Both TMC, BJP are corrupt, put in place by SC: Sitaram Yechury
CPIM General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said the Supreme Court order on Tuesday showed both the BJP and the TMC its place and that the two parties were hand in gloves in "sharing the spoils" of the chit fund scam. Speaking to reporters, Yechury said he did not find anything wrong in the way the CBI had embarked on the investigations into the scam in Kolkata and pointed out that their actions could have been objectionable if the agency had proceeded suo moto. "In this instance when the judiciary orders the CBI to investigate a case, the CBI's movement in the investigation into any state or territory cannot be construed as an attack on the authority or the powers of the state government. "What is objectionable if when the CBI suo moto takes action and investigate without permission of the state government. That would be a violation. That is not the case here. So it is not a issue of Centre-state relation," he said. The Supreme Court Tuesday directed Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev ...
NGT slaps Rs 25 lk fine on UP govt for failing to stop dirty water discharge into Ganga Canal
Dumping of sewage in water bodies is an offence, the National Green Tribunal said Tuesday while slapping a penalty of Rs 25 lakh on the Uttar Pradesh government for its failure to stop discharge of dirty water into Upper Ganga canal. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said adequate steps have not been taken for proper waste management and its treatment. The green panel said that clean environment is a fundamental right and the apathy by the authorities has to be dealt with coercive action. It noted the submission of the state government that a sewage treatment plant at Niwari will be completed within six months and asked the urban development ministry to give an undertaking with a performance guarantee of 35 lakh. "The chief secretary may furnish progress report to this tribunal. Having regard to the serious implication on public health, the matter must be seen with due attention from the highest level of authorities instead of being left to the lowest level,"
Apple says reaches agreement on French back taxes
Apple has reached an agreement with French authorities over 10 years of back taxes, the US firm told AFP on Tuesday, confirming information published by the French magazine L'Express. The magazine reported that the firm paid nearly 500 million euros ($570 million) to resolve the case in a confidential settlement reached in December. A source familiar with the case confirmed the amount to AFP.