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SIT vigorously pursuing anti-Sikh cases: Jaitley
A day after one convict was sentenced to death for his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Wednesday other related cases are being vigorously pursued though convictions will only be a small consolation for the families of victims. The 1984 anti-Sikh riots followed assassination of the then prime minister Indira Gandhi leaving nearly 3,000 people dead. Terming the 'Operation Blue Star' as a "historic blunder", the minister said the period from 1984 to 1998 was one of cover-up where all cases were buried as though, the 1984 genocide had not happened. The first NDA government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee appointed Justice G T Nanavati Commission of Enquiry and recommended action against the accused, Jaitley said in a blog. It was again Narendra Modi Government which in 2015 appointed a Special Investigative Team (SIT) headed by Justice G P Mathur, a retired Judge of the Supreme Court. The SIT detected a large number of cases where the accused were prima ..
Three arrested for rape and abduction of 10-year-old
Police arrested three persons on Wednesday for the alleged rape and abduction of a ten-year-old girl in a village in Odisha's Ganjam district three weeks ago. Two motor-cycles used in the crime and some gold ornaments and other articles looted by the accused from the girl's house were also seized from the trio, Ganjam Superintendent of Police Brijesh Rai said. The accused are aged between 19 and 20 years of age and hail from the same district, he said. They had broken into the girl's house at Dhoyakana village on October 31 night to commit burglary when the family members were sleeping. After committing burglary, they had allegedly abducted the minor daughter of the house owner and one of them raped her in a nearby area, while other two assisted him, the SP said. They had also threatened the girl with a sharp weapon when she tried to cry out for help, the police said. Her family members had rescued the traumatised girl, a student of Class IV, and got her admitted at MKCG
Man killed in accident in Rajasthan
A 25-year-old man was killed Wednesday and another injured after their motorcycles collided in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district, police said. The deceased, identified as Mohan Singh Rajput, a resident of Jaswantpura village, while the other motorcyclist, who was seriously injuried was identified as Rahul Meghwal of Negadiya village, they said. Both were rushed to a local hospital from where they were referred to the SRG hospital in Jhalawar, where Rajput was declared brought dead, police said, adding that Meghwal is undergoing treatment. The body was handed over to the family after postmortem Wednesday afternoon, police said. A case under Section 279 (negligent driving) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registerd against the injured man, they said.
12-year-old dies after temple's gate falls on him
A 12-year-old boy died after an iron gate of a temple apparently fell on him while he was playing near it in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district, police said Wednesday. The incident happened in Banjari village on Tuesday morning. Harish Dangi was rushed to a hospital, but was declared brought dead, the police said. In another case of accidental death, a 20-year-old woman died after apparently falling into a well in Titarwasa village on Tuesday evening, a police officer said. The incident happened when Puja Dhakad, a resident of Banda village, was working in an agricultural field, the officer said. The body was recovered after some passers-by noticed it floating in the well, the officer said. A case has been registered in both the cases under various sections of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC ), the officer said, adding that the bodies had handed over to the families after post-mortem.
AAP disapproves of Bharti's behaviour: Party spokesperson
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) disapproved of its MLA Somnath Bharti's alleged behaviour towards a woman journalist after he was booked Wednesday on charges of hurling abuses at her. "Somnath Bharti should not have talked the way he did on television," AAP spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj said. An FIR against the AAP MLA was lodged on the complaint of the woman journalist of a private TV news channel, who accused him of calling her names and asking her to "become a prostitute". Denying the allegations, Bharti, however, threatened to file a defamation case against both the news channel and its anchor. He said he had joined the TV show over phone to discuss the attack on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday, but the video was being presented with manipulation. "I will file a defamation case against both the news anchor as well as the channel," Bharti told PTI.
Sabarimala row: CPI(M) accuses BJP-RSS of sending activists to 'fuel tension'
The CPI (M) Wednesday attacked the BJP and the RSS over the ongoing protests in Sabarimala against the entry of women of all ages into the Lord Ayyappa temple there, accusing them of sending their activists to the site to "fuel tensions". In a statement , the party's politburo alleged that the aim of the BJP-RSS activists is to "take control of the temple's premises and to create a law and order problem there". The CPI(M) alleged that the BJP's Kannur district committee had issued a circular on November 14, asking 200 "trained" volunteers from four areas of the district to gather at the Sabarimala temple on December 13. "It also instructed these volunteers to carry necessary materials in their handbags," the Left party alleged and said it was a serious matter.
Son hacks mother to death in Bengal
A person from West Bengal's West Midnapore district allegedly hacked his mother to death following an altercation on Wednesday, police said.
Ex-Pondy minister's relatives found murdered
An elderly couple was found murdered at their residential colony here, the police said Wednesday. Police said while Balakrishnan (72) was found strangled, his 65-year-old wife, Hemalatha, was suffocated to death using a pillow, they said. Police said Balakrishnan was a close relative of former Local Administration Minister C Jayakumar whose daughter had married the former's son. According to police, the deceased are French nationals of Puducherry origin and their children were away in France. The neighbours became suspicious when they found that Hemalatha had not come out of the house this morning. They informed Jayakumar who rushed to the spot and found their bodies in their bedroom. Chief Minister V Narayanasamy visited the spot and directed police to expedite the investigation. The almirah in the bedroom was found ransacked, police said. However, the ornaments worn by the woman were found intact, they said, adding that the motive for the murder could not be known ...
AAP MLA Somnath Bharti booked for "hurling abuses" at woman scribe
Delhi MLA Somnath Bharti was booked Wednesday on charges of hurling abuses at a woman journalist, a police official said. The FIR against the AAP MLA was lodged on the complaint of the woman journalist of a private TV news channel, who accused him of calling her names and asking her to "become a prostitute". In her complaint, the anchor of the Hindi news channel told police that Bharti, during a TV show called her a BJP's agent and asked her to become a prostitute, the official said. Denying the allegations, Bharti, however, threatened to file a defamation case against both the news channel and its anchor. He said he had joined the TV show over phone to discuss the attack on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday, but the video was being presented with manipulation. I will file a defamation case against both the news anchor as well as the channel, Bharti told PTI. The complaint was lodged by the scribe at the Women Police Station in Noida and a First Information Report under ...
Malegaon blast case: Bombay HC denies relief to Lieutenant Colonel Purohit
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday denied relief to Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case and refused to stay trial court proceedings.The court has adjourned the case for the next two weeks.The Supreme Court on Monday had asked the Bombay High Court to hear Lieutenant Colonel Purohit's plea challenging the validity of the prosecution sanction for his trial under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).A Special NIA Court had earlier commenced a trial against Lieutenant Colonel Purohit and six other accused in the case. On September 29, 2008, a bomb placed in a tiffin box tied to a motorcycle near a mosque in Malegaon exploded killing six people and injuring many.On October 30, the court had framed charges against Lieutenant Colonel Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, Major Ramesh Upadhyay, Sameer Kulkarni, Ajay Rahirkar, Sudhakar Dwivedi and Sudhakar Chaturvedi, accusing them of a terror conspiracy, murder and other related ...
Jammu police arrests two gangsters with arms, foils gang-war
Two gangsters were arrested with arms and ammunition from Shastri Nagar area here, police said Wednesday The accused, with dozen of criminal cases already registered against them, were nabbed when they were planning to attack a rival gang, police said. Based on a tip off, a police party intercepted a vehicle in Shastri nagar area and recovered two pistols and 6 cartridges from the accused Harmeet Singh alias Shanu and Rajinder Singh alias Dana, police said. A case has been registered, they added.
Ex-Pondy minister's relative found murdered
An elderly couple were found murderedat a residential colony here, the police said Wednesday. Police said while Balakrishnan (72) was found strangled, his 65-year-old wife, Hemalatha, was suffocated to death using a pillow, they said. Police said Balakrishnan was a relative of former Local Administration Minister C Jayakumar. According to police, the deceased are French nationals of Puducherry origin and their children were away in France. The neighbours became suspicious when they found that Hemalatha had not come out of the house this morning. They informed Jayakumar who rushed to the spot and found their bodies in their bedroom. Chief Minister V Narayanasamy visited the spot and directed police to expedite the investigation. The almirah in the bedroom was found ransacked, police said. However, the ornaments worn by the woman were found intact, they said, adding that the motive for the murder could not be known immediately.
SIT should conduct "lie-detector" test on Sonia, Rahul : Badal
Speaking at a press conference here today, Badal further alleged that Sonia and Rahul were aware of the conspiracy. Holding the Gandhi family and the Congress party solely responsible for the Sikh killings, he alleged that the "massacre" was planned at the behest of the Gandhi family.Badal alleged, "What SIT did in one year, was not done in 34 years during the Congress rule. SIT not only fast tracked the case, it helped in pronouncing the verdict. There should be lie detector test on Sonia as well as Rahul since the plot was hatched in their knowledge, in their house, and at their behest."Union Cabinet Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal was also present at the press meet. Alleging that the Sikh carnage was planned and executed by the Congress, she said that the perpetrators of the genocide were made ministers later and given Z-plus security cover by the Congress regime."No justice came for 34 years as the Congress threatened the witnesses, wiped out the evidence, and did everything to save
SC to review death penalty awarded to man killing his family
New Delhi [India] Nov 21 (ANI):- In a rare decision, the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday decided to review its final decision of awarding a man death penalty for the murder of four children and a woman with whom he was living as husband and wife.A bench headed by Justice Kurian Joseph also directed that the order to suspend the death sentence of the convict, Sudam alias Rahul Kaniram Yadhav, will continue to operate till the disposal of the review petition."Having heard the learned counsel for the parties, we are of the view that the review petitions regarding the sentence needs to be considered afresh," the bench, also comprising Justice A M Khanwilkar and Justice D Y Chandrachud, said.The order of the Apex Court added, "Therefore, the order dated July 26, 2012, passed in the review petition, dismissing the review petition is recalled...The order on the suspension of the death sentence will continue to operate till the disposal of these review petitions. Post these review petitions ..
Shakti Mills gang-rape: Bombay HC to begin final hearing in Jan
The Bombay High Court Wednesday fixed January 14 for a detailed hearing on petitions filed by three persons on death row for raping a photojournalist at Shakti Mills compound here in 2013. The decision was taken by a bench of Justices B P Dharmadhikari and Sarang Kotwal following the mutual consent of the state government and the trio's counsels. Three of the five accused who were convicted by the sessions court in the city in 2014 -- Vijay Jadhav, Kasim Bengali and Salim Ansari -- had moved the high court after they were sentenced to death for being repeat offenders. The court had also found them guilty for raping another woman on Shakti Mills' premises earlier. The fourth accused, Siraj Khan, was sentenced to life imprisonment and the fifth, a minor, was sent to a correctional facility. Jadhav, Bengali and Ansari had challenged the Constitutional validity of section 376 (E) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) during the trial. The section was introduced by the Union government after the .
2 cops arrested for smuggling heroin in Jammu
Two police personnel were arrested here for allegedly smuggling 14 grams of heroin, police said Wednesday. A police team intercepted two pedestrians at Karan Bagh area, following which the narcotic was recovered from the duo, the police said. The two have been identified as Constable Nayeem Mohmmad and Special Police Officer (SPO) Amir Aslam, the police said, adding that a case had been registered.
BJP leader K Surendran, 71 others granted bail
A court here Wednesday granted conditional bail to 72 people, including BJP general secretary K Surendran, who were arrested in connection with the Sabarimala temple row. Surendran along with two others had been arrested on November 18 from Nilackal as he tried to proceed to the Lord Ayyappa Temple despite being advised by police personnel against visiting Sabarimala due to law and order issues. The 69 others were arrested after they held a "nama japam" (chanting Lord Ayyappa mantras) inside the shrine complex late on Sunday, defying prohibitory orders. When their case up before the Munsif court here, all the 73 people were granted bail with strict conditions. The accused have been asked not to enter Ranni taluk, where the Lord Ayyappa temple is located, for two months and they have been directed to submit two personal sureties of Rs 20,000 each. The court also rejected the plea of the accused to permit them to visit the hill shrine during the two-month-long "mandala makaravillaku" ...
2264 women reported missing in Maha during 2013-18
As many as 2264 women are reported missing in Maharashtra in the last five years, the state Legislative Assembly has been told. In a written reply, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who holds Home portfolio, said the missing women include 298 minor girls. A question was submitted by ruling Bhartiya Janata Party's (BJP's) Mangal Prabhat Lodha and others. The CM said the number of missing women looks increased because, as per a Supreme Court directive, a kidnapping case has to be registered in case of the minor children having gone missing. Since 2013, 5056 women below 18 years were reported missing/kidnapped. Out of this, 4758 women were found, he said. A total of 21652 women above 18 years were reported missing during the same period, the CM said, adding that 19,686 of them were found. Fadnavis stated that a Standard Operating Practice (SOP) has been prepared to look for the missing persons. "As per a supreme court directive, a case of kidnapping is registered if minor ..
Apex consumer court asks Tata Motors, its dealer to pay compensation
Automobile major Tata Motors Ltd and a Chhattisgarh-based dealer of the company have been directed by the apex consumer commission to pay over Rs 41,000 to a customer for refusing to repair a vehicle which was under warranty. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) said that as per practice, the dealer repairs the vehicle under warranty but the manufacturer was also "equally responsible" for it. The NCDRC, while modifying the state commission's order which had exonerated Tata Motors from paying any compensation, asked the manufacturer and its dealer to pay Rs 41,568 jointly and severally to Chhattisgarh-resident Neeraj Tiwari within a month. "I agree with the point raised by the petitioners (dealer) that the warranty has been issued by the Tata Motors and they are responsible for allowing repairs under the warranty," NCDRC's presiding member Prem Narain said in his order. Tiwari had purchased a truck from an authorised dealer of Tata Motors. Though the vehicle was .
Sealing: SC to pronounce order on contempt proceedings against BJP MP Manoj Tiwari
The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce Thursday its order on contempt proceedings against Delhi BJP chief and Lok Sabha MP Manoj Tiwari for allegedly breaking the seal of a premises here. The property was sealed by the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC). A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur had on October 30 reserved its order after hearing arguments in the matter during which Tiwari had accused the court-mandated monitoring committee on sealing of "terrorising" people of Delhi. The panel, however, had claimed that he was trying to make the court a "political battleground". An FIR was also lodged against Tiwari by the EDMC for allegedly breaking the seal of the premises in Gokalpuri area in north-east Delhi on September 16. The apex court had on September 19 issued contempt notice against Tiwari, a Member of Parliament (MP) from the north-east Delhi constituency, after taking note of a report filed by the monitoring committee which had alleged that the BJP leader had ...