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6 killed, 10 injured in explosion near ordnance depot in Maha
At least six people were killed and 10 others injured in an explosion near an ordnance depot in Maharashtra's Wardha district on Tuesday morning, officials said. The explosion took place around 7 am while ammunition was being unloaded for disposal, a Defence official said. Around 10 to 15 contract labourers were at the site when the incident occurred, Wardha's Additional Superintendent of Police Nikhil Pingle said. "The blast occurred in one of the ammunition boxes while unloading the ammunition. The incident took place in an open land," he said. While four people were killed on the spot, two others succumbed to injuries in hospital, Inspector General of Police (Nagpur Range) K M M Prasanna told PTI. The deceased included an ammunition factory employee and labourers. The injured were admitted to a hospital in the nearby Savangi village, another police official said. Police and fire brigade officials rushed to the spot to carry out the rescue operation. The demolition ground at the ...
3 killed in Maharashtra army depot blast
At least three persons were killed and around 12 others injured in a blast at the Wardha ammunition depot of the army here in Maharashtra on Tuesday, officials said.
Three killed in explosion near ordnance depot in Maharashtra
Three people were killed in an explosion near an ordnance depot in Maharashtra's Wardha district on Tuesday morning, a Defence official said. The explosion took place around 7 am while ammunition was being unloaded, he said. The deceased included an ammunition factory employee and two labourers, the official said. The demolition ground at the Central Ammunition Depot at Pulgaon in the district was given to Ammunition Factory, Khamaria, for demolition activities, he said. Further details were being ascertained, the official said. In 2016, 16 people were killed in a blast at the ammunition depot at Pulgaon.
Gunman kills three at Chicago hospital
An argument in a hospital parking lot escalated into a shooting that killed three people, including a police officer, in the US city of Chicago on Monday. The violence only ended when police engaged in shootout with the gunman inside Mercy Hospital. "We have four deceased individuals: police officer, two female staff employees at the hospital, and the offender," police Superintendent Eddie Johnson told journalists. The shooter killed the first victim - a woman who was in a "domestic relationship" with him - during an argument in the parking lot, then fired at police when they got to the hospital, and ran inside, Johnson said. Additional police - including SWAT - arrived at the scene, and officers "engaged the offender for several minutes in the hospital, with gunshots being fired by the offender and by the police," he said. During the shootout, the gunman killed a second woman when she got off an elevator, Johnson said. The shooter also fatally wounded, but it was unclear if he ...
Chicago shooting: Three critical, suspect shot
Three people including a police officer are critically injured after an unidentified man opened fire at the Mercy Hospital in Chicago.CNN quoted Chicago Fire Department spokesman Walter Schroeder as saying that the suspect was also shot and is in critical condition.The injured policeman is said to be critical and is receiving "excellent care", Chicago Police chief communications officer Anthony Guglielmi said on Twitter.Guglielmi further said that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson were monitoring the incident at Public Safety headquarters.Federal Bureau of Investigation is also assisting the local authorities in the case. Heavy law enforcement has been deployed at the hospital.As many as 15 medic units have been sent to the hospital, Chicago Fire Department Public Information Officer Larry Merritt stated.
5 train robbers held in Delhi
Five notorious train robbers, who used to target trains operating from the national capital, have been arrested, a police officer said here on Monday.
Sen's Rs 95 lakh harassment payout not taxable: Tribunal
The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) passed an order in favour of Sushmita Sen, ruling the Rs 95 lakh that the actor received from beverages maker Coca Cola for settling a sexual harassment complaint would not be classified as an 'income'. According to a November 14 order, the tribunal accepted the actor's contention that the sum is a "capital gain" and not an income which attracts tax. It also did away with a penalty of Rs 31.35 lakh that was slapped on her for concealment of this "income". The case pertains to a Rs 1.50 crore contract between Coca Cola and Sen which was ended prematurely in 2003. The former Miss Universe had received a sum of Rs 1.45 crore from Coca Cola as the final settlement. In her tax filings, the actor showed only Rs 50 lakh as "income" and the rest as extra receipts which are capital gains in nature. "The only logical deduction was that the company accepted the contention of the assessee of the alleged sexual harassment and paid the compensation to avoid .
Sohrabuddin killed with dual motive of monetary and political gains, court told
Sohrabuddin Sheikh was killed in an alleged fake encounter in 2005 with the "dual motive of political and monetary gains", the chief investigating officer (CIO) in the case told a special court here Monday. CIO Amitabh Thakur also told the court that he had not found any material evidence to show who the political beneficiaries were. Sheikh, a suspected gangster with terror links, was shot dead on November 26, 2005 while he was in custody of the Gujarat Police in an alleged fake encounter. His wife Kausar Bi was also allegedly killed in a similar manner within a few days. Sheikh's aide Tulsi Prajapati was allegedly killed in a staged encounter by the Gujarat and the Rajasthan Police in December 2006. "It is correct to say that as per the charge sheet filed in the case, there was a dual motive in the alleged encounter of Sohrabudin Sheikh. One was political and another was monetary," CIO Thakur told special court judge S J Sharma. "I have not found any material evidence to show the ...
Germany bans 18 Saudi nationals from Europe's Schengen zone
Germany has banned the entry of the 18 Saudi Arabian nationals linked with the murder of former Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Europe's border-free Schengen zone, an area comprising 26 nations which have abolished the use of passports and other border-control measures.In an interaction with the media here, Germany's foreign minister Heiko Maas informed that Germany had imposed the ban on the Saudi nationals for the area in coordination with France and Britain, reported Al Jazeera. France is part of the Schengen area, while Britain is not."As before, there are more questions than answers in this case, with the crime itself and who is behind it," Maas said, referring to the 18 Saudi nationals as "allegedly connected to this crime."He further declined to disclose the names of the Saudi nationals owing to German privacy protection laws.Meanwhile, investigation in the case is underway and US President Donald Trump on Sunday said that an intelligence report on the murder of ..
HC says TN can challenge Centre's report vis-a-vis Sterlite
The Madras High Court Monday disposed of a Tamil Nadu government's plea seeking quashing of the Centre's groundwater quality report that declined to pin the blame only on Sterlite's copper unit, now closed, for pollution, saying that the state may challenge it as per law. A division bench comprising justices M M Sundresh and Krishnan Ramasamy said it was not inclined to get into the merits of the case or express any opinion. Earlier, it recorded Additional Solicitor General G Rajagopalan's submission that as per Article 131 of the Constitution, the report could be challenged only in the Supreme Court. The bench disposed of the petition noting "it is for the state to accept or disregard the report. We do not want to go into the merits of the case and express any opinion. It is open to the state to question the report in the manner known to law. Disposed of." The petition was filed by the state government in September, seeking to quash the "Ground Water Quality Report of the Central ...
Kalyan MP, Sena activists held for hurling ink at CCF
Kalyan MP Srikant Shinde was on Monday arrested along with scores of Shiv Sena activists for allegedly throwing black ink on chief conservator of forests in his office here, the police said. Police said Sena activists had taken out a morcha on the office of the CCF over burning of trees planted by the MP in Mangrul village by unidentified miscreants, a police official said. He said the Sainiks entered the office of CCF Rajendra Kadam andthrew ink, ashes and other dirt in his office and vandalised it. A case was registered under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). They were later released on bail.
6 arrested on sex charges at Toronto all-boys school
Police have arrested six students from a prestigious private all-boys Catholic school in Toronto and charged them with sexual assault related to a video that was posted on the internet. Toronto Police Inspector Dominic Sinopoli said Monday the students from St. Michael's College been charged with assault, gang sexual assault and sexual assault with a weapon. Sinopoli says police first became aware of the assault and video through the media and he says the school failed to notify police immediately. Police are investigating at least three other assaults related to hazing incidents. Those arrested are young offenders and cannot be named. St. Michael's expelled eight students and suspended another in connection with at least two incidents that allegedly took place on campus and were captured on video.
Sri Lanka removes top Rajapakse investigator amid crisis
Sri Lanka's president ordered the removal of a police chief investigating alleged crimes by the family and associates of his preferred candidate for prime minister Mahinda Rajapakse, officials said Monday. The Indian Ocean nation has been paralysed since October 26 when President Maithripala Sirisena controversially sacked prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and replaced him with former rival Rajapakse. Wickremesinghe insists he is still prime minister, leading to a constitutional deadlock in the Indian Ocean nation. In the latest twist in the ongoing crisis, Chief Inspector Nishantha Silva was transferred from the Criminal Investigation Department on Sunday as he pursued inquiries into the close family and allies of Rajapakse, an official told AFP. Since sacking Wickremesinghe, Sirisena has taken the police under his direct control. Silva investigated the killing of 11 children between 2008-2009 and had secured an arrest order last week against the country's top military official ...
Uttarakhand: Police nab four for allegedly raping minor girl
The Uttarakhand Police on Monday arrested four people for allegedly raping a minor girl in Sahaspur district.According to police, one of the accused befriended the victim and raped her along with his three other friends, following which the police took four of them into custody."The girl was initially afraid of coming forward and narrating her ordeal as she belongs to a poor family. It was much later that she filed a complaint in which she mentioned that the four boys had raped her, one of whom befriended her a few days back. We have arrested all four of them," Nivedita Kukreti, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dehradun, told ANI.Rape incidents against minors are on a rise in the state of Uttarakhand. In September, nine people were arrested for allegedly raping a Class X student.
Youth accused of raping, murdering toddler in Gurugram held in Uttar Pradesh
A youth accused of raping and murdering a three-year-old girl was arrested from Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh, a senior police official said on Monday.
Quashed FIR against BJP MP Anurag Thakur by mistake: SC
The Supreme Court Monday said it had quashed an FIR against BJP MP Anurag Thakur and others in a case related to alleged encroachment of land for the construction of the Dharamshala cricket stadium by "mistake". A bench of justices A K Sikri and S A Nazeer was told by the counsel appearing for former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh, who has been arrayed as a respondent in the case filed by the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA), that the November 2 order of the top court should be recalled first. On November 2, the apex court had quashed two FIRs against Thakur, his father and former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal and others in two separate cases -- one related to alleged irregularities in granting land on lease for the construction of the Dharamshala cricket stadium and another pertaining to alleged encroachment of government land. Senior advocate P S Patwalia, appearing for Thakur and others, told the bench that there was no need to recall
9 held for killing doctor in Jahangirpuri
Nine persons, including a juvenile, were held for allegedly killing a 57-year-old doctor in Northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri area, police said Monday. The accused were identified as Rizwan alias Rizu, Vishal Rawat alias Bunty, Sandhya Rawat, Raju Rawat, Afroz, residents of Bhalswa Dairy, Rizwan alias Nasty, Ammar, Riyasat and a juvenile compounder, residents of Jahangirpuri, they added. On November 12, a 57-year-old doctor Mukim Ahmad Iqbal was strangled to death, officials said, adding that the doctor was robbed off more than Rs 5 lakh to 6 lakh in cash and jewelery worth another Rs 5 lakh to 6 lakh. The crime took place when his daughter, a school teacher, left home at around 7.30 am, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northwest) Aslam Khan said. On Friday, Vishal Rawat was arrested. He confessed to the crime and shed light on the conspiracy, police said. Ammar and the juvenile compounder played the role of informers, while Nasty, Rijju and Vishal executed the robbery-cum-killing at the ..
MP: EC registers poll code violation case against ABVP workers
The Election Commission in Madhya Pradesh has registered a case of poll code violation against two workers of the ABVP for "mobilising" girl students of a university without its permission to attend the rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Shahdol last week, a top officer said Monday. The Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) is affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and participates in joint activities with BJP's official youth wing, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. Madhya Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) VL Kantha Rao told reporters that the EC took cognisance of a complaint as well as media reports while registering the case. "The EC had received a complaint and also came across media reports that some college students attended the PM's rally in Shahdol on Friday. After examining the complaint, it was found that these girl students were mobilised by two Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) workers," Kantha Rao said. He said, "It was found that these ...
Justice Rajesh Bindal takes oath of office to J&K HC
Justice Rajesh Bindal took oath of office to the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, here Monday. The swearing-in ceremony was administered by Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court Justice Gita Mittal. The chief justice congratulated the new Judge and wished him a successful tenure. Bindal was administered the oath after the high court's Registrar General Sanjay Dhar read out the Warrant of Appointment issued by the President of India. He also read out the Letter of Authorisation issued by the governor of Jammu and Kashmir. The ceremony was attended by justices D S Thakur, Tashi Rabstan, Sanjay Kumar Gupta, Sindhu Sharma and Chief Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam, Advocate General D C Raina, Principal Secretary (home) R K Goyal, Law Secretary Abdul Majid Bhatt, Divisional Commissioner Sanjeev Verma, IGP S D Singh, Principal District and Sessions Judge, besides a number of former judges, senior advocates and officers of the registry. Justice Bindal, a senior Judge, had been appointed as .
Man ends his life by shooting self
A former district incharge of a Hindi daily apparently shot himself to death in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district on Monday, police said. Vijay Singhal, 48, committed suicide using his licensed revolver in his house, Circle Officer Ashok Kumar told PTI. The cause behind the step has not been identified yet, Kumar said, adding that the body had been sent for post-mortem. In another incident, an unidentified man is suspected to have been stoned to death in Shamli, the officer said. The body has injury marks and a bloodstained brick was found near it, he said, adding that an investigation was on. Meanwhile, in Muzaffarnagar, a 70-year-old undertrial prisoner of the district jail allegedly died after suffering from an illness, the jail superintendent said. Ishhaq was rushed to a hospital in a serious condition on Sunday evening, the official said, adding that he was declared dead on Monday.