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Bovine smuggler detained in J&K's Rajouri district
An alleged bovine smuggler was detained Monday under Public Safety Act (PSA) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior police officer said. Mohammad Amin, a resident of Badhoon village, has been booked and detained under PSA on the orders of district magistrate, senior superintendent of police, Rajouri, Yougal Manhas said. "Amin was found involved in bovine smuggling and thus threatening the peaceful atmosphere forcing authorities to detain him under the PSA," he said. The SSP said Amin was accused in four separate FIRs registered in Rajouri Police Station since last year. "A dossier for his detention was submitted to the district magistrate, who in turn issued the order which was implemented today," Manhas said. Amin has been lodged in Central Jail Kot Bhalwal in Jammu. He is the second bovine smuggler detained under PSA in the district in the last week. On November 14, Khadam Hussain of Behrote village of Thanamandi had been detained for his repeated involvement in cases of
Malegaon case: SC asks Bombay HC to hear Purohit's plea on sanction to prosecute
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Bombay High Court to hear on November 21 a plea of Lt. Col. Prasad Shrikant Purohit, one of the accused in the 2008 Malegaon bast case, that he was being prosecuted for terror charges under the stringent UAPA without any valid sanction. The apex court had, on April 20 this year, granted Purohit the liberty to raise the issue of grant of sanction to prosecute him under the Unlawful Aactivities (Prevention) Act before the trial court at the time of framing of charges. However, the trial court had rejected Purohit's plea on sanction and had framed charges against him. Senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for Purohit, old a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Monday that the trial court had framed charges against him without properly considering his plea that there was no valid sanction to prosecute him. The bench, also comprising justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph, asked the High Court to deal with Purohit's plea on November 21. "The ...
SC to hear on Nov 26 Zakia's plea against clean chit to Modi in Gujarat riots
The Supreme Court Monday deferred till November 26 the hearing on a plea filed by Zakia Jafri challenging the clean chit given by the Special Investigating Team (SIT) to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in connection with 2002 riots in Gujarat when he was the chief minister. Zakia, the wife of Ehsan Jafri, an ex-MP who was killed in one of the worst incidents during the riots, has challenged the Gujarat High Court's October 5, 2017 order rejecting her plea against the SIT's decision. A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Deepak Gupta said that "the matter would take some time for detailed hearing and the plea will be heard on November 26". The court also said that it will also look into the application by social activist Teesta Setalvad on becoming a co-petitioner in Zakia's plea ahead of hearing the main case. At the outset, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi said Zakia's plea was not maintainable, and raised objection to Setalvad becoming the second petitioner in the case. "As far as ...
9 arrested in Goa after clash over religious programme
Nine persons have been arrested in Goa following a clash between two groups over installation of lights and decoration for a religious float parade being readied for a public procession, police said on Monday.
Khaleda Zia challenges 10-year prison term in orphanage graft case
Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia on Monday challenged the 10-year sentence handed out to her for embezzling funds meant for an orphanage trust in her late husband's name, claiming that she has been convicted in a "fabricated" case. A bail petition was also submitted alongside the petition seeking stay order of the jail term, reported bdnews24. On February 8, Dhaka Special Court convicted the former premier in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case and sentenced her to five years of imprisonment for embezzling 21 million Bangladeshi Taka (USD 252,504) in foreign donations meant for the Trust. Five others accused - including her son and BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman - received 10 years' imprisonment each. On October 30, the High Court doubled the jail term of Zia to 10 years. "Usually a sentence is reduced on appeal. But in Khaleda Zia's case it was increased. This is completely motivated by politics," the former premier's lawyer Kaysar Kamal was quoted as saying by
Delhi court wants Lalu's presence through video conferencing
A Delhi court on Monday sought former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad's presence through video conferencing in a money laundering case related to the 2006 IRCTC hotels maintenance contract.
HC quashes FIR filed against Damania on ex-minister Khadse's complaint
The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court Monday quashed an FIR filed on a complaint by BJP leader and former minister Eknath Khadse against anti-corruption activist Anjali Damania. A division bench of Justices T V Nalawade and V V Kankanwadi allowed a petition filed by Damania, seeking to quash the FIR registered against her on charges of criminal conspiracy and trespassing. Khadse had earlier this year filed two complaints at the Muktainagar police station in Maharashtra's Jalgaon district, alleging that Damania used fake documents to frame him under corruption charges. In the First Information Reports (FIRs), Khadse claimed that Damania had paid money to a woman to trespass into his house and office premises in Muktainagar and plant documents in a bid to frame him. The former minister had also alleged that Damania submitted false affidavits in a public interest litigation filed against him by her in the Bombay High Court in December 2016. Khadse further alleged that Damania had
Lalu fails to appear in court in fodder scam case due to ill-health
RJD president and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad could not appear before a special CBI court due to ill-health on Monday for the hearing of a fodder scam case, his counsel said. However, former MPs Jagdish Sharma and R K Rana and three ex-IAS officers, who were also accused in the RC 47/A fodder scam case, appeared before Special CBI judge Pradeep Kumar. The case pertains to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 139.35 crore from Doranda Treasury in the 1990s. "Jagdish Sharma, R K Rana, ex-IAS officers Phool Chand Singh, Mahesh Prasad and Beck Julius appeared before the court. Lalu Prasad could not appear because of illness," said Prasad's counsel Prabhat Kumar, who was present in the court. Prasad, who was convicted in four fodder scam cases, is in jail custody. He, however, is under treatment for various ailments at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) here. Prasad's health condition has deteriorated of late due to a festering boil on his right leg and his sugar level and ...
HC grants time to UIDAI to file response on plea raising concern over Aadhaar data security
The Delhi High Court on Monday granted four more weeks to the UIDAI to file its response on a plea raising concerns about Aadhaar data security and privacy of individuals, in the wake of reported leak of personal information of people from the Unique Identification Authority of India's (UIDAI) database. A bench of justices S Ravindra Bhat and Prateek Jalan listed the matter for further hearing on February 14 next year after giving more time to UIDAI to respond to the petition. The court had earlier issued notice and sought reply of the authorities on the plea which also urged the court to direct the Centre to either allow people to opt out of the system or delete the entire existing UIDAI data in view of alleged security breaches. During the day's hearing, UIDAI's counsel sought some time to place its reply which was allowed by the court. The petitioner, Kerala-based lawyer Shamnad Basheer, has alleged in his plea that there were several breaches of the Aadhaar system leading to ...
Koregaon-Bhima case: Digvijay Singh on Pune police radar
Pune police are likely to question senior Congressman and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh whose name had come up in the ongoing probe into the Koregaon-Bhima case almost three months ago, officials said here on Monday.
Case filed against 4 IIT professors under SC/ST Atrocities Act
A case has been registered here against four Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) professors under the SC/ST Atrocities Act, an official said on Monday.
CRPF jawan on poll duty shoots self in C'garh's Raipur
A CRPF jawan Monday allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with the service rifle of a colleague in poll-bound Chhattisgarh's Raipur district, police said. Constable Rajiv Kumar Singh (37), belonging to the 148th battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force, shot himself with his colleague's AK-47 rifle at around 12:20 pm in the premises of Kabir Nagar police station, an official told PTI. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where authorities declared him dead on arrival, the official said. Singh, a native of Jamunipur village of Uttar Pradesh's Chandauli district, was on poll duty in the state where the second phase of voting will be held on Tuesday. A case has been registered and a probe was underway to find out the reason why Singh took this step, the official added.
Muzaffarpur horror: Five girls, not two, died in shelter home
The Central Bureau of Investigation has discovered that five minor girls, and not two as reported earlier, died in a shelter home in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district.
Will direct states to implement draft witness protection scheme: SC
The Supreme Court on Monday said that it would direct all the states to implement the draft witness protection scheme framed by the Centre in consultation with the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA). Attorney General K K Venugopal told a bench of justices A K Sikri and S Abdul Nazeer that the draft scheme, which has now been finalised, would be made into a law "in due course", but till then the court should direct the states to start implementing it. "We will pass an order. We will give directions to all the states to start implementing it (scheme)," the bench told Venugopal. The issue of witness protection scheme had cropped up earlier when the top court was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking protection for witnesses in rape cases involving self-styled preacher Asaram Bapu. During the hearing on Monday, advocate Gaurav Agrawal, assisting the court as an amicus curiae in the matter, told the bench that the government has finalised the draft witness protection ...
Purohit to get copy of photos, videos of Malegaon blast site
A special NIA court here Monday directed that a copy of photographs and videos pertaining to the 2008 Malegoan blast be provided to Lt. Col. Prasad Shrikant Purohit, who is one of the accused in the case. Purohit, in an application filed last week, had asked the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court to give him copies of photographs and videos related to the incident to prepare his defence. During the argument on Monday, the prosecution objected to his plea, saying no other accused had asked for these documents and that this was a delay tactic. However, special judge V S Padalkar directed the court registrar to provide a copy of the photographs and videos of the incident to Purohit. The matter was then adjourned till November 21. The photographs and videos are part of the charge sheets submitted by the prosecution in the case. The special court had on October 30 framed terror charges against Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and five other accused in the 2008 Malegaon ...
Nissan accuses chief Ghosn of misconduct, proposes firing him
Nissan on Monday accused its chairman Carlos Ghosn of "significant acts of misconduct" including underreporting his income and said it would propose his dismissal, after media reports he would be arrested in Tokyo. In a statement, the carmaker said it had been conducting its own probe into Ghosn, who was reportedly being questioned by Tokyo prosecutors on Monday, after a whiste-blower report, and had uncovered misconduct going back several years.
Three buses parked in Ranchi Municipal Corporation depot catch fire
Three buses parked in a Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) depot caught fire on Monday, police said.
Constable injured in firing incident at J&K DGP's official residence: Officials
A policeman was injured in an incident of firing at the official residence of the Director General of Police here though it's not yet clear whether he accidentally shot himself or was fired at, officials said Monday. "Constable Subash Chander from Noushera was injured in the firing incident at the DGP's official residence at Bikram Chowk here," a police officer told PTI. He said Chander was rushed to the GMC Hospital, where his condition is stated to be critical. "We cannot say whether it is a case of accidental fire or suicide. His rifle was lying close to him," the officer said. He said that DGP Dilbagh Singh had not shifted to his official residence as yet. Police have registered a case and started investigation, he added.
2002 Gujarat riots: SC defers hearing on Zakia Jafri's plea till Nov 26
The Supreme Court Monday deferred till November 26 hearing on the plea of Zakia Jafri challenging the clean chit given by the Special Investigating Team (SIT) to Narendra Modi, who was then Gujarat Chief Minister, in connection with the 2002 post-Godhra riots. Zakia, the wife of Ehsan Jafri, an ex-MP who was killed in one of the worst incidents during the riots, has challenged the Gujarat High Court's October 5, 2017 order rejecting her plea against the SIT's decision. A bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar said, "The matter will take some time for hearing. The plea will be heard on November 26". At the outset, senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi appearing for the SIT, said Zakia's plea was not maintainable and social activist Teesta Setalvad cannot be the second petitioner in the case. The bench said it will look into the application before hearing the matter on making Setalvad as the second petitioner in Jafri's plea. During the previous hearing, Jafri's counsel had said that notice ...
Rakesh Asthana case: Investigating officer moves SC against his transfer
Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Manish Kumar Sinha, who was leading the team probing Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Director Rakesh Asthana's case, moved Supreme Court against his transfer to Nagpur and pleaded a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the case on Monday.Sinha alleged that he was unjustly transferred to Nagpur in the wee hours of October 24 as his investigation was leading towards certain influential people. His application terms the transfer "arbitrary, motivated and malafide" and one that is made "solely with the purpose and intent to victimise the officer as the investigation revealed cogent evidence against certain powerful persons."The Apex Court denied listing the matter and asked Sinha's lawyer to be present in court on Tuesday when the main matter comes up for hearing instead.In his application, Sinha claimed that there is a "deliberate, concerted attempt to change the course of investigation of the said FIR, there is reasonable ...