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Indian killed in US was to visit Telangana for mom's birthday

A 61-year-old Indian, who was allegedly shot dead in the US by a teenager, was planning to visit Medak district in Telangana for the birthday celebrations of his 95-year-old mother on November 28, but she is yet to be informed of the death, his relatives said Sunday. Sunil Edla was shot to death last Thursday outside his apartment in New Jersey by a 16-year-old boy, local police said adding they found Edla's body with gunshot wounds lying on the pavement. Edla's nephew G Suvan told PTI over phone from Medak that the incident was 'shocking' and the victim's family members, including his mother have not been informed of his death. "His (Edla's) mother stays with us and she has not been informed about his death. Sunil had last left for the US in December 2016," Suvan said. On Friday, Suvan got the information that Edla had been killed. "We had initially thought of bringing the body to India, but my uncle's son informed that the funeral will be performed in New Jersey on ...

Delhi Police arrests former top CCRT officials in scholarship scam

The Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested a former director and a deputy director of the Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) for their alleged involvement in a scholarship scam worth over Rs 50 lakh, police said Sunday. The CCRT, an autonomous organisation under the Union Ministry of Culture, provides scholarships to young children in the age group of 10 to 14 years in various artistic fields at the national-level. G C Joshi (60) was the director of the CCRT from 2011 to July 2018 while deputy director (finance) Anil Kohli (60) retired from his post in April 2018, police said. With their arrest, police claimed to have arrested 13 accused including an ex-employee of the department in connection with the scam that ran for more than two years in connivance with CCRT officers. A senior police officer said the accused persons had peculated more than Rs 50 lakh of government money between 2015 and 2017 in the name of providing scholarships. The matter came to notice in ...

Doctor manhandled, hospital vandalized after death of a six-yr-old boy

Agitated over the death of their six-year-old son, bereaved parents and their supporters Sunday allegedly vandalized a private hospital and manhandled one of its doctors, the police said. Police had to intervene and whisk away the doctor to the police station for his safety, said SHO Jatinderjit Singh of the Phagwara city police station. The doctor was manhandled, he said. Puran Singh, a resident of Mansa Devi Nagar near here, told police and newsmen that his son Harminder Singh had died due to "negligence" in treatment by the doctor of the private hospital at Hargobindnagar. Agitated parents and their supporters first refused to take the body to mortuary, demanding action against the "erring" doctor. They agreed to take the body to the mortuary only after the SHO assured them that he would do the needful. They also demanded that a board of doctors should conduct post-mortem of their son and it should be video-graphed. Harminder was hospitalised after he complained of pain, said his ..

Gold bars seized from woman at airport in Hyderabad

:Five gold bars worth Rs 15 lakh were seized from a NRI woman passenger at the international airport here, CISF officials said Sunday. The woman was about to board a Mumbai-bound flight when her bag aroused the suspicion of a CISF woman constable who sent it for an intensive check, the officials said. The check yielded the five gold bars, each weighing 100 gm, and the passenger had no supporting documents, they said. On enquiry, it was revealed that the NRI lives in the US with her parents and wanted to give the gold as a gift to her father-in-law who also resides there, the CISF officials said adding that she had come to India on November 15.

Trump sees 'no reason' to listen to audio recording of Khashoggi killing

"It was very violent, very vicious and terrible"

SC turns down petition on appointment of officers in Apex Court

The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking direction to the Central government for proper implementation of Article 146 of the Constitution. The said article deals with the appointments of officers and servants of the Supreme Court.A three-judge bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Ranjan Gogoi observed that the petition lacked merit and hence dismissed the same."The petition is devoid of merits and substance. We are dismissing it," observed the three-judge bench of the Apex Court that also comprised Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and K M Joseph on Friday.Advocate Debashish Misra representing the petitioner requested the apex court to direct the Central government to properly implement the Article 146 of the Indian Constitution.

Cow vigilantes stop truck carrying buffalo calves, stab one

Unidentified men who claimed to be cow protectors intercepted a truck carrying buffalo calves and stabbed one person in Ramol area here late Saturday night, police said. Zahir Qureshi, the victim, was admitted in the civil hospital here. The truck, driven by Mustafa Sipai, was transporting 30 buffalo calves to Bharuch from Deesa when four-five persons wielding sticks tried to stop it, saying they were 'gau rakshaks', Qureshi, who was travelling as driver's assistant, said in his police complaint. "When the driver pulled over after seeing a police vehicle in the distance, two persons came on a motorcycle and stabbed Qureshi while Sipai managed to escape," an official of Ramol police station said. An FIR was lodged against unknown persons under IPC section 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt), he said. Yogirajsinh Gohil, member of an outfit called Lok Rashak Dal, lodged a counter-complaint against Sipai and Qureshi, alleging that they were carrying buffalo calves ...

Punjab IAS officer's father-in-law shot dead

IAS officer Varun Roojam's father-in-law was reportedly shot dead by unidentified persons near Rajpura in Punjab's Patiala district Sunday, police said. The bullet-ridden body of Swarn Singh (65) was found in his car, they said. The incident took place at around 11:30 am near Uksi village. The victim was returning after paying obeisance at a Gurdwara, police said. Patiala Deputy Superintendent of Police Sukhminder Singh Chauhan said Singh's body had three gunshot marks. He said the investigation was underway.

Absconder held in J-K's Doda after eight years

A criminal wanted in three separate cases of house trespassing and theft was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district on Sunday, police said. Javed Ahmad was arrested by a special police team from Gandoh area of the district, they said, adding he had been evading arrest for the last eight years. Ahmad was wanted in three separate cases registered against him in police station Bani in Kathua district. He was charged with house trespassing and theft in all the three cases registered against him in 2010 and 2013 and declared absconder by a local court in Bani, the police said.

Two-yr-old girl kidnapped, raped in Delhi; 1 arrested

A two-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped by a man, who then left her near the railway tracks of Old Delhi Railway Station, police said on Sunday. The accused, a 24-year-old drug addict, was arrested Sunday morning, they said. The girl was allegedly kidnapped by the accused on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday while she was sleeping with her mother on a footpath in a north Delhi area, a senior police officer. Around 2.30 am on Saturday, the woman found her daughter missing and started looking for her. As the search did not bear fruit, the woman approached police around 10 am on Saturday following which a kidnapping case was registered, he said. Around afternoon, police learnt a baby girl had been admitted to a hospital in central Delhi and subsequently, she was identified as the one who was kidnapped, the official said. It was revealed that she had been sexually assaulted and the accused dumped her near the railway tracks from where she was rescued by a team of .

Painting found in Romania studied as possibly stolen

Romanian prosecutors are investigating whether a painting by Pablo Picasso that was snatched from a museum in the Netherlands six years ago has turned up in Romania. Four Romanians were convicted of stealing Picasso's "Tete d'Arlequin" and six other valuable paintings from the Kunsthal gallery in Rotterdam. One of them, Olga Dogaru, told investigators she burned the paintings in her stove to protect her son, the alleged leader of the 2012 heist. She later retracted the statement. Romania's Directorate for the Investigation of Organised Crime and Terrorism said Sunday it was examining the circumstances of a painting a fiction writer said she found under a tree after receiving an anonymous tip. The work, purported to be the stolen Picasso, was given to the Dutch embassy in Romania on Saturday.

2 drug peddlers arrested with 70 kg of narcotics

Two suspected drug peddlers were arrested here with 70 kg of narcotics worth Rs 3 lakh, police said Sunday. The incident took place in Mujheda village which comes under the jurisdiction of Miranpur police station. Acting on a tip-off, a police team led by SHO K P Singh intercepted a car and seized 70 kg of narcotics, SSP Sudhir Kumar. Devender Kumar and Bhagat Singh were arrested, he said, adding that one country-made pistol was also recovered. A case was registered under relevant sections of the IPC and the NDPS Act, he said.

699 kg ganja seized, 4 held in West Bengal

The police seized a total of 699 kg ganja from two places in Alipurduar district on Sunday and arrested four persons for smuggling the contraband, a police officer said. The first lot of ganja, packed in 55 packets and weighing around 681 kg, was seized from a container truck at Pakriguri near the Assam-West Bengal border in the early hours on Sunday, the officer said. The driver of the container truck has been arrested, the Superintendent of Police (SP) of Alipurduar district, Sunil Yadav, said. The container truck was travelling to Patna in Bihar from Agartala in Tripura via West Bengal, he said. The SP also said that another police team seized 18 kg ganja and arrested three youths for smuggling the contraband. They were arrested from Monojit Nag bus stand on Sunday, he added.

Operation to attach ex-minister Manju Verma's properties ends

The Bihar Police Sunday concluded its two-day operation to attach properties of former state minister Manju Verma, who's evading arrest in an Arms Act case filed by the CBI while probing the Muzaffarpur shelter home scandal. The exercise to attach Verma's property in Arjuntola village on Sunday was led by Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Suryadeo Kumar. Police attached 16 articles on Sunday, while 109 articles were seized on Saturday, the SDPO said. Armed with a court order, a police team led by Superintendent of Police Awakash Kumar had initiated the process of attaching Verma's property in Arjuntola village here on Saturday. Police had handed over a list of the seized articles to Verma's brother-in-law, Hemant Verma, on Saturday. "The operation to attach the property of Manju Verma in the Arjuntola area ended on Sunday," the SDPO said. Police had removed the grill, doors, door frames of a house belonging to her while carrying out the attachment process on Saturday. All articles .

Serbian former jewel-thief pens memoirs

A former professional Serbian basketball player turned international criminal on Sunday launched her book "Pink Panther," which recounts her experience as part of a criminal organization that Interpol claims stole over $500 million worth of precious gems in 35 countries.

Congress attacks Khattar over his comments on rape cases

The Congress Sunday attacked Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar over his comments on rape cases and claimed "misogyny" had become a buzzword of the BJP leadership and his remarks exposed the ruling party leaders' "Talibani thought process". Khattar had claimed Friday that in 80-90 per cent rape and harassment cases the accused and the victim knew each other for a long time and added the cases of rapes were registered due to an argument between them. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala claimed the BJP leader had earlier said that if women wanted freedom, they should walk around naked and he sought an apology from the chief minister. "Misogyny has become a buzzword of the BJP leadership. Humiliating India's daughters and women has become a characteristic style of BJP leaders. The Talibani thought process of BJP leadership, particularly Manohar Lal Khattar, got exposed," he told reporters. There was no immediate response from the BJP to the Congress' ...

Woman arrested for supplying contraband

A 32-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly supplying drugs from southeast Delhi's Taimoor Nagar area, police said Sunday. The accused was identified as Hasina Begum, a resident of Taimoor Nagar, they said. Police received information regarding supply of heroin in Taimur Nagar, Khirjrabad village and Delhi/NCR, Deputy Commissioner of Police (southeast) Chinmoy Biswal said. On Friday, police laid a trap near a drain in Taimoor Nagar and at around 4.45 pm, a woman was apprehended with 265 grams of heroin, he said. During interrogation, she disclosed that her brother-in-law Maidul also used to peddle drugs. Her husband and in-laws would support her in the crime, the DCP added.

Varavara Rao sent to police custody till Nov 26

A Sessions Court in Pune on Sunday sent activist Varavara Rao to police custody till November 26 in connection with the Elgaar Parishad case. The event organized by the Parishad to commemorate 200 years of the Bhima Koregaon battle allegedly resulted in the spate of violence in Pune in January this year.Rao was under the extended house arrest granted by the Hyderabad High Court in the aforesaid case. However, his house-arrest ended on Saturday, following which he was arrested by the Pune Police from his residence in Telangana's capital Hyderabad.Rao was among five activists, including Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira and Gautam Navlakha who were detained on August 28 from various cities for their alleged involvement in the Elgaar Parishad event.Rao had been put under the house arrest in Hyderabad, following an order by the Supreme Court in August. After several hearings in the matter, the apex court on September 28 turned down the request to set up a Special ...

Father-in-law of IAS officer shot dead

The police have launched an investigation after the father-in-law of a senior IAS officer was shot dead by unidentified persons near Punjab's Rajpura town, around 45 km from here, police said on Sunday.

Man arrested for posting wife's number on porn site, messaging her offensive content

A 38-year-old man, accused of sending obscene pictures and messages to his wife and posting her phone number on porn websites, was arrested here Sunday, police said. The man worked as an associate consultant for recruitment in a private firm in Sector 3 here and his wife had approached police on Tuesday, levelling the allegations against him, they said. "The man and the woman had got married in 2011. It was a love marriage. However, for the past 10 months they were not staying together," Station House Officer of the Sector 20 police station Manoj Kumar Pant said. Assessing the case from the gathered screenshots of the wife's phone, police started the probe and it appeared that he had a "criminal mindset", he said. "The accused was absconding since the case was registered on November 13. We were conducting raids to track him down. On a tip-off that the accused has come to his house in E Block of Sector 27 on Sunday, we nabbed him," Pant said. Two mobile phones were seized from his ...