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Judge allows Mueller case against Russian company to proceed
A federal judge has refused to dismiss a special counsel indictment against a Russian company accused of interfering in the 2016 presidential election. The decision by U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich, an appointee of President Donald Trump, allows the criminal case against Concord Management to proceed. The company and two other entities were indicted in February for participating in an effort to sway American public opinion through social media posts ahead of the election. Thirteen Russians were also charged. Lawyers for the company argued, among other things, that the indictment failed to accuse the company of knowingly breaking the law. Friedrich rejected that analysis in a 32-page opinion Thursday, the latest legal conclusion by a judge to affirm charges brought by special counsel Robert Mueller.
Mastermind of Chhawla bank dacoity-cum-killing arrested
The main conspirator of the Chhawla bank dacoity-cum-killing was arrested on Thursday from Dwarka, police said Thursday. The accused has been identified as Lagan Sharma, a resident of Najafgarh, they said. On October 12, police received a call regarding a dacoity in Corporation Bank in Khaira village. They were told that six armed men entered the bank and fired at the cashier, Anto Alphonse, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka), said. The accused looted Rs 3.16 lakh and fled with the gun of the guard, he said. The injured cashier succumbed to his injuries at a hospital. On Thursday, police received a tip off that Lagan Sharma, the mastermind of the crime, would come to Dwarka. They laid a trap and arrested him at around 2:30 pm from near Dhulsiras Chowk, the DCP said.
HC upholds anti-dumping duty rule prescribing time limit for probe
The Madras High Court has upheld a provision in the anti-dumping duty (ADD) rules that fix a time-limit for investigation in connection with the dumping of goods in India by exporters of other countries. A division bench of Justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad passed the order on writ appeals by Saint Gobain India Private Limited, a manufacturer in India, challenging the notification issued by the Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties of the Union Ministry of Commerce on April 10, 2017 extending the period of review of anti-dumping duty. The bench said if the time taken for review under the provision (rule 22) was longer than the original investigation, "then it would allow the foreign exporter to dump goods into India, on the basis of provisional assessment, thereby affecting domestic industry". "Besides, the exporter can manipulate prices and create documents if the period of investigation under the rule was not shorter than the original investigation and the .
Man held with 2,400 gelatin rods, detonators in UP
A man was arrested with 2,400 gelatin rods, 4,500 meter detonating fuses and 500 electronic detonators in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur district on Thursday, police said. The accused was identified as Vishesh Kesarwani, they said. He was arrested from near Harihara culvert in Mirzapur's Madihan area following a tip off, they said. Police said a probe is underway to ascertain the links of the accused.
Dabholkar was killed to create 'terror': CBI tells court
The CBI told a court here Thursday that it invoked terror charges against the accused in the Narendra Dabholkar murder case as the crime was committed to create "terror" in society and among social activists. Having invoked sections 15 (terror act) and 16 (punishment for terror act) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), the agency prayed to the court for an extension of 90 days to file charge sheet against two accused, Sachin Andure and Sharad Kalaskar. The initial 90-day period for filing the supplementary charge sheet against five of the six accused arrested in the case, including Andure and Kalaskar, is getting over on November 18. The CBI filed a charge sheet against the sixth accused in 2016. Andure and Kalaskar were allegedly the shooters who killed Dabholkar, a well-known anti-superstition activist, in Pune on August 20, 2013. In its application before Judicial Magistrate (First Class) S M A Sayyad, the CBI said Dabholkar's murder was "well-planned and ...
Man held for cyber fraud in Noida
An absconding man, who had allegedly duped several people by promising to double their money if they clicked on advertisements on a particular website, has been arrested by the Noida Police, officials said Thursday. Accused Shivdutt Sharma, 35, who was on the run for more than 16 months, was picked up from Bulandshahr by a joint team of Sector 58 Police Station and the Noida Cyber Cell, they said. Sharma along with his five partners Ajay Gupta, Deepak Rajput, Manoj Gupta, Naveen and Nirmit Gupta had floated a fake company whose office was set up in Sector 62 of the city, police said. "Sharma and his partners would tell gullible people about their company which doubled people's money in just two to three months. They told the targets that the method was simple and one was required to just click on advertisements on the website to earn the money," Station House Officer, Sector 58, Pankaj Rai said. "On one account there would be 70 clicks available and each click could earn them Rs 7. ...
Dancer held for robbery, wanted money to splurge on girlfriends
A 21-year-old dancer was arrested from southeast Delhi for allegedly snatching money from an auto driver to splurge on his girlfriends, police said Thursday. The accused was identified as Rohan Gill alias Sunny. He is a resident of Govindpuri, they said. The incident took place on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, when the auto driver, Rahul, was counting cash in his auto while waiting for passengers at Govindpuri Chowk. The accused allegedly snatched Rahul's wallet and ran away with it, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) Chinmoy Biswal said. Rahul raised an alarm and Gill was caught by a nearby patrolling team after a chase, he said. Police recovered the wallet containing Rs 1,900 and a mobile phone from the accused. During interrogation, Gill told the police that he had three girlfriends and to make easy money he started stealing, Biswal said. He is a history-sheeter and has been arrested four times since December 2017, the police said.
Suspected swine flu death in city
A 49-year-old woman at a private hospital here died Thursday because of swine flu, sources at the medical establishment said. However, there was no official confirmation from the state health department if the death was because of the H1N1 influenza. "Mousumi Misra (49), a resident of Salt Lake, died because of septic shock with multiple organ failure, due to H1N1 influenza and bacterial pneumonitis," the death certificate issued by the city-based hospital read. Misra was admitted to the hospital last month, the sources said.
Khashoggi murder: US hits 17 Saudis with sanctions
The United States on Thursday placed punishing economic sanctions on 17 Saudis allegedly involved in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, including top aides of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The sanctions were declared after Riyadh's public prosecutor announced that five officials face a possible death sentence in the case but exculpated the prince. "The Saudi officials we are sanctioning were involved in the abhorrent killing of Jamal Khashoggi. These individuals who targeted and brutally killed a journalist who resided and worked in the United States must face consequences for their actions," said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. The sanctions came amid widespread anger among Saudi allies over the killing and dismemberment of Khashoggi on October 2 in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Khashoggi, 59, was a veteran Saudi journalist who wrote for the Washington Post and other international media. He had become one of the leading public critics of Prince Mohammed, ...
Drug supplier arrested by Delhi Police
A suspected drug supplier carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 has been arrested by the special cell of Delhi Police, a senior police official said Thursday. The arrested person, identified as Ashfaq Khan, has been evading arrest since February, he said. The special cell has busted several drug cartels this year and seized huge consignments of heroin. Earlier this year, police had arrested three persons -- Ram Nath, Virender Pal Singh and Parvej Khan -- and seized five kg of heroin from their possession, the official said. A case was registered and during interrogation, the three arrested persons disclosed that they had brought heroin from West Bengal on the instance of Ashfaq, a native of Bareilly, he said. Based on a tip-off, a police team was deployed in Bareilly's Behra village on November 13 and Ashfaq was held. In Behra village, growing opium for medicinal purposes was legal, but after a ban was imposed on cultivation of opium in Badaun and Bareilly districts, Ashfaq started procuring
Woman arrested for beating, robbing 4-yr-old girl inside lift
A woman has been arrested for allegedly beating up a four-year-old girl brutally and robbing her inside the lift of a residential building in suburban Trombay, police said Thursday. The incident came to light Wednesday after CCTV footage of the incident was aired by some websites. Rizwana Begum, the accused, was arrested the same day under IPC section 394 (voluntarily causing hurt while committing robbery), a senior police official said. In the 2-minute-long video, the woman is seen brutally thrashing the girl who is crying in pain. Begum allegedly snatched away the girl's ear-rings, the official said. Police recovered them from Begum after she was arrested. Further probe is on.
43-year-old businessman commits suicide in south Delhi's Mehrauli
A 43-year-old businessman who was apparently in a strained relationship with his wife and suffering losses in business allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with a pistol in south Delhi's Mehrauli on Thursday, police said. The incident occurred at 4 pm on Thursday, they said. Investigations revealed that Amit Gupta, a resident of Mehrauli, self-inflicted a gun shot on his temporal area following which he sustained two injuries on his head, they added. Gupta was taken to Fortis Hospital in Vasant Kunj by his brother where he was declared brought dead, Additional Commissioner of Police (south) Vijayanta Arya said. She said that no suicide note was recovered from Gupta. However, police suspects that his strained relationship with his wife and losses in his business might have forced him to take this extreme step, they said. Police said Gupta was involved in business relating to building materials. The ACP said that a country-made pistol and a live cartridge was seized from the .
Nigerian student killed in road accident in Greater Noida
A 33-year-old Nigerian student was killed when an unidentified vehicle rammed into his scooter in Greater Noida, police said Thursday. Emanuel, who was staying in Greater Noida and studying at a private university, died in the accident near the Grand Venice Mall close to Pari Chowk late Wednesday night, a police officer said. "He had gone to drop his brother somewhere. The incident took place when he was returning in the night on his scooter," a police official said. A case has been registered and the body sent for post-mortem, said Nishank Sharma, circle officer, Greater Noida 1. The Nigerian Embassy had been informed about the incident and a probe was underway to identify the culprits, officials said.
TN has not understood essence of groundwater report: Centre tells HC
The Centre Thursday informed the Madras High Court that the Tamil Nadu government has not understood properly the essence of its 'Groundwater Quality Report' released after assessing water quality in and around the area where the Sterlite Copper Industry was located in Tuticorin. The conclusions arrived at by the Central Groundwater Board (CGWB) has not ruled out pollution by the Sterlite Copper Smelting Plant nor does it, at any point contradict the findings of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board investigations, CGWB regional director C Paul Prabhakar said in a counter-affidavit. The state government had approached the court seeking quashing of the groundwater quality report released in July. A division bench of justices M M Sundresh and Krishnan Ramasamy, before which the counter was filed, posted further hearing of the matter to November 19. In his counter, Paul Prabhakar submitted that "As the scientific team could not enter the premises of Sterlite Copper Industry for ...
Two cooperative society officials suspended in Punjab
Two officials of cooperative societies in Punjab have been suspended for allegedly taking bribe, officials said Thursday. The alleged erring officers were identified as Deputy Registrar of Cooperative Society Gurdaspur, Bhupinder Singh, and Inspector of the Cooperative Society of Shahpur Jajan Circle, Bhupinder Singh, said officials. The secretary of Athwal Multipurpose Agricultural Cooperative Society, Heera Singh, had levelled bribery charges against both officers and had submitted an affidavit in this regard, said Punjab Cooperation Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa. A policy of zero tolerance towards corruption would be adopted and the guilty employees would be strictly proceeded against, the minister added.
SC pulls up states, High Court for delay in filling up judges' vacancies
The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the state governments and their respective high courts for delay in filling up the vacant posts in higher and subordinate judiciary and infrastructure for the functioning of the courts.A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi reprimanded particularly Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Delhi for their inefficiency and inordinate delay in filling up vacancies of judges in high courts and subordinate courts."We want our judges, we want our judges to function. We need judges, we need court rooms, we need manpower. We will make state governments, high courts and public service commission responsible (if judges' vacancies are not filled)," CJI Gogoi said while hearing a case related to filling up of vacancies in higher and subordinate judiciary across north India.The Uttar Pradesh government informed the bench that there were 394 vacancies in the higher judicial services of which 364 vacancies have been filled till date. 125 vacancies are expected to .
Mobile phones, SIMs seized from DPIL promoters lodged in jail
Mobile phones were allegedly seized from the possession of Diamond Power Infrastructure (DPIL) promoters Amit Bhatnagar and Sumit Bhatnagar and two others at the Sabarmati Jail here, officials said Thursday. The Bhatnagar brothers, arrested in a case of alleged bank fraud, are lodged in High Security Yard of the jail alongwith Mumbai-based jeweller Birju Salla and Kishorsinh Rathod, son of former MLA Bhavsinh Rathod. Senior jail official Aslam Qureshi said a surprise search was conducted Wednesday evening in their barrack. "We recovered two mobiles and four SIM cards from their possession. We also found two hands-free headphones and a memory card," he added. An FIR was lodged against the four accused at Ranip police station under IPC section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) and under the Prisons Act, said inspector J G Patel. Special Operations Group (SOG) of City Crime Branch will probe how mobile phones found their way into the ...
HC rejects plea for narco test on channel CEO
The Uttarakhand High Court Thursday rejected a plea by the state police seeking its permission to conduct a narco test and brain mapping of a private news channel CEO, who allegedly pressured a subordinate to conduct sting operations on prominent politicians. Samachar Plus CEO Umesh Kumar is in judicial custody for allegedly mounting undue pressure on a subordinate to conduct sting operations on leading politicians, including the chief minister and senior bureaucrats, to dictate terms with them. A division bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Rangnathan and Justice Alok Singh rejected the plea and directed the Additional District Judge of Dehradun to decide Sharma's bail application by Friday. The high court also issued notices to Billu, Trivendra Singh Rawat's brother, and Sanjay Gupta, a friend of the CM. The two had allegedly pressured the news channel owner to conduct the sting operation. The court issued notices to the two asking them to appear before it to clarify their stand. It also .
Man killed after being hit by school van in east Delhi
A 48-year-old man died after his scooter was hit by a speeding school van, which was empty, in east Delhi's Kalyanpuri area, police said Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Rajesh Kumar, a DTC bus driver and a resident of Kalyanpuri, they said. The incident took place on Wednesday morning when Kumar was returning home on his scooter. His was head crushed under the wheel of the van, the senior police officer said. The accused, Aloknath, was arrested and a case registered in the matter, police said, adding the school van was impounded and an investigation was underway.
SC to consider on Friday report of CVC which probed CBI director Alok Verma
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Friday CBI director Alok Verma's plea challenging the government's order divesting him of his duties and sending him on leave in view of allegations of corruption against him. A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, is also likely to consider the report of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), placed before it in a sealed cover, with regard to the probe into the allegations of corruption against Verma. The bench is also likely to consider the report of acting CBI director M Nageswara Rao also filed in a sealed cover in the court with regard to the decisions taken by him from October 23-26. Besides the plea filed by Verma, the court is also seized of the PIL filed by NGO Common Cause, which has sought a probe by special investigation team against CBI officers. The court has issued notices to the Centre, CBI, CVC, special CBI director Rakesh Asthana, Verma and Rao asking them to respond to it by November 12. The CVC had on .