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Vyapam scam: CBI arrests accused Rakesh Nargave
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested Vyapam scam accused Rakesh Nargave from a village in this district.The Vyapam scam is an admission and recruitment fraudulent scheme, beginning in 1995, involving politicians, senior officials and businessmen in the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB).The admission and recruitment scam that was unearthed in 2013 pertains to alleged irregularities in the PMT-2013 examination conducted by theMPPEB, popularly known as 'Vyapam' (Vyavsayik Pariksha Mandal).Last month, a junior doctor, named Manisha Sharma, at the King George's Medical University (KGMU), who was being probed in connectionwith the Vyapam scam, died after she allegedly injected herself with an overdose of an anesthesia drug.
4 eunuchs held for dancing naked on Signature Bridge
Four eunuchs were arrested here on Thursday for dancing naked on the Signature Bridge.
Sushil Ansal deliberately concealed involvement in criminal case while seeking passport: RPO to HC
The Passport authorities on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that Sushil Ansal, convicted for the Uphaar cinema fire tragedy which claimed 59 lives, seems to have "deliberately concealed" the details of the criminal case against him while applying for the travel document. The submission was made by the Regional Passport Office (RPO) before Justice Najmi Waziri in response to his query on October 3 as to how a passport was issued in 2000, 2004 and 2013 to Ansal "when the world knew in some way or the other" about the Uphaar tragedy and that he was involved in it. The court had also asked the Ministry of External Affairs to carry out an enquiry against the passport officers who had repeatedly issued the travel document to Ansal and to submit a report before it. Answering the court's query, the passport office said it was presumed that the declaration given by Ansal in his personal particular form was true and he had no information in respect of any criminal proceedings against ...
Ensure fair system to address sexual harassment complaints at AIR: Maneka to Rathore
Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi has asked Information and Broadcasting Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore to ensure that a "sensitive and fair system" is put in place at the All India Radio (AIR) to address recent sexual harassment complaints. Several cases of alleged mishandling of sexual harassment complaints have been reported from different AIR stations in the wake of the recent #MeToo movement. As part of this movement, scores of women have spoken out about sexual harassment at workplace. In a letter to Rathore, Gandhi said, "Some of these women had complained to the appropriate authorities but no action seems to have been taken. I understand that an organisation would have a natural tendency to dismiss a casual woman employee the moment she reports sexual harassment." "I would like to submit that the Sexual Harassment at Workplace Act is equally applicable to a woman employee irrespective of her being a permanent, temporary or casual employee," she said. "I ..
Dalmia Bharat moves SC against NCALT nod to Ultratech bid for Binani Cement
The Supreme Court will hear on November 19 a plea of Dalmia Bharat group-owned Rajputana Properties Private Ltd (RPPL) challenging the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) giving its nod to UltraTech's bid for the debt-ridden Binani Cement.
1984 anti-sikh riots: Prosecution demands death for two convicts
The SIT on 1984 anti-Sikh riots Thursday sought death penalty for two persons convicted by a court here, saying that it was part of a "genocide" against members of a particular community and fell under the rarest of rare category of cases warranting the capital punishment. Additional Sessions Judge Ajay Pandey reserved for November 20 the order on the quantum of punishment to be awarded to Naresh Sherawat and Yashpal Singh for killing Hardev Singh and Avtar Singh in Mahipalpur area of South Delhi during the riots. It was the first conviction in the cases reopened by the Special Investigation Team (SIT), set up in 2015. Delhi police had closed the case in 1994 for want of evidence. However, a SIT on the riots reopened it. The SIT demand was opposed by the counsel appearing for the convicts who sought life imprisonment for his clients, the minimum for the offence of murder. During the proceedings, the public prosecutor for SIT Surinder Mohit Singh said that it was "brutal murder of two .
30-year-old married woman sets herself ablaze
A 30-year-old married woman allegedly set herself ablaze at her in-laws' home in south west Delhi's Chhawla area on Thursday, police said. The victim stayed with her husband and in-laws at Shayam Enclave locality in Deen Pur, police said, adding they are missing ever since the incident occurred. The incident was reported to police at 11.50 am following which they reached the spot where the woman's family members were also present. The victim allegedly poured kerosene on herself and then set herself ablaze, police said. The victim was taken to Safdarjung Hospital where it was ascertained that the woman sustained about 20 to 25 per cent burn injuries on her legs and stomach, they said. The woman got married three years ago, they said, adding the sub-divisional magistrate has been informed about the incident. Police said further investigation is underway to ascertain the cause behind taking such an extreme step by the woman.
Scuffle in Delhi court after SAD leader slaps 1984 Sikh riots case convict
Scuffle broke out in Delhi's Patiala House Court on Thursday after Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) legislator Manjinder Singh Sirsa slapped a 1984 Sikh riots case convict.The incident took place when the convict was in the court's corridor and Sirsa all of a sudden came up to him and slapped. Subsequently a scuffle broke out. However, security forces on duty immediately separated Sirsa and the convict before the matter could escalate."They killed innocent people in 1984. Still they are roaming around as goons. They were raising slogans that they will make us remember 1984 riots," Sirsa told ANI.The court was hearing the murder case of Avtar Singh and Hardev Singh. It has reserved its order and will pronounce it on November 20.The court had on Wednesday held two accused, Naresh Sehrawat and Yashpal Singh, guilty in connection with the murder of the two Sikhs in South Delhi's Mahipalpur area during 1984 anti-Sikh riots.Both the accused were taken into custody immediately after the ...
Friday date for submission of House Committee report on breach
A House Committee of the Odisha assembly will submit its reports on the alleged breach of privilege by Delhi-based journalist Abhijit Iyer Mitra to Speaker Pradip Kumar Amat on Friday. Abhijit Iyer Mitra was arrested by Odisha police on October 23 on the basis of FIRs lodged against his alleged "derogatory, mischievous and objectionable comments" on art and culture of Odisha, Lord Jagannath, legislators and the Odia community as a whole. House Panel chairman Narasingha Mishra, also the leader of opposition in the Assembly said, "The committee will submit its report tomorrow on the first day of the winter session of the Assembly." Mishra said the House Committee was formed as per the speaker's directive. Earlier, Iyer Mitra deposed before the House Committee for the third time and submitted an affidavit over his alleged remarks against legislators. He had also tendered an unconditional apology for his derogatory remarks on the Konark Sun Temple and comments on MLAs. Amat
Turkey says Saudi explanation of Khashoggi murder 'insufficient'
Turkey on Thursday said the Saudi statement over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was "insufficient" and insisted that the killing was "premeditated." "We find all those steps positive but insufficient," Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in a televised speech. His comments came shortly after Saudi Arabia admitted that 59-year-old Khashoggi was drugged and dismembered inside the kingdom's Istanbul consulate last month. Riyadh's public prosecutor said the journalist's body parts were then handed over to an agent outside the consulate grounds and that five Saudi officials were facing the death penalty over the murder. "I want to say personally that I don't find some of the statements satisfactory," Cavusoglu said. "This murder was premeditated." Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and critic of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was last seen stepping into the doors of the Istanbul consulate to obtain paperwork for his marriage to a Turkish woman. Turkey has said he was ...
Fashion designer, domestic help killed over unpaid dues in Vasant Kunj Enclave, 3 held
A fashion designer and her domestic help were allegedly killed by her tailor and his two accomplices in her home in south Delhi's upmarket Vasant Kunj Enclave locality following a dispute over unpaid dues, police said Thursday. The bodies of 53-year-old Maya Lakhani, who ran a boutique called Tulsi Creations in Green Park, and her house help, 50-year-old Bahadur, a Nepalese national, were found with multiple stab wounds in the bungalow early Thursday. The accused looted jewellery and ransacked the house after killing the two, police said, estimating that the incident took place between 10 pm and 11.30 pm on Wednesday. Rahul Anwar (24), the master tailor who worked with Lakhani, his cousin Rahmat (24) and his friend Wasim (25) have been arrested in connection with the killings, a senior police officer said. Around 2.45 am, the three men went to the Vasant Kunj (south) police station and said they have killed two people in Vasant Kunj Enclave, following which officials rushed to the ...
Man accused of killing Indian-origin ex-wife with crossbow to face trial
A man accused of shooting dead his heavily pregnant Indian-origin ex-wife with a crossbow will face trial next year, British media reported Thursday. Ramanodge Unmathallegadoo, 50, has been charged with the murder of 35-year-old Sana Muhammad. The victim, known as Devi Unmathallegadoo before her remarriage, was attacked at her home in Ilford, east London, on Monday. Doctors performed an emergency caesarian to deliver her son, who was due to be born in about four weeks. The defendant appeared before Judge Nicholas Hilliard at the Old Bailey via video link from Pentonville prison, north London, on Thursday. He spoke only to confirm his name, age and British nationality, The Guardian reported. During a hearing at the Old Bailey, the defendant, who has yet to enter a plea, was told a provisional trial date of April 8, 2019 had been set. A plea hearing on February 6 was also scheduled, the BBC reported. The trial is expected to last up to two weeks. The defendant was remanded into ...
Five Saudi officials face death penalty for Khashoggi murder
Five Saudi officials face the death penalty for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi who was dismembered inside the kingdom's Istanbul consulate, but Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was not involved, the prosecutor said Thursday. The announcement follows growing international outcry over the killing of Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and critic of the Saudi rulers who was last seen entering the consulate on October 2 to obtain paperwork for his marriage. Khashoggi died after being drugged and then dismembered, a spokesman for the public prosecutor's office said in the first Saudi confirmation of how he was killed. The journalist's body parts were then handed over to an agent outside the consulate grounds, the spokesman said. He denied Prince Mohammed had any knowledge of the murder. The deputy chief of Saudi Arabia's intelligence, General Ahmed al-Assiri, gave the order to repatriate Khashoggi -- and "the head of the negotiating team" that flew to the Istanbul consulate ...
2 engineers arrested for taking bribe
Two government engineers were arrested for allegedly taking bribes from a civil contractor in Rajasthan's Udaipur district on Thursday, an Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) official said. Executive engineer Mahaveer Jain and assistant engineer Prakash Bhanawat of the state Agriculture Marketing Board were arrested from Salumbar town after taking a bribe of Rs 34,500 and Rs 1,09,500 respectively from the complainant in lieu of clearing a construction work bill of Rs 17 lakh, said Narottam Lal, assistant superintendent of police, ACB (Jaipur Rural). A case has been registered against the accused under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, the officer added.
7 get life sentence for murder of police constable
Seven persons were sentenced to life imprisonment by a court here Thursday for murdering a police constable when he tried to save his niece from being molested in 2012. Barrackpore Sessions Judge Tapas Kumar Mitra sentenced the seven to life term for killing Asim Dam, who was attached to Entally police station of Kolkata police. The court had pronounced Abhijit Ghosh, Biswajit Ghosh, Debu Mukherjee, Tapan Chandra, Kuntal Chakraborti, Botu Majumdar and Prasenjit Dutta guilty of the offence of murder on Wednesday. Dam was at his residence at Bisharpara under Airport police station in North 24 Parganas district on the day of Holi on March 8, 2012. It was alleged that some miscreants entered his house and on the pretext of applying gulal, misbehaved with his niece and tried to molest her. Following protests by Dam, the miscreants left, only to return with some more men and attacked Dam and his other family members with iron rods and sticks. Dam was grievously injured in the attack and ...
Sabarimala issue: Writer Sunil Elayidom receives threats
Noted orator and thinker Sunil P Elayidom, who strongly argues for implementation of Supreme Court verdict permitting entry of all women into Sabarimala temple, Thursday received threats from unidentified persons, police said. A complaint has been lodged alleging that danger marks were drawn in saffron colour on the doors of Elayidom's office at Kalady Sanskrit University. Besides, the nameboard of Elayidom, who is a Malayalam language professor at the university, was also found destroyed, they said adding a probe has been launched on the basis of the complaint filed by the University authorities. Elayidom alleged that he had been receiving threats and abusive messages through social media from members of rightwing Hindu outfits since he started speaking on public platforms supporting the Supreme Court verdict on Sabarimala women entry issue. Elayidom, who is a former leader of the Students Federation of India, said he has no plans to seek police protection in view of ..
Prosecution demands death for convicts in 1984 anti-sikh riots case
The SIT on 1984 anti-Sikh riots Thursday sought death penalty for two persons convicted by a court here, saying that it was a rarest of rare case. Additional Sessions Judge Ajay Pandey reserved for November 20 the order on the quantum of punishment to be awarded to Naresh Sherawat and Yashpal Singh for killing Hardev Singh and Avtar Singh in Mahipalpur area of South Delhi during the riots. The SIT demand was opposed by the counsel appearing for the convicts who sought life imprisonment for his clients, which is the minimum for the offence of murder. After the proceedings, while the convicts were being taken to the lock up inside the Patiala House Courts premises, BJP MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa slapped one of the convicts Yashpal Singh. The case was lodged on a complaint filed by Santokh Singh, a brother of Hardev Singh. Delhi police had closed the case in 1994 for want of evidence. However, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed in relation to the riots reopened the case. The court
WhatApp group admin arrest for 'anti-national' messages
The admin of a Whatsapp group was arrested for circulation of alleged "anti-national" messages in the social media group, police said Thursday. Naeem was arrested after receiving a complaint from Dipak Kumar of Bamnauli village in Baraut, a police officer said. According to Kumar's complaint, a WhatsApp group named 'Josh' was circulating objectionable "anti-national" messages, the officer said. After a probe, it was found that the group was run by Naeem, who runs 'Jan Sewa Kendra' (common services centre) in his village, he said, adding that the accused had been arrested.
KDMC: Municipal employees on strike to protest attack
Nearly 500 employees of Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation in the district went on a strike Thursday to protest an attack on municipal staff. Five employees of the corporation including surveyor Sriram Zople were injured in an attack by a mob at Umbarde village in the district Wednesday, police said. The employees had gone to the village for a survey of a plot where pumping station is proposed to be built. A mob allegedly opposed the survey and attacked them. Five persons were arrested for the attack Thursday, Khadakpada police said. Protesting the incident, employees of the corporation went on a strike.
Lankesh murder accused sent to SIT custody in Pansare case
An accused in the murder case of Communist leader Govind Pansare was Thursday remanded in police custody by a court here. Sessions judge S S Raul sent Amol Arvind Kale (34) in the custody of a special investigation team (SIT) of Maharashtra Police till November 22. Kale was earlier arrested by Karnataka Police in connection with the September 2017 murder of journalist Gouri Lankesh. The SIT told the court that it wanted to probe Kale's alleged role in the murder of Pansare. Pansare, a rationalist thinker and leader of the Communist Party of India, was shot near his house here in February 2015.