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Jeff Sessions quits as US Attorney General
Jeff Sessions on Wednesday resigned as the United States' Attorney General, President Donald Trump announced.He will be replaced by Matthew G Whitaker as the interim attorney general of the country.In a letter to Trump, Sessions wrote, "At your request, I am submitting my resignation. Since the day I was honored to be sworn in as Attorney General of the United States, I came to work at the Department ofJustice every day determined to do my duty and serve my country. I have done so to the best of my ability, working to support the fundamental legal processes that are the foundation of justice.""We took on transnational gangs that are bringing violence and death across our borders and protected national security. We did our part to restore immigration enforcement. We targeted the opioid epidemic by prosecuting doctors, pharmacists, and anyone else who contributes to this crisis with new law enforcement tools and determination. And we have seen results. Aftertwo years of rising violent ..
Asia Bibi released from Multan prison
Asia Bibi, the Christian woman who was acquitted by the Pakistan Supreme Court in a blasphemy case last month, has been released from a women's prison in Multan late on Wednesday.Quoting sources, the jail administration had received official documents earlier in regards to her release. Asia was then released after the completion of formalities, Geo News reported.On October 31, mass protests had erupted in various parts of Pakistan after the country's top court announced its verdict acquitting Asia for blasphemy charges. The demonstrations, led by the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) and other religious parties, blocked roads and vandalised public and private property.A three-judge special bench headed by Justice Nisar, Justice Asif Saeed Khosa and Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel had heard Asia's 2014 appeal against her conviction and death sentence and overturned the ruling in favour of her.Asia was convicted and sentenced to death in 2010 for allegedly insulting Islam during an ...
Asia Bibi released from jail, to be shifted to the Netherlands: Report
A Christian woman who was convicted of blasphemy and acquitted by Pakistan's Supreme Court last week, has been released from a jail in Multan and taken to Noor Khan Airbase, Rawalpindi, from where she would be shifted to the Netherlands, local media reported. However, a Punjab government spokesperson refused to comment on the matter. A Lahore-based TV news channel reported that Asia Bibi was released from New Jail for Women in Multan (around 350km from Lahore) late on Wednesday night and taken to Noor Khan Airbase, Rawalpindi, from where a chartered plane would take her to the Netherlands. Asia Bibi, a 47-year-old mother of four, was convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting Islam in a row with her neighbours. She always maintained her innocence, but has spent most of the past eight years in solitary confinement. Earlier, Italy had said that it was working to help Asia Bibi leave Pakistan, amid warning from the woman's husband that her life was in danger. Her husband, Ashiq ..
Youth sets off Diwali cracker in 3-year-old's mouth, victim critical
A three-year-old girl was critically wounded in Meerut when a mischievous youth put a fire cracker in her mouth and lit it on Diwali eve, police said on Wednesday. The girl was rushed to a nearby medical facility where her condition is described as serious.
Pollution level dips in TN on Diwali day;over 1000 cases filed
: Air pollution levels dipped across Tamil Nadu on Diwali, the state pollution control board said Wednesday, a day after the festival was celebrated in the state for the first time after the Supreme Court order on the two hour window came into force. Police have filed over 1,000 cases against those who burst firecrackers in violation of the two-hour time frame. The police crackdown, however, has drawn flak from opposition parties, which termed the action "ridiculous" and demanded withdrawal of all cases. A senior pollution control board official here said that data showed a drop in pollution levels across the state, including Chennai, on Tuesday. Citing data being collated from several parts of the state, he told PTI that there was a definitive drop in air and noise pollution levels on the day (when compared to previous years) and surveys showed that the parameters conformed to set standards in most regions. In Chennai, the Ambient Air Quality survey showed that ...
Police seizes over 240 kg of illegal firecrackers from Dwarka
Three people were arrested for storing firecrackers without licence and over 240 kg of illegal crackers was seized on Diwali from different parts of Dwarka, police said. Three cases have been registered on the basis of a Supreme Court order on sale of old firecrackers, they said. In the early hours of Wednesday, a raid was conducted in an area in Ramphal Chowk by the Dwarka south police and 164.6 kg of unauthorised firecrackers was seized, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka), Anto Alphonse, said. He said Vikram Gupta (35) was arrested in connection with the seizure. In Uttam Nagar, during patrolling, police arrested Kamal (21) for possessing illegal crackers. The officer said 53 kg of crackers was seized and a case registered at the Uttam Nagar Police station. The Jafarpur police arrested Vinay (30) and 25 kg of crackers was seized from his car, the DCP said. Since, the Supreme Court order on October 23, over 3,847 kg of illegal firecrackers have been seized from various parts of ..
Karnataka CM bats for eco-friendly Diwali
Advising the people to comply with the Supreme Court order on bursting of firecrackers, Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Wednesday called for an eco-friendly Diwali in the state.
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling sues ex-employee for misuse of funds
Harry Potter author J K Rowling has launched a legal claim worth around 24,000 pounds against a former personal assistant for alleged misuse of her funds by going on unauthorised shopping sprees. The 53-year-old novelist claims Amanda Donaldson, who worked for her between February 2014 and April 2017 before being sacked for gross misconduct, broke strict working rules by using a business credit card to buy cosmetics and gifts. Legal papers lodged at Airdrie Sheriff Court in Scotland allege that Donaldson, 35, wrongly benefited to a value of 23,696.32 pounds by spending on a business credit card and taking Harry Potter merchandise. "I can confirm J K Rowling has taken legal action against her former personal assistant, Amanda Donaldson, following her dismissal for gross misconduct involving a substantial breach of trust," a spokesperson for the world-famous author said. "As the case is not yet concluded we are not able to comment further and there won't be any comment from J K ...
1 held with fake currency
One person was arrested here and fake currency notes with a face value of Rs 97,700 were seized from his residence, police said Wednesday. "Acting on a tip-off, the police raided the residence of the accused, Vijay Bahadur Verma, Wednesday morning and caught him red-handed with the fake currency notes," Superintendent of Police (SP) Anurag Arya said. A printer, a pair of scissors, a scanner and other equipment were also seized from the accused's residence, which falls under the Piparpur police station area, he added. A case was lodged against the accused under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Arya said.
SC orders violated in Ghaziabad
Residents in Ghaziabad began exploding firecrackers in Ghaziabad as the sun started setting, brazenly violating Supreme Court orders that these can be burst only between 8 and 10 p.m.
Sharpshooter Khan mulls suing Union minister Maneka Gandhi
Sharpshooter Shafath Ali Khan Wednesday said he was mulling to sue Union minister Maneka Gandhi for allegedly levelling defamatory and wild charges against him over the killing of tigress Avni in Maharashtra last week. Khan said his son Asgar Ali and his four-member team were issued an authorisation letter by the Maharashtra forest department to carry out the operation and the tigress was shot at in "self-defence" while they were trying to tranquilise it. The tigress, officially known as T1, was believed to have killed 13 people in the last two years. It was killed on November 2 by Ali in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district as part of an operation. The big cat has left behind two 10-month-old cubs. Gandhi, in a series of tweets Sunday, had lashed out at the Maharashtra government for giving the orders to kill the tigress, despite opposition from several stakeholders. The Union women and child development minister had also slammed Maharashtra Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar for hiring ..
Two morning walkers mown down by SUV near Nagpur
Two men were killed and another was seriously injured after being hit by a speeding SUV at Saoner in Nagpur district Wednesday morning, police said. The incident took place on Chhindawara Road around 6 AM, said inspector Ashok Sakharkar of Saoner Police Station. A speeding Bolero jeep came from behind and hit Nagorao Banderao Bansinge (41), Hemant Bhavrao Kale (52) and Durgesh Govind Choudhary (28) from behind, he said. They were out for a morning walk, he said. Local people shifted them to a government hospital where Bansinge and Kale died, he said. Choudhary was critially injured, he added. Police arrested Dilip Waghade, who was allegedly driving the SUV, under IPC sections 279 (rash driving) and 304 (A) (causing death by negligence). Waghade was allegedly drunk, the police officer said, adding that further probe was on.
Man held for 'assaulting' woman pilgrim at Sabarimala
: A29-year old man was Wednesday arrested in connection with the incident relating to the alleged assault of a woman pilgrim at the Lord Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimala, suspecting her to be of menstrual age. Sooraj, hailing from Elanthur in Pathanamthitta district, was one of the main accused in the incident which took place Tuesday when the hill shrine was opened for the two-day-long "Chithira Atta Thirunal," a special ritual. Hundreds of frenzied devotees had tried to attack and preventthe 52-year old woman, Lalitha Ravi,from offering prayers at the temple. The man was arrested under non-bailable charges--IPC 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide) and 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), police said. Investigation is on to nab the remaining accused, Pathanamthitta SP, T Narayanan, told PTI. The man was arrested on the basis of digital evidence and photographs, he said. Police had registered cases against 200 "identifiable" ...
Case registered for bursting firecrackers at midnight
A case was registered against two unidentified persons here Wednesday for bursting firecrackers after the time period fixed by the Supreme Court, a police official said. This could be the first case registered in the city for violation of the court's order, he said. The Supreme Court last month fixed a two-hour time period from 8 pm to 10 pm for bursting firecrackers on Diwali and other festivals. Local RTI activist Shakil Ahmed Shaikh complained to police that two unidentified men burst firecrackers at 12 Tuesday night in Maharashtra Nagar in suburban Mankhurd. An offence under IPC section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) was registered, said Prakash Salvi, senior police inspector of Trombay police station. "We are finding out who burst firecrackers," he said.
Two Indian-Americans plead guilty to $60-mn commodity fraud, spoofing in US
Two Indian-Americans have pleaded guilty to the charges of USD 60 million commodities fraud and spoofing conspiracy in New York and Chicago, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Krishna Mohan, 33, of New York, pleaded guilty today to one count while Kamaldeep Gandhi, 36, of Chicago, to two counts of conspiracy to engage in wire fraud, commodities fraud and spoofing, they said. Sentencing for Mohan and Gandhi are scheduled in a Texas court on February 28 and February 22 next year, respectively. Gandhi and Mohan, under the guilty plea, admitted that, from March 2012 to March 2014, they conspired with Yuchun "Bruce" Mao and others at the first firm (Trading Firm A) to mislead the markets for E-Mini S&P 500 and E-Mini NASDAQ 100 futures contracts traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and E-Mini Dow futures contracts traded on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), the Department of Justice said. They further admitted that they and their co-conspirators placed thousands of orders ...
Raj: 16 camels being illegally transported rescued, 3 held
Sixteen camels were rescued while being illegally transported from Rajasthan's Bikaner district and three persons were arrested in this connection Wednesday, police said. A police team intercepted a truck during routine checking and found that the camels were being smuggled out of the state, they said. It is suspected that they were being smuggled for slaughter, police added. Three persons, identified as Shahzad, Wasim and Shakil, were arrested, they said. The animals will be sent to a cattle shelter, police said.
Kim Jong Nam murder trial delayed to January
The trial of two women for allegedly assassinating the half-brother of North Korea's leader will resume in January instead of this month after a defence lawyer fell ill, a court heard Thursday. Siti Aisyah from Indonesia and Doan Thi Huong from Vietnam are accused of murdering Kim Jong Nam by smearing nerve agent VX on his face at Kuala Lumpur airport, in a Cold War-style hit that shocked the world. The pair went on trial in October last year, eight months after the killing, but proceedings have moved slowly due to the large number of witnesses, and the fact hearings are held relatively infrequently under the Malaysian court system. After a judge ruled in August the prosecution case was strong enough for the trial to continue, it was scheduled to resume at the start of this month with Aisyah taking the stand to offer her defence. But proceedings will now restart on January 7 after the Indonesian's main lawyer Gooi Soon Seng fell ill, another member of her defence team, Kulaselvi ...
Pak court summons Imran Khan in Sita White case
A court in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday summoned Prime Minister Imran Khan to appear before it on December 13 in a case filed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf chief's rival candidate in the July 25 general elections over his alleged relation with a US national, Sita White. The division bench of the Peshawar High Court comprising Justices Ikramullah Khan and Ishtiaq Ibrahim issued the notices to Khan on a writ petition filed by Inamullah Khan, his rival candidate in July 25 elections from Bannu constituency. The petitioner said that Khan has a daughter, Tyrian White, from Sita White which he has not mentioned in his nomination papers. Therefore, petitioner added, Khan does not fulfill the criteria under Article 62 and 63 of the constitution. He claimed a Los Angeles court has ruled that cricketer-turned-politician Khan was the legal father of the four-year-old southern California girl. "Imran Khan is the father of the child," superior court commissioner Anthony Jones said in a brief
Court to set date for resuming trial in Kim Jong Nam's death
A Malaysian court is scheduled Wednesday to set a new date for starting the defence phase of the trial for two Southeast Asian women charged with murdering the North Korean leader's half brother. A High Court judge in August found there was enough evidence to infer that Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, along with four missing North Korean suspects, had engaged in a "well-planned conspiracy" to kill Kim Jong Nam. Police escorted the women into the courthouse on Wednesday for the hearing to determine when the defence phase would begin. It had been due to resume November 1 but was postponed after a defence lawyer fell ill. The pair are accused of smearing VX nerve agent on Kim's face in an airport terminal in Kuala Lumpur on February 13, 2017. They have said they thought they were taking part in a prank for a TV show. They are the only suspects in custody. The four North Korean suspects fled the country the same morning Kim was killed. Lawyers for Aisyah, 25, and ...
Asiya Bibi verdict protests: Pak CJ seeks report on vandalism
Chief Justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar on Tuesday sought a report from the central and federal governments over the damage caused to public and private property by the demonstrators during the nationwide protests against the verdict in the Asiya Bibi case last week.According to a statement by the Pakistan Supreme Court, Justice Nisar took notice of the vandalism for the sake of compensating the affected citizens, Geo News reported.On October 31, mass protests had erupted in various parts of Pakistan after the country's top court announced its verdict acquitting Asiya, a Christian woman in a blasphemy case. The demonstrations, led by the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) and other religious parties, blocked roads and vandalised public and private property.A three-judge special bench headed by Justice Nisar, Justice Asif Saeed Khosa and Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel had heard Asiya's 2014 appeal against her conviction and death sentence and overturned the ruling in favour of her.Even .