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France says 85 million euros paid to victims of 2015 terror attack
Victims and relatives of the 130 people killed by jihadist attackers in and around Paris in November 2015 have received 85 million euros (USD 97 million) in compensation to date, the fund managing the payments said Tuesday. The attackers targeted the Stade de France stadium with suicide bombs, while gunmen also stormed the Bataclan and targeted patrons at cafes and restaurants in eastern Paris on November 13, 2015. As of November 1, 2,625 people have lodged claims and received payouts over lost relatives or injuries or trauma suffered during the attacks at the football stadium and the Bataclan. Of those, 856 cases have been fully settled, meaning their physical or psychological health has "stabilised", Julien Rencki, head of the FGTI compensation fund for terror victims, said at a press conference Tuesday. In total, the fund expects to pay compensation of some 300 million euros, after 70 new claims were filed since January, "two and a half years after the November 13 attacks," Rencki .
Delhi govt directs top official to lodge complaint against Tiwari
Delhi Home Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday directed the additional chief secretary (home) to lodge a police complaint against state BJP chief Manoj Tiwari for allegedly indulging in violence at the Signature Bridge inauguration. In his note to Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Manoj Parida, Jain said Tiwari and his associates indulged in hooliganism to overawe the highest functionaries of the government at the event where Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other cabinet ministers were present. "Manoj Tiwari and his associates formed unlawful assembly, forcibly entered (reached the) dias with the intention to attack and harm the chief minister and council of ministers and create ruckus, obstructed and assaulted public servant..." Jain said in his note to Parida. "It is therefore directed that home department immediately lodges a formal complaint with the CP (commissioner of police) and concerned DCP/police station against Manoj Tiwari and his associates..." the note said. Tiwari and
Karat asks NHRC to reconsider demand for enhanced compensation to next of kin of lynching victims
CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat Tuesday questioned the reported decision of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to close a 2016 case of compensation related to the lynching of two people allegedly by cow vigilantes in Jharkhand. She demanded that the families of the victims are given adequate compensation. She expressed concern over the decision to close the case relating to compensation for the next kin of M Ansari and Imtiaz Khan, who were lynched allegedly by cow vigilantes in Latehar, Jharkhand in March, 2016. Karat said the rights body's job is to uphold the human rights but its act in the very case was "extremely disappointing". "The NHRC is failing in its duty to protect the human rights of the families of the victims in this case", alleged Karat. Karat has written a letter to the chairperson of the NHRC protesting the move of the rights body to close the complaint she had made in 2016 related to the alleged mob lynching of 12-year-old Imtiaz Khan and his uncle M Ansari. "It
Gay man kills his partner's friend
A 25-year-old man was arrested Sunday for allegedly killing a man after finding him in bed with his male partner at the latter's residence in suburban Bandra, the police said Tuesday. The accused is identified as Dhaval Unadkat, an IT professional, and the deceased as Parth Raval, an MBA graduate, an official said. The incident took place in the apartment of Unadkat's partner on Hill Road, Bandra West. The official said Unadkat hit Parth Raval on his head with a candle stand after finding him in bed with his partner. Unadkat also allegedly tried to strangulate his partner, who is the complainant in the case, with a mobile phone charger cord, he said. Unadkat and the complainant then took profusely bleeding Raval to the Bhabha Hospital in Bandra and then to Lilavati Hospital, the official said. However, they later took Raval home against the medical advice, he said. After reaching the complainant's apartment, they ordered lunch, he said, adding that in the meantime Raval .
Choksi's associate arrested, court grants 3-day transit to ED
An executive of a firm linked to fugitive Mehul Choksi was arrested from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose airport here by ED officials under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, officials said Tuesday. Deepak Kulkarni was arrested Monday night in connection with the money-laundering probe in the USD 2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case when he landed there from Hong Kong, they said. He was produced before a city court on Tuesday and Metropolitan Magistrate, 3rd Court, Calcutta, Jyotirmoy Bhattacharyya granted three-day transit sought by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to take him to Mumbai, where the case was registered. Kulkarni is allegedly linked to the overseas businesses of Choksi, one of the main accused in the case, and the ED had notified a look out circular against him, the officials said. Kulkarni was a director in a Hong Kong-based "dummy" firm linked to Choksi and the ED had named him in a chargesheet filed against the fugitive jeweller earlier this year. A Mumbai
Two women held with Rs 42L worth of gold bars at Delhi airport
Two Mumbai-bound women have been apprehended by the CISF at the IGI Airport here on Tuesday for allegedly trying to smuggle eight small gold bars worth Rs 42 lakh by concealing them in shoes, a senior official said. The incident took place early on Tuesday when a woman security personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) detected some suspicious items in the shoe of one of the women, who was identified as Karishma Thakur. Eight small gold bars were recovered from the woman's shoes, the official said. A CISF spokesperson said Thakur was accompanied by another woman and they had landed at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport from Chennai and were supposed to take a flight to Mumbai. "On enquiry, both the passengers could not produce any relevant document and did not give satisfactory reply. The two women, along with the recovered gold bars weighing about 1.32-kg and worth approximately Rs 42 lakh, were handed over to Income Tax Department officials for further ...
PDP leader Madani's mother dead
: Leader of People's Democratic Party (PDP) Abdul Nasser Madani's mother Asma Beevi passed away at a private hospital in the district after prolonged illness. She was 67. Beevi was suffering from cancer for sometime and Madani was beside her when the end came, family sources said. An accused in the 2008 Bengaluru serial blasts case, Madani had reached the state on October 30 to visit his ailing mother after a National Investigation Agency (NIA) trial court in the capital of Karnataka granted him special permission. Madani visited Beevi at the hospital on the day he arrived, they said. The leader is on bail in the case but he is not permitted to leave Bengaluru without court permission, PDP sources said. Though the PDP leader had been granted permission to stay till November 4, it was extended later for eight more days by the court based on his request citing the worsening condition of his mother, they added.
Honey-trap racket busted in Kota, 3 arrested
Two women and a man who were part of a honey-trap racket were arrested here for allegedly blackmailing a businessman, the police said Tuesday. Operating in Rajasthan, the trio were threatening to lodge a false rape case against Kishan Bihari Yadav, a resident of Lanka colony in Baran district, if their demands were not met, they said. Sandhya Rajput alias Golu (27), Muskan (21) both from Indore, Madhya Pradesh and Muskan's husband Jugraj Rajput (28) from Jhalawar, Rajasthan were arrested on Monday, police said. The police was alerted about the gang when Yadav lodged a complaint on November 4. He told the police that a woman befriended him over the phone and later called him to Kota for a meeting. Subsequently, they developed a physical relationship, police said. Two days after the meeting, the gang began blackmailing Yadav and asked him to cough up Rs 10 lakh, they said. He was threatened that a case of rape and abduction would be lodged against him if the demands were not met, said ..
2 home guard officials suspended after 25 women personnel allege harassment in Surat
Two home guard officials have been suspended and a probe ordered against them after 25 women home guards in Gujarat's Surat city accused them of harassment and seeking sexual favours, a senior official said Tuesday. The women personnel had approached Police Commissioner (city) Satish Sharma last week with a written complaint. "As soon as we received the written complaint from the women home guards against their senior officials, we suspended them (the two seniors) and handed over the inquiry into it to a deputy superintendent of police-level officer," Commandant General, Home Guards, P B Gondia said. He said statements of 19 out of the 25 complainants have already been recorded and the process was on to record the statements of others. The women alleged in their complaint that the two senior officials subjected them to "mental, physical, sexual, emotional and financial harassment", and even asked for sexual favours from some of them. The officers also asked for money to process ...
IL&FS crisis: IndusInd Bank moves NCLAT to recover Rs 25 crore interest
IndusInd Bank has approached the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal to recover outstanding interest amount of Rs 25 crore from crisis-hit IL&FS group to avoid being classified as an NPA account. A two-member NCLAT bench headed by Chairman Justice S J Mukhopadhaya has issued notice to the government. The appellate tribunal has directed to list the matter on November 13, when it would hear the main matter. Last month, the government superseded the board of IL&FS to protect the interest of investors. IndusInd Bank is one of the largest lenders to IL&FS group with exposure of over Rs 3,000 crore. According to the counsel appearing for IndusInd Bank, if IL&FS fails to pay the interest amount due to the bank, it will be classified as an NPA account as per the RBI guidelines. On October 15, NCLAT had stayed all proceedings against IL&FS and its 348 group firms till its further orders, over an urgent petition moved by the government. "There shall be stay of the ...
100 kg of illegal firecrackers seized in Dwarka; 5 arrested
The Delhi police has arrested five people and seized over 100 kg of illegal firecrackers from their possession in Dwarka, officials said Tuesday. The accused were arrested for storing the crackers without licence. The Dwarka police have registered five cases following the Supreme Court order on sale of old firecrackers. During regular patrolling at Hastsal market on Monday, the police got information that one Satish Katyal was storing illegal crackers. When asked for a license, the accused failed to produce one, officials said. The accused was arrested and 47 kg of crackers were recovered from his possession, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka) Anto Alphonse, adding the accused was booked last year also in connection with the same offence. Similarly 23 kg of crackers were seized by Dwarka South Police Station and 6.5 kg firecrackers were seized by Dabri police, the DCP said. On November 4, another accused identified as Ajay Singh Rawat was arrested and 22 kg of crackers were ..
Man gets life term for killing live-in partner's toddler daughter
A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Delhi court for beating to death his live-in partner's three-year-old daughter with a rolling pin as the woman was not agreeing to marry him. The court said it was a pre-mediated crime as the man had a motive to commit the offence. Additional Sessions Judge Lalit Kumar convicted Narej Sheikh for the offence of murder under the Indian Penal Code (IPC). It said that he had beaten the child with an intention to kill her because her mother, with whom he was in a live-in relationship, was not agreeing to marry him. "Since the child was given beatings by the accused (Sheikh) and he was very well aware about the tender age of the child, now it can be said there was premeditation in the commission of crime, even accused had motive to commit offence against the deceased. It is clear that the accused had intention to kill the deceased," the court said. The court said the victim's mother was entitled for compensation under Delhi Government ...
Woman serves 10-year jail term in drugs case, HC acquits her
She succeeded in getting the stigma of conviction removed by the Delhi High Court in a narcotics case, but not before having served the full 10-year jail term imposed by a trial court. The foreign national was arrested on October 15, 2008 for allegedly possessing contraband Heroin in her luggage at the airport here. The high court passed the verdict on her appeal against the trial court's 2014 judgement on October 25, just 10 days after she completed the sentence. Justice C Hari Shankar said the woman, Annabelle Analista Malibago, would be entitled to be released forthwith unless her detention was required in connection with any other case. The high court said it was clear that the entire investigation and consequent trial and conviction of the woman stood vitiated by the sole fact of prosecution witness Anju Singh, the complainant as well as the investigating officer (IO) of the case lodged by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI). "The submission of the woman's counsel to ...
Elgaar Parishad case: Activist Ferreira alleges assault by police
Activist Arun Ferreira, who was arrested in August for alleged Maoist links along with others, Tuesday told a court here that he was "hit" by the investigating officer. In a submission made before additional sessions court judge R V Adone through his lawyer Sidharth Patil, Ferreira said he was "hit" on his face "eight to ten times" by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Shivaji Pawar on November 4 during interrogation. The ACP is the investigating officer (IO) in the Elgar Parishad case. He was not available for comments. Police had claimed that violence erupted in Koregaon-Bhima near Pune on January 1, a day after "provocative speeches" were made at the Elgaar Parishad conclave held in Pune city. They had also alleged that Maoists supported the conclave. Ferreira claimed that there was swelling on his right cheek due to the "attack", and during the medical examination the next day, the medical officer at Sassoon General Hospital in Pune had recorded the same in the medical ...
CBI announces reward for info about RTI activist's murder
The CBI on Tuesday announced a Rs 5 lakh reward for information about the 2012 murder of a Right to Information (RTI) activist at Virar in neighbouring Palghar district, an official said. A Special Task Force of the Central Bureau of Investigation is probing the murder of activist Premkant Shivji Jha. The STF issued an advertisement in Marathi newspapers Tuesday, announcing a cash reward for anyone providing detailed information about the culprits, the official said. Identity of the informant will remain confidential, he added. Jha was shot dead by unidentified assailants at Virar on February 24, 2012 when he was riding a motorbike. The bullets pierced his helmet and entered the head. Initially, a case of accidental death was registered at the Virar police station, but it was converted into a murder case when autopsy report revealed the bullet injury. The probe was transferred to the police's anti-human trafficking cell first, but no headway was made in identifying the ..
HC acquits man in 18-year-old kidnapping cum murder case of businessman
The Delhi High Court has acquitted a man of the charge of kidnapping and strangulating a businessman and disposing of his body in a well 18 years ago, saying the prosecution failed to prove his guilt. A bench of Justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel allowed accused Deepak Sarna's appeal while setting aside his conviction and life sentence awarded by a trial court for the offences in February 2004. "...the prosecution has not been able to prove each of the links in the chain of circumstances or that the proved circumstances point unmistakably to the guilt of the appellant (Sarna). "In any event, the trial court erred in convicting the appellant for the substantive offences under Sections 302 (murder), 364 (kidnapping) and 201 (destruction of evidence) of the IPC when there was no charge framed against him to that effect," the bench said. Advocate Pramod Kumar Dubey, who was representing Sarna, said the trial court committed an error in convicting his client for the substantive offences .
TRS leader killed in attack by gang in Telangana; kin assault
A local TRS leader was killed in an attack on him allegedly by a group of people at Vikarabad district Tuesday following which some of his relatives assaulted two Congress workers blaming them for the death, police said. Narayana R,(65), was attacked using sticks and stones by a group while he was going on his two-wheeler near an agricultural field in Sultanpur village this morning resulting in his death. Preliminary investigation revealed that Narayana's driver Mallaiah had allegedly spoken ill of a woman in the village and subsequently her family members locked Mallaiah up in his house Monday and 'attacked and killed' Narayana this morning, they said. Additional forces have been deployed in the village and the situation is under control and peaceful, Vikarabad District Superintendent of Police T Annapurna told PTI. A case of murder and rioting under relevant IPC sections was registered based on a complaint filed by the deceased's son and some suspects have been picked
Asian Corp Consultancy settles case with Sebi
Asian Corporate Consultancy along with one Dilip Anantrai Desai has settled a probe by markets regulator Sebi into alleged violation of portfolio managers norms on payment of Rs 7.4 lakh towards settlement charges. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) agreed to settle proposed adjudication proceedings in the case after it was approached by the two entities with a plea under the settlement regulations. Under the settlement, an entity is allowed to settle charges by paying a penalty without admission or denial of guilt. "The pending adjudication proceedings initiated against the noticees (Asian Corporate Consultancy and Desai) ... are disposed of in terms of...the settlement regulations," Sebi said in a settlement order passed on Monday. The regulator had initiated adjudicating proceedings in December 2016 against the two entities for alleged violation of regulations pertaining to portfolio mangers. While the adjudication proceedings were initiated, they submitted an ...
SC collegium remits several names sent for appointment as judges of Orissa HC
The Supreme Court collegium has remitted as many as six out of the eight names sent to it for appointment as judges of the Orissa High Court, where judicial work has been hit by lawyers' strike since August end. The apex court collegium, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph, has remitted the names sent to it by the hight court saying that they do not qualify the existing norms. As per October 31 resolution uploaded on the apex court's website, the collegium has said that recommendation regarding one out of the eight names would be taken up for consideration after some time. Besides, it has sent back another name for re-consideration by the high court collegium. The Supreme court collegium also dealt with a proposal for appointment of four judicial officers as judges of the Orissa High Court. It has said that three out of the four judicial officers "do not qualify the prevailing norms of eligibility" and the proposal deserves to ..
Satyendar Jain directs top official to lodge complaint against Tiwari
Delhi Home Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday directed the additional chief secretary (home) to lodge a police complaint against state BJP chief Manoj Tiwari for allegedly indulging in violence at the Signature Bridge inauguration. In his note to Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Manoj Parida, Jain said Tiwari and his associates indulged in hooliganism to overawe the highest functionaries of the government at the event where Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other cabinet ministers were present. "Manoj Tiwari and his associates formed unlawful assembly, forcibly entered (reached the) dias with the intention to attack and harm the chief minister and council of ministers and create ruckus, obstructed and assaulted public servant..." Jain said. "It is therefore directed that home department immediately lodges a formal complaint with the CP (commissioner of police) and concerned DCP/police station against Manoj Tiwari and his associates..." the note said. Tiwari and his supporters ...