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Mulayam's daughter-in-law Aparna backs Ram temple
Joining the chorus for a Ram temple, Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav says she is in favour of a Ram temple in Ayodhya and has full faith in the judiciary. Aparna Yadav, who contested the 2017 assembly polls as an SP candidate and lost, is backing 'chacha' Shivpal Singh's Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Lohia (PSPL). "A Ram temple should be built," Aparna said Wednesday during a visit to the Deva Sharif Dargah in Barabanki. "I have full faith in process of the respected court," she added. The Supreme Court has declined an urgent hearing on the Ayodhya land dispute case and said an appropriate bench will decide in January when to hear the politically sensitive case. According to the Ramayana, Ayodhya is the birthplace of Ram and a temple should be built there, Aparna said. Asked if she was with the BJP, she said, "I am not with the BJP, but with lord Ram." Aparna, who is married to Mulayam Singh's son Prateek, said she would be contesting the 2019
UP: Youth set ablaze on suspicion of eloping with woman
A youth was allegedly set ablaze by a woman's relatives over suspicion that he eloped with her. The incident took place in Gevar Asadullah village of Uttar Pradesh's Etah district.The incident took place in Aliganj police station limits on Wednesday when the man, identified as Narendra Shakya, was called by the girl's relative at their house and was later tied and set ablaze. The woman has been missing for a few days.Shakya, who sustained over 90 percent burn injuries, is admitted to a hospital and undergoing treatment.The police have arrested two people and registered a case under relevant sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC)."A case has been registered under relevant sections of IPC. The victim has been admitted to the hospital. We have arrested two accused in the case. Police are also trying to arrest other accused who are absconding," said Etah Superintendent of Police, Sanjay Kumar.
SC declines urgent hearing on Karti's plea seeking permission to go abroad
The Supreme Court on Thursday declined urgent hearing on a plea by senior Congress leader P Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram, who is facing several criminal cases, seeking its permission to go abroad. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said the issue of Karti Chidambaram visiting abroad is not an "important matter" requiring urgent hearing. "Karti Chidambaram going abroad is not so important that it will get precedent over other (cases)," the bench, also comprising Justices U U Lalit and K M Jospeh said. Declining urgent hearing, the top court observed that judges have more cases "than they can handle". Karti Chidambaram has been facing several criminal cases including the grant of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance in the INX-Media case. In the INX Media case, the CBI had registered an FIR on May 15 last year against alleged irregularities in the FIPB clearance to INX Media for receiving overseas funds to the tune of Rs 305 crore in 2007 when ...
Weinstein named for sexually assaulting minor
Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been named in a fresh sexual harassment case for assaulting a 16-year-old over a decade back.
Italian World Cup winner Iaquinta appeals two-year jail sentence
Former Juventus and Italy forward Vincenzo Iaquinta was jailed for two years by an Italian court on Wednesday and his father Giuseppe for 19 years following a trial of 148 people for alleged mafia links. Prosecutors had sought a six-year sentence for the 38-year-old, who was part of Italy's 2006 World Cup-winning squad, for holding firearms and for alleged links with the Ndrangheta mafia group. Iaquinta was found guilty of a firearms offence but judges dismissed accusations that he was involved with the 'Ndrangheta, Italy's organised crime network based in the southern region of Calabria. However, the court in the northern city of Reggio Emilia ruled that his father did have mafia links. More than 120 other defendants were also found guilty in the case, which was the biggest ever trial targeting the 'Ndrangheta. "Ridiculous, shame," shouted the father and son, who are Calabrian, after their sentences were handed down. Lawyers for the pair said they would appeal against the ruling, ...
Peru's opposition leader arrested
Keiko Fujimori, the head of Peru's opposition Popular Force party, has been on charges of money laundering stemming from illegal campaign financing.
Jagan Reddy files petition in Hyderabad HC seeking independent probe into his attack
Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) president and leader of the opposition in Andhra Pradesh Jagan Mohan Reddy has filed a writ petition in the Hyderabad High Court seeking a thorough investigation into his alleged attack. The case is listed for hearing on Thursday.The YSRCP leader was allegedly attacked at Visakhapatnam Airport by an airport canteen worker on October 25.In his petition, which was filed yesterday, Reddy has stated, "The instant writ petition is being filed by me (Jagan Mohan Reddy) aggrieved by the abuse of the entire criminal justice administration by Respondent No.1 (State of Andhra Pradesh) headed by the Government presided by Respondent No. 5 (CM N. Chandra Babu Naidu) and for complaining of various wrongful actions conducted by Respondents No. 2 (DGP, AP), No.3 (ACP, North Sub Division VSP City), No.4 (SHO, Airport P.S.) at such behest and for espousing and unearthing a cause of serious conspiracy that needs to be properly investigated under the ...
Five held in J'khand for extorting money posing as Maoists
Five people, who posed as Maoists to extort money from local businessmen and other affluent people, have been arrested at Ghatshila sub-division in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district, a senior police officer said. Two of those arrested hail from Jhargram district in neighbouring West Bengal, Senior Superintendent of Police Anoop Birtharay said Wednesday. "We had been receiving reports that a five-member gang was terrorizing people in the region. Accordingly, a special police team was constituted, under Sub-Divisional Police Officer Ranveer Singh, to carry out raids and apprehend the criminals," he told reporters. All five of them have confessed to their crime during interrogation, Birtharay said. Police have recovered five mobile phones and numerous sim cards used by them to make extortion calls in and around Ghatsila sub-division, he added.
S. Korean court allows conscientious objection to military service
South Korea's supreme court ruled Thursday that moral and religious beliefs are valid reasons to refuse the country's military service, in a case that has implications for hundreds of conscientious objectors. Almost 65 years after the end of the Korean War, nearly every able-bodied South Korean man between the ages of 18 and 35 must still complete around two years of military service. Anyone refusing the call-up has usually ended up in prison for 18 months, and with no alternative community service option around 19,000 conscientious objectors have been jailed since 1950, most of them Jehovah's Witnesses. But the Supreme Court overturned the conviction of a conscientious objector on Thursday, months after a landmark constitutional court ruling calling for an alternative to military service for conscientious objectors. In Thursday's case, a Jehovah's Witness identified only by his surname Oh was called to military service in 2013 but refused, was found guilty, and lost an initial appeal
Khashoggi murder violates international law: Pompeo
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday stated that the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi "violates the norms of international law."Speaking to Fox News Radio's Brian Kilmeade, Pomepo said, "The death of Jamal Khashoggi is tragic. It's an awful thing that took place. The killing, the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in the consulate in Turkey violates the norms of international law. That much is very, very clear.""There are still many unanswered questions about precisely how this came to be. We are working diligently, our team, to get the facts, the facts that the Americans can learn. We won't rely on others; we'll take their information, we'll make sure and develop our fact pattern," Pompeo added.Khashoggi went missing on October 2, after stepping into Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Turkey to collect documents that would allow him to get married to fiancee Hatice Cengiz, who was waiting outside the consulate for Khashoggi.Owing to his support for Riyadh, ...
Asiya Bibi acquittal: Bilawal urges national institutions to stand with SC
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Wednesday called on all national institutions in the country to support the Supreme Court on the recent decision to clear Asiya Bibi of blasphemy charges."The Supreme Court is our national institution. All other institutions, including the National Assembly, should stand with the Supreme Court. We cannot run the country from the streets. We can (only) run this country according to the Constitution and law," Dawn quoted a statement from Bilawal as saying.Bilawal is the first chief of political party in Pakistan to stand with the Supreme Court decision. Also, PPP members Sherry Rehman and Farhatullah Babar had earlier hailed the verdict.Bilawal's remarks come in the wake of scores of people taking to streets and launching massive protests in opposition to the verdict. Protestors, including workers of political parties, gathered outside the Punjab Assembly after pronouncement of the verdict.The protests also witnessed violent ..
Official: Mafia hit man suspected in Whitey Bulger's slaying
A Mafia hit man who is said to hate "rats" is under suspicion in the slaying of former Boston crime boss and longtime FBI informant James "Whitey" Bulger, who was found dead hours after he was transferred to a West Virginia prison, an ex-investigator briefed on the case said Wednesday. The former official said that Fotios "Freddy" Geas and at least one other inmate are believed to have been involved in Bulger's killing. The longtime investigator was not authorized to discuss the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity. Authorities have not disclosed the cause of death. Among the many unanswered questions after Bulger was found dead on Tuesday: Why was he moved to the prison? And why was a frail 89-year-old like Bulger a known "snitch" placed in the general population instead of more protective housing? Attorney Hank Brennan said Bulger had a hip injury and was in a wheelchair when he was attacked. Brennan represented Bulger during his 2013 trial. Geas, 51, and his brother were ...
Lawyers thrash policeman in UP, FIR registered
A case has been registered against 12 lawyers from Uttar Pradesh for allegedly beating a police official.A video which went viral over social media shows few lawyers beating a police officer with shoes and later abusing and threatening him.The lawyers had barged into the chambers of district judge Rajendra Prasad to assault the sub-inspector.The protests from the lawyers erupted after a building in Sitapur was sealed by the district administration, said Sitapur Superintendent of Police Prabhakar Chaudhary.There is a club in the building where the police officials found many cartons of unaccounted liquor. Two lawyers, who own the club jointly, were detained and brought to a local police station for questioning. Thereafter the lawyers got livid with the action taken by the police and later gathered outside Prasad's office and assaulted the policemen, Chaudhary stated.
Khashoggi strangled to death, body cut into pieces: Turkish prosector
Journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled to death soon after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, while his body was 'cut into pieces', chief Turkish prosecutor Ifran Fidan said."In accordance with plans made in advance, the victim Jamal Khashoggi, was choked to death immediately after entering the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul on October 2, 2018. The victim's body was dismembered and destroyed following his death by suffocation," CNN quoted a statement from Fidan as saying.Fidan's statement comes amid growing pressure upon Riyadh to extradite the 18 individuals held for their alleged role in Khashoggi's murder, with Turkey demanding answers from Saudi Arabia regarding the crime.A few weeks after the October 2 incident, Saudi had accepted the fact that the group of 15 Saudi agents were behind the murder of the former Washington Post journalist, leading to an international furore and complicating the already delicate relations between Saudi, Turkey and the ...
Pittsburgh synagogue gunman indicted on 44 counts
A US federal jury has charged a Pennsylvania man -- Robert Bowers -- with 44 counts, including hate crimes, for killing 11 and injuring six people during shootings at a synagogue in Pittsburgh last weekend, authorities announced on Wednesday.
US not to rely on others on Khashoggi investigation: Pompeo
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said that the US will not rely on other sides regarding the investigation of the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as the Turkish side revealed details of his death on the same day.
Four held with over 22 kg cannabis in Noida
Four suspected drug traffickers were arrested and over 22 kilograms of cannabis allegedly seized from their possession in separate incidents in Noida, police said on Wednesday. Dheeraj Singh, a local, and Vijay Kumar, who hails from Bihar, were arrested in Sector 22 with 15.85 kilograms of cannabis, the police said. During interrogation, they told the police that they would procure the cannabis from Odisha and sell it in Noida, a police official said. In the other instance, two persons, including a woman, were arrested from Sector 39 police station area and seven kilograms of cannabis was recovered from their possession, the police said. Accused Ramkaran and Suneeta were arrested from Salarpur village and cash worth Rs 6,000 was also seized from them, they added. A case has been registered against the four accused at respective police stations under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, the police said.
Illegal liquor factory busted in Haryana; 4 held
In an inter-state operation, the Gautam Buddh Nagar police Wednesday claimed to have helped bust an illegal liquor factory in Haryana's Gurgaon, officials said. Police in the district's Greater Noida had Tuesday intercepted a vehicle and seized 30 cartons of illegal liquor from it. Four people, including two women, were arrested, they said. During further probe, it was found that the liquor bottles bearing fake barcodes and labels of various brands were procured from a factory in Gurgaon for sale in western Uttar Pradesh, police said. "With the gathered information, a joint team of police from the Knowledge Park police station and the Excise Department raided the factory in Gurgaon on Wednesday," a police official said. "We seized 2,000 pints of illicit liquor, a tanker filled with 200 litres of liquor, around 5,000 empty bottles, packing and wrapping machines, fake barcode stickers in huge quantity, among other items from there," he said. Those arrested have been identified as Prince
U.S. top court mulls pollution dispute over power plant in India
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared unlikely to revive a lawsuit by villagers in India seeking to hold a Washington-based international financial institution responsible for environmental damage they blame on a power plant it financed.
Businessman run over and killed by friends; 2 arrested
A 35-year-old businessman died allegedly after being hit with an iron rod, stabbed and then run over by his two friends, one of whom had borrowed money from him and was unable to repay, police said Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Pawan Bathla, they added. The incident took place on Tuesday in North Delhi's Timarpur area. One of the accused was unable to pay loan he had taken from the victim and hatched the conspiracy to kill him, the police said. The two men called the victim to an isolated location on the pretext of paying him interest on the loan of Rs 2.35 lakh. Then, the two men allegedly hit him with an iron rod, stabbed him and ran over him using his vehicle, a senior police officer said. A passerby, who saw a man being run over by a vehicle, informed the police about it around 9.30 pm on Tuesday, the officer said. The victim was found lying on a secluded stretch near Gandhi Vihar in Timarpur. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead, the ..