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SC reserves order on contempt petition against BJP MP Manoj Tiwari
The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its order on contempt proceedings against BJP Lok Sabha member Manoj Tiwari for breaking the seal of a premises, asking him how he could take the law into his hands.
Justice denied is justice delayed, says Adityanath on Ayodhya case
A day after the Supreme Court decided against urgent hearings in the Ram Janmahoomi-Babri Masjid case, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said justice delayed can be justice denied. "The matter pertaining to Shri Ram Janmabhoomi is before the Supreme Court. Justice delivered timely is considered to be the best justice. Delay in justice sometimes amounts to injustice," he said Tuesday in a tweet in Hindi. At the same time, the tweet appealed to the seers demanding early construction of a temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya to exercise patience. He said they should be partners in all meaningful efforts towards evolving a solution to the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi issue. This, he tweeted, will establish peace and amity in the country and also strengthen respect towards all constitutional bodies. For resolving the case promptly, it would have been better if a quick hearing of the matter was held by the court for the sake of peace and brotherhood in the country," he said in another .
Law enforcement agencies in C'garh must provide security to mediapersons: Editors Guild
The Editors Guild of India Tuesday urged law enforcement agencies in Chhattisgarh to provide necessary security to media professionals, particularly when they are covering elections, after a DD News cameraperson and two policemen were killed in a Naxal attack there. DD News Cameraman Achyutanand Sahu, Sub Inspector Rudra Pratap Singh and Assistant Constable Mangalu were killed in Dantewada district in the poll-bound state. The Editors Guild of India, in a statement, said it was saddened to learn of the deaths of Sahu and the two policemen in an attack by Maoist insurgents. The statement said the guild offered its condolences and urged the law enforcement agencies in the state to provide necessary security and protection to the media professionals particularly when they are covering elections. Creating a safe environment for media professionals to discharge their duties will be critical for ensuring freedom of the press, the guild said. The incident took place at around 11 am in a ...
Suspended CBI DSP remanded to judicial custody
A court on Tuesday sent suspended Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Deputy Superintendent of Police Devender Kumar and another man, arrested in a corruption case allegedly involving Special Director Rakesh Asthana, to 14 days judicial custody.
School principal in Pak gets 105 years in prison for child abuse, rape
A principal of a private school in Pakistan was sentenced to a total of 105 years in prison on Tuesday by a local court for sexually exploiting schoolchildren and filming them with secret cameras installed on campus. Attaullah Marwat, who is also the school's owner, was arrested in this city after police registered a case against him on July 14, 2017, on the complaint of a boy student. A sessions court here handed a total of 105 years in prison to the principal on charges of child abuse, pornography, rape, blackmail and maintaining illicit relations. Marwat was also fined Rs 1.4 million in addition to the jail terms. A trial court had framed charges against him on eight counts under the Pakistan Penal Code. He was found guilty of all charges and handed various jail sentences under each section - resulting in a total prison term of 105 years. One of the charges against the convict was that he had forced, persuaded, coerced and enticed girl students under the age of 18 to engage in ...
Erdogan urges Saudi prosecutor to find out who ordered Khashoggi hit
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday called on Saudi Arabia's chief prosecutor to find out who ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and not spare "certain people" in his investigation. "Who sent these 15 people? As Saudi public prosecutor, you have to ask that question, so you can reveal it," Erdogan said, referring to the 15-man team suspected of being behind the hit. "Now we have to solve this case. No need to prevaricate, it makes no sense to try to save certain people," he told reporters in Ankara. Khashoggi was killed after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2 to obtain paperwork ahead of his upcoming wedding. His body has not yet been found. The Washington Post contributor, who had criticised the kingdom's powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, had lived in self-imposed exile in the United States since 2017. After Turkish media published gruesome reports of torture and decapitation, Saudi Arabia admitted that Khashoggi, a former ...
SC pulls up Bihar govt for not arresting ex-minister Manju Verma, asks is she above law
The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up Bihar Police for not arresting former state minister Manju Verma, who had stepped down in the wake of the Muzaffarpur shelter home scandal, in a case related to recovery of ammunition from her possession. The top court said even after her anticipatory bail application was dismissed by the Patna High Court on October 9, the police has not been able to arrest her. Her husband Chandrashekhar Verma had surrendered before a Begusarai court on Monday in connection with the arms case registered against him, the apex court was informed by the Bihar government. The court also directed that Brajesh Thakur, the prime accused in the Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual abuse case, be shifted to the Patiala high security jail in Punjab from Bihar's Bhagalpur jail. The court passed the order to shift Thakur out of Bihar after the CBI had on October 25 said that he was an influential person and was found in possession of mobile phone inside the Bhagalpur jail. A ...
Malegaon blast case: Court frames terror charges against Purohit, Sadhvi and 5 others
A special court Tuesday framed terror charges against Lt Col Prasad Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and five other accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, setting the stage for their trial that will commence on Friday. Observing that the organisation named Abhinav Bharat was formed by the accused with the common object to "spread terrorism", the court here also framed charges of criminal conspiracy and murder, among other offences. Six people were killed and over 100 injured when an explosive device strapped on a motorcycle went off near a mosque in Malegaon, a town about 200 km from Mumbai in north Maharashtra, on September 29, 2008. Judge Vinod Padalkar, presiding over the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court, framed charges against all the seven accused under relevant sections of the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and the Indian Penal Code (IPC). After framing of the charges, the court posted the case on November 2 for the trial to commence. ..
CB-CID nabs 5 more involved in train-heist case
Five more people involved in the sensational heist of Rs 5.78 crore in a moving train in 2016 were arrested Tuesday, taking the total number nabbed in the case to seven, police said. According to Crime Branch-CID officials, those arrested hail from Madhya Pradesh and belong to Pardi group of criminals who were lodged in prisons in Madhya Pradesh. H Mohar Singh, Rusi Pardi, Kaliya, Mahesh Pardi and Biltya were brought to Chennai and produced before a local court here, Tuesday. The court granted 14-day police custody of the accused for further interrogation, they said. Early this month, the CB-CID wing, which has been probing the case, had arrested Dinesh and Rohan Pardi hailing from Madhya Pradesh. According to police, Rs 342 crore was transported from the Indian Overseas Bank, Salem to the Reserve Bank of India, Chennai by a railway parcel van in the Salem-Chennai Egmore express train on August 8, 2016. When the parcel van was opened by RBI authorities on its arrival at .
CBI DSP, middleman remanded to judicial custody in bribery case involving CBI Spl Dir
A Delhi court Tuesday remanded CBI DSP Devender Kumar and middleman Manoj Prasad, arrested in connection with bribery allegations involving the agency's Special Director Rakesh Asthana, to 14-day judicial custody. A special CBI court sent them to jail after the probe agency said that they were not required for further custodial interrogation. Both the accused were produced before special CBI Judge Santosh Snehi Mann who will hear the bail application of Kumar on Wednesday. During the hearing, Kumar, who was produced after the expiry of his seven-day custodial interrogation, told the court that the agency was tampering with and fabricating evidence in case against him. He submitted that a case of theft and extortion should be lodged against CBI officials probing case. Kumar told the court that his eight mobile phones, an iPad and his son's laptop were seized but the CBI's "seizure memo (a mandatory list of all the seized items)" only shows one mobile phone. "The very foundation of this
Independent panel probing Johri must declare no conflict of interest: COA
The independent panel probing the sexual harassment charge against BCCI CEO Rahul Johri must declare absence of any conflict of interest in its first meeting, the Committee of Administrators said Tuesday after a member had to be replaced owing to this reason. Laying down the terms of reference for the three-member panel, the COA said the probe committee will be free to investigate all charges against Johri and would be open to hearing any "person who is desirous of placing any fact" in the matter. Johri was accused of sexual harassment in an anonymous social media post, which has since been deleted. He has denied the allegation in response to the showcause notice issued by the COA. The probe panel originally comprised Former Allahabad High Court judge Justice Rakesh Sharma, former Delhi Commission for Women Chairperson Barkha Singh and Former CBI Director P C Sharma. However, Sharma was replaced by advocate Veena Gowda after it came to light that one of his relatives was a BCCI ...
Seven held, 110 kg of ganja seized in Coimbatore
Ganja weighing 110 kg was seized here and seven people, including a woman, arrested in this connection, police said Tuesday. Police said they surrounded an eight-member gang following a tip-off Monday night, but one of them managed to escape. A car and two two-wheelers used to transport the ganja were seized, they said. Interrogation revealed that a person named Shaktivel was allegedly smuggling in the narcotic from Andhra Pradesh and supplying it to colleges through his associates with the woman's help, police said, adding that a dragnet has been spread for him. A search is also on for the accused who escaped.
CBI files status report in case against Daati Maharaj
The CBI on Tuesday filed a status report in a sexual assault case against self-styled godman Daati Maharaj in the Delhi High Court.
Over 70 people arrested for possessing 'illegal' DTH devices in Pakistan
Over 70 people, mostly from the Punjab province, have been arrested after the Pakistani authorities launched a countrywide operation against those possessing "illegal" Direct-to-Home satellite devices allegedly smuggled from India in the local market, an official said Tuesday. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) along with Customs and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) launched the crackdown last Saturday on those having 'illegal' Indian Direct-to-Home (DTH) receivers and arrested over 75 people mostly from the Punjab province. "During the last four days the FIA arrested more than 50 suspects in Punjab alone and recovered illegal devices from them," FIA Punjab spokesperson Altaf Gohar Wattoo told PTI. He said the remaining suspects have been arrested from other provinces. Wattoo said 7,387 illegal equipment including DTH receivers have been recovered from the arrested suspects. He said a huge amount of money was being laundered to India in connection with ...
Malegaon 2008 case: Terror charges framed against 7 accused
A Special NIA Court here on Tuesday framed terror charges against Lt. Col. Prasad Purohit, Sadhvi Pragnya Singh Thakur and five others in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.
'Supreme Court is great': Haryana minister takes a dig at SC over Ayodhya hearing
Haryana minister Anil Vij took a dig Tuesday at the Supreme Court for turning down demands for early hearings in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute when it could hear a late-night plea to delay the hanging of Mumbai attacks convict Yakub Memon. Supreme Court mahan hai (The Supreme Court is great), the minister said, using the phrase twice in a tweet that seemed to mock the apex court. It it so wishes it can open its doors on 29 July 2014 for an appeal to delay the death sentence awarded to 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon. And if it wants, it can give a date on the issue of Ram Mandir, for which crores of Indians are eagerly waiting. The Supreme Court is great, the tweet in Hindi read. The Yakub Memon hearing was actually during the pre-dawn hours of July 30, 2015. Interacting with the media in Ambala, the health minister made a similar comment. "The court is great, he said. It can stay awake till midnight to hear the Yakub Memon case and it can extend the ...
Khaleda Zia cannot take part in general elections: Bangla Attorney-General
Bangladesh's ailing former prime minister Khaleda Zia cannot contest the upcoming parliamentary election unless the 17-year jail term awarded to her in two separate graft cases is terminated, Attorney-General Mahbubey Alam said on Tuesday. Zia suffered a setback Tuesday when the Bangladesh High Court here doubled her jail term to 10 years in a corruption case. The verdict came a day after the 73-year-old leader of the Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was sentenced to seven years in prison in another graft case. After the latest verdict, Attorney General Alam said Khaleda would be barred from taking part in the general election. "Khaleda Zia is the main accused in the case. But the trial court sentenced her to five years in prison. Based on evidence, the High Court has extended the sentence to 10 years," Alam said. "She is convicted in the case, which means she cannot take part in the election, unless the sentence is terminated or suspended," he told bdnews24.com. Asked ...
HC to hear middleman's plea on Nov 1 in bribery case involving CBI spl director Asthana
The Delhi High Court Tuesday said it would hear on November 1 a plea of middleman Manoj Prasad, arrested in the bribery case involving CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana, seeking quashing of the FIR against him. Justice Najmi Waziri, who was scheduled to hear the petition Tuesday, listed it for Thursday after Prasad's counsel sought an adjournment saying the senior advocate who has to argue the matter was busy in the Supreme Court. On November 1, the court would hear three separate pleas -- of Asthana, CBI Deputy Superintendent of Police Devender Kumar and Prasad seeking quashing of FIR against them. The court had yesterday heard the three pleas and while Asthana and Kumar's petitions were listed for November, Prasad's matter was fixed for today. Prasad, arrested on October 17, was produced before a trial court here Tuesday on expiry of his CBI custody. He was sent to 14-day in judicial custody. Kumar, who was arrested on October 23, was also sent to judicial custody. The high court .
Erdogan urges Saudi prosecutor to find out who ordered Khashoggi murder
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday called on Saudi Arabia's chief prosecutor to find out who ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and not spare "certain people" in his investigation. "Who sent these 15 people? As Saudi public prosecutor, you have to ask that question, so you can reveal it," Erdogan said, referring to the 15-man team suspected of being behind the hit. "Now we have to solve this case. No need to prevaricate, it makes no sense to try to save certain people," he told reporters in Ankara.
Asthana row: CBI officer AK Bassi challenges his transfer
Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) officer AK Bassi, who was given the charge to investigate the alleged bribery case against its Special Director Rakesh Asthana, has moved the Supreme Court challenging his transfer order. The apex court, however, has refused to give an urgent hearing in the matter.Bassi, the former Deputy Superintendent of Police (SP) in Delhi CBI's AC III unit, also claimed that he has incriminating evidence against Asthana in the alleged bribery case.The CBI official has urged the apex court to set up a Special Investigating Team (SIT) to probe charges against Asthana.CBI had registered an FIR against Asthana on October 21 and Bassi was appointed as the investigating officer (IO) of the case.On October 24, however, Bassi was transferred and posted as Deputy SP, CBI, ACB Port Blair. He was directed to join his new place of posting with immediate effect in public interest. Along with Bassi, several other officers were also transferred.Earlier this month, the CBI