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Govt school teacher shot dead in Delhi
A 38-year-old school teacher was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Delhi on Monday, police said. The deceased has been identified as Sunita, a resident of Bawana village and a teacher at the Government Senior Secondary School in Ferozepur town, Haryana. Sunita was going to school on her scooty in the morning, said Rajneesh Gupta, deputy commissioner of police (Rohini). "The police received a call at around 8.05 am regarding the shooting incident in Rohini's Bawana area. After reaching the spot, it was found that a school teacher sustained three bullet injuries -- two in the chest and one in the stomach -- and was lying in a pool of blood," Gupta said. Sunita, who is survived by a 16-year-old daughter and an eight-year-old son, was rushed to a hospital where she was declared brought dead. The body was handed over to her family members after a post-mortem examination, the DCP added.
3 held for killing man in Noida
Three persons accused of killing a man in a scuffle that broke out during a cricket match at Kalonda village in Greater Noida two months ago have been arrested, police said Monday. "The three accused, who were carrying a reward of Rs 25,000 each, were arrested on Sunday," Superintendent of Police (Rural) Vineet Jaisawal told reporters. The arrested have been identified as Jabbar Khan, Shahrukh, son of Jabbar, and Khalid, all from Kalonda village, the SP said. On August 25, a fight between children had escalated into a clash among adults at Kalonda village, under Jarcha Police Station limits, officials said The clashing sides resorted to gun fire and brickbats to attack each other, the said, adding that five people were hospitalised after the clash. One of them, identified as Rizwan, had succumbed to injuries later, police said. A rifle and two country-made pistols along with bullets were seized from the possession of the arrested, he added. The accused have been booked under sections .
NGT directs EDMC to take action against welding, painting units in Laxmi Nagar
The National Green Tribunal has taken note of a plea alleging that welding and painting work was being done in a residential area in Laxmi Nagar and directed the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) to look into the matter. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel formed a committee comprising the EDMC commissioner and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to look into the matter and take appropriate action in accordance with law. "Proceedings have been initiated on basis of a letter by post alleging that welding and painting work is being done in Mangal Bazar, Street No. 6, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi -110092 causing pollution. Children of the Bal Bhawan Public School which is located nearby are adversely affected. The factory has potential for severe damage of public health particularly the school children. "We accordingly direct the Joint Committee of the Commissioner, the EDMC and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to look into the matter and take appropriate ...
Court releases AAP MLA on probation to reform himself
A Delhi court has released Aam Aadmi Party MLA Prakash Jarwal, held guilty of intimidating a woman in Sangam Vihar area last year, on probation for one year. The court directed Jarwal to pay Rs 1 lakh as the cost of court proceedings and asked him to ensure that he is not involved in any offence during the period, saying that any registration of FIR against him may make him liable for cancellation of probation. Jarwal will receive the sentence as may be given by the court if the benefit of probation is withdrawn, the court said on October 27. "Considering primarily that the complainant had not suffered any physical injury in this case and in order to give an opportunity to the convict to reform himself, I am not inclined to award a sentence forthwith and deem it fit to release the convict on probation of good conduct for period of one year...," said Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal. He however set certain conditions. "The convict shall deposit Rs one lakh in the ..
PNB scam: Nirav Modi opposes ED's fugitive offender plea
Diamond trader Nirav Modi, a prime accused in the multi-crore PNB scam, Monday filed an application before a special court opposing the ED's complaint to have him declared a "fugitive economic offender" under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act (FEOA). Modi filed 10 applications Monday before the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court of judge M S Azmi, but his prime argument was that the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) complaint had not been filed in accordance with the law and, thus, must not be considered valid by the court. Modi argued that as per the FEOA, a complaint under the said act may be filed by the director or any other officer not below the rank of deputy director "authorised" by the director. However, in the present case, Modi's application contended that the ED's plea was undersigned by one C Mahesh Chandra Reddy, claiming to be a deputy director, but the latter has not submitted any authorisation documents as required under the act. The application further ...
Koregaon-Bhima case: SC grants Maharashtra police till Dec 1 to file charge sheet
In relief to the Maharashtra police, the Supreme Court Monday granted it time till December 1 to file the charge sheet in Koregaon-Bhima violence case and ensure that the accused rights activists do not become entitled to statutory bail on account of non-filing of the probe report within the legally permissible period. Under the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), if police does not file the charge sheet within 90 days in serious offences, the arrested accused become entitled for grant of statutory bail on the ground of delay. A Pune special court, on the expiry of 90-day deadline for filing of the charge sheet on September 2, 2018, had extended the time by another 90 days for filing the probe report in the violence case by taking note of the plea of the state police. The Pune police had arrested lawyer Surendra Gadling, Nagpur University professor Shoma Sen, Dalit activist Sudhir Dhawale, activist Mahesh Raut and Kerala native Rona Wilson in June for their alleged links with Maoists ..
Man held for pushing wife to death from 8th floor
A senior executive of a private firm was arrested for allegedly murdering his wife by pushing her off the balcony of their eighth floor flat in Ansal Valley View Society here on the Gurugram-Faridabad Road, police said on Monday.
Suspended DSP Devender Kumar moves bail
Suspended Central Bureau Investigation's (CBI) Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Devender Kumar, arrested in a corruption case allegedly involving Special Director Rakesh Asthana, on Monday moved his bail plea in a Delhi court.
HC reserves verdict on appeals in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case in which Sajjan Kumar was acquitted
The Delhi High Court on Monday reserved its verdict on the appeals challenging the trial court's judgement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case in which Congress leader Sajjan Kumar was acquitted. A bench of justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel concluded hearing arguments on the appeals filed by the CBI, riots victims and the convicts and asked the parties to file written submissions, if any, by November 22. Former Congress Councillor Balwan Khokhar, a retired naval officer Captain Bhagmal, Girdhari Lal and two others were held guilty in the case relating to the murder of five members of a family in Raj Nagar area of Delhi Cantonment on November 1, 1984, after the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The trial court had acquitted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in the case but awarded life term to Khokhar, Bhagmal and Girdhari Lal and a three-year jail term to two others - former MLA Mahender Yadav and Kishan Khokhar. They had challenged their conviction and sentencing by .
Criminal carrying Rs 50,000 reward on his head held
A criminal carrying Rs 50,000 reward on his head was arrested along with three of his aides in Bihar's Madhubani district, police said on Monday. Acting on a tip off, a joint team of district police and Special Task Force (STF) raided Chhajna Badki Gachhi locality under Laukahi police station and arrested the four on Sunday, Superintendent of Police Dipak Kumar Barnwal said. One of them, Pawan Sah, was carrying Rs 50,000 reward on his head. He was wanted in more than 18 cases lodged in various police stations of the district, the SP said adding that he was booked for murder, kidnapping and other charges. An SUV, four guns, a revolver, 16 cartridges of 12 bore were seized from their possession, he said.
Efforts on to arrest remaining accused in Begusarai unnatural sex case: Police
The Bihar police are conducting raids to arrest the remaining accused in the Begusarai unnatural sex case, officials said Monday. A video of four college students being brutally tortured and forced into performing unnatural sex went viral on Sunday, leading to the arrest of seven persons. "While seven persons have been arrested, raids are being conducted to nab the other accused," SHO Town Police Station Trilok Mishra said. Madhepura MP Pappu Yadav and senior RJD leader Alok Mehta visited the victims in the hospital on Monday. The inmates of Kushwaha Hostel, a private male students boarding in Pokhariya area, were on Wednesday kidnapped by some persons from Kali Asthan Chowk, police said. The victims were taken behind Begusarai Divisional Jail and assaulted by the miscreants. They were then disrobed and forced to indulge in unnatural sexual acts with each other, police said. The accused also shot at the toes of the boarders, all male college students in the age group of 18 to 21 ...
SC to fix hearing of Ayodhya case in Jan; Sangh Parivar groups demand ordinance for Ram temple
Declining an urgent hearing of the Ayodhya land dispute case, the Supreme Court Monday fixed the politically sensitive issue for first week of January before an "appropriate bench" and left a decision on the timeline to it, sparking demands for an ordinance for construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site. The order by a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi triggered a chorus of demands from within the BJP and various Sangh Parivar outfits that the Centre bring an Ordinance or legislation in the Winter session of Parliament for early construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls without waiting for the apex court verdict. However, Congress and Muslim groups wanted all stakeholders to wait for the verdict. Observing that the apex court has its "own priorities", the CJI said the future course of hearing on multiple appeals filed against the Allahabad High Court verdict on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute will be decided by the ...
Pb women panel issues guidelines to prevent sexual harassment at workplace
No woman employee can be called by a minister or male officer alone to his office, according to fresh guidelines issued Monday by the Punjab State Women Commission. The panel issued the fresh rules to all government departments, saying these are meant to prevent sexual harassment of any woman official. The new guidelines to prevent sexual harassment of women at workplace come at a time when a Punjab cabinet minister is facing allegations of sending an "inappropriate text" to a woman government officer. "We have issued guidelines to all the government departments and they have been asked to follow them properly. Action will be taken if anyone is found not following the same," Punjab State Women Commission Chairperson Manisha Gulati told reporters Monday. "No minister or any male employee can call any woman official alone in his office during office hours or later," she said. According to new guidelines, all male officers and ministers are required to understand that if a woman employee
Complainant against CBI special director Rakesh Asthana moves SC for protection
The Hyderabad-based businessman on whose complaint an FIR was registered against CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana moved the Supreme Court Monday seeking police protection and a stay on the notice issued by the agency summoning him for interrogation. The CBI booked Asthana on October 15 on the basis of a complaint from Satish Sana, facing probe in a 2017 case involving meat exporter Moin Qureshi, claiming the special director had allegedly helped him to get a clean chit from the probe agency. Besides seeking a stay on CBI's summons against him, Sana in his petition has expressed fear for his life and sought police protection during the pendency of the inquiry against Asthana, who along side CBI Director Alok Verma has been divested of his duties and sent on leave by the Central government. The businessman, in his plea, referred to the apex court's October 26 order on the petition of the CBI Director by which the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) was asked to conclude inquiry ...
RSS demands law for construction of Ram temple
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Monday called for enactment of a law to facilitate construction of a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya and said the RSS will support whatever decision is taken by saints on the matter.
Turned away by 2 civic hospitals,woman delivers in local train
A 26-year-old woman delivered in a local train in Mumbai on October 25 after she was allegedly refused admission by at least two civic-run hospitals and was directed to approach another facility in Central Mumbai while she was in labour, her husband alleged Monday. Taking a serious note, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to set up an enquiry into the "unprofessional and unethical" conduct of the staffers of the hospitals concerned, a senior officer said. The woman, identified as Surekha Tiwari, delivered a baby in a compartment of a suburban train ahead of the Dadar railway station when she was travelling to Nair Hospital in Central Mumbai along with her husband Sushil Tiwari, after she was allegedly turned away by two civic hospitals in suburban Bhayander and Kandivli. Nair Hospital is one of the premier medical facilities run by the Mumbai civic body. Sushil claimed that he first rushed his wife to Tembha civic hospital in Bhayander in the wee ...
Two minor girls escape from short stay home in Bihar's Khagaria; probe ordered
Two minor girls have escaped from a short stay home in Bihar's Khagaria district, officials said Monday. The short stay home for girls is run by an NGO and is funded by the government. Following the Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal, where over 30 inmates were allegedly raped, girls from shelter homes in different districts in Bihar were transferred to the short stay home here, official sources said. The two were among five girls brought from Vaishali in August. An FIR was lodged at the local police station Sunday evening in this connection on the basis of a written complaint by the home's caretaker, Mohammad Muslim. "Two girls escaped from the short stay home due to the negligence of two female guards that included a DAP (District Armed Police) constable deputed at the home," District Magistrate Anirudh Kumar told PTI. On Sunday morning, when the guards were taking a nap, three girls took the keys to the gate on the pretext of going to the washroom, opened the locks and fled, he ..
Samachar Plus editor-in-chief sent to judicial remand
The CEO and editor-in-chief of Samachar Plus was arrested and sent to judicial remand till November 8 for allegedly conducting sting operations on prominent politicians and bureaucrats in Uttarakhand with an intent to extort money, officials said Monday. Umesh Kumar Sharma was arrested from his Ghaziabad residence on Sunday after a journalist working with the channel accused him of putting undue pressure on him to conduct sting operations on prominent politicians in Uttarakhand, including a former chief minister. "Sharma was produced Monday before the additional chief judicial magistrate here. He has been sent to judicial remand till November 8," Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police Nivedita Kukreti told reporters. The Noida headquartered regional news channel has presence in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. According to Uttarakhand Additional Director General (law and order) Ashok Kumar, Sharma had hatched a conspiracy to destabilise the state government and blackmail senior ...
Ram temple: SC should decide early, govt should bring law to remove hurdles, says RSS
The RSS said Monday that the Supreme Court should make an early decision on the Ram Janmabhoomi land dispute in Ayodhya and the Union government should bring a legislation to remove hurdles, if any, in the way of the construction of a Ram temple at the site. RSS chief spokesperson Arun Kumar said the Allahabad High Court in its verdict has accepted that the site is the birthplace of Lord Ram and a temple existed there. The high court judgment, delivered in four civil suits, had said the 2.77-acre land be divided equally among three parties the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla. "The Sangh believes a grand Ram temple should be constructed soon at the birthplace of Lord Ram. And land should be allotted at the birthplace for temple construction. With the construction of the temple, an atmosphere of unity and harmony will be created. "With this in view, the Supreme Court should make an early decision and if there are any difficulties, the government should make a law to .
HC slams CBI for not filing reply in case involving Asthana
The Delhi High Court on Monday slammed the Central Bureau of Investigation for failing to file a reply on its Special Director Rakesh Asthana's plea seeking quashing of an FIR against him.