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Court orders to register FIR against TN BJP chief
The Thoothukudi Magistrate Court on Thursday ordered police officials to register a case against Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan, for allegedly abusing a co-passenger, Lois Sophia, who recently raised anti-party slogans on an aircraft.The court ordered the police to register a case under Sections 341, 294(b) and 506(1) under the Indian Penal Code (IPC), after Sophia's father had approached the court, alleging that Soundararajan and her party workers had reportedly used abusive language against his daughter and misbehaved with her.On September 3, Sophia allegedly raised 'Fascist BJP Government down down' slogan on a Chennai-Tuticorin flight. Enraged by the same, Soundararajan, also on the same aircraft, got into a verbal spat with the co-passenger and later allegedly with the police, who were stationed at the Tuticorin airport.Soundararajan also lodged a complaint and Sophia was later detained for interrogation. However, the police released
CBI court asks jail officials to produce Indrani's former driver on Oct 29
The Mumbai Police arrested Indrani, her former husband Sanjeev Khanna and Rai in the murder case of Sheena Bora
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Google fired 48 people for sexual misconduct in two years
Google has fired around 48 people for sexual harassment in the last two years.According to an email sent to Fox News by Google Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sundar Pichai, people from the management who were accused of sexual misconduct were also sacked from the company.In the email, Google spokesperson stated that "the company was dead serious about making sure we provide a safe and inclusive workplace."The email which was also sent to all the employees of the Google came after a US national daily reported that the company gave Android creator Andy Rubin 90 million USD as an exit package after being accused of sexual misconduct by an employee.Pichai, however, said that as many 13 senior managers were sacked from the company and none of them received any exit package.The email which was also signed by Eileen Naughton, vice president of people operations, encouraged the employees to report any incidents of sexual misconduct or harassment they experience or notice.
Odisha: Farmer commits suicide due to crop damage, loan burden
A 26-year-old farmer from Gambhariguda village in Odisha's Kalahandi district allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison due to crop loss and loan burden.According to other farmers, Paramanand Lahajal took the extreme step, as he suffered crop damage in his four acres land, which he used on a sharing basis with two other villagers.Besides this, he had also taken a loan of Rs. 35,000 by mortgaging his wife's gold ornaments, which was to be repaid.Paramanand was rushed to Bhawanipatna district hospital on Thursday afternoon but was declared brought dead.
At least 19 bodies found in unmarked graves in Mexico: official
At least 19 bodies have been discovered in a field in Mexico's western state of Jalisco, scene of some of the worst violence in the country, local prosecutors said Thursday. The corpses have been identified as belonging to 16 men and three women, who are believed to have been killed about four months ago, the officials said. Two skulls were also recovered but it was not clear if that meant two more victims, or if the skulls belonged to people already declared dead. The number of murder victims in Mexico has exploded in recent years in spiraling violence linked to the country's powerful drug cartels. The first human remains were found on Monday in Lagos de Moreno, a part of Jalisco state near the border with Guanajuato state. Investigators then pursued a search in the area on Tuesday and Wednesday, allowing prosecutors to announce the final tally. Authorities said they could not say if the victims were local residents, where several disappearances had been recorded in recent months, or
Jamal Khashoggi's son leaves Saudi Arabia
Salah bin Jamal Khashoggi, the son of murdered dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has left Saudi Arabia.Khashoggi's son was previously unable to leave Saudi Arabia after his passport was restricted by the kingdom some months ago, reported CNN.On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and crown prince Mohammed bin Salman met Khashoggi's son and his relative Sahl Ahmed Khashoggi at the Al Yamamah Palace in Riyadh and condoled journalist's demise.In the latest development in the investigation of the murder case, Saudi's Attorney General Shaikh Suood bin Abdullah Al Mo'jab confirmed that journalist's killing was pre-meditated."The public prosecution received information from the Turkish side through the Joint Working Group between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Turkish Republic, indicating that the suspects in Khashoggi's case premeditated their crime," Al Mo'jab stated.The report also claims that Khashoggi was murdered by a group of men who had close ...
#MeToo: CoA forms committee to probe charges against Johri
The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) led by Vinod Rai has constituted a three-member committee to look into the sexual harassment charges against Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) CEO Rahul Johri.The three-member committee formed on Thursday comprises former judge of Allahabad High Court Justice Rakesh Sharma, former chairperson of Delhi Commission for Women Barkha Singh, and former Director of CBI IPS (Retd) P.C. Sharma. Justice Sharma will be acting as a chairman of the committee. The panel has also been also asked to submit its report containing its findings and recommendations within 15 days.Taking cognisance of the media reports concerning allegations of sexual harassment made against Johri by a woman, the Committee of Administrators had earlier sought an explanation from the BCCI CEO. Johri submitted his explanation on October 20 denying the allegations."The Supreme Court Appointed Committee of Administrators ("COA") met on 20th and 22nd ...
2 BMC officials arrested by ACB for bribery
The Mumbai unit of the Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested two BMC engineers for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 from a hotelier, an official said Thursday. The official identified the arrested civic officials as Sajid Hamid Khan (38) and Dayanand Kuchekar (28), both engineers of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's N Ward. He said that a case had been registered and further probe was underway.
Elderly sisters found murdered in Delhi
Two elderly sisters were found meurdered on Thursday inside their flat in west Delhi, police said.
UK parliamentarian names retail billionaire in British #MeToo
A House of Lords peer on Thursday used his parliamentary privilege to overlook a court injunction and name leading retail billionaire Philip Green as the "leading businessman" at the heart of the latest British #MeToo movement which seeks to uncover sexual harassment. The until-now-unnamed company chief had won a UK Court of Appeal case earlier this week preventing The Daily Telegraph newspaper from revealing "alleged sexual harassment and racial abuse of staff" following an eight-month investigation. While the court injunction remains in place until a full trial in the case takes place, Lord Peter Hain told Parliament that he felt it was his duty to speak out. The senior Labour Party peer said in his statement: "Having been contacted by somebody intimately involved in the case of a powerful businessman using non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and substantial payments to conceal the truth about serious and repeated sexual harassment, racist abuse and bullying which is compulsively ...
Governor Sathasivam meets Rajnath; discusses Kerala situation
Kerala Governor P Sathasivam Thursday met Home Minister Rajnath Singh and discussed with him the prevailing situation in the southern state which has witnessed violent incidents following the Supreme Court verdict allowing women of menstrual age to offer prayers at the Sabarimala temple, officials said. The governor also apprised the home minister about the rehabilitation initiatives for the people affected in the recent massive floods in Kerala. During the 20-minute meeting, the governor discussed the situation in Kerala in the wake of the Supreme Court order on the Sabarimala temple, a home ministry official said. Cracking the whip on the protesters, police have arrested 1,400 people, who took part in the demonstrations across the state against entry of women in the 10-50 age group into the Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala. State police chief Loknath Behera Thursday said the arrests were made in the last two days and 440 cases registered in connection with violent incidents ...
Meerut Bar Association cancels membership of woman advocate for creating ruckus at public place
The Meerut Bar Association on Thursday cancelled membership of a woman advocate, who landed in a controversy after she drove her car rashly hitting at least four vehicles here, an official said. On Wednesday, Dipti Chaudhary created ruckus at public place and was sent to the district hospital for medical examination, police said. She was produced before a court here on Thursday which granted her bail on depositing Rs 20,000. According to police, Dipti was under the influence of alcohol when she drove her hatchback mindlessly from Kutchery to Boundary Road, hitting two other cars and as many motorcycles on Wednesday. This led to a ruckus on the road following which police reached the spot. They said when Dipti was taken to the Lalkurti police station, she created a ruckus there as well alleging that the police inspector was acting on orders from the BJP. Chairman of the Bar Association Praveen Kumar said several complaints about Dipti's behaviour were received in the past as well. On ..
Gang beheads accused in rowdy's murder case
A ten-member gang beheaded a murder accused and threw the severed head on a road near Pattukottai in Thanjavur district, police said Thursday. The victim M Prakash Kumar was an accused along with six others in the killing of Thamba Karthi, a history-sheeter, police said. They had allegedly committed the crime on August 13 and were released on conditional bail Wednesday, they said. The seven, including Prakash Kumar, were travelling in a vehicle after signing at a police station on Wednesday evening, when the 10-member gang on two-wheelers tried in vain to stop the vehicle, they said. The gang hurled country-made bombs at the vehicle. Barring Prakash, the others managed to escape. The gang caught hold of Prakash, beheaded him before dumping the severed head on the road and fleeing, police said. It is suspected that a relative of Thamba, and his associates were behind the killing, they added.
Swain demands action against BJD workers
Utkal Bharat party president and former MP M A Kharabela Swain Thursday alleged that he was attacked by ruling BJD cadres at Aul in Kendrapara district on Wednesday. Swain met the Director General of Police R P Sharma at the police headquarters here Thursday and demanded action against the BJD workers for allegedly attacking him. The BJD spokesperson P K Deb termed the allegations of Swain as "baseless and false". Swain, said when he was addressing a street corner meeting at Annapurna Bazaar in Aul on Wedneday when about 25 to 30 youths claiming to be BJD workers barged onto the podium and "stopped" him from addressing the gathering. Swain alleged that the youths warned him against speaking against the ruling party.
Court allows ED to inspect Ludhiana City Centre scam file
A court Thursday allowed the Enforcement Directorate to inspect the case file of a Rs 1,100- crore alleged Ludhiana City Centre scam in which Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh, his son and son-in-law were amongst the accused. Last year, Punjab's Vigilance Bureau filed a closure report in court, saying its reinvestigation of the alleged scam found nothing to substantiate the charges. The case, alleging that a private builder was favoured during Amarinder Singh's previous term as CM, was filed in 2007 when the SAD-BJP government was in power. Final arguments on the closure report are likely to be heard by District and Sessions Judge Gurbir Singh on November 15. Meanwhile, the ED in its application filed in the same court has said it should be permitted to inspect the judicial record as a separate probe in a money laundering is still pending. The ED had filed a separate FIR under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in 2013 on basis of the FIR filed by the Vigilance ...
MNC employee raped by on pretext of marriage
A 28-year-old employee of an multinational company has alleged she was raped by a married man here who also duped her of Rs 10 lakh, police said Thursday. In her complaint filed at a police station in Dwarka district on Monday, the woman alleged the 48-year-old man raped her on the pretext of marriage. She also said the accused's wife abused and threatened her for being the other woman in their marriage, police said. The victim alleged she first met the man on a flight in 2013. He had introduced himself as the director of an electronics company and told her that his company was under debt and wanted investors, a senior police officer said. The woman had expressed interest to help him and they held meetings to discuss the situation, he said. The two then got into a relationship as the man had claimed to be a bachelor, but he was married, the officer said. The woman came to know about his marriage after she found a woman's clothes at his apartment in Gurgaon, he said. However, the ...
4 teenagers held for killing minor boy in Delhi
A minor boy died in a scuffle on Thursday following an argument with four teenagers over a playground in front of a madrassa in south Delhi, police said, adding the accused have been arrested.
Will implement SC order on Sabarimala: Kerala CM
KeralaChief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Thursday said the state government would implement the Supreme Court order permitting entry of all women into the Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala. He said the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) that manages the shrine would evolve a new system to prevent stay of "criminals" at Sabarimala Sannidhanam (temple complex). "The new system will be evolved to help devotees leave the shrine immediately after offering prayers," the chief minister said at a LDF meeting here. He condemned activist Rahul Easwar's statement that they had a contingency plan to force the closure of the temple by spilling blood on its premises by some devotees in case any woman in the 'barred' age group managed to reach it. Without naming Easwar,he questioned the intention of "the leader of the protesters" opposing implementation of the supreme court order. "The CPI(M) believes in gender equality and the LDF government will implement the supreme court order ...
2 'suspicious packages' for Joe Biden located by authorities
Two suspicious packages have been located by law enforcement authorities addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden, amidst a string of similar incidents that have put the United States on edge.The packages have been intercepted in postal facilities in Delaware and Wilmington, CNN reported quoting law enforcement authorities.These are the latest 'suspicious packages' that have been tracked down by authorities in a string of incidents that have targeted prominent Democrat leaders like former US President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and the CNN office in New York.Authorities state that the package in Delaware has similar markings like those that have been previously intercepted.The FBI has launched an intensive investigation into the incidents and have posted pleas for information on their official Twitter account. "If you have info that could assist the #FBI's investigation of suspicious packages, call 1-800-CALLFBI (225-5324) or use ...
Elderly woman fed excrement over cattle dispute in Nepal
An elderly woman has been admitted to hospital after she was allegedly forced-fed faeces by three persons following a dispute over cattle in Nepal's eastern Udayapur district, police said Thursday. Reshma Rai, 60, who has suffered injuries in her eye and other parts of the body in the assault, had complained to the accused that their stray cattle ate the crops in her field, Inspector Lalan Prasad Rautkurmi said. The three persons have been arrested for the inhuman treatment and assault, he said.