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Berlin police investigating suspicious letter to US embassy
Berlin police say the U.S. Embassy has received another letter from a person who had previously sent threats and a white powder, which was later determined to be non-harmful. Spokeswoman Valeska Jakubowski said police were investigating the letter, which was turned over to authorities Thursday after the embassy recognized the sender as the previous suspect from the other letters this summer. She says the current letter doesn't contain a threat so it doesn't appear a crime was committed. She says the 54-year-old man behind all the letters was previously charged with disturbing the peace but his cases were thrown out because he was psychologically unfit for trial. Explosive devices sent to high-profile political targets in the U.S. on Wednesday have put people on edge but Jakubowski says there's no link.
Man beats two youths with plastic pipe
Two teenage boys in Thane district of Maharashtra were allegedly made to remove their clothes and beaten up with a plastic pipe by a 25-year-old man who filmed the incident on his mobile phone, police said Thursday. The accused Faizal Khan got angry because one of the youths, who is known to him, refused to bring his father's two-wheeler, as demanded by Khan, a police official said. The accused and the victims are the residents of Mira Road locality, said Naya Nagar police station inspector Balaji Pandhare. Police are yet to arrest Khan even 24 hours after the complaint was lodged by the family members of one of the youths. The inspector said Khan and the youth became friends some months back. The 16-year-old used to bring his father's two-wheeler to Khan on his demand, he said. On October 21, the youth refused to bring the two-wheeler, which made Khan angry who then beat him up with a plastic pipe. Khan then took the youth and his friend along with him to his house and
Student leaves home 'to embrace Islam', police suspect
A 23-year-old student from Mumbai has left his home in a suspected case of radicalisation, according to the police which believes he may have gone to the Gulf. The family of Jagdish Dalaram Parihar, which has filed a missing complaint, told the police that he had called up his brother to say that he was going to embrace Islam as he "dislikes" Hinduism, a police official said. The family has said that Parihar, a resident of suburban Mulund, used to chat on social media with a woman, suspected to be a Pakistani national, the official said. He took along with him all his documents, including his passport, before leaving his home on Tuesday and also withdrew money from his bank account, the official said. Parihar called up his family members on Thursday morning, saying he was safe and that he would return home after one-and-a-half month, he said. Parihar, studying BCom through a correspondence course, lived with his parents and a younger brother, he said. "After leaving home .
Magisterial inquiry into May 13 encounter by UP police in Lucknow
A magisterial inquiry was Thursday ordered into a May 13 encounter in which a criminal was injured in Kakori area here, an official said here. Sub-divisional Magistrate, Sarojini Nagar, Chandan Patel ordered the probe into the encounter in which one Shubhkaran was injured, District Magistrate Kaushalraj Sharma said. A team of policemen and crime branch surveillance cell had claimed to have arrested Shubhkaran, who carried a reward of Rs 25,000, and his two aides following an encounter atKaliyakheda in Kakori area. The criminal, identified asSubhkaran akaKaran Yadav, suffered leg injuries in the exchange of fire. He was later taken to a hospital Subhkaran's two accomplices, identified asVirendra Lal andSanjay Shukla, were also arrested while another one, identified as Gurpreet, managed to escape. Police had said that Subhkaran was named in the murder case of Raj Bahadur, a property dealer, in June 2015 in Lucknow and was also involved in a loot of Rs 2 lakh in 2017 and several other ...
Former IMF head enters jail for corruption
A former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday entered a Spanish prison to begin serving a four-and-a-half year sentence for corruption linked to his management of a major Spanish lender that had to be bailed out.
NGO moves SC challenging Alok Verma's removal
An NGO on Thursday moved the Supreme Court challenging the removal of Alok Verma as CBI Director and giving the charge to Joint Director M. Nagesawara Rao.
PIL in SC for enforcement of voters' right to know criminal antecedents, assets of candidates
A plea was filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to ensure voters' fundamental right to know about criminal antecedents and assets of candidates in polls is enforced. The PIL, which is likely to be listed for hearing in a few days, referred to recent notifications of the the poll panel and said they have been issued without either amending the model code of conduct (MCC) or the Election Symbol Order and hence, they lacked legal sanction to force candidates to disclose their personal details. Recently, a five-judge Constitution bench headed by then Chief Justice Dipak Misra had held that all candidates will have to declare their criminal antecedents to the poll panel before contesting an election. It had also asked the legislature to consider framing a law to ensure decriminalisation of politics. The fresh PIL, filed by BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay, has sought a direction to the poll panel to ensure right of ...
CM Kejriwal, his deputy get bail by Court in CS assault case
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and nine other AAP MLAs were today granted bail by a court here in the Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash assault case. The relief was granted after they appeared before the court in pursuance to summons issued to them and moved the bail applications, which were not opposed by the Delhi police. Prakash was allegedly assaulted during a meeting at Kejriwal's official residence on February 19. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal granted bail to all the 11 accused on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and one surety of like amount, with a direction not to tamper with the evidence or intimidate or approach any witness in this case or try to influence the trial in any manner. "All these accused persons have not been arrested during the investigation, have cooperated in the investigation and appeared today," the court said. The court also noted the submission by the public prosecutor on behalf of Delhi police there the ...
#MeToo: Woman who accused Bahl files affidavit in HC, says she stands by allegations
A woman who accused film director Vikas Bahl of sexual misconduct filed an affidavit Thursday stating that she stands by her allegations but does not want to pursue the case further. The woman had initially expressed her reluctance to file an affidavit and had only submitted a signed statement last week stating that while she stands by her allegations, she does not want to pursue the case. Appearing for the woman, senior counsel Navroze Seervai Thursday told Justice Shahrukh Kathawala that she has overcome her reluctance after realising her credibility is being disregarded. Justice Kathawalla is hearing an application filed by Bahl, seeking direction to his former partners and directors Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane and Madhu Mantena to refrain from speaking to the media or posting on social media about the case in which a female employee has alleged that she was sexually harassed by Bahl in 2015. Bahl has also filed a defamation suit against Kashyap and Motwane and sought Rs ..
Delhi Chief Secy claims in HC that Assembly committee proceedings against him were premeditated
Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that the entire process of summoning him before a privileges committee of the Delhi Assembly for questioning over certain issues was "biased" and "premeditated". The submission on behalf of Prakash was made before Justice Vibhu Bakhru. He commenced hearing of final arguments on the plea challenging the summons issued to Prakash by the Assembly's Privileges Committee on a reference made by the Question and Reference Committee. "The entire process was based on malafide, bias and was premeditated," said senior advocate Siddharth Luthra and advocate Vivek Chib, appearing for the bureaucrat. The lawyers argued that bias in the proceedings was evident from the fact that same members were there in both the committees. After hearing brief submissions on behalf of Prakash, the court listed the matter for further arguments on November 27. Apart from the chief secretary, the Privileges Committee had served notices on two other ..
Woman passenger caught with 13 kg drugs at Delhi airport
A woman passenger was caught carrying 13 kilogrammes of drugs in her baggage at Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport here in the wee hours of Thursday.The woman, aged around 24 years, has been identified as a residence of Malawi and was travelling to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.The woman hid the drugs in 13 wooden chess/ludo boards, sandwiching around one kilogram of Pseudoephedrine between the flaps of each board.The passenger, along with the recovered drugs, was handed over to the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officials for further legal investigation.
Rape accused arrested in Jharkhand
Police arrested a rape accused after a village panchayat 'awarded' death sentence to both the victim and the suspect and ordered that they be burnt alive. The panchayat also slapped a fine of Rs 5 lakh on the family of the accused, police said on Thursday.
Nun heckled, asked to leave Jalandhar priest's funerala
Sister Anupama, who was at the forefront of protests demanding the arrest of Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping a nun, was Thursday heckled and asked by some people to leave the cemetery where the funeral of a key witness in the rape case was going on. Kuriakose Kattuthara, a priest who had also testified against Mulakkal, had been found dead under mysterious circumstances in Dasuya near Jalandhar in northern Punjab three days ago. The post-mortem was held at Jalandhar and body brought to Kerala Wednesday. At the funeral this evening, a section of the faithful protested Anupama's presence and asked her to leave the cemetery at St Mary's church in Pallipuram near here Reacting to the incident, Anupama, who was accompanied by other nuns, broke down and said she was "deeply hurt" by the protests. "I am from this place. I know Father Kattuthara for many years. He has seen me as his own daughter.. we have only stood for truth," she said. Father Kattuthara's mysterious
Illegal constructions in Kasauli: Action initiated against erring public servants, HP tells SC
The Himachal Pradesh government Thursday told the Supreme Court that departmental action has been initiated against erring public servants who were posted in Kasauli when unauthorised constructions happened there. The state government told a bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur that preliminary inquiry has been initiated against public servants, who were found to be negligent in performing their duties, and show cause notices were also issued to them. The counsel appearing for the state said demolition of unauthorised constructions at several hotels and resorts in Kasauli have been done and the state was proceeding in accordance with the law for curbing such instances in future. "We expect the state of Himachal Pradesh to conclude the inquiry at the earliest," said the bench, also comprising Justices S A Nazeer and Deepak Gupta. The state also told the court that illegal constructions would be sealed for one year and if requisite permissions and regularisation are taken within this ..
Former AIADMK leader Sasikala learning Kannada in jail
: Former AIADMK General Secretary V K Sasikala, who is presently undergoing a jail term at the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison here, is learning Kannada at the jail school, prison sources said. Sasikala, who was the close confidante of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, has even expressed desire to learn Kannada at a higher level, the sources said. "She has learnt Kannada alphabets now...... she may apply for higher level of learning. She has learnt a little bit for now from the Kannada school at the female barracks in the prison," a prison official told PTI. He said Sasikala could speak a little bit of Kannada now. Meanwhile, a senior Bangalore University official said they have received Sasikala's application from jail for a certificate course in Kannada. "We have received her application from the jail, for a certificate course in Kannada. It is a one year course," Dr B C Mylarappa, Director of Correspondence Courses & Distance Education of Bangalore University ...
Khashoggi's murder was 'premeditated', says Saudi in latest reversal
Saudi Arabia, in the latest reversal in its version of how Jamal Khashoggi was killed in Turkey, said on Thursday that the death of dissident journalist had been "premeditated".
INX Media case: HC extends Chidambaram's interim protection from arrest till Nov 29
The Delhi High Court on Thursday extended till November 29 the interim protection from arrest granted to senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on his pleas seeking anticipatory bail in the INX Media case lodged by the ED and the CBI. The matter was adjourned to November 29 as Justice A K Pathak, before whom the petitions were listed for hearing, was on leave. On July 25, the high court had granted interim protection to Chidambaram from arrest and directed the ED not to take any coercive step till August 1 against him in the INX Media money laundering case. Prior to that on May 31, the high court had protected him from arrest in the case lodged by CBI. On August 1, the court had extended the interim protection to September 28 and then to October 25 in both the cases. It had also directed Chidambaram to cooperate with the investigation in both cases as and when required. The senior Congress leader's role had come under the scanner of various investigating agencies in the Rs 3,500-crore ..
Hearing in defamation case filed by Vikas Bahl adjourned
Vikas Bahl's defamation case against his former partners, Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane, has been adjourned until November 21 by the Bombay High Court.Filmmaker Bahl, who was caught at the centre of controversy following allegations of sexual harassment against him, had filed a defamation case Kashyap and Motwane alleging that their statements dented his public image.In his application submitted to the court, Bahl alleged that Kashyap and Motwane, among others, took advantage of the ongoing #MeToo movement in India and published "false, malicious, unsubstantiated imputations, allegations and statements" against him through their social media platforms. He had also sought a compensation of Rs 10 crore from the respondents.In his application, Bahl also pleaded the court to direct Kashyap and Motwane to delete the "defamatory" posts.Bahl's lawyer Hitesh Jain had earlier claimed that the victim had made a statement that she did not intend to file a formal complaint against ...
22-yr-old 'Apache boy' arrested for stealing bikes
A 22-year-old man, who is infamously nicknamed as "Apache boy" for his fascination for stealing TVS Apache bikes, has been arrested for allegedly lifting vehicles from outside city courts, a police official said Thursday. The man, identified as Ashu alias Apache boy, is a resident of Bakhtawarpur village in Delhi. He used to steal motorcycles to impress his girlfriend and other friends, the official said. Police have also arrested his co-accused Taraspal alias Sonu (22), for allegedly buying stolen vehicles from him. With their arrests, police claimed to have solved three cases of motor vehicle theft. Based on a tip-off, a trap was laid at Bakhtawarpur area and Ashu was arrested. During interrogation, Ashu told police about Taraspal, a resident of Siraspur village, and subsequently, he was also arrested, Deputy Commissioner of Police (crime) G Ram Gopal Naik said. Three stolen vehicles have been recovered from their possession, Naik added.
Man arrested for giving instant triple talaq to wife
A 32-year-old man has been arrested at Jhabua in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly divorcing his wife by giving her instant triple talaq, a practise which was recently banned, police said Thursday. After the wife approached Meghnagar police station here Tuesday, Arif Hussain, the accused, was booked under The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Ordinance, 2018. He was also booked under IPC sections 498 (A) (husband or in-laws subjecting a woman to cruelty) and 323 (causing hurt), said Superintendent of Police Mahesh Chandra Jain. Hussain was arrested Wednesday, said Meghnagar police station in-charge Kushal Singh Rawat. As per the complaint, the woman married Hussain about ten years ago. Everything went well in the first two years, but after she gained weight following the birth of two children, her husband and his family began to dislike her which led to harassment, she said in the complaint. Hussain and his mother used to beat her for trivial reasons, she ...