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Woman worker shot dead in Shamli

A 30-year-old factory worker was shot dead by unidentified accused in neighbouring Shamli district early Thursday morning, police said. Mausam Devi was on her way to work when the incident took place, said Circle officer Shamli police station Ashok Kumar. The shooting has been recorded on CCTV and efforts are on to nab the accused, he said. The reason of her killing is unknown, Kumar said.

Prabhu asks agencies to probe attack on YSR Congress chief Reddy

Union Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu condemned the attack on YSR Congress chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy at the Visakhapatnam airport Thursday and asked all agencies concerned to probe the matter thoroughly. Reddy, Leader of Opposition in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, received a minor injury to his shoulder when he was attacked by a man with a sharp-edged object at the Visakhapatnam airport, official sources said. Prabhu termed the attack "cowardly"and said the guilty would be punished. "Shocked by attack on Mr Jagan Reddy, Asked all agencies to investigate matter thoroughly,including @CISFHQrs. Asked secretary civil aviation to fix responsibility," the minister tweeted. "I strongly condemn this cowardly attack, we will punish the guilty. Investigations are underway, started immediately," he further said in the tweet. Initial reports said the assailant was employed at the airport canteen but no official confirmation was immediately available. He has been taken into police custody.

Sarkozy loses appeal in illegal campaign financing case

In another judicial setback, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy lost an appeal Thursday against an earlier legal decision and could stand trial on charges of illegally financing his 2012 presidential campaign. A Paris appeals court confirmed a decision last year ordering Sarkozy to face a trial over alleged fraud during his failed 2012 re-election bid. Sarkozy's lawyer, Thierry Herzog, said his client will appeal the ruling to the Court of Cassation, France's highest court. The 63-year-old Sarkozy is facing allegations that his presidential campaign spent well above the legal ceiling of 22.5 million euros ($24 million) and tried to cover it up fraudulently. The claims center on whether the conservative leader was aware of alleged false billing and fraud linked to PR company Bygmalion, some of whose executives have admitted false accounting practices. Sarkozy has faced multiple corruption investigations since leaving office in 2012. He failed to win his party's primary for the ...

INX Media case: Court extends interim protection to Chidambaram till November 29

The Delhi High Court on Thursday extended the interim protection of former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in connection with the INX media case.He has been granted interim protection from arrest till November 29.On September 28, the court had extended his interim protection from arrest till today.Chidambaram had filed an anticipatory bail plea seeking protection from arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED).The Congress leader and his son, Karti, have been under the scanner of the CBI and ED in connection with the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance granted to INX Media, a venture promoted by former media baron Peter Mukerjea and Indrani Mukerjea.The alleged irregularities took place in 2007 when Chidambaram was the Finance minister under the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.

YSR Cong's chief Jagan Mohan Reddy stabbed in the arm at Vizag airport

Initial report said the assailant was employed at the airport canteen, but no confirmation has been received yet

Seven held for stealing petrol from tankers in Muzaffarnagar

Seven persons were arrested for allegedly stealing petrol from tankers and 14,000 litres of fuel were seized from them, police said Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, special task force of the Meerut police nabbed the seven accused Wednesday from the Delhi-Pauri national highway near Sikhera under Miranpur police station area, Circle Officer (STF) Brijesh Singh said. They were siphoning off the petrol from the oil tanker in connivance with the tanker driver, he said. The seven accused were identified as Dushyant Kumar, Sonu, Gaurav, Yogesh, Gopal, Nikku and Shahnawaz.

Indian arrested for overstaying visa, illegal loans in Thailand

An Indian man was arrested in Thailand's Phichit province on Thursday for overstaying his visa and for allegedly providing loans with interest rates higher than the legal limit.

Father of two jailed in France for feeding them on Coca-Cola

The father of two boys, aged three and four, has been jailed in France for feeding them nearly exclusively on Coca-Cola, the children's lawyer said. The father, who can "neither read, nor write, nor count, doesn't realise the seriousness of the situation and spent all his welfare money on alcohol," Carole Papon, a representative of the association French Victims 87, said Wednesday. Within a few days of welfare payments being made "the family had nothing to eat. They only had Coca-Cola to drink," she said. The father, who was described as violent towards his wife and children, was jailed for three months Wednesday in Limoges, central France. The eldest boy had to have seven sugar-rotten teeth removed, and the second does not speak. Both have been taken into care where they have been introduced to meat and vegetables. "There was nothing in their flat," Bruno Robinet, the deputy public prosecutor, told AFP. "There was no fridge, the children slept on a mattress without covers and there ..

SC agrees to hear fresh plea seeking SIT probe against CBI officials

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a fresh petition filed by advocate Prashant Bhushan seeking Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe against Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials, including its Special Director Rakesh Asthana.A three-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, however, has not given any date for hearing the petition. "We will look into the issue," the bench of the top court said.Bhushan, appearing for NGO 'Common Cause' today mentioned the matter before the top court seeking quashing of the order against CBI Director Alok Verma and appointment of M Nageshwar Rao as the interim director of the investigating agency.After a spell of the internal fighting in the premier investigating agency, the Centre divested Verma and Asthana from their roles and asked them to go on leave. The two officials were at loggerheads on several issues and accused each other of blocking investigation of important cases.The CBI had ...

Telangana police app helps girl reunite with her family

For nearly four years, 19-year-old Boda Rama Devi, a resident of Khammam district, had been missing. After searching for their beloved daughter for many days, the parents had lost all hope of finding her again. However, thanks to the Telangana police app Cop Connect, Rama could be reunited with his family.The mobile application has a WhatsApp-like feature for transmitting messages, sharing photos, videos, location and documents on a real-time basis. It also has an additional feature of facial recognition.Devi had gone missing in January 2014 from her residence in Khammam district, following which family registered a missing complaint in at Garla police station.Rama somehow managed to reach Hyderabad, where a staff of Child Help Line Centre found her and handed over to Child Welfare Commission (CWC). The CWC kept the girl in Child Guidance Centre at Ghatkesar area.The information technology officials while matching the photographs of the missing persons, staying in shelter homes found .

Ex-Malaysian PM faces 6 new corruption charges

A Malaysian court on Thursday charged former Prime Minister Najib Razak with six new corruption charges in relation to alleged embezzlement involving the state-owned 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) fund.

SC to consider PIL seeking SIT probe into graft allegations against CBI officials

The Supreme Court Thursday said that it would consider according urgent hearing to a PIL seeking court-monitored SIT probe into allegations of corruption against various CBI officials, including Rakesh Asthana, who was divested of his responsibilities as the agency's special director. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi considered the submission of lawyer Prashant Bhushan, appearing for NGO Common Cause that there were wider issues of corruption affecting the probe agency and the PIL needed to be heard urgently. The bench, which also comprised Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph, asked Bhushan to provide details and said it would consider granting urgent hearing on the petition. The NGO has sought relief including court-monitored Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into allegations of corruption against CBI officials including Asthana, who along with CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma had been divested of powers and sent on leave. The unprecedented internal feud between CBI ...

Corporation chairman shot dead in UP, one arrested

A municipal corporation chairman in Uttar Pradesh's Sonebhadra district was shot dead on Thursday, said police, who arrested one suspect.

Malaysia ex-PM and ally charged in USD 1.6 billion graft case

Malaysia's former leader Najib Razak and an ally were Thursday charged with allegedly looting USD 1.6 billion of public money, the latest accusations against figures from the scandal-plagued old regime. Najib has now been hit with 38 charges since losing power, most of them related to allegations that he and his cronies plundered vast sums from sovereign wealth fund 1MDB. The scandal played a major part in prompting voters to oust his coalition at elections in May after six decades in power and elect a reformist alliance headed by Mahathir Mohamad. Najib was jointly charged in a Kuala Lumpur court with ex-senior finance ministry official, Mohamad Irwan Serigar Abdullah, with six counts of criminal breach of trust. They denied all the charges. The crimes involved 6.6 billion ringgit (USD 1.6 billion) of public money and allegedly took place between December, 2016 and December, 2017. Each charge is punishable by up to 20 years in jail. Local media reported that some of the money was ...

Madhya Pradesh: Man arrested for giving triple talaq to wife

A man has been arrested in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly giving triple talaq to his wife. This comes a month after the central government passed an ordinance making instant triple talaq a punishable offence.A case was under registered against Arif Hussain under new Muslim Women (Protection of Rights of Marriage) Ordinance, 2018 at the Meghnagar Police Station in the Jhabua district"The woman, Salma Bano, a native of Sherani Molla in Meghnagar was married to Arif 10 years back. The couple has two children, including a daughter and son. Following her complaint on Tuesday, we arrested her husband under section 323 and 498 of the Indian Penal Code(IPC)," station-in-charge (SHO), Kushal Singh Rawat said.The woman said that her husband divorced her for being obese."He mistreats and even manhandles me for being fat. Whenever he came to Meghnagar, he used to beat me up. I decided to register a police case against him after he gave me divorce by uttering talaq thrice," Bano told ANI.

ED arrests kingpin of money lending racket from Tamil Nadu

The Enforcement Directorate has arrested an alleged kingpin of money lending racket in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin district.The accused, identified as Maharajan, is the alleged kingpin of the illegal money lending and extortion ring, which is being operated using multiple shell concerns and recovery agents.It has been learnt that by running the lending and extortion business, Maharajan has gone on to earn proceeds of crime worth hundreds of crore.The ED is presently interrogating him to unearth proceeds of crime and identify the accounts, shell firms, and other individuals involved in this illegal racket.Maharajan was earlier arrested by the Kochi Police, and on October 23, he was sent to ED's custody for ten days by the Principal Sessions Court of Ernakulam.

Police: 2 killed at Kentucky grocery store

A male suspect fatally shot a man and a woman at a Kroger grocery store on the outskirts of Louisville, Kentucky, and then exchanged fire with an armed bystander before fleeing the scene, police said. He was captured shortly afterward. Both victims died at the store, said Jeffersontown Police Chief Sam Rogers. He did not say whether police had determined a motive. He also did not identify the suspect. Police received a call about 3 pm (local time) reporting the shooting, Rogers said. He said the suspect fired multiple rounds at the man inside the store, and shot the female victim multiple times out in the parking lot. A citizen armed with a gun engaged the shooter in the parking lot, but the suspect was able to flee before he was captured on a nearby road, Rogers said. Eric Deacon, who identified himself as an EMT, told The Associated Press that he was in the self-checkout lane of the store when he heard the first shot, in the pharmacy. He said a man came around the corner and "the ...

NIA files charge sheet against Pak terrorist

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday filed a charge sheet against a Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist held after an encounter with the security forces on March 20 and 21 in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir.The terrorist, identified as Zabiullah alias Hamza, a resident of Multan in Pakistan, has been charged under sections 16, 18, 20, 38 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), 25 (1A) of Arms Act, and 14 A of Foreigners Act."Investigation carried out by NIA has proved that Zabiullah is a Pakistani national and belonged to the LeT. Evidence collected from the scene of crime clearly linked the AK 47 recovered from the possession of Zabiullah with the empty cartridges recovered from the site of encounter. Zabiullah also pointed out his place of residence in Pakistan, the training camps of LeT, the launching pads and the route taken by him to enter into the Indian territory during his questioning," the NIA said in a press release.Zabiullah ...

Police: Multiple people shot in Kentucky grocery store

Police say multiple people have been shot inside a grocery store on the outskirts of Louisville, Kentucky. A dispatcher with the Jeffersontown Police Department said a suspect was detained following the shooting Wednesday afternoon at a Kroger store. The store is located on the eastern outskirts of Louisville. The dispatcher says officers remain at the scene. The extent of injuries isn't immediately known.

Khashoggi's killing a heinous, unjustifiable crime: Saudi crown prince

The crown prince of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday called the killing of a prominent journalist at the Middle Eastern kingdom's consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul a heinous crime that cannot be justified.