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Man held with nearly Rs 13L foreign currency at IGI airport
An Indian man has been apprehended by the CISF at the IGI airport for allegedly illegally carrying foreign currency worth nearly Rs 13 lakh, officials said Wednesday. They said H Singh, scheduled to take a flight to Dubai, was intercepted by a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) official on Tuesday at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) after some suspicious layers beneath his clothes were detected. The man had concealed 4,000 Swiss Francs, Euro 11,100 and 3,155 Dirhams under his clothes and he was subsequently handed over to the Customs authorities for further probe, they alleged. The total value of the currency seized from the man, who holds an Indian passport, is nearly Rs 13 lakh, they said.
Over 500 people arrested on charge of gambling in Odisha
Odisha Police have arrested more than 500 people in the two districts of Ganjam and Jajpur on the charge of gambling after raiding several gambling dens organised on the occasion of Kumar Purnima festival, a police officer said Wednesday. The police have already arrested over 500 gamblers in Ganjam district this week and has seized Rs 6 lakh in cash, the officer said. A report from Jajpur said that police arrested 11 persons on the charge of gambling after raiding a gambling den in Bharatpur area on Wednesday. Police also seized three bikes, six mobile phones and cash of Rs 5,325 from their possession. "Acting on a tip off, we conducted raid at the gambling den and caught 11 persons in the night on Tuesday in Bharatpur village," said Rakesh Kumar Tripathy, inspector- in-charge of Balichandrapur police station in Jajpur district. Gambling goes on for several days, in most villages during the Kumara Purnima festival, also called Lakshi puja. The festival is observed five ..
NGT raps CGWA for failing to notify areas on basis of groundwater availability
The National Green Tribunal has rapped the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) for failing to notify areas here on the basis of groundwater availability. Taking strong exception to non-compliance of its order, a bench headed by NGT Chairperson justice Adarsh Kumar Goel directed the Secretary of Ministry of Water Resources to personally appear before it on November 12 and show cause why action should not be taken for defiance and non-compliance. The tribunal noted there was total apathy on the part of the CGWA in not preforming its statutory duties and in failing to notify the areas which are over exploited, critical and semi-critical; and also in not regulating such areas. "The authorities are comfortably sleeping over the matter in spite of pendency of more than six weeks. In spite of our direction on the last date, no steps are shown to have been taken. We had directed that the order be complied with within one month in view of the grave emergency. But this direction appears to ...
Man arrested for raping minor in Chandigarh
A man was arrested here for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl in a slum area in the city, police said Wednesday. The minor girl's family lodged a complaint of rape on Tuesday against Amit Gupta (27), resident of Colony number 4 here, they said. According to the family members, they came to know about the incident when the minor girl complained of abdominal pain and was taken to a hospital, where tests showed she was pregnant, police officials said. The victim told police that the accused had repeatedly raped her over a couple of months, they said. Gupta, an employee at a private firm in the Industrial area of the city, has been arrested, police said, adding he has been booked for rape and also under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
SC to hear Verma's plea against Centre's decision to divest him of powers as CBI head
The unprecedented internal feud between CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma and Special Director Rakesh Asthana reached the Supreme Court Wednesday which agreed to hear on October 26 the former's plea assailing the Centre's decision to divest him of duties and sending him on leave. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, who has set tough standards for cases being listed for urgent hearing, considered the submissions of advocate Gopal Shankarnarayanan, appearing for Verma, that the plea needed urgent hearing as besides sending the agency's chief and the Special Director on leave, several officers probing sensitive cases have been changed. "Friday," the bench, also comprising Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph, told the lawyer who also referred to the fact that the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) took the decision at 6 AM today to divest Verma of his duties. The CBI chief, who later in the day filed the plea in the apex court registry, said there was a need for an independent probe ...
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NGT orders enquiry into encroachments in Badshapur fort
The National Green Tribunal has taken note of a plea alleging encroachments in a Mughal-era fort at Badshapur in Gurgaon and directed the deputy commissioner of the area to look into the matter. A bench, headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, ordered the official, along with the Haryana Pollution Control Board and Archaeological Survey of India, to look into the allegations and take appropriate action in accordance with the law within two months. "A report of the action taken may be furnished to this tribunal by an email on or before January 31, 2019. The same be put up for consideration on February 12, 2019," the bench, also comprising Justice Jawad Rahim, said. The NGT clarified that the order of the tribunal is binding as a decree of Court and its non-compliance is actionable by way of punitive action, including prosecution, in terms of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010. The tribunal was hearing a plea by city resident Pardeep Nirala, alleging encroachments in the
I am BJP's item girl, says Azam Khan
Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan Wednesday said the ruling BJP invoked his name whenever elections are near, treating him like an item girl. He was reacting to the registration Tuesday of the second FIR against him in a week, this time on a complaint by a pro-Ambedkar group for allegedly making defamatory remarks against the Dalit icon two years ago. On October 17, Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh had filed an FIR against the controversial SP leader for allegedly threatening his daughters with acid attack. "I am the item girl of the BJP, Azam Khan reacted, indirectly suggesting that his name helped the Bharatiya Janata Party attract voters. They contest all the elections on my name. The last assembly election was fought on my name and the same is the case with the coming Lok Sabha elections," he added. The present state of affairs is such that I do not remember how many cases have been filed against me and where, he told reporters on the sidelines of an event in Badaun. I keep getting ...
Paytm case: Accused sister doubts fair deal by police
The sister of the main accused in the Paytm extortion case on Wednesday doubted if she would get a fair deal by investigators, alleging the Paytm management was implicating Sonia Dhawan in a false case.
Malaysian ex-PM, 2 ex-officials, face new graft charges
Malaysian's anti-graft agency said Wednesday that ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak, along with two former high-ranking officials, will face new charges of criminal breach of trust. The agency said Najib and former treasury chief Mohamad Irwan Serigar Abdullah will be charged together Thursday in "several cases of criminal breach of trust involving the use of Malaysian government funds." It didn't give details but media reports said the charges are linked to the multibillion-dollar looting of the 1MDB state investment fund. Separately, it said in a statement that Hasanah Abdul Hami, the former chief of the foreign intelligence agency that is now defunct, will also face similar charges in a separate case. Malaysia's new government has stepped up prosecution of Najib and other former officials over the 1MDB scandal and other alleged graft cases since its stunning electoral victory in May that led to the country's first change of power since independence from Britain in 1957. The new charges
Malaysian ex-PM and 2 ex-officials face new graft charges
Malaysian's anti-graft agency says ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak and two former high-ranking officials will face new charges of criminal breach of trust. The agency says Najib and former treasury chief Mohamad Irwan Serigar Abdullah will be charged Thursday in "several cases of criminal breach of trust involving the use of Malaysian government funds." It said Wednesday that former foreign intelligence agency chief Hasanah Abdul Hami will also face similar charges. Malaysia's new government has stepped up prosecution of Najib and other former officials over alleged graft since its stunning electoral victory in May. Najib, his wife Rosmah Mansor, and his former deputy, Abdul Zahid Hamidi, have pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of corruption.
Bhima-Koregaon: SC declines urgent hearing of plea against SIT probe denial
The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to hold an urgent hearing of a review petition filed by historian Romila Thapar against its verdict that refused a Special Investigation Team-led (SIT) probe into house-arrests of five activists in Bhima Koregaon case.The court, in its verdict, had also allowed Maharashtra Police to continue with the investigation.Thapar along with four other activists had earlier filed a petition in the top court against the house-arrest of the five activists in Bhima Koregaon violence.On September 28, the Supreme Court had turned down the request of the petitioners to set up an SIT to probe into the case and extended the activists' house arrest for four weeks.The five activists, namely poet Vara Vara Rao, lawyer Sudha Bhardwaj, activists Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, and Gautam Navlakha, have been under house arrest since August 29 for their alleged involvement in the violence which took place on January 1.The five accused were arrested from various cities .
102-yr-old man charged with 'indecent assault' of 94-yr-old woman in Australia
A 102-year-old man in Australia has been booked after he allegedly indecently assaulted a 94-year-old woman in an old age home, media reports said Wednesday, in a rare incident involving a person above 100 years of age. The elderly man and the woman are the residents of the Bupa Aged Care Facility Queens Park situated in the Waverley suburb of Sydney, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. Police said that the assault took place around 12.30 PM on Tuesday, when officers from Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command were called to the facility. The man was charged with aggravated indecent assault, the report said. A spokesman for the facility said that Bupa was "deeply sorry that this alleged assault occurred in our care home". "We sympathise with the resident and her family for what they are going through. The safety and wellbeing of our residents is our utmost priority and we contacted the NSW Police and Department of Health as soon as we became aware of the matter," he said. The man was ...
Saudis deny permission to search consulate well: report
Saudi authorities denied permission to Turkish police to search a well in the garden of the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul as part of a probe into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, state media reported Wednesday. Turkish police this month searched the consulate twice, and the residence of the Saudi consul general, to gather evidence into what President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said was a "savage murder" of Khashoggi. The Washington Post contributor and Riyadh critic was killed inside the Saudi consulate on October 2, which he had visited to obtain documents for his marriage to a Turkish woman. Basing its report on the security sources, the Anadolu news agency reported that Turkish police "were denied authorisation by Saudi officials to search the well in the consulate garden". Turkey is conducting its own investigation into the killing but it remains unclear where the body of Khashoggi is. Erdogan has not pointed the finger of blame at Riyadh but analysts say Ankara is using the .
2 held with nearly 1 kg of charas in Chamba dist
A special investigative team (SIT) caught two persons with about one kilo of charas in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district Wednesday, a police official said. Acting on a tip-off, the SIT caught Indu Devi of Obri Mohalla and her accomplice Dharam Singh of Malog village, said Chamba Superintendent of Police Monica Bhutunguru. The SP said 968 gram of charas had been recovered from their possession. The two were arrested and a case was registered against them under relevant sections of NDPS Act at Chamba Sadar Police Station, she said, adding that further investigation was on.
Malegaon blast: Purohit moves HC against prosecution nod under UAPA
Lt Col Prasad Shirkant Purohit, accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast, has moved the Bombay High Court challenging a special court's order rejecting his plea against the sanction for his prosecution under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). A special NIA court had last week rejected the pleas filed by Purohit and other accused - Pragya Singh Thakur, retired Major Ramesh Upadhyay, Sameer Kulkarni, Ajay Rahirkar, Sudhakar Dwivedi and Sudhakar Chaturvedi - challenging the validity of the anti-terror law in the case. The court had said that on October 26, it would frame charges against the accused under the UAPA and relevant sections of the IPC. Purohit Tuesday moved the high court against the lower court's order and said it was "wrong" and "bad in law". His petition is likely to be taken up for hearing on Thursday by a division bench of the high court. According to Purohit, the sanction to apply the UAPA provisions in the case was not granted in accordance with Section 45 .
Malaysia ex-PM, allies to face corruption charges
Malaysia's former leader Najib Razak and two of his allies will face corruption charges Thursday, as authorities target a growing list of figures linked to the scandal-plagued old regime. Najib has already been hit with 32 charges related to allegations he and his cronies plundered state fund 1MDB, and is likely facing a long jail term. The scandal played a major part in persuading voters to oust his coalition at elections in May after six decades in power and elect a reformist alliance. Najib is due to be charged in court Thursday along with the former head of a shadowy spy agency, Hasanah Abdul Hamid, and a senior finance ministry official, Mohamad Irwan Serigar Abdullah, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission said in a statement. Najib and the ministry official will be charged "in relation to criminal breach of trust involving money belonging to the government of Malaysia," the agency said. The former spy chief, who headed an agency that worked directly under Najib's office, will
Women devotees move HC for police security to worship at Sabarimala
Four women in the menstrual age group have approached the Kerala High Court seeking a direction to the state government to provide them security to offer prayers at Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala. When the petition filed by A K Maya Krishnan (37), Rekha S (45), Jalajamol P S (35), and Jayamol P S (28) came up Wednesday, a division bench of justices P R Ramachandra Menon and Devan Ramachandran directed the state government to spell out its stand on the matter. The bench then posted the plea for hearing to Monday. In their petition, the women, including two lawyers, submitted that despite a judgement of the Supreme Court permitting entry of all women into the hill shrine, the hopes of the female devotees of Lord Ayyappa are still in limbo. The petitioners alleged that the thanthris (priests) and Pandalam royal family who are bound to act under the directions of the TDB were committing contempt of court by protesting in support of those challenging the fundamental rights declared by ..
20-year-old shot dead in Aligarh
A youth was shot dead by bike-borne assailants at Jamalpur locality on Anoopshahar Road here, police said Wednesday. The deceased Shavez (21) was shot on Tuesday night. He was rushed to a hospital, where he was declared dead, they said. After shooting the victim several times, the assailants tried to scare the onlookers with shots in the air, officials said. According to the police, the shooting, which was witnessed by a large number of bystanders, was connected with a long-standing gang feud between two splinters groups of the original Muneer gang. Muneer is presently in jail in connection with the murder of NIA officer Tanzeel Ahmad. SP city Atul Srivastva said camera footage was being examined to identify the assailants. The victim's family has named Zubair, an active member of Muneer gang, behind the incident, they said.
Biz man held for setting up Bitcoin ATM in Bengaluru
The Co-founder of Unicoin, engaged in banned crypto currency exchange, has been arrested, days after he launched a Bitcoin ATM kiosk at a mall here in violation of RBI norms, police said Wednesday. 37-year old Harish B V 37, hailing from Tumakuru in Karnataka, was arrested Tuesday and two laptops, a mobile phone, a device for crypto currencies and Rs 1.79 lakh cash were seized among others from him, they said. Harish, who had set up his firm Uncoin Technologies Private Limited to undertake business in virtual currency, had inaugurated the ATM kiosk in a city mall last week without permission from the competent authorities, police said. Police, who took the action on their own, produced him before the first additional chief metropolitan magistrate court, which remanded him in police custody for further questioning. Police asked people not to get lured by the claims of making quick bucks through illegal crypto currency. RBI had told the Supreme Court in July that allowing