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Delhi court frames molestation charges against R K Pachauri
A Delhi court Saturday framed molestation charges against former TERI chief R K Pachauri in a case of alleged sexual harassment lodged by his former colleague. Metropolitan Magistrate Charu Gupta put Pachauri on trial for the offence punishable under sections 354 (outraging modesty), 354 A (making physical contact, unwelcome and sexually coloured remarks) and 509 (teasing and using vulgar gesture and actions) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The charges were framed after Pachauri, who was present in the courtroom, pleaded not guilty and claimed trial. Advocate Ashish Dixit, appearing for the accused, sought a speedy trial after which the court put up the matter for further proceedings on January 4, 2019. On February 13, 2015, an FIR was registered against Pachauri and he was granted anticipatory bail in the case on March 21, 2015. The former TERI chief had earlier secured an interim order from Additional District Judge making it mandatory for media houses to publish or telecast the ...
Unaccounted cash Rs 10 cr seized in Telangana, 2 held
Unaccounted cash to the tune of Rs 10 crore was seized and two persons arrested in this connection in Adilabad district, police said Saturday. The incident occurred Friday evening at Pipparawada toll plaza bordering Maharashtra, Adilabad DSP Narasimha Reddy said. The car in which the cash was being transported was intercepted at the toll plaza as part of the drive to check the use of money and violation of Model Code of Conduct in the run upto the December 7 assembly elections. "The vehicle was stopped at the check post. The officials on duty identified five sacks of cash with Rs 2000 and Rs 500 currency notes. As the duo in the vehicle did not give us convincing replies we seized the cash, which will be produced in the court today," Reddy told PTI. The official said the accused claim that they were businessmen travelling from Nagpur to some place in Karnataka. He said they are investigating the case and have informed the Income Tax officials also.
Six killed in accident in Odisha
Six persons, including three women and a minor girl, were killed after a car hit a motor-cycle and fell into a water body in Pipili area of Odisha's Puri district, the police said. The incident occurred near Uttara on Puri-Bhubaneswar highway in the night of Friday. While a couple on the motor-cycle died on the spot, local people pulled out from the pond the four car occupants who were later declared dead.
Kendall Jenner gets restraining order against stalker
American model Kendall Jenner has gotten a restraining order against her alleged stalker John Ford, who, she claims, caused her severe emotional distress.The model was granted a restraining order after the man trespassed on her property four times in the last three months, reported E! Online.Ford was reportedly arrested earlier in the week by the Los Angeles Police Department for trespassing. However, he was released a few hours after the arrest against a bail of USD 20,000.Two days later, the 37-year-old was once against arrested and held at USD 30,000 bail. Reports suggest that Ford was booked for criminal trespass and violating a restraining order.According to TMZ, Jenner's security spotted Ford near her backyard pool last week. However, the arrest was made only when he showed up at Jenner's front porch on Tuesday..
USC agrees to pay $215M to settle doctor sex abuse claims
The University of Southern California said Friday that it would pay USD 215 million to settle claims of sexual abuse and harassment by a school gynecologist, but lawyers for hundreds of the accusers say it's not enough money and the university has yet to fully disclose what it knew about the doctor's behaviour. The tentative settlement, which needs a judge's approval, will provide compensation ranging from USD 2,500 up to USD 250,000 to women who say Dr. George Tyndall abused them between 1988 and 2016, USC Interim President Wanda Austin said in a statement . About 500 current and former students have now made accusations against Tyndall and filed various lawsuits. They contend he routinely made crude comments, took inappropriate photos, forced them to strip naked and groped them under the guise of medical treatment. Tyndall spent about three decades as a USC staff gynecologist before retiring last year after a university investigation concluded there was evidence that he sexually ...
UK court jails 20 men, mostly Pakistanis, for sexual abuse of teenage girls
Twenty men have been jailed for raping and abusing more than a dozen girls in a northern England town, in what a judge called a "vile and wicked" campaign of exploitation.
Saudi Arabia admits Khashoggi killed in Istanbul consulate: state media
Saudi Arabia on Saturday admitted that dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi had been killed inside its consulate in Istanbul, state media reported. "The discussions between Jamal Khashoggi and those he met at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul... devolved into a fistfight, leading to his death," the Saudi Press Agency said, citing the public prosecutor.
New chief judge for 9/11 case at Guantanamo
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has instructed military judge Douglas Watkins to oversee court proceedings for 9/11 suspects imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, the Pentagon said Friday. Watkins, a US army colonel, replaces now-retired colonel James Pohl. As chief judge, Watkins will be responsible for assigning military judges to each case referred to a special military tribunal. The so-called "9/11 Five" -- including alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed -- have been locked up at the Guantanamo Bay military prison for years and were first charged in 2008. But an unending slew of legal missteps, issues with military court proceedings and problems stemming from evidence extracted under duress have seen the men's prosecution morph into a quixotic attempt at justice. The judicial process is complicated by the fact that the prisoners passed through secret CIA prisons, where some were subjected to "enhanced interrogation techniques" -- a euphemism for torture -- information from which was ..
Utah man indicted over mailed ricin threats to Trump, officials
A former US soldier has been indicted on seven counts for mailing letters to Donald Trump and senior US officials containing material related to the deadly poison ricin. Utah resident William Clyde Allen, 39, "knowingly threatened to use a biological agent and toxin, specifically ricin, as a weapon," according to a statement from the Justice Department and the US Attorney's Office in the western state. In addition to Trump, Allen's targets included Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, along with the FBI and CIA directors and commanders of the Air Force and Navy. Allen was arrested on October 5 shortly after the Pentagon intercepted suspicious mail. He pleaded not guilty. The ex-soldier also sent Trump a letter containing castor bean material. Ricin naturally exists in seeds of the castor bean, and it is relatively simple to extract the poison from the seeds. The statement said Allen had purchased 380 castor beans in December 2017. Ricin is lethal in minute doses if swallowed, inhaled or ...
Ex-Trump campaign chief Manafort to be sentenced in February
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort will be sentenced on February 8 after being convicted of fraud charges, a federal judge ruled Friday. Manafort, 69, appeared in a wheelchair for a scheduling hearing in the northern Virginia federal court, with news reports quoting his lawyer as saying he has "significant" health issues that have arisen from his being jailed after his August 2018 conviction. The former Republican consultant and advisor to former Ukraine strongman Viktor Yanukovych could spend the rest of his life in prison after being found guilty of eight counts of bank and tax fraud in a jury trial. He came to the court wearing a green prison jumpsuit, after the judge earlier this week rejected his request to appear in a suit. Manafort is known for his expensive taste in hand-made Italian suits. He is also awaiting sentencing in a separate case in the federal court in Washington on money-laundering charges related to tens of millions of dollars he moved through anonymous .
US charges Chicago man with online recruiting for IS
A US citizen of Iraqi descent has been charged in Chicago with online coordination with the Islamic State jihadist group to recruit and encourage attacks, federal authorities said Friday. Ashraf al-Safoo was arrested Wednesday in the Midwestern city and charged with one count of conspiracy to provide material support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization. The 34-year-old made an initial court appearance Friday and was ordered held in federal custody. Safoo is accused of disseminating "online propaganda promoting violence in support of (IS)," Assistant Attorney General John Demers said in a statement. The naturalized US citizen is allegedly a member of Khattab Media Foundation, an online group aligned with IS, authorities said. He is accused of posting pro-IS "videos, articles, essays and infographics across multiple social media platforms, at the direction and in coordination with" the jihadist group, the Department of Justice said in a statement. Much of the propaganda ...
Pak: 12 Indian fishermen sent to jail in Karachi
Twelve Indian fishermen have been sent to jail in Karachi, days after being arrested by Pakistani authorities for allegedly fishing illegally in the country's territorial waters in the Arabian Sea. The 12 fishermen who were arrested by the Pakistan Maritime Security Force and their boat seized on Thursday were presented before a judicial magistrate by the Docks police on Friday. The magistrate has now sent them to judicial lock-up in the Landhi jail where other Indian fishermen are also serving sentences for sometime now. The Pakistan Maritime Security Force (PMSF) had also arrested 18 Indian fishermen on September 12 and seized two boats for allegedly illegally fishing in Pakistan's territorial waters. The PMSF after arresting the fishermen hands them over to the police which than completes the formalities of sending them to jails in either Landhi or Malir in Karachi. Before the September arrests there had been a lull of five months without any incident of Indian fishermen being ...
Battle was about fighting for pride of Vikas: Lawyer
Lawyer of director Vikas Bahl, who has been alleged of sexual harassment, on Friday said that he was fighting for the pride and truth of the latter.Speaking to the media, the lawyer, Hitesh Jain said, "The matter has been adjourned to October 23. The victim has made a statement that she is not going to file any complaint against Vikas. So you can deduce from that as to what the whole battle was about. It was about fighting for the pride and truth of Vikas."In an apparent attack at Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, the lawyer said that they are trying to malign the image of his client."Once the victim says that she does not want to file the complaint the automatic impression is that someone was trying to fire from her shoulder. That is the reason we have filed the complaint against those people who were trying to use the victim and fire from her shoulder," the lawyer further added.Bahl had filed a defamation case against Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane and others recently in ..
Woman arrested for killing 16-yr-old domestic help
A 38-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly killing a 16-year-old domestic help after she demanded her salary, police said Friday. The girl's decapitated head and chopped off limbs were found in a drain in outer Delhi on May 4, they said. During a search operation to recover the remaining body parts of the girl, the police found the torso and chopped off arms of the victim in a bag, the police said. One person, identified as Manjit, was arrested by the police while co-accused Shalu alias Sharu, Rakesh and Gauri continued to be at large. They were declared as proclaimed offenders and a reward of Rs 50,000 each was declared on their arrest. On October 18, the police learnt that Gauri, a native of West Bengal, had married one Kartar Singh to camouflage her identity, and was living in Ratta Khera of Jind district in Haryana, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav. Subsequently, the woman was arrested, he said. Gauri was running a placement agency here ...
5 held with stolen jewellery, firearm in Noida
The Noida Police on Friday said they have arrested five people for their alleged involvement in jewellery thefts in the city. The accused were arrested from Sector 39 police station area when they were held by the officials for suspicious activity, they said. "Jewellery including half-dozen rings, a necklace, mobile phone, Rs 9,000 cash, debit/credit cards, besides a firearm with bullets and two daggers were seized from them," the police said. The accused have been identified as Pappan Singh, Rajeev Singh, Shubham Singh -- all locals, and Shahzaad from Bulandshahr and Sonu Tyagi from Ghaziabad, the police said. A motorcycle was also impounded by the police. The five have been booked under the Indian Penal Code sections 392 (robbery) and 411 (dishonestly receiving stolen property). Charges under the Arms Act have also been pressed against them, according to the police. All five have been remanded in judicial custody, the police said.
Charas seized in Mumbai, three held
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested a drug smuggler and his two woman aides and seized 1.8 kg of charas (hashish) from them, an official said Friday. Acting on a tip-off, NCB officials arrested the trio from a place near the Kurla bus depot in central Mumbai Thursday and seized the drug, he said. The official did not reveal the accused's names. The accused smuggled charas to Gulf countries from India and brought gold back to the country, the official said. Preliminary probe revealed that the man among the three arrested accused was the kingpin of this racket which had links with the international narcotic trade, he said. Further investigation is on, the official added.
Travancore Devaswom Board to challenge SC verdict on Sabarimala temple
The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), which is the regulatory authority of all Hindu temples in Kerala, on Friday announced that they will appeal against the Supreme Court's verdict allowing women of all ages to enter the Sabarimala Temple.Addressing the media here, A. Padmakumar, the president of the board, said, "We have decided to appeal against the Supreme Court verdict that allowed women of all age groups to enter Sabarimala Temple."The apex court had on September 28 allowed females between 10 and 50 (in their reproductive phase) years of age to enter into the temple. However, no woman of menstruating age has yet been able to enter the shrine owing to the protests across the state.A number of devotees blocked the entry of women trekking up the hill to the Lord Ayappa shrine. The doors of the temple opened on Wednesday at 5 pm, and will close on October 22.
SC denies infant's murderer to withdraw appeal against punishment
The Supreme Court on Friday denied a convict to withdraw his appeal filed against the Rajasthan High Court order challenging his conviction for killing a nine-month-old infant.The trial court in Rajasthan had sentenced Ramji Lal to life imprisonment under murder charges, with the High Court modifying the term to five years under culpable homicide not amounting to murder.The accused had approached the apex court challenging the five-year jail term, however, a two-judge bench, comprising Justice U. U. Lalit and Justice D. Y. Chandrachud observed that the reduction of the life imprisonment term by the High Court was "incorrect and unjustified."In response, the counsel appearing for Lal wished to withdraw the appeal, which the apex court denied."Having gone through the record, we are, prima facie, of the view that the conversion of the offence to Section 304 II IPC and imposition of the sentence of five years was incorrect and unjustified. We, therefore, issue a notice to the petitioner, .
Burundi opposition MP accused of plot to kill president
Burundi's public security ministry has accused a prominent opposition MP of planning the assassination of President Pierre Nkurunziza and other top officials, in an address on state television. The authorities announced the arrest of a "commando unit" over the alleged plot to murder the president, his two deputies and the parliament speaker, in the televised statement late Thursday. The spokesman for the public security ministry, Pierre Nkurikiye, accused Pierre-Celestin Ndikumana, of the Amizero y'Abarundi (Burundians' Hope) coalition, of being behind the plan. Three alleged members of the commando unit were paraded on television during the address, including a man who was a domestic worker at Ndukimana's home for a few months in 2015. "The details (of the plot) are on this piece of paper written by the criminal you have just seen (the domestic worker) while he was in the car of honorable Pierre-Celestin Ndikumana, who dictated it to him," said the spokesman. Nkurikiye said the ...
Kenya's ex-sports minister Wario charged over Olympic corruption
Former Kenyan sports minister Hassan Wario and two other officials were on Friday formally charged with corruption relating to the 2016 Rio Olympics on Friday. Wario pleaded not guilty to six charges levelled against him of abuse of office and was released on a one million shilling (USD 10,000, 8,600 euros) bond. However, Kipchoge Keino, a two-time Olympic gold medallist on the track and a former National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) chief, did not appear at the hearing in a Nairobi anti-corruption court. Chief prosecutor Noordin Haji said in a statement that Keino will be given the opportunity to "record a further statement", with a decision to be taken on his case in seven days. Keino's lawyer Cecil Miller told AFP his client had been freed, but was required to report back to the police on October 23. Keino is facing two counts of using his office to misappropriate funds during the Rio Games. Wario was refused permission to have his passport returned to enable him to travel ...