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16 cattle rescued in Sambha, one smuggler held: police
With the arrest of one person police Thursday claimed to have foiled a bid to smuggle cattle to the Valley and rescued 16 bovines. During the routine checking in Ghagwal area, a truck which was on its way to Kathua district was signalled to stop at highway at Tapyal, police said. The accused driver Maan Singh accelerated the vehicle and tried to escape from the spot, police said, adding that after successful chase, the truck was intercepted near Jatwal. During checking, 16 bovines were found laden inside the vehicle, which were being transported illegally without any permission, police said. The accused driver was arrested on the spot and all the bovine animals were rescued, they said, adding that a case has been registered.
DL-CRIME BRIEFS
Two men were arrested for allegedly snatching mobile phones from northeast Delhi, police said Thursday. The accused, identified as Shahbaz (20) and Suhail (18), are residents of Chauhan Bangar, they said. On Tuesday, during patrolling, police arrested Shahbaz and Suhail. One country-made pistol along with two live cartridges, four mobile phones and one stolen motorcycle were recovered from them, said a senior police official.
One side of story shown, portraying me as terrorist: BSP leader's son in video message
Ashish Pandey, the son of a former BSP MP who has been accused of brandishing a pistol and threatening the guests at a five-star hotel here, told the police Thursday that he was instigated by a woman, who had shown him the "middle finger," after which he had got the weapon from his car. Pandey, who surrendered before the Patiala House court Thursday, also said in a video message that he was being subjected to a media trial and that only one side of the story was being shown, portraying him as a "terrorist". "The woman accompanying Gaurav (Kanwar, son of a former Congress MLA) showed me the middle finger, which instigated me to get my pistol from my car," Pandey told the police after his arrest in the case. "Pandey claimed that Kanwar was in the ladies' washroom in the hotel when his female friends went to the washroom. They raised an objection over Kanwar's presence in the washroom which led to an argument, following which Pandey was called by his friends," a senior officer privy to ..
Odisha man walks 8 km with body of daughter
A man in cyclone-ravaged Odisha's Gajapati district Thursday apparently walked for eight kilometres carrying the body of his seven-year-old daughter, who died in a landslide, on his shoulder for post-mortem. The incident, footage of which was shown by local channels, was reminiscent of a 2016 episode, when a man had walked 10 km carrying his dead wife on his shoulder after being denied a hearse at Bhawanipatna government hospital in Kalahandi district. The Gajapati incident happened in Atankpur village under Laxmipur gram panchayat. Mukund Dora put daughter Babita's body in a sack and carried it on his shoulder for the post mortem. Babita had gone missing after Cyclone Titli and the state government on Wednesday declared her dead based on information from local panchayat functionaries, though her body was yet to be traced, officials said. The girl had gone missing on October 11, her father said. "Babita was swept away due to landslide during Cyclone Titli and subsequent flood caused ..
Two held, country made pistols seized
Two gangsters were arrested at Korutla in Telangana Thursday and two country made pistols seized from their possession, police said. Hanzil Shaik alias Raju Bhayya of West Bengal and Kadari Tirupathi, a resident of Vedurugata village, were arrested after they were found moving about in suspicious circumstances in the area. On searching them, police found the pistols, ten rounds of ammunition and Rs 6000 in cash. Shaik was earlier arrested in the killing of P Satyanarayana Reddy at Dharmapuri mandal in May, 2018 and was lodged in Karimnagar district prison, police said. Tirupathi was involved in the killing of Goli Shankar in May 2018 and imprisoned in Karimnagar district jail, they said. Police said during the remand period, the duo become friends. After being released on bail, Tirupathi asked Shaik to get him a pistol and the latter left for Madhya Pradesh and bought two country made pistols for Rs 20,000 each, they said. Later, he came to Korutla town to hand over the ..
Two persons die in road accident
Two persons on a motorcycle died when a goods vehicle lost control and fell on them near Turf View on AJC Bose ramp of the Vidyasagar Setu Thursday morning, police said, Subhadeep Chakraborty (22) and pillion rider Pratim Kundu (21) were severely injured when the sugar loaded goods vehicle side turned on their motorcycle at around 4.20 am, a Kolkata Police officer said. The two were without helmets when the mishap happened, he said adding that they were declared "brought dead" when rushed to the SSKM hospital. The driver of the goods vehicle escaped following the accident and a case has been registered at the Hastings Police Station, he said.
Maneka Gandhi urges political parties to form sexual harassment committee
With the rising number of alleged sexual harassment cases surfacing since the #MeToo campaign raged in India, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Thursday urged all the political parties to form internal complaint committees.Gandhi informed that she has written letters to presidents of six national and 56 state political parties. The letter read, "Since this is a mandatory requirement under the law, I request you to constitute this committee immediately if not done already. The details of the committee can be placed on the website of the party. Necessary communication may be issued for the information of the public."Section 4 of the Sexual Harassment at Work Place (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act mandates every organisation to set up internal complaint committee which should be headed by a senior woman employee. The committee also needs to have one external member.On Wednesday, MJ Akbar, who served as the Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs, ...
Woman gangraped in Odisha, two detained
A 25-year-old woman from West Bengal was allegedly gang raped for 10 days in confinement at a market complex in Puri district, police said Thursday. Police have detained two youths in connection with the crime and interrogating them, Puri district additional superintendent of police Gagarin Mohanty said. The woman was rescued by the police after breaking the lock on Wednesday after she raised an alarm from the roof top of the building where she was detained. Police said the woman was admitted to the Puri district headquarters hospital. She was brought to Odisha by another woman named Kajal on the pretext of getting her a job a year ago and was forced into prostitution by her and her male friend. The police said the woman has named a person who had allegedly abducted her and held her in captivity in the building, where he and several other persons raped her for 10 days, police said. Women activists of opposition BJP and Congress met the victim separately at Puri hospital .
Scribes, lawyers, onlookers throng court room to witness hearing in Akbar's case
Scores of scribes, lawyers and onlookers thronged the small court room at Patiala House district courts complex Thursday to witness the first hearing of the high-profile defamation case filed by former Union minister M J Akbar against journalist Priya Ramani for levelling sexual harassment allegations against him. The curiosity, however, subsided drastically the moment they came to know that neither Akbar nor Ramani would visit the court for their first judicial face-off. A few lawyers started moving out of the packed court room of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal, who was to commence the hearing at 2 PM. A similar media frenzy was witnessed at the complex when the 2G-scam verdict was to be delivered in December last year. On Thursday, scribes jostled to enter the court room before the proceedings were to start as advocates unconnected to the case had crowded the court room, making it difficult for journalists to negotiate space inside and through the way. While
Teen Murti Bhavan issue: JNMF asked to appear before quasi-judicial body
The Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund (JNMF) has been asked to appear before a quasi-judicial body of the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry within seven days in connection with the alleged illegal possession of the Teen Murti Bhavan premises. The ministry's direction comes days after it issued a notice to the JNMF, chaired by senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, to vacate the property. "A notice has been issued to the JNMF, asking it to appear before the quasi-judicial authority and present its stand on the matter. "Also, the Directorate of Estates will be heard. After hearing both the sides, the quasi-judicial authority will issue an order," a senior official, who did not wish to be named, said. A row had erupted after the ministry issued an eviction notice to the Fund last month. A source said the ministry was not satisfied with the JNMF's response to the eviction notice. In its notice, the ministry had said the JNMF was being asked to vacate its premises at Teen Murti Bhavan to ...
Court takes cognisance of Akbar's defamation case, his statement to be recorded on Oct 31
A Delhi court Thursday decided to record the statement of former minister M J Akbar's criminal defamation complaint of being accused of sexual misconduct by journalist Priya Ramani, on October 31. The court took judicial note of the complaint against Ramani, who has accused Akbar of sexual misconduct around 20 years ago, and decided to record the statement in the case. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal heard the submissions of senior advocate Geeta Luthra, representing the former minister, that the "defamatory" tweets and similar social media posts of Ramani have caused irreparable loss to his reputation built over 40 years. "Let the matter be fixed for examination of the complainant (Akbar) and his witnesses (six) for October 31," the magistrate said. Luthra mentioned that Ramani' objectionable tweets have been merrily retweeted by a number of other people and various news items were written on their basis in national and international newspapers and other media ..
Egypt prosecutor refers 3 oil industry executives for trial for alleged corruption - judicial source
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's public prosecutor has referred three executives from a private petroleum company for trial over an alleged corruption scam worth close to $1 billion, a judicial source said on Thursday.
12 Pak nationals detained in Rajasthan
Twelve Pakistani nationals including four women have been detained in Sriganganagar district of Rajasthan for alleged visa norms violation, police said. Station House Office of Jetsar police station Vijay Singh said that the Pakistanis were detained from Saroopsar area as they did not have permission to visit the area. The Pakistani nationals arrived India on October 13 for visiting Haridwar. Instead of returning to their country, they arrived here to meet their relatives, he said. They are being interrogated by intelligence agencies, he added.
Man on run from Punjab police held in Maharashtra
A man wanted by Punjab police in a case of theft has been arrested in Thane district of Maharashtra, police said Thursday. Local police and a team of Ludhiana police raided a house in Irani Nagar in Kalyan area of the district Wednesday and nabbed Lalu Khani Irani (55). A case of theft has been registered against Irani in Ludhiana, said inspector Ranveer Bias of Thane crime branch. Irani, who hails from Thane, allegedly committed a theft in Ludhiana and fled back to Maharashtra, police said.
Commercial Tax Officer arrested for accepting bribe in Rajasthan
A Commercial Tax Officer was arrested by Anti-Corruption Bureau sleuths Thursday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district, officials said. The accused, Mahaveer Singh Aasiwal, had demanded the bribe from Komal Singh for some official work, following which he lodged a complaint, they said. "After verification of the complaint, a trap was laid today and the accused was caught in his office red-handed while accepting the bribe amount of Rs 50,000," an official of the ACB said. A case was registered against him under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, he added.
Maldives court overturns ex-President Gayoom's jail term
The Maldives High Court on Thursday overturned the jail sentence of former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom weeks after he was freed on bail.
MP: Forest ranger wanted for helping black buck poachers held
A Forest ranger from Madhya Pradesh was arrested here Wednesday, months after a case was registered against him for allegedly helping poachers of a black buck by tampering with evidence, police said Thursday. The runaway officer, identified as Bihari Singh Sikarwar, was carrying a reward of Rs 10,000 on his head. "He was arrested from his residence in Ganesh Dham Colony Wednesday evening," said Special Task Force (STF) deputy superintendent of police DK Singh. The poachers had killed a black buck at village Bakani which falls under the Sagar forest range. Sikarwar, who was posted as ranger in Sagar at the time of the incident, allegedly hid the evidence in a bid to protect the hunters, following which a case was registered against him under Wildlife Protection Act, said the police officer. He had let four of seven accused escape the spot after the incident. "To weaken the case, the accused ranger had shown that a country-made firearm was recovered from the poachers ...
Delhi court to record Akbar's statement on Oct 31
A court here on Thursday admitted a criminal defamation suit filed by former Minister M.J. Akbar against journalist Priya Ramani and said it will record the BJP leader's statement on October 31.
Court agrees to hear Akbar's defamation complaint against journalist in #MeToo case
A Delhi court Thursday agreed to hear the criminal defamation case filed by M J Akbar against journalist Priya Ramani, who has accused him of sexual harassment around 20 years ago, and will record the statement of the former union minister on October 31. Taking cognisance of the complaint, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal heard the submissions of senior advocate Geeta Luthra, representing Akbar, that the "controversial" tweets and identical social media posts of Ramani caused irreparable loss to his reputation built over a period of 40 years. "Let the matter be fixed for examination of the complainant (Akbar) and his witnesses for October 31," the magistrate said. Akbar, 67, was not present in the court. A criminal defamation case, as against a civil defamation case, is significant as an accused could be sent to jail if found guilty. Section 500 of the IPC provides for the sentence for the offence of defamation and an accused may be awarded two-year jail term or ..
RSS-BJP raising Ram temple issue now because polls are near: Togadia
After Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat demanded a law to enable the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya, firebrand Hindu leader Pravin Togadia on Thursday questioned why such a law was not enacted in the last four and a half years of BJP rule. The RSS is raising the issue now because elections are around the corner and the BJP government's performance is dismal, Togadia, who quit the Vishwa Hindu Parishad earlier this year, alleged. Bhagwat demanded in his annual Vijayadashami speech in Nagpur on Thursday that the Centre bring a law to pave the way for Ram temple. "Why the Ram Temple law was delayed for four and a half years despite BJP having a full majority in Parliament?" Togadia, who now heads the Antarrashtriya Hindu Parishad, said in a statement. "After failure of the BJP-led government at the Centre on all fronts, and with elections approaching in several states and (for) Parliament in 2019, the issue of Ram temple is being raised," he said. Calling the BJP ...