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Harvard, NYU law reviews sued over alleged discrimination
A group in Texas says legal journals at Harvard University and New York University illegally give preference to racial minorities and women when selecting editors and articles. The group, called Faculty, Alumni and Students Opposed to Racial Preferences, filed a federal lawsuit against The Harvard Law Review on Saturday and a separate suit against The NYU Law Review on Sunday. It says the student-run journals previously picked editors and articles based on merit alone but now consider race and sex. The lawsuits say the practice amounts to discrimination and demands that it be stopped. The group's website says its membership is confidential. The group and the law journals did not immediately provide comment. Harvard is separately being sued by a group that says its admissions policies discriminate against Asian-Americans.
60-year-old disabled man gets jail for sexually abusing eight-year-old girl in Pak
A Pakistani court on Tuesday sentenced a 60-year-old disabled man to six-year imprisonment for sexually abusing an eight-year-old girl. Lahore's Additional District and Sessions Judge Rahmat Ali announced the verdict as prosecution established the case that suspect, Muzaffar Hussain, sexually abused the girl at his house. However, the prosecution failed to establish that the suspect committed rape. The convict was present in the court on a wheelchair when the judge announced the verdict. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 500,000 on him. In case of his failure to pay the fine, he will have to serve five more years in jail. Lahore police had lodged a case in 2017 against the convict under sections 376, 364, and 377-A & B of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC). The sections deal with offence of rape, kidnapping and sexual abuse. The incident took place at Batapur area close to Wagah border. Police arrested the suspect later last year. Advocate Hashim Niazi, the convict's counsel, argued in .
Woman held from airport for assaulting airline officials
A 45-year-old woman was arrested from the city airport on Tuesday evening for allegedly assaulting officials of a private airline after she and here family members failed to board a flight to Bhubaneswar, police said. Sandipa Mitra, her mother, daughter and another person were going to Bhubaneswar along with her maid servant. Police said Mitra allegedly confined the maid servant at her residence in Chetla area of city for around two weeks and policemen reached the NSCBI Airport before they boarded the flight operated by the airlines. The police rescued the maid servant whose family had lodged a police complaint that she was being confined by Mitra. The rescue of the woman resulted in a delay and they failed to board the plane. This led to an altercation and Mitra allegedly assaulted women officials of the airline following which a complaint was lodged and she was arrested, police said. There has been several cases including assault pending in various police stations of ..
Delhi HC dismisses plea challenging anticipatory bail to Tharoor
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea filed by a lawyer challenging the anticipatory bail granted to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in connection with the case of his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death.The Patiala House Court had on July 7 granted anticipatory bail to Tharoor.Earlier on May 14, the Delhi Police had filed a charge sheet in the court, in which it named Tharoor as an accused, under sections 306 (Abetment of suicide) and 498A (Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).Tharoor, however, had dismissed the charge sheet terming it "preposterous".Sunanda was found dead under mysterious circumstances in a hotel in Delhi on the night of January 17, 2014.
Security guard of cash van dies in failed robbery bid in Delhi
A 50-year-old security guard of a cash van was killed after unidentified persons allegedly opened fire at the vehicle-- carrying Rs 4.2 crore-- in an attempt to rob it near the DND toll plaza in east Delhi's Mayur Vihar, police said Tuesday. The failed robbery bid took place on Monday night, police said, adding that the van belonged to a security agency and the victim was accompanied by the custodian of the firm along with the driver. According to police, around three to four persons came in two vehicles, overtook the cash van and forcefully brought it to a halt. While one of them got out of the car and began arguing with the driver of the cash van, another tried to open the door of the van and allegedly opened fire at the security guard, seated next to the driver, when he tried to resist, they said. In the back of the vehicle were three boxes containing the cash along with the third occupant-- the custodian of the firm who managed to escape the spot unhurt and informed the police, ...
Inter-state gang of truck lifters busted
With the arrest of four persons, police on Tuesday claimed to have busted an inter district gang of truck lifters. Two revolvers, four motor bikes and six mobile phones were recovered from the gang members, police said. Police arrested the four after the driver of a stolen truck reported to the vehicle owner that unknown miscreants had fled with the truck after assaulting him. Two members of the gang are still at large and they would be arrested soon, police said.
Guj: Undertrial dies in judicial custody, kin allege torture
A 35-year-old undertrial prisoner lodged at the Sabarmati Central Prison died in civil hospital here Monday while being in judicial custody on the charge of transporting hooch, officials said Tuesday. However, family members of the deceased Sanjay Athwal claimed that he died due to torture by the police and jail authorities. Police denied the charge, saying Athwal was a habitual drinker and died due to some ailment. The Accidental Death Report (ADR) registered by Ranip police stated that Athwal was declared dead by the doctors of the civil hospital hours after he was admitted there by jail authorities Monday evening. According to police, Athwal was unwell since he was brought to the jail on October 6 and received treatment at a hospital inside the jail premises for a day before he was shifted to the civil hospital. "Athwal was arrested by Meghaninagar police in the city on October 5 on the charge of bootlegging. He was sent to the jail on order of a magistrate the next ..
Delhi government asks HC to dismiss plea seeking to minimise drinking age
The Delhi government requested the High Court on Wednesday to dismiss the plea seeking to minimise the legal age of drinking -- currently 25 years -- in the national capital.
Woman hurts private parts of boy with hot tongs in Gr Noida: Police
A Greater Noida woman was booked Tuesday after she allegedly confined a 13-year-old boy to her home and hurt his genitals with hot tongs for resisting her sexual advances, police said. The incident was reported from Chapraula village under Badalpur police station limits, they said, adding that the woman is absconding after the incident. According to the mother of the 13-year-old boy, the accused woman is from their neighbourhood and had allegedly made sexual advances, a police official said. "The married woman, apparently in her late 20s, had lured the boy to her house in the afternoon last Friday when she was alone there," the official said. He said a complaint in this regard was filed Tuesday and an FIR registered under Indian Penal Code sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 324 (causing hurt with a weapon), 342 (wrongful confinement), 363 (kidnapping), 506 (criminal intimidation). The accused woman, who is absconding, has also been booked under the provisions of the Protection .
Woman bank official shot dead in car
A woman bank official was shot dead inside her car by an unidentified assailant in Kamrup district near Guwahati on Tuesday evening, police said. When the chauffeur driven car slowed down at Agiathori area, a man on a motorbike wearing a helmet that covered his face broke window pane of the car and shot her from close range, police said. Her driver rushed her to a nearby hospital where she was declared brought dead. The woman was identified as Junu Sarma, an official of Dadara branch of a nationalised bank. The driver has been detained for questioning, police said adding that the cause of the attack is not immediately known. Search for the assailant has been launched.
2 officials at Narcotics Control Bureau held for taking bribe of Rs 1.15 lakh
An opium inspector and a contractual computer data operator posted at the Narcotics Control Bureau here were arrested for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 1.15 lakh, an official said Tuesday. The accused persons took the money from around nine farmers in Jhalawar and Baran districts, said Additional Superintendent of Police, ACB, Chandrasheel Thakur. Based on a complaint lodged by a farmer based in Atru town, a probe was initiated in the matter, he said. The accused persons, identified as Vipin Gupta and Pankaj Panchal, were arrested by sleuths at the Anti-Corruption Bureau, Thakur said. In 2004, the licenses of the opium farmers were suspended by the state government but in 2018, they were again renewed, he said. Gupta picked up the list of farmers whose licenses were to be renewed and demanded money from them. He had demanded a bribe of Rs 20,000 from each of the farmers enlisted for the automatic license renewal for opium cultivation, Thakur said. The two accused persons would be ...
Godman booked on rape charges after unmarried woman delivers stillborn: cops
A 19-year-old woman has accused a self-styled godman of repeatedly raping her over the past one year in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, following which a case was registered, a police official said Tuesday. "The 65-year-old accused hails from Mathura area of Uttar Pradesh is absconding and a hunt is on to nab him," the official said. He said the alleged incident came to light on October 6 when the woman hailing from a village in the Reasi town, complained of severe abdomen pain and was rushed to a local hospital where doctors referred her to Jammu citing pregnancy complications. The woman, who is not married, underwent a caesarean and delivered a stillborn at the government hospital in Jammu and alleged she was repeatedly raped over the past year by the man, who was functioning as a priest in the village temple, he said. The official said the family of the victim approached the local police station and an FIR under section 376 (rape) of the Ranbir Penal Code was registered ...
Rape case filed against 'sadhu' in JK's Reasi: cops
A 19-year-old woman has accused a self-styled godman of repeatedly raping her over the past one year in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, following which a case was registered, a police official said Tuesday. "The 65-year-old accused hails from Mathura area of Uttar Pradesh is absconding and a hunt is on to nab him," the official said. He said the alleged incident came to light on October 6 when the woman, hailing from a village in the Reasi town, complained of severe abdomen pain and was rushed to a local hospital where doctors referred her to Jammu citing pregnancy complications. The woman underwent a caesarean and delivered a stillborn at the government hospital in Jammu and alleged that she was repeatedly raped over the past year by the man, who was functioning as a priest in the village temple, he said. The official said the family of the victim approached the local police station and an FIR under section 376 (rape) of the Ranbir Penal Code was registered against the ...
Woman BJP leader found killed in her flat in Palghar
The decomposed body of a 38-year-old local woman leader of the BJP was found at her residence here in Maharashtra Tuesday, a police official said. Police suspect the victim, Rupali Chavan, a local leader of the BJP's Mahila Morcha who resided in Nallasopara area on outskirts of Mumbai, was killed two days ago. Some neighbours of Chavan, on noticing a foul stench emanating from her house, alerted police officials who broke open the door and found her dead, the official said. She had several injuries and burn wounds on her body, he said. "We suspect she was killed by an unidentified person two days back," he said, adding the exact cause of her death would be known after the postmortem. "We have registered an offence of murder and further investigation is on," he added. Inspector K G Kolhe of the Nallasopara police station told the media Chavan resided on the first floor of a multi- storey building and her body was found in the afternoon. According to her neighbours, an ...
Norway accuses foreign nationals of 1993 'Satanic Verses' attack
Norwegian police have formally accused several foreign nationals over a 1993 attack on the Norwegian publisher of "The Satanic Verses", thus preventing the statute of limitations from closing the case. The National Criminal Investigation Service said Tuesday "foreign nationals who are not in Norway" were suspected of "attempted murder" in the attack on William Nygaard. But the agency did not specify their number, identity or nationality. William Nygaard was seriously wounded when he was shot three times in the back near his home in Oslo on October 11 1993. No one was arrested for the attack, but police believe it was linked to the 1989 publication of the Norwegian version of Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses" by a publishing house that Nygaard ran. This latest move by the police prevents the usual 25-year statute of limitations closing the case. It would have taken effect on October 11. "I am relieved and pleased with the development in this case, not least that the authorities ...
Man rapes live-in partner's minor daughter
A man was arrested here for allegedly raping the 10-year-old daughter of a woman he has been in a live-in relationship with, police said Tuesday. The incident took place Monday night when the minor's mother, a domestic help, had gone out for work, leaving the girl alone, they said. According to SP (City) Shlok Kumar, the accused, Pooran, is a tent house employee and reached home in an inebriated state after which he raped the girl. When her mother returned home, the girl narrated her ordeal. A complaint was lodged on the basis of which the Vijay Nagar police arrested the accused. The girl has been sent for medical examination, police said. The victim's mother has been living with the accused after the death of her husband, they said. A case was registered against the accused under IPC section 376 (rape) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the SP added.
Woman slits 3-year-old daughter's throat
A woman allegedly slit her three-year-old daughter's throat and then attempted to commit suicide here by slashing her wrist, police said Tuesday. The 27-year-old woman, an engineering graduate, was undergoing treatment for psychiatric problems, they said. She allegedly slit her daughter's throat and then slashed her wrist falling unconscious, police said. Her mother-in-law rushed them to hospital where the doctors declared the child brought dead. The woman is undergoing treatment, police said. Her husband, an engineer, is working in Chennai.
MP IAS aspirant rape: 2 cops retired, 3 given salary cuts
Two policemen were compulsorily retired and three officers penalised with salary cuts after an inquiry found them guilty of delaying the registration of FIR in a 2017 case of rape of an IAS aspirant, a senior official said Tuesday. The 19-year-old woman, the daughter of a Railway Protection Force personnel, was gangraped on October 31 last year by four persons near Habibganj railway station here. The woman and her kin were made to run around as officials from Habibganj Police Station and MP Nagar police station could decide not who should register the case based on crime scene jurisdiction. Following an outcry, the state government removed a deputy superintendent of police-rank officer from his post and suspended three police station incharges and two sub- inspectors. Inspector General Jaideep Prasad Tuesday imposed compulsory retirement on Sub-Inspectors Bhawani Prasad Uikey and Ramnath Tirkam, the official said. The action also included a reduction in two increments of Habibganj ...
SC sends 3 Amrapali directors in police custody
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sent in police custody three Directors of the Amrapali Group till they handed over all documents related to their 46 companies to forensic auditors.
One arrested in Bulgarian journalist's rape, murder case
Bulgarian Police have arrested one suspect in the rape and murder case of journalist Viktoria Marinova, who was found dead in the town of Ruse four days ago.The police have detained the suspect who is a Romanian citizen of Ukrainian origin for 24 hours, reported ABC.Marinova was raped, strangled and dumped near the Danube River after she came upon a possible corruption in the government.The highlighted corruption was allegedly about the misuse of European Union funds by the Bulgarian government, which she brought up in a show she hosted last month featuring two investigating journalists who were later detained for their work on suspected fraud.