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Thai Police arrest 1 person in Bangkok shooting

One person has been arrested for his alleged involvement in a deadly shootout between two rival gangs here in the Thai capital in which an Indian tourist and a man from Laos were killed, a media report said Tuesday. Gakhrejr Dheeraj, 42, and a tourist from Laos died in the shooting which took place on Sunday on a bustling street in Bangkok's Ratchathewi district. Preecha Sakudompaisan, 28, turned himself in Monday night, and authorities are seeking the arrests of at least five more suspects, according to Bangkok police chief Sutthiphong Wongpin. "I believe the perpetrators will continue to surrender," Sutthipong was quoted as saying by Bangkok-based news website 'Khaosod English'. The police officer said at least five firearms, including an assault rifle, were used in the shooting in which five people were injured, including two Thais and two Indians. Sutthipong said the gangs were playing snooker in a nearby bar before they got into a heated argument, which escalated into a gun ...

Patna HC rejects bail plea of former minister Manju Verma

The Patna High Court Tuesday dismissed an anticipatory bail plea filed by former Bihar minister Manju Verma who is facing arrest in an Arms Act case. Justice Sudhir Singh turned down the application of Verma, against whom an FIR was lodged in August at Cheria Bariarpur police station of Begusarai district after the seizure of about 50 cartridges from her residence. The seizure was made during a raid conducted at Vermas Patna and Begusarai residences by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with the Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal. Verma had stepped down as the Social Welfare minister following reports alleging close links between her husband Chandrashekhar Verma and Brajesh Thakur, the prime accused in the scandal. She had moved the high court after her anticipatory bail plea was rejected by a Begusarai court on August 25.

Bajrang Dal activist shot dead in Bihar

A Bajrang Dal activist was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Bihar's Saran district, police said on Tuesday.

Mexican couple being probed for 20 murders

Police in Mexico have launched a probe into the case of a couple arrested for transporting body parts in a baby carriage in connection with at least 20 murders.

Mexico couple nabbed with victims' body parts

Police in Mexico are investigating a couple arrested for transporting body parts in a pram in connection with at least 10 murders.

Trump apologises to Kavanaugh family for their 'terrible suffering'

US President Donald Trump has apologised to new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and his family for the "terrible suffering" they were "forced" to endure, saying the "fair-minded" judge deserves a dignified evaluation and not a campaign based on lies and deception. Judge Kavanaugh, 53, was confirmed by the Senate on Saturday in a 50-48 vote following an acrimonious debate over his nomination triggered by a series of sexual assault allegations during the last phase of his confirmation process. His confirmation is a personal political victory for Trump as the opposition Democratic party had mounted an unprecedented resistance to his nomination. "On behalf of our nation, I want to apologise to Brett and the entire Kavanaugh family for the terrible pain and suffering you have been forced to endure," Trump said at a White House ceremonial swearing in ceremony of Kavanaugh. "Those who step forward to serve our country deserve a fair and dignified evaluation, not a campaign of political

Student eve-teased by unidentified people in UP

A girl student was allegedly eve-teased by unidentified men while she was returning home here, police said. According to a complaint lodged by the girl's family, they alleged that she was stopped by some bike-borne on Monday. Police registered a case against unidentified miscreants and a search is underway, Station House Officer Anil Kaperval said.

Tamil weekly editor arrested in Chennai

A well-known editor of a Tamil weekly was Tuesday arrested here while on his way to Pune, airport officials said. Senior journalist R Gopal, who heads the vernacular 'Nakkheeran', was picked up by a police team from the airport, they said. The weekly's website claimed Gopal was arrested based on a complaint from the Raj Bhavan over a write-up on Nirmala Devi, an assistant professor of a private college in Virudhunagar who had been arrested for allegedly prodding girl students to extend sexual favours to officials. There was no immediate confirmation from police officials on the reason behind Gopal's arrest, even as officials in Raj Bhavan could not be reached for a comment.

Man held for molesting 5-yr-old girl in park

A 52-year-old man was arrested for allegedly molesting a five-year-old girl at a public park here in Maharashtra, police said Tuesday. Jagdish Ramlakhan Rai, a truck driver, went to the park in the Wagle Estate area last Thursday and lured the girl who was playing there on some pretext. He took the child to a corner in the park where he allegedly molested her, Thane police spokesperson Sukhada Narkar said. A man who was near the spot recorded the alleged incident on his mobile phone and submitted the footage to the Shree Nagar police, she said. After analysing the video recording, the police traced the victim, called her parents to the police station and registered a case against the accused on Monday, she said. In the meantime, some local activists of a political party traced the accused and beat him up. However, the police intervened and took the accused into custody and booked him under relevant sections of the IPC and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences ...

Bihar: BJP leader's son stabbed to death

Son of a local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was stabbed to death by unknown assailants on Monday night in Chhapra city of Saran district.Piyush Kumar, son of local BJP leader Gangotri Prasad was stabbed to death while he was passing by Garkha block of the city.The police have registered a case and are investigating the matter.Nagendra Prasad, SHO Garkha said, "We have received the information of the incident which happened at a secluded place. The attack happened around 8 PM in the evening. We are investigating the case. "A local BJP leader Shantanu Singh said, "This is a very unfortunate incident. A lot of dedicated BJP workers have been killed in the district in the last few years. We are not able to speak much because it is our government but the situation is worsening day by day."Srinivasan Singh, district vice-president, BJP said, "Every few months a BJP leader is being murdered. The victim Piyush was associated with Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and was currently ...

Tanushree-Nana row: Dutta seeks MSCW's intervention

Actor Tanushree Dutta has now knocked the doors of the Maharashtra Women Commission.The former Miss India has sought women commission's intervention days after she alleged that veteran actor Nana Patekar allegedly misbehaved with her.The complaint demands an investigation into the allegations of harassment levelled by Dutta against Patekar, Ganesh Acharya, producer Samee Siddiqui, director Rakesh Sarang, and several Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) party workers.Confirming the same, Dutta's lawyer, Nitin Satpute, on Monday told ANI, "The complaint has been lodged with the Maharashtra State Commission for Women. Tomorrow we are going to move the complaint to the District Officer as per the Sexual Harassment Act Section 9. "He added, "Tanushree Dutta's statement has not yet been recorded so tomorrow she will come for the same along with the witnesses. After recording the statement, we will take the next step."In the letter, Dutta stated that she lodged her complaint for the registration

Man arrested for bag lifting

A 20-year-old man was arrested allegedly for bag lifting in West Delhi's Madipur, police said Monday. The stolen bag which contained 15 wrist watches and three hair smoothers was recovered from his possession, they said. On Saturday, one Mukesh Kumar reported that during daytime, he had come to B Block Market, Madipur on his scooter. When he returned after shopping, he found his bag missing from the scooter, a senior police officer said, adding that the bag contained 30 wrist watches, three hair smoothers. Police spotted a person with the stolen bag in one of the CCTV footages. The accused was later identified as Ankush and arrested, he said. During interrogation, Ankush disclosed that he used to commit thefts and sell the stolen items to people residing in the nearby areas.

Five arrested for robbery in Delhi's Mahendra Park

Five men were arrested for allegedly robbing a person of Rs 1,55,000 in north-west Delhi's Mahendra Park, police said Monday. The accused were identified as Bablu Sheikh (23), Salim (19), Naveen Dutt alias Akash (23), Harish alias Piddu (34) and Rohit alias Shanky (31). On September 24, one Sanjay Kumar Shah, who works as a Munim at Azad Pur Sabzi Mandi, was returning home on scooty along with one Vivek Yadav from Aloo Mandi who carried a bag containing Rs 1,55,000 in cash, a police officer said. When they reached near gate number 1, three boys came from behind and attacked their head with an iron rod. They fell down on the road and the accused robbed the bag and fled, the officer added. On the basis of secret information, the accused persons were arrested. They disclosed their involvement in four more cases, police said. Two bikes and a scooty were recovered from their possession, he added.

Three security guards, other arrested as 'jailbreak' plan foiled

Four persons, including three security guards deputed at Chaibasa divisional jail in West Singhbhum district were arrested allegedly for planning to execute jailbreak to free a hardcore Naxal, police said Monday. The Naxal has been languishing in the jail and the accused wanted him to flee the prison sometime during coming Durga Puja, a senior police officer said. The arrested security guards identified as Vijay Khalko, Chamu Munda and Juel Horo, all residents of Khunti district, are retired policemen, SP G Kranthi Kumar said. The fourth person arrested in this connection, Rama Pandey alias Ramashankar Pandey, a resident of Gua in West Singhbhum district, was the financer of the hardcore CPI (Maoists) leader Motilal Soren alias Sandeep and a trade union leader. Kumar said Sandeep was carrying a reward of Rs 25 lakh on his head. We were tipped off that Sandeep along with his other naxals jailmates and criminals-Jaiyamsih Charad, Rameshwar Kunkal, Markende Singh Kuntia, Dev Kumar ...

Sena MP Sanjay Raut fetes Hindutva lawyer Punalekar

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut Monday felicitated lawyer Sanjeev Punalekar, who is currently defending some right-wing activists booked in murder cases of prominent rationalists, and accused the BJP government of falling short of expectations of the Hindu community. Punalekar is the national secretary of Hindu Vidhidnya Parishad, a voluntary organisation of "nationalist" Hindu advocates. It works closely with right-wing Sanatan Sanstha. Punalekar is defending in court the Hindutva activists who are accused of being involved in conspiracy to kill rationalist Narendra Dabholkar (2013) and Left leader Govind Pansare (2015). Some activists are also suspects in the killings of Karnataka scholar M M Kalburgi (2015) and journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh (2017). The felicitation of Punalekar was organised by Rashtriya Patrakar Manch in south Mumbai. On the occasion, the Shiv Sena MP alleged that the government is trying to preserve "fake secularism by sacrificing innocent ...

Former BJD MLA held for assaulting woman, mother

A former Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA was arrested on Monday on charges of assaulting a woman and her mother in Kandhamal district, police said here. Devendra Kanhar was arrested from Andhra Pradesh on the basis of an FIR lodged by the woman at Phulbani Sadar police station on September 2, Superintendent of Police of Kandhamal, Prateek Singh, said. When produced before a court here, the former Phulbani MLA was remanded to 14 days judicial custody. Kanhar, however, denied the allegation and claimed that he had surrendered and was not absconding. In the FIR, the woman accused Kanhar of physically assaulting her and her mother at Goudasahi in Phulbani town, Singh said. The incident could have happened owing to some personal rivalry, the police officer said. A sex video purportedly featuring Kanhar had also gone viral on social media around the same time, making the entire episode more controversial.

WhatsApp matter: Centre seeks time from SC to file detailed reply

The central government on Monday informed the Supreme Court that it would take more time to file a detailed reply in the WhatsApp matter.The government's reply came after an NGO had moved to the apex court alleging that WhatsApp was not implementing certain laws. It also claimed that the company is not fully co-operating with the Indian agencies to crack the menace of fake news leading to crimes including lynching and other incidents.In its petition, the NGO also claimed that the government agencies were widely using the WhatsApp platform despite the company not complying with Indian laws. It has also been alleged that WhatsApp is not complying with the RBI guidelines.Additional Solicitor General (ASG), Maninder Singh, appearing for the Centre, told the apex court's two-judge bench headed by Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman that it would take some more time to file its detailed reply to the questions and issues raised in the petition.The petition further sought a direction to WhatsApp ...

WhatsApp matter: Centre seeks more time from SC to file detailed reply

The government's reply came after an NGO had moved to the apex court alleging that WhatsApp was not implementing certain laws

CBI takes over probe into police firing during anti-Sterlite protest

The CBI has taken over the probe into the police firing in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu on May 22 and 23 during the anti-Sterlite protests that claimed 13 lives, officials said Monday. Acting on a batch of petitions related to the police firing, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court had on August 14 asked the premier investigative agency to probe the incident. In its report, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has included a local police FIR filed on the complaint of P Sekar, Deputy Tehsildar who had allegedly ordered the firing. The police action came on the 100th day of protests as locals turned violent demanding the closure of Sterlite copper plant, a unit of Vedanta group over purported pollution concerns. The 13 deaths drew widespread condemnation by opposition political parties, led by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in the state. The petitions which sought relief for the victims, registration of murder case against police officers for allegedly deploying ...

Swiss bank UBS on trial in France over alleged tax fraud

PARIS (Reuters) - Swiss bank UBS Group AG, its French unit and six executives faced charges of aggravated tax fraud and money laundering on Monday, the first day of a trial into allegations they helped wealthy clients avoid taxes in France.