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HC faults police over Telangana Congress leader’s arrest

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The Hyderabad High Court on Tuesday voiced its unhappiness over the manner in which Telangana Police arrested state Congress working President Revanth Reddy from his house in the dead of night.

The court asked the state government what was the need for taking the Congress leader into custody. It heard thrice the habeas corpus petition filed by Congress leader V. Narender Reddy and in the evening summoned Advocate General to record his statement.

Advocate General B.S. Prasad sought time till Wednesday to submit evidence to justify Revanth’s arrest.

Earlier, the police submitted to the court that they took him into custody as his call for a shutdown in Kodangal to protest Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao’s visit could have created law and order problems.

The court observed that there was nothing wrong in Revanth calling for a shutdown and asked police to provide evidence to justify its action.

Revanth was arrested from his residence at 3 a.m ahead of KCR’s election rally at Kosgi in Kodangal constituency, which was represented by the Congress leader in the dissolved Assembly.

After KCR’s rally in the evening, police released Revanth Reddy. The Congress leader alleged that the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) had hatched a plan to create disturbances in Kodangal in the next 48 hours. He claimed that KCR was using police to suppress the opposition and using money to influence the voters.

Revanth had called for a shutdown in Kodangal to protest against police raids at his house last week.

The Election Commission had also issued a notice to Reddy over his threat. A police officer said a case was booked against Revanth Reddy on a complaint by the Electoral Officer.

The Congress party strongly condemned the arrest of its leader and lodged a complaint with the Election Commission. It said with just a day for the campaigning to come to an end, their leader was denied an opportunity to campaign.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi tweeted that Revanth’s arrest is a proof of KCR’s autocratic rule. In the comments in Telugu on his Twitter handle, the Congress leader said the arrest cannot stop the Congress’ march. He further wrote that the time has come for the end of anti-people rule of TRS.

Senior Congress leader S. Jaipal Reddy condemned the manner in which police arrested Revanth. He said the fear of election defeat has gripped KCR.

State’s Chief Electoral Officer Rajat Kumar, however, denied the allegations that they are biased. He said they treat all political parties equally.

Elections to the 119-member Telangana Assembly are scheduled for December 7.

IANS

5 states fined Rs 1 lakh for not giving details on mid-day meal

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh each on Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha and Jammu and Kashmir for not furnishing details on the mid-day meal scheme in their states.

A bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur, Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Hemant Gupta also imposed the cost of Rs 2 lakh on the Delhi government for not furnishing the information on mid-day meal scheme.

The court said the fines would be deposited with the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee within four weeks for juvenile justice issues.

The order followed a PIL by Antarrashtriya Manav Adhikaar Nirgraani Parishad drawing the court’s attention to malpractices in the implementation of the scheme.

Noting that the Mid Day Meal Scheme was of considerable benefit to the children, the court in its order said: “We have been trying to get the states to render assistance and to upload all the data so that necessary corrective steps can be taken from time to time. In spite of several of our orders, there has been little or no co-operation from some of the states.”

Saying that the scheme was not being taken “seriously by several States”, the court said: “Data has not been supplied and there are allegations made by the petitioner about foodgrains disappearing and not reaching the schools.”

Imposing the fine, the court said that Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Odisha had said that they will comply with the requirements of the Mid Day Meal Scheme and provide necessary links giving the details of the implementation of the scheme to the satisfaction of the petitioner.

However, the court said, “more than a month has gone by and there has been absolutely no progress made by these states”.

IANS

Coal scam: ED attaches Rs 117-crore property of Prakash Industries

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 The Enforcement Directorate has attached Rs 117.09-crore movable and immovable properties of Prakash Industries in connection with its ongoing probe against it in allocation of Fatehpur coal block in Chhattisgarh in 2008, the agency said on Tuesday.

The ED said the proceeds of the crime had been “generated and used in the continuous expansion related to manufacturing activities” therefore the properties were attached under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).”

The ED said: “Prakash Industries filed false declaration with the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on November 17, 2007 intimating the allocation of coal block. The coal block was actually allocated on February 6, 2008 jointly to Prakash Industries and SKS Ispat Power Ltd.”

As a result of filing false declaration, the shares of Prakash Industries recorded an astronomical rise in their value, the ED said.

“At one point of time on April 2, 2007, the share price was Rs 31 per share whereas it was Rs 351 per share on January 4, 2008. The company in order to encash the artificially created rise in their share value, issued 62,50,000 preferential shares on premium of Rs 180 per share and sold these shares to five selected companies. In this process, the firm generated Rs 118.75 crore in the form of share capital,” the ED said.

The ED started a probe after filing a case on August 30, 2014 based on a Central Bureau of Investigation’s FIR that followed allegation the firm had applied for allocation of coal block on January 12, 2007 to the Coal Ministry as per the advertisement dated November 13, 2006.

The application was found to be containing false net-worth details and on the basis of such misrepresentation, the company got allocated Fatehpur coal block on February 6, 2008, which was de-allocated in 2014, the ED said.

 

As protests shift to state capital, pilgrims flock Sabarimala

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 For the first time since the Sabarimala temple opened on November 16, there has been a sharp increase in the number of pilgrims.

One reason attributed for this is that the protests of the Sangh parivar against the Supreme Court ruling allowing women of all ages to enter the temple and the arrest of its senior leader K. Surendran has shifted to the state Secretariat.

The Congress-led UDF is going hammer and tongs against the Pinarayi Vijayan government in the Kerala Assembly.

According to official figures, on Monday a record 79,098 pilgrims arrived at the temple while till 1 p.m. on Tuesday 40,000 pilgrims has made it to the hilltop shrine.

Yet, the pilgrim flow is much less than what the temple town normally sees during the festival season.

In the previous season, the average number of pilgrims visiting the shrine was around one lakh during the two-month pilgrimage season.

The Kerala government has promised to implement the apex court’s verdict that struck down a hitherto tradition of not allowing girls and women within 10-50 years from visiting the temple.

On Tuesday, a three-member High Court appointed observer committee consisting of two retired judges and a serving Director General of Police arrived at the temple town to inspect the facilities and the arrangements for the pilgrims.

Yoga wheel launched by Akshar Yoga (Mahayogi Akshar Nath)

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  For the first time, Bangalore will experience an exclusive Akshar Yoga Wheel launched today by Grand Master Akshar (Mahayogi Akshar Nath) at High, Rooftop of World Trade Centre, Malleshwaram, Bangalore. More than 150 plus yoga practitioners participated in the workshop.

Light, portable and easy-to-use, the Akshar Yoga Wheel readily joins you at home,work or even while travelling. The preliminary groundwork for the Wheel’s manufacturing involved rigorous research for over 2 years and consultation ofseveral experts from the field of medicine and physiotherapy. This along with a whole lot of love has been invested into the Akshar Yoga Wheel that proudly wears the ‘Made in India’ badge and is ISO certified.

Most importantly, the Akshar Yoga Wheel reverses the ill-effects of long hours of desk-work which causes the shoulders to hunch forward leading to bad posture. The Wheel is available in White, Black, Chrome, Silver and Gold. The Silver and Gold Wheel amplify the effects of the ongoing healing process.

Legendary cricketers Mathew Hayden and Sunil Gavaskar, India’s Dangal queen and champion wrestler Babita Phoga, Sandalwood Star Punith Rajkumar  are amongst those who have practised in Akshar yoga.  In this workshop Grand Master Akshar announced that coming 21st of June 2019 of International Yoga Day celebration will be held at Mount Everest base camp by Akshar Yoga along with 300 participants from all over the world.

About Grand Master Akshar (MahayogiAksharNath): Hailing from the original source and school of Yoga –The Himalayas, Grand Master Akshar is an internationally acclaimed yogic master and visionary. He is Founder, Chairman & Course Director of Akshar Yoga, a well-known brand and leading Yoga chain with 20 centres in the city. Over the last decade, 3000 yoga teachers and more than 500,000 practitioners from around the world have been trained by him.

 

3nd December, 2018: For the first time, Bangalore will experience an exclusive Akshar Yoga Wheel launched today by Grand Master Akshar (Mahayogi Akshar Nath) at High, Rooftop of World Trade Centre, Malleshwaram, Bangalore. More than 150 plus yoga practitioners participated in the workshop.

 

Light, portable and easy-to-use, the Akshar Yoga Wheel readily joins you at home,work or even while travelling. The preliminary groundwork for the Wheel’s manufacturing involved rigorous research for over 2 years and consultation ofseveral experts from the field of medicine and physiotherapy. This along with a whole lot of love has been invested into the Akshar Yoga Wheel that proudly wears the ‘Made in India’ badge and is ISO certified.

Most importantly, the Akshar Yoga Wheel reverses the ill-effects of long hours of desk-work which causes the shoulders to hunch forward leading to bad posture. The Wheel is available in White, Black, Chrome, Silver and Gold. The Silver and Gold Wheel amplify the effects of the ongoing healing process.

 

Legendary cricketers Mathew Hayden and Sunil Gavaskar, India’s Dangal queen and champion wrestler Babita Phoga, Sandalwood Star Punith Rajkumar  are amongst those who have practised in Akshar yoga.  In this workshop Grand Master Akshar announced that coming 21st of June 2019 of International Yoga Day celebration will be held at Mount Everest base camp by Akshar Yoga along with 300 participants from all over the world.

 

About Grand Master Akshar (MahayogiAksharNath): Hailing from the original source and school of Yoga –The Himalayas, Grand Master Akshar is an internationally acclaimed yogic master and visionary. He is Founder, Chairman & Course Director of Akshar Yoga, a well-known brand and leading Yoga chain with 20 centres in the city. Over the last decade, 3000 yoga teachers and more than 500,000 practitioners from around the world have been trained by him.

Agusta middleman extradited to India, CBI takes custody

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Agusta middleman extradited to India, CBI takes custody

 British national Christian Michel James, the middleman wanted in Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case, was extrdited to India on Tuesday night from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He was taken straight to the CBI headquarters from the airport here.

The extradition comes as a major boost to the Indian agencies investigating the bribery angle in the contract.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) took James, 57, under its custody as soon as he arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here around 11 p.m in a special aircraft, accompanied by a team of CBI, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and Ministry of External Affairs officials.

Once the immigration process was over at the airport, James went through a medical examination in the presence of customs and other officials.

Subsequently, he was escorted by a Delhi Police team to the CBI headquarters in south Delhi’s Lodhi Road area for interrogation over his alleged role in the purchase of 12 AW-101 VVIP choppers from AgustaWestland.

James would be confronted with documents recovered during raids by the Swiss authorities and shared with the CBI through Letters Rogatory (LRs) — documents used for making request through a foreign court to obtain information from specified person/s within the jurisdiction of that court — indicating the bribes paid by James to the Indian authorities for securing the contract for the supply of VVIP helicopters.

James, who had been avoiding criminal proceedings in India, is likely to be presented at a special CBI court in Delhi’s Patiala House court on Wednesday afternoon.

The central probe agency in a press note said the entire extradition operation was conducted under the guidance of National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, with the coordination of interim CBI Director M. Nageswara Rao.

A team led by Joint CBI Director A. Sai Manohar was in Dubai during the extradition process, the note said.

The action comes after the Court of Cassation in the UAE in November upheld a lower court order which said that Michel could be extradited to India.

According to the report, James was kept under detention at the Dubai Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID), as per the Indian government’s request. The extradition was undertaken in coordination with the Interpol and the Dubai CID.

James is one of the three middlemen being probed by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the alleged scam.

In January, the ED had lodged a request with the UAE authorities for extraditing James. Both ED and CBI had filed chargesheets in bribery cases in Indian courts and non-bailable warrants had been issued against the accused.

Last year, a Red Corner Notice (RCN) was issued against James by the Interpol on a request by the CBI. RCNs were also issued against two Italians — Carlo Gerosa and Guido Haschke — for their role in the case.

According to the Indian investigative agencies, James had received at least Rs 235 crore for ensuring that the chopper contract went to AgustaWestland. He was a frequent visitor to India, having undertaken 300 trips to this country between 1997 and 2013.

Earlier, the ED officials had said that bribes to James were paid through a web of companies located abroad and in India on the pretext of payment for consultancy work. James also used his Dubai-based firm Global Services FZE as a conduit for receiving money.

A CBI chargesheet in the case also named four Indians — former Indian Air Force (IAF) chief S.P. Tyagi, his cousin Sanjeev Tyagi alias Julie, then Vice Chief of the Air Staff J.S. Gujral and advocate Gautam Khaitan.

The chargesheet mentioned Khaitan as the “brain” behind the deal.

Others named in the chargesheet included Giuseppe Orsi, the former chief of Italian defence and aerospace major Finmeccanica, and Bruno Spagnolini, former CEO of AgustaWestland, apart from middlemen James, Haschke and Gerosa.

On January 1, 2014, India cancelled the contract with Finmeccanica’s British subsidiary AgustaWestland for supplying the VVIP choppers to the IAF over alleged breach of contractual obligations and on charges of paying kickbacks to the tune of Rs 423 crore.

The CBI, which registered an FIR in the case on March 12, 2013, had alleged that Tyagi and other accused received kickbacks from AgustaWestland to help it win the contract.

IANS

Trio Notorious Burglars arrested,Stolen Property worth Rs.47 Lakhs recovered.

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The Southeat Division police of Koramangala and Parappana Agrahara police have arrested trio notorious thieves involved in-house theft cases in the city and recovered valuables worth Rs 47 lakh.
The accused has been identified as Kantharaj alias Mori kantha, 42, a resident of Peenya and a native of Chikkaballapur.Pandiyan,27,a resident of Gudiyatham of Tamilnadu state,Annamalai,25,a resident of Kanagaiah nagar of Tamilnadu state.
The police said the accused later came to the city and settled down in Peenya.He was previously arrested and was booked in over 10 criminal cases in the city.
Pramila,victim who is even Police constable with Bengaluru city police and resident of koramangala is also a victim after receiving the gold she said,My brother and I left home around 9:30 am,for work we returned home only to see someone broke into the house we lost around 80 grams of gold.After Invesitigation now the koramangala police have returned the gold to us and I thank all the officers who has done a tremendous and exemplary work in nabbing these notorious burglars and recovered our gold from them she said.
Bengaluru City Police Commissioner,T.Suneel Kumar,told media persons that with the number of house thefts increasing in South East division,the DCP,Southeast,Dr.M.B.Boralingaiah had formed a special team under the leadership of ACP Madiwala Sub-division,Somegowda and under the supervision of koramangala police inspector,Manjunath and their crime staff has swung into action to crack down the cases.Based on credible information and vital clues,
The special team of Koramangala police station arrested Kantharaj alias Morikantha on suspect basis while on patrolling and as our team did not convince with his statements the team detained him for further questioning and during the course of interrogation, it was found that the accused have committed many crimes across Bengaluru and is involved in-house burglaries which has taken place in southeast division as the team grilled he spilled the beans and the accused used to reach the area in the morning, identify locked houses and break into them in the early hours in between 1 am to 4 am and he used to sell stolen articles in bits and pieces whenever he needed money said Kanthraj alias Morikantha and As for how Kantharaj earned the name Morikantha,once while committing robbery he was chased by the public and he hired in a sewage pipe to save himself.
Since then he started hiding his booty inside a sewage pipe and gained a name of Morikantha and based on his statements the team of Kormangala police has recovered 1.19 kg of gold ornaments and 900 grams of silver articles worth Rs 30.97 lakh from him.A detailed investigation by the team we found the accused has come out of jail and resumed committing thefts and with his arrest we have solved 13 theft cases in the city and he used to commit thefts to live a lavish life and when he ran out of money for his favourite lamb dish he used to sell the gold in pieces whenever he runs out of money and however, after he got bail,
he resumed robberies, but this time it was to pay off the lawyer fees he said to crime team.With the arrest of this notorious Mori Kantha the cops have solved cases registered in various police stations as,Peenya police station,Begur Police station,Parappana Agrahara police station,Sudguntepalya police station,2 cases each and 1 case each of,Mico layout police Station,Tiptur town police Station,Electronic city police station,Hulimavu police station and koramangala police station altogether 13 cases has been solved.The Parappana Agrahara police inspector,B.K.Kishore Kumar and his crime team has nabbed two notorious Inter-State burglars.
Identified as Pandiyan and Annamalai  they are Inter-State burglars from Tamilnadu.Who used to do centring works in under construction building and in the meanwhile they used to roam in the city to identify locked houses then in the early hours the duo used to break open the locked doors and rob the valuables.There are several cases against all the trio in the city and cops were waiting to nab them.
Finally they fell into the net of cops from koramangala and Parappana Agrahara cops have recovered stolen property worth of Rs.47 lakhs from them in which koramangala police have recovered about Rs.31 lakhs property and Parapanna Agrahara police have recovered stolen property worth Rs.16 lakhs from them and cases have been registered against them in Koramangala and Parappana Agrahara police station and further investigation is on and finally Bengaluru Police commissioner,T.Suneel Kumar has appreciated,Addl CP East,Seemanth Kumar Singh,DCP,Southeast,Dr.M.B.Boralingaiah,ACPs,as,G.U.Somegowda,Ramesh.K.N, PIs,as,B.S.Manjunath,B.K.Kishore Kumar,PSIs,as,Eshwari.Suresh,Siddappa,S.Babu,and crime staff as,Manjunath,Smt.Jagadeeshwari, Nanjesh,Jaykumar,Harish,Sunil Pawar,Lakshman Nayak,Dhananjaya,Venkatswamy, Shivaraju,Manjunath Lamani,Yogesh,Karibasappa,M.Raghu, Honappa Pujari for the commendable job done by them in nabbing these notorious criminals who has given sleepless nights to cops and residents are now cooling their heels in jail and a suitable reward will be given to team he added.

14 yr old Sexually harassed, teen sets herself ablaze, dies

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A 14-year-old girl set herself on fire after being sexually harassed by two persons at Rathnapura village of Vijayapura.

The accused are identified as Mohan Edave, 19, and Shankar H, 24, a married man both residents of Rathnapura village. The identity of the deceased is not yet revealed.

Though the incident took place on Saturday, December 1 it came to light only after her parents registered a complaint at the Tikota Police Station on Monday, December 3.

It is gathered that Mohan and Shankar had been harassing the victim since a week when she was returning from her school. She finally discussed the issue with her parents, who had promised to tackle the problem by discussing it with the village head. They also promised her to that they would drop her to school and pick her up after the classes. On Saturday, December 1 when the parents returned home, they were shocked to see their daughter with critical burn injuries and though they immediately took her to the hospital she died on the way.

Following victims parents complaint the police arrested the duo on Monday, December 3 and booked them under IPC Section 306 and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.

PTI

 

Investigative agencies must remain faceless: Jaitley

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 Commending the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) for remaining free from any major controversy, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the investigative agencies are supposed to be faceless.

Investigative agencies should resist the temptation of going to the media “making a lot of song and dance” when the initial investigation starts and when some haul takes place, Jaitley said addressing DRI officials on its 61st Foundation Day.

“But they must as professionals concentrate on strengthening the investigative processes and the investigative evidences, and therefore have to ensure that what is being investigated ultimately results in penalties and convictions.

“That is the real test of an investigative agency. It has be faceless. The lesser it is in the media controversy or the news, the better it is for it,” the Minister said, adding the DRI has to endeavour to become a near-perfect organisation.

Jaitley said among the cross-section of various investigative agencies including the police and other specialised investigative agencies, “it goes to the credit of the DRI that by and large it has remained free from any collateral controversies”.

The DRI has concentrated on its core area of competence and developed expertise in areas where it is primarily supposed to check any harm being done to the country, economy and the national security, he said commending the DRI officials.

The Minister appreciated the agency for honouring some of its officials including former Additional Commissioner L.D. Arora who made the supreme sacrifice and two former Director Generals who laid down the work and organisational culture of the DRI.

“L.D. Arora became a target of the underworld because of his excellence in the investigative record that he had,” Jaitley said.

Arora, who was posted as Additional Commissioner of Customs (Preventive) of Mumbai Customs, was killed in 1993 at Allahabad by the underworld.

The DRI is an intelligence and investigative agency for matters relating to violation of the Customs Act. It works to secure India’s national and economic security by preventing smuggling of contraband such as firearms, gold, narcotics and fake Indian currency notes.

Three Hindu activists named in FIR for Bulandshahr violence

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Three leaders from the Bajrang Dal, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and BJP have been named in the FIR lodged by police in the violence that rocked Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh killing a police officer and a young man, authorities said on Tuesday.

VHP activist Upendra Raghav, BJP city youth wing President Shikhar Agarwal and Bajrang Dal district coordinator Yogesh Raj have been named in the First Information Report in the wake of the violence on Monday.

The police have also arrested two others – said to be villagers – while five persons have been detained in connection with the violence that broke out after the recovery of some animal carcasses that the right-wing groups claimed were of cows.

When Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh tried to reason with the demonstrators and persuade them to clear the traffic jam they had caused, he was attacked both with blunt objects and also fired at, killing him instantly.

A young man was also killed in violence but the circumstances leading to his death are not clear.

The police have registered a case against 88 persons, of whom 25 have been named.

Five police teams have been formed and 22 places have been raided to track down those involved in the violence.

The raids follow details emerging from eyewitness accounts, interrogation of those detained and video footage shot by people present at the time, a police official told IANS.

The police focus is on Chingrawathi and Mahav villages, located close to the crime scene. The police believe the mob came from these two places.

The body of the slain police officer was taken to his village in Etah district where family members broke down at seeing his mortal remains.

Singh is survived by his wife and two sons. His widow Sunita told relatives that her husband had sought leave but it was not granted. She rued that had the leave been granted, he would not have died.

The officer’s elder son Shreya is studying MBA while his younger son Abhishek is a student of engineering.

IANS

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