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The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) minister is expected to move the Bombay High Court to challenge the verdict in order to continue working as an elected representative. The Representation of the People Act, 1951, mandates disqualification for elected representatives sentenced to imprisonment for two years or more in a criminal case. Kokate, 68, had challenged the February judgment of a first-class magistrate court, which convicted him on charges of cheating and forgery in a case dating back ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 17 (PTI) Businessman Raj Kundra and his actor-wife Shilpa Shetty, facing Mumbai police probe in a Rs 60-crore criminal breach of trust case, have now been charged with cheating, officials said on Wednesday. Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW), probing the case, has invoked cheating charge against the high-profile couple in addition to criminal breach of trust. According to an official, earlier the case was registered under section 406 of the IPC (punishment for criminal breach of ...Read More >
Nashik, Dec 17 (PTI) In mounting trouble for Maharashtra Sports Minister Manikrao Kokate of the NCP, a court in Nashik district on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant against him in a cheating and forgery case dating back to 1995. The development comes a day after the district court upheld the two-year jail term handed to Kokate by the magistrate's court in February this year. Earlier on Wednesday, Kokate moved the Bombay High Court, challenging his conviction and the two-year jail term in the ...Read More >
Nasik: Maharashtra sports minister Manikrao Kokate is likely to be arrested unless he succeeds in obtaining bail from the Bombay High Court. The Nasik district sessions court, on Wednesday, issued an arrest warrant against the NCP MLA for alleged cheating and forgery to obtain two apartments under the chief minister's 10 per cent housing quota, as reported by The New Indian Express. The sessions court, on Tuesday, had upheld the order of the First Class Magistrate's court by confirming the two ...Read More >
Panchkula (Hry), Dec 17 (PTI) A special CBI court has acquitted a Haryana judicial officer and his parents in a dowry-death case dating back more than 12 years after his wife was found dead with bullet injuries in Gurugram. The court has acquitted Ravneet Garg, who was then the chief judicial magistrate of Gurugram, and his parents in the 2013 dowry-death case. Garg's wife, Geetanjali, was found dead in July 2013 near the Gurugram police lines area with bullet injuries. Garg was posted as the ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 17 (PTI) Maharashtra Sports Minister Manikrao Kokate "dishonestly induced" the state government to allot him a flat meant for the economically weaker section of society, a Nashik court has held, upholding his two-year jail term in a 1995 cheating and forgery case. The court noted that the minister was a "prosperous" farmer. However, the court granted him partial relief by setting aside the lower court's order to cancel the flat allotments, citing lack of jurisdiction for a criminal ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty Kundra has categorically denied "the baseless and motivated allegations" about the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police invoking Section 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code against her and her husband, Raj Kundra. On Wednesday, the actress took to the Stories section of her Instagram, and shared a long note quashing the allegations. She wrote, "We categorically deny the baseless.and motivated allegations being cir ...Read More >
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and her businessman husband Raj Kundra's problems don't seem to be ending anytime soon. In the latest development, the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has now added Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, which deals with cheating, to the case against them in connection with the alleged Rs 60 crore fraud case. The inquiry is still going on, and more legal action will follow. A businessman named Deepak Kothari filed a complaint that led to the FIR being filed. The cou ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Central Crime Station (CCS) has registered a case against Dhanwantari Foundation International Trust (DFIT) for allegedly cheating more than 4,000 victims by luring them in the name of the Brahmin community and promising high returns on deposits within a fixed period. The accused are said to have collected about Rs 516 crore. Based on a complaint lodged by Susrala Narsimha Murthy on December 23, 2023, a case was registered at CCS under Sections 406 and 420 read with 34 ...Read More >
Srinagar: J&K Police's counter-intelligence wing raided 12 locations in multiple Kashmir districts on Tuesday and detained for questioning 12 terror suspects accused of radicalising youth, systematically attempting to disrupt public order, and spreading false narratives glorifying terrorism and terrorists.The raids were carried out in Srinagar, Baramulla, Anantnag, Pulwama, Kupwara, Budgam, and Shopian districts in connection with a case registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act ...Read More >
Srinagar, Dec 16: The Counter Intelligence wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday conducted pre-dawn raids at multiple locations across the Kashmir Valley, busting a terror-linked network of anti-national elements allegedly operating under the guise of social activism, officials said. The Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) carried out coordinated searches across seven districts, during which 12 suspects were detained for questioning. Officials said the operation exposed a covert terror ...Read More >
Mumbai/New Delhi, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian cricketer Prithvi Shaw has filed his detailed reply before the Dindoshi Sessions Court in Mumbai, opposing the criminal revision application filed by actress Sapna Gill in the alleged molestation case. Terming Gill's plea as "false and vexatious", Shaw urged the court to dismiss her application, contending that it had been filed with the sole intention of maligning his public image and harassing him by misusing his celebrity status. In their sub ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: The Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK), the specialized investigative wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, executed a significant operation on Tuesday, targeting a suspected terror-support network operating under the cover of social activism. The agency said that coordinated searches were conducted across multiple districts in the Kashmir Valley, resulting in the detention of 12 individuals for questioning. In an official statement, the CIK described the action as a "decisive blow t ...Read More >
The internet is chasing a mysterious "40-minute viral video", but it may just be rumours, scams and clicks.If your For You Page has suddenly turned into a detective board filled with whispers of a "40-minute viral video", you are not alone. After the chaos of the so-called 19-minute viral video, the internet has latched onto a new mystery. The only problem? No one can actually find it. Welcome to the age of the phantom viral trend. Unlike most viral moments, this one does not revolve around a ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: The counter intelligence wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday carried out pre-dawn raids at multiple locations across the valley and busted a terror-linked network of anti-national elements operating under the garb of social activism, officials said. During the operation across seven districts, 12 suspects were detained for questioning. The Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) conducted coordinated searches across multiple districts of the Kashmir valley, exposing a clandestine ...Read More >
Srinagar, Dec 16 (PTI) The counter intelligence wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday carried out pre-dawn raids at multiple locations across the valley and busted a terror-linked network of anti-national elements operating under the garb of social activism, officials said. During the operation across seven districts, 12 suspects were detained for questioning. The Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) conducted coordinated searches across multiple districts of the Kashmir valley, exposing a ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Dec 16 (UNI) Odisha Vigilance on Tuesday arrested Junior Engineer Ratnesh Kumar Pandey for allegedly misappropriating government funds without executing the assigned developmental works. According to sources in the Odisha Vigilance Directorate, Pandey misused Gram Panchayat (GP) Developmental Funds and transferred the amount to his personal bank account maintained at the State Bank of India (SBI), Pipili Branch. So far, investigators have gathered evidence indicating that Rs.9.70 ...Read More >
A Special Vigilance Court in Odisha's Kandhamal district on Friday convicted a teacher of a government-run school on the charge of embezzling government funds and sentenced him to undergo 4 years of rigorous imprisonment. "Ramakanta Sethy, Former Headmaster-cum-Secretary, Project Upper Primary School (PUPS), Boudh currently serving as assistant teacher, Gundulia UGHS in Boudh district, who was charge sheeted by Odisha Vigilance in a case under sections 13(2) r/w 13(1)(c)(d) Prevention of Corrup ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance sleuths arrested Ratnesh Kumar Pandey, Junior Engineer (JE) of Pattamundai Block in Kendrapara district, for embezzling government funds without executing the work. According to sources, Pandey is accused of misappropriating funds allocated for the 'Electrification Project of Street lights' in Pattamundai Block during the financial year 2023-24. During an investigation by the Odisha Vigilance, Pandey was found to have misappropriated GP Developmental Funds. Th ...Read More >
New Delhi: Assets worth more than Rs 5 crore of some Punjab-based agents have been attached under the anti-money laundering law in a case linked to illegally sending Indians to the US through the "dunki" route, the ED said on Monday. The investigation stems from a clutch of FIRs registered by police in Punjab and Haryana in connection with the deportation of 330 Indian nationals to India on military cargo planes by the United States in February. Also Read| Mapping the Dunki route: How Indians ...Read More >
New Delhi: Noting that the social evil of dowry still prevails showing the ineffectiveness of the anti-dowry laws and at the same time the law is being misused by women for ulterior motives, Supreme Court Monday said this contradiction needed to be resolved as it is creating judicial tension.A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol & N K Singh highlighted this issue while convicting a man and his 94-year old mother in dowry death case when a 20-year old girl burnt to death in 2001 for not fulfilling the ...Read More >
Sitaram alias Vinay Ji had left his Ballia home to join the banned organisation in 1986, say police A senior functionary of banned CPI (Maoist), who had been absconding for the last 13 years and carried a reward of Rs 50,000 for his alleged involvement in cases of murder and anti-national activities, was arrested from Varanasi on Monday, the Uttar Pradesh Police's Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) said. The accused, Sitaram alias Vinay Ji alias Om Prakash, belongs to Ballia district and had left home to ...Read More >
The bench said, "The eradication of dowry is an urgent constitutional and social necessity". New Delhi: The eradication of dowry is an urgent constitutional and social necessity, the Supreme Court said on Monday, while flagging that existing laws suffer from both "ineffectiveness" and "misuse", and that the evil practice remains rampant. Stressing that "concentrated effort" of all was needed to deal with the issue, a bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N Kotiswar Singh passed several direction ...Read More >
Keonjhar: Former sarpanch and gram sanjojoka of Sadangi Grama Panchayat in Keonjhar district got rigorous imprisonment (RI) for their involvement in a corruption case linked to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). The Special Judge, Vigilance, Keonjhar, today convicted Sadananda Naik, the former Sarapanch and Sripada Naik, the former Gram Sanjojoka, in Vigilance corruption case. Both of them were charge-sheeted by Odisha Vigilance in a case U/s 13(2) r/w 13( ...Read More >
Searches revealed deliberate manipulation of fictitious token prices and rebranding of platforms. The Enforcement Directorate conducted coordinated search operations at eight locations across Himachal Pradesh and Punjab on Saturday in connection with a fake cryptocurrency-based Ponzi and Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) scam that allegedly defrauded several investors of around Rs 2,300 crore. The operation was carried out under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), following multiple FIRs ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday said it has provisionally attached properties and assets belonging to Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group entities worth Rs 10,117 crore to date. In the latest action, the financial regulator attached over 18 properties, fixed deposits, bank balance and shareholding in unquoted investments of Reliance Anil Ambani Group "worth Rs 1,120 crore in Reliance Home Finance Limited/Reliance Commercial Finance Limited/Yes Bank Fraud ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday said it has provisionally attached properties and assets belonging to Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group entities worth Rs 10,117 crore to date. In the latest action, the financial regulator attached over 18 properties, fixed deposits, bank balance and shareholding in unquoted investments of Reliance Anil Ambani Group "worth Rs 1,120 crore in Reliance Home Finance Limited/Reliance Commercial Finance Limited/Yes Bank Fraud Case". Also Read: PM M ...Read More >
Justice Neena Bansal Krishna noted that according to the report of Tihar Jail, apparently Malik does not seem to be suffering from any life-threatening ailment, and said in case the medical treatment as per his condition is not available in the prison, it be provided to him in the hospitals where such a facility is available. "The petitioner in support of his petition has annexed medical documents of 2017. Apparently from the report received from Tihar Jail, it does not seem that he is sufferin ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 20 (PTI) Parents and friends of a Class 10 student who ended his life over alleged mental harassment by some teachers staged a protest outside the St Columba's school on Thursday, demanding strict action against the accused teachers and accountability from the private school. There was no immediate reaction from the school administration to the allegations. The victim student's aunt claimed the family had been unaware of the extent of his suffering. "He was depressed for so lon ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Security was significantly tightened around the Nampally Criminal Court on Thursday as former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy appeared before the special CBI court in connection with the alleged Disproportionate Assets (DA) case. Jagan reached Hyderabad in the morning, departing from Gannavaram Airport in Vijayawada and landing at Begumpet Airport before proceeding to the Nampally court by road. Large groups of YSRCP supporters ga ...Read More >
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