New Delhi: Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has announced that fast-track courts will be constituted to look into terror cases where Muslim youths are held accused. The move is being looked by many as an act to appease the minority votebank ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
Responding to a query on the need to set up fast-track courts to deal with cases of Muslim youths held on terror charges, Shinde said his ministry has sent an advisory to states to find out how many such inmates were in prison and for how many years they had been there. "We are trying to find out. It will take some time," Shinde said, adding that the centre was in favour of states setting up fast track courts.
Answering a query, he said also the ministry was keen on operational control over Assam Rifles. He said the force was deployed 20-25 km behind the international border and noted that its operational control was with the defence ministry. "We are demanding control. Talks are being held though no final decision has been taken," he said.
On the proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Shinde said the draft of the proposal would be placed before the chief ministers for discussion at a conference in June. "We have removed the operational power from the IB (Intelligence Bureau)," he said and hoped that the move would help address apprehensions of the states that have concerns over possible encroachment of their powers....
11:54 AM, May 16, 2013
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday described as unjust the latest hike in diesel prices as she slammed the Centre with having failed to take steps to control skyrocketing prices and "scams in all departments." This was the fourth time oil companies have effected hike since January 2013 and the measure aimed at mobilising revenue for government would severely affect the poor people, she said in a...
01:48 AM, May 11, 2013
Moga: An NRI, accused of killing a former MLA and father of ex-Punjab DGP in 1991, was on Wednesday acquitted of the charge by a local court, which held that the Canadian was falsely implicated in the case. Jagdev Singh was booked on the charge of killing NS Gill, a former MLA and father of ex Punjab DGP PS Gill. District and Sessions Judge Karamjit Singh Kang held that the...
02:30 AM, May 09, 2013
Islamabad: A special Pakistani anti-terrorism court in Islamabad on Saturday extended the judicial remand of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf by 14 days, in connection with his decision to place judges under house arrest during the 2007 emergency. "Pervez Musharraf's remand is extended for judicial lock-up for 14 days, he should be presented before the court on May 18," Judge Kausar Abbas Zaidi ordered. Musharraf's lawyers filed a bail application...
08:46 PM, May 04, 2013
Mumbai: Nearly a year after four low intensity blasts ripped the Junglee Maharaj (JM) Road in Pune, the Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) has filed its chargesheet before a special MCOCA court in Mumbai. The 3,857-page chargesheet was filed on Tuesday before special MCOCA Judge Y D Shinde against eight arrested accused and five absconding accused. According to the chargesheet, the blasts were allegedly hatched by members of terror group...
03:51 PM, May 01, 2013
Ghaziabad: Dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar on Tuesday approached a special CBI court here and sought deposition as court witness of former CBI Joint Director Arun Kumar, whose investigation had claimed that their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj were murdered by servants. The Talwars' counsel moved an application before special judge Shyam Lal requesting for summoning of Kumar as court witness. A separate request for summoning 12 others...
09:09 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Tupelo: Charges of sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and others were dropped on Tuesday against an Elvis impersonator from Mississippi who has said since his arrest last week that he had nothing to do with the case. Meanwhile, in Tupelo, numerous law enforcement officers converged on the home of another Mississippi man, Everett Dutschke, including some in hazmat suits. No charges have been filed against him and he...
06:38 AM, Apr 24, 2013
Ghaziabad: The CBI investigating team wanted to charge sheet Nupur and Rajesh Talwar and two others in Aarushi-Hemraj murder case but was directed by seniors to file closure report as they felt there wasn't enough material, the officer who led the probe told a court here on Monday. Additional Superintendent of Police AGL Kaul who is being cross examined by the defence counsel said he had enough circumstantial evidence against...
10:05 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Islamabad: Pakistan former President Pervez Musharraf was slapped with terror charges on Friday by a court and placed under house arrest at his famrhouse. The court directed the police to produce Musharraf before anti-terror court in two days. Musharraf was earlier in the day arrested in a case relating to the imposition of emergency rule in 2007 and was presented before a magistrate, becoming the first former army chief to...
10:14 AM, Apr 19, 2013
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has upheld the decision of a power distribution company categorising telephone exchanges of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) as 'commercial consumer' for the purpose of charging tariff. MTNL had filed a petition challenging the decision of Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) to change its category from 'industrial consumer' to 'commercial consumer'. BEST contended that the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity had recently held that...
11:35 AM, Apr 08, 2013
A Jodhpur court on Saturday framed revised, and diluted charges against Bollywood actors Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Neelam for aiding film star Salman Khan in a 14-year-old blackbuck poaching case in Rajasthan. The four actors have denied the charges and will file a review petition in the court. ...
10:42 AM, Mar 23, 2013
After Sanjay Dutt, it is Bollywood actor Salman Khan's turn to face the courts. Khan will soon appear before a Jodhpur Court that will read out revised charges against the actor and four others in a 14-year-old case of blackbuck poaching during a film shooting in Rajasthan. The court will also read out charges against other Bollywood actors, including Saif Ali khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Neelam, in the blackbuck...
10:17 AM, Mar 23, 2013
After Sanjay Dutt, it is Bollywood actor Salman Khan's turn to face the courts. A Jodhpur Court will on Saturday read out revised charges against the actor and four others in a 14-year-old case of blackbuck poaching during a film shooting in Rajasthan. The court will also read out charges against other Bollywood actors, including Saif Ali khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Neelam, in the blackbuck poaching case. ...
07:59 AM, Mar 23, 2013
Justifying the hike in charges on various counts announced recently, Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Wednesday hinted at further increase in surcharge on bookings and cancellations for balanced development of the country's largest transporter which has "limited resources". ...
06:20 PM, Mar 13, 2013
Seven persons, wanted for their alleged roles in the killings of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his younger brother Hardeep at a farm house here, today surrendered before a Delhi court which sent them to police custody for seven days. The seven accused, who were chargesheeted alongwith sacked Uttarakhand minorities panel chief SS Namdhari and 13 others for killings on November 17, 2012, appeared before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Raj...
05:35 PM, Mar 07, 2013
The two Pune Warriors players were among nearly 100 people detained for medical testing at an upmarket hotel in Mumbai last May which was raided by police who found drugs on the premises. ...
05:30 PM, Mar 07, 2013
Demanding revocation of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, (AFSPA) over 30 supporters of Manipur's "Iron Lady" Irom Sharmila Chanu gathered outside Patiala House Court Monday morning and raised slogans in support of her campaign. The renowned rights activist has been on an indefinite hunger strike since Nov 2, 2000 in Manipur, demanding the withdrawal of AFSPA from the state after witnessing the killing of 10 people by the army...
01:01 PM, Mar 04, 2013
A Delhi court has framed charges against anti-AFSPA activist Irom 'Chanu' Sharmila 'for attempting to commit suicide' under Section 309 of IPC on March 4, 2013. Sharmila has refused to plead guilty to the charges. ...
12:00 PM, Mar 04, 2013
A government appointed one-man committee that is investigating alleged corruption charges against the retail giant Walmart in India will submit its report by April, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. "The government has decided to appoint one-man committee regarding media reports concerning Walmart vide resolution dated 31.1.2013. The committee has been asked to submit its report within three from months from issuance of the resolution," Minister of State for Commerce and...
06:24 PM, Feb 27, 2013
Telecom regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has floated a consultation paper to bring down the rates of mobile calls and SMSes that are currently charged from a customer on availing roaming facility. Among various options to reduce or remove additional cost burden on roaming customers, TRAI has proposed a new norm -- Home Price Rule -- wherein a mobile subscriber should be charged the same amount that he...
06:52 PM, Feb 26, 2013
