Bangalore: In a shocking story of alleged sexual abuse from Bangalore, a French diplomat's wife has accused him of raping their three-and-a-half-year-old daughter over the last one year. Even though a complaint has been filed against Pascal Mazurier, and he was detained for questioning on Thursday night, he has not been arrested, as he enjoys diplomatic immunity. Ravikanthe Gowda, DCP, Bangalore Central, said, "A case of child molestation and abuse...
08:45 AM, Jun 16, 2012
Bangalore: A French diplomat has been detained by the city police for allegedly raping his minor daughter, Karnataka Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KCPCR) Chairperson Nina Nayak said on Friday. Police registered a case of rape against the diplomat, working in the French consulate in Bangalore, under Section 376 of Indian Penal Code, Nayak said. The diplomat was detained late on Thursday night. The child's mother, an Indian, reported...
08:22 AM, Jun 16, 2012
Bangalore: A French diplomat has been detained by the city police for allegedly raping his minor daughter, Karnataka Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KCPCR) Chairperson Nina Nayak said on Friday. Police registered a case of rape against the diplomat, working in the French consulate in Bangalore, under Section 376 of Indian Penal Code, Nayak said. The diplomat was detained late on Thursday night. The child's mother, an Indian, reported...
11:59 PM, Jun 15, 2012
New York: An Indian diplomat's daughter, who was jailed for a day on suspicion of sending obscene emails to her teacher, has filed a lawsuit against the city of New York and her school authorities seeking USD 1.5 million in damages for her wrongful imprisonment and suspension from school. 18-year-old Krittika Biswas, the daughter of Vice-Consul in the Consulate General of India in New York Debashish Biswas, was detained and...
12:19 PM, May 08, 2012
New Delhi: Trinitrotoluene (TNT), an explosive material, was used in the February 13 bombing of an Israeli diplomat's car in the high-security area of the capital, the Central Forensic Sciences Laboratory (CFSL) said in its report. CFSL experts handed over the report recently to the Delhi Police giving its opinion about the explosive material used in the bombing of the diplomatic vehicle of Israeli diplomat Tal Yehoshua, who was seriously...
02:47 PM, Apr 22, 2012
New Delhi: The judicial custody of journalist Syed Mohammed Ahmad Kazmi, who was arrested for his alleged role in the February 13 bomb attack at Israeli diplomat Tal Yehoshua's car, ends on Saturday. Kazmi on March 30 moved a Delhi court for bail. Court sources said Kazmi had sought bail on the ground that the police had told the court earlier, at the time he was sent to the judicial...
06:48 AM, Apr 21, 2012
New Delhi: India should have sent its troops back to Sri Lanka to kill or capture Prabhakaran and the LTTE leadership after the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, says a new book by a former US diplomat. Rajiv Gandhi's killing was an attack on India's status as a regional power. Forcibly bringing Prabhakaran to India to face trial would have sent a clear message to the region, and the world, that...
11:37 AM, Apr 03, 2012
New Delhi: Journalist Syed Mohammed Ahmad Kazmi, arrested for his alleged role in the February 13 bomb attack at Israeli diplomat Tal Yehoshua's car, resulting in critical injuries to her, on Friday moved a Delhi court for bail. Kazmi's bail plea, filed in the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav, is to come up for hearing on Saturday. Court sources said Kazmi has sought bail on the ground that...
07:15 PM, Mar 30, 2012
New Delhi: It is a task that the elite special unit of the Delhi Police, engaged in countering terrorism, would have never thought of handling during the course of its sensitive duties. The police is looking for a pimp and two to three call girls who were allegedly engaged by Houshand Afshar Irani during his two visits to the national capital this year and in 2011, officials privy to the...
03:47 PM, Mar 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi Police was specifically told on Wednesday by a court in New Delhi not to permit any other probe agency to interrogate journalist Syed Mohammed Ahmad Kazmi, arrested for his alleged role in the February 13 bombing of an Israeli diplomat car. The court directed the police in the wake of allegations that Israel's intelligence agency Mossad was interrogating him. "This is expected that the Special Cell...
04:51 PM, Mar 21, 2012
New Delhi: Arrest of a scribe in connection with the bombing of an Israeli diplomat's vehicle was condemned on Friday by CPI which alleged that there was no basis for Delhi Police to book him under such serious charges and the move was to please Israel only. Questioning the manner in which Syed Mohammed Ahmed Kazmi was arrested, CPI General Secretary AB Bardhan said, "Government has made the arrest without...
10:09 PM, Mar 09, 2012
New York: A US judge's recommendation that an Indian diplomat and her husband, accused of "slavery" by their Indian maid should pay nearly $1.5 million as damages is likely to become the final ruling of the court as no objection has been filed in the case till now. US Magistrate Judge Frank Maas had said in a February 22 recommendation filed with Judge Victor Marrero of the US District Court...
06:34 PM, Mar 08, 2012
New York: A day after a US judge recommended nearly $1.5 million to an Indian maid for the "barbaric treatment" by an Indian diplomat and her husband, the woman's lawyer on Friday said he plans to go after the couple's assets as he asked New Delhi to take appropriate action in the case. US Magistrate Judge Frank Maas has recommended that Shanti Gurung be awarded $1.5 million in compensation by...
12:29 AM, Feb 25, 2012
New Delhi: India will await the final verdict in the case relating to the recommendation of a US judge that an Indian diplomat should give $1.5 million as compensation for "barbaric treatment" of her maid. Sources said on Friday that it was "premature" to comment on the issue as the compensation is recommendatory in nature. Neena Malhotra, a former Consul at Consulate General of India in New York, should give...
06:06 PM, Feb 24, 2012
New York: In a setback to an Indian diplomat accused of indulging in 'slavery' by her maid, a US judge has recommended that she be awarded nearly $1.5 million for her "barbaric treatment" at the hands of her employer. The proposed award includes $500,000 for the 'emotional distress' inflicted on Shanti Gurung by Neena Malhotra and her husband Jogesh, The New York Post said. Malhotra was then the Consul at...
08:04 PM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: A week into the car bomb attack on Israeli embassy car in New Delhi, investigators are yet to find any breakthrough in the case as the wild goose chase for the attacker on a red motorcycle has yielded nothing. Though there were reports about the use of a black vehicle in the attack, Delhi Police were still sticking to the use of the red two-wheeler in the incident...
01:55 PM, Feb 20, 2012
Julius Nyerere of Tanzania once said that "when two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers". This aphorism fit the Cold War-era spectacle of ...
04:28 PM, Feb 17, 2012
New Delhi: Investigations seem to suggest that the nature of explosives used in attacks in Thailand and India, where an Israeli diplomat's wife was targeted, are different. According to Home Ministry sources, while C4, which is a military explosive, was used in Thailand, nitrate and potassium based bomb was used in Delhi. While there is no headway in the investigations in Georgia, there are few clues in India and Thailand....
05:52 PM, Feb 16, 2012
Tel Aviv: The terror attack in India, a botched attempt in Georgia and three blasts in Thailand have prompted Israeli diplomats across the world to be extra vigilant, and a former security official advised them to "sleep with a gun" under their pillow. Being alert is the first order of business, said former Shin Bet official Nimrod Firstenberg. Shin Bet is Israel's internal security agency. Firstenberg, who has been on...
12:08 PM, Feb 15, 2012
Islamabad: An American national, working with the US Embassy was briefly detained at the airport in Peshawar city of northwest Pakistan on Tuesday after security officials found 13 bullets in his luggage. The American was set to fly from Peshawar to Islamabad when he was detained. He was questioned before being handed over to officials of the US Consulate, police officials said. Official sources said the detained American was a...
04:57 PM, Feb 14, 2012
