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Man who bombed Dortmund football team bus faces verdict
A Russian-born German man who launched a shrapnel bomb attack on the team bus of football club Borussia Dortmund last year, wounding two people, faces his verdict and sentence Tuesday. Sergej Wenergold, 29, had hoped to profit financially from the attack by betting on an anticipated plunge in the club's stock market value, say prosecutors. The court in the western city of Dortmund will have to decide whether he is guilty of 28 counts of attempted murder, which would carry a maximum term of life in prison. The trained electrician also faces charges of causing an explosion and two counts of causing serious injury, as the blasts wounded Spanish defender Marc Bartra and a police officer on a motorcycle. After an 11-month trial, justice Peter Windgaetter was expected to announce the verdict around 2pm local time (1300 GMT). Wenergold had stayed in the same hotel as the team when he launched the attack on April 11, 2017 as the bus was heading for a Champions' League match against Monaco. He
Pakistani-American woman used bitcoin to finance IS
A Pakistani-American woman has admitted in a federal court to using Bitcoin to finance the Islamic State terror outfit through fronts in China, Pakistan and Turkey.
Turkish police search villa in Khashoggi probe
Turkish police on Monday searched a villa in the village of Samanli, in Yalova province, in connection with the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Delhi: Man hangs self after killing his girlfriend
A Man and a women were found dead at a rented accommodation in Chhatarpur area of the national capital.The incident was reported on Monday evening. The boy was found hanging from the ceiling, while the girl was found lying on the floor with her throat slit.The incident came to light after police received a call in this regard. The lady caller informed the police that the door of her flat in Suman colony, Chattarpur extension was locked from inside and that no one was answering her call to open it.Police broke open the front door of the flat and found a female lying on the floor in a pool of blood and a male hanging from the ceiling fan.Vijay Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Police (south) said, "The deceased girl is 23 year old and hails from West Bengal. She was living in Delhi for last 6 months and was working as a graphic designer. She has been murdered by slitting her throat. We have also recovered a suicide note from the 26-year-old boy who has hanged himself. In the note he has ...
Ukraine declares martial law, US slams Russia
Ukraine declared martial law late on Monday, in the wake of the capture of three of its naval vessels and crew members by Russia on Sunday, even as the US slammed Moscow for an "outrageous violation" of Ukrainian sovereignty.
UP STF arrests man wanted in multiple criminal cases
The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) Monday arrested a man from Amethi district who was wanted in a number of cases, police said. Acting on a tip-off, Balbu alias Udaybhan Singh was arrested from Jamo area of Amethi when he came to meet a lawyer and another person, an STF official said. Bablu was wanted in connection with murder of a Dalit man in February. He is named in 15 criminal cases, including under Gangster Act, Goonda Act beside others.
Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case: Police get more time for to file supplementary charge sheet
A court here Monday granted 90-day extension to the Pune police for filing a supplementary charge sheet against left-wing activists Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferriera, Sudha Bharadwaj and Varavara Rao in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case. The four, and another activist Gautam Navlakha, accused of having Maoist links, were arrested on August 28 following multi-state raids by the Pune Police. However, on the directions of the Supreme Court, all the five were put under house arrest in their respective cities. Later, as the period of house arrest got over and the apex court refused to grant further relief to the accused, police arrested all of them except Gautam Navlakha. The four activists are now under judicial custody. A charge sheet has already been filed in the case against activists Surendra Gadling, Shoma Sen, Mahesh Raut, Rona Wilson and Sudhir Dhawale (who were arrested in June) and five "underground" Maoist leaders. District and Sessions Judge Kishor D Vadane Monday allowed ...
2 nabbed by Delhi police from Meerut
In a joint-crackdown by the Uttar Pradesh and the Delhi police, two men were nabbed from Meerut on Monday, following an exchange of fire that left one of the arrested injured, police said. The accused -- Sameer and Furqaan -- were carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh each on charges of robbery, theft and attack upon police party, the police said. Sameer has been injured in the exchange of fire. A 7.65-mm pistol, a country-made pistol, along with live and empty cartridges were recovered, the police added.
Man commits suicide after killing woman in Delhi flat
A man allegedly committed suicide on Monday after killing a woman in a flat located in South Delhi, police said.
U.S. top court leans toward allowing Apple App Store antitrust suit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared open to letting a lawsuit proceed against Apple Inc that accused it of breaking federal antitrust laws by monopolizing the market for iPhone software applications and causing consumers to overpay.
Man stabs former girlfriend, attempts suicide in Ghaziabad
A man allegedly stabbed his former girlfriend with a knife here and then attempted to commit suicide after she refused to continue their relationship as the accused got married to another woman, police said on Monday. Both of them were admitted to a private hospital. The woman was later referred to AIIMS, New Delhi, as her condition was serious, they said, the man has been put under detention. City Superintendent of Police Shlok Kumar said the woman, a final year law student, had developed intimacy with the accused while attention his tuition classes. They wanted to get married but the man's parents had objected to it. The man got married to to another woman four months back, he said. But even after that the man kept on insisting that the law student continue their relationship, which she refused, Kumar said. On Sunday night the accused reached the law student's home to talk to her. During the conversation he suddenly stabbed the woman with a screw driver and a knife multiple times, ..
Man found hanging, woman found dead in flat
A man was found hanging while the body of a woman was found at a house in South Delhi's Chhatarpur on Monday, police said. A call was received from a woman that the door of her flat in Suman colony, Chhatarpur Extension, is locked from inside and not being opened, they added. A team of the Mehrauli police station reached the spot. The front door of the first-floor flat was broke open and it was found that one woman was lying in the inside room with blood oozing from the throat and a man was found hanging from the ceiling fan, said Vijay Kumar, deputy commissioner of police (south). Crime team and the forensic team have been called to the spot, he said, adding that further investigation was underway.
Being fair will solve all problems, says CJI Gogoi
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Saturday said that being fair towards others will solve all problems and that to be fair is the only one cardinal constitutional value.
2008 Malegaon blast trial: Court to start recording statements of witnesses from Dec 3
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court hearing the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case will start recording the testimonies of witnesses from December 3. Six people were killed and over 100 injured when an explosive device strapped on a motorcycle went off near a mosque in Malegaon, a town located about 200 km from here in north Maharashtra, on September 29, 2008. All the seven accused, including Lt Col Prasad Purohit and Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, are facing trial for charges under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and the Indian Penal Code (IPC). "Summonses have been issued to the witnesses. The court will start recording their testimonies from December 3," Special Public Prosecutor Avinash Rasal said Monday. Special court judge Vinod Padalkar had on October 30 framed charges in the case against all the seven accused for terror activities, criminal conspiracy and murder, among others. Besides Purohit and Thakur, Major (retd) Ramesh Upadhyay, Ajay ...
2 members of Kaushal gang arrested in Gurgaon
Two alleged members of the notorious Kaushal gang, involved in firing at a hospital in Rewari has been arrested, Gurgaon police said Monday. "The accused, Saurav and Gaurav, who are brothers, were involved in various cases of extortion in Rewari and other districts of Haryana. They had also fired gunshots at a hospital in Rewari in a bit to extort money," Deputy Superintendent of Police (STF) Kaptan Singh said. Acting on a tip-off police laid a trap and arrested the accused from Jamalpur village in Gurgaon on Sunday, the officer said, adding they were active members of the Kaushal gang. "The leader of the gang, Kaushal, used to make calls to businessmen to extort money and the accused used to collect the amount from the victims on his behalf," Singh said.
3 held for trying to drag woman out of home, assaulting others
The police arrested three persons early on Monday for allegedly trying to drag a woman out of her home and assaulting her family members. Police said the main accused, 43-year-old Basudeb Mondal, had been forcing the woman to get into a relationship with him for the past six months. Mondal and his accomplices also beat up policemen who had gone there after being informed about the incident. Mondal and aides reached the woman's residence in Panchasayar area late last night and tried to drag her out, assaulted her husband, her son and other family members when they tried to resist them, a senior police officer said. "Somehow the woman's family managed to call 100 and we reached the spot. Two of our officers who went there were also assaulted by Mondal and his men. We arrested three of them while some managed to flee," the officer said. Initial probe revealed that the woman's family members came to know Mondal in connection when they wanted to purchase a plot of land and ...
CBI interim director does not allow reopening of alleged corruption case against I-T officials
CBI Director (in-charge) M Nageswar Rao has "turned down" a proposal conveyed "orally" by the then director Alok Verma to re-open a case of alleged corruption against Income Tax officers and a middleman, saying it was a policy decision which he could not take in light of a Supreme Court order. A CBI spokesperson said the file was moved before the interim director but the request for reopening the case was turned down as giving an approval to it would have amounted to taking a policy decision which would have been against the guidelines of the court. In 2016, the CBI had registered a case against nine senior Income Tax officials and three private persons, including Chartered Accountant Sanjay Bhandari, for allegedly indulging in corrupt practices. The case had stemmed from another case registered by the agency in January, 2015 in which Bhandari was named along with an I-T officer, who was arrested while allegedly "receiving" a bribe from Shreyans Bhandari of SH Bhandari and Co, ...
Man strangulates minor after parents object to his 'indecent acts' with live-in partner
A 23-year-old man was arrested for allegedly strangulating a minor girl after her parents objected to his "indecent acts" with his live-in partner in the neighbourhood in northwest Delhi's Swaroop Nagar, police said Monday. The girl, aged around eight, had gone missing on November 15 and her body was found the next day with her undergarment wrapped around her neck, they said. They will receive the post-mortem report on Tuesday which will in help ascertaining if she had been sexually assaulted. After the incident, it was found that the accused was missing from his house. Police started looking out for him, but he managed to keep them at bay. Acting on a tip-off, the accused was nabbed from a night shelter at Pul Mithai on Monday, police said. He had been hiding in various night shelters in north and outer Delhi after the incident, they said. During interrogation, the man told police he had a fight with the girl's parents 10-15 days before he killed the minor and was nursing a ...
Provide adequate security to Swain: DGP to SPs
The Odisha DGP ordered the SPs to provide adequate security to former MP and Utkal Bharat party president, Kharabela Swain during his public meetings in their respective districts, officials said Monday. The Director General of Police R P Sharma said all the Superintendent of Police have been asked to provide foolproof security to the former Lok Sabha MP during his scheduled public meetings in their respective districts across the state. Sharma had said acting on the directive of the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the Crime Branch is conducting a thorough investigation into the alleged attack on Swain in Rayagada district on Saturday to ascertain the reason behind it. Attacks made on Swain in Kendrapara and Balasore districts are also likely to be brought under the purview of investigation to ascertain whether there was any conspiracy, the DGP said. Meanwhile, one more person was arrested Monday in connection with the alleged attack on Swain when he was addressing a ...
Constitution Day: Law Minister Prasad recalls days of emergency
The Constitution Day celebrations at the Supreme Court on Monday saw Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad recall the "days of stress during Emergency" which was declared by the Indira Gandhi government for 21 months from 1975. Prasad paid tribute to Justice H R Khanna, the lone dissenting judge in the five-member Constitution Bench which had held that even the right to life and liberty can be suspended. Though the apex court delivered such judgement, it never became a precedent or referred in any of the judgements, and was later overruled. The Law Minister said Justice Khanna gave the dissenting verdict knowing that he would suffer for that, and was denied the office of the Chief Justice of India. "There were days of great stress during Emergency. When the Supreme Court with its own wisdom came with a judgement in ADM Jabalpur case that even the right to life stands compromised during Emergency. But yet how the course correction came about, the same court ultimately never used that .