| Amritsar man fakes his murder for loan waiver, insurance money
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| A man whose family operated a wholesale business of soft drinks in Amritsar allegedly faked his own murder after eliminating someone else for loan waiver and insurance money, police said on Saturday. The Tarn Taran police said Anoop Singh did this to have financial gains over Rs 1 crore. He was charged with murdering a homeless man and destroying evidence, police said, adding that his brother Karandeep Singh and domestic help Karan, alias Kaka, had been arrested for the planning, preparation and execution of the murder plot, a Punjab Police spokesperson said in a release here. "Further, the role of other family members, including Anoop Singh's father, is being investigated," he said. The Harike SHO on December 5 had received information that a charred body was lying on the Harike-Patti road. A car with a registration number of Punjab was found parked next to the body. "On the examination of the body, it was concluded that it was burned after pouring oil," the spokesperson ...
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| London Bridge terrorist buried in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
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| Usman Khan, the convicted terrorist of Pakistani origin who killed two people in the London Bridge attack before being shot dead by the Scotland Yard, has been buried at his ancestral village in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). However, the Foreign Office said it was not aware if Khan's body was in Pakistan. The body of the 28-year-old London Bridge terrorist, who was a British citizen, was flown to Islamabad from London and then handed over to his family on Friday. "Usman's family didn't want to bury him in the UK," one of his relatives said, adding that his funeral prayers were earlier offered in a mosque in UK's Birmingham city. According to Dawn newspaper, Khan's body was brought by his family from the Islamabad airport to Kijlani village in PoK's Kotli district where the funeral took place on Friday afternoon, following which he was buried in a local graveyard. "Khan's body was shifted to Islamabad from London aboard a PIA flight PK-792. Later, it was handed over to his family," .
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| Protest in Unnao rape victim's village as BJP ministers, MP meet her family
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| Protests were held on Saturday evening as UP ministers Swami Prasad Maurya and Kamal Rani Varun along with local BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj reached the village of the Unnao gangrape victim and met her family. A number of protestors including some local Congress leaders sustained injuries as police used force to disperse the crowd which gathered outside the residence of the victim, shouted 'Vaapas Jaao, Vapaas Jaao' (Go Back) and raised slogans against the state government and Sakshi Maharaj. The sloganeering continued for 15 minutes. Police used force to drive away the protesters after which the two ministers and the MP were taken to the victim's home, villagers said. The 23-year-old rape victim who was airlifted to Delhi and admitted to Safdarjung Hospital with 90 per cent burns after being set afire by the accused died following a cardiac arrest at 11.40 pm on Friday. "The state government is standing with the aggrieved family. Criminals have been arrested.... "Today we have come to ...
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| IYC, NSUI members take out candlelight march demanding justice for family of Unnao rape victim
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| Members of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) and National Students' Union of India (NSUI) on Saturday took out a candlelight march here demanding justice for the family of Unnao rape victim. The IYC took out the march from the Assam Bhawan to Uttar Pradesh Bhawan, and the NSUI marched with candles in their hands from Raisina Road to Jantar Mantar in Lutyens' Delhi. The IYC's march was led by its national president Srinivas BV and joined by several youth protestors. "The rising incidents of rape and brutal murder of our daughters and sisters in the country show that the present government has failed to provide the common minimum need of safety to women across the country," an IYC advisory stated. "We demand the state and the central government to take immediate action against the accused," said Srinivas. Several students participated in the candlelight vigil organised by the NSUI. "Due to the incidents of Unnao and Hyderabad, there is an atmosphere of fear in the whole country, due to ...
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| Benzema delivers again as Madrid cruise past Espanyol
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| Real Madrid were without Eden Hazard and Gareth Bale on Saturday but Karim Benzema stepped up again to ensure they beat struggling Espanyol in La Liga. Benzema scored one and set up another in a 2-0 win at the Santiago Bernabeu, where Madrid wore an all-green kit to show support for this week's Climate Summit in the city. Victory means Zinedine Zidane's side move to the top of the table, for a few hours at least, before Barcelona play later on Saturday at home to Real Mallorca. Espanyol, who have not won now in six league games, stay 19th. An ankle injury is likely to rule Hazard out of the season's first Clasico on December 18 while Bale has a thigh problem and is also a concern ahead of that crunch game at Camp Nou. But another excellent Benzema display will at least be of some consolation, after he teed up Raphael Varane before scoring his 15th goal this term to put Espanyol out of sight. Increasingly it looks like the winner of the Clasico will spend the Christmas break first in ..
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| 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' has become people's movement: Rajnath
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| Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' has become a people's movement in the country, which is a "big achievement" of the Modi government. Addressing an event in Delhi Cantonment area here, Rajnath said children have become the ambassadors of 'Swachhta' (cleanliness). He also flagged off a special plogging awareness drive and said people have understood the downside of using plastic. Later, he also participated in the drive. The defence minister said people's participation has continuously been increasing in the 'Swachhta Abhiyan'. "Mahatma Gandhi had launched a campaign for the independence of the country, which we know as 'Satyagraha' movement. Now Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a campaign of 'Swachhta', which is known as 'Swachagarh' and it's success is being seen across the country," Singh said. Union Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik, who was also present at the event, appealed to people not to use plastic in their daily ...
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| Case filed against Paswan over onion price rise
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| A criminal complaint case was filed against union minister Ram Vilas Paswan in Muzaffarpur Civil Court on Saturday for "misleading and cheating" people on the rise in the price of onions. The case was filed by a person named M Raju Nayyar, who claims to be a social worker, in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Surya Kant Tiwary who posted the matter for hearing on December 12. Nayyar, a resident of Muzaffarpur town, in his complaint said that Paswan has failed to check onion prices despite being the union minister for consumer affairs, food and public distribution. The petitioner said that Paswan has misled people through his statement that price of the vegetable has gone up due to its black marketing. The case was filed under Sections 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) and 379 (punishment for theft) of the Indian Penal Code.
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| Man throws chemical substance on woman near New Delhi station
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| A 29-year-old woman was injured after her boyfriend threw some chemical substance on her near the New Delhi Railway Station on Saturday, police said. On being informed by a passerby around 1.15 pm that a woman was attacked with acid near the railway station on the Ajmeri Gate side police took her to Lok Nayak Jai Prakash hospital where she was undergoing treatment, a senior police officer said. The woman, a native of Adilabad in Telangana, told police that she was married and has a child. She separated from her husband and came to Delhi around six months back and have been living as a vagabond since then, the officer said. She had come in contact with one Rudra Vishwash and they lived together for a couple of months. However, they later separated and she was living near the New Delhi Railway station, police said. On Saturday, following an altercation between them, Vishwash threw some chemical substance at her and fled. The victim has got swelling on the right eye and has some blurred .
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| Minor girl held captive, sexually abused in Maha's Hingoli
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| A 13-year-old girl who was held captive in a farm in Maharashtra's Hingoli district and subjected to sexual abuse since November 13 has been rescued, and three people have been arrested, a police official said on Saturday. The girl had gone missing from Chandanzira area on November 13 after which a police complaint was filed, he said. "We zeroed in on two women in her neighbourhood who confessed to abducting her and keeping her captive in a farm in Sevgaon village. We freed her from a house there and she has been admitted in a nearby hospital. Both the women have been arrested as well as a man named Datta Yadhav Dhangar," said Inspector Shyamsunder Kauthale. "The victim has said the accused wanted her to get married to a man of their choice. She was also sexually abused. We believe the accused wanted to push her into the flesh trade. Probe into all these angles are underway," he added.
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| Time has come for creating all-India judicial service: Law Minister
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| Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday stressed on the need to have an all-India judicial service, saying it will help in creating a pool of talented judges. He was speaking at the inauguration of a new building of the Rajasthan High court here. "The time has come for an all-India judicial service. We have national law schools, and girls and boys are coming out of that. "The whole idea is to have a proper all-India judicial service examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission under the overall monitoring of the Supreme Court," Prasad said. He said it was for creating a pool of talented judges at different levels of the judiciary "We need to have greater induction of talent into the judiciary. We need to reflect more on attracting talent into our subordinate judiciary," he said. Prasad also said the appointment process in the judiciary needs to be fast-tracked. The event was attended by President Ram Nath Kovind, Chief Justice of India S A Bobde, Chief Minister ..
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