Day: March 7, 2018

When ‘30 Cops Forced Incompetent’ doctor to write autopsy report in custodial killing case

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A doctor has said that at least 30 policemen forced him into writing the post mortem report of their liking in the custodial killing of a civilian, Abdul Hamid Ganai of Ganderbal, who was killed in a staged gunfight on 11 September 2003. According to te police, Hamid had ties with Hizbul-Mujahideen outfit and on the basis of information provided by him they had recovered arms and ammunition from a hideout in Gutlibagh area. The police had said that Hamid was leading them to a village, Urpash, where then Hizb…

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CBI arrests Vipul Chitalia, Gitanjali VP, dubs him ‘Brain Behind PNB fraud’

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The CBI on Tuesday arrested the 48-year-old vice president of the Gitanjali Group of Companies in the alleged Rs 12,600 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case. During his remand hearing before the special CBI court later in the day, the investigating agency dubbed the accused Vipul Chitalia the “main protagonist of the fraud” and “brain behind the conspiracy” alongwith chairman and managing director, Mehul Choksi. Special judge SR Tamboli sent Chitalia to CBI custody until March 17. Chitalia is the 19th accused to be arrested in the case. The…

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TDP likely to snap ties with BJP, two ministers may quit Modi cabinet

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With the Centre making it clear that special category status for Andhra Pradesh is not possible and most TDP MLAs and MLCs wanting the party to end its alliance with BJP, TDP president and chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is likely to set the separation process in motion beginning with the resignation of two TDP ministers — Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Y S Chowdhary — from the Narendra Modi cabinet. At the TDP Legislature Party meeting in Vijayawada on Tuesday, all 125 MLAs and 34 MLCs, barring six absentees, strongly…

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Officer in Khaki manages to take over custodian land in Srinagar

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A senior police officer has managed to lay his hands on a huge plot of land belonging to the custodian department in the outskirts of the summer capital of the state. Despite the fact that the police officer holding the rank of Additional Director General (ADG) belongs to a well off family, the custodian department still chose him and showered ‘favour’ on him. The department has allotted around three kanals of custodian land to the police officer at Ishbar-Nishat. Reports said that men and machinery was pressed into service by…

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Shift houseboats to Dole Demb area, HC directs lake authority

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HC asks HUDD to release amount sanctioned for project Asking the Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) to expedite the process of the shifting of the Dal Lake houseboats from their current location to the Dole Demb area of the lake, the J&K High Court today also directed the Housing and Urban Development Department (HUDD) to release the entire amount sanctioned for this project. These directions were issued today by the Chief Justice-led division bench of the High Court, which was informed that the HUDD had released only 1.40 crore…

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All slain booked on Army’s complaint in Shopian case

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After an Army Major filed a complaint, the police have registered a case of attempt to murder against the persons killed in a shootout in Shopian on Sunday evening. The Army in its docket (complaint) to the police immediately after the incident, which left six persons dead, said apart from a militant, three persons were killed in the initial shootout. It said the three persons were “probably” overground workers (OGWs). In his complaint, Major Parveen Menon of 44 Rashtriya Rifles said the Army had set up a mobile vehicle check-post…

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Stop use of antibiotics 3 days prior to market supply, DFCO advisory to poultry dealers

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Amid reports about overuse of antibiotics in poultry chicken, the Drugs and Food Control Organization (DFCO) on Tuesday issued an advisory on use of antibiotics in poultry birds. “The poultry farm dealers shall stop use of antibiotics in poultry birds 72 hours (3 days) prior supplying to market,” said the advisory. It has strictly asked the farmers that antibiotics should be administered to the chicken only under veterinary supervision. “Strict action under law would be initiated against violators,” it said. The advisory came days after the 2017 study by New…

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Avoid collateral damage, Strictly adhere to SoPs: Mehbooba to Security Agencies

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Reviews security, law and order at high-level meeting following Shopian shootout Two days after the killing of six persons, including two militants and four civilians, in the Army firing in the Pahnoo area of Shopian district, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has advised the heads of all security agencies to ensure that no collateral damage occurs during security operations. The Chief Minister also impressed upon the security officers to take care that the people were not put to inconvenience during the operations. Mehbooba was reviewing the security and law and order…

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