CJP leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka's custody extended, case transferred to crime branch
The Delhi Police transferred the case of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka to the Crime Branch for further investigation.
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Sheikh Hasina Urges U.S. To Back Democracy In Bangladesh, Says She Will Return
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the United States to support democracy and inclusive elections in her country, while insisting that she will return despite the risk of arrest or violence.
President Trump Signs Order To Expand Women
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Delhi Police Transfers Trespassing Case Against CJP Leaders To Crime Branch Unit
Delhi Police on Monday transferred the trespassing case against Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka to its Crime Branch unit, shortly after their judicial custody was extended by two days, according to police sources. An FIR was registered at Connaught Place police station under Sections 223A (disobedience to an order duly promulgated by a public servant), 332 (house-trespass to commit an offence) and 61(2) (criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Delhi Police transfers trespassing case against CJP leaders to Crime Branch
Delhi Police on Monday transferred the trespassing case against Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka to its Crime Branch unit, shortly after their judicial custody was extended by two days, according to police sources. An FIR was registered at Connaught Place police station under Sections 223A (disobedience to an order duly promulgated by a public servant), 332 (house-trespass to commit an offence) and 61(2) (criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Another FIR was registered at Parliament Street police station under Sections 221 (obstructing a public servant in discharge of public functions), 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt), 132 (assault or criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of duty), 121(1) (voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt to deter a public servant from duty) and 3(5) (common intention) of the BNS. Police have now transferred the case to the Inter State Cell unit of Crime Branch for further investigation. D
Uttarakhand Delegation Thanks Sikkim for Supporting Justice for Ankita Bhandari, Questions Governor
Gangtok, October 20: Uttarakhand Delegation members who travelled approximately 1,500 kilometres from Kotdwar to Gangtok expressed gratitude to the people of Sikkim for supporting the demand for justice in the Ankita Bhandari murder case, while raising questions over the appointment of Dushyant Kumar Gautam as Governor of Sikkim. Addressing a press conference at the Journalists [] The post Uttarakhand Delegation Thanks Sikkim for Supporting Justice for Ankita Bhandari, Questions Governors Appointment appeared first on The Voice Of Sikkim .
JKCSF chairman calls for joint efforts to build drug-free, crime-free society
Srinagar, Oct 19: Chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Society Forum (JKCSF), Ab Qayoom Wani, along with senior leaders of the Forum, on Monday met Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir Zone, Sujit Kumar, at his office and congratulated him on assuming charge as IGP Kashmir. During the interaction, Wani, as per a statement, expressed confidence in Sujit Kumars vision, wisdom and professional competence, stating that effective policing, coupled with strong public cooperation, can play a vital role in addressing pressing social challenges. The meeting witnessed detailed discussions on the eradication of drug abuse and other social evils, with the delegation emphasising the need for collective and sustained efforts by the police, civil society and the general public to build a drug-free, crime-free and peaceful society. The delegation further stressed that strengthening police-public relations is essential for social reformation, communal harmony, mutual trust and lasting peace in the region. It highlighted the importance of community participation, awareness initiatives and coordinated action to safeguard the younger generation from the growing menace of drug abuse and other social problems. Sujit Kumar assured the delegation of the full support and cooperation of the Police Department in taking effective measures towards curbing drug abuse, preventing crime and promoting peace and harmony in society. The JKCSF delegation expressed hope that continued coordination between the police and civil society would contribute meaningfully towards building a safer, healthier and more harmonious Jammu and Kashmir.
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Outrage in Mansa Over Parvinder Singh Jhota Murder; Justice Committee Demands Resignations
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Cyber slavery emerging threat, says IGP Crime
Anti-trafficking conference in Sgr calls for better coordination, cyber capacity Srinagar, Oct 19: Crime Branch Jammu and Kashmir on Monday convened a Union Territory-level conference on Anti-Human Trafficking at Tagore Hall, Srinagar, with IGP Crime Sarah Rizvi directing a comprehensive, coordinated and victim-centric response to trafficking and flagging cyber-enabled exploitation and cyber slavery as emerging []
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CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka, Sourav Das's trespassing case transferred to Delhi Police crime branch
A trespassing case involving CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Sourav Das has been transferred to the Delhi Police Crime Branch for investigation, police sources said on Monday. The case against CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Sourav...
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Justice Department charges more than 2 dozen in California sweep targeting noncitizen voters
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Crime Branch J&K Organises UT-Level Conference on Anti-Human Trafficking at Tagore Hall, Srinagar
Srinagar , October 19 : On the directions of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Police Headquarters, Jammu & Kashmir, Crime Branch J&K organised a one-day Union Territory-level conference on Anti-Human Trafficking (AHT) at Tagore Hall, Srinagar today, with the objective of strengthening the institutional response to human trafficking, enhancing inter-agency coordination and promoting a victim-centric approach to investigation, rescue, rehabilitation and reintegration. The conference was inaugurated by Ms. Sarah Rizvi-IPS, IGP Crime J&K, with Sh. Sheikh Junaid Mehmood-IPS, CEO-JK4C, as the Guest of Honour. The conference witnessed participation of DIG-P and all SSsP of Crime Branch J&K, members of JK Judiciary and Social Welfare Department, including Child Development Project Officers (CDPOs), Police nodal officers of Anti-Human Trafficking Units (AHTUs) across J&K, Gazetted Officers from Crime Branch, officers from para military forces , representatives of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and students from women college, MA Road, Women College Nawakadal and Police Public School Bemina. In her keynote address, IGP Crime J&K Sarah Rizvi-IPS, underscored the need for a comprehensive, coordinated and victim-centric response to human trafficking. She emphasised that the effectiveness of anti-trafficking interventions must be measured not merely by the rescue of victims or registration of cases, but also by their safety, dignity, access to justice, rehabilitation and sustainable reintegration into society. She also highlighted emerging challenges, particularly cyber-enabled exploitation and cyber slavery, and stressed the importance of strengthening institutional capacities to address the evolving nature of this heinous crime. The technical sessions featured expert resource persons who delivered valuable presentations on key aspects of human trafficking, its legal framework and emerging trends, investigative challenges, victim protection and rehabilitation. Dr. Aneeda Jan, Assistant Professor (Law), University of Kashmir, who delivered a session on Human Trafficking: Legal Framework, Emerging Trends and Challenges, highlighting the relevant legal provisions, evolving patterns of exploitation and the challenges confronting law enforcement agencies in detecting and investigating trafficking offences. Dr. Savita Nayar, Professor Jammu University, spoke on SOP on Missing Persons and Criminal Law and Judicial Intervention with Regard to Human Trafficking in India. Her session highlighted the importance of prompt and systematic action in missing-person cases, effective coordination between investigating agencies and the role of criminal law and judicial intervention in securing justice for victims. Dr. Farooq Ahmad Khan, Programme Manager, Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS), Social Welfare Department, delivered a session on Victim-Centric Approach: Identification, Rescue, Rehabilitation and Reintegration. He emphasised the need for sensitive identification of victims, coordinated rescue efforts, appropriate care and protection, psychosocial support and sustained rehabilitation to facilitate their safe and dignified reintegration into society. Sh. Kamal Pal Singh Malhotra-IPS, SSP JK4C, addressed the emerging challenge of Cyber Slavery drawing attention to the growing role of digital platforms and technology-enabled exploitation in trafficking-related offences and the need to strengthen cyber capabilities, digital investigation and inter-agency cooperation. The conference provided a valuable platform for police officers, members of judiciary, government departments, civil society organisations and students to exchange experiences, share professional insights and deliberate on practical measures to strengthen the prevention, detection and investigation of human trafficking cases. The discussions reinforced the importance of timely investigation, effective coordination among Anti-Human Trafficking Units and other stakeholders, protection of victims rights, and sustained collaboration between law enforcement agencies, government institutions and civil society. Crime Branch J&K reiterates its commitment to strengthening the institutional response against human trafficking through professional capacity-building, improved inter-agency coordination, technology-enabled investigation and a humane, victim-centric approach, with the ultimate objective of ensuring that traffickers are brought to justice and victims receive the protection, care and support they deserve.
Mumbai Crime Branch arrests three suspects in Tiger Shroff firing case
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We have three accused now, no minor: Mumbai Crime Branch clarifies on Tiger Shroff firing incident
DCP Raj Tilak Roshan of the Mumbai Crime Branch said that they formed 20 teams after the firing incident on Tiger Shroff. With the help of CCTV footage, the Mumbai police tracked the route of the suspected shooters and nabbed them in Kota with the help of the Kota Police. During the Mumbai Crime Branch press briefing, DCP Raj Tilak Roshan shared, Around 7 pm last evening, there was a firing on the car of a popular film actor. There were 3 people on a bike; two of them fired and then fled on the bike. Around 20 special teams of the Crime Branch were formed. On the basis of field work and technical analysis, the bike was traced near Andheri West Railway Station. On the basis of CTV footage and other technical analysis, we found out the path of the three. It was found that they had headed toward Northern Mumbai and left for Surat. He added, We then found out that they had left on the Pune-Jaipur Express. We found out which compartment they were on and informed Kota Police. The Kota Pol...
Following the emergence of Haryana links in the Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff firing case, the family of an accused
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Tiger Shroff attack: Congress accuses Maha govt of shielding organised crime syndicates
Digital Desk | Mumbai, Oct 19 (IANS) Launching a scathing attack on the MahaYuti government following a high-profile firing incident targeting actor Tiger Shroffs vehicle in Mumbai, the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) President Harshwardhan Sapkal on Monday accused Chief Minister and Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis of overseeing a state of complete lawlessness. Demanding immediate accountability, Sapkal questioned how jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi continues to operate an extensive criminal empire from inside Sabarmati Jail in Ahmedabad without official patronage or political protection. Sapkal asserted that open-daylight attacks on high-profile figures, including actor Tiger Shroff, film producer Rohit Shetty, actor Salman Khan, and the murder of former minister Baba Siddique, prove that criminals no longer fear the police. He pointed out that the Ministry of Home Affairs issued an order under Section 268 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) in August 2023. This order prevents state police forces from transferring Lawrence Bishnoi out of Gujarats Sabarmati Jail for interrogationa legal restriction that is routinely renewed annually. Dismissing Chief Minister Fadnavis's assertions to go after the osses of organised crime, Sapkal challenged the state government to request the Union Home Ministry to revoke Bishnoi's legal immunity and bring him to Mumbai for interrogation and trial. Sapkal alleged that the Mumbai Police forces fear factor is a thing of the past because law enforcement is being used exclusively for extortion and political intimidationciting ongoing police harassment against former Congress MLA Rahul Bondre after he refused to join the ruling BJP. If a famous film actor can be targeted in broad daylight in the heart of Mumbai, what safety remains for the common citizen? How is Lawrence Bishnoi operating his entire syndicate from an Ahmedabad prison? This is simply impossible without the direct blessings of the government, he said. He added that Assam Police can travel to Gujarat or Delhi to arrest opposition politicians, while aero FIRs filed in Bihar can trigger CBI probes in Mumbai. Yet, the Maharashtra government claims to be helpless when it comes to interrogating a gangster sitting in Gujarat. What relation does Bishnoi have with the BJP that he receives such official protection? Instead of issuing hollow threats and rhetorical warnings, Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis must display the courage to extradite Bishnoi to Mumbai, interrogate him, and prosecute him under the law. If this government cannot rein in gangsters, drug lords, and sand mafias, they have no moral right to remain in power and should resign immediately, noted Sapkal. Earlier, Shiv Sena UBT and NCP SP also slammed the BJP-led MahaYuti government over the attack on Tiger Shroff. The opposition's onslaught comes amidst growing public and political concern regarding organised extortion calls and violent threats issued to public representatives and Bollywood personalities alike. With opposition parties uniting against the state's deteriorating law and order situation, pressure is mounting on the MahaYuti government to deliver concrete enforcement actions rather than public warnings.
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Anti-drug activist murder: Diljit Dosanjh says Jhota's family should get justice
Known for raising his voice against the illegal sale of addictive substances at chemist shops, Parvinder Singh Jhota was shot in broad daylight inside a medical store in a busy marketplace in Mansa on October 13
Anti-drug activist murder: Diljit Dosanjh says Jhota's family should get justice
Known for raising his voice against the illegal sale of addictive substances at chemist shops, Parvinder Singh Jhota was shot in broad daylight inside a medical store in a busy marketplace in Mansa on October 13
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Last-mile Nutrition Delivery Systems in the Algorithmic Age: Are They Designed With Women?
EVERY DECADE HAS WITNESSED technological hype , catalysing innovation and automation by shifting systems from manual to digital. Each transition is judged by how far citizens and communities, especially those facing multiple social and digital divides, are left behind in the race towards socio-economic progress. Today, artificial intelligence (AI) is presented as a disruptive technology across every sector, institution, and design, promising to reach where systems have struggled to reach. Yet the reality for rural, underserved, and unconnected field workers and communities points to several failures in technology adoption , compounded by marginalisation that denies them access to the digital world. This piece asks whether AI-enabled nutrition and public health systems are designed, developed, deployed and adopted by factoring womens interests and perspectives , especially those at the bottom of the social hierarchy and adversely affected by the gender digital divide, as the starting point or as an afterthought. Women are not a Monolithic Community The World Health Organisations A Global Health Strategy for 2025-2028 report indicates that malnutrition among women and children causes 4 million deaths annually globally. Official statistics on the nutritional status of women in India are evident, showing a high prevalence of anaemia among women, adolescent girls, pregnant women, and children, with numbers exceeding those of previous survey rounds. NFHS-5 data show that 57% of women of reproductive age (15-49 years) are anaemic, while 67.1% of children are also affected by anaemia. Anaemia is more prevalent among women (61.1%) in the Aspirational Districts. The highest anaemia rates are recorded among women from SC/ST, Muslim, rural, and economically disadvantaged households. These data identify the same women who also face the gender digital divide . For example, 31% of women in India have ever used the internet, with 24.6% in rural and 51.1% in urban areas. Among the poorest population, who fall in the bottom 20% of the socio-economic hierarchy, only 9% of women have ever used the internet. Regarding mobile ownership , only 31% of women own a mobile phone, and India has one of the widest gender gaps in the Asia-Pacific region. The lack of literacy, along with barriers related to gender, caste, religion, and demographics, impacts women differently. This evidence shows that the same women facing the highest anaemia burdens also face the lowest digital access. Consequently, women lack access to health and nutrition information, as well as the ability to address digital, social, and health-related harms or to navigate their circumstances with autonomy. Against this background, while the latest NHFS-6 fact sheet has introduced digital literacy, it has not provided anaemia statistics among many other important indicators, while making the headline : NFHS-6 reflects Indias accelerated progress in maternal and child health, nutritional and financial protection. Although the Government cites this as a conscious decision citing the blood-testing method issue , this absence of anaemia estimates from the NFHS-6 fact sheet limits the continuity in nutrition-tracking and the implications for evidence-based planning. Without the crucial data, how can policy-design develop hyperlocal strategies and interventions to address contextual health and nutrition-related challenges? Moreover, as monitoring nutrition and prevention of anaemia have been a huge part of frontline health delivery, what implications will the absence of data have for the scope of work of frontline community health workers? Frontline Health Institutions in the Technocratic Era Let us examine the role of Government-designed AAA platform for health and nutrition service delivery: - the Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA), the Anganwadi Worker (AWW), and the Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM). These women are frontline community health workers, including 1 million ASHA workers, 1.3 million AWW workers, and 0.2 million ANM workers, all of whom serve as primary access points for communities and therefore form the backbone of health and nutrition delivery in the contemporary technocratic India. Their mandates are huge and diverse, ranging from facilitating maternal and child health services, immunisation support, nutrition counselling, supplementation follow-up, take-home ration distribution, community mobilisation for health awareness, access to information about health schemes, monitoring growth, and data collection and reporting using technology interfaces. It is widely reported that rural women hired as volunteers in the AAA technology-integrated frontline delivery system are overburdened, undertrained, and underpaid (below the minimum wage), while expected to perform care, data, digital, and reporting work. Women from marginalised castes are often subjected to untouchability, exclusion, and prejudice, which undermine their role as frontline community health workers. Amid a lack of safeguards, redressal mechanisms, capacity-building and institutional support, this workforce is treated with disrespect and is often blamed for failures in the digital health system with no appeal mechanism available to them. Do Data Systems reflect the Ground Realities? Built on existing institutions and systems and confronted with several basic challenges - gender digital divide, unreliable connectivity, shared mobile ownership, lack of hyperlocal need assessment resulting in no adequate targeted literacy and capacity building, and overburdened field workers - technologies are integrated as add-on layers that link data and identification systems to enable targeted service delivery. Because these data systems are only as good as the data fed into them, their unavailability shapes the inaccessible outcomes. In most of the Asia-Pacific region, data quality is low , incomplete, incomprehensive, and it is firmly entrenched among the more privileged on the socio-economic ladder. For example, the lack of statistical data on anaemia in the NFHS-6 fact sheet breaks the continuity of data essential for evaluating and designing nutrition policies. This evidence helps explain why women, particularly experiencing multiple forms of marginalisation, are underrepresented in data systems and why the resulting technology solutions are unrelatable and exclusive. It also explains why women are not properly trained to keep pace with rapid changes in frontline service delivery, why they lack adequate digital literacy, and why they are overburdened with deliverables that lack sufficient support or training to use technology interfaces. A major roadblock to social, digital, and health inclusion is also the digital-only policy approach, which entails an unprecedented and often unquestionable and unchallengeable integration of data-intensive technologies into every domain, while undermining the critical role that manual, human-assisted design has played. Notwithstanding the significant gaps in design thinking, contextualisation, hyper-local assessment, representation in datasets, infrastructure, and capacities, most governance models are de facto ready to integrate AI to deliver seamless services. The grassroots realities, however, highlight the status quo, with people struggling to avail entitlements even before the AI hype took over. For example, many communities affected by digital exclusion were not able to use Aarogya Setu during COVID-19. Hence, data on COVID-19 disease spread remained incomplete and underrepresented , leaving out those who needed public health support the most. In its latest move, the POSHAN Tracker app has integrated facial recognition software (FRS), developed by Google , to track the distribution of take-home rations among communities This necessitates that Anganwadi workers use facial recognition and e-KYC, which can create gaps and exclusions, including authentication failures and mismatches due to connectivity issues and inadequate training to navigate this scheme, and data-related concerns that reinforce social biases, leading to the denial of ration . In rural Jharkhand, a lactating woman and her child were denied supplementary nutrition because FRS did not validate the mother's photograph in the Aadhaar Card. Moreover, as the phone linked to her Aadhaar Card was with her husband, who lived in Delhi for construction work, she could not receive the OTP. Owing to biological changes that pregnant women experience, there are multiple cases where they have not been recognised and validated by the FRS, leading to denial of rations. These realities show a glimpse of why the technocratic, digital-only policy approach could still be missing the picture emerging from on-the-ground evidence. Just AI for Last-Mile Nutrition Delivery Digital Empowerment Foundation's (DEF) Just AI - Data & Algorithms for Communities initiative approaches AI through a social justice lens. The fundamental question of this inquiry is: Can we build Just AI ? How do we ensure we account for women and resource-constrained contexts in digital design and nutrition AI systems? What should be the criteria to decide whether digital intervention is required at all? DEFs work with last-mile communities over three decades has given us many lessons. Our proposition is simple and direct. Let us go to the communities first, not last. Public health and nutrition technologies cannot be supply-driven; they must be demand-driven, grounded in an ecosystem approach, bottom-up, women-led, phygital, community-centric design. With a pan-India network of 2400+ Communication Information Resource Centres (CIRCs) led by SoochnaPreneurs ( Soochna = Information; Preneurs = Entrepreneurs) across 28 states, this design thinking has centered women and PwDs with different marginalities, showcasing the role of community-owned infrastructure in strengthening rural digital entrepreneurship and ensuring meaningful access to information, digital services, health services, education, financial services, digital market linkages and livelihood opportunities. Built on six grassroots models - SoochnaPreneur , SmartPur , Udyamini , Internet Roshni , Wireless for Communities , and Samriddh Gram - DEFs Just AI framework entails a long-standing, community-owned, self-sustainable, environmentally just, and trustworthy social infrastructure. These hyperlocal digital ecosystems, when integrated with AI, have the potential to span multiple layers, ranging from addressing connectivity challenges to ensuring phygital access to digital services, social welfare for target communities, participatory data practices, capacity building, meaningful inclusion, and livelihoods. . We must question the data. The question we should ask is not what AI can do, but who decides and designs it and who it is designed for, centring the most marginalised are at its heart . AI must be leveraged to turn authenticated data into wisdom for the benefit of people, not just for the intermediary tech companies that house the data. Backed by reliable, trusted, disaggregated data - the nutrition programs, policies, and systems should be designed to serve the poorest women - who are severely deprived of resources that affect their access to sufficient, timely, and nutritious food and a healthy environment. In schools and colleges across the country, nutrition should be studied as part of the curriculum, so children grow up aware of its importance in living a healthy, dignified life. Most importantly, a phygital AI ecosystem built on well-researched, disaggregated, hyperlocal, community-owned, trustworthy, contextualised data must be co-created with 2,50,000+ Gram Panchayats across the country. This ecosystem will thrive only when it has built-in needs assessment, human-assisted design, independent audits, evaluations, accountability checks and grievance redressal mechanisms; an authenticated, trusted call centre with a person on the other end, not a bot; and mobile-friendly access for resource-limited settings.
Bombay High Court lists Imran Khan
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Tiger Shroff firing: Mumbai Crime Branch nabs all 3 shooters in Kota
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A Supreme Court advocate-on-record (AOR) has sought the Attorney Generals consent to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Sunny Joseph and those responsible for managing the partys social media account over a post on X calling for Chief Justice of India Surya Kant to resign. In an application dated October [] The post Supreme Court AOR seeks AGs consent for criminal contempt action against Kerala Congress Chief over post asking CJI to resign appeared first on India Legal .
Tracking down the three unidentified shooters remains the primary challenge for law enforcement agencies, and further investigation is underway, the police added.
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Srinagar, Oct 18: Karnal Police said the Control Room received information around 10 pm on October 17 about the smashing of bus windowpanes and a clash between two groups at Divine Star Hotel, under Butana police station. A team from the police station reached the spot and found the windowpanes of a bus broken. Mohit, who was driving a white Maruti Baleno (HR05BQ2412), and his associate Sawan, both residents of Karnal district, were present at the spot and were taken into custody. Preliminary investigation found that an argument over parking at the dhaba between the bus driver and the car driver escalated into a dispute, police said. It is alleged that Mohit broke the windowpanes of the bus and that a passenger was injured. Police said the injured passenger and the youths were asked to lodge a complaint, but no complaint was submitted at the time. The two parties reportedly reached a mutual settlement, after which the bus left for Srinagar. An FIR was later registered at Butana police station on a written complaint from the manager of the dhaba. The Baleno has been seized and legal proceedings are under way. Police said that, going by the preliminary investigation, the incident resulted from a sudden dispute over parking and that no evidence has emerged of any hate crime or hostility towards people from a particular state or region. They appealed to the public not to pay attention to rumours on social media or share unverified information.
New Ladakh bench aims to bring justice closer to remote communities
LEH: A Ceremonial Bench of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, presided over by Dr. Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati, Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, was held at Leh today to commemorate the historic inauguration of the Ladakh Bench, marking a significant milestone in bringing constitutional []
CJI Justice inaugurates Ladakh Bench of High Court in Leh
LEH: In a historic milestone for the administration of justice in the Union Territory of Ladakh, Justice Surya Kant, Chief Justice of India, on Sunday inaugurated the newly established Ladakh Bench of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Melongthang, Leh. The establishment of the Bench marks a significant step towards bringing [] The post CJI Justice inaugurates Ladakh Bench of High Court in Leh appeared first on Northlines .
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Chief Justice of India Inaugurates Ladakh Bench of the High Court of Jammu
In a historic milestone for the administration of justice in the Union Territory of Ladakh, Mr. Justice Surya Kant, Chief Justice of India, today inaugurated the newly established Ladakh Bench of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Melongthang, Leh. The establishment of the Bench marks a significant step towards bringing justice [] The post Chief Justice of India Inaugurates Ladakh Bench of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Leh appeared first on Kashmir Media Watch .
CJI inaugurates high court bench in Leh: Ladakh enters a new era of accessible justice
The inauguration of the Ladakh Bench of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh by Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant marks a new era of accessible justice for the Union Territory. The bench will bring judicial services closer to the people, reduce the burden of long-distance travel, and begin hearings on October 21, with 75 cases listed for consideration.
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J&K Crime Branch files charge sheet against 15 accused in Kishtwar minor's rape & murder case
Digital Desk | Jammu, Oct 18 (IANS) J&K Crime Branch has filed the charge sheet against 15 accused in the Kishtwar minor girls rape and murder case, officials said. The charge sheet, filed in the court of the Principal District and Sessions Judge in Kishtwar, alleges a criminal conspiracy to cover up the sexual assault, intimidate the girls family, and terminate her advanced pregnancy through unauthorised and unsafe methods. Those named included the main accused Khalid Hussain, several health workers who allegedly assisted in the attempted abortion, and others accused of pressuring the victims family to reach a compromise to protect Hussain. Among the accused, two doctors and another person have been charged under Section 21 read with Section 19 of the POCSO Act for failing to report the matter to the police despite having knowledge of the minor victims pregnancy, the spokesperson said. The exhaustive charge sheet, running to over 1,000 pages and citing 143 witnesses, invokes provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, an official said. The 15-year-old tribal girl was allegedly sexually assaulted repeatedly over several months by a teacher in her school, resulting in her pregnancy. She died following an alleged attempt to terminate the pregnancy in the Chatroo area on August 20. The case was initially registered at the Chatroo police station following the girls death. A week later, amid widespread protests, the investigation was transferred to the Special Crime Wing in Jammu. By then, nine people, including the teacher and his brother, had been arrested. Inspector General of Police, Crime, Sarah Rizvi, constituted a special investigation team (SIT) headed by Senior Superintendent of Police, Special Crime Wing, Jammu, Sanjay Kumar Parihar, immediately after the Crime Branch took over the investigation, the spokesperson said. He said the investigation has revealed that the victims pregnancy came to light during a medical examination at the Public Health Centre in Chatroo on August 10. Instead of reporting the matter to the police, as the law mandates in cases involving minors, Hussain, who was then posted as in-charge headmaster of the government school, allegedly conspired with others to suppress the matter and arrange for the pregnancy to be terminated. Those allegedly involved included two of Hussains brothers, a brother-in-law, some associates and two influential community elders of the area, one of whom is his uncle. The victims father was prevented from approaching the police and was subjected to pressure and intimidation, including the threat of social boycott, the spokesperson said. A settlement deed (Razi-nama) was prepared in a local meeting at the residence of one of the accused. The SIT has seized this document, and the expert opinion of the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) Jammu has confirmed the authorship of the writing and the signatures on it. As part of the alleged conspiracy, a junior staff nurse and two sanitary workers of District Hospital Kishtwar were drawn into the attempt to terminate the pregnancy, for which payment was also made, he said. On August 19 and 20, the victims age was falsely recorded as an adult on hospital registration slips, and unauthorised and unsafe methods were used inside and outside the hospital to terminate the advanced pregnancy, he said. As her condition deteriorated, the girl was taken in a private vehicle belonging to the main accused to Government Medical College (GMC) in Doda. Doctors there referred her to GMC Jammu after finding her condition critical, but she died on the way at Udhampur, the spokesperson said. He said the investigation has also revealed that the vehicle used to transport the victim was later washed in an attempt to destroy evidence. The chargesheet is based on statements of key witnesses, including the victims parents, recorded under Section 183 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), along with analysis of call detail records, CCTV camera footage, bank and ATM transaction records, hospital records, and seized documents and articles, the spokesperson said. During the initial investigation by the SIT of Kishtwar Police, DNA samples of the victim and the newborn, collected at District Hospital Kishtwar, were sent to Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in Chandigarh for comparison with samples from the main accused and his brother, another accused. The Crime Branch SIT has since collected more samples from other accused and suspects and sent them to CFSL, he said, adding that digital and technical evidence has also been sent to CFSL/FSL for data retrieval. The spokesperson said the reports of the tests are awaited, and Crime Branch Headquarters has requested their priority processing. Further investigation will be completed after the reports are received, following which a supplementary chargesheet will be filed before the competent court, he said. The accused teacher has been dismissed from service, while the contracts of two sanitation workers at the Kishtwar district hospital were terminated following their arrests. Several others, including a teacher and a doctor, were placed under suspension pending an inquiry. The Crime Branch has urged people not to circulate unverified information on social media and appealed to anyone having relevant information to share it with the SIT, assuring that their identities would be kept confidential.
'New era of justice': L-G VK Saxena on CJI Surya Kant inaugurating Ladakh bench of HC in Leh
Digital Desk | Leh, Oct 18 (IANS) Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Surya Kant on Sunday inaugurated the Ladakh bench of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in Leh, a development hailed by Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena as the beginning of a ew era of accessible justice. In a message on social media platform X, the Lieutenant Governor said, Deeply grateful to Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant ji, for inaugurating the Ladakh Bench of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, today at Leh, in the gracious presence of Supreme Court Judges and the Chief Justice and other companion Judges of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. This historic milestone, besides fulfilling a long-standing demand of the people, also brings justice directly to the doorsteps of our people, eliminating distant travel, financial burden and robustly strengthening the judicial system in Ladakh, Saxena added. The Ladakh Bench of the High Court and the CJI's successive visits to Ladakh within a short span of six months, reflect his steadfast commitment for ensuring easier and faster access to justice to all citizens, particularly to the remote communities in Ladakh, he said on X. Saxena also expressed gratitude towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the development. My sincere thanks and gratitude to the Prime Minister @narendramodiji and Home Minister @AmitShahji, for consistently guiding Ladakh on the path of prosperity and inclusive development. My heartiest congratulations to every citizen of Ladakh! the Lieutenant Governor said on X. On October 15, PM Modi inaugurated five major development projects in Ladakh worth around Rs 3,350 crore. Addressing a large gathering through video conferencing after he e-inaugurated these projects, the Prime Minister greeted the people in the Ladakhi language. A new chapter is being written today in the history of Ladakh, and I am happy to be associated with this technological milestone. These projects will bring electricity and water, and give new power to our people. Today, I saw it was snowing in Zanskar, and I saw the people there kept the Tricolour high and mighty. This is our Ladakh, PM Modi said For today's projects, I congratulate the people of Ladakh, engineers and all those associated with these projects. I must make a special mention of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), he added. The Prime Minister said that some time ago he had laid the foundation stone of the new airport building at Leh, and today he is fortunate to inaugurate the new terminal of this airport. This terminal has been built for Rs 650 crore. The arrival capacity will increase from around 10 lakh to 35 lakh annually. Flight operations will increase three times. This airport terminal is fitted with geothermal technology and is the first airport in the country to have this facility. We are committed to the development of the region, and this terminal will give new energy to the tourism sector, he added.
Punjab BJP Chief Wears Black Turban in Solidarity for Justice in Activists Murder Case
Punjab BJP President Kaul Singh Dhillon pledges to wear a black turban until justice is served for activist Parvinder Singh Jhottas murder. Punjab BJP Chief Wears Black Turban in Solidarity for Justice in Activists Murder Case
Punjab BJP chief to don black turban till family of slain anti-drug activist gets justice
Digital Desk | Chandigarh, Oct 18 (IANS) Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Kewal Singh Dhillon said on Sunday that he would wear a black turban until justice is delivered in the murder case of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota. He began wearing a black turban to register his protest against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab. On Saturday, Dhillon joined the ongoing protest in Mansa town, demanding justice for Jhota. During his visit, he appealed to the people of Punjab to register their protest by wearing black turbans and black dupattas and carrying black flags until justice is delivered. Jhota's father, Bhim Singh, and the people participating in the protest accepted his appeal. What has happened to a young man who raised his voice against drugs has deeply shaken the people of Punjab. A young man who was fighting to save Punjab's youth from drugs was brutally murdered. This is not merely the murder of Parvinder Singh; it is also a murder of law and order in Punjab, Dhillon said. He added that he had joined the protest as a member of the bereaved family's extended family. There, Dhillon had urged people to register their protest against what he described as an insensitive and unresponsive government by wearing black and carrying black flags. He has now started wearing a black turban himself and will continue to do so until justice is delivered. Dhillon said the black turban was not merely a piece of clothing but a symbol of protest against the AAP government's failure. He appealed to all Punjabis to unite and stand up for the aggrieved family. He said that peaceful protests and the struggle for justice would continue until the family received full justice. The BJP stands firmly with the family and will raise its voice for justice at every level, he added. The Punjab BJP President said that instead of curbing drugs, the AAP government was trying to silence those who raised their voices against the menace. He added that Gulzar Singh of Toor Banjara, who had spoken out against drugs, was earlier driven to suicide, followed by the murder of Jhota. Subsequently, Bikramjit Singh from Mari Pannwan village in Gurdaspur was also murdered, Dhillon added. He said the state government had completely failed to curb drugs and safeguard Punjab's interests. He demanded that the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann take moral responsibility for the AAP government's failure and resign immediately. He warned that the people of Punjab would no longer tolerate the AAP government.
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Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Sunday inaugurated the Ladakh Bench of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Melangthong in Leh, underscoring that access to justice must be measured by the proximity of judicial institutions to litigants, rather than their mere formal availability. Addressing the gathering at an altitude of [] The post CJI Surya Kant inaugurates Ladakh High Court Bench, promises dedicated Supreme Court hearing day for regions cases appeared first on India Legal .
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Indian EB-2 queue stuck in 2013 as US Congressman flags 179-year green card wait
Digital Desk | Washington, Oct 18 (IANS) US Congressman Josh Gottheimer has renewed his call to end per-country caps on employment-based green cards, as the latest US visa bulletin shows Indian professionals with advanced degrees are only now reaching applications filed nearly 13 years ago. Imagine waiting 179 years for a green card. That's the projected wait for Indian green card applicants, the New Jersey Democrat said on X. I voted to end the per-country caps to expedite the process, because we can enforce our laws and still live up to our immigrant values as Americans, he said. The 179-year figure comes from an August analysis by the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP), an Arlington, Virginia-based research group. NFAP projected that an Indian national filing in January 2026 or later faces a potential wait of 179 years in the EB-2 category for advanced-degree holders and 38 years in EB-3. The estimate excludes government processing time. NFAP estimated that Indians make up 79 per cent, or about 996,599, of the 1,264,495 people waiting in the first three employment-based preferences as of December 2025. It used US Citizenship and Immigration Services data on approved principal applicants, adding its own estimate of spouses and children. An earlier analysis by David Bier of the Cato Institute put Indians at about 1.1 million, or 63 per cent, of a 1.8 million-case backlog across all employment-based categories in 2023. Bier estimated a 134-year wait for new Indian applicants in EB-2 and EB-3 combined. The State Department's October 2026 Visa Bulletin, the first of fiscal year 2027, lists a final action date of November 1, 2013 for Indian EB-2 applicants. For most other countries, the EB-2 cut-off is January 1, 2025. The EB-3 date for India is January 1, 2014, against May 15, 2024 for most countries. In the September bulletin, the last of fiscal 2026, EB-2 was listed as 'U' for India, meaning no visa numbers were authorised. The November bulletin has not yet been published. Under Section 202 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the per-country limit for preference immigrants is 7 per cent of the combined family and employment-based annual limits. For fiscal 2027, that works out to 25,620, the bulletin says, with the worldwide employment-based level set at at least 140,000. Gottheimer was among the 365 members who voted for the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act in July 2019, according to the House Clerk's roll call. The bill, which would have scrapped the per-country cap for employment-based green cards, passed 365-65 but did not become law.
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'Important ally and partner': Rubio leaves for India amid Trumps Russian oil tariff threat
Marco Rubio's visit to India aims to bolster energy collaboration and strategic partnerships. Following a halt on tariffs pertaining to Russian oil imports, he seeks to engage with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in Mumbai to explore investment prospects. Notably, he will also tour Reliance Industries in Jamnagar and take part in a ministerial meeting in Uzbekistan centered around strategic alliances.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio highlighted India's significant energy requirements while discussing waived sanctions on Russia. These sanctions, part of the Lindsey O. Graham Act, could have imposed tariffs on countries importing Russian fuel. Rubio mentioned a 60-day period for further analysis of the sanctions' impact on the global economy. Additionally, he noted changing geopolitical situations affecting global energy supplies and prices.
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'Important ally of US': Rubio cites India in defence of Russia waiver
Digital Desk | Washington, Oct 18 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has defended President Donald Trump's decision to grant a 60-day waiver from sanctions linked to Russia, citing India as important partner to US, and its dependence on Russian energy, warning that imposing tariffs and sanctions simultaneously could have serious consequences for the global economy. Speaking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews on Saturday, Rubio said the administration needed time to assess the wider economic impact of the measures, particularly as conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine were disrupting global energy supplies. His remarks came in response to criticism from Republican Senator Ted Cruz, who described the waiver as a mistake that would benefit Russian President Vladimir Putin. Well, there are other countries the problem is these sanctions were not just sanctions on Russia. They include tariffs on a number of countries India, for example, and others, Rubio said. He said Trump wanted to use the 60-day period to examine the potential consequences of enforcing both sanctions and tariffs. Rubio specifically acknowledged India's efforts to diversify its energy purchases while explaining why Washington considered an immediate disruption of Russian supplies difficult. And then youve got countries like India, for example, that have voluntarily diversified their energy portfolio but are still getting a substantial amount of energy from Russia because its hard to pivot from one day to the next, but theyre also an important ally and partner of the United States, he said. Rubio said the administration was weighing several developments affecting international energy markets, including the conflict involving Iran, disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz, attacks by the Houthis on Saudi Arabia and damage to energy infrastructure during the Russia-Ukraine war. He argued that these developments were placing additional pressure on global prices and complicating decisions about sanctions enforcement. Rubio said the waiver provisions reflected an understanding that the government might need time to examine the consequences of the legislation. So, the President we need that period of time to sort of study all this and figure out what the right combination is, he said. Asked whether the waiver and a separate arrangement involving Russian diesel effectively provided concessions to Putin, Rubio rejected the suggestion that restricting American access would prevent Russian diesel from reaching international markets. Well, that diesel was going to be sold one way or the other, he said. Rubio said the United States had previously issued a 60-day waiver involving Russian oil when shipping through the Strait of Hormuz faced difficulties. He also warned that overlapping international conflicts were creating economic pressures extending beyond the countries directly involved. So yeah, these conflicts around the world are starting to crash into each other, and theyre having an impact not just on global oil and diesel prices, but on economics, Rubio said. He acknowledged that Americans were paying higher energy prices, while suggesting that some other countries faced considerably more severe economic pressures. The latest remarks underline the competing considerations confronting Washington as it seeks to maintain pressure on Moscow while managing its economic relationships with major energy-importing countries. India has maintained that its energy procurement decisions are guided by national requirements, affordability and supply security. Russian crude became an important component of India's import basket following the disruption of international energy markets after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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Indology Episode 2 | Swami Vigyananand On Hindu Identity, Gen Z And Indias Civilisational Future
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