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Jammu, Sep 21 (IANS) Designate TADA court on Wednesday issued a production warrant against JKLF chief, Muhammad Yasin Malik directing authorities at Delhi's Tihar Jail to physically produce him before the court on the next hearing of Rubaiya Sayeed abduction case.

CBI counsel, Monika Kohli told reporters that the TADA court has issued a production warrant against Malik and directed the Tihar jail authorities to produce him before it on the next date of the hearing on October 20.

The court has already turned down the request by Yasin Malik that he should be personally allowed to cross examine Rubaiya Sayeed who identified him on July 15.

The JKLF chief has already been sentenced to life in another case.

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New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed a sessions court to consider on Thursday a plea by Enforcement Directorate seeking transfer of Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain's bail hearing, in a money laundering case, to another judge.

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing Jain, mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and sought an urgent hearing.

The bench, also comprising Justices P.S. Narasimha and Hima Kohli, noted that any accused is entitled to expeditious hearing of bail plea and asked the Principal District and Sessions Judge of the Rouse Avenue court to consider the application for hearing on September 22.

Sibal contended that seven hearings took place and Additional Solicitor General S.V. Raju was asked to come on September 15, but he moved an application to transfer the case. Raju submitted that if the petitioner is aggrieved, then he can move the high court.

The bench said: "We clarify that any party aggrieved by the decision on transfer petition can seek appropriate remedies available in law." It clarified that the District Judge will decide the forum for hearing on the bail plea.

On September 19, Principal District and Sessions Judge Vinay Kumar Gupta stayed the proceedings of the bail hearing before special judge Geetanjali Goel and issued notice to Jain and other co-accused in the case. The judge sought replies from the respondents in the case - on an application by the ED seeking transfer of the case to another judge -- by September 30.

Jain, whose bail has been denied in various hearings since his arrest in the PMLA case on May 30, is presently lodged in Tihar jail. As per the earlier submissions of the ED, Jain was in de-facto control of shell companies used for alleged money laundering, and the co-accused persons Ankush Jain and Vaibhav Jain were just dummies. The ED had raised certain contentions in connection with the bail arguments being heard by the special judge.

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Noida, Sep 21 (IANS) Two youths were beaten up by the bouncers of a hospital in Noida Sector 110 following a dispute over the parking of a car. A video of the incident has gone viral.

In the video, the youths are seen being thrashed by the bouncers of Yatharth Super Specialty Hospital. The entire incident was captured in a CCTV installed nearby and now the video of the incident has gone viral.

It is alleged that the bouncers and guards of the hospital thrashed the youths with iron rods.

According to the information received, the youths parked their car in the parking lot along with the vehicles parked outside the hospital. The guards asked them not to park the vehicle there, following which an altercation broke out. Thereafter, some bouncers and guards came out from the hospital and beat the youths with iron rods.

Officials of police station Phase 2 said that they would register a case after they receive a complaint in connection with the incident. The hospital authorities however refused to talk in this regard.

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Shimla, Sep 21 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh BJP state unit's chief Suresh Kashyap on Wednesday said the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Mandi on September 24 is a matter of pride for the people.

"Narendra Modi's affection towards the people of Himachal is amazing and the people of Himachal also love him very much. Modi ji has door-to-door contact and a deep relation with Himachal," Kashyap told the media here.

He said the youth rally organised by the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha will be a grand success and a large number of workers are coming to listen to Modi.

"More than 1 lakh youths are going to participate in the rally that will infuse new energy in the BJP. Twenty youths from every booth of Himachal Pradesh will participate in this rally."

The Yuva Sankalp rally has created a stir in the state and this is the first time that a Prime Minister is going to address it.

On the opposition Congress, Kashyap said that the party's ground in Himachal "seems to be slipping out of their hand".

He said that Congress state unit chief Sukhwinder Sukhu should tell how much employment he gave in Himachal when his party was in power.

"The Jai Ram Thakur government has inspired the youth towards self-employment. Today the youth of Himachal is becoming job-giver," the BJP chief said.

Kashyap said that the party leadership would decide who will contest the forthcoming elections. "The BJP will give tickets to the winning faces."

The state's ruling BJP is holding a public meeting of Modi on September 24. This is the first of three rallies planned ahead of the Assembly poll announcement in Mandi town, the home turf of the Chief Minister, with an expected gathering of over one lakh youths.

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Jammu, Sep 21 (IANS) A court in Jammu on Wednesday issued a production warrant for Yasin Malik on the next date of hearing in connection with the Rubaiya Sayeed abduction case.

Rubaiya was kidnapped in 1989 in Kashmir and was set free in exchange for release of five terrorists.

The next date of hearing of the case is on October 20.

Earlier, Malik had been insisting on physical presence in the court.

"Cross examination of Rubaiya Sayeed was done on behalf of other accused," CBI counsel Monica Kohli said.

"Yasin Malik has moved an application to be physically present in the court, the court has issued a production warrant, Yasin Malik will be present on the next date of hearing."

On July 15, Rubaiya Sayeed, daughter of former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and sister of former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti, had identified Malik and four others.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in May this year awarded life imprisonment to separatist leader Yasin Malik in a terror funding case.

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Chennai, Sep 21 (IANS) Former Union Minister and former Speaker of Tamil Nadu assembly, Sedapatti R. Muthiah (77) passed away in a private hospital in Chennai on Wednesday.

Muthiah was a senior leader of the AIADMK and was the second in command of the party till 1998. Fondly known as Sedapattiar, he entered politics through the student wing of DMK, after completing his M.Sc in Mathematics.

He emerged as a student leader after participating in anti-Hindi agitations in the Madurai region. He joined the AIADMK when MGR founded the new party in 1977 as the matinee idol was highly popular in the Madurai region.

Muthiah contested the assembly seat in 1977 from the Sedapatti constituency and went on to win consecutively from the same seat. He became the Speaker of the assembly in 1991 and continued till 1996.

He became a Union Minister for Surface Transport in the Cabinet of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Muthiah kept away from politics for some time but later joined DMK in 2008 and went on to become a member of the party's electoral wing.

--IANS
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Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 21 (IANS) A picture of ailing former Kerala CPI-M secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan has gone viral which shows the veteran Communist in a beard with his wife Vinodhini.

Shared by CPI-M legislator V.K.Prasanth, many mistook it to be the latest click, while it turned out to be an old one.

Incidentally, Kodiyeri, who stepped down as state secretary on August 29 began his treatment for cancer at a leading hospital in Chennai.

He was then seen off by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the only visuals were of the ambulance that took Balakrishnan and his immediate family members to the airport here.

In between, Vijayan and his wife called on Balakrishnan at the Chennai hospital which was followed by the new state secretary M.V.Govindan who reached the hospital to see him was disallowed, as the doctors treating him have asked that no visitors are allowed to visit him.

And it was then that the picture of the veteran with a fully grown beard and smiling along with his wife was taken and shared recently.

Balakrishnan has always been a tall leader in the CPI-M but shot into prominence in 2015 after taking over as the state party secretary.

Hailing from Kannur, Balakrishnan popularly known as Kodiyeri, had an affable disposition which won him many friends, even from the opposition parties.

The news about Kodiyeri's battle with cancer surfaced in 2020 and by now has been to the US twice for treatment.

In 2021, he was given a leave for treatment and in the state party conference held early this year, he was given a third term, but his health condition deteriorated forcing him to step down.

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Kolkata, Sep 21 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBBSC) to identify those who secured teaching jobs in state-run schools, terminate their services and replace them with the eligible candidates who are in the waiting list.

The bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay asked the counsels of WBSSC and the petitioners in the matter to review the recruitment and waiting lists on an emergency basis and submit a report on September 28.

The Justice also ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team probing the WBSSC recruitment irregularities to submit a separate report on the same on the ineligible candidates who got teachers' appointments illegally.

According to him, the two reports will be reviewed after which those getting appointment illegally will be terminated from their services and replaced by those eligible candidates who are in the waiting list.

"If necessary, the CBI team might also consult the WBSSC officials while preparing their report," observed Justice Gangopadhyay.

Earlier on Wednesday, the CBI submitted a report to the court on the progress of its investigation in the WBSSC recruitment irregularities scam.

It also informed the court about the latest arrest of Subiresh Bhattacharya, Vice-Chancellor of the University of North Bengal and the former WBSSC chairman, in connection.

Justice Gangopadhyay also further directed the WBSSC to issue a fresh notification regarding the appointment of teachers as well as Ground C and Group D staff by September 28.

Earlier, the counsel for the petitioners, Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya had informed the court that as per the report of the Calcutta High Court-appointed committee headed by Justice Ranjit Kumar Bag (retired) informed that a total 609 Group C and Group D staff were recruited illegally, a figure which was accepted by a division bench of the same court.

"Out of 609, the services of 573 were terminated. However, those vacant posts are yet to be filled up," Bhattacharya informed the court.

Justice Gangopadhyay directed WBSSC authorities to identify 573 candidates from the waiting lists and immediately start the process of their counselling.

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Agra, Sep 21 (IANS) An FIR has been registered against Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Chhotey Lal Verma and his son Laxmi Kant Verma in Agra district after a woman accused the MLA's son of rape, assault and harassment, police said.

The MLA has been booked for allegedly harassing the woman.

The woman said in her complaint that she is a friend of Chhotey Lal's daughter and has visited his Agra residence since she was 17-years-old.

In 2003, she met Verma. She claimed that the MLA's son called her at his residence, spiked her drink and raped her.

According to the complainant, Verma made videos of the act, threatened to kill, and assaulted her. He also allegedly promised the woman he would marry her.

A few years later, the woman claimed that Chhotey Lal's son had married her at a temple and subsequently forced her to abort several times.

But, in 2006, when she went to Jalandhar, Chhotey Lal got his son married to another girl. She claimed that the harassment continued, and the MLA's son even forced her to sign divorce papers.

The police said that based on the complaint, Verma has been booked under sections 376 (punishment for rape), 313 (causing miscarriage without woman's consent), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation), 494 (marrying again during the lifetime of a husband or wife), and 328 (causing hurt by means of poison) of the Indian Penal Code.

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New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) The Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested a 32-year-old illegal arms supplier and seized 15 High quality semi-automatic pistols of .32 bore with 45 live cartridges from his possession, an official said Wednesday.

The accused was identified as Dilshad, a resident of Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Rajiv Ranjan Singh said an information was developed regarding the supply chain of illegal firearms being used in the armed crimes in Delhi-NCR.

"We received an input on September 19 that an interstate illegal firearms supplier namely Dilshad will be reaching Inner Ring Road from Dhaula Kuan Bus Stand on the way leading to Naraina, Delhi with a large consignment of illegal firearms for supplying the same to some unknown receiver," the DCP said.

Subsequently, the police laid a trap and spotted the accused Dilshad at the specified location.

"He was immediately overpowered by the police officials who were already deployed on specific points to prevent the escape of the suspect. During his search pistols and cartridges were recovered," the senior official said.

Accordingly, the accused was booked under relevant sections of Arms Act and the police began its probe where it found that the seized weapons were to be supplied to various gangsters in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.

"He was produced before the concerned trial court and has been remanded to four days police custody-remand in order to establish the forward and backward linkages of the seized illegal Arms and ammunition," the official added.

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