Tag: FIR
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HC quashes ‘land scam’ FIR against Chandy
In a setback to the LDF government in Kerala, the Kerala High Court on Friday quashed the FIR filed by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) against former chief minister Oommen Chandy, former chief secretary EK Bharath Bhushan and others in the Pattoor land deal case, noting it was based on “assumed facts and false …
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February 10, 2018 -
Shopian firing: SC to hear plea seeking relief for Major Aditya on Feb 12
The Supreme Court will on Monday hear a plea filed by the father of Major Aditya Kumar, seeking to nullify the FIR by Jammu and Kashmir Police in civilian killings during a firing incident against his son. In his plea filed through advocate Aishwarya Bhati, Major Kumar’s father Lt Col Karamveer Singh said the First Information Report (FIR) …
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February 9, 2018 -
Shopian firing: SC to hear plea seeking to quash FIR against Army Major
The Supreme Court will on Friday hear a plea filed by the father of Major Aditya Kumar, seeking to nullify the FIR by Jammu and Kashmir Police in civilian killings during a firing incident against his son. In his plea filed through advocate Aishwarya Bhati, Major Kumar’s father Lt Col Karamveer Singh said the First Information Report (FIR) …
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February 9, 2018 -
Officer’s father urges SC to quash FIR against army
The father of Major Aditya Kumar, named in an FIR by Jammu and Kashmir Police in civilian killings during a firing incident, on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking to quash of the case against his son because it will hurt the morale of soldiers fighting terrorism in the state. Major Aditya Kumar and other …
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February 8, 2018 -
FIR against army after youth injured in firing
An FIR was registered against the Indian Army’s 10 Garhwal Unit after a 22-year-old youth was injured when the army opened fire at a group pelting stones at a patrol party in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Monday. According to Army officials, the soldiers had fired in “self-defence”. The youth identified as Arif Ahmad …
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February 5, 2018 -
Three arrested in Haryana for assault on Kashmiri students
A day after the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed sought strict action in the incident relating to assault on two Kashmiri students that took place on Friday in Mahendragarh town, Haryana police have arrested three persons in this regard. The Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Mahendragarh, S Dahiya said that three persons …
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February 3, 2018 -
BJP in a fix over FIR against Major
The ruling BJP was in the line of fire on Wednesday after the party’s ally in Jammu and Kashmir, the PDP, said the FIR against Major Aditya of 10 Garhwal Rifles for alleged murder was filed after getting Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s permission. The FIR was lodged with J & K police after an army …
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February 1, 2018 -
Delhi sealing ‘drama’: FIR against AAP MLAs, police to get CCTV footage
A case has been registered against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators by the Delhi Police following a complaint by the BJP’s city unit that its leaders were attacked by AAP legislators and workers at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence on Tuesday. The case was registered based on a complaint by Delhi BJP general-secretary Ravinder Gupta …
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January 31, 2018 -
No officer named in FIR in Shopian incident: J-K DGP
The Indian Army’s version in the deaths of two civilians at Shopian will be taken into account during the investigation. Talking to reporters on Monday, 29 January, J-K DGP SP Vaid said that the “FIR is just the beginning of the investigation process”. “FIR is start of the investigation process. It doesn’t conclude there. No …
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January 29, 2018 -
FIR in Kashmir killings against Garhwal unit
An FIR lodged by Jammu and Kashmir Police for the killing of two civilians in Shopian district mentions soldiers from a Garhwal unit as the accused. Police sources said the FIR lodged under Sections 302 and 307 of the Indian Penal Code in Ganowpora village mentions a Major and others as those who opened fire …
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January 28, 2018 -
SP leader booked for making controversial remark against UP CM
An FIR has been registered against an SP leader and former MP for his alleged controversial remark against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The FIR was registered on Tuesday at Dariyabad police station on a complaint by Hindu Yuva Vahini district in-charge Ravi Singh, who has alleged that Kamla Prasad Rawat had made a …
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January 24, 2018 -
Bawana fire: Apprehended man says he was running factory alone
A man who was apprehended by the police in connection with the Bawana fire accident that killed seventeen people and injured two, has said that he took the factory premises on rent and was running it alone. Ten women and seven men were killed while a man and woman were injured in a massive blaze …
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January 21, 2018 -
Patna HC quashes FIR against Lebanese citizen
The Patna High Court has quashed an FIR lodged against a Lebanese citizen for allegedly entering Indian territory two years ago without a valid visa. The court directed the Centre and the Bihar government “to take immediate steps and pass necessary orders for deportation” of Fadi Fadel, who was arrested in Sitamarhi on July 7, …
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January 18, 2018 -
HC asks Pune police if EOW can probe Osho trust funds case
The Bombay High Court today asked the Pune police commissioner if a case pertaining to alleged fraud and misappropriation of funds of the Osho Rajneesh Trust can be transferred to the Economic Offences Wing. A division bench headed by Justice B R Gavai was hearing a petition filed by Pune resident Yogesh Thakker, alleging that …
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January 16, 2018 -
The Iron Fist
The promptness with which a First Information Report (FIR) was lodged against The Tribune and its reporter has brought into sharp focus the danger of pointing fingers at the Government. Had the priority of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) been to plug data leakage, the Authority would have called the reporter for a …
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January 12, 2018 -
CM backs scribes in Aadhaar row
With the media fraternity holding protests over filing of an FIR (first information report) against a newspaper journalist over the Aadhar leakage case, Punjab government, led by Chief Minister (CM), Amarinder Singh, has extended its support to the media protests. Besides the CM, cabinet minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa and Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar, …
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January 9, 2018 -
Solar scam: Police record Chandy’s statement in ‘blackmail’ case
Police have recorded former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy’s statement based on BJP leader K. Surendran’s complaint on the former’s remark that he was blackmailed in the solar scam. The multi-crore solar energy investment fraud that rocked then Chandy government in 2013 was led by Saritha Nair and her live-in partner Biju Radhakrishnan. It also …
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January 9, 2018