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| Seize property of the corrupt, says Bhushan | | | New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Supreme Court advocate and AAP leader Prashant Bhushan favours seizing money earned dishonestly by corrupt officials and confiscation of their property. He also wants a rigorous process to select Lokpal members and to ensure the financial independence of investigative agencies to combat corruption. Bhushan was addressing a training programme for IAS officers and other senior government officers here late Thursday, said a press release from the organisers Friday. The programme was organised by the Jindal School of Government and Public Policy and Jindal Institute of Leadership Development. |
| Congress MP hit by pepper spray files police complaint | | | New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Congress MP Ponnam Prabhakar from Andhra Pradeh has filed a police complaint against two MPs from his state who allegedly used pepper spray and brandished a "knife" in the Lok Sabha while opposing the Telangana bill. According to a police officer, the complaint has been lodged in the Parliament Street police station. Since the incident happened inside parliament, we are taking legal advice for registering the case and to launch an investigation," a police official told IANS. |
| Barcelona innocent of tax fraud, says president | |  Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu has said the operation to bring Neymar to the Catalan capital was "completely legal" and reiterated the club's innocence of tax fraud in signing the Brazil international. In the latest twist to a saga that prompted Bartomeu's predecessor, Sandro Rosell, to step down last month, a Madrid court on Thursday charged the Spanish champions with defrauding the tax authority. The club was forced on the defensive after a member filed a complaint against Rosell alleging misappropriation of funds and when details of Neymar's move from Santos to Barca came to light the judge overseeing the case granted the public prosecutor's request to lay charges for tax fraud. We would do the same again." Neymar's high-profile move to Barcelona in the close season was initially shrouded in mystery and it was unclear what exactly was paid to whom and when.
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| Delhi Metro station shut after fire, re-opens | | | New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Delhi Metro travellers faced a tough time Friday when a metro station was shut down for almost an hour after a fire broke out in a shop within the station premises, an official said. The busy Kashmere Gate Metro Station was shut down from 1.40 p.m. to 2.29 p.m. after smoke filled the station's underground platform area. "No interchange facility was available at the Kashmere Gate Metro Station due to the smoke caused by the fire which broke out in a shop at the concourse level of the underground section of the station," a Delhi Metro official earlier said. However, the official said that though trains were passing through the station, they were made to skip the station's elevated platform for half-an-hour from 2 p.m. and the station's underground section from 1.40 p.m. to 2.29 p.m. "This was just a precautionary measure. |
| India seeks security for Rome mission after hate mails | | | New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) India Friday said it has sensitised Italy about hate mails, including a bullet, received by its mission in Rome over a case concerning two marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen, and hoped necessary security measures would be taken. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said this in response to queries here that there have been differences between India and Italy on the jurisdiction of the case concerning the marines. The Italian foreign ministry had earlier this week summoned Indian envoy Basant Kumar Gupta in Rome to voice its "dismay" over the "unacceptable delay" in the trial of the two Italian marines -- Massimiliano Lattore and Salvatore Girone. |
| Al Qaeda-linked militants attack Somali presidential compound | | | By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Al Qaeda-linked militants al Shabaab attacked the Somali presidential palace compound on Friday, blasting through a gate with a car bomb and engaging in a fierce gun battle with African peacekeepers, police said. Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was not harmed in the assault on the heavily fortified compound, known as Villa Somalia. Attack on Villa Somalia had failed. Abdikadir Ahmed, a senior police officer, told Reuters the fighting took place at the house of Somalia's top military commander, General Dahir Aden Indha Qarshe, located in the same compound and near the presidential palace building. |
| Heroin valued at Rs.10 crore seized in Bihar | | | Patna, Feb 21 (IANS) Three people were arrested here Friday with heroin valued at Rs.10 crore in the international market, police said. "Heroin valued at Rs.10 crore in the international market was recovered and three people were arrested from a hotel in Goria Tola locality here," a police official said. Heroin was brought from Manipur by three drug smugglers, including two from Manipur and one from Uttar Pradesh. |
| Zimbabwe court orders deportation of former U.S. congressman | |  HARARE (Reuters) - A Zimbabwean court on Friday ordered the deportation of former U.S. congressman Mel Reynolds after he pleaded guilty to staying in the southern African country on an expired visa. Reynolds, 62, was arrested at a local hotel on Monday but has denied additional charges of possessing pornographic images and videos. That case was due to continue later on Friday. Harare magistrate Tendai Mahwe fined Reynolds $100 or five days in prison for the visa misdemeanour. His lawyer Arthur Gurira told the court the former Illinois congressman had suffered a mild stroke earlier this year. ...
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| Barcelona innocent of tax fraud, insists club president | |  Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu has reiterated the club's innocence of tax fraud in the signing of Neymar and insisted the operation to bring the Brazil forward to the Catalan capital was "completely legal". In the latest twist to a saga that prompted Bartomeu's predecessor, Sandro Rosell, to step down last month, a Madrid court on Thursday charged the Spanish champions with defrauding the tax authority. The club was forced on the defensive after a member filed a complaint against Rosell alleging misappropriation of funds and when details of Neymar's move from Santos to Barca came to light the judge overseeing the case granted the public prosecutor's request to lay charges for tax fraud.
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| Gurgaon woman killed in daylight robbery attempt | | | Gurgaon, Feb 21 (IANS) A 37-year-old woman was Friday murdered in her house here during a robbery attempt, police said. The victim was identified as Sanjeeta Hooda, a housewife. "Four to five men entered the house on Friday at around 8 a.m. and strangled her to death," a senior police officer told IANS. "Prima facie, the matter seems to be a robbery attempt, but we are also investigating if there was a family dispute as the victim had no children after more than 15 years of marriage," the officer said. |
| Cop shoots waiter in UP, arrested | | | Lucknow, Feb 21 (IANS) A police official shot at a waiter in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur city, when he was asked not to drink liquor in the restaurant premises since the eatery did not have a permit. Kanpur's Director General of Police R.K. Chaturvedi told IANS that the incident took place Thursday at Neelam hotel in Collectorganj area. Sub-inspector Anil Sisodiya, of the 2013 batch of UP Police Service, went to the hotel with some of his friends and after ordering dinner, began to drink liquor. |
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