Delhi court issues warrants for Abu Salem

August 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Delhi court on Friday dismissed the plea of city police to drop charges under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act (MCOCA) against underworld don Abu Salem in an extortion case lodged here in 2002. Delhi Police had filed an application under the provisions of Criminal Procedure Code for withdrawal of the MCOCA charges against Salem on the ground that it was against the condition for his extradition agreed to between India and Portugal.

August 20th, 2009 RANCHI - Two former Jharkhand ministers, who are under judicial custody and facing charges of corruption, will be interrogated soon, vigilance department sources said Thursday. Harinarayan Rai, an independent legislator, and Enos Ekka of the Jharkhand Party surrendered in the vigilance court of Vinay Kant Khan Aug 17 and were sent to judicial custody.

July 12th, 2009 RANCHI - The Jharkhand anti-corruption department wants to attach properties of two former ministers who are absconding since last month after arrest warrants were issued against them in a graft case. The two former ministers, Enos Ekka and Harinarayan Rai, have been accused of amassing wealth more that their known sources of income.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily today said that the government will review the Delhi High Court's ruling to legalize gay sex among consenting adults. Moily, although stopped short of clarifying government's stand on the issue, said that all aspects of the judgment would be reviewed shortly.

July 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Delhi court on Tuesday framed charges of extortion and criminal conspiracy against underworld don Abu Salem in connection with the Rajat Nagrath extortion case. Salem, who was brought from Bhopal, was produced before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja.

June 23rd, 2009 India issues warrants for 22 more Mumbai suspectsMUMBAI, India — An Indian court issued arrest warrants Tuesday for 22 Pakistani nationals accused of masterminding last year's deadly Mumbai terrorist attacks, including the founder of an Islamist militant group recently freed by a Pakistani court. An Indian prosecutor demanded that Islamabad extradite all the suspects, though Pakistan has vowed that it will not transfer any Mumbai suspects to longtime rival India, saying instead it will try them in its own courts.

June 23rd, 2009 Oregon suspect's cell phone tone gives him awaySALEM, Ore. — When a suspect being chased by police rolled his car over police spike strips and his tires went flat, he dashed into a field of grass where he thought he could hide.

June 22nd, 2009 Text inadvertently sent to NJ cop leads to arrestsSALEM, N.J. — A man who allegedly wanted to buy some marijuana was arrested after he mistakenly sent a text message to a southern New Jersey police officer.

April 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Ministers P Chidambaram and Mani Shankar Aiyar and Tamil Nadu PCC Chief K Thangkabalu figure in the list of 14 Congress candidates from Tamil Nadu released here by the Central Elecion Committee of the party. All the three have been renominated from their seats.

March 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - A group of parents Friday approached the Delhi High Court against the official notification on school fee hikes, recommended by the S.C. Bansal Committee which the Delhi government set up last year.

January 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Thursday asked the media to impose on itself certain restrictions on handling sensitive issues like Jamia Nagar shootout, which erupted six days after Sep 13 Delhi serial bombings. The court sought an explanation from Delhi Police for not initiating a magisterial probe into the shootout, despite National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) guidelines to do so.

January 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Thursday issued notice to the chief secretary of the Delhi government and the Delhi Police Commissioner asking what they are doing to deal with the trafficking of girls and boys and for implementing a law to regulate placement agencies. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Sanjeev Khanna asked the chief secretary and the Delhi Police chief to appear before it Friday asking about their strategy to deal with the issue.

January 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Five suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorists allegedly involved in the Sep 13 serial bombings in the capital were sent to jail till Feb 4 Wednesday. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja remanded Mohammed Saif, Zeeshan Ahmed, Zia-ur-Rehman, Saquib Nissar and Mohammed Shakeel to 14 days' judicial custody.

January 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday defended its stand on why it had opted for underworld mobster Abu Salem's extradition instead of deportation from Portugal in 2005. 'The government had tried to get Abu Salem, who was found carrying fake travel documents, deported but the Portuguese authorities declined, making it clear that he could only and only be extradited,' A.K.

January 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An NGO has taken the Delhi Metro to court alleging it had failed to provide drinking water and toilet facilities for commuters. A petition before the Delhi High Court, filed by Voice of India, has said that it had last year sent a representation to the Delhi government and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) seeking basic facilities in the Metro trains but got no satisfactory reply from them.