Dacoits looted about Rs five lakh from trader's house in A'bad

Monday, May 1, 2006, 23:30 [IST]

Aurangabad, Maharashtra, Apr 20 (UNI) An armed gang looted jewellery and cash worth at Rs 5.5 lakh from a house of a trader at Sillod town in this district by threatening his family members early today.

The gang, armed with sword and sticks entered in the shop attached with the house of a trader Bhikchand Karnawat situated at Sillod town, at about 0330 hrs, by breaking open the iron channel door of his house from back-side, the police said.

The robbery threatened the family members on a sword point and snatched gold ornaments and looted cash and ornaments from the house kept elsewhere, police said.

Police have registered an offence against the unidentified dacoits under section 395 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

No one has been arrested in the case so far and investigations are on, police added.

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Judiciary ill equipped to dispense justice : CJI

Monday, May 1, 2006,23:30 [IST]

Imphal, Apr 30 (UNI) Chief Justice of India Justice Y K Sabharwal today appealed to all those working in the judiciary to make it a noble profession. ''We should do what we preach,'' he said while speaking at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the high court complex here. ''In a country with over a billion population, there are just about 13,000 judges which has caused delay in delivering justice,'' he rued. The judiciary.....

Jawans 'attack' farmer in Birbhum district

Monday, May 1, 2006,23:30 [IST]

Santiniketan, Apr 30 (UNI) Para-military force jawans today allegedly attacked a farmer in Hatia village under Labhpur police station area in Birbhum district. Ananda Mondol was returning home from his farmland when the para-military forces, travelling in a vehicle, asked him to move away. Mr Mondol took some time to vacate the narrow village road. At this the jawans came down from their vehicle and beat him with a stick. Birbhum District Magistrate Falil Ahmed said.....

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Agartala police seize sophisticated arms

Monday, May 1, 2006,23:30 [IST]

Agartala, Apr 30 (UNI) Agartala police recovered four sophisticated arms from an auto rickshaw in Dhaleswar area of this capital city last night and arrested one person. Acting on a tip-off, the East Agartala police raided the vehicle and recovered the arms. They arrested one Chandan Das hailing from Teliamura in Tripura's west district. The recovered arms were an AK series rifle, one SLR rifle, a pipegun and a country-made gun. Police suspect the arms.....

LOk Adalats settle 340 cases

Monday, May 1, 2006,23:30 [IST]

Chandigarh, Apr 30 (UNI) For settling maximum cases through the medium of Lok Adalats at pre-litigative stage as well as pending in the Courts, Lok Adalats were held at Jhajjar, Rewari, Bhiwani, Siwani and Loharu. In these Lok Adalats 340 out of 828 cases were settled. Out of these 35 cases pertained to death/injury arising out of vehicular accidents. These were settled with a total copmpensation of Rs 65,35,500 given to the victims. At the same.....

Man burns woman to death on refusal to pay dowry

Monday, May 1, 2006,23:30 [IST]

Patna, Apr 30 (UNI) A fast track court of Patna awarded life imprisonment to a person in a murder case. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 7,000 against the convict yesterday. Judge Dilip Kumar Jha found Ishwar Kant Rai guilty of murdering a girl with whom he was supposed to marry. According to the charges, the victim, Priya Rani was burnt to death by the convict, when the demand for dowry of Rs one lakh.....