25 years on, 47 cops held guilty of killing 10 Sikh men

Edit Indian Express 02 Apr 2016
A special CBI court Friday held 47 policemen guilty of killing 10 Sikh men in three fake encounters in a single night in Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh nearly 25 years ago — in July 1991. The CBI had investigated the case on the directions of Supreme Court ... On Friday, 20 policemen appeared before the court, which sent them to judicial custody. The court also issued non-bailable warrants against the remaining 27 accused....

Land grab bid on Mangar green belt, 10 trees felled

Edit The Times of India 02 Apr 2016
The forest department late on Thursday night caught two persons red-handed in the densely forested parts of Mangar, off the Gurgaon-Faridabad highway, while they were felling trees with the intention of encroaching on land ... "Forest guards caught two labourers late on Thursday night ... If need be, we will approach the Punjab and Haryana high court to get his bail cancelled," he added....

FIR registered for molestation, robbery & rioting during Jat stir

Edit Indian Express 02 Apr 2016
HAVING been pulled up by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the Haryana Police has registered an FIR against unknown people on charges of robbery, kidnapping and molestation for the alleged violence at Murthal in Sonepat district, during the Jat reservation agitation in February ... “Though the DIG recorded Joshi’s statement in Delhi, she did not reveal all the facts before the court....

Jury finds Mitchell Brooks guilty of manslaughter

Edit Toronto Sun 02 Apr 2016
As he stood shivering in the cold outside of court Friday night after the verdict, he said he believed “it was an accident ... “A life without a family.” ... And from the beginning, his daughter, Kristin, who was at her high school prom waiting for a ride home that night when her mother was shot, believed her Dad. “It was an accident,” she said, weeping outside of court earlier this month ... ....

Indianapolis set to be center of women's basketball world

Edit The Oklahoman 02 Apr 2016
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — All of the women's basketball world will descend on Indianapolis this weekend in a celebration of the sport. For the first time in NCAA history the Division I, II and III women's titles will be decided on the same court ... It's Indiana's game ... The Division I semifinals will be played Sunday night with the Division II and III title games occurring on Monday. The Division I championship will be played Tuesday night ... ....

After HC rap, cops begin new probe into Murthal 'rapes'

Edit The Times of India 02 Apr 2016
Haryana Police began a new investigation into allegations of atrocities on women on National Highway-1 during February's Jat quota protests, weeks after telling the high court it had no evidence that women were raped there ... the woman was sexually assaulted in the early hours of February 23, a night after the alleged atrocities mentioned in the media report....

US court forces pimp 'vampire' to pay Australian victim more than $500,000

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 02 Apr 2016
A notorious sex trafficker known as the "vampire pimp" has suffered a major loss in a US court, which more than quadrupled the payout awarded to one of his Australian victims ... Given the code name KL in court to protect her identity, Ms Lang was awarded $US78,000 ($101,715) in restitution at his US trial ... "One night, Baston suspected that KL was cheating on him," the judge wrote....

Panthers Sweep Past Phoenix (Milwaukee Panther Athletics)

Edit Public Technologies 02 Apr 2016
(Source. Milwaukee Panther Athletics) MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee women's tennis team made things look easy Friday night in a 7-0 win over Green Bay from North Shore Elite ... With the win, the Panthers improve to 8-7 overall and 2-1 in Horizon League action ... Milwaukee returns to the court next weekend with a pair of matches, starting things off Saturday by welcoming UIC to North Shore Elite for a 12.30 match....

Gurgaon smartphone snatcher’s father hits out, says my son framed to ‘make some sort of history’

Edit Indian Express 02 Apr 2016
Vicky Kalonia’s father has accused Gurgaon police of framing his son “to make some sort of history” even when the complainant in the case turned hostile. “The section my son has been charged under has an ‘A’ now ... Share This Article. Related Article ... Gurgaon police sources said the night Vicky was arrested, he was riding a stolen motorcycle ... Vicky’s family is planning to move a bail application in Gurgaon court. ....

‘We thought we had more time,’ says Wadsworth mom who lost son to overdose

Edit Ohio 02 Apr 2016
Kelly Woolsey cried and held her son close before he left their Wadsworth home the night of Sept ... Woolsey cried that night because two months earlier, her son confessed he’d been using heroin for a year ... Locally, Ward’s death is the focus of a criminal case in Summit County Common Pleas Court ... She said the night in early August when her son told her he used heroin was one of the hardest she’s endured....

BMC to experiment with 3D speed breaker at Vile Parle

Edit DNA India 02 Apr 2016
--> ... "This is an experiment ... A civic official said that high court has several specifications about the concrete speed breakers including the height like camel back, width and length of the speed breakers and exact location on the road ... This will help the drivers to locate the speed breaker from a distance, especially during the afternoon and during night when the traffic is less and motorists tend to drive fast ... ....

Kiwi mother killed in Queensland stabbing

Edit Otago Daily Times 02 Apr 2016
Four young children are without a mother after she was allegedly murdered by her husband in a frenzied stabbing attack at their Queensland home ... Detective Senior Sergeant Ben Fadian said Peniamina, 35, was calm when officers found him at the front of the home late on Thursday night ... He has been remanded in custody until April 18 when he will appear at Redcliffe Magistrates court via videolink ... "This has got to stop ... AAP. ....

Thunder: Did ‘weird’ Clippers game bring OKC’s defense, concentration issues back to the surface?

Edit The Oklahoman 02 Apr 2016
Last night they made shots over us, but we got stops when we needed to,” said Durant, who called the game “weird” because of the Clippers' lineup ... Durant's not wrong ... “We just can't do that ... As for Durant and Roberson, coming onto the court after halftime they were still discussing their mix-up, this time calmer than before ... Despite the Clippers' wild shooting night, Donovan didn't look at the game as a back-to-the-drawing-board moment....
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