One dead, 34 wounded in Philippines blasts
September 2nd, 2012 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, Sep 2 (IANS) One person was killed and 34 were wounded in two grenade blasts in the Philippines, Xinhua reported Sunday.At least 32 people were injured when an unidentified ... Read more...
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Protesters in UP torch vehicles, attack police
July 16th, 2012 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 16 (IANS) Angered over power outages and poor water supply, protesters clashed with police, vandalised property and vehicles Monday in Uttar Pradesh's Amroha town, around 370 km from ... Read more...
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Road rage: Three judges attacked in Delhi (Lead)
May 17th, 2012 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) In yet another case of road rage in the capital, four young men on two motorbikes Thursday viciously attacked three judges, leaving one of them ... Read more...
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TV personality slain in Honduras
April 24th, 2012 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
Tegucigalpa, April 24 (IANS/EFE) Television personality Noel Valladares and his two companions were gunned down Monday in Tegucigalpa, Honduran police said.A fourth person was wounded in the attack, police inspector ... Read more...
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Six Shias shot dead in Pakistan
April 10th, 2012 - 4:43 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 10 (IANS) Six Shia Muslims were shot dead in southwest Pakistan Monday night in a sectarian attack, police said.The motorcycle-borne gunmen opened fire at a shop in Quetta, ... Read more...
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Man kills four in Hungary sword attack
April 7th, 2012 - 11:04 am ICT by IANS
Budapest, April 7 (IANS) A 24-year-old man in Hungary killed four people with a sword and injured three others after a family argument, CNN reported.The killer in Kulcs town, south ... Read more...
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Passenger dies, mob blocks Amritsar railway station
March 20th, 2012 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, March 20 (IANS) A mob made up mostly of farmers Tuesday blocked train tracks at the Amritsar railway station after a passenger suffered a fatal heart attack, police said."One ... Read more...
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India probing Iran’s Quds Force link to attack on Israelis
March 8th, 2012 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Iran's secretive Quds Force or West Asian terror groups may have been behind the terror bombing on an Israeli embassy car last month, investigators said ... Read more...
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Intelligence official shot dead in Pakistan
March 2nd, 2012 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 2 (IANS) An intelligence official was gunned down Friday in Pakistan's Peshawar city. His 13-year-old son, who was riding pillion, was injured in the attack, police said.Gunmen opened ... Read more...
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15 dead, over 30 hurt in Pakistan blast (Lead)
February 23rd, 2012 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 23 (IANS) At least 15 people, including two children, were killed and over 30 injured Thursday when a massive explosion ripped through a bus stop in Pakistan's northwestern ... Read more...
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Palm-sized magnetic bomb used in terror attack: Police (Second Lead)
February 14th, 2012 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) A palm-sized sophisticated magnetic device, possibly detonated using a remote sensor, was used in the terror attack on an Israeli embassy car, police said Tuesday.As ... Read more...
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Israeli car attack: Police chief meets Chidambaram
February 14th, 2012 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Delhi Police Commissio0ner B.K. Gupta met Home Minister P. Chidambaram here Tuesday to apprise him of the investigation into the terrorist attack a day ... Read more...
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Ten injured in grenade attack at Imran’s rally
February 10th, 2012 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 10 (IANS) Ten people, including four police personnel, were injured in a grenade attack and firing at a rally of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan in Swabi area of Pakistan's ... Read more...
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Mother, sister of top Pakistan official killed
January 15th, 2012 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 15 (IANS) Two women -- the mother and sister of the joint secretary in Pakistan's cabinet division -- died when gunmen targeting a wanted killer pumped bullets ... Read more...
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Mobs burned 48 police buildings in Indonesia in 2011
January 4th, 2012 - 7:55 am ICT by IANS
Jakarta, Jan 4 (IANS/AKI) At least 48 police buildings and posts were set ablaze by mobs in 2011, more than double the previous year's statistics, the Indonesian Police Watch (IPW) ... Read more...
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Dalit group seeks action against Andhra home minister
December 24th, 2011 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 24 (IANS) The war between two cabinet ministers in Andhra Pradesh has taken caste overtones with a Dalit group demanding action against Home Minister P. Sabita Indra Reddy ... Read more...
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Maoists blast school, attack police station in Jharkhand
December 6th, 2011 - 2:53 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Dec 6 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas blew up a school, torched mobile towers and attacked a police station in two separate incidents in Jharkhand, police said Tuesday.According to police, the ... Read more...
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Guerrillas shoot at National Conference leader
November 25th, 2011 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Nov 25 (IANS) Separatist guerrillas Friday fired at and injured a block president of the ruling National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir, police said here.The incident took place in ... Read more...
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Saudi consulate attackers held in Pakistan
November 21st, 2011 - 8:10 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 21 (IANS) Four members of banned outfit Lashkar-e-Mehdi have been arrested for their involvement in an attack on the Saudi Arabian consulate in Pakistan's port city of Karachi, ... Read more...
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Bomb blast kills 10 at Burmese orphanage
November 14th, 2011 - 11:01 pm ICT by BNO News
MYITKYINA, BURMA (BNO NEWS) -- At least ten people were killed on late Sunday evening when a bomb exploded at an orphanage in northern Burma (Myanmar), two Burmese news organizations in exile ... Read more...
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Five killed in Meghalaya ambush
November 1st, 2011 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Oct 31 (IANS) Four police personnel and a civilian were killed and two policemen critically injured Monday in a militant ambush in insurgency-ravaged western Meghalaya, police said.A group of ... Read more...
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Official shot dead in Pakistan’s Quetta
October 8th, 2011 - 12:53 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 7 (IANS) Unidentified gunmen shot dead a senior government official in the violence-hit southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta late Friday night in an apparent targeted attack, police said.... Read more...
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Pakistani politician killed in blast
September 13th, 2011 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 13 (IANS) A Pakistani politician, who was a staunch opponent of the Taliban, was Tuesday killed in a roadside bomb attack in northwest Pakistan, police said.Sher Khan, ... Read more...
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Maoists attack police party in Chhattisgarh
August 19th, 2011 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 19 (IANS) Maoist rebels Friday attacked a police contingent in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, police officials said, adding that casualties were feared."There is a massive attack on dozens ... Read more...
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Four killed in Kabul blasts (Lead)
August 19th, 2011 - 10:58 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, Aug 19 (IANS) Four people, including two police officers, were killed in two suicide bombings near the house of Afghanistan's First Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim here, Xinhua reported.The ... Read more...
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One killed in Pakistan hotel bombing (Lead)
July 31st, 2011 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 31 (IANS) At least one person was killed and eight were injured Sunday when a hand grenade was hurled into a hotel in southern Pakistan, officials said.The blast ... Read more...
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Five killed as gunmen attack police station in Egypt’s Sinai
July 30th, 2011 - 11:21 pm ICT by BNO News
ARISH, EGYPT (BNO NEWS) -- At least five people were killed and dozens more were injured when clashes between unknown masked men and Egyptian security forces erupted in the northern Sinai city ... Read more...
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Gunmen attack pilgrims in western Pakistan, 7 killed
July 29th, 2011 - 11:43 pm ICT by BNO News
QUETTA, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- At least seven people were killed after a group of gunmen stormed a transportation company in western Pakistan, local media reported Friday.The attack occurred against a group ... Read more...
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‘Catastrophic’ twin attacks kill 87 in Norway (Second Lead)
July 23rd, 2011 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS
Oslo, July 23 (IANS) At least 87 people were killed Friday in "catastrophic" twin attacks in Norway - a massive bomb explosion in the capital here and a shooting at ... Read more...
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Garo rebels attack police outpost
June 29th, 2011 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, June 29 (IANS) Rebels of the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) Wednesday attacked a police outpost in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district, prompting a security alert in the region.Armed ... Read more...
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Maoists attack police station in Chhattisgarh
June 13th, 2011 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, June 13 (IANS) A gunbattle broke out in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region Monday morning after Maoists opened fire at a police station in Dantewada district, the fourth attack since ... Read more...
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Militants kill three cops in Meghalaya (Lead)
June 4th, 2011 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, June 4 (IANS) Security forces in Meghalaya launched combing operations Saturday to nab the suspected Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) rebels who gunned down three police personnel in a ... Read more...
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Four of a family killed near Agra
May 24th, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, May 24 (IANS) Four people of a family - husband, wife and two children - were killed by a gang of unidentified men in the Fatehpur Sikri area ... Read more...
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Police custody for Kaskar driver’s shooters (Third Lead)
May 18th, 2011 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 18 (IANS) A metropolitan court here Wednesday remanded two men to police custody till May 26 for allegedly gunning down the driver of Iqbal Kaskar, the brother of ... Read more...
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Suspected Maoists kill Andhra firm’s executive
May 16th, 2011 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 16 (IANS) Suspected Maoists Monday shot dead the deputy general manager of a firm in Andhra Pradesh's Warangal district, police said.Two to three assailants barged into the premises ... Read more...
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