Ten students held for stoning Rajasthan BJP leader’s house
August 19th, 2012 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Aug 19 (IANS) Ten students were arrested Sunday in connection with stone hurling at the house of former Rajasthan minister and BJP legislator Rajendra Rathore immediately after the ... Read more...
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Six prisoners attempt suicide in Bihar jail
May 14th, 2012 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 14 (IANS) Six undertrials in a Bihar jail attempted suicide Monday to protest against alleged high handedness by jail authorities, police said.According to police, authorities at the Phulwari ... Read more...
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Government vehicle torched after accident
February 27th, 2012 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Feb 27 (IANS) Irate residents of a locality here Monday set afire a government vehicle after it ran over four people, including two women, police said.The vehicle, belonging to ... Read more...
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Four injured as villagers clash with police
February 20th, 2012 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Feb 20 (IANS) Four people, including two policemen, were injured as villagers in Rajasthan's Bikaner district clashed with police while protesting the alleged torture of a Dalit youth in ... Read more...
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Policemen broke my hand for seeking good food: Koda
October 31st, 2011 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Oct 31 (IANS) Jailed former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda Monday alleged his hand was broken by policemen when he sought good food for the prisoners.
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Entire police station staff shifted after baton-charge
September 16th, 2011 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 16 (IANS) Facing flak from the opposition and human rights and women's organisation, the Bihar government Friday transferred out all the 30 policemen of Noor Sarai police station ... Read more...
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Police shouldn’t have licence to flout laws: Pakistani daily
August 19th, 2011 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 19 (IANS) The police should not have a licence to flout the very laws they are there to uphold, said a Pakistani daily.An editorial in the News International ... Read more...
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Disappointed police job aspirants turn violent
July 25th, 2011 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh), July 25 (IANS) Thousands of police job aspirants here Monday turned violent, damaging vehicles and public property and fought pitched battles with the police after they were ... Read more...
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Businessman’s murder sparks clashes in uttar Pradesh
July 19th, 2011 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 19 (IANS) A businessman's murder sparked violent protests in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Ambedkarnagar Tuesday as the locals targeted vehicles, public property and fought pitched battles with ... Read more...
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Locals clash with police over death of worker
May 5th, 2011 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh), May 5 (IANS) Tension prevailed here Thursday after a mob fought pitched battles with the police, torched vehicles and damaged public property after a sanitation employee was ... Read more...
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Students clash with police in Bulandshahr
April 29th, 2011 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh), April 28 (IANS) Agitated over being allotted low marks in their exams due to poor attendance, a large number of students of a private engineering college in ... Read more...
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UP Police baton charge BJP activists in Ghaziabad, Kanpur
March 29th, 2011 - 8:39 pm ICT by ANI
Ghaziabad/Kanpur, Mar 29 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday baton charged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists, who were protesting against Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Government in the state.The agitating ... Read more...
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Police thrash Mumbai college students
March 12th, 2011 - 9:25 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Mar. 12 (ANI):Police baton charged college students here on Saturday while they were demonstrating against the authorities of Shri Chinai College of Commerce and Economics for not allowing some students to ... Read more...
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Professor removes Muslim student’s veil, arrested
January 8th, 2011 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 8 (IANS) A professor of St Xavier's College was arrested here Saturday after members of the Muslim community demonstrated against him for removing a female student's veil, police said.Father Imframe ... Read more...
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PDP supporters slam Abdullah Govt. over inflation
January 4th, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by ANI
Jammu, Jan 4 (ANI): Supporters of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) staged a protest against the State Government here on Tuesday to protest over the rising prices of essential commodities.The protestors led ... Read more...
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50 hurt in Pakistan stampede
September 29th, 2010 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 29 (IANS) At least 50 people were injured in a stampede during distribution of relief cards among flood affected people in Pakistan's Nowshera town Wednesday.The cards - called "Watan cards" ... Read more...
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Students go on rampage following classmate’s death
September 6th, 2010 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Ballia (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 6 (IANS) The death of a college student, mowed down by a private bus in this Uttar Pradesh district Monday, sparked violence as several students indulged in brick-batting, ... Read more...
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Resident doctors’ strike in Rajasthan hits medical services
September 6th, 2010 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Sep 6 (IANS) A strike by around 1,200 resident doctors in all six government medical colleges and their attached hospitals in Rajasthan has left medical services crippled in the state.
While ... Read more...
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15 killed in West Bengal accident (Lead)
August 29th, 2010 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 29 (IANS) At least 15 people were killed and around 25 were injured when a bus fell into a ditch in West Bengal's Coochbehar district Sunday. Locals later went on ... Read more...
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Police baton charge contractual teachers in Muzaffarnagar
July 28th, 2010 - 1:08 pm ICT by ANI
By SarfarazMuzaffarnagar, July 28 (ANI): Police personnel baton charged hundreds of protesting Shiksha Mitra (contractual teacher) at Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh.The teachers were demanding training, permanent jobs and better salaries on Tuesday.As ... Read more...
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Mixed response to ABVP Jharkhand strike
July 2nd, 2010 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, July 2 (IANS) The dawn-to-dusk strike by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) to protest police baton charge on its workers evoked a mixed response in Jharkhand Friday.
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ABVP stages shutdown to protest police baton-charge in Jharkhand
July 2nd, 2010 - 9:06 pm ICT by ANI
Ranchi (Jharkhand), July 2 (ANI): The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) called for a 24-hour shutdown here on Friday against the police baton-charge on protesting college students at the Governor house on ... Read more...
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Police baton charge mob protesting against construction of new flyover in U.P.
June 15th, 2010 - 10:38 pm ICT by ANI
Etawa (Uttar Pradesh), June 15 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh Police resorted to baton charge to quell an agitated mob in Uttar Pradesh's Etawa on Tuesday.The local residents were protesting against the construction ... Read more...
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Police baton-charge mob in Varanasi
May 16th, 2010 - 10:43 pm ICT by ANI
Varanasi, May 16 (ANI): The Police in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi resorted to baton-charge to quell a mob during an anti-encroachment drive on Sunday. The drive started in the areas of Nai Sarak ... Read more...
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Bihar rights panel moved over illegal cremation
May 5th, 2010 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 5 (IANS) Families of three youths allegedly cremated in an illegal manner by police here have moved Bihar's human rights commission for registration of criminal cases against policemen and officials ... Read more...
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Seven policemen injured as mob attacks police station in Patna
April 23rd, 2010 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI
Patna, Apr 23 (ANI): At least seven policemen were injured when residents of Ramdhani Road protesting the murder of a local man, attacked the Malasalami police station here with stones on Friday.Vijay ... Read more...
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Himachal Congress activists baton charged, detained
April 9th, 2010 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 9 (IANS) At least 11 Congress activists were injured and 40 detained here Friday after police resorted to baton charge to disperse them while they were blockading the Shimla-Chandigarh ... Read more...
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UP police baton charge protesting Kanpur lawyers
April 8th, 2010 - 11:30 pm ICT by ANI
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Apr 8 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh police baton-charged the protesting lawyers at the Kanpur district court premises here on Thursday.The lawyers in return pelted stones at the police personnel ... Read more...
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Etawah road accident sparks off agitation
March 24th, 2010 - 3:07 pm ICT by ANI
Etawah (Uttar Pradesh), Mar 24 (ANI): Etawah locals turned violent on Wednesday following the death of a youth in a head on car-bike collision.The violent locals damaged public property and pelted stones ... Read more...
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Police baton charge Lucknow teachers
February 23rd, 2010 - 12:38 pm ICT by ANI
Lucknow, Feb 23 (ANI): Police resorted to a baton-charge here on Monday to control a mob of unemployed aspiring teachers who were demanding jobs.Graduates of B.Ed (Bachelors of Education) and B.P.Ed ... Read more...
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Mob blocks traffic after girl run over
February 14th, 2010 - 2:03 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) A speeding water tanker Saturday ran over a three-and-a-half-year-old girl in south Delhi leading to protests by her parents and relatives. Police had to baton charge the ... Read more...
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Students protest against coaching centres in Patna (Lead)
February 9th, 2010 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Feb 9 (IANS) Protests by more than 1,000 students against private coaching institutes here Tuesday turned ugly when police fired tear gas shells and resorted to baton charge to disperse the ... Read more...
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Police baton charge unruly protesters demanding quota
February 8th, 2010 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Police fired tear gas shells, used water cannons and resorted to baton charge to disperse hundreds of protesters from the Jat community demanding reservation here Monday evening.
The ... Read more...
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Film Veer angers Rajputs in Jaipur
January 30th, 2010 - 9:27 pm ICT by ANI
Jaipur, Jan 30 (ANI): Several hundred youth attacked a multiplex screening the Bollywood film 'Veer' in Jaipur on Saturday.The protestors, belonging to Rajput Kathni Sena also vandalized property to protest against ... Read more...
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Violent protests in Kashmir over security bunker
January 27th, 2010 - 11:39 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Jan.27 (ANI): Violent protests erupted in Srinagar on Wednesday over a security bunker in Srinagar's main bus stand, which according to the locals is causing many problems to them.Residents of Batmaloo ... Read more...
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