Marathi actor arrested in Goa parlour raid
September 7th, 2012 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 7 (IANS) Marathi actor Sachit Pati was arrested along with five others when police raided a Goa massage parlour and rescued five women, officials said Friday.The six were ... Read more...
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Five women rescued from Goa ‘massage parlour’
September 7th, 2012 - 1:24 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 6 (IANS) Five women were Thursday rescued from a massage parlour in Goa's Porvorim where they were made to provide sexual services to patrons and a Marathi film ... Read more...
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Teenager rapes Class 9 girl in Delhi
July 14th, 2012 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) A 15-year-old Class 9 girl was raped by a 17-year-old boy residing in her neighbour here, police said Saturday. The boy has been arrested.The ... Read more...
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Pakistani singer gunned down
June 19th, 2012 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 19 (IANS) Famous Pashto singer Ghazala Javed and her father were shot dead by motorcycle-borne gunmen in Pakistan's Peshawar city, police said.The attack took place in Dabgari area ... Read more...
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Woman jumps from Gurgaon high rise, dies
May 7th, 2012 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, May 7 (IANS) A 28-year-old woman jumped to her death Monday from the sixth floor of an apartment building, police said.Minakshi, the wife of 34-year-old Amit Kumar, jumped to ... Read more...
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Band baaja baarat on Delhi streets Tuesday
April 23rd, 2012 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Come Tuesday, all roads in the capital will turn into one huge marriage procession. Delhi residents, be prepared for blaring music and traffic snarls as ... Read more...
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Tax hikes to hit household budgets
April 1st, 2012 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Household budgets will be hit hard as the two percent increase in service tax and excise duty contained in the budget for 2012-13 came ... Read more...
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Spirituality, fiction and business on bookshelf (IANS Books Review)
March 17th, 2012 - 2:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) This weekend, the bookshelf explores some profound truths of life. Browse with IANS.1. "Change Your Life, Change the World"; Written by Ryuho Okawa; Published ... Read more...
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Man kills wife nagging him to give up drugs
February 22nd, 2012 - 12:53 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) A 36-year-old property dealer in west Delhi was arrested for murdering his wife, who was repeatedly urging him to give up his drugs habit, said ... Read more...
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Software engineer, beautician commit suicide in Bhopal
January 27th, 2012 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 27 (IANS) An unemployed software engineer and a beautician whose husband had died two months ago committed suicide in two different incidents in the state capital Friday, ... Read more...
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Telugu actor’s death: Court reduces sentence of convict
December 28th, 2011 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 28 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh High Court Wednesday reduced the jail sentence of G. Siddhartha Reddy, a convict in the death of Telugu actress Pratyusha in 2002, to ... Read more...
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Three held for robbery in west Delhi
November 10th, 2011 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Three people, including two women, were arrested for robbing Rs.3.5 lakh from a house in west Delhi last month, police said Thursday.Shahnawaz, his lover ... Read more...
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Two shot dead in beauty parlour
September 28th, 2011 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
Guatemala City, Sep 28 (IANS/EFE) Two women were fatally shot at a beauty parlour in the Guatemalan capital, a police official said.Jaime Otzin, head of the national police, said the ... Read more...
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Woman held for forcing daughter into prostitution
June 30th, 2011 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 30 (IANS) A woman has been arrested from Punjab's industrial town of Phagwara for allegedly forcing her minor daughter into prostitution, police said Thursday.Dimple had forced her 13-year-old ... Read more...
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Nigerian arrested for murdering girlfriend
May 31st, 2011 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) A Nigerian national was arrested from south Delhi for murdering his Myanmarese girlfriend and dumping her body in a travel bag earlier this month, police ... Read more...
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College security supervisor booked for molesting student
January 29th, 2011 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
Mohali (Punjab), Jan 29 (IANS) The security supervisor of a law college here has been booked for molesting a first year student, police said Saturday.Amandeep Singh, in his late 30s, is the ... Read more...
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Three Indians nabbed for ’sex tourism’ in Nepal
January 9th, 2011 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Jan 9 (IANS) Nepal's Tourism Year 2011 has claimed the first Indian casualties with police arresting three men for allegedly seeking commercial sex in the capital.Rafiq Hussain, 40, Shahid ... Read more...
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IIT-aspirant arrested for Delhi teacher’s killing
December 21st, 2010 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) A teen-aged youth was arrested for murdering his landlord, a retired school teacher, in his home in a south Delhi locality Sunday, police said Tuesday.Devendra Kishore Joshi, ... Read more...
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Berlusconi dismisses new escort claims as trash (Lead)
October 29th, 2010 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Milan, Oct 29 (IANS/AKI) Italy's flamboyant Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Thursday dismissed as "media trash" allegations of sexual antics with various women, including a 17-year-old Moroccan girl called Ruby at his Milan ... Read more...
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SDM hauls up Goa police officer for staging raid
July 7th, 2010 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 7 (IANS) A sub-divisional magistrate has hauled up a police inspector and asked him to release 29 women who were "rescued" last week from an alleged prostitution ring operating in ... Read more...
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Telestar’s Sweet Confession to their Moms!
May 8th, 2010 - 3:25 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
May 08, 2010 (Sampurn Wire):Some one had said it true that GOD cannot be everywhere and thus he made mother. She is the one who always cares for you but unknowingly ... Read more...
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Movie Review: City of Gold(2010)
April 23rd, 2010 - 9:13 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
April 23, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): City of Gold- Manjrekar back in form!Rating: 3.5 out of 5*Starring: Ankush Choudhary, Siddharth Jadhav, Sachin Khedekar, Sameer Dharmadhikari, Karan Patel, Seema Biswas, Shashank Shende and ... Read more...
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Please clear this ‘Women’s bill’ too!
March 27th, 2010 - 10:18 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Indian polity witnessed history when the Women's Reservation Bill was finally cleared in both houses (Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha). This historic bill allows for 33 % reservation for women in parliament ... Read more...
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Madhya Pradesh orders removal of ‘vulgar’ hoardings
January 15th, 2010 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 15 (IANS) Efforts to rid the state of all obscene posters and hoardings as per Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's instructions are underway in Madhya Pradesh, officials said Friday. ... Read more...
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Hostel for pooches in Bihar to ease dog owners’ worries
November 13th, 2009 - 2:27 pm ICT by ANI
Sonepur (Bihar), Nov 13 (ANI): A hostel for pooches in the Sonepur region of Bihar has solved the problems of pet owners looking for a place where they can leave their pets ... Read more...
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Triple murder case in Madhya Pradesh town solved
October 9th, 2009 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Oct 9 (IANS) Police in Madhya Pradesh's Dewas town Friday claimed to have solved the triple murder - of a married woman and her two minor children - Thursday night with ... Read more...
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Russians Oligarchs’ London pad to rival Queen’s palace
September 27th, 2009 - 1:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 27 (ANI): A high-profile Russian political family is all set to give stiff competition to the Queen's Buckingham Palace, as they plan British capital's second biggest residential building at a ... Read more...
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Hotel manager held for raping minors in Uttar Pradesh
August 21st, 2009 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 21 (IANS) A hotel manager has been arrested for allegedly raping two minor girls for the last two years and holding them captive in Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh, police ... Read more...
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Pretending to be someone else is “like a drug”, says Penelope Cruz
August 21st, 2009 - 4:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 21 (ANI): Penelope Cruz has said that she is hooked on to disguising herself because of the rush it gives her.The actress feels the habit of assuming someone else's identity ... Read more...
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Outrage over beauty parlour for kids aged 3 offering fake tattoos, alcohol-free champagne
August 17th, 2009 - 12:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 17 (ANI): A beauty parlour for kids as young as three has come under fire for offering makeovers, fake tattoos, and even a glass of alcohol-free champagne to its little ... Read more...
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Man loses life in freak accident
July 26th, 2009 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 26 (IANS) A freak accident here Sunday claimed the life of a middle-aged man, police said.
"Narinder Singh, 43, was coming out of a beauty parlour when this accident happened. When ... Read more...
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Malay women queuing for refreshing spa and salon services in jail
June 22nd, 2009 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, June 22 (ANI): Women are increasingly queuing up to go to the Kajang Prison (women's wing) in Malaysia, which has opened spa and salon services.Since it opened its doors ... Read more...
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Bookie arrested for lover’s murder
June 5th, 2009 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) A bookie was arrested here for the murder of a 29-year-old woman, whom he allegedly shot dead in front of her husband and child in February this ... Read more...
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Pak Punjab beauty parlours may soon be under tax net
May 8th, 2009 - 2:43 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, May 8 (ANI): Marred by sagging tax revenue collections, the government in Pakistan's Punjab Province is toying with the idea of bringing beauty parlours and private education institutions into the tax ... Read more...
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Beauty parlours in Rajkot give concessions to women voters
April 30th, 2009 - 6:10 pm ICT by ANI
By Suresh SoniRajkot, Apr 30 (ANI): Beauty parlours in Rajkot are giving special concessions to women who cast their vote.Voting for the third phase of general elections began here on ... Read more...
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