case of mistaken identity

Maoists kill Reliance Power official in Jharkhand (Second Lead)


April 6th, 2011 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, April 6 (IANS) Two members of a Maoist group Wednesday shot dead a general manager of Reliance Power and injured the company's vice president in Jharkhand's Chatra district, police ... Read more...

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Hostages rescued from Somali pirates say they were threatened, tortured


March 16th, 2011 - 4:40 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Mar 16 (ANI): The hostages, who were rescued from the Somali pirates, speaking of their captivity on Wednesday said the pirates tortured the officers and threatened everyone with guns."The officers were ... Read more...

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ICC has no plans to move matches from Bangladesh: Lorgat


March 6th, 2011 - 2:07 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Mar 6 (ANI): Condemning the attack on the West Indies team bus by Bangladesh fans, ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat has that there are no immediate plans to move games from ... Read more...

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Bangladesh fans stone Windies bus after team’s World Cup loss


March 5th, 2011 - 9:35 am ICT by ANI
Dhaka, Mar. 5 (ANI): Angry Bangladesh fans stoned the West Indies bus on Friday after the home team crashed to a humiliating nine-wicket defeat in the cricket World Cup.Two windows of the ... Read more...

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Drunk man who had mistaken sex with wrong woman cleared of ‘rape’ charges


February 27th, 2011 - 12:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 27 (ANI): A man accused of raping a woman walked free from court after convincing a jury that he had mistakenly stumbled into the wrong bed.Haydor Khan, from Farnham, said ... Read more...

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Fresh evidence says Sarabjit is innocent: Pakistani lawyer


December 6th, 2010 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 6 (IANS) A new mercy petition for Sarabjit Singh - the Indian who is on death row in Pakistan - has been sent to the president of that country, ... Read more...

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Woman Finds Her Eye Shut After Mistakenly Using Glue Instead Of Eye Drops


October 9th, 2010 - 8:07 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
October 9, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): A woman from Arizona experienced a strange sort of adventure yesterday when she found her eyes shut firmly. The resident of Glendale had had ... Read more...

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Doctor at four? Just a case of mistaken identity


September 26th, 2010 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Auckland, Sep 26 (IANS) A four-year-old girl in New Zealand was mistaken for her namesake, a qualified orthopaedician, and forms for a medical scholarship were sent to her home. Authorities at the North ... Read more...

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Vinaychand A Case Of Mistaken Identity


September 20th, 2010 - 6:26 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 20, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Good actors often have to suffer from mistaken identity and this time Swapnil Joshi became its victim, although a bit hilariously. Swapnil Joshi plays the ... Read more...

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Ronaldo mistaken for ‘The Situation’


July 10th, 2010 - 3:56 pm ICT by ANI
New York, July 10 (ANI): Is it easy to confuse Cristiano Ronaldo with a 'Jersey Shore' cast-mate? Evidently, it is.When Ronaldo walked into a dining room Wednesday with gelled hair, dark tan ... Read more...

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Hilton freed in marijuana case


July 3rd, 2010 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, July 3 (IANS) Socialite Paris Hilton, detained at Port Elizabeth in South Africa Friday for possessing marijuana, has been given a clean chit by officials. Hilton was questioned by police ... Read more...

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Pak man arrested in Chile on terror charges claims case of ‘mistaken identity’


June 10th, 2010 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI
Santiago (Chile), Jun.10 (ANI): Mohammed Saif-ur-Rehman Khan, the Pakistani student who was charged for illegal possession of explosives in Chile, has once again denied all terror charges, saying he is still trying ... Read more...

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Railway employee shot dead in Greater Noida


April 28th, 2010 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Greater Noida, April 28 (IANS) A railway cabinman was killed in a case of mistaken identity here, police said Wednesday.Om Prakash Srivastava, a resident of Pratapgarh, posted at Ajaibpur railway station (Greater ... Read more...

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DU teacher asked to depose against Maoist leader


April 5th, 2010 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) A Delhi University lecturer, who was questioned for his links with the Left-wing rebels, was Monday asked to be a witness in a case against Maoist leader ... Read more...

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Shoaib doesn’t want anticipatory bail, says his lawyer


April 5th, 2010 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) A lawyer for Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik Monday said that Malik had told him not to file for anticipatory bail since he was cooperating with the Hyderabad ... Read more...

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UK event to make Internet users more security conscious


March 6th, 2010 - 5:42 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 6 (ANI): It has emerged that Sunderland City Council has teamed up with a group of academic researchers to put on an exciting interactive event aimed at making Internet ... Read more...

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Tamil Nadu gets new police chief after cop’s killing


January 9th, 2010 - 1:13 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 8 (IANS) A day after a police officer was killed by a gang in broad daylight, the Tamil Nadu government Friday appointed Letika Saran as the Director General of Police ... Read more...

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PREVIEW: Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (2009)


October 29th, 2009 - 3:17 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
CAST:STARRING –RANBIR KAPOOR, KATRINA KAIF, UPEN PATEL, DARSHAN JARIWALACREW:BANNER- TIPS INDUSTRIES LIMITED PRESENTS TIPS FILMSDIRECTED BY– RAJKUMAR SANTOSHIPRODUCED BY– RAMESH .S. TAURANICREATIVE PRODUCER– JAY SHEWAKRAMANIMUSIC DIRECTOR– PRITAMLYRICS– IRSHAD KAMILDIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY– ... Read more...

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When Merseyside referee Foy booked the wrong Man U player


October 29th, 2009 - 2:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct. 29 (ANI): Though Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson has admitted that referee Chris Foy was correct to show striker Gary Neville a red card in the Carling Cup win ... Read more...

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Connaught Place shootout: life term for 10 cops upheld


September 18th, 2009 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Delhi High Court Friday upheld the life sentence for the 10 police officials convicted for shooting down two innocent businessmen in Connaught Place here 12 years ago. A ... Read more...

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Sarabjit’s new lawyer confident of his release


August 16th, 2009 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
By Alkesh Sharma Amritsar, Aug 16 (IANS) The newly-appointed lawyer representing Sarabjit Singh, an Indian prisoner on death row in Pakistan on terrorism charges, is confident of his client being pardoned now ... Read more...

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Sarabjit Singh’s lawyer meets his family in Amritsar


August 14th, 2009 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Aug 14 (IANS) The lawyer representing Sarabjit Singh, an Indian prisoner on a death row in Pakistan on terrorism charges, Friday said the case of his client was crucial to ties ... Read more...

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4 MNS activists held for gang rape of maid


July 25th, 2009 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 25 (IANS) Four activists said to belong to Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) were arrested here Saturday on charges of gang raping a minor girl working as a ... Read more...

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Parents cry foul over police gunning of their MBA son


July 4th, 2009 - 7:50 pm ICT by ANI
Dehradun (Uttaranchal), July 4 (ANI): Parents of an MBA student who was allegedly shot dead by police in an encounter, are crying foul.Twenty-two year-old Ranbir Singh's parents said on Saturday that ... Read more...

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A ray of hope for the Sarabjit Singh from Pakistan’s apex court (Lead)


June 21st, 2009 - 11:00 pm ICT by ANI
By Ravinder Singh RobinBhikhiwind, June 21 (ANI): A ray of hope has emerged for Sarabjit Singh alias Manjeet Singh's family, as the Pakistani Supreme Court will hear three criminal review petitions on ... Read more...

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Scientists develop new cleaning protocol for future ’search for life’ missions


June 9th, 2009 - 3:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 9 (ANI): Scientists have developed a new cleaning protocol for space hardware, such as the scoops of Mars rovers, which could be used on future "Search for Life" missions on ... Read more...

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When Perry hung around with Shyamalan’s lookalike


April 21st, 2009 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 21 (IANS) Former "Friends" star Matthew Perry was once left red-faced after spending a whole evening talking to director M. Night Shyamalan before realising the man was a lookalike. Contactmusic.com reports ... Read more...

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64yr-old grandma sues Oz state for strip search in public


December 26th, 2008 - 1:04 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, December 26 (ANI): A sexagenarian woman is suing the Australian State of New South Wales for being strip searched and arrested on a busy Sydney street in a police case ... Read more...

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Bhiwani officials shunted out after police firing


December 23rd, 2008 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 22 (IANS) The Haryana government Monday evening shunted out the deputy commissioner and the superintendent of police of Bhiwani district following an incident of police firing that left two youngsters ... Read more...

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Six Afghan policemen killed in US air raid


December 10th, 2008 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Dec 10 (Xinhua) An air strike by US-led coalition troops Wednesday in the southern Afghan province of Zabul killed six policemen and one civilian, the provincial police said. The attack was ... Read more...

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Haryana police kill youth ‘by mistake’


November 3rd, 2008 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
Bhiwani (Haryana), Nov 3 (IANS) The Haryana government Monday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the killing of a college student by the police near here, even as the police said they had ... Read more...

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Pak HR minister Farooq Naek to meet Sarabjit Singh in jail on Monday


October 3rd, 2008 - 3:11 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore , Oct 3 (ANI): Pakistan s Law and Human Rights Minister Farooq H. Naek will meet Indian national Sarabjit Singh, who has been lodged in Lahore s Kotlakhpat Jail for ... Read more...

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Mumbai blast suspects turn out to be ‘innocents’ (Lead, Changing dateline)


September 8th, 2008 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Mumbai, Sep 8 (IANS) In a major embarrassment to the Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI), a Mumbai court Monday said the two suspects the agency nabbed in Nepal last week were ... Read more...

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BBC sting exposes massive illegal Indian immigrant network in London (Lead)


July 17th, 2008 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
By Venkata Vemuri London, July 17 (IANS) In an undercover investigation the BBC has exposed a London-based criminal network that used fake passports, identity documents and human carriers to bring in illegal migrants, ... Read more...

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Punched Amy Winehouse fan has no complaints


July 1st, 2008 - 6:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 1 (ANI): The man who was punched by Amy Winehouse has nothing to complaint about, for he feels glad to have been hit by the singer.James Gostelow has claimed ... Read more...

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