Deserted roads, packed pubs as Bangalore watches cricket
April 2nd, 2011 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 2 (IANS) Near-empty shopping complexes and malls, virtually deserted roads but packed pubs and clubs was the scene in Bangalore and major towns across Karnataka as the India-Sri ... Read more...
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Trader looted of Rs.8 lakh in Ghaziabad
March 28th, 2011 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, March 28 (IANS) Motorcycle-borne men shot at and robbed a steel trader of Rs.8 lakh here Monday, police said.The incident occurred in the afternoon in Nehru Nagar locality.According to ... Read more...
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Rs.20 lakh looted from car showroom, guard murdered
January 17th, 2011 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
Panchkula (Haryana), Jan 17 (IANS) Some unidentified men looted nearly Rs.20 lakh in cash from a car showroom here after murdering a security guard on duty, police said Monday.The incident took ... Read more...
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Mathur cuisine moves from home to restaurant (Eating Out With IANS)
August 11th, 2010 - 11:31 am ICT by IANS
By V. Jagannathan
Chennai, Aug 11 (IANS) A critic need not be a performer, goes the general saying. Not true for Anoothi Vishal who has moved from being a restaurant reviewer to hosting ... Read more...
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Government honour roll sparks outrage in Nepal
May 31st, 2010 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, May 31 (IANS) Already under fire for having failed to write a new constitution in two years, Nepal's government Monday came under fresh attack from human rights groups, the ... Read more...
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Criminals open fire on rival gang members in police custody
August 25th, 2009 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Aug 25 (IANS) Half a dozen armed criminals opened fire on two members of a rival gang who were being taken to a local court in police custody Tuesday, officials said. ... Read more...
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Police arrest two youths for robbery
July 27th, 2009 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) An alert passer-by prevented two youths from escaping after he saw them throw chilly powder in the eyes of a goods supplier and snatch his money, police ... Read more...
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Apex court bans Tamil Nadu’s post-Pongal bull fight till Feb 13 (Lead)
January 30th, 2009 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday temporarily banned - till Feb 13 - Tamil Nadu's post-Pongal traditional sport Jallikattu involving bullfights.A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice ... Read more...
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Supreme Court urged to ban Tamil Nadu’s post-Pongal bullfight
January 7th, 2009 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court, which had last year temporarily allowed Tamil Nadu's post-Pongal traditional sport Jallikattu involving bullfights, Wednesday faced a renewed plea by an animal rights ... Read more...
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Punjab police officer’s son held for jewellery theft
October 12th, 2008 - 2:27 am ICT by IANS
Jalandhar, Oct 12 (IANS) The Punjab Police Saturday evening arrested son of a senior police officer in a robbery case involving diamonds and jewellery worth Rs.15 million from a Mumbai-based trader Thursday ... Read more...
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Man detains father, two sisters for 15 years in Pakistan
August 3rd, 2008 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 3 (IANS) A man and his two daughters in Pakistan were kept confined for the last 15 years by none other than the man's son -- and they survived on ... Read more...
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Adulterated spices seized in Nagpur
June 30th, 2008 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, June 30 (IANS) Huge stocks of adulterated spices along with harmful substances were seized Monday when the crime branch of the city police raided a spice factory here. The products confiscated ... Read more...
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Trader fakes robbery to claim Rs.3.5 mn insurance
June 19th, 2008 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, June 19 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh police claimed Thursday that a jeweller from Punjab's Amritsar town filed a false case alleging robbery of 3.5 kg of gold worth Rs.3.5 million to make ... Read more...
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Trader robbed of 3.5 kg gold in Chhattisgarh
June 19th, 2008 - 12:46 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, June 18 (IANS) A trader from Punjab was Wednesday robbed of 3.5 kg of gold at a busy area of this Chhattisgarh capital as two men threw chilly powder into his ... Read more...
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Undertrial escapes from Lucknow court
May 2nd, 2008 - 10:08 pm ICT by admin
Lucknow, May 2 (IANS) An undertrial escaped from the Lucknow district court Friday in the second such incident within less than a month. Identified as Nadeem, the undertrial was arrested by the ... Read more...
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Two prisoners escape from police custody in Agra
April 12th, 2008 - 5:16 am ICT by admin
Agra, April 11 (IANS) Two under-trails prisoners escaped from police custody Friday in Uttar Pradesh after throwing red chilly powder in the eyes of policeman escorting them to a court here. The ... Read more...
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Robbers escape with Rs.3 mn from collection van in Delhi
April 7th, 2008 - 11:41 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Unidentified men Monday robbed a van, used for collecting cash from liquor shops in Delhi, and escaped with Rs.3 million. A security guard was injured in the ... Read more...
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Maharashtra minister orders probe into assault on scribe
March 2nd, 2008 - 9:09 pm ICT by admin
Akola (Maharashtra), March 2 (IANS) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Miniter R.R. Patil Sunday ordered the state Crime Investigation Department (CID) to probe the murderous assault on a journalist who had exposed a sex ... Read more...
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