Adopted son sentenced to death for murdering parents, wife
September 4th, 2012 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) A court here sentenced to death a 28-year-old man who murdered his parents, who had adopted him, and his pregnant wife in 2008, terming him ... Read more...
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Cameron wants Pakistan to act on British family’s murder
August 28th, 2012 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 28 (IANS) Prime Minister David Cameron is putting pressure on the Pakistan government to ensure that justice was done to a visiting British family which was killed ... Read more...
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Slain Maoist leader Azad’s wife arrested in Andhra
June 10th, 2012 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 10 (IANS) Police in Andhra Pradesh's Warangal district Sunday arrested slain Maoist leader Azad's wife Padma, alias Sitakka, and six other women Maoists.Padma, leader of women's wing of ... Read more...
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UNSC discusses Syria at closed-door meeting
May 31st, 2012 - 2:35 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, May 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The UN Security Council held a closed-door meeting to discuss the situation in Syria following a massacre of more than 100 civilians in the ... Read more...
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Assam ‘Maoists’ were murdered: PUDR
May 15th, 2012 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The People's Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) Tuesday accused security forces of killing four young men in Assam in cold blood and branding them Maoists.A ... Read more...
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Six UP cops booked for murdering colleague
May 9th, 2012 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 9 (IANS) Six Uttar Pradesh policemen were Wednesday booked for the murder last year of a sub-inspector, police said.According to police, the case is related to the death ... Read more...
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Soldiers killed five in cold blood, CBI tells apex court
March 19th, 2012 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday accused, in the apex court, army personnel of killing five "innocent" people in cold blood in the wake ... Read more...
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‘The Devil Inside’ does not scare much (IANS Movie Review)
March 4th, 2012 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "The Devil Inside"; Cast: Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth; Director: William Brent Bell; Rating: * 1/2When "Paranormal Activity" came in 2007, the premise and shooting style was so simple ... Read more...
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Kishenji’s killing a setback for Maoists: Narayanan
December 5th, 2011 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 5 (IANS) The gunning down of top Maoist leader Kishenji will not end the guerrilla movement but it is a setback for the rebels, West Bengal Governor M.K. ... Read more...
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Two sent to custody for aiding Maoist leader
November 30th, 2011 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 30 (IANS) Two people suspected to have aided Maoist leader Suchitra Mahato in escaping from security forces were Wednesday sent to seven days' police custody by a local ... Read more...
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Kishenji was given three days to surrender: Mamata
November 27th, 2011 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 27 (IANS) Claiming that slain Maoist leader Kishenji had been given three days' time to surrender by security forces after he was tracked down, West Bengal Chief ... Read more...
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Six bullet wounds among 20 injuries on Kishenji’s body: Autopsy
November 27th, 2011 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 27 (IANS) There were 20 injuries, including six bullet wounds and two induced by shrapnel, on the body of killed Maoist leader Kishenji, according to the initial autopsy ... Read more...
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CPI-Maoist calls shutdown to protest Kishenji killing
November 27th, 2011 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Nov 27 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has called for two-day "Bharat bandh" Dec 4-5 to protest against the killing of its politburo member Kishenji.The central ... Read more...
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Strands of similarity in Azad, Kishenji killings
November 26th, 2011 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 26 (IANS) There is a time gap of almost 17 months between the violent deaths of top Maoist leaders Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad and M. Koteshwar Rao ... Read more...
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Post Kishenji, security forces hunt for Maoists (Roundup)
November 25th, 2011 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
Jhargram/Kolkata, Nov 25 (IANS) A day after killing senior Maoist leader Kishenji, security forces Friday hunted for his comrades in a large swathe of West Midnapore in West Bengal amid ... Read more...
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Dasgupta dials Chidambaram, says Kishenji murdered
November 25th, 2011 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata/New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) Claiming he had information that Maoist leader Kishenji was arrested and "murdered in cold blood", Communist Party of India (CPI) MP Gurudas Dasgupta Friday ... Read more...
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Maoists call two-day Bengal shutdown
November 25th, 2011 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 25 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas Friday called a two-day shutdown in West Bengal from Saturday to protest against the killing of rebel leader Kishenji in what they said was ... Read more...
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Left blames US-NATO for Gaddafi killing
October 21st, 2011 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) A day after Muammar Gaddafi was killed, the Left parties Friday accused the US-NATO combine for launching a "blatant aggression" for a regime change to ... Read more...
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Ex-minister sent back to jail after ‘illness’
September 5th, 2011 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 5 (IANS) Jailed former Uttar Pradesh minister Amarmani Tripathi, who had managed to spend three months out of prison under the pretext of "illness", was on Monday sent ... Read more...
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Karachi killing: Guilty Rangers must be punished, says daily
June 11th, 2011 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 11 (IANS) The Sindh Rangers personnel, who gunned down an alleged robber in a Karachi park, committed a wanton and unjustified killing and must be punished to the ... Read more...
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Harper Lee’s biog to reveal why she stopped writing after debut novel
April 28th, 2011 - 3:25 pm ICT by ANI
Nearly 51 years after the book's publication, Lee has agreed to co-operate with a new biographythat will finally put to rest the mystery why the author never wrote again and vanished ... Read more...
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‘True Grit’ a tomb of missed opportunities (IANS Film Review)
February 26th, 2011 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
By Satyen K. Bordoloi
Film: "True Grit"; Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen; Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin; Rating: **1/2It is always disappointing when despite a rich source in literature ... Read more...
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‘Even German civilians took part in killing concentration camp survivors’
January 18th, 2011 - 1:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 18 (ANI): A new book 'The Death Marches: The Final Phase of Nazi Genocide' by author Daniel Blatman chronicles how German civilians murdered many concentration camp survivors.The book depicts how ... Read more...
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Capital rage again - man killed after dispute in shop
January 12th, 2011 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) In another killing triggered by blinding rage, a 19-year-old youth allegedly stabbed to death a man following an argument in a north Delhi shop when he was ... Read more...
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Capital rage: This city has a history of gruesome crimes (With Airlines pilot crushes man in Delhi’s Khan Market)
January 11th, 2011 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The timing could not have been more ironical. Just when a moving "No One Killed Jessica" was reminding everyone about the ruthless murder that took place in ... Read more...
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Honymoon bride killed in cold blood: South African medico
December 26th, 2010 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 26 (IANS) The Indian-origin bride killed while on honeymoon in South Africa last month was executed in cold blood and had not been sexually assaulted, a paramedic said in his ... Read more...
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Brit-Indian bride ‘was executed in cold blood’ in South Africa
December 26th, 2010 - 1:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 26(ANI): Brit-Indian honeymooner Anni Dewani, who was shot dead in South Africa last month, was executed in cold blood, a leaked medical report has suggested.According to the Daily Mail, a ... Read more...
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CPI-M calls killings ‘dastardly’
December 17th, 2010 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Friday described as "dastardly" the killing of seven Left Front activists in West Bengal."This is the first time such a big ... Read more...
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Now, Internet ‘hacktivists’ target Amazon for refusing trade with WikiLeaks
December 10th, 2010 - 2:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 10 (ANI): WikiLeaks supporters have vowed to wreak havoc on companies that are deemed as enemies of the whistleblowing website, and UK's biggest online retailer Amazon has been cited as ... Read more...
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Thirty years on, he’s still the real Nowhere Man (Tribute) (Dec 8 is John Lennon’s death anniversary)
December 7th, 2010 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
By Mohita Nagpal
Sometimes, words fail you. When a musician is equally revered as a peace campaigner, when his songs become an anthem for anti-war groups, when he attains a place beyond ... Read more...
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Ex-IGP gets life imprisonment in Naxalite A. Varghese murder case
October 29th, 2010 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
By Rajesh GaurNew Delhi, Oct 29 (ANI): Former Inspector-General of Police K Lakshmana, who was convicted by a CBI court for the murder of Naxalite leader A Varghese 40 years ago, was ... Read more...
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Ex IGP Lakshamana sentenced to life imprisonment in fake encounter case
October 28th, 2010 - 6:10 pm ICT by ANI
Kochi, Oct 28 (ANI): A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here on Thursday sentenced former IGP K Lakshamana to life imprisonment in Naxal leader Arikkad Varghese fake encounter case and ... Read more...
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Former Kerala cop gets life term for Maoist’s murder
October 28th, 2010 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Oct 28 (IANS) A 40-year-old case came back to haunt a retired Kerala police officer Thursday when he was sentenced to life imprisonment by a CBI Special Court for killing a ... Read more...
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Daniel Radcliffe To Play A Vampire In Special ‘Simpsons’ Episode
October 25th, 2010 - 4:48 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 25, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): “Harry Potter” star Daniel Radcliffe will be next seen onscreen in the role of a vampire claims reports circulating in the media. And before you arrive ... Read more...
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Andhra police gun down criminal, family cries foul
October 5th, 2010 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 5 (IANS) A notorious criminal was killed in a shootout with police in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district Tuesday, but his family alleges he was murdered in cold blood and claims ... Read more...
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