Bangladeshi man arrested in Assam
June 16th, 2012 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 16 (IANS) A Bangladeshi national was arrested in this main Assam city for illegal stay in India since 1993 and employment in a courier company, police said ... Read more...
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UP sweats as mercury soars past 40 degrees
May 14th, 2012 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 14 (IANS) A sudden and steep rise in day temperatures has sent people of Uttar Pradesh scurrying for cover. With the mercury soaring past 40 degree Celsius, the ... Read more...
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Sea horses recovered from Agra warehouse
April 5th, 2012 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, April 5 (IANS) The owners of an Agra-based firm were taken into custody after thousands of sea snakes, sea horses and various other sea creatures, some banned under the ... Read more...
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Agra jewellers down shutters to protest silver heist
February 21st, 2012 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Feb 21 (IANS) Jewellers and bullion merchants in Agra went on an indefinite strike Tuesday downing shutters to protest police failure to nab armed bandits who looted silver worth ... Read more...
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Silver worth Rs.3.5 crore looted in Mathura
February 20th, 2012 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Feb 20 (IANS) A courier company vehicle carrying silver worth Rs.3.5 crore from Agra to Delhi was looted by armed bandits in Mathura district late Sunday night, police said.According ... Read more...
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‘SMS’ good time pass, worth the money! (Telugu Movie Review)
February 12th, 2012 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "SMS"; Cast: Sudhir Babu, Regina, Vennela Kishor, Chanti, Priyanka, Hemanth and Rohini; Director: Satya Tatineni ; Producer: Vikram Raju; Composer: Selva Ganesh; Camera: Chitti Babu; Rating: ***"SMS" is a remake ... Read more...
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Man gets Rs.500,000 for courier firm’s negligence
January 22nd, 2012 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has granted Rs.500,000 compensation to a Kerala scientist who wanted to send his son's body parts for research ... Read more...
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A shampoo called Jan Lokpal
December 28th, 2011 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 28 (IANS) As Anna Hazare Wednesday vowed to continue his fight for a strong Lokpal bill, a man came along explaining the difference between the draft ... Read more...
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Three held for stealing money from IIT accounts
November 15th, 2011 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Three men who used forged cheques to withdraw around Rs.34 lakh from the bank accounts of Indian Institute of Technology Delhi have been arrested, police ... Read more...
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Man arrested for misusing Indian ambassador’s credit card
November 13th, 2011 - 12:17 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) An resident of Amritsar in Punjab was arrested for misusing the credit card of the Indian ambassador to Sudan and causing him a loss of ... Read more...
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Eight held for credit card fraud
October 20th, 2011 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Eight people were arrested here for fraudulently obtaining credit cards and duping banks of nearly Rs.35 lakh, police said Thursday.Sunder Kumar, Vikas Malik, Ashok Kumar, ... Read more...
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Gold items worth crores robbed in Delhi
June 22nd, 2011 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Four unidentified assailants waylaid the owner of a courier company and his two employees and robbed them of a gold jewellery consignment worth a few ... Read more...
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Andhra youth gets life for killing girl’s parents (Lead)
January 31st, 2011 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 31 (IANS) A youth was Monday sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Andhra Pradesh for murdering a couple and injuring their daughter because she had spurned his advances ... Read more...
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Andhra youth gets lifer for killing girl’s parents
January 31st, 2011 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 31 (IANS) A youth was Monday sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Andhra Pradesh for murdering a couple and injuring their daughter because she had spurned his advances ... Read more...
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Eight FDI proposals approved
December 15th, 2010 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 14 (IANS) India's Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has approved eight foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals totalling around Rs.883 crore (Rs.8.83 bn/over $195 mn approx), a government release said Tuesday.
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Gang of cyber hackers busted in capital
November 27th, 2010 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Three people, including two foreign nationals, were arrested Saturday for duping people into giving their bank account related information and then making unauthorised financial transactions through them, ... Read more...
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Gurgaon businessman’s decomposed body found
November 14th, 2010 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Nov 14 (IANS) Three days after the city-based owner of a courier company went missing, police Sunday recovered his decomposed body from his car in the DLF Phase-I area."This morning, we ... Read more...
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More bombs targeting embassies in Greece explode, cause no casualties
November 2nd, 2010 - 8:43 pm ICT by BNO News
ATHENS (BNO NEWS) -- Several more bombs exploded on Tuesday at the Swiss and Russian embassies in the Greek capital of Athens, without causing further casualties, police said. It happened soon after ... Read more...
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Parcel bomb addressed to Sarkozy found in Greece
November 2nd, 2010 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 2 (IANS) Greek police have detected explosive packages addressed to French President Nicolas Sarkozy and three foreign embassies in Athens, a media report said.The France-bound booby-trapped device was found in ... Read more...
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Parcel bomb addressed to the Mexican embassy explodes in Athens
November 1st, 2010 - 9:25 pm ICT by BNO News
ATHENS (BNO NEWS) -- A parcel bomb, addressed to the Mexican Embassy in Athens, exploded on Monday and caused minor injuries to an employee of a courier company, Greek media reported.Greek police ... Read more...
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Yemeni police arrest woman suspected of mailing printer bombs
October 31st, 2010 - 12:33 pm ICT by ANI
Sanaa (Yemen), Oct 31(ANI): Yemeni police have arrested a woman accused of posting parcel bombs on two United States-bound flights in an alleged Al-Qaeda plot thwarted in the United Kingdom and Dubai.The ... Read more...
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Cocaine worth Rs.50 million seized in Pune
October 12th, 2010 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Oct 12 (IANS) In one of the biggest seizures, the Pune customs (preventive wing) have seized a cocaine consignment worth around Rs.50 million ($1 million) from courier packets bound for Australia ... Read more...
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Smelly carton triggers scare at Kochi airport
July 25th, 2010 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, July 25 (IANS) There was some chaos and scare at Kerala's Kochi Airport Sunday when cargo loaders detected a loosely packed carton containing chemicals with a foul smell emanating from it.
The ... Read more...
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Gang involved in credit card cloning busted
July 3rd, 2010 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Delhi Police Saturday claimed to have busted a gang involved in cloning credit cards, debit cards and electronic data capture (EDC) machines.
"Ravinder Sunekha, Anil Kumar ... Read more...
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Six nabbed with Rs.13 million in Maharashtra
June 23rd, 2010 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Dhule (Maharashtra), June 23 (IANS) Six people were Wednesday arrested with bundles of currency notes amounting to Rs.13 million from a Gujarat bus on the outskirts of Dhule in Maharashtra, police said.
"The ... Read more...
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Anti-Whaling Activists Lands Up On Trial
February 16th, 2010 - 9:34 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Tokyo, Feb 16, (THAINDIAN NEWS) When social activism goes wrong, then be sure that you are in deep trouble. A similar kind of incident happened with two Japanese Greenpeace activists ... Read more...
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Two Nigerians arrested with cocaine in Punjab
February 6th, 2010 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
Mohali (Punjab), Feb 6 (IANS) Two Nigerian youths were arrested here with 212 grams of cocaine worth Rs.30 million (Rs.3 crore) in the international market, officials said Saturday.
The duo, identified as Money ... Read more...
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Hindus, Christians being given lowest of low jobs in Pak govt. departments
December 26th, 2009 - 4:12 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Dec. 26 (ANI): Following the Pakistan Government's announcement to give five percent job reservation to minorities in all government departments, it has been revealed that Hindus and Christians continue to face ... Read more...
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Grievance cells in Andhra colleges to check sexual harassment
September 19th, 2009 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 19 (IANS) Colleges in Andhra Pradesh will now set up grievance cells to receive and address complaints of sexual harassment.
Concerned over increasing attacks on girl students by stalkers and spurned ... Read more...
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Three murdered in Delhi in 13 hours (Second Lead)
September 18th, 2009 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Three people were murdered and two critically injured in separate incidents in the Indian capital between Thursday night and Friday morning, police said.
The dead included property dealer ... Read more...
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‘Malai Malai’ an out-and-out Arun Vijay movie (Tamil Film Review)
August 2nd, 2009 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
By Aravindan
Film: "Malai Malai"; Cast: Arun Vijay, Vedika, Prabhu, Prakash Raj, Santhanam, Ganja Karuppu, Arthi; Director: A. Venkatesh; Producer: RMA Factory Production; Music Composer: Mani Sharma; Rating: ** 1/2Arun Vijay could ... Read more...
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Credit card cheat arrested
July 11th, 2009 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) A 23-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly cheating more than 75 credit card holders of more than Rs.4 crore, police said Saturday.
"Ravi Kumar Sindhu, ... Read more...
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Anil Ambani’s video rental firm now targeting smaller cities
May 14th, 2009 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Home video rental company BIGFlix, a subsidiary of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), is planning to channelise over 50 percent of its total investment on ... Read more...
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Regulator to probe Pyramid Saimira mystery (Lead)
December 23rd, 2008 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 23 (IANS) The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) will investigate the origin of the 'issue open offer' advisory, dated Dec 19, sent under its letterhead to Pyramid Saimira ... Read more...
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Regulator’s letter forged, says Pyramid Saimira
December 23rd, 2008 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 23 (IANS) Entertainment firm Pyramid Saimira Theatre will lodge a criminal complaint with the police to investigate the origin of the letter purportedly sent by the market regulator asking the ... Read more...
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