35pc candidates with criminal cases in UP fourth phase
February 11th, 2012 - 11:06 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Nearly 35 percent of the major candidates in the fourth phase of Uttar Pradesh polls scheduled Feb 19 have criminal background, a report from ... Read more...
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Two minors gang raped in the capital
February 11th, 2012 - 1:06 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Two minor girls were gang-raped in separate incidents in the capital, police said Friday.In the first incident, a minor girl was gangraped inside a moving ... Read more...
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Andhra excise ministers rules out resignation (Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 8 (IANS) Under pressure to quit over bribery allegations, Andhra Pradesh Excise Minister Mopidevi Venkataramna Wednesday said he was ready to face any probe but refused to resign.The ... Read more...
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Andhra minister asked to quit over bribe charge
February 8th, 2012 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 8 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Excise Minister Mopidevi Venkataramna is under pressure to resign following an allegation that he accepted a bribe of Rs.10 lakh from a liquor trader.A ... Read more...
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No targeting of women visitors from Central Asia: India
January 13th, 2012 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Amid reports that Indian missions have been asked to toughen screening for female visa applicants from central Asian countries, the government has clarified that there ... Read more...
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Vote for clean candidates, Aamir says
January 10th, 2012 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Bollywood actor Aamir Khan will urge people not to vote for candidates with criminal background in upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa ... Read more...
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Samajwadi Party spokesman sacked
January 5th, 2012 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 5 (IANS) Barely a day after contradicting Samajawadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's son Akhilesh Yadav, party spokesman Mohan Singh was Thursday removed from his post.Mulayam Singh named ... Read more...
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Three criminals lynched in Jharkhand
January 4th, 2012 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 3 (IANS) Three criminals were beaten to death by villagers in Jharkhand's Gumla district Tuesday, police said.According to police, the three criminals had allegedly gone to Solwa village ... Read more...
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New bank accounts mandatory for candidates
December 24th, 2011 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) All candidates in the upcoming elections in Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand will have to open new bank accounts from which alone they ... Read more...
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Court acquits four suspected Maoists in 2007 massacre
December 15th, 2011 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Dec 15 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court Thursday acquitted four suspected Maoists who were awarded death sentence for the 2007 massacre of 19 people, including the son of former ... Read more...
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ULFA’s Chetia reapplies for asylum in Bangladesh
November 20th, 2011 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Nov 20 (IANS) United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) general secretary Anup Chetia, presently in a Bangladeshi jail, has once again applied to a court there for political asylum, ... Read more...
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Bangladeshi held for killing senior citizen
November 17th, 2011 - 1:23 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) A Bangladeshi migrant, who along with his brother-in-law and a friend killed his former elderly landlady believing she had lots of money but found only ... Read more...
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Panjab University: Tracking down ‘criminal’ students
June 22nd, 2011 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 22 (IANS) Hit by rising incidents of campus violence, Panjab University (PU), one of the oldest varsities in the country, has taken some bold steps, including opening ... Read more...
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Civil society versus government: Between rock and hard place (Comment)
June 11th, 2011 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Till Baba Ramdev spoilt it by shedding his saffron robes and running away in an off-white salwar-kameez, the so-called civil society had managed to project its battle with the government ... Read more...
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Will jailing bigwigs refurbish government’s image? (Comment)
April 30th, 2011 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS
The earlier belief that there are two sets of laws - one for the poor and another for the rich - is slowly being eroded. The process started more than ... Read more...
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Kidnapped toddler rescued, maid and accomplices arrested (Second Lead)
April 27th, 2011 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Five men and women with no criminal background but fed up of their menial jobs decided to kidnap the 18-month-old son of a south Delhi ... Read more...
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Dacoit gang busted, six arrested
April 23rd, 2011 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Six people allegedly involved in several cases of dacoities across Delhi have been arrested while preparing to target a factory in east Delhi, police said ... Read more...
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Kerala polls include 153 candidates with criminal background
April 7th, 2011 - 6:13 pm ICT by ANI
Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 7 (ANI): A total of 153 candidates with a criminal back ground and 53 crorepati candidates will battle the elections from Kerala this year for the assembly elections.According to ... Read more...
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20 to 40 percent legislators have criminal records says embarrassed Chief Election Commissioner
March 23rd, 2011 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Mar.23 (ANI): Ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in different parts of India, Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi has said that legislators with criminal records are a cause of grave concern ... Read more...
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Central forces not to camp in schools
March 23rd, 2011 - 12:56 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi Tuesday said that central forces on poll duty will not camp in schools and colleges during the April-May West Bengal assembly ... Read more...
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‘Reforms in poll panel needed for better functioning’
March 15th, 2011 - 1:02 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) Admitting several limitations of the Election Commission (EC) in conducting polls across the country, former Chief Election Commissioners (CECs) Monday said reforms were needed for the ... Read more...
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Delhi lad killed for complaining over unpaid loan (Lead)
March 14th, 2011 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The 16-year-old school boy, stabbed to death by a group of his friends Saturday, lost his life for complaining to the parents of one of ... Read more...
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Canada bars entry to Indian Airlines hijacker
February 24th, 2011 - 12:16 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Feb 24 (IANS) Canada has refused to re-admit the mastermind of the 1984 Indian Airline hijacking who was deported to India last year.Parminder Singh Saini, 47, who was ... Read more...
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CBI speeds up probe in Rajasthan criminal’s shoot-out
February 17th, 2011 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Feb 17 (IANS) With the Supreme Court's March 8 deadline for a status report fast approaching, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has speeded up its investigation into criminal Dara ... Read more...
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Court confirms bail of La Martiniere principal, teachers
February 4th, 2011 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) A city court Friday confirmed bail for the principal and three teachers of La Martiniere for Boys School, arrested over the suicide of Class 7 student Rouvanjit ... Read more...
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Another officer on duty roughed up in Maharashtra (Lead)
January 28th, 2011 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
Satara (Maharashtra), Jan 28 (IANS) Just days after Nashik additional district collector Yeshwant Sonawane was burnt alive by the oil mafia, another state officer was roughed up when he caught a person ... Read more...
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Another officer on duty roughed up in Maharashtra
January 28th, 2011 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
Satara (Maharashtra), Jan 28 (IANS) Just days after Nashik additional district collector Yeshwant Sonawane was burnt alive by the oil mafia, another officer on duty was roughed up in Satara district when ... Read more...
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Fake Lawyer Tahir Malik Taken Into Police Custody
January 10th, 2011 - 8:56 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Chicago, Jan 10, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Skokie man was charged on the grounds of posing as a lawyer. The Cook County Sheriff said today that Tahir Malik, 47, was charged ... Read more...
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Arizona Shooter Jared Lee Loughner Mentally Unstable?
January 9th, 2011 - 8:51 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Jan 9, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The mass shooting which took place on Saturday morning at a grocery store in Tuscan, killed six people out of the 18 victims. The main suspect ... Read more...
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Two held, one surrenders in Delhi’s BPO rape case (Lead)
December 2nd, 2010 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) Two of the five men accused of raping a 30-year-old BPO employee here have been arrested and a third has surrendered in Haryana, Delhi Police said Thursday."There ... Read more...
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Delhi BPO gangrape case: Two men arrested
December 2nd, 2010 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 2 (ANI): Delhi Police on Thursday arrested two persons in connection with their alleged involvement in the abduction and rape of a 30-year-old call centre employee here last week. ... Read more...
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Four people detained in Dhaula Kuan gangrape
November 29th, 2010 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) Four people were detained Monday in connection with the gangrape of a BPO staffer from Mizoram here last week, police said.Describing their detention as relevant to ... Read more...
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Bigg Boss 4: Rahul Bhatt’s Predictions About This Season’s Winner
November 12th, 2010 - 7:01 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
November 12, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): The muscular man of Bigg Boss house Rahul Bhatt was eliminated last week when the housemates were given a laughter break with the entry of Golmaal 3 ... Read more...
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Candidate protests rivals with criminal background contesting Gorakhpur village council polls
October 7th, 2010 - 9:08 pm ICT by ANI
By Pawan Kumar ShahGorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Oct.7 (ANI): A lady who plans to contest village council polls in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur District, has lodged a strong protest against people with criminal backgrounds ... Read more...
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Bishop Eddie Long denies sex abuse allegations, sued by a 3rd victim
September 24th, 2010 - 12:28 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sep 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Bishop Eddie Long has spoken in his defense that all the sex abuse allegations against him are false and totally baseless. However his timing is quite ... Read more...
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