Assault with a deadly French fry (The Funny Side)
July 6th, 2012 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
In a global outbreak of violence, evil criminals are assaulting innocent civilians with deadly weapons such as french fries, in some cases unsalted. In the past couple of weeks alone, ... Read more...
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Delhi crime spurt threat to people’s safety: Court
June 10th, 2012 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) Sending two robbers to jail, a Delhi court has expressed concern over the security and safety of the public due to a spurt in crime ... Read more...
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Delhi cops pulled up for dacoity case flip-flop
April 1st, 2012 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) A court here has acquited five men accused of dacoity and pulled up the Delhi Police for making contradictory statements in the case.Additional Sessions Judge ... Read more...
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Maoists’ material for rocket launchers seized in Raipur (Lead)
March 5th, 2012 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 5 (IANS) Around 80 boxes packed with raw material for making rocket launchers and mortars, suspected to be meant for use by Maoists, were recovered from a warehouse ... Read more...
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Allowing kids’ guns recipe for tragedy: Pakistani daily
December 19th, 2011 - 1:00 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 19 (IANS) Allowing children unsupervised access to deadly weapons is a recipe for tragedy, said a Pakistani daily after a girl was shot dead by two boys playing ... Read more...
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CPI-M for judicial probe into Purulia arms drop
May 5th, 2011 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Thursday demanded a judicial probe into the Purulia arms drop of 1985 and the extradition from Denmark of the ... Read more...
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Justice Nanavati Commission summons top Gujarat cop Bhatt
April 27th, 2011 - 6:57 pm ICT by ANI
Ahmedabad, Apr. 27 (ANI): The Justice G.T.Nanavati Commission on Wednesday issued a summons to controversial senior Gujarat police officer Sanjay Bhatt in connection with his latest Supreme Court and SIT deposition that ... Read more...
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Top cop says Gujarat CM Modi involved in Godhra case
April 22nd, 2011 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 22 (ANI): Senior IPS officer Sanjay Bhatt, who was posted in the Intelligence Department, has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court accusing Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi ... Read more...
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Godhra train burning judgement does not justify riots: Moily
March 1st, 2011 - 8:57 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 1 (ANI): Union Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily on Tuesday said the verdict of the Ahmedabad special court in the 2002 Godhra case does not justify the ... Read more...
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Godhra case: Death sentence for 11, life terms for 20
March 1st, 2011 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI
Ahmedabad, Mar 1 (ANI): A special court in Ahmedabad on Tuesday awarded the death penalty to eleven accused and life imprisonment to 20 others in the 2002 Godhra train burning case.Designated Judge ... Read more...
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Godhra case: Quantum of punishment to be announced today
March 1st, 2011 - 11:38 am ICT by ANI
Ahmedabad, Mar 1 (ANI): A special court in Ahmedabad is likely to announce the quantum of sentence in the 2002 Godhra train burning case.The Court, on February 22, convicted 31 and acquitted ... Read more...
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Godhra case: Court to decide quantum of sentence today
February 25th, 2011 - 12:09 pm ICT by ANI
Ahmedabad, Feb 25 (ANI) A special court in Ahmedabad is slated to pronounce the quantum of punishment for the 31 convicts in the 2002 Godhra train burning case today.Judge PR Patel, who ... Read more...
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Somali, Ethiopian pirates in judicial custody
February 7th, 2011 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 7 (IANS) A Mumbai magistrate Monday remanded an Ethiopian and 14 Somali pirates to judicial custody for seven days.The pirates, who had jumped off their mother ship after it was ... Read more...
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Captured pirates to be tried under Indian laws
January 31st, 2011 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 31 (IANS) For the first time, an Ethiopian and 14 Somalian pirates would face Indian laws for attempting to hijack a foreign ship and fighting with the Indian Navy near ... Read more...
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Women being recruited to fight Taliban suicide bombers
December 22nd, 2010 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 22 (IANS) Afghan women are being recruited for the very first time by the country's national police to help tackle Taliban suicide bombers, a media report said Wednesday.Earlier, women ... Read more...
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AFPSA beomes a contentious political issue
September 13th, 2010 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) has become a political hot potato in the violence-hit Kashmir Valley, with the ruling National Conference, the opposition People's ... Read more...
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‘People’s Tribunal’ to deliberate on Kandhamal riot victims complaints
August 20th, 2010 - 3:08 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug.20 (ANI): The National Solidarity Forum (NSF) has announced plans for holding a three-day "people's tribunal" from August 22 to 24 here to address and hear grievances of victims of ... Read more...
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Three Maoists involved in Dantewada massacre killed
August 11th, 2010 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 11 (IANS) Three Maoist guerrillas, amongst those who staged the April 6 massacre in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district and killed 76 paramilitary troopers, were gunned down Wednesday, officials said.
"The Koya ... Read more...
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ISI helping militants to establish terror network in Punjab: Police chief
July 20th, 2010 - 7:37 pm ICT by ANI
By Ravinder Singh RobinAmritsar, July 20 (ANI): The Director General of Police in Punjab, P.S. Gill, on Tuesday said that Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) is helping terrorists to penetrate into East ... Read more...
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Law cannot be kind to cruel criminals: Court
April 14th, 2010 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) The law cannot afford to be kind to those who are cruel and have no respect for others' life, a city court has said while rejecting a ... Read more...
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Maoists planning major attacks in Andhra Pradesh, say cops
March 15th, 2010 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 15 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh police said Monday that the Maoists were planning to resurface in the state in a big way by carrying out major sensational attacks.
Two days after police ... Read more...
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Sajjan Kumar incited mob to kill, burn Sikhs, says CBI (Lead)
January 13th, 2010 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar instigated a mob of around 300-400 people in Delhi's Sultanpuri and Palam areas of Delhi Nov 1, 1984, to kill Sikhs and ... Read more...
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Sajjan Kumar incited mob to kill, burn Sikhs, says CBI
January 13th, 2010 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar instigated a mob of around 300-400 people in the Sultanpuri area of Delhi Nov 1, 1984, to kill Sikhs, burn and loot ... Read more...
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Sack ministers who didn’t help dying cop: Jayalalithaa
January 9th, 2010 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 9 (IANS) Former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa Saturday demanded the sacking of two ministers for not going to the rescue of a policeman who bled to death on ... Read more...
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Manmohan says minor problems in Indo-US nuke deal will be sorted out soon
November 26th, 2009 - 1:18 am ICT by ANI
By Smita PrakashWashington, Nov 25 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday that some minor problems regarding reprocessing will be sorted out soon, resulting in early operationalisation of the civil ... Read more...
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Obama recognizes India as ‘nuclear power’ for the first time
November 25th, 2009 - 9:16 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 25 (IANS) In what is seen as the first public recognition of India as a "nuclear power", US President Barack Obama Tuesday said it can be a full partner ... Read more...
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Obama, Manmohan pledge to operationalise nuclear deal
November 25th, 2009 - 1:10 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 24 (ANI): Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President Barack Obama pledged on Tuesday to fully implement the civil nuclear deal signed by the two countries in 2008. ... Read more...
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Red Carpet welcome for Manmohan Singh at White House
November 24th, 2009 - 11:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh received a red carpet welcome at the White House in Washington DC on Tuesday.The meeting between Dr. Singh and President Barack Obama ... Read more...
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Chargesheet filed against Raj and supporters for assaulting north Indian students in 2008
November 18th, 2009 - 10:17 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Nov.18 (ANI): Maharashtra Police on Wednesday filed a charge sheet, running into 73 pages, in a local court against Raj Thackeray, Chief of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and 20 others ... Read more...
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Gandhi’s message key to facing modern threats: Ban Ki-moon
October 3rd, 2009 - 10:12 am ICT by IANS
New York, Oct 3 (IANS) Mahatma Gandhi's legacy of non-violence is an enduring symbol of hope in defeating the growing number of hostile forces threatening the modern world, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ... Read more...
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Ragging fallout: 150 army men booked for rioting in Indore college
September 9th, 2009 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Sep 9 (IANS) Cases have been registered against around 150 army men from Mhow, a cantonment town near Indore in Madhya Pradesh, for rioting and obstructing government servants in Indore, police ... Read more...
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Kasab’s confession - how the LeT trained Mumbai attackers
July 21st, 2009 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 20 (IANS) Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, in his dramatic confession before a special court Monday, said that he was a decorator by profession but since his income was ... Read more...
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Charges framed against 93 accused in Godhra train carnage case
June 26th, 2009 - 10:46 pm ICT by ANI
Ahmedabad, June 26 (ANI): Charges were framed against 93 accused in the Godhra train carnage case in which 59 persons were burnt in S-6 coach of Sabarmati Express on February 27, 2002, ... Read more...
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CPI-M targeting West Bengal’s minority communities: Mamata
February 27th, 2009 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) West Bengal's principal opposition Trinamool Congress Friday alleged that ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) cadres, armed with weapons, were targeting the minorities in villages across the state. ... Read more...
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Moderate Islam needs to condemn jihadism unequivocally (Comment)
February 22nd, 2009 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
There has been an outpouring of sympathy for India from all over the world after the recent Mumbai carnage just like what the US received after 9/11. In recent years there have ... Read more...
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