Student commits suicide after killing girlfriend
February 11th, 2012 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 11 (IANS) An engineering student from Chhattisgarh's industrial town Bhilai Saturday killed himself by jumping in front of a running train in Maharashtra, a day after he murdered ... Read more...
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Four BSF officers killed in Maoist blast (Lead)
February 10th, 2012 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 10 (IANS) Four Border Security Force (BSF) officers were killed and two others critically injured when Maoists blew up their vehicle in Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said.The rebels ... Read more...
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Maoists blow up BSF vehicle in Odisha, four killed
February 10th, 2012 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 10 (IANS) Maoists Friday blew up a vehicle of the Border Security Force (BSF) in Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said. Four security personnel, including a BSF commandant, were ... Read more...
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Seven killed in Himachal accidents
February 9th, 2012 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Feb 9 (IANS) Seven people were killed in two road accidents in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district, police said Thursday.All five occupants of a jeep were killed on the spot ... Read more...
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Garo rebel killed, camp busted
February 9th, 2012 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Feb 9 (IANS) Security forces Thursday busted a hideout of the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) in Meghalaya, killing a rebel and wounding another, an official said.Meghalaya's Special Weapons ... Read more...
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Explosives seized in Odisha
February 8th, 2012 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 7 (IANS) A cache of explosives, including several detonators and gelatin sticks, was seized during a raid in the forested area of Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said.About 12 ... Read more...
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Maoists set road construction vehicles ablaze
February 7th, 2012 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 7 (IANS) Dozens of armed Maoists Tuesday set on fire at least four road construction vehicles in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police officials here said.Police say that armed Maoists ... Read more...
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Irritated by wailing, father kills baby girl
February 6th, 2012 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Murshidabad (West Bengal), Feb 6 (IANS) Enraged by the continuous bawling of his infant daughter, a man allegedly flung the two-month-old baby down a drain resulting in her death in ... Read more...
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10 days on, no trace of kidnapped Meghalaya engineers
February 3rd, 2012 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Feb 3 (IANS) The whereabouts of two engineers kidnapped by Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) rebels remain unknown, an official said Friday, 10 days after the abduction.On Jan ... Read more...
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40 landmines recovered in Jharkhand
February 1st, 2012 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Feb 1 (IANS) Police recovered 40 landmines and destroyed two Maoist bunkers-cum-training centres in Jharkhand's Garwah district Wednesday, an official said."Police have recovered 40 landmines and destroyed two Maoist ... Read more...
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Odisha minister injured in attack, one held
January 31st, 2012 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 30 (IANS) Odisha's Panchayati Raj Minister Maheswar Mohanty was injured when a man allegedly attacked him Monday evening with an iron rod on his head in a village ... Read more...
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Surrendered Garo rebel’s house torched, mother missing
January 29th, 2012 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 29 (IANS) Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) rebels torched the house of one of its surrendered members in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills district, police said Sunday, adding the ... Read more...
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Three poachers arrested with chinkara parts
January 28th, 2012 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 28 (IANS) Three poachers were Saturday arrested and body remains of at least five chinkaras (Indian gazelle) recovered from them in Rajastan's Barmer district, police said.
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Two Maoists held in Odisha
January 28th, 2012 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 28 (IANS) Two Maoists were arrested Saturday from a forested area of Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said.The two, accused of committing several crimes in the district during past ... Read more...
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Teacher kills colleague in Maharashtra
January 27th, 2012 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 27 (IANS) A school teacher died Friday after remaining in coma for two days following a physical fight with a colleague in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district, police said.According to ... Read more...
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Four killed, six injured in Maharashtra accident
January 27th, 2012 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
Amravati (Maharashtra), Jan 27 (IANS) Four people were killed and six others injured Friday in a head-on collision between a jeep and a truck on the state highway near Aasegaon ... Read more...
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Three workers injured in police firing in Yanam
January 27th, 2012 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 27 (IANS) Three industrial workers were injured Friday as police opened fire when large-scale violence by employees of a ceramics factory rocked Yanam, a region of Puducherry but ... Read more...
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Husband, wife commit suicide
January 25th, 2012 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 24 (IANS) Apparently depressed over frequent spats due to financial problems, a 50-year old man and his wife committed suicide by setting themselves ablaze in Rajasthan's churu district, ... Read more...
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Top Odisha Maoist leader held (Lead)
January 24th, 2012 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 24 (IANS) Dhiren Mahato, one of Odisha's top Maoist leaders, was arrested Tuesday in the state's Bargarh district, police said.Dhiren Mahato alias Mahru Mahato alias Girish, 47, was ... Read more...
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Terrorists kill civilian in south Kashmir village
January 24th, 2012 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Jan 24 (IANS) Terrorists Tuesday killed a civilian in south Kashmir's Pulwama district.Police said the militants barged into the house of Ajaz Ahmad Shah, 40, a resident of Shobdani ... Read more...
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Punjab Police official beats woman over theft, probe ordered
January 23rd, 2012 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 23 (IANS) Taking suo motu notice of video footage showing a Punjab Police official beating up a woman accused of theft, the Punjab State Human Rights Commission Monday ... Read more...
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Three killed as molasses tank bursts in Odisha
January 23rd, 2012 - 12:27 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 23 (IANS) An elderly woman and two minor children died due to suffocation after the molasses tank of a sugar factory burst and the slurry entered their slum ... Read more...
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Maoist camp busted, arms seized
January 22nd, 2012 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 22 (IANS) Police busted a Maoist camp in Odisha's tribal Malkangiri district and recovered several arms and weapons from the site, an officer said.A senior district police officer ... Read more...
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Maoists massacre 13 Jharkhand policemen (Second Lead)
January 22nd, 2012 - 3:10 am ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 21 (IANS) Thirteen policemen escorting a government official were killed Saturday when Maoists blasted their vehicle in a forested part of Jharkhand and opened fire, authorities said.At least ... Read more...
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Stones thrown at Nitish Kumar’s convoy
January 22nd, 2012 - 3:04 am ICT by IANS
Patna, Jan 21 (IANS) A group of protesters pelted stones at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's car convoy in his home Nalanda district Saturday, injuring a doctor and an ambulance ... Read more...
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Bihar government now targets corrupt middlemen
January 21st, 2012 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Jan 21 (IANS) After corrupt officials, it is now the turn of middlemen who indulged in misappropriation of government funds to have their properties confiscated by the Bihar government.Bihar ... Read more...
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Four Chhattisgarh cops suspended for suspected Maoist’s death
January 15th, 2012 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 15 (IANS) Four policemen posted in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region were suspended after a man suspected to be a Maoist died in custody, officials at the police headquarters here ... Read more...
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Nine dead in Pakistan suicide bombing (Lead)
January 14th, 2012 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 14 (IANS) At least nine people, including two policemen and three suicide bombers, were killed Saturday when militants attacked a police office in northwestern Pakistan. Interior Minister ... Read more...
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Odisha gangrape: One suspect arrested (Lead)
January 11th, 2012 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 10 (IANS) After a public outcry, the Odisha government Tuesday asked police to probe the alleged gangrape of a woman in Puri district nearly a month and a ... Read more...
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Gift of ancestral village soil awaits Trinidad PM
January 9th, 2012 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Jan 9 (IANS) Excited residents of Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar's ancestral village in Bihar have decided to gift her a chunk of its soil and ... Read more...
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Four of family killed in town near Ghaziabad
January 7th, 2012 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Jan 7 (IANS) Four members of a family were killed on Friday night in Loni town of Ghaziabad district, police said Saturday adding that personal enmity was suspected as ... Read more...
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Maoists kill tribal on charge of spying
January 7th, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 7 (IANS) Maoists Saturday killed a tribal in Odisha's Koraput district, accusing him of spying on them for police, an official said.The murder took place in a forested ... Read more...
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Kashmir police convoy attacked, five injured (Lead)
January 7th, 2012 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Jan 7 (IANS) Separatist guerrillas Saturday attacked the convoy of the Sopore district police chief in Jammu and Kashmir, injuring two of his guards and three civilians, police said. ... Read more...
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Militants attack district police chief’s convoy in Kashmir
January 7th, 2012 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Jan 7 (IANS) Separatist guerrillas Saturday attacked the convoy of the Sopore district police chief in Jammu and Kashmir, injuring two of his guards and a civilian, police said."Militants ... Read more...
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Maoists blast police vehicle, three die
January 5th, 2012 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 5 (IANS) At least three policemen were killed and three critically injured when Maoists blew up their vehicle Thursday in Odisha's Kandhamal district, police said.A concealed land mine ... Read more...
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