Over 1,700 killed in Karachi in 2012: Report
September 10th, 2012 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 10 (IANS) A total of 1,725 people, including 78 children, were killed in Pakistan's port city of Karachi in the first eight months of this year, says a ... Read more...
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Delhi court issues summons against Raj Thackeray
August 30th, 2012 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) A Delhi court Thursday issued summons to Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray for humiliating people of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar by calling ... Read more...
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11 terror suspects held, catastrophe averted (Second Lead)
August 30th, 2012 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 30 (IANS) Eleven people planning to assassinate leading Karnataka politicians, some journalists and Hindu leaders on the ordrs of Pakistan-based terror outfits have been arrested in Karnataka, a ... Read more...
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Only three witnesses deposed against me: Sajjan Kumar
August 22nd, 2012 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Congress leader Sajjan Kumar Wednesday told a Delhi court, hearing a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case against him, that of the 17 witnesses only three alleged ... Read more...
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Sonia seeks action in Assam violence, northeastern people’s mistreatment (Lead)
August 19th, 2012 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Expressing her "deep pain" at the ethnic violence in Assam, Congress president Sonia Gandhi Sunday condemned the subsequent mistreatment faced by people from northeast ... Read more...
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Police case in Goa over video clip on northeast people
August 18th, 2012 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 18 (IANS) While continuing interactions with the northeastern community settled in Goa, police Saturday filed a first information report (FIR) against unknown people for circulation of a violent ... Read more...
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16 arrested in Bangalore, northeast exodus subsides (Lead)
August 18th, 2012 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 18 (IANS) Sixteen people have been arrested in Bangalore, eight for spreading rumours leading to flight of people from the northeast people from here and eight for ... Read more...
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Named in riots case after 16 years: Sajjan Kumar
August 14th, 2012 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Congress leader Sajjan Kumar Tuesday told a Delhi court, hearing a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case against him, that no witness had deposed against him till ... Read more...
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Rivals implicated me in 1984 riots case: Sajjan Kumar
August 14th, 2012 - 12:54 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Congress leader Sajjan Kumar Monday blamed his political opponents for implicating in a case related to 1984 anti-Sikh riots. He was advancing his final argument ... Read more...
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Four brothers shot dead in Pakistan
July 11th, 2012 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 11 (IANS) Eight people, including four brothers, were gunned down when they were on their way to court in Pakistan administered Kashmir, a media report said Wednesday.The shooting ... Read more...
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Delhi youth with criminal background found murdered
July 8th, 2012 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Just 10 days after his release from Delhi's Tihar Jail, a 25-year-old youth was found murdered here with at least 15 stab wounds on his ... Read more...
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Students caught cheating injure two Bengal teachers
July 6th, 2012 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) Three people, including two teachers, were injured Friday after they were attacked by college students in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district when they were prevented ... Read more...
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Man killed in west Delhi
July 5th, 2012 - 5:45 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) A 26-year-old man was murdered Wednesday at his home in west Delhi, police said.According to a police officer, the deceased, Ashok Kumar, was strangled to ... Read more...
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Three shot dead on Uttar Pradesh highway
July 3rd, 2012 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 3 (IANS) Three people were shot dead Tuesday in broad daylight on a highway in Firozabad near Agra while they were on their way to the district court ... Read more...
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Haryana Police to monitor ‘crime-prone’ villages
July 3rd, 2012 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Rohtak (Haryana), July 3 (IANS) Police will monitor over five dozen villages in southern Haryana for "being too crime-prone".Police recently identified nearly 65 crime-prone villages in the four districts of ... Read more...
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Mohan Kapur to enter ‘Amrit Manthan’ as saviour
July 1st, 2012 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 1 (IANS) Bollywood and television actor Mohan Kapur is set to enter TV show "Amrit Manthan" as protagonist Nimrit's saviour. He will be seen as hotelier S.J. Oberoi ... Read more...
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Four of family gunned down in Bihar
June 30th, 2012 - 11:14 am ICT by IANS
Patna June 30 (IANS) Four members of a family were shot dead Saturday over a land dispute in Bihar's Madhubani district, police said.Nearly a dozen armed men barged into the ... Read more...
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Court quashes case against two army officers
June 13th, 2012 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday quashed a police complaint against two Army officers for causing injuries to two civilians last year and told them ... Read more...
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Two students shot dead in Meerut
June 12th, 2012 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 12 (IANS) Two students were shot dead by unidentified attackers riding a bike at a petrol pump in Meerut, 450 km from here, Monday night, police said.Police said ... Read more...
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Delhi legislator shot, stable (Second Lead)
June 2nd, 2012 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) An independent Delhi legislator, Bharat Singh was Saturday shot in his office by three or four unidentified men who sped away in a car ... Read more...
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Security of Delhi legislators to be tightened: Dikshit
June 2nd, 2012 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Saturday said the security of legislators in the capital will be stepped up in the wake of a murderous attack ... Read more...
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Communists caught in time warp, bloodlust still rules (Comment)
June 2nd, 2012 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
As the confessions of a small-time Marxist apparatchik that his party had no compunctions about killing political opponents have shown, the blood-thirsty nature of ideologies dating back to an earlier, feudal ... Read more...
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Delhi legislator shot, critical (Lead)
June 2nd, 2012 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) An independent Delhi legislator, Bharat Singh, was in critical condition Saturday after being shot at his office by three or four men who sped ... Read more...
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Legislator shot at in Delhi
June 2nd, 2012 - 12:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) An independent Delhi legislator, Bharat Singh, was shot at in the Najafgarh area by unidentified attackers Saturday morning, police said.According to police, Singh, a legislator ... Read more...
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TV reporter shot dead in Pakistan
May 11th, 2012 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 11 (IANS) A TV reporter, his brother and a friend were gunned down in Pakistan's Sindh province Thursday night, a media report said Friday.Aurangzeb Tunio, reporter of a ... Read more...
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Amicus curiae’s report does not matter: BJP
May 8th, 2012 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday rubbished arguments that the Supreme Court amicus curiae's report on the post-Godhra riots is an indictment of Chief ... Read more...
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Website content: Google, Facebook plea to be heard Aug 7 (Lead)
May 3rd, 2012 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday deferred till Aug 7 the hearing on pleas filed by Facebook and Google challenging a trial court's order to ... Read more...
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Website content: Google, Facebook plea to be heard Aug 7
May 3rd, 2012 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday deferred till Aug 7 the hearing on pleas filed by Facebook and Google challenging a trial court's order to ... Read more...
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Delhi-based transporter shot dead
April 25th, 2012 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) A 35-year-old transporter was shot dead in his car by unidentified assailants in the national capital, police said Wednesday.Karambeer Singh, a resident of west Delhi's ... Read more...
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Patnaik shocked at Odisha student’s killing in US (Lead)
April 22nd, 2012 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 21 (IANS) Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday expressed shock over the murder in the US of a 24-year-old student from Odisha."I am deeply shocked by the brutal and ... Read more...
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Patnaik shocked at Odisha student’s killing in US
April 21st, 2012 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 21 (IANS) Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday expressed shock over the murder i n the US of a 24-year-old student from Odisha."I am deeply shocked by the brutal ... Read more...
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Delhi Police constable shot dead
April 21st, 2012 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) A Delhi Police constable was found shot dead in his car in a deserted place in the capital, police said Saturday.
Rajender Khatri, who was ... Read more...
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Journalist killed in Pakistan
April 20th, 2012 - 2:10 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 20 (IANS) A senior journalist of Pakistan's Dawn newspaper was found murdered in a house in Karachi Thursday, police said.Murtaza Razvi's body was found in an apartment in ... Read more...
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Suicides in paramilitary forces on the rise
March 13th, 2012 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) A staggering 119 officers and personnel of the central paramilitary forces committed suicide due to various reasons last year, an increase of around 18 percent ... Read more...
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Chargesheet in Delhi High Court blast Wednesday
March 12th, 2012 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is likely to file its chargesheet in the Sep 7, 2011 Delhi High Court blast on Wednesday against five people ... Read more...
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