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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Court reserves order on dropping charges against Salem (Lead)
February 9th, 2012 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday reserved its order on a Delhi Police plea seeking withdrawal of charges under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime ... Read more...
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Court reserves order on charges against Salem
February 9th, 2012 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday reserved its order on a Delhi Police plea seeking withdrawal of charges under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime ... Read more...
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Honduran army admits theft of grenade launchers
February 9th, 2012 - 12:14 pm ICT by IANS
Tegucigalpa, Feb 9 (IANS/EFE) The Honduran armed forces acknowledged Wednesday that 22 grenade launchers were stolen from an armoury in 2010.By itself, the launcher "does not represent a lethal danger", ... Read more...
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Garo rebel group GNLA declared terrorist outfit
February 1st, 2012 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 31 (IANS) The Indian government Tuesday declared the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA), a rebel outfit operating in western part of Meghalaya, a terrorist outfit under the Unlawful ... Read more...
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Four accused in Adnan Patrawala murder acquitted (Lead)
January 30th, 2012 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 30 (IANS) A Mumbai sessions court Monday acquitted four accused in the 2007 kidnapping and murder of 16-year-old Adnan Patrawala after the prosecution failed to prove its case, ... Read more...
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Four accused in Adnan Patrawala murder acquitted
January 30th, 2012 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 30 (IANS) A Mumbai sessions court Monday acquitted four accused in the 2007 Adnan Patrawala murder case after the prosecution failed to prove its case, a lawyer said. ... Read more...
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Assam police launch operation against Maoists
January 28th, 2012 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 28 (IANS) Assam police have launched an operation in Assam's Dhemaji district in search of some Maoists, an official said Saturday.The drive came after police had a shootout ... Read more...
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Five injured in hand grenades attack in Pakistan (Lead)
January 28th, 2012 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 28 (IANS) At least five people were injured Saturday when hand grenades were lobbed at a shop in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, a media report said.
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UP cops told to bring legislator to Delhi court Feb 9
January 27th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) A Delhi Court Friday told the Uttar Pradesh Police to present before it legislator Mukhtar Ansari for trial in a criminal case Feb 9.Ansari, along ... Read more...
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Maoist couple killed in Odisha gun battle
January 27th, 2012 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 27 (IANS) A Maoist couple was gunned down by police in Odisha's Koraput district, an official said Friday.Chitrakam Reddy alias Sitru, 30, and his wife were killed in ... 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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Amit Shah seeks Supreme Court approval to stay in Gujarat
January 24th, 2012 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Former Gujarat minister Amit Shah Tuesday moved the Supreme Court, seeking permission to "enter, stay and function" in the state in which he has been ... Read more...
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Salem’s trial to continue, to move Portugal constitutional court: CBI
January 17th, 2012 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday said underworld don Abu Salem's trial in India will continue even after Portugal's Supreme Court scrapped his deportation, ... Read more...
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Special arrangements for Uttar Pradesh’s women voters
January 17th, 2012 - 12:37 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 16 (IANS) As nominations opened for 59 assembly constituencies where polling was scheduled in the second of the seven-phased Uttar Pradesh elections Feb 11, the Election Commission Monday ... Read more...
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Blackmail rapist jailed for 19 years
January 14th, 2012 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 14 (IANS) A rapist who returned to his victim's home, forced her pose naked for photographs and then blackmailed her has been jailed for 19 years.Liu Daoshun, 43, ... Read more...
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Mafia is now ‘Italy’s No.1 bank’
January 11th, 2012 - 11:04 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Rome, Jan 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The various mafia groups in Italy earn as much as seven percent of the country’s GDP. A new report places spotlight on the finances of the Italian ... Read more...
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Mafia is Italy’s biggest business
January 11th, 2012 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Jan 11 (IANS/AKI) The mafia in Italy -- that made around 140 billion euro (around $178 billion) in 2010 through money lending, extortion and robbery -- generated far greater ... Read more...
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Mexican gangs using kids to smuggle drugs to US
January 9th, 2012 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Jan 9 (IANS/EFE) Children and teenagers between the ages of 11 and 17 are being recruited by Mexico's drug cartels to smuggle narcotics into the US and also ... Read more...
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NSA invoked in Bihar to check increasing crime
January 6th, 2012 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Jan 6 (IANS)In a bid to check increasing crime, the Bihar government Friday invoked the National Security Act till March 31, police said.Official sources in the government said that regular ... Read more...
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Now, complain directly to Jharkhand chief minister
January 6th, 2012 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 6 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda Friday launched apkacm.com, a portal that will work as a grievances management system where any person can lodge a complaint that ... Read more...
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Mexico saw 49 kidnappings a day in 2011
January 3rd, 2012 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Jan 3 (IANS/EFE) An average of 49 kidnappings occurred every day in Mexico in 2011, a report said.The Council for Law and Human Rights said a total of ... Read more...
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Rs.60 mn looted from Karachi banks
January 1st, 2012 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 1 (IANS) An estimated Rs.60 million was looted in 19 bank robberies in Pakistan's port city Karachi last year, according to official statistics.Of this, authorities recovered Rs.1.6 million, ... Read more...
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China punishes six media groups for professional violations
December 28th, 2011 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 28 (IANS) Government regulators punished six newspapers and magazines for illegally leasing local branches to advertising agencies that allegedly indulged in extortion and for employing non-journalists for reporting ... Read more...
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BSP parliamentarian booked under stringent law
December 16th, 2011 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 15 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government Friday invoked the stringent gangsters act aggainst don-turned-Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP Dhananjay Singh who was arrested last week for a ... Read more...
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China executes mafia-style gang leader
December 13th, 2011 - 4:10 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 13 (IANS) The leader and two core members of a mafia-style gang that terrorised people in southwest China's Kunming city were executed Tuesday, court officials said.Gang leader Jiang ... Read more...
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Journalist slain in Honduras
December 7th, 2011 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
Tegucigalpa, Dec 7 (IANS/EFE) Journalist Luz Marina Paz and a companion were gunned down Tuesday in Tegucigalpa, Honduran police said.Two men on a motorcycle opened fire at Paz and the ... Read more...
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CBI arrests four for kidnapping two businessmen
November 28th, 2011 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday rescued two businessmen who were kidnapped for ransom and arrested the four kidnappers, CBI officials said.Abdul Munaf, Sanjeev ... Read more...
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Ghaziabad shootout latest twist in mounting extortion trade
November 22nd, 2011 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Nov 22 (IANS) The shootout at a marriage in Ghaziabad last week, where four people were killed in an attack on a gang leader, was the latest episode in ... Read more...
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Meghalaya launches operation to rescue abducted official
November 22nd, 2011 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Nov 22 (IANS) Security forces have launched an operation in western Meghalaya to rescue a state government official and two Assam-based traders abducted by Garo rebels, an official said ... Read more...
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Strong proof against 13 cops in Sohrabuddin killing: Shah (Lead)
November 17th, 2011 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Former Gujarat minister of state for home Amit Shah Thursday washed his hands off the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout case and told the Supreme ... Read more...
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Amit Shah questions hearings in judges’ houses (Lead)
November 16th, 2011 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Former Gujarat minister of state for home Amit Shah Wednesday told the Supreme Court that there could be no hearing of cases at judges' houses ... Read more...
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Two Indians gunned down in Philippines
November 16th, 2011 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
Davao City (Philippines), Nov 16 (IANS) Two Indian moneylenders were fatally shot in southern Philippines as they were about to leave a trading firm, police said.
Manjeet Singh, 27, and Sukhinder ... Read more...
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I’m a four-day Shah Rukh Khan: Sushil Kumar
November 11th, 2011 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 11 (IANS) Sushil Kumar, the winner of Rs.5 crore on "Kaun Banega Crorepati 5", is taking instant fame and overnight celebrity status with a pinch of salt ... Read more...
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Court puts off Abu Salem case till Dec 20
November 8th, 2011 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday deferred till Dec 20 the hearing on a Delhi Police plea seeking withdrawal of a Maharashtra Control of Organised ... Read more...
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