Four members of anti-talk Bodo rebel group held
March 13th, 2012 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 13 (IANS) Four cadres of the anti-talk faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) led by Ranjan Daimary were arrested by security forces in lower Assam's ... Read more...
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Assam villagers angry at ULFA extortion bid
March 13th, 2012 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 13 (IANS) The United Liberation Front of Asom's (ULFA) reported demand that a hospital in Assam should cough up Rs.20 lakh has triggered mass anger.People in at least ... Read more...
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Top woman Maoist Suchitra Mahato headed lethal rebel squad
March 10th, 2012 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) Top woman Maoist squad leader Suchitra Mahato, who surrendered Friday, is capable of handling all sophisticate firearms including Anton Kalashnikovs and INSAS assault rifles ... Read more...
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Over three mn Mexican teens have posted racy photos on Web
March 6th, 2012 - 10:56 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 6 (IANS/EFE) Around 3.6 million Mexican teenagers say they have posted photos of themselves in "provocative poses" on the Internet, a data-protection agency said.And more than 40 ... Read more...
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Central minister reviews law and order in Assam
March 1st, 2012 - 12:38 am ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 29 (IANS) A day after a grenade blast, Union Minister of State for Home M. Ramachandran Wednesday reviewed the law and order situation in Assam with Governor J.B. ... Read more...
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New police units to handle specialized crimes in Odisha
February 26th, 2012 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 26 (IANS) Odisha has formed two new police units to deal with specialized crimes, an official said Sunday.The Special Task Force (STF) and Economic Offences Wing (EoW) started ... Read more...
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Tainted, billionaire candidates on rise in seventh phase
February 24th, 2012 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) A total of 30 percent of the main candidates in the seventh phase of Uttar Pradesh's assembly eletions have a criminal background, and ... Read more...
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Italian mafia ‘pastry extortion ring’ busted
February 23rd, 2012 - 2:27 pm ICT by IANS
Palermo (Italy), Feb 23 (IANS/AKI) Italian mobsters in the Sicilian city of Palermo were arrested Wednesday for extorting pastries from a local bakery and making its owners buy weekly blocks ... Read more...
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Maoists luring villagers to grow poppy in Bihar
February 19th, 2012 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Feb 19 (IANS) They indulge in extortion, but Maoists are also luring villagers to take up poppy cultivation over hundreds of acres of land in Bihar to generate funds, ... Read more...
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128 nominees in UP poll’s sixth phase face criminal cases
February 18th, 2012 - 11:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) At least 128 of the 360 candidates for the sixth round of Uttar Pradesh assembly polls Feb 28 have criminal background, a report from ... Read more...
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31 percent of UP third-phase candidates have criminal cases
February 14th, 2012 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 14 (IANS) Nearly 31 percent of the candidates fielded by political parties for Wednesday's third phase poll of the seven-phased Uttar Pradesh state assembly election have criminal ... Read more...
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‘Paresh Baruah trying to collect funds to strengthen ULFA’
February 13th, 2012 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 13 (IANS) After Sheikh Hasina came to power, the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has lost its investments in Bangladesh and its commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah is ... Read more...
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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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