Indian, Pakistani border guards to prevent truce violations
July 5th, 2012 - 5:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Indian and Pakistani border guards Thursday agreed to prevent and avoid cross-frontier firing and to maintain the ceasefire which was agreed upon in November 2003.This ... Read more...
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Three smugglers held with drugs, fake currency in Amritsar
July 4th, 2012 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Amritsar, July 3 (IANS) Nearly 11 kg of heroin, fake currency with a face value of Rs.5 lakh and arms were recovered from three smugglers arrested by police from the ... Read more...
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Indian, Pakistani border guards start dialogue
July 2nd, 2012 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Talks beween the Indian Border Security Force (BSF)and Pakistan Rangers began here Monday where issues like cross-border firing, smuggling of arms, drugs and fake currency ... Read more...
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Delhi Police files charge sheet against 11 IM suspects
May 23rd, 2012 - 12:13 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The Delhi Police Tuesday filed a charge sheet against 11 suspected operatives of Indian Mujahideen terror group who were allegedly involved in trying to revive ... Read more...
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Assam plans new cells to tackle Maoists, fake currency
May 14th, 2012 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 14 (IANS) The Assam government will soon set up two separate cells of the state police to tackle Maoist activities and the menace of counterfeit currency, Chief ... Read more...
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RBI mulling doubling coins: Pranab
March 31st, 2012 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 31 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Saturday said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) plans to double the existing number of coins to 12 billion pieces ... Read more...
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Fake Indian currency recovered, three held
March 18th, 2012 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 18 (IANS) Tripura Police have arrested two people, both residents of Bihar's Kishanganj district, with fake Indian currency notes while depositing them in a bank here, police said ... Read more...
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BSF kills Pakistani, finds heroin
February 23rd, 2012 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 23 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) claimed to have gunned down a Pakistani and seized 13 kg of heroin, fake currency and some weapons along Punjab's border ... Read more...
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RBI moves against fake currency deposit
February 15th, 2012 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 15 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Wednesday filed an FIR against nine banks in Lucknow on charges of depositing counterfeit currency to its vault here.Shalini ... Read more...
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Banks to be held responsible for fake notes in ATMs
January 27th, 2012 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 27 (IANS) Banks are responsible for any fake notes dispensed by their automatic teller machines (ATMs) and should compensate customers for the loss when fraudsters withdraw money from ... Read more...
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Mumbai police claim cracking 13/7 blasts; centre baffled (Second Lead)
January 24th, 2012 - 12:37 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Mumbai, Jan 23 (IANS) Hours after the Mumbai police claimed to have arrested two key suspects in the July 13, 2011 serial blasts that killed 27 people, the union ... Read more...
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13/7 Mumbai blasts case cracked, three suspects held (Lead)
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 23 (IANS) Two suspects have been arrested here for the July 13, 2011, serial blasts that killed 27 people and the custody of another suspect, held in a ... Read more...
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BSF kills intruder in Punjab, 17 kg heroin seized
January 18th, 2012 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Jan 18 (IANS) Alert Border Security Force (BSF) troopers Wednesday morning shot dead an intruder and recovered 17 kg heroin and fake currency with a face value of over ... Read more...
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Police scale down seized fake money haul, say notes good quality
January 14th, 2012 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Counterfeit currency, seized in Delhi Thursday, has been now found to have a face value of Rs.2.24 crore, not Rs.6 crore as announced earlier, Delhi ... Read more...
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Taking steps to curb fake notes: Pranab
January 7th, 2012 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 7 (IANS) The government is enhancing security features in notes to help curb counterfeit currency, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Saturday."The reforms related to security features will ... Read more...
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Paramilitary forces to man Goa borders
January 6th, 2012 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 6 (IANS) Election authorities in poll-bound Goa have sought paramilitary forces to guard the state's borders against the inflow of unaccounted and fake currency, a senior official said ... Read more...
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Three held for fraud
December 27th, 2011 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Inspired by a Bollywood flick, three men duped several women here by selling them fake gold and also buying their jewellery by giving them fake ... Read more...
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Fake currency linked to terror: Pranab (Lead)
December 17th, 2011 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS
Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh), Dec 17 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukharjee said here Saturday the challenge of terrorism from across the border was not confined to danger of loss of life ... Read more...
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Fake currency injected from neighbouring countries: Pranab
December 17th, 2011 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh), Dec 17 (IANS) Fake currency is being injected into India from some of the neighbouring countries to destabilise the economy, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Saturday."India ... Read more...
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BSF recovers heroin, fake currency from Pakistan border
December 1st, 2011 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Dec 1 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) Thursday recovered nearly three kg of heroin and fake currency with the face value of Rs.9.80 lakh from close to the ... Read more...
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Special cell to monitor terror funding
August 30th, 2011 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) A Terror Funding and Fake Currency (TFFC) cell has been set up in the National Investigation Agency (NIA), parliament was told Tuesday.This has been done ... Read more...
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Man held in Lucknow with Rs.1 lakh in fake currency
August 27th, 2011 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 27 (IANS) A 29-year-old man from West Bengal has been arrested here with counterfeit Indian currency notes of the face value of Rs.1 lakh, police said Saturday.Mohammad Abdul, ... Read more...
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Anna effect: Goa ministers asked to observe ‘bribe free day’
August 18th, 2011 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 18 (IANS) Members of a civil society group in Goa have asked ministers in the Congress-led coalition government to observe Thursday as a 'bribe free day' in support ... Read more...
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Gang pumping fake money in Goa casinos busted
August 1st, 2011 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 1 (IANS) A racket in which millions of rupees in counterfeit currency were pumped into casino gambling operations has been busted, police said Monday.Police have arrested three people, ... Read more...
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Two held with fake currency in Kolkata
July 20th, 2011 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) Two men were arrested Wednesday with fake currency of the face value of around Rs.4 lakh in north Kolkata, police said.The two men have been identified ... Read more...
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Counterfeit currency seized in Punjab
July 10th, 2011 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 10 (IANS) Two men were arrested in Punjab's Patiala district with counterfeit currency totalling about Rs.10 lakh, police said Sunday.Police intercepted a motorcycle in Rajpura town, 45 km ... Read more...
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Fragile Pakistan uses terror as state policy: India tells US (Lead)
May 27th, 2011 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Calling Pakistan a "fragile" state, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Friday that India's immediate western neighbour, a "global epicenter" of violent extremism, was promoting ... Read more...
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Pakistan uses terror as state policy: India tells US
May 27th, 2011 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Friday that Pakistan, which it termed the "global epicenter of terrorism", was promoting terror infrastructure as "state policy" against ... Read more...
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Rs.200,000 counterfeit currency found, one held
May 24th, 2011 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
Jalandhar (Punjab), May 24 (IANS) In the second such incident here in a fortnight, counterfeit currency worth Rs.200,000 has been recovered and a man arrested for smuggling fake money, Punjab ... Read more...
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India to introduce new rupee symbol on currency soon
May 23rd, 2011 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) India will soon introduce new rupee symbol and extra security features on its bank notes in a bid to tackle the problem of fake ... Read more...
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RBI asks states to crack down on fake currency
May 19th, 2011 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, May 19 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Thursday asked the state governments, specially those sharing international borders, to take stringent action against circulation of fake currency notes."The ... Read more...
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Indian fake currency gangs chose Nepal star-hotel for deals
May 6th, 2011 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 6 (IANS) A three-star hotel in capital city Kathmandu's premier business location became the venue chosen by Indian currency counterfeiters to run their operations in Nepal and ... Read more...
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One held with Rs.10.45 lakh in fake currency
April 16th, 2011 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, April 16 (IANS) A man was arrested here with Rs.10.45 lakh in fake currency smuggled from Pakistan, police said Saturday adding six China-made pistols and five live cartridges were ... Read more...
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BSF seize contraband, fake currency in Punjab
March 27th, 2011 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Fazilka, March 27 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) Sunday recovered two kg of heroin and Rs.500,000 in counterfeit currency from near the international border in this Punjab town, an ... Read more...
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Two held with fake currency
March 15th, 2011 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Two people were arrested Tuesday with fake Indian currency worth Rs.2 lakh in west Delhi, police said, adding that the accused used to source the ... Read more...
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