Woman gangraped in Kolkata, one arrested
August 18th, 2012 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 18 (IANS) A man was arrested for his involvement in the alleged gangrape of a 22-year-old woman in a posh south Kolkata area, police said Saturday.According to the ... Read more...
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Searches continue at missing Bollywood starlet’s villa
July 11th, 2012 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 11 (IANS) In a massive combing operation that continued for the second day Wednesday, Mumbai police's Crime Branch claimed to have made a headway in the case of ... Read more...
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Human remains found near Laila Khan’s country villa
July 11th, 2012 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) Human remains, including three skulls, were found near the country villa of missing Bollywood starlet Laila Khan in Maharashtra's Nashik district, police said Tuesday.The human remains ... Read more...
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Anti-government gangs blamed for Syria massacre
June 1st, 2012 - 11:07 am ICT by IANS
Damascus, June 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A preliminary investigation has showed that anti-government armed groups had carried out last week's massacre in Syria's Houla town, Syrian authorities said.When the massacre took ... Read more...
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Supreme Court reserves verdict on Nupur Talwar’s plea (Lead)
May 16th, 2012 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on Nupur Talwar's petition seeking review of its Jan 6 order directing her and her dentist husband ... Read more...
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‘No joint examination of weapons seized from Italian ship’
February 29th, 2012 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kollam (Kerala), Feb 29 (IANS) A court here Wednesday dismissed an Italian government plea for joint forensic examination of the weapons seized from the Italian ship Enrica Lexie and ... Read more...
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Court extends detention of Italian ship for a day more
February 28th, 2012 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
Kochi, Feb 27 (IANS) A division bench of the Kerala High Court Monday extended by a day the detention of Italian ship Enrica Lexie, involved in the shooting of two ... Read more...
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Security at sea will be beefed up: Antony
February 26th, 2012 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kollam (Kerala), Feb 26 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony Sunday assured that all efforts would be made to beef up security on the high seas for Indians.Antony was talking to ... Read more...
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Italian shooting: Legal battle begins
February 26th, 2012 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Feb 26 (IANS) After a 12-hour search on Italian cargo ship "Enrica Lexie", the Kerala Police team returned to land early Sunday morning with four suitcases that contatined ... Read more...
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Shooting row: Italian minister on way, joint examination of weapons Saturday (Roundup)
February 24th, 2012 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Kochi, Feb 24 (IANS) A day before a joint forensic examination of the weapon used by Italian Marines for killing two Indian fishermen, officials of the two countries held ... Read more...
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Zardari instucted Haqqani on memo: Ijaz
February 23rd, 2012 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 23 (IANS) Pakistani American businessman Mansoor Ijaz said Thursday that Husain Haqqani, Islamabad's former envoy to the US, had "directives" from Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on delivering ... Read more...
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Kolkata ‘rape’ case: Now police say offence ‘must have occurred’
February 17th, 2012 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) The alleged rape of an Anglo-Indian woman took another curious turn Friday with the police, who had earlier found "discrepancies" in her statement, conceding that ... Read more...
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Ex-IITian nabbed for friend’s murder
January 26th, 2012 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 26 (IANS) An IIT-Kanpur graduate, currently pursuing an MBA from IIM-Lucknow, has been taken into custody by the CBI as a key suspect in the killing of his ... 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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Woman sets herself, daughter on fire
December 31st, 2011 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Dec 31 (IANS) Depressed over frequent domestic feuds, a woman in Rajasthan burnt her two-year old daughter and herself to death Saturday, police said.The woman. identified as Ganga Devi, ... Read more...
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Drug smuggler arrested in Rajasthan
December 18th, 2011 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Dec 18 (IANS) The Special Operations Group (SOG) of the Rajasthan Police Sunday arrested a man on charges of smuggling narcotics to various places in the country and ... Read more...
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112 arrested in European online child porn racket
December 16th, 2011 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 16 (IANS) At least 112 people were Friday arrested in a massive police operation against online child pornography in 22 European countries, a media report said.The suspects were ... Read more...
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Death toll from illicit alcohol in eastern India reaches 146
December 15th, 2011 - 10:28 pm ICT by BNO News
KOLKATA, INDIA (BNO NEWS) -- The death toll as a result of people consuming illegal liquor in India's eastern state of West Bengal rose to at least 146 on Thursday, a health ... Read more...
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CBI seeks access to audio clips of missing nurse
December 1st, 2011 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Dec 1 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Thursday moved an application in a court here requesting that it be allowed a forensic examination of audio clips which ... Read more...
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Haqqani ready to face memo probe, mulls legal action
November 21st, 2011 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 21 (IANS) Pakistan's ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani has offered to hand over his BlackBerry phone to assist in the probe into a secret memo that claims ... Read more...
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CBI to get missing nurse’s blackmail tape tested
November 4th, 2011 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Nov 4 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will get a forensic examination conducted on an audio tape in which missing nurse Bhanwari Devi talks about her efforts ... Read more...
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Missing nurse case: Suspect’s house searched
October 30th, 2011 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Oct 30 (IANS) A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team searched the house of a key suspect in the disappearance of nurse Bhanwari Devi, who allegedly figures on a ... Read more...
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National Conference worker died of heart failure: Forensic report (Lead)
October 13th, 2011 - 12:53 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 12 (IANS) National Conference (NC) worker Sayeed Muhammad Yousuf, whose Sep 30 death has kicked up a political storm in Jammu and Kashmir, died of cardio-respiratory arrest and ... Read more...
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Five of family die after drinking poisoned tea
September 26th, 2011 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Sep 26 (IANS) Five members of a family died after mistakenly drinking poisoned tea in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district Monday, police said.Police suspect that Manni Devi, 47, used insecticide thinking ... Read more...
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Kashmir panel wants international probe into unmarked graves
September 17th, 2011 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 17 (IANS) A day after the state human rights panel directed the Jammu and Kashmir government to begin a probe into the more than 2,000 unmarked graves in ... Read more...
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NIA teams to probe Delhi blast: Chidambaram
September 8th, 2011 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday said that detailed forensic examination reports on the Delhi High Court blast were likely to be available Thursday and ... Read more...
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Executive, accountant found murdered
August 21st, 2011 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Aug 21 (IANS) An executive and an accountant were found brutally killed in Hapur town of Ghaziabad district Sunday, police said.Ajay Sharma(35), a senior executive with the finance division ... Read more...
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Government admits loopholes in probing rape cases
August 10th, 2011 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The government Wednesday accepted that the process of probing rape cases in India was not free of loopholes, but said efforts were being made to ... Read more...
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Alleged Kashmir rape: Identification parade of army men postponed
July 24th, 2011 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 24 (IANS) The parade of army personnel to identify the alleged accused who raped and abducted a woman in south Kashmir was postponed Sunday, even as Marxist leader ... Read more...
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Chidambram assures ‘fair’ probe into CD row
April 18th, 2011 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Monday said the government will hold a "free, fair and thorough" investigation into charges against lawyer Shanti Bhushan linking him ... Read more...
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CD controversy rages, Bhushans to move apex court (Roundup)
April 18th, 2011 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The CD controversy involving Lokpal Bill drafting committee co-chair Shanti Bhushan continued to rage Sunday with his son and panel member Prashant Bhushan terming ... Read more...
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Shanti Bhushan CD doctored: Son Prashant (Lead)
April 17th, 2011 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Lawyer Prashant Bhushan Sunday said the CD allegedly containing a conversation between Lokpal Bill panel co-chair Shanti Bhushan and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav ... Read more...
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Shanti Bhushan CD doctored: Son Prashant
April 17th, 2011 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Terming it a "conspiracy", lawyer Prashant Bhushan Sunday said the CD allegedly containing a conversation between Lokpal Bill panel co-chair Shanti Bhushan and Samajwadi Party ... Read more...
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Controversy casts shadow on first Lokpal panel meet
April 16th, 2011 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The 10-member joint committee for drafting the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill holds its first meeting Saturday morning amid controversy over some of its members from ... Read more...
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Amidst mud-slinging, Lokpal joint committee meets Saturday (Roundup)
April 16th, 2011 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Amid a raging controversy over a CD containing alleged conversations of civil society leader Shanti Bhushan regarding purported corrupt deals, the joint committee for ... Read more...
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