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Rs.20 lakh robbed from Chennai bank


January 24th, 2012 - 12:36 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 23 (IANS) A four-member gang Monday robbed Rs.20 lakh at gun-point from a Bank of Baroda branch located on the outskirts of Chennai, police said.According to police, the ... Read more...

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Two civilians killed, abducted manager untraced in Meghalaya


January 18th, 2012 - 1:14 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 17 (IANS) Two bullet-riddled bodies were recovered in insurgency-ravaged district of East Garo Hills in Meghalaya Tuesday, even as police are still clueless about the whereabouts of the ... Read more...

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Manager abducted in Meghalaya


January 16th, 2012 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 16 (IANS) Suspected Rabha tribal rebels Monday abducted the manager of a firm working on a railway project in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district, bordering Assam, police said.Ganeshyam ... Read more...

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Naked car thief caught by police dog


December 13th, 2011 - 10:11 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
California, Dec 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A car robber did not have the lucky break that he dreamt of after a police dog wrestled him to the ground. The man had earlier engaged ... Read more...

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Naked man fleeing from Hummer caught by police dog


December 12th, 2011 - 10:02 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Irvine, Dec 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A naked man who shocked the police by trying to flee from a Hummer naked was nabbed by a police canine. The suspect was trying to escape ... Read more...

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Jeweller’s house looted at gunpoint


November 30th, 2011 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) Four masked robbers barged into the house of a jeweller in east Delhi and took away cash and jewellery worth lakhs of rupees after holding ... Read more...

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Man posing as cop, aide rob Rs.8 lakh in Chandigarh


November 13th, 2011 - 12:52 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 12 (IANS) Two youths, one of them in fake police uniform, Saturday looted a web designer of Rs.8 lakh at gun-point on a busy road between Sector 48 ... Read more...

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75 fishermen abducted in Bangladesh


August 25th, 2011 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Aug 25 (IANS) Pirates have looted 85 fishing trawlers and abducted 75 fishermen in two coastal districts of Bangladesh, a media report said Thursday.The incidents took place in the ... Read more...

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Tribal militants abduct six people in Tripura


July 1st, 2011 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 1 (IANS) At least six people, including a government employee, were kidnapped by tribal guerrillas in Tripura, police said here Friday.Five heavily armed NLFT (National Liberation Front of ... Read more...

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Punjab Police arrest nine robbers


June 24th, 2011 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
Patiala, June 24 (IANS) Nine members of an interstate gang of robbers were Friday arrested here on charges of stealing cars and extorting money, Punjab Police said."Working on a tip-off, ... Read more...

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Gold items worth crores robbed in Delhi


June 22nd, 2011 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Four unidentified assailants waylaid the owner of a courier company and his two employees and robbed them of a gold jewellery consignment worth a few ... Read more...

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Medha Patkar joins anti-Posco protest (Lead)


June 20th, 2011 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 20 (IANS) The anti-Posco agitation in Orissa got a boost Monday with social activist Medha Patkar joining the villagers in their protest against the proposed $12 billion project ... Read more...

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Medha Patkar joins Anti-Posco protest


June 20th, 2011 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 20 (IANS) The anti-Posco agitation in Orissa got a boost Monday with social activist Medha Patkar joining the villagers in their protest.Patkar visited the site of the proposed ... Read more...

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Two armed robberies in Delhi


June 17th, 2011 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Two armed robberies occurred within a span of four hours here Wednesday night and cash and jewellery worth several lakhs of rupees were stolen, police ... Read more...

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Trader looted of Rs.16 lakh in Ghaziabad (Lead)


May 16th, 2011 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, May 16 (IANS) Unidentified men Monday looted Rs.16 lakh from a scrap trader at gun point here, police said.Fakhruddin, a resident of Hindon Vihar locality, came to IDBI Bank ... Read more...

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Left Front urges Bengal governor to stop post-poll violence


May 16th, 2011 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) A delegation of West Bengal's ousted Left Front headed by Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Mohammad Salim Monday met Governor M.K. Narayanan and urged him ... Read more...

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Trader looted of Rs.16 lakh


May 16th, 2011 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, May 16 (IANS) Unidentified men Monday looted Rs.16 lakh from a scrap trader at gun point, police said.Fakhruddin, a resident of Hindon Vihar locality, withdrew cash from IDBI Bank ... Read more...

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‘Customers’ loot jewellery shop in Delhi


May 15th, 2011 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Two people entered a jewellery shop in north Delhi in the guise of customers and fled with a large booty after holding the owner's brother ... Read more...

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Armed men rob Rs.7.4 lakh in Gurgaon


May 2nd, 2011 - 3:15 am ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, May 1 (IANS) Three armed robbers barged into a finance company in this suburb, held two guards hostage and fled with Rs.7.4 lakh in cash, police said Sunday."Robbers struck ... Read more...

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I want to stay away from saas-bahu sagas: TV actress Smita


March 20th, 2011 - 10:06 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) Television actress Smita Singh, popularly known as Punpunwali of the show "Bhagyavidhata", says she would like to keep away from saas-bahu sagas and may soon ... Read more...

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Rs.6.86 lakh looted from Jharkhand bank


February 22nd, 2011 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Feb 22 (IANS) Four armed criminals looted Rs.6.86 lakh from a bank in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district Tuesday, police said. According to police, the four, posing as customers, entered a branch ... Read more...

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Pakistan government in a fix over Davis issue


February 22nd, 2011 - 1:09 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 21 (IANS) The Raymond Davis affair continues to be a headache for Islamabad. Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani Monday admitted in parliament that Pakistan and the US have "differences in ... Read more...

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Delhi trader shot at, critically injured


February 16th, 2011 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Three unidentified men shot a 56-year-old man, critically injuring him, outside his medical store in east Delhi when he was locking up his business for the day, ... Read more...

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US seeks immediate release of Davis


February 12th, 2011 - 6:21 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 12 (IANS) The US consul general in Lahore has called for immediate release of Raymond Davis, an American national arrested for gunning down two Pakistanis. While addressing the media Friday ... Read more...

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Maoists release five Chhattisgarh policemen (Lead)


February 11th, 2011 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 11 (IANS) Maoist militants Friday evening released the five Chhattisgarh policemen they had abducted Jan 25 from a passenger bus in the state's restive Bastar region. The Maoists handed over ... Read more...

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Maoists release five abducted cops in Chhattisgarh


February 11th, 2011 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 11 (IANS) Maoists Friday released five policemen they had abducted in Chhattisgarh late last month, police said.The five policemen belong to the Chhattisgarh Armed Forces (CAF). They were abducted Jan ... Read more...

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Robbery in east Delhi


February 9th, 2011 - 12:54 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb (IANS) A 28-year-old shopkeeper was allegedly beaten up by two masked men and robbed of Rs.1 lakh and recharge coupons worth thousands of rupees in Krishna Nagar area of ... Read more...

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Abducted cops still in Maoist captivity, families anxious


February 7th, 2011 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 7 (IANS) Five policemen, abducted from a passenger bus at gun point, are still being held captive by Maoists in Chhattisgarh and police searches have failed to trace them ... Read more...

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UP minister’s kin arrested for gang rape


January 29th, 2011 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Jan 29 (IANS) The Ghaziabad police Saturday arrested the kin of an Uttar Pradesh minister after he was found involved in the gang rape of a married woman, according to ... Read more...

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Two Korean women robbed at gun point in UP


January 18th, 2011 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Meerut, Jan 18 (IANS) Unidentified armed robbers abducted two South Korean women along with their driver and freed them on the highway to Haridwar in Uttar Pradesh after taking away their cash ... Read more...

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Brit-Pak man questioned for masterminding own abduction to get money from father


January 18th, 2011 - 12:47 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan 18 (ANI): A British-Pakistani man is being questioned for allegedly 'masterminding' his own abduction along with his British wife to extract money from his father.The Daily Mail quoted Lahore ... Read more...

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Two injured in three robberies in capital


January 14th, 2011 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) In three separate incidents of crime in the capital Friday, all in less than six hours, two men, including an employee of a well-known jewellery shop in ... Read more...

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Gordon Ramsay held at gunpoint in Costa Rica


January 4th, 2011 - 10:34 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
San Jose, Jan 4 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Seems Gordon Ramsay wanted to investigate shark finning and he got one of the scariest moments in his life when he was doused in fuel and ... Read more...

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Fear of abductions haunts Bihar again


December 29th, 2010 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Dec 29 (IANS) With incidents of kidnapping rising during the last one month, the fear of abductions has once again come to haunt Bihar.Three people, including a 15-year-old school boy, were ... Read more...

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Former Miss Pima County Kumari Fulbright Receives Two Year Prison Sentence


December 12th, 2010 - 6:42 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez Dec 12, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Former Miss Pima County 2005 and law student Kumari Fulbright on Thursday received a prison sentence of two years after she had proven guilty of the ... Read more...

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