Rachel and Paul Chandler set sail again
September 11th, 2012 - 8:49 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Sept 11, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Paul and Rachel Chandler have put behind the ordeal they suffered under the hands of Somali pirates and decided to set sail again.
The two have ... Read more...
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No threat to Nasheed’s life: Maldivian panel
August 29th, 2012 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The Maldivian human rights panel has said that there was no assassination threat to former president Mohamed Nasheed in February this year when he was ... Read more...
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13 prisoners escape from prison van in Uttar Pradesh
August 9th, 2012 - 10:58 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 9 (IANS) Thirteen prisoners who were being driven back to jail after a court hearing overpowered their guards and escaped at gun point in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district, ... Read more...
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Never closed doors for talks with Team Anna: Congress (Lead)
August 1st, 2012 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday said it has never closed the doors for talks with Team Anna currently agitating for a strong Lokpal bill here.The party ... Read more...
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Government could force-feed Team Anna: Digvijay
August 1st, 2012 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh Wednesday indicated that the government could force-feed members of Team Anna if they continue their indefinite fast in support ... Read more...
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Rs.40 lakh looted from Haryana farmer
June 30th, 2012 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
Jhajjar (Haryana), June 30 (IANS) A farmer carrying cash to deposit in a bank was waylaid and looted of Rs.40 lakh in Jhajjar district of Haryana Saturday, police said.Satbir Singh, ... Read more...
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Gold finance company robbed
June 22nd, 2012 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Four men Friday robbed a gold finance company here of Rs.1.35 lakh in cash and gold jewellery reportedly worth lakhs of rupees after stabbing a ... Read more...
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Rs.7 lakh looted from bank in Jharkhand
June 14th, 2012 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, June 14 (IANS) Five unidentified people Thursday looted Rs.seven lakh from a Union Bank of India branch in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, 60 km from here, Thursday, police said.The ... Read more...
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Three men abduct driver, rob car in Delhi
May 29th, 2012 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) A bank employee's driver was abducted and his vehicle robbed by three assailants from outside a hotel here, police said Tuesday. The driver was ... Read more...
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Delhi jewellery shop robbed at gun point
May 9th, 2012 - 12:20 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Two men in their early 30s Tuesday robbed jewellery worth lakhs of rupees from a showroom in west Delhi after holding the owners of the ... Read more...
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‘I am fine, don’t worry,’ Menon tells wife
May 3rd, 2012 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
Chintalnar (Chhattisgarh), May 3 (IANS) Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon, who was released by Maoists Thursday after 12 days of captivity, had to wait one more day to be ... Read more...
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Minor raped at BSP MP’s house in Uttar Pradesh
April 30th, 2012 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 30 (IANS) A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped at gun point by the caretaker of a house owned by the Bahujan Samaj Party's member of parliament from ... Read more...
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Mediators resume talks for release of Sukma collector
April 30th, 2012 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 30 (IANS) Mediators resumed talks here Monday for a consensus on the release of abducted Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon, as Chhatisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh discussed ... Read more...
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Collector’s abduction: Mediators meet fail to break deadlock (Lead)
April 29th, 2012 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 29 (IANS) Maoists interlocutors and the Chhattisgarh government-appointed mediators ended their meeting here Sunday night here but failed to find way out to ensure release of Sukma collector ... Read more...
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Abducted collector: Maoists’ mediators fly to Bastar
April 28th, 2012 - 12:46 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 28 (IANS) Exactly a week after Maoists abducted Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon at gun point, two interlocutors named by them Saturday flew in to Bastar ... Read more...
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Peace in Kashmir is fake, says Geelani
April 27th, 2012 - 2:15 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 27 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir may be calm since last year after three summers of unrest, but separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani insists that the peace is ... Read more...
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Abducted Chhattisgarh collector traceless
April 22nd, 2012 - 8:14 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 22 (IANS) Chhattisgarh police were Sunday yet to find a clue about Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon, a day after he was abducted from a forested area ... Read more...
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NCW members to visit Kolkata April 2
March 31st, 2012 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 31 (IANS) Amid reports of a large number of rape cases across West Bengal, a delegation of National Commission for Women (NCW) is scheduled to visit Kolkata ... Read more...
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Agra bank looted of Rs.11 lakh
March 23rd, 2012 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, March 23 (IANS) A gang of armed robbers struck at a bank branch here as soon as it opened for business Friday and fled with over Rs.11 lakh, police ... Read more...
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Five robbers shot dead by police in Chennai (Lead)
February 23rd, 2012 - 1:30 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 23 (IANS) In a midnight gunbattle at a residential locality here, Tamil Nadu police shot dead five people suspected to be involved in robberies at two suburban bank ... Read more...
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Five shot dead by police in Chennai gunbattle
February 23rd, 2012 - 10:11 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 23 (IANS) In a midnight gunbattle at a residential locality here Thursday, Tamil Nadu police shot dead five people suspected to be involved in two suburban bank branch ... Read more...
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Rape case handling shows Mamata in poor light (Lead, West Bengal Newsletter)
February 19th, 2012 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) The efforts of the West Bengal administration, led by the state's first woman Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, to play down an Anglo-Indian woman's complaint of ... Read more...
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Rape case handling shows Mamata in poor light (West Bengal Newsletter)
February 19th, 2012 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) The efforts of the West Bengal administration, led by the state's first woman Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, to play down an Anglo-Indian woman's complaint of ... Read more...
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Three held for raping Kolkata woman in moving car (Second Lead)
February 19th, 2012 - 1:43 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) Three people were arrested Saturday for raping a 37-year-old Anglo-Indian woman, a mother of two and a former call centre employee, in a moving car after ... Read more...
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Two held for raping Kolkata woman in moving car (Lead)
February 19th, 2012 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) Two people were arrested Saturday for raping a 37-year-old Anglo-Indian woman, mother of two and a former call centre employee, in a moving car after offering ... Read more...
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Kolkata’s Park Street rape case: Police find discrepancies
February 16th, 2012 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 16 (IANS) Days after an Anglo-Indian woman alleged she was "raped at gun point" inside a moving car in the city's upmarket Park Street, the police Thursday ... Read more...
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‘Raped’ Kolkata woman alleges police inaction
February 15th, 2012 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 15 (IANS) The city police Wednesday promised swift action following allegation of inaction by an Anglo-Indian woman who said she was raped in a moving car in the ... Read more...
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US favours independent probe in Maldives
February 14th, 2012 - 9:37 am ICT by IANS
Colombo, Feb 14 (IANS) The US government backs an independent mechanism to investigate the transfer of power in the Maldives, the US State Department has said.US Assistant Secretary of State ... Read more...
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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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