Curfew relaxed in violence-hit Ghaziabad area
September 17th, 2012 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Sep 17 (IANS) Curfew was relaxed for five hours Monday in Ghaziabad's Masuri area where six people were killed in police firing three days ago and the kin of ... Read more...
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Rahul faces hostility from Amethi college girls
September 13th, 2012 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 13 (IANS) Congress MP Rahul Gandhi faced hostile college girl students on the first day of his two-day visit to his parliamentary constituency Amethi Thursday.Angry over the ... Read more...
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South African woman held at Mumbai airport
August 25th, 2012 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 24 (IANS) A South African woman was Friday arrested for carrying 18 kg of amphetamine, a banned drug, at the Mumbai international airport, a customs official said."We have ... Read more...
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Government outlines measures to tackle black money
August 10th, 2012 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The government Friday released details of its initiatives for unearthing and curbing black money, even as yoga guru Baba Ramdev's fast to demand the government ... Read more...
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ATM bombings continue unabated in South Africa
June 6th, 2012 - 9:11 am ICT by IANS
Cape Town, June 6 (IANS) Attacks on Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) have gone up rapidly in South Africa this year, with 18 cash machines being blown up in a single ... Read more...
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‘No cover-ups, army’s secular character to be maintained’ (Second Lead)
June 1st, 2012 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) There would be no cover-ups and the "secular, apolitical" character of the force would be maintained, Indian Army chief Gen. Bikram Singh asserted Friday, ... Read more...
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Women pretends to be UP legislator, arrested
May 29th, 2012 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 29 (IANS) A woman was arrested Tuesday outside the Vidhan Sabha Bhawan here when she tried to enter the high security premises, pretending to be a legislator.The woman ... Read more...
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Army chief slaps show cause notice on Lt. Gen.
May 24th, 2012 - 12:13 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Ahead of his retirement May 31, Indian Army chief General V.K. Singh has slapped a show cause notice on a lieutenant general, who may be ... Read more...
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Alarm after 40 held on Indo-Nepal border
May 1st, 2012 - 5:17 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 1 (IANS) The detention Monday of 40 people for trying to enter India from Nepal without valid identity papers through the border in Maharajganj has put the Uttar ... Read more...
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Akhilesh government to roll out ‘red carpet’ for scribes
April 29th, 2012 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 29 (IANS) How to create a media-friendly environment in government offices and make maximum information available to journalists? This is a key task for the Akhilesh Yadav ... Read more...
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CRPF sets up Intelligence School (Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Feb 8 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday inaugurated a dedicated intelligence cell of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), a development expected to boost its intelligence gathering ... Read more...
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ATM attacks on the rise in South Africa
February 5th, 2012 - 11:00 am ICT by IANS
Cape Town, Feb 5 (IANS) Attacks on Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) have increased rapidly in South Africa over the past one year partly due to poor policing, a report said.A ... Read more...
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Delhi woman held in Bangalore for smuggling computer chips
January 6th, 2012 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 6 (IANS) Customs sleuths arrested a Delhi-based woman for attempting to smuggle in about 31,500 computer chips (memory cards) valued at Rs.63 lakh into the country from Hong ... Read more...
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Probe below-par equipment report: Antony
December 8th, 2011 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony Thursday ordered a probe into reports that a key military intelligence unit's imagery intelligence gathering and analysis equipment is below par ... Read more...
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Argentine gets life for torture, deaths of 11,000 people
November 6th, 2011 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 6 (IANS) A former officer in the Argentine Navy's intelligence unit who was responsible for the torture and murder of 11,000 innocent people during military rule 1976 to ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh police implement citizen’s charter
November 5th, 2011 - 12:48 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 4 (IANS) Announcing implementation of citizen's charter, Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) Brij Lal Friday directed the officials to ensure redressal of public complaints within time-frame.Terming ... Read more...
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Cleaners to report drug abuse in London Olympic Village
October 4th, 2011 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 4 (IANS) Domestic cleaners in the 2012 Olympic village in London will be told to report about drug abuse by the athletes.The move is part of 'intelligence-based' strategy ... Read more...
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Black money case: Apex court reserves verdict (Lead)
September 1st, 2011 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday reserved its verdict on the maintainability of the central government's application for recall of its July 4 order, by which it ... Read more...
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Apex court appoints probe team on money laundering (Second Lead)
July 4th, 2011 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe black money stashed by Indian citizens in foreign tax havens. The committee ... Read more...
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Supreme Court ruling on money laundering probe Monday (Lead)
July 2nd, 2011 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce Monday its verdict on a plea that a special investigation team (SIT) probe the alleged money laundering by ... Read more...
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CPI-M to seek action on MP found with cash
March 25th, 2011 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Friday said it will complain to the Election Commission about a Trinamool Congress parliamentarian who was found carrying Rs.57 ... Read more...
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Special law, gaming commission for Goa casinos
March 17th, 2011 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 17 (IANS) Casino operations in Goa will now be governed by a special regulation and a gaming commission, Chief Minister Digambar Kamat said in his budget speech here ... Read more...
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Tax officials to verify Bengal candidates’ assets
February 25th, 2011 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) The Income Tax (IT) department will verify the assets declared by the candidates during filing of nominations in the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections and if any misappropriation ... Read more...
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Police officer’s wife falls, dies
December 29th, 2010 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Dec 29 (IANS) A police sub-inspector's wife Wednesday slipped to her death from the balcony of her upper storey flat when she was trying to dump some waste, witnesses said Wednesday.The ... Read more...
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Facebook-addict crooks make it easier for US cops
November 22nd, 2010 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Nov 22 (IANS) Criminals in the US are bragging about their murders, rapes and robberies on social networking websites, often with photos or video clips, which has made it ... Read more...
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‘BSF to guard India-Myanmar border’
September 28th, 2010 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
Nongkrem (Meghalaya), Sep 28 (IANS) Outgoing Assam Rifles chief Lt. Gen. K.S. Yadava Tuesday said that the central government plans to move in the Border Security Force (BSF) to the northeast to ... Read more...
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Now, a UK intelligence unit to target corrupt sportspersons
September 19th, 2010 - 6:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 19 (ANI): The British Government has pushed through plans of constituting a new intelligence unit in a bid to target international gangsters and corrupt sportspersons, following the latest spot-fixing revelations ... Read more...
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Two arrested with fake passports at Lucknow airport
August 26th, 2010 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 26 (IANS) Two teenagers were arrested along with fake passports at the Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport (Amausi) here Thursday, police said.
Immigration officials at the airport held the two, as they ... Read more...
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Over Rs.786.27 crore of black money seized in 2009-10
August 17th, 2010 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) There is no official estimate of unaccounted money in the country as of date, but a number of steps taken by the government have led to the ... Read more...
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Man arrested with fake passport at Lucknow airport
August 10th, 2010 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 10 (IANS) A man was Tuesday arrested at the airport here with a fake passport, police said.
Immigration officials at the Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport (Amausi) here held Ameerul Mandal, who ... Read more...
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Srinagar police chief removed
June 20th, 2010 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 20 (IANS) Riyaz Bedar was Sunday removed as the police chief of this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital after the death of a young man in firing by security ... Read more...
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Alleged Saudi millions flowing into Afghanistan through Pakistan
May 31st, 2010 - 1:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 31 (ANI): Millions of dollars of Saudi Arabian money continue flow into Afghanistan from Pakistan, claim members of the Afghan financial intelligence unit, FinTraca.The FinTraca further said this money in ... Read more...
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Is there a spy wing in Aligarh Muslim University?
May 3rd, 2010 - 10:49 am ICT by IANS
By Nakshab Khan
New Delhi/Aligarh, May 3 (IANS) It's an open secret in the Aligarh Muslim University that an 'intelligence wing' of the varsity snoops on students and teachers. The administration flatly denies ... Read more...
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Terrorists using international credit cards for operations
April 27th, 2010 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Terrorists, sleeper cells and terror suspects have been using international credit cards to fund their operations in India, parliament was told Tuesday."As per available reports, instances ... Read more...
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Obama ‘disappointed’ at Pakistan’s blocking of FMCT talks: NYT
April 12th, 2010 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
By Manish Chand
Washington, April 12 (IANS) A day before the 47-nation Nuclear Security Summit opens here, US President Barack Obama has "expressed disappointment" over Pakistan's bid to block the opening of ... Read more...
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