Six people responsible for Mahi’s death, says inquiry
September 21st, 2012 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Sep 21 (IANS) A magisterial inquiry has held six people responsible for the death on June 20 this year of five-year-old Mahi who fell into a 70-feet-deep borewell, an ... Read more...
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12 held for fireworks factory blaze, probe ordered (Lead)
September 6th, 2012 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 6 (IANS) Twelve people have been arrested for the massive blaze at a fireworks factory in Tamil Nadu's Sivakasi town that killed 38 people, police said Thursday. A ... Read more...
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51 killed, 46 injured as bus falls into Himachal gorge (Fourth Lead)
August 11th, 2012 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 11 (IANS) At least 51 people, including 18 women, were killed and 46 others injured Saturday when an overcrowded bus rolled into a 300-feet deep gorge in Chamba ... Read more...
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Notice to village head in Mahi’s death in borewell
June 26th, 2012 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, June 26 (IANS) Authorities have issued a notice to the village head of Kasan village in Haryana's Gurgaon district where four-year-old Mahi died after she slipped into an open ... Read more...
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Owner hit by plane on runway, dies (Lead)
May 12th, 2012 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
Meerut, May 12 (IANS) A 40-year-old Delhi-based businessman was killed Saturday at the Partapur air strip here after being hit by a microlite plane he owned as he clicked its ... Read more...
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Curfew continues in Gurdaspur, Badal orders probe
March 30th, 2012 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 30 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Friday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the violence in Gurdaspur, where curfew continued after a youth was killed in police ... Read more...
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Devastating fire in Himachal’s Chamba heritage town
March 18th, 2012 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 18 (IANS) A devastating fire gutted 16 buildings, comprising mainly shops, in Himachal Pradesh's heritage town of Chamba early Sunday, an official said. However, there was no loss ... Read more...
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Widow gets Rs.3 lakh for custody death
March 16th, 2012 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) On the recommendation of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the Puducherry government paid Rs.3 lakh to the wife of a prisoner who died a ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh cop suspended for custody death (Lead)
February 23rd, 2012 - 1:08 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 22 (IANS) A police station chief in Chhattisgarh was suspended Wednesday, a day after an initial post-mortem report backed a poor man's allegations that his son was mercilessly ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh cop suspended for youth’s custodial death
February 22nd, 2012 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 22 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Police Wednesday suspended a police station chief in Raipur district, a day after an initial post-mortem report backed a poor man's allegations that his son ... Read more...
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Custodial death victim died of internal injuries: Autopsy
February 22nd, 2012 - 1:09 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 21 (IANS) The post-mortem report of a 25-year-old man who died here in police custody Sunday says he sustained internal injuries, official sources said Tuesday, lending support to ... Read more...
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Himachal accident toll rises to 15 (Lead)
January 13th, 2012 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Jan 13 (IANS) The deaths in a road accident in the interiors of Himachal Pradesh's Shimla district has risen to 15, officials here said Friday.A state roadways bus carrying ... Read more...
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Bihar ordered to pay Rs.3 lakh to undertrial’s kin
December 14th, 2011 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Wednesday directed the Bihar government to pay Rs.3 lakh to the family of an undertrial prisoner who died because ... Read more...
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Cop facing probe into farmer deaths injures himself
November 7th, 2011 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) A Mumbai deputy commissioner of police - embroiled in the controversy over the death of three protesting farmers in Pune in police firing - Monday suffered ... Read more...
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Suspected custody death: Four cops suspended
November 4th, 2011 - 12:42 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, Nov 3 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Police Thursday suspended four policemen and ordered a judicial inquiry into the death of a suspected thief under "mysterious circumstances".Vijay Kumar, a villager ... Read more...
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Staged gunfights: Congress walks out of Chhattisgarh assembly
September 9th, 2011 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Sep 9 (IANS) The opposition Congress in Chhattisgarh Friday walked out of the state assembly after charging the police with branding tribals as Maoists and killing them in staged ... Read more...
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Opposition disrupts Tripura assembly
September 5th, 2011 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Sep 5 (IANS) The Tripura assembly witnessed pandemonium Monday with the opposition Congress demanding a probe into the mysterious death of a youth and the police baton charge on ... Read more...
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Two lawyers killed in Uttar Pradesh clash
September 3rd, 2011 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 3 (IANS) Two lawyers were killed and five injured when lekhpals (revenue officials) opened fire during a clash with them in Uttar Pradesh?s Lakhimpur Kheri district Saturday, officials ... Read more...
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Naphtha pipeline shut as fire continues
August 22nd, 2011 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 22 (IANS) The authorities here Monday ordered the shutdown of a pipeline ferrying naphtha from the Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) to a fertilizer company as a fire caused ... Read more...
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Autopsy confirms Kashmir youth was tortured
August 4th, 2011 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 4 (IANS) Doctors who carried out the autopsy of Zamin Rashid, who died in police custody in Jammu and Kashmir, confirmed finding torture marks on his body, sources ... Read more...
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Tripura journalists protest police baton assault
July 19th, 2011 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 19 (IANS) Journalists in Tripura Tuesday organised sit-in demonstrations in Agartala and different places of the state, demanding suspension of police officials who allegedly led a police ... Read more...
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PM calls off northeast visit
July 17th, 2011 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has cancelled his scheduled visit beginning July 22 to two northeastern states - Assam and Tripura - citing a hectic schedule ... Read more...
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Khasi villagers ostracised over PDS scam, seek NHRC help
July 7th, 2011 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, July 7 (IANS) After villagers in Meghalaya were ostracised for unearthing a scam in the public distribution system (PDS), a woman's group has asked the National Human Rights ... Read more...
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Tribals Call Goa DGP ‘General Dyer’ (Lead)
June 20th, 2011 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 20 (IANS) Outraged tribal leaders Monday called Goa's Director General of Police 'General Dyer of Goa' after he said he would have "ordered fire" during a tribal protest ... Read more...
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Goa police chief’s comment on tribal protest triggers storm
June 18th, 2011 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 18 (IANS) The Goa police chief's comment Saturday that he would have ordered firing on tribals during their agitation May 25, triggered a controversy with tribal leaders ... Read more...
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‘Goa police probing tribal killings harassing tribals’
June 15th, 2011 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 15 (IANS) With no sign of the judicial probe promised by the Goa government into the killing of two tribal activists last month, tribal leaders claim that the ... Read more...
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11 cops suspended after girl found dead in police station
June 11th, 2011 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh), June 11 (IANS) As many as 11 policemen, including a police inspector, were suspended here Saturday after the body of a teenaged girl was found in ... Read more...
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Uddhav Thackeray to meet killed Jaitapur protester’s family
April 23rd, 2011 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray will Monday meet the family members of Tabrez Sayekar, who was killed in police firing on protesters opposing the ... Read more...
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Noida sisters had no financial problems: Police
April 14th, 2011 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, April 14 (IANS) The two sisters who locked themselves inside their Noida house for over seven months till they were rescued on the verge of death two days ago ... Read more...
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Police officers booked for disrespect to turban
April 5th, 2011 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 5 (IANS) Two Punjab Police officers have been booked after Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal ordered a criminal case against them for allegedly showing disrespect to the ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh announces judicial probe into Dantewada arson
April 1st, 2011 - 12:32 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 31 (IANS) Amid rising protests, Chhattisgarh Home Minister Nankiram Kanwar Thursday announced a judicial probe into alleged atrocities by policemen in three villages in Dantewada district this ... Read more...
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Turban disrespect: Punjab government seeks report
March 31st, 2011 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 31 (IANS) After ordering the suspension of two police officers and a magisterial inquiry into the incident of a Sikh man's turban being removed, the Punjab government Thursday ... Read more...
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Two police officers suspended over turban removal
March 30th, 2011 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 30 (IANS) The Punjab government Wednesday ordered the immediate suspension of two police officers for allegedly being involved in an incident in which the turban of a Sikh ... Read more...
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Help for police rampage victims in Chhattisgarh
March 25th, 2011 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 25 (IANS) Authorities in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district Friday reached out with relief material, mainly rations, to dozens of families whose houses were burnt allegedly by about 300 security ... Read more...
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‘Government ignoring Mizoram tribal refugees in Tripura’
March 23rd, 2011 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 23 (IANS) Mizoram's Reang tribal refugees living in Tripura for the last 14 years have been neglected by both the central and state governments, Tripura Chief Minister Manik ... Read more...
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