Norway to build separate psychiatric ward for Breivik
June 29th, 2012 - 9:02 am ICT by IANS
Oslo, June 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Norway's Health Directorate has ordered the construction of a separate psychiatric ward inside Oslo's Ila prison for self-confessed mass killer Anders Breivik if he is ... Read more...
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Russian convicted of leaking military secrets
May 18th, 2012 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Russian court has convicted an employee at a defence firm for passing on secrets about latest Russian weapons to a foreign intelligence service, and ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh legislators advised to be alert while on tour
March 26th, 2012 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 26 (IANS) Police in Chhattisgarh have urged the state's legislators to be on high alert while trekking through Maoist jungle strongholds in the wake of the abduction of ... Read more...
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UAE bank launches thumb verification system
September 13th, 2011 - 12:20 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Sep 12 (IANS/WAM) The Al Hilal Bank in Abu Dhabi has become the first in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to introduce the thumb verification system for its ... Read more...
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Now Ashoke Pandit to make film on Kashmiri widows
August 17th, 2011 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 17 (IANS) There is a village in Kashmir named Dardpora populated by widows of terrorists and militants and filmmaker Ashoke Pandit, who made a documentary on them, has ... Read more...
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WikiLeaks suspect Manning to be moved to new prison
April 20th, 2011 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 20 (IANS) Bradley Manning, the US Army private suspected of passing on classified documents to whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, is likely to be moved to a different prison after ... Read more...
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Manning’s mother calls on Hague to check on his deteriorating condition
April 14th, 2011 - 4:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr.14 (ANI): Susan Manning, the mother of Bradley Manning, the US soldier accused of leaking confidential data to WikiLeaks, has called for British Foreign Secretary William Hague to visit her son ... Read more...
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Bradley Manning treatment called ‘illegal and unconstitutional’
April 11th, 2011 - 1:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 11 (ANI): Over 250 of America's leading legal scholars have described the treatment of American soldier Bradley Manning, who has been accused of leaking classified cables to WikiLeaks, as illegal, ... Read more...
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Double murder-accused US official enjoying special treatment in Pak jail
February 13th, 2011 - 5:40 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Feb 13(ANI): Double murder-accused US official Raymond Davis spent a relaxed first day in the Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore, where he has been remanded in judicial custody until February 25, ... Read more...
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Dangerous prisoners in Britain to become hairdressers
January 27th, 2011 - 12:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 27 (IANS) Dangerous convicts in Britain's "most notorious" lifers-only jail will now be allowed to use scissors and razors so that they can become hairdressers.Prison officials at the Kingston Prison ... Read more...
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Brazil prison population triples in 15 years
December 29th, 2010 - 11:52 am ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo, Dec 29 (IANS/EFE) The population of Brazil's prison system currently stands at 494,237 inmates, or triple the number behind bars 15 years ago, according to official figures.According to the National ... Read more...
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Scottish prisons go green, flat screen TVs for prisoners
November 13th, 2010 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 13 (IANS) In a bid to save energy, Scottish officials have proposed energy-efficient flat screen TV sets for prisoners, a media report said Saturday.The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has ordered ... Read more...
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Jailed Taliban commander “regrets violent past,” backs Brit soldiers now in Afghanistan
November 6th, 2010 - 2:21 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Nov 6 (ANI): A jailed Taliban commander in Central Helmand Prison, Mullah Abdul Ghani, has claimed that he now deeply regrets his violent past and even hopes that British soldiers ... Read more...
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Delhi CWG venues being guarded by Naga women police
October 8th, 2010 - 6:43 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct.8 (ANI): The first women police battalion from Nagaland is providing security at venues of the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2010.Around 600 women personnel are patrolling the streets and ensuring maximum ... Read more...
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Green River Killer Not Sentenced To Death Penalty
September 24th, 2010 - 7:34 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Sep 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Gary Ridgway, the "Green River Killer" might be denied execution, as he confessed of murdering 48 women in Washington, Seattle and Tracoma. He may be ... Read more...
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Helping to prepare prisoners for outside world
September 16th, 2010 - 11:21 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 16 (IANS) Prisoners in China are "corrected" before their release from jails by an institution which help the inmates lead a new life without committing crimes again.
The Sunshine Halfway House, ... Read more...
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Australian women’s jail to have full-body scanner
August 16th, 2010 - 10:28 am ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Aug 16 (IANS) A high-security women's prison in Australia will have a full-body scanner for checking visitors and inmates in order to stop infiltration of drugs and weapons inside the jail.
The ... Read more...
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Ten grenades found at Guwahati railway station
August 5th, 2010 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Aug 5 (IANS) A major terrorist attack may have been foiled Thursday with security forces recovering 10 powerful hand grenades from a platform at the Guwahati railway station in Assam, officials ... Read more...
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‘Maoists may trigger Dantewada-like attacks to avenge Azad’s killing’
July 4th, 2010 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) Maoist rebels may trigger Dantewada-style revenge attack in eastern India to avenge the killing of their top leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad, intelligence reports suggest, said a senior ... Read more...
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Bengal on high alert ahead of Maoist protest
June 17th, 2010 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
Lalgarh (West Bengal), June 17 (IANS) Ahead of shutdowns and protests called by Maoists, police stations in all West Bengal districts have been alerted to foil any rebel strikes in view ... Read more...
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‘Detained Pak taxi driver being treated like Osama bin Laden by US authorities’
May 20th, 2010 - 7:14 pm ICT by ANI
New York, May 20 (ANI): A Pakistani civilian, who was arrested last month along with three other persons in connection with the botched Times Square bombing plot, is being "treated like Osama ... Read more...
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Son of Sam Parole: David Berkowitz Stays Put
May 12th, 2010 - 12:07 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
May 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The serial killer who was known to the world as the "Son of Sam" has been denied parole, for the fifth time. David Berkowitz (born David Richard Falco) ... Read more...
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Myanmar’s KIA helping northeast rebels to create bases in China
April 11th, 2010 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
Itanagar, April 11 (IANS) Arunachal Pradesh Sunday sounded a maximum security alert following reports that cadres of an influential Myanmarese guerrilla group have infiltrated into the region to create a safe-corridor for ... Read more...
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Josef Fritzl ‘makes killer pal in jail’
March 19th, 2010 - 12:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 19 (ANI): Jailed Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man who imprisoned his sex slave daughter in a secret dungeon for 24 years, has found a pal in a killer who slaughtered ... Read more...
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Kalinga Sena threatens IPL over Aussies (Lead)
February 20th, 2010 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 20 (IANS) The Kalinga Sena, a fringe outfit in Orissa, Saturday again threatened to disrupt the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches in Cuttack until Australian cricketers were barred from playing.
This ... Read more...
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Security beefed up ahead of second ODI in Gwalior
February 20th, 2010 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI
Gwalior, Feb. 20 (ANI): Ahead of the second ODI match between India and South Africa on February 24, security has been strengthened in Gwalior in the wake of recent terror threats.Around ... Read more...
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Kalinga Sena again threatens to disrupt IPL matches
February 20th, 2010 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 20 (IANS) The Kalinga Sena, a fringe political outfit in Orissa, Saturday again threatened to disrupt Indian Premier League (IPL) matches in Cuttack as the state cricket authorities had ... Read more...
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Woods to stay in Welsh golf pad fortress during Ryder Cup
February 20th, 2010 - 2:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb.20 (ANI): Golfer Tiger Woods has reportedly secured a South Wales home-from-home fortress for absolute privacy during the Ryder Cup in October.The stronghold is a million pound neo-Georgian mansion recently ... Read more...
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Underworld godfather used Facebook to run organized crime network
January 31st, 2010 - 4:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan. 31 (ANI): An underworld don, who is languishing in a maximum-security British jail, has been using Facebook to run his drugs and organised crime empire and intimidate his enemies. ... Read more...
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Software companies are under terror threat: Home Secretary
December 9th, 2009 - 6:29 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 9 (ANI): Union Home Secretary G K Pillai today said the Indian software companies are on the hit list of terrorists.Speaking at a conference here that placed emphasis ... Read more...
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Near empty Illinois prison may house GITMO inmates
November 16th, 2009 - 4:41 pm ICT by ANI
Chicago, Nov.16 (ANI): The Obama administration may buy a near empty prison in rural north-western Illinois to house detainees from Guantanamo Bay along with federal inmates, a White House official said ... Read more...
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Nepal shoots down Bollywood’s Sobhraj plan
September 14th, 2009 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Sep 14 (IANS) Upcoming Bollywood star Neil Nitin Mukesh's plan to make a new film on crime maestro Charles Sobhraj and have the protagonist copy Sobhraj's `mannerisms' has ... Read more...
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Prisoner escapes from Greek prison by helicopter
February 22nd, 2009 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
Athens, Feb 22 (DPA) One of Greece's most infamous criminals managed to pull off a daring jail break for a second time Sunday, landing a helicopter in a prison yard and fleeing ... Read more...
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ULFA planning R-Day blasts, say police; ask people to help
January 23rd, 2009 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 23 (IANS) A maximum security alert has been sounded in Assam following reports that militants were planning explosions in crowded marketplaces ahead of Republic Day and police have asked people ... Read more...
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With intelligence warning of terror attacks, Assam on high alert
January 19th, 2009 - 11:39 am ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 19 (IANS) A maximum security alert has been sounded in Assam with intelligence reports about terrorists trying to stage violent attacks in the run-up to Republic Day, officials said here ... Read more...
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