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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Mohammed Film Protests Sweep Muslim World
September 15th, 2012 - 1:22 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Yemen, Sept 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) a group of raged people stormed into the American embassy and there heightened anger is as a result of an American film that depicted mockery to prophet ... Read more...
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Photos of suspects in Odisha violence released
September 13th, 2012 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 13 (IANS) Odisha Police have released photographs of 36 suspects involved in violence during Sep 6 Congress rally here in which a policewoman was thrashed and molested in ... Read more...
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Mob in Guatemala kills man who murdered two kids
September 13th, 2012 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
Guatemala City, Sep 13 (IANS/EFE) A man who walked into a school in the northern Guatemalan village of Tactic and murdered two children was killed by teachers and locals, media ... Read more...
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India condemns attack on US consulate in Libya
September 13th, 2012 - 12:59 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) India Wednesday strongly condemned the attack on the US consulate in Libya that killed Washington's envoy and other US officials."We are deeply shocked at ... Read more...
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Obama condemns US envoy’s killing in Libya
September 12th, 2012 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 12 (IANS) US President Barack Obama Wednesday condemned the killing of the American ambassador to Libya, and said he was a "courageous and exemplary representative" of the ... Read more...
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Encroachers clash with police in Noida (Lead)
September 10th, 2012 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, Sep 10 (IANS) Angry villagers in Haibatpur in Noida extension Monday fought a pitched battle with the police and Greater Noida Development Authority (GNDA) workers when an anti-encroachment squad ... Read more...
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Kudankulam protests: One killed in police firing
September 10th, 2012 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 10 (IANS) One person was killed in police firing when a crowd of anti-Kudankulam protestors attacked a police checkpost in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin district Monday, police said. Three ... Read more...
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IAC begins hunt for political talent in Lucknow
September 10th, 2012 - 2:57 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 10 (IANS) In keeping with its Aug 2 announcement at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi to float a political party, India Against Corruption (IAC) has begun an exercise ... Read more...
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Life back to normal in east Delhi, six more arrested
September 5th, 2012 - 12:36 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Two days after large scale rioting in which a man was killed, life was limping back to normal in Mayur Vihar Phase III of east ... Read more...
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Nagaland returning to normalcy
September 3rd, 2012 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kohima, Sep 3 (IANS) Nagaland Home Minister Imkong Imchen Monday said the situation in the clash-hit area of Dimapur is slowly returning to normalcy after clashes between the Sumi and ... Read more...
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East Delhi violence under control
September 3rd, 2012 - 10:25 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The situation in east Delhi's Mayur Vihar, where one person was killed and many people were injured following a mob that went on a rampage ... Read more...
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Police booth, bus set afire in Delhi (Lead)
September 2nd, 2012 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) A mob set a police booth and a DTC bus on fire here Sunday evening and police fired bullets in the air to control them, ... Read more...
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Army stages flag march in Nagaland
September 2nd, 2012 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
Kohima, Sep 2 (IANS) The army Sunday staged a flag march in Dimapur district in Nagaland after clashes a day earlier between Naga tribes Sumi and Angami, an official said."The ... Read more...
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Violence in Lucknow over theft of religious books
September 1st, 2012 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 1 (IANS) A shop and a motorcycle were burnt in the old city area here Saturday when a mob went on a rampage after discovering that some holy ... Read more...
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Gujarat riot victims hail life terms for accused
August 31st, 2012 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Aug 31 (IANS) Survivors and kin of victims have hailed the life imprisonment awarded to those convicted for their involvement in the 2002 post-Godhra Naroda Patiya riots and ... Read more...
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BJP legislator, 31 others get life terms for Naroda Patiya carnage (Lead)
August 31st, 2012 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Aug 31 (IANS) A special Gujarat court Friday sentenced Bharatiya Janata Party legislator and former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani to 28 years in jail for her involvement in ... Read more...
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BJP lawmaker, 31 others get life terms for Naroda Patiya killings
August 31st, 2012 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Aug 31 (IANS) A special Gujarat court Friday sentenced Bharatiya Janata Party legislator and former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani to 28 years in jail for her involvement in ... Read more...
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Naroda Patiya massacre: Ex-minister Kodnani, 31 convicted (Second Lead)
August 29th, 2012 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Aug 29 (IANS) Ten years after a mob hacked and burnt to death 97 Muslims in Naroda Patiya locality here during riots, a Gujarat special court Wednesday convicted ... Read more...
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Minister’s involvement only with Modi’s consent: Congress on Naroda
August 29th, 2012 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday welcomed the court verdict convicting a former Gujarat minister and 31 others in the 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre case, saying that ... Read more...
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Bajrangi said he felt like Rana Pratap after Naroda killings
August 29th, 2012 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Aug 29 (IANS) Babu Bajrangi, the Bajrang Dal leader convicted by a Gujarat court Wednesday in the massacre of 97 Muslims in the Naroda Patiya case, had been ... Read more...
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Naroda Patiya massacre: Ex-minister among 32 convicted (Lead)
August 29th, 2012 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Aug 29 (IANS) A special court in Gujarat Wednesday convicted 32 people, including former BJP minister Mayaben Kodnani and Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi, for the massacre of 97 ... Read more...
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Russian executed in 1918 cleared 94 years later
August 24th, 2012 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 24 (IANS) Prosecutors in Russia, embarking on a quest for historical justice, formally cleared a peasant executed in 1918 for opposing the Bolsheviks, RIA Novosti reported.Two Communists sent ... Read more...
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Insane to accuse girl of blasphemy: Pakistani daily
August 21st, 2012 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 21 (IANS) The blasphemy law has become a death warrant at the hands of mob vigilantism, a Pakistani daily said after an 11-year-old girl afflicted with Down syndrome ... Read more...
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Wanted man lynched by mob near Gurgaon
August 20th, 2012 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Aug 20 (IANS) A criminal carrying a Rs.1 lakh reward for his arrest was beaten to death by a mob in Saidpur village near this Haryana industrial town and ... Read more...
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Curfew relaxed in Assam, 100 people detained
August 17th, 2012 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Aug 17 (IANS) Curfew was Friday partially lifted in Assam's Rangiya sub-division of Kamrup (Rural) district and 100 people have been picked up for violence, police said. There were ... Read more...
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Fresh violence in Assam, curfew imposed
August 16th, 2012 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Aug 16 (IANS) Fresh incidents of violence were reported in Assam's Kamrup rural area Thursday and authorities imposed curfew in Rangiya sub-division of the district to bring the situation ... Read more...
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Two charged with murder slain in Bolivia by mob
August 16th, 2012 - 11:22 am ICT by IANS
La Paz, Aug 16 (IANS/EFE) Two Brazilians arrested in Bolivia on suspicion of murder were pulled from a jail cell and burned to death by a mob, Bolivian media said.The ... Read more...
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Editors Guild condemns attacks on Mumbai media
August 12th, 2012 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 12 (IANS) The Editors Guild of India Sunday condemned the violence against journalists here during a Muslim protest and urged police to deal with the attackers "sternly".The Guilt ... Read more...
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UP plagued by lawlessness: BJP
August 11th, 2012 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 11 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday said Uttar Pradesh was in the grip of a "jungle raj" (lawlessness) and accused the Samajwadi Party government headed ... Read more...
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Armed robbers loot Rs.15 lakh in Noida, nabbed, money recovered (Lead)
August 6th, 2012 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, Aug 6 (IANS) Two robbers, who looted over Rs.15 lakh in cash from a reputed retail outlet in Great India Place mall in Sector 39 here, were overpowered by ... Read more...
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Eight held for moral policing in Karnataka (Lead, Changing dateline)
July 29th, 2012 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Mangalore, July 29 (IANS) Eight activists of the Hindu Jagarana Vedike were arrested for allegedly beating over a dozen youths including girls at a weekend party on outskirts of this ... Read more...
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Akbarabadi Mosque: LG urges people to exercise restraint
July 23rd, 2012 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) Tejinder Khanna Monday appealed to people to exercise restraint and respect the Delhi High court order on the purported excavated mosque ... Read more...
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Guwahati molestation prime accused surrenders in Varanasi
July 23rd, 2012 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 23 (IANS) The prime accused in the Guwahati molestation case has surrendered to police in Varanasi city, police said Monday.
Uttar Pradesh Police officials said Amarjyoti Kalita, who ... Read more...
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Speeding truck mows down 15 in Uttar Pradesh
July 22nd, 2012 - 12:16 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 22 (IANS) Fifteen people were mowed down by a speeding truck in Uttar Pradesh's Etawah district, police said Sunday.The accident took place near Barlokpur village on the Farrukhabad-Etawah ... Read more...
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