Omar divests minister of education portfolio
February 11th, 2012 - 11:59 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, Feb 11 (IANS) Within hours of Jammu and Kashmir Education Minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed sending his resignation letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday evening, Chief Minister ... Read more...
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13/7 Mumbai blasts: Police remand of three extended
February 10th, 2012 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 10 (IANS) A Mumbai court Friday extended the police custody of three accused in the July 13 serial blasts case that killed 27 people and injured over 125, ... Read more...
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Battered baby case: Two more arrested
February 8th, 2012 - 1:27 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Two more people have been arrested in the case of battered baby Falak, who is currently fighting for her life in a city hospital, police ... Read more...
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IM operative linked to Jama Masjid blast nabbed: Police
February 3rd, 2012 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) A suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorist believed to be involved in the Jama Masjid blast was arrested in Bihar, police said Friday."The suspected terrorist is identified ... Read more...
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Baby Falak still critical, another woman held (Roundup)
February 2nd, 2012 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Battling for survival at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, two-year-old baby Falak continued to be critical Thursday, as police made their ... Read more...
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I was denied legal help, Kasab tells apex court (Lead)
January 31st, 2012 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The 2008 Mumbai terror attack convict and Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab Tuesday told the Supreme Court that he was denied fair trial as he was ... Read more...
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Lithuanian charged with Indian’s murder commits suicide
January 31st, 2012 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 31 (IANS) A Lithuanian charged with the murders of an Indian-origin man and his British wife at their home in Birmingham has committed suicide in police custody, a ... Read more...
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Indian man killed for taking too long in toilet
January 30th, 2012 - 10:13 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Mumbai, Jan 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) An Indian man paid with his life when he kept ‘too long’ in the toilet at a slum in the country’s capital Mumbai. The 26-year-old was reportedly ... Read more...
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Goa Police seek counselling for contract killer
January 28th, 2012 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 28 (IANS) Goa Police are in the process of roping in a counsellor for an alleged supari killer who in 2010 had confessed to have been offered a ... Read more...
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Two more AMRI directors arrested, in police custody (Second Lead)
January 27th, 2012 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) Two more AMRI Hospital directors, who are also renowned doctors, were Friday arrested for the fire that killed 94 patients and staffers last month. A court ... Read more...
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Car thief’s police custody extended
January 27th, 2012 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) A local court Friday extended the police custody of a man wanted for over 300 vehicle thefts.Manoj Bakkarwala, wanted for over 300 vehicle thefts during ... Read more...
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Violence rocks Yanam, workers kill company official (Second Lead)
January 27th, 2012 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 27 (IANS) A senior official of a ceramics company was Friday killed in an attack by workers after their leader died in police custody as large-scale violence rocked ... Read more...
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Workers kill company official in Yanam (Lead)
January 27th, 2012 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 27 (IANS) A senior official of a ceramics company was Friday killed in an attack by workers after their leader died in police custody as large-scale violence rocked ... Read more...
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Three workers injured in police firing in Yanam
January 27th, 2012 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 27 (IANS) Three industrial workers were injured Friday as police opened fire when large-scale violence by employees of a ceramics factory rocked Yanam, a region of Puducherry but ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh serial killer admits to seven killings
January 23rd, 2012 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 23 (IANS) A 35-year-old serial killer who was arrested late last week in Raipur, has admitted to killing seven persons, including his wife and father, a police officer ... Read more...
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Indonesian arrested for not believing in god
January 22nd, 2012 - 10:28 am ICT by IANS
Jakarta, Jan 22 (IANS/AKI) A 30-year-old Indonesian civil servant has been arrested on charges of blasphemy after he created a Facebook page that said he did not believe in ... Read more...
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Turmoil in Maldives: Rights panel expresses concern
January 21st, 2012 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS
Male, Jan 21 (IANS) The Human Rights Commission of the Maldives Saturday expressed concern over the turmoil in the country and condemned the secret detention of Chief Judge of the ... Read more...
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Rights panel asks Chhattisgarh for report on custodial death
January 20th, 2012 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 20 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Chhattisgarh and central governments over a suspected Maoist's alleged suicide in police custody in ... Read more...
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Man involved in 300 car thefts held — again (Lead)
January 16th, 2012 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) A notorious thief wanted for over 300 vehicle thefts during a 14-year career and who escaped from police custody in 2009 in Bollywood style was ... Read more...
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Bengal hooch tragedy prime suspect surrenders (Lead)
January 16th, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 16 (IANS) Noor Islam Sheikh alias Khora Badshah, prime suspect in the Sangrampur hooch tragedy in which 171 people were killed, surrendered before a court in West Bengal's ... Read more...
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Super chor ‘Bunty’ arrested in Bhopal, police confirm
January 16th, 2012 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 16 (IANS) Devendra Singh alias Bunty, the most wanted thief in India, has been nabbed in Madhya Pradesh, police said Monday two days after nabbing the high-profile thief ... Read more...
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Bihar custody death triggers protests
January 15th, 2012 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Jan 15 (IANS) Hundreds of people blocked roads and set vehicles ablaze in Bihar's Newada town Sunday after a man died in police custody, officials said.Manoj Yadav, in his ... Read more...
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Four Chhattisgarh cops suspended for suspected Maoist’s death
January 15th, 2012 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 15 (IANS) Four policemen posted in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region were suspended after a man suspected to be a Maoist died in custody, officials at the police headquarters here ... Read more...
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Seven arrested for youth’s murder
January 14th, 2012 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 14 (IANS) A late night brawl outside a 24-hour eatery in the heart of Chandigarh Friday led to the death of a youth, who had recently returned after ... Read more...
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Sivia and dead professor were like brothers, says his dad
January 14th, 2012 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 14 (IANS) Devinder Sivia, mathematics lecturer at Oxford University who was held for the death of professor Steven Rawlings and later released, was "very, very good friends" with ... Read more...
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Police nab criminal who fled custody
January 10th, 2012 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Jan 10 (IANS) The Ghaziabad police have arrested a wanted criminal who had escaped from police custody when he was brought to attend a court hearing about two month ... Read more...
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AIIMS paper leak accused sent to police custody
January 10th, 2012 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) A Delhi court Tuesday sent to seven days' police custody the five accused involved in a bid to leak the post-graduate entrance exam paper of ... Read more...
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Ajmer sex scandal accused remanded in police custody (Lead)
January 4th, 2012 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
Ajmer, Jan 4 (IANS) Saiyed Saleem Chishty, arrested Tuesday in connection with the infamous 1992 Ajmer sex scandal case in which over 100 schoolgirls were blackmailed on the basis of ... Read more...
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Ajmer sex scandal accused remanded in judicial custody
January 4th, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Ajmer, Jan 4 (IANS) Saiyed Saleem Chishty, arrested Tuesday in connection with the infamous 1992 Ajmer sex scandal case in which over 100 schoolgirls were blackmailed on the basis of ... Read more...
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Excise official sent to police custody
January 3rd, 2012 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Tuesday remanded to four days judicial custody a superintendent of Central Excise along with a middleman for ... Read more...
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Two AMRI officials sent to judicial custody
December 26th, 2011 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 26 (IANS) A court Monday sent two officials of the AMRI hospital where a fire claimed 94 lives to judicial custody till Jan 5. Six of its directors ... Read more...
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Soni Sori, Lingaram: Maoist conduits or police trap?
December 25th, 2011 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Dec 25 (IANS) The arrest of two tribals, Soni Sori and Lingaram Kodopi, in Chhattisgarh for alleged acting as Maoist conduits raises the larger question: Were they really Maoist ... Read more...
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AMRI directors denied bail, sent to judicial custody (Lead)
December 24th, 2011 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 23 (IANS) A West Bengal court Friday denied bail to the arrested directors of AMRI Hospital, where a pre-dawn blaze killed 93 people earlier this month, and remanded ... Read more...
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AMRI directors denied bail
December 23rd, 2011 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 23 (IANS) A West Bengal court Friday denied bail to the arrested directors of AMRI Hospital, where a pre-dawn blaze killed 93 people earlier this month, and remanded ... Read more...
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Kolkata blaze: Hospital director’s bail plea rejected (Second Lead)
December 22nd, 2011 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 21 (IANS) A West Bengal court Wednesday rejected the bail plea of AMRI Hospital director R.S. Agarwal, an accused in the hospital fire which killed 93 people Dec ... Read more...
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