Probe ordered into Jagir Kaur’s VIP treatment in jail
April 3rd, 2012 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 3 (IANS) After treating her as a VIP inmate instead of as a convicted criminal, prison authorities in Punjab Tuesday ordered a probe into the preferential treatment ... Read more...
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Convicted Jagir Kaur remains a VIP in prison
March 31st, 2012 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 31 (IANS) Hardly a few hours after her conviction and arrest Friday evening, former Punjab cabinet minister Jagir Kaur continued to wield political influence even as a prisoner ... Read more...
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Goa cop arrested for molesting woman
March 29th, 2012 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 29 (IANS) A Goa police constable is under arrest for allegedly molesting a woman in a drunken state, police said.Azad Ahmed, who applied for bail Thursday in Vasco, ... Read more...
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Online plea gets police to escort sick baby in China
March 21st, 2012 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, March 21 (IANS) Modern communication technology proved a possible life-saver when an online appeal prompted police to escort an ambulance carrying a sick baby in China.The four-month-old boy took ... Read more...
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Reddy returns to Bangalore after six months, as an accused (Second Lead)
March 2nd, 2012 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore/Hyderabad, March 1 (IANS) Gali Janardhana Reddy, the struggling businessman-turned-mining baron who once dictated terms to the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka, comes to Bangalore early Friday for the ... Read more...
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Janardhana Reddy taken to Bangalore by road (Lead)
March 1st, 2012 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 1 (IANS) Former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy was Thursday taken to Bangalore by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) by road.After day-long suspense on the mode of ... Read more...
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Jailed Malegaon blast accused allowed AC train travel (Lead)
February 9th, 2012 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 9 (IANS) The Bombay High Court Thursday allowed Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, the prime accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast in Maharashtra, to travel to Madhya Pradesh by ... Read more...
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Sadhvi seeks special travel facility for court hearing
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 23 (IANS) Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, prime accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, Monday challenged a special court order restraining her from travelling by air or by ... Read more...
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Court rejects Janardhana Reddy’s interim bail plea
December 30th, 2011 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 30 (IANS) A special court here Friday rejected the petition of former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy for rwo days' interim bail to attend his mother's death anniversary ... Read more...
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Police officer shot dead in Islamabad
October 15th, 2011 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 15 (IANS) A police officer was shot dead when he tried to protect a woman from her ex-husband in Islamabad, the Dawn newspaper reported Saturday.Police officer Riaz Nadeem ... Read more...
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Strauss-Kahn returns home after sex assault case
September 4th, 2011 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 4 (IANS) Former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn returned to Paris Sunday following the collapse of an attempted rape case levelled against him in ... Read more...
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Five held in Taseer kidnapping case in Pakistan
August 28th, 2011 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 28 (IANS) Five people have been detained in Lahore in connection with the abduction of Shahbaz Taseer, the son of late Punjab province governor Salman Taseer, police ... Read more...
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Chandy gives up ‘Z’ category cover
June 10th, 2011 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 10 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, who prefers to be seen in the middle of a crowd, has decided to let go of his 'Z' category ... Read more...
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Haryana bus strike hits thousands (Second Lead)
June 8th, 2011 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 8 (IANS) Bus commuters had a tough time in Haryana Wednesday as Haryana Roadways employees went on a day's strike against the government's privatisation policy. Around 100 strikers ... Read more...
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Andhra government violated protocol during Sushma’s visit: BJP
May 31st, 2011 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 31 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday demanded an apology from Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy after the state government violated the protocol during ... Read more...
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Security stepped up for Obama’s UK visit, Queen’s Ireland trip
May 4th, 2011 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 4 (ANI): The security for President Barack Obama's visit to the UK and the Queen's Ireland trip has been beefed up following Osama bin Laden's death.The Queen's armour-plated car ... Read more...
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Charlie Sheen’s Washington DC high-speed police escort investigated
April 23rd, 2011 - 6:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 23 (ANI): Actor Charlie Sheen's high-speed police escort in Washington DC is under investigation, with cops trying to figure out who authorised it.Sheen, 45, was apparently escorted from an airport ... Read more...
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Charlie Sheen’s police escort is under investigation
April 22nd, 2011 - 11:48 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, April 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Controversy seems to be part of whatever Charlie Sheen he does these days. The actor recently got a police escort in Washington D.C. when he was ... Read more...
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Congress candidate attacked, injured in Assam
April 9th, 2011 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, April 9 (IANS) A ruling Congress party candidate was critically injured late Saturday in an attack by suspected supporters of a rival political party in Assam, the first election-related ... Read more...
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Cops eat ice cream with accused, face action
February 23rd, 2011 - 3:14 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 23 (IANS) It is being called the "ice cream expose"! Strict action has been promised against three policemen who shared an ice cream with a murder accused in Goa ... Read more...
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Tight security for Oprah during her Down Under visit
November 30th, 2010 - 7:10 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov 30 (ANI): Oprah Winfrey will be treated like a foreign dignitary on her visit to Australia.The talk show host will be given personal protection and police escort vehicles ... Read more...
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Dance troupe trying to sprint through tunnel to beat traffic sparks terror scare in NYC!
November 20th, 2010 - 6:34 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Nov 20(ANI): A camouflage-clad dance troupe trying to make it to a live TV talent show set off a rush-hour terror scare in New York when they dumped their cars ... Read more...
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Transplant organ remains unscathed after jet crashes in flames in UK
November 20th, 2010 - 6:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 20 (ANI): A small plane carrying a transplant liver crashed injuring two people, but to everybody's surprise the organ remained unscathed.Although the aircraft exploded in flames in Birmingham, the body ... Read more...
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Apex court raps Chhattisgarh on Salwa Judum commitments
October 22nd, 2010 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday chided the Chhattisgarh government for saying one thing to the court on the Salwa Judum, the anti-Maoist civil militia in the state, and ... Read more...
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Oz athletes give thumbs up to Delhi Commonwealth Games on Twitter
October 2nd, 2010 - 12:54 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 2(ANI): Australian athletes for the Delhi Commonwealth Games have used social networking website Twitter to give the thumbs up to their accommodation and security in the Indian capital.The build-up ... Read more...
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Tanzanian team arrives Delhi Commonwealth Games
September 27th, 2010 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep. 27 (ANI): A contingent from Tanzania arrived for the Commonwealth Games 2010 here on Monday.Over 1,100 foreign athletes, officials and technical staff from different nations have reached New ... Read more...
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Four Punjab prisoners injured in clash
September 1st, 2010 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 1 (IANS) Four prisoners were injured, two of them seriously, when a clash broke out between them in Punjab's Bathinda town Wednesday, police said.
The clash occurred when the prisoners ... Read more...
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Pakistan releases 100 jailed Indian fishermen
August 30th, 2010 - 9:25 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Aug.30 (ANI): Pakistan released 100 Indian nationals on Monday, as the first batch of the 442 Indian fishermen languishing in a jail in Karachi.Arrested and convicted for illegally entering Pakistani waters, ... Read more...
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Preliminary Hearing Of Dr. Conrad Murray Scheduled On January Next Year
August 24th, 2010 - 7:49 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
August 24, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Dr. Conrad Murray who was accused of murdering the legendary pop singer Michael Jackson had been charged with involuntary manslaughter. It has now ... Read more...
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White House gatecrashers want to return to ‘good old days’
August 17th, 2010 - 5:33 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Aug 17 (ANI): White House gatecrashers Michaele and Tareq Salahi have said that they miss their old days of glory and want to "return to who we were."Michaele Salahi ... Read more...
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Railways soft target for Maoists: Minister
July 30th, 2010 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) The railways have become a soft target for Maoists, Minister of State for Railways E. Ahamed told the Rajya Sabha Friday, adding that there had been a ... Read more...
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FIR lodged against senior police officials in Christian brothers murder case
July 23rd, 2010 - 12:36 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 23 (ANI): A day after the Lahore High Court (LHC) ordered a judicial inquiry into the broad daylight murder of two Christian brothers accused of blasphemy out side the Faisalabad ... Read more...
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Pak Punjab Assembly’s minority members demand review of blasphemy laws
July 22nd, 2010 - 4:18 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, July 22 (ANI): In the wake of the brutal murder of two Christian brothers, who were charged for blasphemy, outside the Faisalabad court premises earlier this week, the minority members of ... Read more...
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Lahore High Court orders judicial inquiry into murder of Christian brothers
July 22nd, 2010 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, July 22 (ANI): Taking note of the broad daylight murder of two Christian brothers who were charged for blasphemy outside the Faislabad court premises, the Lahore High Court (LHC) had ordered ... Read more...
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Arrested Israeli drug dealer can take private dental care
July 21st, 2010 - 3:56 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 21 (IANS) After he hit the headlines for using social networking site Facebook from behind the bars earlier this week, a local court has now allowed Israeli drug dealer ... Read more...
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