Bihar student’s suicide: rights body seeks report
September 7th, 2012 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 7 (IANS) The Bihar Human Rights Commission Friday sought a report from the police about Kanchanbala Jha, a college student who committed suicide in Sitamarhi district following sexual ... Read more...
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Extortion threats force Bihar doctor couple to leave government service
September 6th, 2012 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 6 (IANS) A doctor couple in Bihar's East Champaran district have resigned from their jobs at a government hospital after repeated extortion demands and threats by a gangster. ... Read more...
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CBI probe demanded into Bihar girl’s suicide
September 6th, 2012 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 6 (IANS) The family of Kanchanbala Jha, a college student, who committed suicide in Bihar's Sitamarhi district following continuous sexual harassment and subsequent "police inaction", Thursday demanded a ... Read more...
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Ghaziabad traders protest police inaction, shut shops
August 11th, 2012 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad Aug 11 (IANS) Shopkeepers here downed shutters Saturday to protest police cases lodged against them and presented a memorandum to the senior superintendent of police (SSP) to withdraw ... Read more...
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NHRC to hear scheduled castes’ complaints in Chennai
August 2nd, 2012 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will organise a three-day open hearing in Chennai to listen to complaints from members of the Scheduled Castes in ... Read more...
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Delhi cop arrested for cheating woman
July 30th, 2012 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) A 34-year-old Delhi Police constable was arrested here for cheating a widow whom he married to allegedly extract the compensation amount which she had got ... Read more...
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Kolkata RJ accuses industrialist’s son of raping her
July 16th, 2012 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 16 (IANS) A famed radio jockey (RJ) working with a city FM channel was allegedly raped at a party hosted by an industrialist's son. The offender, also suspected ... Read more...
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Kolkata rape: Governor defends Mamata
February 23rd, 2012 - 5:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 23 (IANS) West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan Thursday said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee may have been trying to "defuse the situation" in calling an alleged rape a ... Read more...
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Kolkata police find holes in rape case; Mamata says cooked up (Lead)
February 17th, 2012 - 1:13 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 16 (IANS) As the Kolkata police said there were "certain technical discrepancies" in the rape complaint filed by an Anglo-Indian woman, a state minister
questioned the morality of ... Read more...
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‘Raped’ Kolkata woman alleges police inaction
February 15th, 2012 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 15 (IANS) The city police Wednesday promised swift action following allegation of inaction by an Anglo-Indian woman who said she was raped in a moving car in the ... Read more...
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35 injured in Rajasthan clash
January 15th, 2012 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Jan 15 (IANS) At least 35 people, mostly policemen, were injured in Rajasthan Sunday in a clash between police and villagers who were demanding arrest of criminals involved in ... Read more...
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Missing nurse case: Husband accused of involvement in disappearance
December 15th, 2011 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Dec 15 (IANS) Amarchand, the husband of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi, has been accused of being part of the conspiracy behind the disappearance of his wife since Sep 1, ... Read more...
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Cop, three others held for senior’s killing
November 9th, 2011 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Nov 8 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a police officer, along with three others, in connection with a mob burning alive a police station head ... Read more...
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Village head killed near Gurgaon, one attacker lynched
June 23rd, 2011 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon/Chandigarh, June 23 (IANS) Irate villagers in a village of Haryana's Gurgaon district caught hold of a man, who had attacked and killed the village headman Thursday, and set him ... Read more...
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Ready to name more witnesses, Gujarat cop tells probe panel (Lead)
May 16th, 2011 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, May 16 (IANS) Gujarat's senior IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt told the Nanavati-Mehta commission that he could name other witnesses who would vouchsafe his presence at a crucial meeting ... Read more...
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Third accused held for murder of five-year-old
May 2nd, 2011 - 3:15 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 1 (IANS) A third person has been arrested for the kidnapping and murder here of a five-year-old boy in December last year, police said Sunday.Nand Kishore, 26, was ... Read more...
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Cop burnt alive by mob in Rajasthan
March 18th, 2011 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, March 17 (IANS) A police officer was burnt alive by a mob in Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan Thursday after protests against police inaction in a murder case turned ... Read more...
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Delhi Police identifies Radhika Tanwar’s killer
March 11th, 2011 - 6:17 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 11 (ANI): Amid increasing outrage over the murder of 21-year-old Delhi University student Radhika Tanwar, Delhi Police on Friday identified her killer as Vijay alias Ram Singh, a ... Read more...
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College students block Delhi roads over Radhika murder case
March 11th, 2011 - 1:01 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 11 (ANI): College students and residents blocked roads in the capital on Friday in protest over the murder of 21-year-old Delhi University student Radhika Tanwar.Upset over alleged ... Read more...
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Radhika Tanwar murder: Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit defends police
March 10th, 2011 - 6:31 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 10 (ANI): As the family members of murdered Delhi University student Radhika Tanwar blamed the Delhi police and government over their inaction to arrest the killer yet, Chief Minister ... Read more...
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Jeweller shot dead in Delhi
February 23rd, 2011 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) A jeweller was shot dead and robbed of valuables worth lakhs of rupees in the national capital Wednesday, police said.The incident took place at Lal Quarter market ... Read more...
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Two killed in Bengal, Trinamool says victims were cadres
February 17th, 2011 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) Two people were killed in Burdwan district of West Bengal Thursday. While police claim both were notorious criminals, opposition Trinamool Congress insists they were party members 'murdered' by ... Read more...
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Lawyer attacked outside Chandigarh court premises
February 15th, 2011 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 15 (IANS) Four unidentified men attacked a lawyer with iron rods and sharp-edged weapons outside the premises of a district court complex in Sector 17 here Tuesday and also damaged ... Read more...
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Girls not safe in Uttar Pradesh, say activists
February 7th, 2011 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Women activists Monday expressed shock at the attack on a Dalit minor whose ear was nearly chopped off and fingers smashed after she resisted gangrape, saying girls ... Read more...
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Trinamool blames CPI-M for attack on relief camp
January 22nd, 2011 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 22 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress Saturday alleged that armed cadre of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) attacked a relief camp run by it in West Bengal's West Midnapore district ... Read more...
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10 hurt in Kolkata student unions clash, traffic hit
December 16th, 2010 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 16 (IANS) Traffic in southern parts of Kolkata came to a halt Thursday evening after student unions of the ruling Marxist's and the Trinamool Congress clashed outside Asutosh College, ... Read more...
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Minor’s rapist arrested in Maharastra (Lead)
December 9th, 2010 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
Thane (Maharashtra), Dec 9 (IANS) A man accused of raping a minor in Maharashtra's Thane district has been arrested, a police official said Thursday.Superintendent of Police Vishwas Nagre-Patil denied the girl ... Read more...
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Letter naming ‘corrupt leaders’ a fake: BJP
September 6th, 2010 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 6 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Uttar Pradesh unit chief Surya Pratap Shahi Monday termed as "fake" a letter containing names of allegedly corrupt party leaders, circulated during ... Read more...
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Jayalalithaa flays police inaction over hotel attack
September 4th, 2010 - 3:30 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 4 (IANS) Opposition leader and AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa Saturday launched a scathing attack on the state police for failing to take action against those involved in an attack ... Read more...
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Raped Dalit teen immolates herself over police inaction
September 3rd, 2010 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 3 (IANS) A teenaged Dalit girl in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district Friday immolated herself after police refused to register her complaint of rape against a youth of her village, officials ... Read more...
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Angry villagers block Punjab highway
August 7th, 2010 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Mohali (Punjab), Aug 7 (IANS) Hundreds of villagers blocked one of the busiest national highways that connects Chandigarh with Punjab's industrial hub of Ludhiana for about five hours Saturday to protest alleged ... Read more...
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Goans not involved with escort services: chief minister
July 21st, 2010 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 21 (IANS) Goans are in no way involved in providing escort services, Chief Minister Digambar Kamat said Wednesday after the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleged that Goa was ... Read more...
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Protesters block highway alleging police inaction
July 17th, 2010 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Banur (Punjab), July 17 (IANS) Agitated over alleged police inaction in the murder of a 60-year-old man, scores of residents of this Punjab town Saturday blocked the busy Patiala-Chandigarh national highway for ... Read more...
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Alaknanda residents allege police inaction on mosque construction
April 25th, 2010 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Residents in south Delhi's Alaknanda area Sunday complained of police inaction over alleged illegal construction in a local mosque.
Some 10-15 residents protested Sunday morning near Madni ... Read more...
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Tension in Haryana village as arson victims’ bodies cremated
April 23rd, 2010 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Hisar (Haryana), April 23 (IANS) Two days after they were killed in an arson attack allegedly by members of a community, the last rites of an elderly Dalit man and his 18-year-old ... Read more...
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