Suspected spy for Pakistan arrested in Tamil Nadu
September 17th, 2012 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 17 (IANS) A suspected spy, passing sensitive defence information to Pakistan's intelligence agency through its High Commission in Colombo, has been arrested in Tamil Nadu, a senior police ... Read more...
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Karnataka to probe rumours against northeast people
August 17th, 2012 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Bangalore, Aug 17 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar Friday ordered an inquiry into the rumour-mongering about alleged security threats, that triggered exodus of people from northeastern states ... Read more...
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Bangalore cops scotch rumours as northeast students flee
August 16th, 2012 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 16 (IANS) Police Thursday scotched rumours that students from northeastern region living in the city would be attacked in retaliation for the ethnic violence in Assam, even ... Read more...
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Amicus curiae report on Gulberg points at Modi, Congress attacks BJP (Lead)
May 7th, 2012 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
AhmedabadNew Delhi, May 7 (IANS) In fresh trouble for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, a Supreme Court-appointed amicus curiae's report on the Gulberg Society carnage said that Modi's role ... Read more...
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Gujarat riots: Probe Modi, says Supreme Court amicus curiae
May 7th, 2012 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Ahmedabad, May 7 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's role in the 2002 riots in the state should be probed, Raju Ramachandran, the amicus curiae appointed by the ... Read more...
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Alarm after 40 held on Indo-Nepal border
May 1st, 2012 - 5:17 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 1 (IANS) The detention Monday of 40 people for trying to enter India from Nepal without valid identity papers through the border in Maharajganj has put the Uttar ... Read more...
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American wanted for child rape arrested in Mexico
March 11th, 2012 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 11 (IANS/EFE) An American man wanted in his homeland on child rape charges has been arrested in Mexico, authorities said.Federal agents discovered that Phillip Steven Borden was ... Read more...
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Bank official abducted in Meghalaya
February 24th, 2012 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Feb 23 (IANS) Suspected tribal rebels Thursday abducted an official of State Bank of India in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district bordering Assam, police said.V.K. Gupta, the assistant ... Read more...
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Woman to lead Mexican federal police
February 12th, 2012 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Feb 12 (IANS/EFE) Maribel Cervantes Guerrero has been named by President Felipe Calderon as the new commander of the Federal Police, an official communique said.Cervantes Guerrero -- the ... Read more...
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I wanted to give a voice to Salman Rushdie: Hari Kunzru
January 23rd, 2012 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 23 (IANS) Hari Kunzru, one of the four authors who read out excerpts of Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses" at the Jaipur Literature Festival and had to leave ... Read more...
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Don’t spy on Muslims, says Achuthanandan (Lead)
January 17th, 2012 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 17 (IANS) Opposition leader V.S. Achuthanandan Tuesday blasted the Kerala government for allegedly spying the email accounts of Muslim leaders.The Marxist leader accused Chief Minister Oommen Chandy ... Read more...
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Snooping into Muslims’ emails a fascist act: Achuthanandan
January 17th, 2012 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 17 (IANS) Leader of Opposition V.S. Achuthanandan Tuesday described the Kerala government's act of snooping into email accounts as fascist.In a statement issued, Achuthanandan slammed Chief Minister ... Read more...
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Rajasthan government to decide on Rushdie visit?
January 12th, 2012 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 12 (IANS) The proposed visit of eminent author Salman Rushdie to the Jaipur Literature Festival seems to be running deeper into controversy. A Rajasthan police intelligence report has ... Read more...
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Court notice to ex-Lokayukta Hegde in defamation case
January 4th, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 4 (IANS) The Karnataka High Court Wednesday issued notice to former Lokayukta N. Santosh Hegde, a former Supreme Court judge, in a defamation case filed by Superintendent of ... Read more...
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Karnataka government in a fix over illegal mining report
January 3rd, 2012 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 3 (IANS) The illegal mining report of the Karnataka Lokayukta (ombudsman) that forced B.S. Yeddyurappa to quit as the Bharatiya Janata Party's first chief minister in south ... Read more...
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Accused in police officer’s 1992 killing arrested
January 2nd, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 2 (IANS) Police in Hyderabad Monday arrested Mohammed Najeeb Ahmed, an accused in the killing of a senior police officer in the city in 1992.Najeeb alias Mohammed Sikander ... Read more...
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Delhi Police got intelligence alert on threat: Chidambaram
September 7th, 2011 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Delhi Police got intelligence inputs on terror threats in July this year, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Wednesday, as 10 people were killed in ... Read more...
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Urgent police reforms need of hour, say experts (Lead)
July 17th, 2011 - 3:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The latest terror bombings that ripped through India's financial and entertainment capital have shifted the focus back on the much-awaited police reforms and the absence ... Read more...
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Congress wants CBI probe in Goa tribal deaths
July 1st, 2011 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 1 (IANS) The state unit of Goa's ruling Congress Friday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the murder of two tribals in May, who were ... Read more...
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Goa police chief’s comment on tribal protest triggers storm
June 18th, 2011 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 18 (IANS) The Goa police chief's comment Saturday that he would have ordered firing on tribals during their agitation May 25, triggered a controversy with tribal leaders ... Read more...
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25 percent of Britons to be added to police database
June 17th, 2011 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 17 (IANS) The identities of 25 percent of the British population will now be added to the national police database.The database run by the National Policing Improvement Agency ... Read more...
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‘Goa police probing tribal killings harassing tribals’
June 15th, 2011 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 15 (IANS) With no sign of the judicial probe promised by the Goa government into the killing of two tribal activists last month, tribal leaders claim that the ... Read more...
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Over 1000 villagers search for missing Arunachal CM
May 1st, 2011 - 11:47 am ICT by ANI
Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh), May 1 (ANI): Over one thousand villagers living along the Arunachal Pradesh-Bhutan border fanned out early on Sunday morning in search of a missing helicopter carrying Arunachal Pradesh Chief ... Read more...
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Poll panel team to again visit West Bengal
February 8th, 2011 - 12:57 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 7 (IANS) A high-level Election Commission team that toured West Bengal recently will again come to the poll-bound state to visit its trouble-torn areas, a senior official said Monday."The Election ... Read more...
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Poll panel team tours Maoist hotbeds in Bengal (Lead)
January 20th, 2011 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) A high-level team of Election Commission observers Thursday assessed the law and order situation in various politically troubled areas in poll-bound West Bengal, including Maoist-affected Lalgarh area which ... Read more...
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Poll panel team tours Maoist hotbeds in Bengal
January 20th, 2011 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) A high-level team of Election Commission observers Thursday interacted with locals and officials in various politically troubled areas in West Bengal, including the Maoist-infested Lalgarh area which saw ... Read more...
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Poll panel team visits Bengal’s trouble spots
January 19th, 2011 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 19 (IANS) A high-level team of Election Commission observers Wednesday toured political trouble spots in West Bengal, interacting with villagers and officials while assessing the law and order situation in ... Read more...
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Poll panel team discusses security with Bengal district officials (Lead)
January 17th, 2011 - 11:09 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) A high-level Election Commission team, now touring West Bengal to assess the law and order situation, Monday held a video-conference with the police superintendents and district magistrates of ... Read more...
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Poll panel team confers with Bengal district officials
January 17th, 2011 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) A high-level Election Commission team, now touring West Bengal to assess the law and order situation, Monday held a video-conference with the police superintendents and district magistrates of ... Read more...
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Punjab’s new worry - militants not using mobiles
August 24th, 2010 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
By Jaideep Sarin and Parminder Singh Bariana
Chandigarh, Aug 24 (IANS) Militants who are trying to re-group in Punjab have a new tactic to avoid capture - not using mobile phones, which, say ... Read more...
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Two policemen shifted for Tripura lawyer’s ‘illegal detention’
July 8th, 2010 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 8 (IANS) The Tripura government Thursday transferred two police officers and ordered a probe into the "illegal detention" of a senior advocate after the state's lawyers threatened a stir.
"Following the ... Read more...
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Cops accused of harassing sisters dismissed from service
May 28th, 2010 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, May 28 (IANS) Two policemen, accused of harassing two young girls who later committed suicide in Madhya Pradesh's Chhattarpur district, have been dismissed from service, police said Friday.
Taking a ... Read more...
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Harassed by cops, 2 sisters commit suicide; probe ordered (Second Lead)
May 28th, 2010 - 12:38 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, May 27 (IANS) Two young sisters in Madhya Pradesh committed suicide by consuming poison following harassment by two constables, who had allegedly clicked obscene photographs of one of them. A high-level ... Read more...
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Harassed by cops, two girls drink poison; one dead (Lead)
May 27th, 2010 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, May 27 (IANS) A 13-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh died while her elder sister was battling for life Thursday after they consumed poison following harassment by two constables, who had allegedly ... Read more...
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No info on arrest of ULFA chief in Bangladesh: Pillai
May 20th, 2010 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 20 (IANS) Indian authorities Thursday rejected reports that Paresh Baruah, one of India's most wanted fugitives and leader of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), has been arrested ... Read more...
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