Phone hacking probe will be widened: Cameron (Lead)
July 20th, 2011 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 20 (IANS) Prime Minister David Cameron Wednesday told members of the Commons that his government will widen its probe into the phone hacking scandal.He told MPs that ... Read more...
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News International deliberately blocked probe: MPs’ panel (Lead)
July 20th, 2011 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 20 (IANS) Rupert Murdoch's News International company "deliberately" tried to block a police probe into phone hacking by the News of the World, a British parliamentary ... Read more...
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Shobhit murder: Court notice to home ministry, cops (Lead)
July 20th, 2011 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the city police to explain why it has failed to solve the murder of 20-year-old IT student Shobhit Modi, ... Read more...
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London police accused of bungling phone-hacking probe
July 20th, 2011 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 20 (IANS) London police have been accused of a "catalogue of failures" in the News of the World phone-hacking inquiry in a damning report by MPs, ... Read more...
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Mumbai blasts coordinated terror attack: Chidambaram (Lead)
July 13th, 2011 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) The blasts that rocked Mumbai were a "coordinated attack by terrorists", Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Wednesday of the three explosions that left 13 ... Read more...
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Azad to decide on sacked AIIMS doctor’s reinstatement (Lead)
July 12th, 2011 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is the president of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), will decide on the future of a ... Read more...
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AIIMS docs on hunger protest for physician’s comeback
July 12th, 2011 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here Tuesday continued their indefinite hunger protest demanding reinstatement of a former resident brain surgeon ... Read more...
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News of the World ex-editor arrested over phone hacking (Lead)
July 8th, 2011 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 8 (IANS) Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson was arrested Friday over allegations of phone hacking and corruption, BBC reported.The arrest came at a time ... Read more...
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It’s curtains for one of Mumbai’s most sensational crimes
June 30th, 2011 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 30 (IANS) The curtains finally came down Thursday on one of the most sensational crimes of passion that hit trhe city in recent times involving a former naval ... Read more...
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Rahul for CBI probe into girl’s murder in police station (Second Lead)
June 30th, 2011 - 12:47 am ICT by IANS
Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh), June 29 (IANS) Expressing dissatisfaction with the police investigation into the alleged rape and killing of a girl in a police station here, Congress general ... Read more...
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U.S. self-help author James Arthur Ray found guilty of negligent homicide
June 23rd, 2011 - 10:06 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Yavapai County, June 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A motivational speaker in the United States could be jailed up to 11 years after he was found guilty on three counts of negligent homicide. 53-year-old ... Read more...
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Haryana cop arrested in gangrape case
June 21st, 2011 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS
Jhajjar (Haryana), June 21 (IANS) A Haryana Police head constable has been arrested for his involvement in the gangrape of a teenaged girl here last week, police said Tuesday.Mahender Singh, ... Read more...
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Haryana cop, four youths arrested in gang rape case
June 18th, 2011 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
Jhajjar (Haryana), June 17 (IANS) Haryana Police Friday arrested a constable and suspended another for their alleged involvement in gangrape of a teenaged girl here June 15, said the police.Police ... Read more...
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Rights panel meets Delhi Police on Ramdev crackdown
June 8th, 2011 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Wednesday held an interactive session with a group of Delhi Police officers to discuss the post-midnight crackdown on Baba ... Read more...
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Extradition process on for runaway Israeli drug dealer: Police
May 10th, 2011 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 10 (IANS) The extradition process to bring back bail-jumping Israeli drug dealer Yaniv Benaim alias Atala from Peru to Goa is on, state police chief Bhimsain Bassi said ... Read more...
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Cyber crime to climate change: India trains African officials (Lead)
May 10th, 2011 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Be it probing economic and cyber crime or learning about food processing and climate change, India is imparting crucial lessons in capacity building and skill ... Read more...
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From cyber crime to climate change: India trains African officials
May 10th, 2011 - 12:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Be it probing economic and cyber crime or new methods of drug law enforcement to food processing and climate change, India is imparting crucial lessons ... Read more...
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Kaneria wants justice from PCB
May 4th, 2011 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, May 4 (IANS) Pakistan's discarded Test leg-spinner Danish Kaneria has sought the help of top authorities to get "justice" after being snubbed by the country's cricket chiefs "without any ... Read more...
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Protests erupt in Agra as botched abortion victim dies
April 29th, 2011 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, April 29 (IANS) As activists continued protests against quacks and the administration kept up raids on illegally-running nursing homes with unqualified personnel, a 29-year-old woman died here Friday - ... Read more...
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Eight bookies arrested from Pakistan for threatening Zulqarnain
April 27th, 2011 - 11:11 am ICT by ANI
Sialkot, April 27(ANI): A gang of eight bookmakers, allegedly involved in threatening Pakistan cricket team's former wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider, has been arrested from Sialkot in the Punjab province of Pakistan.The now retired ... Read more...
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Man killed when human cannonball stunt goes awry
April 26th, 2011 - 8:10 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Kent, April 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A human cannonball met his tragic death on Monday when his stunt went fatally wrong. The safety net which was supposed to be engaged and save him ... Read more...
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Termites eat away 10 million Indian rupees kept in a bank
April 25th, 2011 - 9:56 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New Delhi, April 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The State Bank of India has lost 10 million rupees to termites. The insects ate the money which was kept in the vault at the bank. ... Read more...
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Aussie child welfare chief on child porn charge
April 21st, 2011 - 6:38 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Apr. 21 (ANI): A nationally recognized leader in Australia's indigenous children's services has been stood down after being charged with possessing child pornography.Steve Larkins, the chief executive officer of Hunter ... Read more...
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Court asks for report on Lucknow medical chiefs’ killings
April 20th, 2011 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 20 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court Wednesday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to submit by May 9 a report on police investigation into the murder of two chief ... Read more...
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2 die of food poisoning, 150 fall ill in Punjab (Lead)
April 6th, 2011 - 12:46 am ICT by IANS
Faridkot (Punjab), April 5 (IANS) Two persons, including a 10-year-old child, died and over 150 people fell ill after consuming food at a religious function in a Punjab village Tuesday.The ... Read more...
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Child dies of food poisoning, 100 fall ill in Punjab
April 5th, 2011 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
Moga (Punjab), April 5 (IANS) A 10-year-old child died and around 100 people, including many children, fell ill after consuming food at a religious function at Jaitu village in Punjab ... Read more...
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Pakistani charged with 14 criminal counts in Canada
April 2nd, 2011 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
Toronto, April 2(ANI): A Pakistani businessman-turned-politician in Canada has been arrested and charged with 14 criminal counts related to mortgage fraud, credit-card fraud and forged cheques.The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party investigated one ... Read more...
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Pakistani jailed for 60 years in British boy kidnapping case
March 26th, 2011 - 12:44 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar.26 (ANI): A Pakistani man has been jailed for 60 years for kidnapping a five-year-old boy in Pakistan last year.The court has also ordered the seizure of all property and belongings ... Read more...
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Goa compiling blacklist of fake travel, job agents
March 11th, 2011 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 11 (IANS) The Goa government is creating a database of rogue travel and recruitment agents who cheat job seekers by sending them abroad on fake documents and charging ... Read more...
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Rights group calls for investigation into Pak journalist’s murder in Balochistan
February 23rd, 2011 - 7:16 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Feb 23 (ANI): The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) are calling for an investigation into the drive-by shooting death of Abdost Rind, ... Read more...
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Police investigate death of baby at Oprah Winfrey’s South African school
February 22nd, 2011 - 4:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 22 (ANI): Police in Johannesburg are considering whether to file charges after authorities found a dead newborn baby on the grounds of Oprah Winfrey's elite South African high school.In ... Read more...
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Car bomb injures 17 in southern Thailand
February 13th, 2011 - 10:24 pm ICT by BNO News
YALA, THAILAND (BNO NEWS) -- A car bomb exploded Sunday in the troubled southern province of Yala in Thailand injuring 17 people, including three officials, MCOT Online news reported.
The bomb exploded when ... Read more...
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US man arrested for sex with 13-yr-old he ‘married’ in online game
February 12th, 2011 - 5:42 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Feb 12 (ANI): A 54-year-old Massachusetts man is accused of underage sex with a young teenager whom he allegedly "married" in the online role-playing game.John Phillips, of Fitchburg, faces a ... Read more...
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Pak police says it has proof that US diplomat’s shooting was “clear murder”
February 11th, 2011 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Feb 11(ANI): Double murder-accused US diplomat Raymond Davis intentionally killed two Pakistani men in Lahore and the act was not committed in self-defence, Capital City Police Officer Lahore Aslam Tareen has ... Read more...
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‘Uttar Pradesh Police investigation was professional’
February 9th, 2011 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The investigation done by the Noida police into the 2008 murder of teenager Aarushi Talwar and her family's domestic help Hemraj was very professional and based ... Read more...
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