China combats illegal organ transplants
August 13th, 2012 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 13 (IANS) China's health ministry Monday vowed to cooperate with police investigations into medical institutions and workers involved in instances of illegal human organ transplants.Police will announce the ... Read more...
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Hooda washes his hands of Kanda
August 10th, 2012 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 10 (IANS) Stating that he was a "law abiding citizen", Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Friday said Gopal Goyal Kanda was not part of his government any ... Read more...
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China vows long-term efforts to curb football gambling
June 15th, 2012 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 15 (IANS) The Ministry of Public Security and the Chinese Football Association (CFA) have vowed to make joint efforts to cut down on football-related gambling and fraud in ... Read more...
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Case under SC/ST act against Amity
April 26th, 2012 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, April 26 (IANS) A case has been registered against the Amity University administration here under the stringent SC/ST act following an alleged suicide by a close kin of the ... Read more...
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Crime nexus forces Goa children’s home to ban mobile phones
April 6th, 2012 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 6 (IANS) The embarrassed authorities of Apna Ghar, a state-run home for delinquents in Goa, have banned mobile phones on its premises after police investigations revealed that its ... Read more...
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Defence ministry official killed wife after fight over childless state?
April 3rd, 2012 - 1:31 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Strains in their relationship due to their childless state could have led a defence ministry official to strangle to death his wife in a fit ... Read more...
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Pune rape, murder convicts get death sentence
March 20th, 2012 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, March 20 (IANS) A city court Tuesday awarded death sentences to two men convicted in the 2007 rape and murder of a BPO employee, prosecutors said.Investigating officer Rajendra Patil ... Read more...
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New Zealander charged with stealing millions
January 5th, 2012 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Wellington, Jan 5 (IANS) A New Zealander who was extradited from Hong Kong last month in connection with one of the country's most high-profile theft cases was denied bail and ... Read more...
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No mercy for kidnappers of children, says Supreme Court
December 5th, 2011 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday said it was incumbent upon it and subordinate courts to award severe punishment to those involved in kidnapping children for ransom ... Read more...
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Family wants capital punishment for Dey’s killers
November 25th, 2011 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 25 (IANS) The family members of slain senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey Friday demanded that capital punishment be given to his killers.Mid Day's editor (special investigations), Dey (56) was ... Read more...
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Forensic student reconstructs Stone Age boy’s face
October 21st, 2011 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 21 (IANS) A forensic science student has successfully reconstructed the face of a Stone Age boy who lived outside Stavanger in Norway around 7,500 years ago.Jenny Barber, a ... Read more...
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Grover killing: Maharashtra appeals for stringent punishment
October 5th, 2011 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 5 (IANS) Three months after a trial court acquitted starlet Maria Susairaj and her fiance Jerome Emile Mathew of murdering television executive Neeraj Grover but convicted them on ... Read more...
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Chandigarh immigration firm under police scanner
August 21st, 2011 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 21 (IANS) In one of the biggest immigration rackets that has surfaced in this city, the ways adopted by multi-million-rupee immigration firm Healthyway Immigration are now under the ... Read more...
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Global alert likely to trace don Chhota Rajan
August 1st, 2011 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 1 (IANS) Maharashtra Home Minister R.R. Patil Monday said the government would request the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to issue an international alert for tracing don Chhota ... Read more...
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Cash-for-votes probe should expose real culprit: BJP
July 21st, 2011 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday said that Delhi Police should distinguish between those who indulged in corruption in the 2008 cash-for-votes controversy in ... Read more...
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Court questions Uttar Pradesh on police station death
July 4th, 2011 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 4 (IANS) Raising questions over the Uttar Pradesh police report on the murder and alleged rape of a teenaged girl in a police station, the Lucknow bench of ... Read more...
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Indian gangster behind new murder attempt in Nepal
June 26th, 2011 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, June 26 (IANS) Three months after an Indian shooter was arrested for trying to kill inside Nepal's most tightly guarded prison a former Nepali minister's son involved in ... Read more...
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Immigration racket busted in Punjab, 1,200 passports recovered
June 21st, 2011 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 21 (IANS) Two travel and immigration agents have been arrested in the state's Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (formerly Nawanshehr) district and 1,219 passports have been seized from them, ... Read more...
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Lawyers offer help, girl’s family again wants CBI probe
June 16th, 2011 - 4:07 pm ICT by IANS
Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh), June 16 (IANS) As her family yet again pressed for a CBI probe Thursday, a group of lawyers here offered free legal help to the impoverished ... Read more...
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Murdered Uttar Pradesh girl’s mother demands CBI probe
June 15th, 2011 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Lakhimpur-Kheri (Uttar Pradesh) June 15 (IANS) The mother of the murdered minor girl in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday said only a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe would help solve the ... Read more...
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Rahul makes surprise visit to government office in Lucknow
April 28th, 2011 - 12:36 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 27 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi took the Uttar Pradesh government by surprise Wednesday when he suddenly arrived at the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) office ... Read more...
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Many holes in Arunima’s story, say railway police
April 26th, 2011 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 26 (IANS) While injured athlete Arunima Sinha is receiving treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, railway police in Uttar Pradesh ... 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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Two Nepal MPs arrested for passport scam, third under cloud
April 19th, 2011 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 19 (IANS) With scandals mounting about Nepal's lawmakers being involved in passport frauds, police Tuesday arrested two MPs while a parliamentary committee asked Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal ... Read more...
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Boyfriend arrested for college student’s rape (Lead)
April 18th, 2011 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 18 (IANS) A day after a rape incident shocked Hyderabad, police arrested the boyfriend of the 18-year-old college student for raping her and clarified it was not a ... Read more...
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UK report paints dismal picture of Pak in critical areas in 2010
April 1st, 2011 - 5:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 1(ANI): British Foreign Secretary William Hague has launched the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office's 2010 Human Rights and Democracy report, which shows that Pakistan made little progress in key areas ... Read more...
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‘Chattam’ is passable (Telugu Movie Review)
March 27th, 2011 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Chattam"; Cast: Jagapathi Babu, Vimala Raman, Ashish Vidyarthi, Rao Ramesh, Jeeva and others; Screenplaywriter-Director: P.A. Arun Prasad; Producer: Natti Kumar; Music Director: Sreelekha; Rating: **Jagapathi Babu-starer "Chattam" does not have ... Read more...
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Hunt on for child snatching Indian ‘tantrik’
February 24th, 2011 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Feb 24 (IANS) A hunt is on in the southern plains of Nepal adjoining the Indian border as well as the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh for a 'tantrik' - regarded ... Read more...
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Backyard bomb injures four of family in Assam
February 17th, 2011 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 17 (IANS) Three children and a woman, from the same family, were injured when a bomb stashed inside a schoolbag in their backyard exploded in Goalpara district of Assam Thursday, ... Read more...
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Supreme Court pulls up Amar Singh in phone-tapping case
February 9th, 2011 - 4:52 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 9 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh for wasting the court's time in the telephone-tapping case.The apex court's observation came after ... Read more...
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Woman jailed for 10yrs for having sex with daughter’s pals
January 25th, 2011 - 5:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 25 (ANI): A woman has been sentenced to 10 years in jail after admitting having sex with teenage boys who were friends of her daughter.40-year-old Cathleen Miller plied her ... Read more...
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Goa tourism hopes for Japanese boost
December 27th, 2010 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 27 (IANS) Attracting a lot of negative publicity in western Europe and Russia due to a string of high profile sex crimes against foreign tourists, Goa is now looking at ... Read more...
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Two injured in blasts at embassies in Rome (Fourth Lead)
December 24th, 2010 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS
London, Dec 23 (IANS) Police searched embassies and consular offices in Rome after two people were injured in separate parcel bomb blasts Thursday at the Swiss and Chilean missions in the Italian ... Read more...
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India wants terror info but gives little in return: US
December 18th, 2010 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) India is "very keen" to get information and technology from the US for counter-terrorism efforts but provides "little in return", says a US embassy cable made public ... Read more...
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Bruce Beresford-Redman arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife
November 17th, 2010 - 11:45 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Cancun, Nov 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Bruce Beresford-Redman who produces hit shows Survivor and 'Pimp My Ride' has been arrested and detained by Mexican law enforcement officers after he was suspected of ... Read more...
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