Officials tight-lipped on bribery charge by cop’s wife
February 11th, 2012 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 11 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Police remained tight-lipped Saturday over allegations by the wife of an injured police official that he remained posted in the Maoist-affected belt for over a ... Read more...
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Ten injured in grenade attack at Imran’s rally
February 10th, 2012 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 10 (IANS) Ten people, including four police personnel, were injured in a grenade attack and firing at a rally of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan in Swabi area of Pakistan's ... Read more...
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Maldives’ ousted president seeks global intervention (Third Lead)
February 10th, 2012 - 12:38 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Maldives' ousted president Mohamed Nasheed Thursday appealed to the world community to help restore democracy in his country, claiming that he was toppled by ... Read more...
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Maldives’ ousted president seeks global intervention (Second Lead)
February 10th, 2012 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Maldives' ousted president Mohamed Nasheed Thursday appealed to the world community to help restore democracy in his country, claiming that he was toppled by ... Read more...
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Maldives’ ousted president seeks global help for democracy
February 9th, 2012 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Maldives' ousted president Mohamed Nasheed Thursday appealed to the world community to help restore democracy in his country while stating that he was toppled ... Read more...
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Two convicted in Russia for making pen guns
February 8th, 2012 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A court in Russia's Far Eastern Amur region convicted two workers of a military plant who covertly manufactured pen guns, a spokesperson for the region's ... Read more...
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Maldives president quits (Lead)
February 7th, 2012 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Feb 7 (IANS) Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed resigned Tuesday following overnight protests, authorities here said.A spokesperson at the Maldives High Commission in Colombo said Vice President Mohammad Waheed was ... Read more...
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Seven killed in Afghan car bomb attack
February 5th, 2012 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Feb 5 (IANS) At least seven people, including five police officers, were killed and 19 injured Sunday in a car bomb attack on the police headquarters in the southern ... Read more...
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Crime erupts in Brazilian city as cops go on strike
February 5th, 2012 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Brasilia, Feb 5 (IANS/EFE) The Brazilian city of Salvador registered a total of 29 homicides over a 30-hour span, amid a crime wave caused by a police strike, officials said.The ... Read more...
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Russian cop fined 200 times the bribe taken
February 2nd, 2012 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Two Russian police officers have been slapped with a fine of one million rubles for extorting a bribe of 7,000 rubles ($230) from a ... Read more...
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Court seeks land details of Jor Bagh shrine
February 1st, 2012 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought the original files from the Delhi Development Authority and the state government about the land allotted to a shrine ... Read more...
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Jor Bagh residents move court for eviction of encroachers (Lead)
January 31st, 2012 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Over two weeks after clashes near a shrine in a south Delhi neighbourhood in Jor Bagh area left at least 25 people injured, some residents ... Read more...
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Residents move court for eviction of encroachers
January 31st, 2012 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Over two weeks after clashes near a shrine in a south Delhi neighbourhood left at least 25 people injured, some area residents Tuesday approached the ... Read more...
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China to recruit 8,000 police officers
January 31st, 2012 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 31 (IANS) China will recruit 8,000 police officers to boost security in its western Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, authorities said.Their tasks include patrolling, management of the migrant population ... Read more...
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Medvedev threatens to close extremist schools in Russia
January 31st, 2012 - 12:19 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has threatened to shut down schools and universities where inter-ethnic tensions take birth and where extremism was practised.Medvedev's remarks came during ... Read more...
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Police open gate of disputed shrine
January 30th, 2012 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Two weeks after clashes at a shrine in Jor Bagh area of south Delhi left at least 25 people injured, police Monday opened a disputed ... Read more...
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Minor Australian kids charged with rape, arson
January 29th, 2012 - 11:03 am ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 29 (IANS) Crime by minors is soaring in Australia as nearly 300 children under 10 years have been charged with offences like rape and arson, a newspaper has ... Read more...
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Fresh setback for Modi, probe in more fake gunbattles ordered
January 25th, 2012 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) In yet another setback to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the Supreme Court Wednesday directed a panel headed by former apex court judge M.B. ... Read more...
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Tennessee police officer fired for smoking in precinct
January 25th, 2012 - 12:56 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Newbern, Jan 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) It seems that law enforcers can sometimes be law breakers too, and that too repeatedly. Newbern city has a no smoking policy and despite its existence, a ... Read more...
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Nobel laureate denounces impunity for crimes against women
January 24th, 2012 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Jan 24 (IANS/EFE) Nobel Peace Prize winner Jody Williams denounced in Mexico the impunity that prevails for crimes against women in this country and the lack of political ... Read more...
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Nigeria violence toll rises to 185
January 24th, 2012 - 2:13 am ICT by IANS
Abuja, Jan 24 (IANS) The toll in the killings in Nigeria has risen to 185, police said in a statement.A statement issued by police in Kano state Monday night said ... Read more...
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Noida cops to curb sound pollution
January 23rd, 2012 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, Jan 23 (IANS) Delhi's satellite town Noida Monday became only the third city in the country where police will take action against noise pollution from generator sets, officials said.A ... Read more...
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Bonnie and Clyde guns’ auctioned for $210,000
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:11 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Kansas City, Jan 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Two guns believed to be originally owned by gangsters Bonnie and Clyde have been purchased for more than $200,000. The guns were seized by the police ... Read more...
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10 cops charged in gang rape of teenaged boy
January 22nd, 2012 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, Jan 22 (IANS/EFE) Ten police officers were arrested Friday in the southern Argentine province of Chubut on charges of raping a 16-year-old boy, authorities said.The arrests of the ... Read more...
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Turkey to train 500 Afghan police officers
January 22nd, 2012 - 3:07 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, Jan 21 (IANS) Turkey will train 500 Afghan police officers, Interior Minister Basmillah Mohammadi said Saturday.Fivehundred more officers will be trained in Turkey in the near future, he added. ... Read more...
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Son takes dead mom home on 58-km bus journey
January 19th, 2012 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 19 (IANS) A son took his dead mother on a 58-km bus journey home after she died on the way back from a day out, a media report ... Read more...
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Situation still tense at south Delhi’s Jor Bagh area
January 17th, 2012 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Traffic was thrown out of gear while the situation remained tense in south Delhi's Jor Bagh for the second consecutive day Monday as Shia Muslims ... Read more...
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Violence in south Delhi area as police, locals clash (Lead)
January 16th, 2012 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Violence erupted on Sunday evening in a south Delhi neighbourhood as local residents clashed with police on the issue of closing the gate of a ... Read more...
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Terror threat to Bihar railway station
January 9th, 2012 - 12:51 am ICT by IANS
Patna, Jan 8 (IANS) Security has been tightened at Bihar's Raxaul railway station and an alert sounded Sunday following a terrorist threat to blast the station premises and target long-distance ... Read more...
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13 new forensic instructors in UAE
January 7th, 2012 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Jan 7 (IANS/WAM) A total of 13 experts from Abu Dhabi police's Forensic Evidence Department (FED) have been certified by the Accreditation Committee at the Ministry of Interior ... Read more...
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Mexican man held for 52 murders
January 7th, 2012 - 9:04 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Jan 7 (IANS/EFE) A Mexican drug cartel leader has been arrested for planning an arson attack on a casino that left at least 52 dead, officials said.Baltazar Saucedo ... Read more...
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Compensation for Muslim youths tortured in blast case
January 6th, 2012 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 6 (IANS) In an unprecedented move, the Andhra Pradesh government Friday paid compensation to Muslim youths wrongly arrested and tortured by police in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast ... Read more...
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US names Al Qaeda-linked outfit as terrorist entity
January 6th, 2012 - 9:36 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 6 (IANS) The US government has designated the Al Qaeda Kurdish Battalions (AQKB), which operates between Iraq and Iran, as a "specially designated global terrorist entity" that will ... Read more...
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British police warned against relationship with journalists
January 5th, 2012 - 3:45 am ICT by IANS
London, Jan 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A new report on ethical standards of British police officers warns them against "flirting" and having "secret conversations" with journalists.The report titled "The ethical issues ... Read more...
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CBI sets up anti-human trafficking unit
January 4th, 2012 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) To keep tab on human trafficking and abductions across the country, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has set up an anti-human trafficking unit, a ... Read more...
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