Kanda admitted to hospital, condition stable (Second Lead)
August 30th, 2012 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, who was admitted to jail hospital Thursday for high blood pressure, is stable but still hospitalised, police said.Kanda's condition ... Read more...
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UP policeman sent to jail for sodomy
August 29th, 2012 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 29 (IANS) A sub-inspector of Uttar Pradesh Police was arrested Wednesday in Sitapur district, 88 km from here, for sexually abusing a 16-year-old boy, officials said.Sub-Inspector Dharmendra Pratap ... Read more...
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Youth arrested for gang rape in Delhi
August 29th, 2012 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) A 20-year-old youth has been arrested in connection with gang rape of a minor girl in the capital, police said Wednesday.Gandharva alias Roli was arrested ... Read more...
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Was Zubaida killed for money, not ‘honour’?
August 29th, 2012 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 29 (IANS) Despite the preliminary confession of three persons that they killed their sister Zubaida to save the "honour" of the family, investigators continue to probe the possibility ... Read more...
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Drinks party with underage guests busted in Pune
August 28th, 2012 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Aug 28 (IANS) A weekend drinks party allegedly going on at a resort of the relative of a Maharashtra politician was busted here last week and over 750 underage ... Read more...
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Elderly man dies after visit to police station
August 28th, 2012 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) A 70-year-old man died of heart attack suffered at a police station here during a meeting to resolve an assault, police said Monday. A probe ... Read more...
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Briton sets afire French man dressed as Mummy
August 27th, 2012 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 27 (IANS) A French tourist who had wrapped himself in toilet paper to appear like an Egyptian mummy for a fancy-dress party in Sydney was allegedly set afire ... Read more...
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Kejriwal, other anti-corruption activists detained, released (Lead)
August 26th, 2012 - 11:42 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Several anti-corruption activists, including Arvind Kejriwal, were detained but later released when they tried to stage a protest outside the residences of the prime ... Read more...
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Anti-corruption activists detained, released
August 26th, 2012 - 10:44 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Several anti-corruption activists, including Arvind Kejriwal, were detained but later released when they tried to stage a protest outside the residences of the prime minister ... Read more...
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Goa officer files complaint against RTI activist
August 25th, 2012 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 25 (IANS) In a bizarre incident, a senior civic officer has filed a police complaint against a Right to Information (RTI) activist claiming that the latter has been ... Read more...
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13 held in Turkey for blast that killed nine
August 24th, 2012 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Ankara, Aug 24 (IANS) Thirteen suspects have been detained in connection with a car bombing during Eid-ul-Fitr in Turkey that killed nine people, including four children, officials said Friday.Erdal Ata, ... Read more...
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Mumbai woman alleges rape in Kolkata
August 24th, 2012 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 24 (IANS) A 19-year-old woman who came to the city from Mumbai on a visit has lodged a police complaint that she was raped, police said Friday. No ... Read more...
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13 killed as train hits auto-rickshaw in Odisha (Second Lead)
August 24th, 2012 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 24 (IANS) At least 13 people, mostly women, were killed and four critically injured when an express train rammed into their auto-rickshaw in Odisha's Sambalpur district Friday, police ... Read more...
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Sons, daughters-in-law arrested for parading widowed mother half naked
August 24th, 2012 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 24 (IANS) Police arrested five people, including two sons and daughters-in-law of a middle-aged Dalit widow who was publicly beaten and paraded half naked in a village in Bihar's ... Read more...
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Two arrested for kidnapping boy from Punjab
August 23rd, 2012 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) In an effort to cover up her flesh trade and dodge the police, a woman and her paramour kidnapped a child but the ploy failed ... Read more...
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Morphed photo of Goa politician on Facebook, case lodged
August 23rd, 2012 - 1:23 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 23 (IANS) Police in Goa Thursday registered a case after unknown people uploaded on Facebook a woman politician's face morphed with actor Vidya Balan's body on a ... Read more...
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One injured, two missing in fresh attack in Assam
August 22nd, 2012 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Aug 22 (IANS) A fresh incident of violence left one injured and two missing in Dhubri district of Assam Wednesday, police said.The incident took place at Bongaldoba area under ... Read more...
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Gurgaon women to march for Geetika to Jantar Mantar
August 22nd, 2012 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Aug 22 (IANS) Various women's organisations Thursday will hold a candlelight vigil at Delhi's Jantar Mantar for Geetika Sharma, former flight attendant who committed suicide Aug 5.Geetika in her ... Read more...
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Woman raped in Bengal, minister says law and order best
August 22nd, 2012 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 21 (IANS) Even as reports of rape of a mentally challenged woman surfaced Tuesday, senior Trinamool Congress leader and West Bengal Transport Minister Madan Mitra claimed the state ... Read more...
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Kanda booked under fresh charges
August 21st, 2012 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Delhi Police Tuesday slapped fresh charges against former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda, who is accused of abeeting the suicide of his former employee Geetika Sharma."We ... Read more...
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Suspected Maoists kill villager in Odisha
August 21st, 2012 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 21 (IANS) Suspected Maoists Tuesday killed a villager in Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said.Sukra Khurami, 35, was found in a pool of blood on a road near his ... Read more...
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Shanghai prepares list of ‘professional’ beggars
August 21st, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 21 (IANS) Police in Chinese business hub Shanghai have published a list of "professional" beggars, who have been caught most often on Metro trains over the past four ... Read more...
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Soccer fan shot dead in Brazil
August 21st, 2012 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 21 (IANS/EFE) A fan of the Vasco da Gama soccer club was gunned down over the weekend during a fight with fans of rival Flamengo in ... Read more...
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Eight killed, 60 injured in Turkey blast
August 21st, 2012 - 3:15 am ICT by IANS
Ankara, Aug 21 (IANS) At least eight people were killed and 60 injured in a powerful blast in Turkey's Gaziantep province Monday, an official statement said.The incident occurred, near Syrian ... Read more...
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Two drown off Mumbai’s Juhu beach
August 20th, 2012 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 20 (IANS) Two men Monday drowned off Juhu beach after they went for a swim in the sea, police said here."Two men were found drowning at the beach ... Read more...
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Kanda’s Gurgaon farmhouse, office searched (Lead)
August 20th, 2012 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon/New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Delhi Police Monday searched the Gurgaon farmhouse and office of former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, accused of abetting the suicide of former flight attendant ... Read more...
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Police search Kanda’s farmhouse for evidence
August 20th, 2012 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Aug 20 (IANS) Delhi Police Monday searched the farmhouse of former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, accused of abetting the suicide of former flight attendant Geetika Sharma, and took ... Read more...
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Four swimmers still missing in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri
August 19th, 2012 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
Ratnagiri (Maharashtra), Aug 19 (IANS) Nearly a day after seven people swimming off a beach in Ratnagiri district went missing, rescue teams are still looking for four whose bodies have ... Read more...
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Kanda’s office, home searched
August 19th, 2012 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Aug 19 (IANS) The office and house of former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, accused of abetting the suicide of former flight attendant Geetika Sharma, here were Sunday searched ... Read more...
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Woman gangraped in Kolkata, one arrested
August 18th, 2012 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 18 (IANS) A man was arrested for his involvement in the alleged gangrape of a 22-year-old woman in a posh south Kolkata area, police said Saturday.According to the ... Read more...
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Kanda sent to 7 days police custody (Third Lead)
August 18th, 2012 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) A Delhi court Saturday sent former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, accused of abetting the suicide of former flight attendant Geetika Sharma, to seven days ... Read more...
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Stranded on border, boy sheltered by Rajasthan village
August 18th, 2012 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Aug 17 (IANS): He was found stranded near the Pakistan border two months ago. This 12-year-old boy can barely speak, and hopes of finding his home and family are ... Read more...
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Kanda sent to 7 days police custody (Lead)
August 18th, 2012 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) A Delhi court Saturday sent former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, accused of abetting the suicide of former flight attendant Geetika Sharma, to seven days ... Read more...
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Kanda arrested after surrender, to be taken to court (Second Lead)
August 18th, 2012 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, accused of abetting the suicide of former flight attendant Geetika Sharma, was arrested after surrendering early Saturday at a ... Read more...
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Former Haryana minister Kanda surrenders, arrested (Lead)
August 18th, 2012 - 11:16 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, accused of abetting the suicide of former flight attendant Geetika Sharma, surrendered early Saturday at a police station here, ... Read more...
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