Nasheed calls for release of 500 supporters
February 10th, 2012 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Male, Feb 10 (IANS) Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed has called for the immediate release of around 500 supporters arrested for allegedly burning down police stations and court houses, a ... 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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Chennai student kills teacher for complaining to parents (Lead)
February 9th, 2012 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 9 (IANS) A Class 9 student Thursday stabbed to death a teacher in his school here for complaining to his parents about his poor academic performance.Mohammed Irfan of ... Read more...
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‘Gali Gali Chor Hai’, uninspiring, dry take on corruption (IANS Hindi Film Review)
February 4th, 2012 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
Film: "Gali Gali Chor Hai"; Starring: Akshaye Khanna, Sriya Saran, Satish Kaushik, Mugdha Godse, Anu Kapoor; Directed by: Rumi Jaffery; Rating: ** 1/2While credit must be given to writer-director Rumy Jaffery ... Read more...
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Solar lighting for police stations in Kashmir
February 2nd, 2012 - 12:44 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, Feb 2 (IANS) Remote police stations and police buildings in Jammu and Kashmir will now be lit by solar energy for uninterrupted power supply to help "maintenance of law ... Read more...
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Maps now tell Britons how safe their area is
January 31st, 2012 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 31 (IANS) The British home office has now launched a new series of maps that would inform people about the safety of their neighbourhood and how many crimes ... Read more...
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Boy’s headless body found in rail compartment
January 27th, 2012 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 27 (IANS) The headless body of a boy was found stuffed in a bag under a passenger seat on a train in Rajasthan Friday, police said.The body was ... Read more...
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Nine killed as mentally ill man hijacks Pune bus (Lead)
January 25th, 2012 - 12:16 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Jan 25 (IANS) At least nine people were killed, 40 injured and more than two dozen vehicles damaged when a mentally disturbed staffer of the government bus service hijacked ... Read more...
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Bihar gets its first all-women police station
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Jan 23 (IANS) Bihar's first all-women police station was opened in Nalanda district Monday. The station will deal exclusively with crimes against women, officials said.The police station was inaugurated ... Read more...
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Indian, 161 others die in Mumbai-style Nigeria terror (Third Lead)
January 22nd, 2012 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
Abuja, Jan 22 (IANS) An Indian was among 162 people killed as heavily armed Islamists carried out a deadly Mumbai-style terror attack in Nigeria's second largest city Kano, media reports ... Read more...
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UN chief condemns Nigeria terror attack
January 22nd, 2012 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
United Nations, Jan 22 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the deadly multiple attacks in northern Nigeria and called for a "swift and transparent" probe.
A statement issued ... Read more...
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Indian among 160 killed in Nigeria terror attack (Second Lead)
January 22nd, 2012 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS
Abuja, Jan 22 (IANS) An Indian was killed and six Indians, including two children, were injured in a string of bombings and gun battles that savaged Nigeria's second largest city ... Read more...
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Nigeria terror attack toll rises to 162
January 22nd, 2012 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The toll in coordinated attacks by a radical Islamist group in Nigeria's northern city of Kano has risen to at least 162 people, a media ... Read more...
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13 Jharkhand policemen killed in Maoist ambush
January 21st, 2012 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 21 (IANS) Thirteen policemen were killed in a landmine blast and subsequent indiscriminate firing by Maoist rebels in Jharkhand's Garwah district Saturday, police said."Thirteen policemen were killed and ... Read more...
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Police officer sacked for having sex on duty
January 19th, 2012 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 19 (IANS) A married British police officer has been sacked after he had sex with women in police stations, The Telegraph reported Thursday.An internal investigation found Troy Van-Eda, ... Read more...
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Protest in Mumbai over toddler’s murder
January 19th, 2012 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 19 (IANS) Over 100 women from a slum in south Mumbai Thursday demonstrated outside two police stations after a three-and-half-year-old girl from the area was found murdered, police ... Read more...
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Super chor ‘Bunty’ arrested in Bhopal, police confirm
January 16th, 2012 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 16 (IANS) Devendra Singh alias Bunty, the most wanted thief in India, has been nabbed in Madhya Pradesh, police said Monday two days after nabbing the high-profile thief ... Read more...
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Snowfall cuts off Kashmir from rest of country
January 16th, 2012 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Jan 16 (IANS) Life across Kashmir was hit for the second consecutive day Monday as moderate to heavy snowfall continued, cutting off the valley from the rest of the ... Read more...
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Violence against women rises in Pakistan
January 15th, 2012 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 15 (IANS) Violence against women in Pakistan -- from domestic incidents to sexual assaults -- was on the rise in 2011, with 8,000 cases reported to the authorities.According ... Read more...
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Self defence training for women cops
January 7th, 2012 - 1:09 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The Delhi Police has imparted training to 460 women commandos while 6,730 girls were given training in self defence, the police said Friday.
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CCTV surveillance for over 50 Delhi markets soon
January 6th, 2012 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) More than 50 Delhi markets would soon be brought under closed circuit television camera (CCTV) surveillance to combat terrorism, Police Commissioner B.K. Gupta said Friday.Addressing ... Read more...
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Most schools lax on corporal punishment: Study
January 4th, 2012 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Even as the Right to Education (RTE) Act bars corporal punishment, a survey of nearly 200 schools in 11 states revealed Wednesday that only five ... Read more...
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Mobs burned 48 police buildings in Indonesia in 2011
January 4th, 2012 - 7:55 am ICT by IANS
Jakarta, Jan 4 (IANS/AKI) At least 48 police buildings and posts were set ablaze by mobs in 2011, more than double the previous year's statistics, the Indonesian Police Watch (IPW) ... Read more...
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Delhi Police launch e-map to locate police stations
January 3rd, 2012 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Delhi Police Tuesday launched a new e-initiative 'Know Your Police Station' on its website to help people locate the nearest police station.Commissioner B.K. Gupta said: ... Read more...
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Decline in Maoist violence, claims government
December 23rd, 2011 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) The government Friday said Maoist violence in the central and eastern parts of the country has declined this year as compared to 2010.?Naxal (Maoist) violence ... Read more...
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Mumbai’s Muslims take out Muharram processions
December 6th, 2011 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 6 (IANS) Thousands of Muslims in Mumbai mourned the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed, some 1,400 ago at Karbala in Iraq, on the the ... Read more...
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Central forces to guard Goa during tourist season
December 6th, 2011 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 6 (IANS) A day after the Goa government admitted to a specific input about a potential terror strike in Goa during the tourist season, Home Minister Ravi Naik ... Read more...
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Special police stations to tackle power, water theft
December 6th, 2011 - 1:30 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 5 (IANS) Stealing power or water in Haryana will not be easy for offenders now.The Haryana government Monday announced that seven police stations have been set up in ... Read more...
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Will not withdraw forces from Garo Hills: Sangma
December 6th, 2011 - 12:22 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Dec 5 (IANS) A fortnight after the abduction of a government official by suspected Garo rebels, the Meghalaya government Monday said it would not withdraw central forces from ... Read more...
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Religious procession dispersed in Srinagar
December 4th, 2011 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 4 (IANS) Police used batons and tear smoke cansters to disperse Shia Muslim protesters who had assembled to take out a Muharram procession here Sunday afternoon, officials said.
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CBI arrests four for kidnapping two businessmen
November 28th, 2011 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday rescued two businessmen who were kidnapped for ransom and arrested the four kidnappers, CBI officials said.Abdul Munaf, Sanjeev ... Read more...
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Two constables arrested after prisoners escape
November 26th, 2011 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Nov 26 (IANS) The Ghaziabad district police Saturday arrested two constables from whose custody two prisoners escaped."After the two criminals escaped from their custody, constables Rajendra and Shyam Singh ... Read more...
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Andhra on high alert after Kishanji’s killing
November 25th, 2011 - 12:10 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Nov 25 (IANS) Anticipating revenge attacks by Maoists in the wake of the killing of their top leader Kishanji in West Bengal, police in Andhra Pradesh have gone ... Read more...
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Bihar on alert after Maoist leader Kishanji’s killing
November 24th, 2011 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Nov 24 (IANS) A high alert was sounded across Bihar Thursday after reports of Maoist leader Kishanji's killing in a shootout in West Bengal, police said.Police officers said that ... Read more...
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Rahul continues broadside against Mayawati, Mulayam
November 24th, 2011 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 24 (IANS) Continuing his campaign against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Thursday said they ... Read more...
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