CWG case: District judge adjourns hearing till Feb 21
February 10th, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The Delhi district judge Friday adjourned, till Feb 21, hearing a corruption case in the 2010 Commonwealth Games referred to it from a special court ... Read more...
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Court sends cop to jail, says men in uniform flouting law
February 9th, 2012 - 12:42 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) A Delhi court has awarded two years' rigorous imprisonment to a traffic police constable for assaulting and illegally detaining a woman, observing that everyday newspapers ... Read more...
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CCTV police officer ‘chased himself’ after being mistaken for burglar
February 9th, 2012 - 12:34 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Feb 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The latest edition of the Police magazine has given a hilarious account of a burglar chase in England. The report said a junior officer chased his shadow ... Read more...
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Top Chinese policeman’s ‘leave’ raises many eyebrows
February 8th, 2012 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 8 (IANS) A top Chinese policeman, who shot to national fame for leading a popular crackdown on organised crime, has gone on leave under mysterious circumstances amid rumours ... Read more...
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Army personnel booked for assaulting traffic constable (Lead)
February 1st, 2012 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Feb 1 (IANS) Pune police Wednesday registered a complaint against over 30 army personnel for assaulting a traffic police constable here. The army has ordered an inquiry into the ... Read more...
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Army personnel booked for assaulting traffic constable
February 1st, 2012 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Feb 1 (IANS) Pune police have registered a complaint against over 30 army personnel Wednesday, a day after they assaulted a traffic police constable here, an official said."Initially two ... Read more...
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Terrorist, policeman killed in Pakistan gun-battle
January 28th, 2012 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 28 (IANS) A policeman and a suicide bomber were killed in a gun-battle Saturday in Pakistan's northwest tribal region, a media report said.Another police official was injured when ... Read more...
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13 killed in Iraq bomb attacks (Lead)
January 26th, 2012 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Jan 26 (IANS) At least 13 people were killed and eight injured in separate bomb and gunfire attacks in Iraq Thursday, said police.In northern Iraq, three people were killed ... Read more...
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Teen girl offers drugs to cop, arrested
January 25th, 2012 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 25 (IANS) A US teenager found herself in big trouble after repeatedly texting a policeman asking him to buy drugs from her.Lorraine Apuzzo, 19, of Storrs in Connecticut, ... Read more...
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14 dead in Iraq violence
January 25th, 2012 - 4:42 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Jan 25 (IANS) Fourteen people, among them three policemen, were killed in a series of bombings and shooting in Iraq Tuesday.Four car bombs were exploded in Baghdad targeting Shias. ... Read more...
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Six killed in Iraq attacks
January 23rd, 2012 - 5:03 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Jan 23 (IANS) At least six people were killed in gunfire and bomb attacks in Iraq, Xinhua reported.Gunmen attacked a check-post jointly manned by policemen and fighters of a ... Read more...
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Piyush Sachdev toughens up for cop role (With Images)
January 20th, 2012 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Television actor Piyush Sachdev, who is playing a policeman in Like OK's new show "Hum Ne Li Hai...Shapath", says he not only worked on fitness ... Read more...
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One killed, 11 injured as police barrack roof collapses
January 16th, 2012 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Jan 16 (IANS) A policeman was killed and 11 others were injured when roof of a barrack at the commando training centre of the state armed police collapsed ... Read more...
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In attack on Ramdev, attacker beaten up (Lead)
January 14th, 2012 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) A man threw black ink at yoga guru Baba Ramdev while he was addressing journalists here Saturday. His furious supporters assaulted the man till ... Read more...
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Naseeruddin Shah is an institution: Bhojpuri star Ravi Kishan
December 28th, 2011 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) Bhojpuri star Ravi Kishan, who will be seen with Naseeruddin Shah in Hriday Shetty's "Chaalis Chauraasi", is in awe of his co-star and says that ... Read more...
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Three killed in Iraq bombing
December 26th, 2011 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Dec 26 (IANS) At least three people were killed and 14 injured Monday morning after a suicide bomber targeted a police checkpost near the Iraqi interior ministry's compound.The bomber ... Read more...
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Seven held responsible for deadly blaze in Beijing
December 24th, 2011 - 10:23 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 24 (IANS) Seven people, including a policeman and three government officials, have been held responsible for a late night fire that killed 18 people in Beijing in April, ... Read more...
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Robbers uproot ATM
December 24th, 2011 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
Barmer (Rajasthan), Dec 23 (IANS) A gang of robbers Friday uprooted the ATM of a bank here. Police said the ATM had Rs.7,50,000 in it.According to police, the incident took ... Read more...
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Two killed, 15 wounded in Iraq attacks
December 20th, 2011 - 5:17 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Dec 20 (IANS) At least two people were killed and 15 wounded in separate bomb attacks in central Iraq Monday, the police said.In Iraq's northern central province of Salahudin, ... Read more...
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Chinese actor arrested for attacking policeman
December 14th, 2011 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 14 (IANS) A Chinese actor, who played an intelligence agent in a popular TV show, has been arrested for attacking a police officer 13 years ago, officials said ... Read more...
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Use tact, not batons and bullets: Mamata to police
December 13th, 2011 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 13 (IANS) Asking the police to be "more tactful" and avoid using batons and bullets in controlling mobs, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday asked the ... Read more...
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Unrest at AMRI as locals stop van carrying ‘bodies’
December 11th, 2011 - 1:16 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 10 (IANS) Fresh trouble broke out at the AMRI Hospital here Saturday as locals scuffled with police after a loaded van tried to move out. The locals claimed ... Read more...
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Russian policemen barred from joining political parties
December 4th, 2011 - 8:27 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a law prohibiting policemen from joining, establishing or funding political parties, said a press secretary for Russia's deputy interior ... Read more...
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Policeman and daughter shot at
December 3rd, 2011 - 1:05 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Dec 2 (IANS) A police constable and his daughter in Meghalaya sustained bullet injuries after suspected rebels of the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) opened indiscriminate fire, police said ... Read more...
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Callous capital? Passersby ignored pleas from injured, bleeding men
November 29th, 2011 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) In one more instance of callousness in the national capital, two young men, brutally beaten up, lay by the roadside, bleeding, pleading for help... For ... Read more...
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Bus mows down woman in east Delhi
November 23rd, 2011 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) A Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus ran over a 21-year-old woman moments after she was hit by a speeding motorcycle while crossing a road in ... Read more...
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Nine killed in Iraq insurgent attacks
November 20th, 2011 - 6:40 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Nov 20 (IANS) At least six police personnel and three insurgents were killed Saturday in separate insurgent attacks in Iraq's western Anbar province, Xinhua reported.Five policemen and ... Read more...
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Five killed in Pakistan suicide blast (Lead)
November 17th, 2011 - 3:47 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 17 (IANS) At least three suicide bombers and two police officials were killed in a blast in Pakistan's port city of Karachi Wednesday night, a media report said.The ... Read more...
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Honduran woman finds missing son in Mexican jail
November 16th, 2011 - 11:35 am ICT by IANS
San Cristobal de Las Casas (Mexico), Nov 16 (IANS/EFE) One of the 33 Central American mothers traveling across Mexico in search of children who disappeared en route to the US ... Read more...
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One policeman killed in Pakistan blast (Lead)
November 12th, 2011 - 12:16 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 12 (IANS) At least one policeman was killed and another injured Saturday morning in a blast at a police check-post in Pakistan's northwest tribal region, a media ... Read more...
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11 injured in Kolkata violence
November 7th, 2011 - 1:05 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 6 (IANS) Ten people and a policeman were injured in a pitched battle between cops and a mob in south Kolkata's Bhowanipore area after disturbances over a ... Read more...
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Three UN staff killed in Afghan attack
October 31st, 2011 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Oct 31 (IANS) Three UN employees were killed Monday along with three others when a Taliban truck full of explosives was detonated near a compound housing UN offices ... Read more...
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13 US soldiers die in Kabul bombing
October 29th, 2011 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 29 (IANS) Thirteen NATO soldiers were killed Saturday in an Afghan bombing. Those killed were all Americans, the biggest single day loss of troops there since the ... Read more...
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Mood sours as CHOGM stalls rights monitor move
October 29th, 2011 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Perth, Oct 29 (IANS) The mood turned distinctly sour at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) here Saturday, with civil society members decrying the grouping's inability to set ... Read more...
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Two hanged in Iran
October 25th, 2011 - 2:57 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Oct 25 (IANS/AKI) Iran Monday hanged two people -- one for beating a policeman to death and the other for drug trafficking, according to national media.One man was executed ... Read more...
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