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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Agra tourist police gear up for V-Day (With Image)
February 11th, 2012 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Feb 11 (IANS) Valentine's Day is round the corner and Agra's tourist police are on alert. Expecting a huge rush at the 17th century monument to love, the Taj ... 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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Two Chhattisgarh cops killed in Maoist ambush (Lead)
February 9th, 2012 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 9 (IANS) Two policemen were killed and two, including an Additional Superintendent of Police, seriously injured when Maoists ambushed a jeep carrying six personnel in Bastar region Thursday, ... Read more...
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Two cops feared killed in Maoist ambush
February 9th, 2012 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 9 (IANS) At least two policemen were feared killed when Maoists ambushed a team of six personnel in Bastar region Thursday, an officer said.The police team came under ... Read more...
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Bihar dismisses six BDOs for corruption
February 8th, 2012 - 12:29 am ICT by IANS
Patna, Feb 7 (IANS) The Bihar government Tuesday dismissed six block development officers (BDOs) in Araria district on corruption charges, officials said.Ravikant, the principal secretary of the cabinet coordination department, ... Read more...
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Maldivian president quits after protests, police revolt (Third Lead)
February 7th, 2012 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed, elected only four years ago, quit under pressure after weeks of protests triggered by a judge's arrest escalated Tuesday with disgruntled ... Read more...
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Five ccops among seven killed in Afghan attack (Lead)
February 5th, 2012 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Feb 5 (IANS) Five policemen and two civilians, including a child, died in a car bomb attack in Afghanistan's Kandahar city Sunday."A car bomb (attack) carried out by ... Read more...
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Policemen shot dead in Karachi
February 4th, 2012 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 4 (IANS) Two policemen were shot dead in Karachi by Taliban militants.They were travelling in a car Friday night on Manghopir road when they were attacked.At least ... Read more...
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TV actor Raja Choudhary arrested for drunken brawl, released (Lead)
February 3rd, 2012 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Feb 3 (IANS) Small screen actor Raja Choudhary was Friday arrested for getting into a brawl under the influence of alcohol with the security guards of a private hospital ... Read more...
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TV actor Raja Choudhary arrested for drunken brawl
February 3rd, 2012 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Feb 3 (IANS) Rajasthan police Friday arrested small screen actor Raja Choudhary for getting into a brawl with the security guards of a private hospital under the influence of ... Read more...
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Militants kill three policemen in Pakistan
February 2nd, 2012 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 2 (IANS) Three policemen were killed by Taliban militants in northwest Pakistan.The militants attacked them when they were patrolling in Lakki Marwat area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province ... Read more...
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Terror in Pakistan province: 1,400 dead in 2011
January 31st, 2012 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 31 (IANS) A total of 1,430 people, including 256 policemen and 227 soldiers, were killed in terrorist attacks last year in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a government ... Read more...
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One dead in Bangladesh clash
January 30th, 2012 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 30 (IANS) An activist of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party died and several others were injured Monday when party activists clashed with police, a media report said. Four people ... Read more...
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Hundreds battle forest fire in China
January 28th, 2012 - 7:29 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 28 (IANS) More than 800 firefighters, policemen and villagers were battling to put out a raging forest fire that broke out in the mountains in southwest China.The inferno ... Read more...
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Workers kill company official in Yanam (Lead)
January 27th, 2012 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 27 (IANS) A senior official of a ceramics company was Friday killed in an attack by workers after their leader died in police custody as large-scale violence rocked ... Read more...
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Ex-IITian nabbed for friend’s murder
January 26th, 2012 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 26 (IANS) An IIT-Kanpur graduate, currently pursuing an MBA from IIM-Lucknow, has been taken into custody by the CBI as a key suspect in the killing of his ... Read more...
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UP celebrates Republic Day
January 26th, 2012 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 26 (IANS) India's 63rd Republic Day was celebrated with the usual gaiety in Uttar Pradesh Thursday, with Governor B.L. Joshi taking the salute at a colourful parade in ... Read more...
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Bus driver’s face devoid of emotion: student
January 25th, 2012 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Jan 25 (IANS) "His face was devoid of any emotion," said a college student who witnessed the mayhem unleashed by a rogue bus driver here who blindly sped through ... Read more...
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Nine killed as mentally ill man hijacks Pune bus (Second lead)
January 25th, 2012 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Jan 25 (IANS) At least nine people were killed, 27 injured and 30-40 vehicles damaged when a mentally disturbed staffer of the government bus service hijacked a state ... 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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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar aks Maoists to shun violence
January 23rd, 2012 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
Patna, Jan 22 (IANS) Art of Living founder and spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Sunday appealed to the Maoists to shun violence and join in the country's development."I appeal ... Read more...
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Maoists shot policemen in head, burnt two
January 22nd, 2012 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 22 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas killed the 13 policemen in Jharkhand by shooting most of the wounded men in their head and also threw two of them into a ... 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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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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Cops in mufti, three-tier security at Jaipur lit fest
January 20th, 2012 - 2:20 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 20 (IANS) Over 60,000 people, including 260 authors from across the globe, are expected to gather at the Jaipur Literature Festival starting Friday. But among them also will ... Read more...
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Two policemen among 12 killed in Afghan clash
January 19th, 2012 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Jan 19 (IANS) Two policemen and 12 Taliban militants, among them a rebel commander, were killed Thursday in a fierce gunfight at a check post in southern Afghanistan.The ... Read more...
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Room of 13/7 terrorists sealed
January 17th, 2012 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) Tuesday sealed a room in south-central Mumbai where the planters of the bombs that exploded here July 13 last year allegedly ... Read more...
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Driver killed in police firing in Jharkhand
January 17th, 2012 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 17 (IANS) The driver of a vehicle was killed and his assistant injured when police opened fire on their vehicle in Jharkhand's Palamau district on Tuesday, according to ... Read more...
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35 injured in Rajasthan clash
January 15th, 2012 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Jan 15 (IANS) At least 35 people, mostly policemen, were injured in Rajasthan Sunday in a clash between police and villagers who were demanding arrest of criminals involved in ... Read more...
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Four Chhattisgarh cops suspended for suspected Maoist’s death
January 15th, 2012 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 15 (IANS) Four policemen posted in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region were suspended after a man suspected to be a Maoist died in custody, officials at the police headquarters here ... Read more...
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No negotiations with Taliban: Rehman Malik
January 14th, 2012 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 14 (IANS) Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik Saturday dismissed reports that negotiations were taking place between the government and the Taliban.Speaking to the media in Islamabad, Malik ... Read more...
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Nine dead in Pakistan suicide bombing (Lead)
January 14th, 2012 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 14 (IANS) At least nine people, including two policemen and three suicide bombers, were killed Saturday when militants attacked a police office in northwestern Pakistan. Interior Minister ... Read more...
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