‘Lazy’ policeman faces jail for sabotaging probes
September 13th, 2012 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 13 (IANS) A police official in Scotland Yard is facing jail after he failed to investigate rape cases that allowed the alleged rapists to escape prosecution, because he ... Read more...
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British soldiers’ remains stored secretly
August 9th, 2012 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 9 (IANS) Remains of British war heroes, who died in Afghanistan and Iraq are being secretly kept in an army lab without permission from their relatives, a media ... Read more...
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Akhilesh not serious on scam probe: BJP
August 2nd, 2012 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 2 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday launched a broadside against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, accusing him of giving conflicting statements on an alleged ... Read more...
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Chinese Olympic delegation probes shuttlers’ suspicious play
August 1st, 2012 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 1 (IANS) The Chinese Olympic delegation has started investigations into allegations that some of its badminton players were deliberately losing in the group stage of the London Games."The ... Read more...
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PMO attempts to counter Anna’s anti-corruption stir threat
July 24th, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) With Anna Hazare giving an ultimatum for his team's Jan Lokpal Bill to be brought in parliament, the government Tuesday tried to blunt his ... Read more...
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US assures transparent probe into fisherman killing
July 23rd, 2012 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The US Monday assured a "thorough and transparent" investigation into the killing of an Indian fisherman by one of its naval personnel from aboard a ... Read more...
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Delhi Police to quiz Jindal till July 20 (Second Lead)
July 5th, 2012 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Abu Jindal will be quizzed for another 15 days by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police on his role in the November ... Read more...
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China probes forced abortion case after national outrage
June 14th, 2012 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 14 (IANS) Authorities in China's Shaanxi province have launched an investigation into an incident of forced abortion, pledging that anyone found responsible will be punished according to ... Read more...
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Pakistan probes smuggling of wild animals from Tanzania
June 11th, 2012 - 10:32 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 11 (IANS) Pakistan has launched an investigation into the alleged smuggling of wild animals, including elephants and lions, from Tanzania in southeastern Africa.The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) launched ... Read more...
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LinkedIn probes theft of 6.5 mn passwords
June 6th, 2012 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 6 (IANS) Professional networking website LinkedIn said it was investigating claims that 6.5 million of its users' passwords have been stolen and published on a Russian computer hacking ... Read more...
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Evidence against Maya government’s scams soon: Shivpal
June 2nd, 2012 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 2 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government has begun simultaneous probes into the alleged irregularities and scams that took place in the five year rule of BSP chief ... Read more...
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Congress has no role in Jagan’s arrest: Andhra chief minister
May 28th, 2012 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 28 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy Monday said the Congress governments at the centre and in the state have nothing to do with ... Read more...
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Congress asks Akhilesh to act against BSP leaders
May 18th, 2012 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 18 (IANS) Calling for stringent action against Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leaders found involved in graft, the Uttar Pradesh Congress Friday told the Samajwadi Party government that ... Read more...
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Mexican rights body probes attack on reporter
May 14th, 2012 - 11:31 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, May 14 (IANS/EFE) The National Human Rights Commission, or CNDH, is investigating last week's attack on journalist Gerardo Ponce de Leon in Hermosillo, the capital of the northern ... Read more...
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Mexico probes Wal-Mart bribery allegations
April 27th, 2012 - 11:13 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, April 27 (IANS/EFE) Investigators are looking into allegations that US retail giant Wal-Mart's unit in Mexico paid bribes to officials to speed the opening of stores during its ... Read more...
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Anthony probes Lopez’s relationship with first hubby
April 22nd, 2012 - 8:42 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, April 22 (IANS) Singer Marc Anthony has reportedly reached out to Jennifer Lopez's estranged first husband Ojani Noa through his lawyer to investigate whether there was a ... Read more...
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Curb reporting on police probes, apex court urged
April 19th, 2012 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The Rajasthan government Thursday pleaded before the Supreme Court for restraining the media from reporting on matters related to police probes in criminal cases for ... Read more...
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US did not heed warning about Mumbai attack: Headley’s ex-wife (Lead)
April 17th, 2012 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 17 (IANS) As India probes the role of the estranged wife of admitted Pakistani American terrorist David Headley in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack, she claims she tried ... Read more...
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Gujarat seeks policy on staged shootout probes
April 13th, 2012 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the central government and the apex human rights panel on the Gujarat government's plea seeking directions to formulate ... Read more...
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Mahindra Satyam, Tech Mahindra Ltd merge
March 21st, 2012 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 21 (IANS) The long-awaited merger of Mahindra Satyam and its parent company Tech Mahindra Ltd was announced here Wednesday after a joint board meeting of the two ... Read more...
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EU probes Google over privacy
March 1st, 2012 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 1 (IANS) European Union authorities will probe Google's new privacy rules that came into force Thursday, with France arguing the sweeping changes breach European law, the Guardian newspaper ... Read more...
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Abuse in orphanage: Court refuses to bar fresh probes
February 22nd, 2012 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday declined to bar any fresh inquiry into the sexual assault and harassment of children at a privately-run orphanage in central ... Read more...
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China probes chemical spill
February 10th, 2012 - 3:43 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 10 (IANS) China is probing a chemical spill from a South Korean cargo ship that partially contaminated the drinking water source of a city in eastern part of ... Read more...
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Women’s panel probes Odisha gang rape
February 2nd, 2012 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 2 (IANS) An official of the National Commission for Women (NCW) arrived in Odisha Thursday to probe a 19-year-old woman's alleged gang rape in November last year in ... Read more...
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NHRC DIG awarded President’s Police Medal
January 25th, 2012 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) National Human Rights Commission deputy inspector general (Investigation) Mamta Singh was Wednesday named for the President's Police Medal for her meritorious services.Singh, a 1996 batch ... Read more...
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Agencies lack coordination in terror probes: Government
January 24th, 2012 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) A day after slamming the Mumbai police for allegedly botch up the July 2011 serial blasts probe, the central government Tuesday lauded Maharashtra's anti-terror force ... Read more...
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Sikkim notification on corruption probes by CBI challenged
January 23rd, 2012 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central and Sikkim governments and the CBI on a plea seeking the quashing of a notification requiring ... Read more...
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US probes urination on dead Taliban fighters
January 12th, 2012 - 8:52 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 12 (IANS) The US Marine Corps is probing an internet video that showed several soldiers were urinating on the bodies of Taliban fighters killed in Afghanistan."While we ... Read more...
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Mayawati sacks four ministers for corruption
December 26th, 2011 - 12:45 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 25 (IANS) In a clean-up move ahead of assembly polls in the state, Chief Minister Mayawati Sunday recommended removal of four ministers facing probes on corruption charges.The ministers ... Read more...
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CBI probes Srinagar air force land scam
November 23rd, 2011 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) The government Wednesday said it has entrusted to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) a probe into the alleged grabbing of air force land ... Read more...
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Navy discharging 28 sailors for drug usage
November 22nd, 2011 - 10:45 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Nov 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Just a month after the US Navy announced the dismissal of 64 sailors for drug use, another 28 sailors are set to be discharged for similar offences. ... Read more...
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China probes schoolgirl’s suicidal jump
November 22nd, 2011 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 22 (IANS) Authorities in China are probing the death of a 13-year-old schoolgirl who is suspected to have jumped to her death last week following corporal punishment meted ... Read more...
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Brazil probes human rights violations
November 19th, 2011 - 12:14 pm ICT by IANS
Brasilia, Nov 19 (IANS/EFE) President Dilma Rousseff Friday signed a document creating a panel to investigate human rights violations by Brazil's 1964-85 military regime."It is not a process of vengeance, ... Read more...
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ICC probes gender crimes in Libya, calls for efforts to prevent escape of Gaddafi’s son
November 3rd, 2011 - 5:22 pm ICT by BNO News
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS (BNO NEWS) -- The International Criminal Court (ICC) has called on countries for maximum efforts in order to prevent Muammar Gaddafi's son from leaving Libya as reports indicate a ... Read more...
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When Mahatma threatened to throw out wife
September 27th, 2011 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) The heroes of modern India have come alive in their human avatars in a new anthology of biographical sketches by noted writer and former ... Read more...
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