Haryana Police to monitor ‘crime-prone’ villages
July 3rd, 2012 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Rohtak (Haryana), July 3 (IANS) Police will monitor over five dozen villages in southern Haryana for "being too crime-prone".Police recently identified nearly 65 crime-prone villages in the four districts of ... Read more...
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In Badal’s ‘Ram Rajya’, no place for political vendetta (Punjab Newsletter)
June 30th, 2012 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 30 (IANS) For the last five years, the Congress in Punjab, especially state Congress president Amarinder Singh, have been claiming that false cases were being registered against ... Read more...
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Suicides in Gurgaon: Over 100 cases in four months
May 11th, 2012 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, May 11 (IANS) When Dana Sangma, an MBA student and niece of Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, committed suicide in her hostel room April 24, she was following in ... Read more...
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1,000 Pakistani women killed for honour in 2011
March 23rd, 2012 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 23 (IANS) Nearly 1,000 women and girls in Pakistan were victims of honour killings during 2011, a human rights group said.At least 943 women were killed last year ... Read more...
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Lawyers’ strike cripples Delhi district courts (Lead)
January 12th, 2012 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Litigants suffered as district courts in the capital were paralysed Thursday by a day-long strike of lawyers who are demanding all property cases be transferred ... Read more...
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Single women victims of witch-hunt in tribal Assam
November 2nd, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Tinsukia (Assam), Nov 2 (IANS) It was a fine day when Debari Nagbonshi, 60, stepped out of her home after bath and saw the new bride of a neighbour hanging ... Read more...
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Nine nabbed for Bangalore Congress corporator’s murder
October 10th, 2011 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 10 (IANS) Nine people were arrested for their alleged involvement in the murder of Congress corporator S. Nataraj here Oct 1 owing to personal rivalry, police said ... Read more...
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Rakhi To Compete With Amitabh, Salman And Akshay With ‘Rakhi Ka Insaaf’
October 13th, 2010 - 11:56 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 12, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Drama queen Rakhi Sawant is back to the small screen after entertaining and torturing the viewers with her antics in ‘Rakhi Ka Swayamvar’ and ‘Pati Patni ... Read more...
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No time for marriage now, says Rakhi
October 6th, 2010 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Item girl Rakhi Sawant, who had her "swayamwar" on television but broke off her engagement, says she has no plans to get married soon because she ... Read more...
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Mafia don Arun Gawli gets bail in extortion case
July 2nd, 2010 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) Nearly 27 months after he was arrested and jailed, mafia don-turned-politician Arun Gawli secured bail in an extortion case, his lawyer said here Friday.
However, Gawli, a former legislator ... Read more...
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Honour killings, dowry deaths still abundant in Pak: Report
March 8th, 2010 - 4:46 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar 8(ANI): As the world marks International Women's Day on Monday, a Human Rights Commission report in Pakistan has revealed some horrific statistics about women rights violations throughout the country.The ... Read more...
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Chandigarh NRI cell’s help eagerly sought by diaspora
September 14th, 2009 - 6:17 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 14 (IANS) In a span of less than one month since it was set up, the Non-Resident Indian (NRI) cell in Chandigarh has been eagerly sought by the diaspora, receiving ... Read more...
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Delhi Police to form special units for white collar crimes
June 6th, 2009 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) The Delhi Police will set up separate cells in all districts of the state capital to investigate white collar crimes and speed up the disposal of economic ... Read more...
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Another journalist gunned down in Nepal
February 19th, 2009 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Feb 19 (IANS) A month after the brutal murder of a woman radio journalist in Nepal's violent Terai plains, another journalist has been attacked in the southern lowlands in broad daylight ... Read more...
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Wanted man gunned down in Agra
January 12th, 2009 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Jan 12 (IANS) A man wanted for the murder of a youth leader of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) was Monday shot dead by the police here.Sanju Pandit was killed in ... Read more...
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Goa to appoint NRIs to state boards, corporations
July 25th, 2008 - 11:56 am ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, July 25 (IANS) Goa is set to become the first state in India to appoint non-resident Indians (NRIs) to various boards and corporations. ``Putting Goan expatriates on state boards ... Read more...
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Vridh Adalats: delivering silver wisdom in villages (Feature)
June 8th, 2008 - 11:43 am ICT by IANS
By Azera Rahman
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) The issue could be about an impending pension or about an aged person being thrown out of his home, but when five greying men and ... Read more...
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Over half of Delhi’s elderly harassed over property: survey
March 24th, 2008 - 10:13 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) More than 50 percent of the elderly in Delhi are harassed over property issues, mostly by their children, according to a survey conducted by HelpAge India, an ... Read more...
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Contract killings on the rise among NRIs in Punjab
February 17th, 2008 - 1:02 pm ICT by admin
By Jaideep Sarin
Chandigarh, Feb 17 (IANS) Jasbir Singh, Jaswinder Kaur, Mohan Singh... they are among an increasing list of Indians living abroad murdered by contract killers while on a visit to Punjab. ... Read more...
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