Arrest warrant issued for Iraq’s vice president: official
December 20th, 2011 - 8:59 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Dec 20 (IANS) The Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council, which is country's highest judicial body, has issued an arrest warrant for Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, said an interior ministry ... Read more...
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Five days after fire, Tripura family still looking for man
December 14th, 2011 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 14 (IANS) It is a story that tugs at your heart strings. Five days after a raging blaze ravaged the AMRI Hospital in Kolkata, family members of ... Read more...
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AMRI officials sent to custody, guards interrogated (Lead)
December 13th, 2011 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 13 (IANS) Two senior officials of the AMRI Hospital were arrested and sent to police custody while six of its security guards were interrogated over the Friday morning ... Read more...
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Shoplifter chops off security guard’s ear
December 13th, 2011 - 9:18 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Longview, Wash, Dec 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A security guard at a store had most of his ear chopped off by a shoplifter. The suspect is still at large as officers have launched ... Read more...
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Guards acted as per fire norms, says security firm
December 12th, 2011 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 12 (IANS) Amid allegations that the arrogant guards' refusal to let locals rescue trapped patients had led to the AMRI Hospital fire toll mount to 93, the ... Read more...
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Militants’ threats force doctors to flee western Assam
December 12th, 2011 - 3:01 pm ICT by IANS
Kokrajhar (Assam), Dec 12 (IANS) Extortion threats from tribal militants have forced dozens of government doctors to flee their areas of posting in western Assam, leaving hundreds of patients at ... Read more...
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Kashmir minister escapes bid on life, cop killed
December 12th, 2011 - 12:17 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 11 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ali Muhammad Sagar Sunday escaped a bid on his life when separatist guerrillas attacked him in Srinagar. One ... Read more...
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From black tragedy emerged many heroes
December 9th, 2011 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 9 (IANS) The ghastly fire at the AMRI Hospital that claimed over 80 lives also brought to the fore the undying human spirit and threw up ... Read more...
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14 undertrials escape from Rajasthan jail
December 9th, 2011 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Dec 8 (IANS) Fourteen prisoners escaped from a jail in Rajasthan after sawing off the ventilator grills in their barrack in the early hours Thursday, police said. One prisoner ... Read more...
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Six prisoners escape from Rajasthan jail
November 27th, 2011 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Nov 27 (IANS) Six prisoners escaped from a jail in Rajasthan during a fogging exercise to contain mosquitoes Sunday, police said. Four were re-arrested, while two are still on ... Read more...
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Pawar’s daughter meets Bal Thackeray
November 27th, 2011 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 27 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule Sunday called on Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray and thanked him for for his support after ... Read more...
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Why should I react, Pawar asks after assault
November 24th, 2011 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, who was slapped by a man Thursday, said he did not think it was a breach of security and would ... Read more...
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PM speaks to Pawar, condemns attack
November 24th, 2011 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday spoke to union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar after he was attacked by a Sikh youth and condemned the assault."The ... Read more...
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Punjab jail riot leaves one dead
November 21st, 2011 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kapurthala (Punjab), Nov 21 (IANS) Rioting by prisoners followed by firing by the security guards inside a jail complex on the outskirts of this Punjab city has left one person ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s primary schools lacking in sanitary workers: Report
November 15th, 2011 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 15 (IANS) More than two-thirds of 152 boys' primary schools in 89 districts across Pakistan are without non-teaching staff like peons, sanitary workers and security guards, according to ... Read more...
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US may send 500 FBI agents for 2012 London Olympics
November 14th, 2011 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 14 (IANS) The US plans to send up to 1,000 security officials, including 500 FBI agents, to protect its athletes at the 2012 London Olympics, a media report ... Read more...
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Lost and found saga of Michele’s bracelet
November 6th, 2011 - 7:05 am ICT by IANS
London, Nov 6 (IANS) Actress Michael Michele flew into a panic at a charity event in New York after she lost a diamond bracelet worth over 166,600 pounds.The former "ER" ... Read more...
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`Clown’ steals money from Chilean casino
November 2nd, 2011 - 11:44 am ICT by IANS
Santiago, Nov 2 (IANS/EFE) A man in a clown costume took advantage of an all-night Halloween party at a casino south of the Chilean capital to steal $12,000 in cash ... Read more...
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US busts drug ring
November 1st, 2011 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
Phoenix (US), Nov 1 (IANS/EFE) A network of drug traffickers linked to a powerful Mexican cartel that smuggled drugs into the US across the Arizona desert was busted after a ... Read more...
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MPs responsible for consequences of returning gunmen: DGP
October 20th, 2011 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 20 (IANS) A day after nine Congress MPs from Andhra Pradesh's Telangana region decided to surrender their gunmen to the state government, police chief Dinesh Reddy ... Read more...
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55 security agencies in Gurgaon under scanner
October 5th, 2011 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Oct 5 (IANS) Fifty-five private security agencies in Haryana's millennium city Gurgaon are under the police scanner for failing to obtain licences for their functioning and not following other ... Read more...
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Four girls flee from Delhi observation home
October 3rd, 2011 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Four minor girls escaped from an observation home in west Delhi, police said Monday.The girls, aged between 14 to 16, escaped early Sunday, eluding the ... Read more...
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Rs.20 lakh burglary at contractor’s house
October 1st, 2011 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Burglars looted Rs.20 lakh from the house of a Public Works Department contractor in east Delhi while he was away on a pilgrimage, police said ... Read more...
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Hospital guard held for selling blood
September 30th, 2011 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Sep 30 (IANS) A woman security guard at a government hospital in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district was arrested for illegally selling a unit of blood to a cancer patient's family ... Read more...
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PCB out to prove it can provide fool-proof security
September 27th, 2011 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, Sep 27 (IANS) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is out to tell the international cricket community that it could provide fool-proof security to any team playing in this ... Read more...
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Guards open fire at Rabbani’s funeral
September 23rd, 2011 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
kabul, Sep 23 (IANS) Security guards at the burial ceremony of former Afghan president Burhanudin Rabbani here Friday fired into the air after some mourners hurled stones at the ... Read more...
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Eyeing global boom, Kerala plans construction academy
September 22nd, 2011 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 22 (IANS) Eyeing the domestic and global construction boom, Kerala is planning an academy to train industry personnel from masons to engineers, a minister said Thursday."The building industry ... Read more...
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Women security guards around Sheikh Hasina
September 6th, 2011 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Sep 6 (IANS) A security woman, her hand close to a gun hidden beneath her dark suit, keeps an eagle eye on the people milling close to Bangladeshi ... Read more...
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Zardari, Gilani assure recovery of Taseer
August 27th, 2011 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 27 (IANS) Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani have assured the family of late Punjab governor Salman Taseer that his abducted son would ... Read more...
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Election panel seeks report on Punjab officers’ activities
August 21st, 2011 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 21 (IANS) The Election Commission has sought a report on the activities of Punjab director general of police (DGP) P.S. Gill and D.S. Guru, the principal secretary to ... Read more...
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Poll panel asks for report on Punjab top cop
August 20th, 2011 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The Election Commission has asked the Punjab chief electoral officer to submit a report on the Director General of Police (DGP) who is alleged to ... Read more...
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Actress gets letter for security guard interview
August 16th, 2011 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 16 (IANS) Goa's state employment agency 'wants' a film actress doing her PhD and computer science graduates to appear for job interviews for security guards.Priyanka Bidaye, who has ... Read more...
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FBI may look for American abducted in Pakistan
August 16th, 2011 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 16 (IANS) US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) may be asked to probe the kidnapping of an American national in Lahore, a media report said Tuesday.Warren Weinstein, ... Read more...
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Pakistani journalist manhandled
August 10th, 2011 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 10 (IANS) A journalist was manhandled for exposing malpractices at a premier hospital in Karachi, a media report said.The health reporter associated with a news agency was manhandled ... Read more...
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Probe into police attack on Pakistan newspaper
August 10th, 2011 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 10 (IANS) Senior officials have been directed to probe the police attack on a Peshawar based Urdu newspaper, a minister said.Minister for Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan ... Read more...
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