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Idol smugglers arrested in West Bengal

November 25th, 2008 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Nov 25 (IANS) Four people were arrested with three antique idols worth at least Rs.5 million early Tuesday in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district near the Indo-Bangladesh border, police said.A ...

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Snake smugglers snared in Uttar Pradesh

October 27th, 2008 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Oct 27 (IANS) Seven people were caught smuggling out a rare species of snakes from Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district to Nepal, a forest official said Monday."Acting on a tip-off, we nabbed ...

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100 people feared drowned in Gulf of Aden

October 11th, 2008 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS -
New York, Oct 10 (DPA) About 100 people were feared drowned off the coast of Yemen after they were forced to swim ashore by smugglers, the UN refugee agency said Friday citing ...

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Tamil Nadu lawyers to boycott courts Monday

September 6th, 2008 - 10:48 pm ICT by IANS -
Salem (Tamil Nadu), Sep 6 (IANS) Lawyers in Tamil Nadu will boycott courts Monday to protest strict rules for bail bonds, their association decided here Saturday.The lawyers are protesting "stifling rules" prescribed ...

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Rare albino palm civet seized, handed over to Lucknow zoo

August 30th, 2008 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Aug 30 (IANS) A rare albino palm civet that was seized with the arrest of two smugglers in Uttar Pradesh has been handed over to the Lucknow zoo, officials said here ...

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Ancient Turkish city waits to be unearthed

August 28th, 2008 - 4:09 pm ICT by ANI -
Istanbul, August 28 (ANI): An ancient city in western Turkey, discovered by smugglers of ancient artifacts at an illegal excavation six years ago and recovered with soil by officials, is now ...

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6 kg heroin seized near Amritsar

August 3rd, 2008 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS -
Amritsar, Aug 2 (IANS) Six kg of heroin, worth millions of rupees in the international market, was seized Saturday from a smuggler, police here said. The special narcotics cell of Punjab police ...

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Diesel exports to NATO forces in Afghanistan costing Pak exchequer millions of rupees

July 29th, 2008 - 2:08 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad , July 29 (ANI): If sources in the Pakistan Petroleum Ministry are to be believed, the export of subsidised diesel for the consumption of NATO forces in Afghanistan and the ...

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Police seize eight leopard skins from poachers in UP

July 28th, 2008 - 10:30 pm ICT by ANI -
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), July 28 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh police seized eight skins of leopards from poachers from Saharanpur on Monday. Acting on a tip off, the police arrested four persons possessing ...

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Chennai’s tough COP stands calm amidst tension

July 28th, 2008 - 9:37 am ICT by IANS -
By TSV Hari Chennai, July 28 (IANS) Even as the capital was gripped by rumours of future bomb blasts, police broke an alleged ring of saboteurs planning to trigger a series of explosions ...

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CCTVs camera installed at Indo-Nepal border

July 27th, 2008 - 10:09 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, July 27 (ANI): Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Gopal Sharma informed the media here today that close circuit televisions cameras have been installed at three crossing points ...

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Inter-state gang of liquor smugglers busted

July 26th, 2008 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, July 26(IANS) An inter-state gang of liquor smugglers was busted with the arrest of five people in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshaher district and branded liquor worth Rs.1 million was seized from them, ...

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UK-Ireland border checks restored

July 25th, 2008 - 12:14 pm ICT by IANS -
London, July 25 (IANS) The UK and Ireland have agreed to restore passport checks on their borders for the first time since the 1920s. The move is triggered by fears of the ...

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India, Bangladesh border forces discuss joint mechanism

July 24th, 2008 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, July 24 (IANS) Top officers from India's Border Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh Riffles (BDR) held a four-day joint coordination conference here to improve the joint border mechanism and address cross-border ...

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Police seize seven kilograms of heroin in Amritsar

July 22nd, 2008 - 12:32 pm ICT by ANI -
Amritsar, July 22 (ANI): Amritsar Police have seized seven kilograms of heroin from four people, including one Pakistan national. Acting on a tip off, a police squad nabbed the four smugglers ...

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Bangladesh protests killing of two border guards

July 20th, 2008 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS -
Dhaka, July 20 (IANS) Bangladesh has protested to India on the killing of two of its border guards Thursday night, claiming the incident took place 1.5 Km inside its territory . The ...

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Railway police rescue tortoises in Patna

July 19th, 2008 - 10:06 pm ICT by ANI -
Baksar ( Bihar ), July 19 (ANI): Railway police has rescued about 40 tortoises from Baksar in Bihar and handed them over to a zoological park in Patna . The tortoises were ...

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Two Bangladeshi troopers shot by Border Security Force

July 18th, 2008 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, July 18 (IANS) At least two Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) troopers were reportedly shot early Friday in a gunbattle with India's Border Security Force (BSF) personnel when the latter opened fire to ...

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10th century statue of Lord Vishnu found in Bangladesh (Re-Issue)

July 13th, 2008 - 12:10 pm ICT by ANI -
Dhaka, July 13 (ANI): A 10th century statue of Lord Vishnu has been found during the digging of a pond at Brahmanbaria Sadar upazila in Bangladesh . According to a report in ...

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10th century statue of Lord Vishnu found in Bangladesh

July 12th, 2008 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI -
Dhaka, July 12 (ANI): A 10th century statue of Lord Vishnu has been found during the digging of a pond at Brahmanbaria Sadar upazila in Bangladesh. According to a report in The ...

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Mizoram police seize arms cache, arrest Myanmarese man

July 7th, 2008 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS -
Aizawl, July 7 (IANS) Mizoram police have seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition and arrested one Myanmarese national for gun running, officials said here Monday. "Acting on a tip-off, we ...

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Eight policemen killed, arms smugglers held in Afghanistan

Eight policemen killed, arms smugglers held in Afghanistan

July 4th, 2008 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS -
DPA Kabul, July 4 (DPA) At least eight policemen were killed in a Taliban insurgent attack on a check post in southern Afghanistan, while three suspected rebels were held for weapons smuggling in ...

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Drugs worth 50 million rupees seized in Chennai

July 3rd, 2008 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI -
Chennai, July 3 (ANI): Custom officials today arrested one person named David and seized contraband Ketamine Hydrochloride worth 50 million rupees in Chennai while smugglers were trying to smuggle the drug ...

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Three held for trying to smuggle tortoises weighing 40 quintals

July 3rd, 2008 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, July 3 (IANS) Busting an international racket involved in the smuggling of tortoises, Uttar Pradesh police have arrested three people in Sultanpur district. Live tortoises weighing over 40 quintals in all ...

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Hindu religious sites in Pakistan have been targeted by looters: historian

June 27th, 2008 - 4:18 pm ICT by ANI -
Lahore , June 27 (ANI): Pakistan art historian Prof Dr. Ejaz Anwar has said that Hindu religious sites in Pakistan have always been the target of looters throughout history. The surviving ...

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Pak Hindu temple battles for existence with only one relic

June 27th, 2008 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI -
Lahore , June 27 (ANI): The ancient Hindu temple at Katas Raj which is around 40 kilometers from Chakwal is battling for its existence after it was robbed of all of ...

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Jordan returns 2,466 stolen artefacts to Iraq

June 23rd, 2008 - 2:23 am ICT by IANS -
DPA Amman, June 23 (DPA) The Jordanian government Sunday handed back to Iraq 2,446 artefacts which Amman said were seized from smugglers after the US-led invasion of the neighbouring country. The treasures were ...

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Tiger skin, teeth seized in Noida

June 21st, 2008 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS -
Noida, June 21 (IANS) A poacher was held and tiger skins and teeth were recovered from him when he was attempting to sell the banned articles, the Noida police in Uttar Pradesh, ...

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Police unearth 4 kg heroin buried at India-Pakistan border

June 17th, 2008 - 8:53 am ICT by IANS -
Amritsar, June 16 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) and the Punjab Police Monday recovered over 4 kg of heroin from the international border between India and Pakistan in Punjab's Amritsar district. ...

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Explosives seized near Indo-Nepal border

June 7th, 2008 - 9:01 pm ICT by ANI -
Kharibari ( West Bengal ), June 7 (ANI): Security forces in Siliguri arrested a man with explosives on Friday barely a week after the seizure of a huge cache of explosives ...

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