Congress challenges Trinamool on inter-party clashes’ data
July 10th, 2012 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 10 (IANS) Endorsing Home Minister P. Chidamabaram's critical comments on inter-party clashes in West Bengal, state Congress president Pradip Bhattacharya Tuesday challenged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to ... Read more...
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US apex court sides with Obama on immigration law
June 25th, 2012 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 25 (IANS) Handing US President Barack Obama a partial victory in an election year, the Supreme Court Monday largely sided with his administration to strike down key ... Read more...
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Ex-J&K; IGP denies filing CCTV footage in NC worker’s death
June 21st, 2012 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 21 (IANS) A former top Jammu and Kashmir Police official Thursday denied having filed any document, including CCTV footage, annexed to his counter- affidavit before a panel probing ... Read more...
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‘Identify graves of four Westerners killed by Al-Faran’
April 6th, 2012 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, April 6 (IANS) A group of Jammu and Kashmir rights activists Friday appealed to the state rights panel to order the identification of the graves of four Western trekkers ... Read more...
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Will make UP crime free, says olice chief
March 19th, 2012 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 19 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh's new police chief Ambreesh Chandra Sharma Monday pledged to help make the country's most populous state crime free.Talking to reporters after taking charge, Sharma ... Read more...
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Haji Yusuf’s lawyer visits Omar’s residence
March 14th, 2012 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 14 (IANS) The lawyer of deceased National Conference worker Haji Yusuf's kin Wednesday visited the official residence of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.Following permission from the ... Read more...
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Panel allows dead man’s kin to visit Omar’s house
March 12th, 2012 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 12 (IANS) A panel probing the 2011 death of National Conference (NC) worker Haji Yusuf Monday allowed a plea by his relatives to visit Jammu and Kashmir Chief ... Read more...
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Commission begins probe into NC worker’s death
November 29th, 2011 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Nov 29 (IANS) A one-man commission headed by Justice (retd) H.S. Bedi started its probe here Tuesday into the custodial death of National Conference (NC) worker Sayeed Muhammad Yousuf ... Read more...
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Omar to serve defamation notice on Mehbooba Mufti
October 3rd, 2011 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 3 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday said he would serve a defamation notice on opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti for levelling ... Read more...
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Free two activists held in Assam: Team Anna
June 26th, 2011 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Reformer Anna Hazare's civil society group India Against Corruption (IAC) Sunday demanded the release of two Right to Information (RTI) activists arrested in Assam and ... Read more...
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‘Goa police probing tribal killings harassing tribals’
June 15th, 2011 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 15 (IANS) With no sign of the judicial probe promised by the Goa government into the killing of two tribal activists last month, tribal leaders claim that the ... Read more...
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Laxmanananda murder probe: Court slams tardy police probe
May 17th, 2011 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, May 17 (IANS) The Orissa High Court Tuesday expressed its displeasure over the way the state police was probing the 2008 murder of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Laxmanananda ... Read more...
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12-year-old boy abducted in Bihar
May 9th, 2011 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 9 (IANS) In yet another case of kidnapping in Bihar, a 12-year-old boy was abducted while he was on his way home from school in Motihari district, ... Read more...
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Nearly 60,000, including MPs and MLAs, convicted in Bihar in 5 years
April 11th, 2011 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, April 11 (IANS) Nearly 60,000 criminals, including politicians and lawmakers, have been convicted and punished in Bihar - a state that had become a byword for lawlessness - in ... Read more...
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Police officers of northern states to meet in Shimla
February 21st, 2011 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Feb 21 (IANS) Police officials of seven northern states and a union territory will meet in this Himachal Pradesh capital Tuesday to strengthen intelligence networking and improve coordination in settling ... Read more...
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Inter-state police meet decides on sharing information
January 29th, 2011 - 12:47 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 28 (IANS) Senior police officials from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir participated in a meeting here Friday to ensure better co-ordination and sharing of information ... Read more...
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12 killed in Andhra road accidents
November 3rd, 2010 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Nov 3 (IANS) At least 12 people were killed in three separate road accidents in Andhra Pradesh Wednesday, police said.Four people were run over by a truck on Hitech City flyover ... Read more...
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Eight killed in Andhra road accident
October 30th, 2010 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 30 (IANS) Eight members of a family were killed and three injured early Saturday when the vehicle they were travelling in collided with a truck in Andhra Pradesh's Medak district, ... Read more...
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Over 50,000 criminals convicted in Nitish-era Bihar
September 23rd, 2010 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
By Imran Khan
Patna, Sep 23 (IANS) Justice delayed is justice denied, but once crime-prone Bihar is setting an example by conducting speedy trials. Over 50,000 criminals, including politicians, have been convicted in ... Read more...
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Baby found stuffed in shoebox
August 19th, 2010 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 19 (IANS) A newborn baby girl with the umbilical cord still attached was found stuffed into a shoebox and hidden under a pile of garbage in Sydney Thursday.
A gardener found ... Read more...
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Be responsive to people: Mayawati tells cops, bureaucrats
August 19th, 2010 - 12:49 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 18 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Wednesday seemed unhappy with the style of functioning of the state bureaucracy and the police and urged officials to be responsive to the ... Read more...
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Gujarat cop moves court against FIR in 26-year-old case
August 12th, 2010 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Aug 12 (IANS) Additional Director General of Police Kuldip Sharma Thursday moved the Gujarat High Court seeking to quash a first information report (FIR) registered by the state police accusing him ... Read more...
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Wipro to digitise crime records under e-governance plan
August 2nd, 2010 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 2 (IANS) The government has selected Wipro Infotech to develop software for digitizing its crime and criminal tracking network system under the national e-governance plan, the IT bellwether said ... Read more...
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Arrested Karnataka ex-minister admitted to hospital (Lead)
May 10th, 2010 - 1:00 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 9 (IANS) Former Karnataka minister Haratalu Halappa, arrested Sunday in a rape case, has been admitted to a government hospital in Shimoga after he complained of chest pain, police said. ... Read more...
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Karnataka ex-minister arrested in rape case
May 9th, 2010 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 9 (IANS) Former Karnataka minister Haratalu Halappa Sunday surrendered to the state Crime Investigation Department (CID) and was arrested in a rape case filed against him by the wife of ... Read more...
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Immigrants Leaving Arizona Owing To New Immigration Law
May 1st, 2010 - 6:44 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Arizona, May 1, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The new immigration law in Arizona is creating waves in the state and outside it as well. It has been reported that a huge number ... Read more...
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Decline in Maoist violence in Bihar: Report
March 15th, 2010 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, March 15 (IANS) The number of people killed in Maoist violence in Bihar declined in 2006-09 as compared to previous years, an official said Monday.
"At least 160 civilians were killed in ... Read more...
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Indian child may not be victim of random attack: Report (Lead, changing dateline)
March 6th, 2010 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, March 6 (IANS) Australian investigators probing the death of a three-year-old Indian child in Melbourne are leaning away from the theory that he was the victim of a random attack, a ... Read more...
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Orissa police team in Delhi to interrogate Kobad Ghandy
February 20th, 2010 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 20 (IANS) A three-member team of Orissa Police is in New Delhi to interrogate Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy, who was arrested in September last year, for his alleged role in ... Read more...
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Sohrabuddin shootout: CBI team visits accused cop’s village
February 17th, 2010 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Feb 17 (IANS) The CBI team, re-investigating the killing of young Muslim man Sohrabuddin Sheikh in an alleged shootout with police in Gujarat, visited Wednesday the village of former deputy inspector ... Read more...
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A suicide occurs every two hours in Uttar Pradesh
February 3rd, 2010 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 3 (IANS) A suicide takes place every two hours in India's most populous state, according to a study.
What was even more glaring was that Lucknow, the state capital, had topped ... Read more...
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Orissa begins probe into cargo ship mishap
December 24th, 2009 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Dec 24 (IANS) Orissa has begun probing the Sep 9 cargo ship mishap near Paradip port in which one crew member was killed, officials said Thursday.
The ship, Black Rose, carrying around ... Read more...
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Goa crime branch to probe Russian expat’s rape
December 5th, 2009 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 5 (IANS) A complaint filed by a Russian woman alleging rape by a Goa politician would be probed by the state crime branch, a senior police official said Saturday.
"Yes, we ... Read more...
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Breckenridge Citizens Legalize Pot, Law Meant Only For Adults
November 5th, 2009 - 6:53 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Colorado, Nov. 5, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The ski resort town of Breckenridge in Colorado is to become the latest place to legalize marijuana. Earlier, the people of Maine had voted for ... Read more...
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Oz police special squad to investigate death of Indian businessman
October 10th, 2009 - 12:25 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Oct 10 (ANI): The New South Wales Police has set up a special strike force to investigate the death of Indian businessman Pradeep Kumar who disappeared from Mildura three weeks ago.Police ... Read more...
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