Ready to face arrest for protesting against corruption: Kejriwal (Lead)
September 3rd, 2012 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Voicing his protest against harassment of India Against Corruption (IAC) activists, Arvind Kejriwal Monday said they were ready to face punishment if the government ... Read more...
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Kejriwal to court arrest
September 3rd, 2012 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal said Monday that he and five other India Against Corruption (IAC) members would court arrest to voice their protest against ... Read more...
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Kolkata police officer commits suicide
August 25th, 2012 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 25 (IANS) The body of a Kolkata Police officer, who apparently committed suicide, was found at his home in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district Saturday, police said.Fifty-year ... Read more...
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Woman accuses Bengal cop of misbehaving with her
May 17th, 2012 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) A woman in South 24 Parganas district near here has lodged a complaint against a police station chief for allegedly misbehaving with her, police said Thursday."We ... Read more...
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Two Bengal cops removed for misbehaving with woman complainant
April 26th, 2012 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) Two officers of a city police station were suspended for allegedly misbehaving with a woman who had come to lodge a complaint, a police official said ... Read more...
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Kolkata rape: ‘Misbehaving’ policemen removed from duty
February 21st, 2012 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) Two Kolkata police officers who had misbehaved with an Anglo-Indian woman when she went to a police station to report her alleged rape were Tuesday removed ... Read more...
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Kolkata’s Park Street rape case: Police find discrepancies
February 16th, 2012 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 16 (IANS) Days after an Anglo-Indian woman alleged she was "raped at gun point" inside a moving car in the city's upmarket Park Street, the police Thursday ... Read more...
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Ramdev attacker booked
January 14th, 2012 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) A first information report (FIR) has been lodged against a man who threw ink at Baba Ramdev here Saturday, police said.The attacker, Kamran Siddiqui, was ... Read more...
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Man assaults parliament security staff, detained
November 24th, 2011 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) A 29-year-old man from Bihar, suspected to be mentally unstable, was detained here Thursday for assaulting a security staffer when he was denied entry into ... 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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Anna crusade reaches police station
September 28th, 2011 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) Some were amused while others peeved, but volunteers of India Against Corruption (IAC) definitely ruffled many feathers at the Parliament Street police station Wednesday ... Read more...
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Frivolous plea against PM costs lawyer Rs.1 lakh
August 30th, 2011 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) A plea seeking prosecution of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the cash-for-votes scam that rocked parliament during a trust vote in 2008 was Tuesday ... Read more...
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Thousands rally in support of Hazare’s anti-graft fight
April 7th, 2011 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) "Tunisia, Egypt, Libya… Get ready India!" read one of the dozens of posters put up at Jantar Mantar here as thousands gathered Thursday to voice ... Read more...
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Scottish Pc jailed for life for raping, sexually assaulting vulnerable women
January 12th, 2011 - 4:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 12 (ANI): A Scottish policeman has been ordered to serve two life sentences after he was convicted of raping and sexually assaulting vulnerable women, and warned he might never get ... Read more...
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Rapist British cop sentenced to life in jail
January 11th, 2011 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 11 (IANS) A British policeman was sentenced to a life term in prison after a court found him guilty of raping women in custody.Police constable Stephen Mitchell, 42, originally from ... Read more...
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Tibetans protest as Wen begins India visit (Lead)
December 15th, 2010 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) Hundreds of young and elderly Tibetans protested noisily here Wednesday demanding freedom for Tibet as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabo arrived on a three-day visit to India. The ... Read more...
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Tibetans protest as Wen arrives
December 15th, 2010 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) Hundreds of young and elderly Tibetans protested noisily here Wednesday demanding freedom for Tibet as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabo arrived on a three-day visit to India.Carrying hand-written ... Read more...
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Two top men of mini-ratna PSU’s associate firm held
December 3rd, 2010 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 3 (IANS) Two top officials of Transafe Ltd, an associate company of mini-ratna public sector undertaking (PSU) Balmer Lawrie, were arrested Friday on charges of duping the organisation of Rs.23 ... Read more...
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Shoot the corrupt: Baba Ramdev
November 14th, 2010 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) People found guilty of corruption should be shot dead, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev said Sunday during a protest by his political party Bharat Swabhiman here against alleged ... Read more...
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Shunglu Committee only a cover-up, allege social activists
October 29th, 2010 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) A group of social activists Friday accused the prime minister of "misleading the nation" by setting up the Shunglu Committee to probe corruption charges in the ... Read more...
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BJP leaders file complaint against corruption in CWG
August 13th, 2010 - 8:36 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 13 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Ramesh Bidhuri and R. P. Singh filed a police complaint on Friday alleging corruption in organising the Commonwealth Games.The leaders said ... Read more...
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Gadkari, Sharad Yadav detained in Delhi
July 5th, 2010 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari, Janata Dal-United (JD-U) chief Sharad Yadav and Shiromani Akali Dal leader Harsimrat Kaur were amongst the leaders detained here ... Read more...
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In i-Pad era, typewriters still go clickety clack (With Images)
June 30th, 2010 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
By Jutika Chetia
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) Ravi Robinson has been in love with his rusty but dependable typewriter for 40 long years and the bonds still go strong. In the ... Read more...
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Banerjee’s office files complaint against Bengali channel
April 2nd, 2010 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's office has lodged a police complaint against a Bengali TV news channel for continuously flashing her personal mobile number, officials said Friday.
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Troubled footie star Chopra spent four hours in a cell after night out in Newcastle
February 25th, 2010 - 4:44 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb.25 (ANI): Troubled soccer star Michael Chopra spent four hours in a cell after he was arrested on a night out.According to The Mirror, the six-million-pound Cardiff City striker was spotted ... Read more...
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Iranian women, held for drunken driving, seek bail
February 19th, 2010 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 19 (IANS) Two Iranian women students, arrested on charges of drunken driving and assaulting a policeman here late Wednesday, have appealed for bail. Their plea may be heard in two ... Read more...
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Delhi cops book 189 on New Year’s Eve for drunken driving (Lead)
January 1st, 2010 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Delhi Police booked 189 drivers for driving under the influence of alcohol on New Year's Eve, bringing to 12,756 the number of people prosecuted in 2009 for ... Read more...
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189 booked for drunken driving in Delhi
January 1st, 2010 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) As many as 189 people were booked for driving under the influence of alcohol in the national capital on New Year's Eve, police said Friday.
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Delhi Police book NGO head for forgery
October 25th, 2009 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) An NGO head has been booked for allegedly using forged identity cards of various ministries, police said Sunday.
A case was slapped earlier this week against Chaudhary Jamshed ... Read more...
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Africans protest outside police station in China
July 16th, 2009 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou (China), July 16 (Xinhua) More than a hundred African nationals have staged a protest outside a police station over the death of a man allegedly during police identity checks in China's ... Read more...
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UK tax payers outraged over ‘compasses to Muslim detainees to pray facing Mecca’ move
July 1st, 2009 - 1:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 1 (ANI): British TaxPayers Alliance, a campaign group, is outraged over the move to issue a compass to all Muslims detained in cells by the police so that they can ... Read more...
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Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee escapes unhurt in accident
March 19th, 2009 - 6:23 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, March 19 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee''s escaped unhurt in an accident on Thursday after the police pushed a person who drove his two-wheeler into Bhattacharjee''s convoy.
Bhattacharjee was ... Read more...
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Clerk arrested for stealing documents from Congress office
January 24th, 2009 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police Saturday arrested a clerk in connection with the disappearance of some documents from the office of the Congress ... Read more...
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NSUI denies reports of Rahul Gandhi’s notes being stolen
January 23rd, 2009 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) The National Students Union of India (NSUI), the youth wing of the Congress, Friday denied the reports of party general secretary Rahul Gandhi's notebooks being stolen during ... Read more...
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Over 350 booked for drunken, dangerous driving in Delhi
January 1st, 2009 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) As many as 353 people were booked for driving dangerously and under the influence of alcohol in the national capital on New Year's Eve, police said Thursday. ... Read more...
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