Man murdered over Rs.50
February 12th, 2012 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
Ghaziabab, Feb 11 (IANS) A fight over Rs.50 proved fatal for a technician who was stabbed to death by a milk dairy owner in the Sahibabad area of Ghaziabad Saturday, ... Read more...
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Officials tight-lipped on bribery charge by cop’s wife
February 11th, 2012 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 11 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Police remained tight-lipped Saturday over allegations by the wife of an injured police official that he remained posted in the Maoist-affected belt for over a ... Read more...
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Nine Bangladeshi inmates flee juvenile home in Bengal
February 11th, 2012 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Murshidabad (West Bengal), Feb 11 (IANS) Nine Bangladeshi children, inmates of a juvenile home in West Bengal's Behrampore district, Saturday fled from the detention centre in the early hours of ... Read more...
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Two Chhattisgarh cops killed in Maoist ambush (Lead)
February 9th, 2012 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 9 (IANS) Two policemen were killed and two, including an Additional Superintendent of Police, seriously injured when Maoists ambushed a jeep carrying six personnel in Bastar region Thursday, ... Read more...
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Newly-wed Pakistani couple dies of suffocation
February 8th, 2012 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 8 (IANS) A newly-wed couple in a rural area of Pakistan's Islamabad city died of suffocation caused by gas leakage from a room heater, said police. They were ... Read more...
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Cop suspended after five illegal miners killed
February 8th, 2012 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
Bokaro, Feb 8 (ANS) A police officer has been suspended following the death of five women involved in illegal coal mining, an official said Wednesday.According to police, the officer in charge ... Read more...
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Bengal hospital gives cat-bite jab to child instead of mother
February 7th, 2012 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 7 (IANS) The sorry state of affairs in West Bengal's government hospitals once again came to the fore when a eight-year-old boy was injected a cat-bite antidote instead ... Read more...
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Drugs worth Rs.8 crore seized, two held in Bengal
February 7th, 2012 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Murshidabad (West Bengal), Feb 7 (IANS) Two people were arrested and drugs worth Rs.8 crore were seized from West Bengal's Murshidabad district Tuesday following questioning of two people earlier taken ... Read more...
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Maoist killed in Junglemahal
February 5th, 2012 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
West Midnapore, (West Bengal) Feb 5 (IANS) A Maoist involved in several acts of violence was killed in a gun battle with security forces here Sunday, police said.Judhisthir Mahato, alias ... Read more...
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Drugs worth Rs.5 crore seized in Bengal
February 5th, 2012 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Murshidabad (West Bengal), Feb 5 (IANS) A heroin manufacturing unit was busted in this district and drugs worth Rs.5 crore seized Sunday, police said. Two people have been arrested.The building, ... Read more...
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Congress legislator arrested in Ujjain for morphing picture
February 4th, 2012 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Feb 3 (IANS) Congress legislator Kalpana Parulekar was Friday arrested by officials of CID in Ujjain district for using morphed pictures to show Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta P.P. Naolekar ... Read more...
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Bengal fishermen, abducted by Bangladeshi pirates, traced
February 3rd, 2012 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) Eleven Indian fishermen who went missing following an attack by Bangladeshi pirates in West Bengal's Sundarbans area have been located in Bangladesh and efforts are to ... Read more...
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Three killed, 50 injured in Assam train accident (Third Lead)
February 3rd, 2012 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati/New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) At least three people were killed and 50 injured when a Guwahati-bound train hit a road construction vehicle at an unmanned crossing near here Friday ... Read more...
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Immigration agents’ offices sealed in Chandigarh
February 2nd, 2012 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 2 (IANS) Offices of 20 agencies who were dealing in the multi-million rupee business of sending people to other countries by procuring work permits were sealed here Thursday ... Read more...
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Kudankulam protesters assaulted, talks cancelled (Lead)
January 31st, 2012 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 31 (IANS) A civil group spearheading the protest against Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) called off talks with the central government-appointed experts panel after the former's members were ... Read more...
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Woman, daughter-in-law beat man to death in court premises
January 31st, 2012 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 30 (IANS) A woman and her daughter-in-law rained fatal blows on a patwari or land record official accused in the murder of her husband and son inside the ... Read more...
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Minor girl raped, burnt alive
January 29th, 2012 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 29 (IANS) A minor girl in Madhya Pradesh's Khargaon district was raped and then set afire when she threatened to inform the authorities, police said. She died in ... Read more...
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Farmer commits suicide in Madhya Pradesh
January 29th, 2012 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 29 (IANS) A 35-year-old farmer committed suicide by consuming pesticide at his field in Damoh district after his crop failed, family members said Sunday.Bhagwandas Patel of Chewla village ... Read more...
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Five Maoists surrender in Jharkhand
January 28th, 2012 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 28 (IANS) Five Maoists surrendered with arms in Jharkhand's Khuti district Saturday, police said."Five Maoist guerrillas surrendered with four rifles, one country-made pistol, one revolver and five landmines ... Read more...
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Two more AMRI directors arrested, sent to police custody (Third Lead)
January 28th, 2012 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) Two more AMRI Hospital directors, who are also renowned doctors, were Friday arrested for the fire that killed 94 patients and staffers last month. A court ... Read more...
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100 crib deaths in Bengal since Jan 1 (Lead)
January 27th, 2012 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) Five more crib deaths were reported in West Bengal's Malda district Friday, taking the total number of such deaths to nearly 100 since Jan 1, a ... Read more...
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Maoist couple killed in Odisha gun battle
January 27th, 2012 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 27 (IANS) A Maoist couple was gunned down by police in Odisha's Koraput district, an official said Friday.Chitrakam Reddy alias Sitru, 30, and his wife were killed in ... Read more...
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Youth murdered by ex-lover’s father
January 26th, 2012 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Jan 25 (IANS) In a suspected case of honour killing, a 25-year-old ice-cube trader was shot dead in broad daylight by half a dozen assailants in Ghaziabad Wednesday, police ... Read more...
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Rushdie address called off as Muslims threaten trouble (Lead)
January 24th, 2012 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 24 (IANS) The video address by "The Satanic Verses" author Salman Rushdie at the DSC Jaipur Literary Festival was called off Tuesday as some of the dozens of ... Read more...
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Rushdie’s address at Jaipur LitFest cancelled
January 24th, 2012 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 24 (IANS) The video address by "The Satanic Verses" author Salman Rushdie at the DSC Jaipur Literary Festival Tuesday has been cancelled, a police official said."In view of ... Read more...
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Meghalaya governor’s aide accused of molestation
January 23rd, 2012 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 23 (IANS) An aide of Meghalaya Governor Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary has been accused of molesting a teenage dancer inside his official residence, police said Monday.The aide allegedly molested ... Read more...
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Clashes over desecration of Ambedkar statues
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 23 (IANS) Two groups clashed in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh Monday after unidentified people desecrated three statues of B.R. Ambedkar, police said.Police banned the assembly of ... Read more...
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Bihar gets its first all-women police station
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Jan 23 (IANS) Bihar's first all-women police station was opened in Nalanda district Monday. The station will deal exclusively with crimes against women, officials said.The police station was inaugurated ... Read more...
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Man held for burying alive wife, three others
January 22nd, 2012 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 22 (IANS) A 35-year-old man who buried four people alive including his wife and his house owner has been arrested in Chhattisgarh, police said Sunday.Arun Chandrakar admitted of ... Read more...
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Oprah’s guards scuffle with cameramen (Lead)
January 19th, 2012 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
Vrindavan, Jan 19 (IANS) Bouncers accompanying American talk show queen Oprah Winfrey got into a scuffle with waiting camerapersons here Thursday, police said.Oprah arrived here around 9 a.m. and ... Read more...
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Gangster allowed to file poll papers from jail
January 18th, 2012 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) A Delhi court Wednesday allowed alleged gangster Munna Bajrangi to file his nomination papers for the coming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections from a jail here.Chief ... Read more...
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Hyderabad’s siamese twins face uncertain future
January 18th, 2012 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 18 (IANS) With doctors ruling out a surgery to separate them and their parents unwilling to take care of them without government assistance, conjoined twins Vani and Veena ... Read more...
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Father, son arrested for four murders
January 17th, 2012 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Jan 17 (IANS) A man and his son have been arrested for murdering four members of a family -- three women and an infant -- here early January over ... Read more...
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Girl murdered by brothers for having affair
January 17th, 2012 - 1:13 am ICT by IANS
Noida, Jan 16 (IANS) A 16-year-old girl was allegedly murdered by her three brothers after they came to know about her relationship with a boy in the neighbourhood here, police ... Read more...
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Super chor ‘Bunty’ arrested in Bhopal, police confirm
January 16th, 2012 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 16 (IANS) Devendra Singh alias Bunty, the most wanted thief in India, has been nabbed in Madhya Pradesh, police said Monday two days after nabbing the high-profile thief ... Read more...
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