Two convicted in Russia for making pen guns
February 8th, 2012 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A court in Russia's Far Eastern Amur region convicted two workers of a military plant who covertly manufactured pen guns, a spokesperson for the region's ... 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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Two arrested for running job racket
February 2nd, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Two men who cheated several educated unemployed youths by promising them jobs in multinationals have been arrested, police said Thursday.Lalit Kumar, 59, and Amarjeet Rana, ... Read more...
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Two held for Delhi Metro brawl
February 1st, 2012 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Two men were arrested for harassing a couple in a west Delhi Metro station which escalated into a brawl, police said Wednesday.The incident took place ... Read more...
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Indian man killed for taking too long in toilet
January 30th, 2012 - 10:13 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Mumbai, Jan 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) An Indian man paid with his life when he kept ‘too long’ in the toilet at a slum in the country’s capital Mumbai. The 26-year-old was reportedly ... Read more...
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Muslim pilot fired over fears he might copy 9/11
January 29th, 2012 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 29 (IANS) A Muslim pilot working for a well-known British carrier has said he was fired because his bosses feared he might copy the Sep 11 terror attack.The ... Read more...
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Three poachers arrested with chinkara parts
January 28th, 2012 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 28 (IANS) Three poachers were Saturday arrested and body remains of at least five chinkaras (Indian gazelle) recovered from them in Rajastan's Barmer district, police said.
Two of ... Read more...
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Demanding beer, Russians threaten to bomb shop
January 16th, 2012 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Two men in Russia's St. Petersburg have been held for allegedly robbing beer from a shop by threatening the shop assistant with a hand ... Read more...
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Two men held with fake auto products
January 14th, 2012 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Two men have been arrested for alleged involvement in selling spurious auto products, police said Saturday.
"Bijender Kumar, 36, and Anshu Aggarwal, 26, indulged in ... Read more...
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Two Maoists held in Chhattisgarh
January 13th, 2012 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 12 (IANS) Two members of the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist were arrested Thursday in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, police said.The arrests were made by a patrolling contingent ... Read more...
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Robbers loot Rs.1 million
January 12th, 2012 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 12 (IANS) Two robbers snatched Rs.1 million from a man in the heart of Raipur Thursday, police said.Additional Superintendent of Police Lal Umed Singh said the victim was ... Read more...
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Kids among eight hacked to death in Honduras
January 12th, 2012 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
Tegucigalpa, Jan 12 (IANS/EFE) Eight people, four of them children, were murdered in the Caribbean province of Colon, the Honduran government said.The victims, residents of the village of El Regadero, ... Read more...
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Dalit woman assaulted for son’s elopement
January 11th, 2012 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
Satara (Maharashtra), Jan 11 (IANS) Five people were booked here Wednesday for assaulting a Dalit widow whose son had eloped with a girl from a higher caste family, police in ... Read more...
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Two held with deer antlers in Chhattisgarh
January 11th, 2012 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 11 (IANS) Two men were arrested with 10 pieces of deer antlers Wednesday in Chhattisgarh, police said.The arrests were made in Abhanpur area in Raipur district, some 45 ... Read more...
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Chinese man, baby shot dead in Italy
January 6th, 2012 - 6:09 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Jan 6 (IANS/AKI) A 31-year-old Chinese man and his nine-month-old baby daughter, who was in his arms, were shot dead by two men during a night-time robbery in Rome. ... Read more...
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Two men arrested for sacrificing minor girl
January 2nd, 2012 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 2 (IANS) Police in Chhattisgarh have arrested two men for killing a girl to appease their god for a better harvest, an officer said Monday.The arrest was made ... Read more...
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Trooper, two men arrested with heroin
December 30th, 2011 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 30 (IANS) A Tripura State Rifles (TSR) trooper and two civilians have been arrested in Tripura with one kg of heroin, police said Friday.The trooper, Harish Thapa, was ... Read more...
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Fish kills two men by biting off their testicles
December 29th, 2011 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 29 (IANS) A predator fish has reportedly killed two men by biting off their testicles, according to a British angler.Jeremy Wade, 53, spent weeks hunting for the fish ... Read more...
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Babysitter stabbed to death
December 29th, 2011 - 7:21 am ICT by IANS
London, Dec 29 (IANS) A 19-year-old woman in Britain was stabbed to death while looking after her young niece and nephew at a house, a media report said.Chatherine Wynter's body ... Read more...
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Two Indian hockey officials to officiate in 2012 Olympics
December 28th, 2011 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) Two Indian hockey officials R.V. Raghu Prasad and Claudius De Sales have been appointed by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) to officiate in the 2012 ... Read more...
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Drug traffickers held carrying heroin in stomach
December 27th, 2011 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Two drug couriers who had concealed heroin capsules in their stomachs have been detained at the airport of Russia's Siberian city of Novosibirsk, the customs ... Read more...
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Two detained for trying to enter Dhoni’s home
December 25th, 2011 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Dec 25 (IANS) Two men in their 20s have been detained for trying to forcefully enter the house of India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni here Sunday, police said.The ... Read more...
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Adam Lambert arrested in Finland
December 23rd, 2011 - 12:48 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Helsinki, Dec 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) American Idol star Adam Lambert spent several hours in a Finish jail on Thursday after he reportedly got into a physical brawl with his boyfriend Sauli Koskinen. ... Read more...
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Constable thrashed by drunken duo
December 20th, 2011 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) Two men are on the run here after attacking a constable and firing and seriously wounding a man after an accident led to heated row, ... Read more...
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Pilot killed in mid-air collision in Britain (Lead)
December 19th, 2011 - 3:21 am ICT by IANS
London, Dec 19 (IANS) A pilot was killed and two others suffered injuries after two light aircraft collided in Britain Sunday, a media report said.The accident occurred at about 2 ... Read more...
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Man rapes daughter, sells her for $365
December 12th, 2011 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Dec 12 (IANS/EFE) A Mexican man was arrested for raping his 14-year-old daughter and then selling her for 5,000 pesos (about $365) to his friend, who also sexually ... Read more...
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Underage girl forces classmates into prostitution in China
December 7th, 2011 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 7 (IANS) A 13-year-old-girl in China pushed her three underage friends into prostitution after suspecting them of disclosing her secret that she was working as a prostitute at ... Read more...
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Two held for bid to rape woman in moving car
December 7th, 2011 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Dec 6 (IANS) Two men who kidnapped a sales executive and tried to rape her in a moving car were arrested in Ghaziabad, police said Tuesday.Annu Verma and Anil ... Read more...
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Maharashtra official assaulted by sand mafia
December 5th, 2011 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
Pandharpur (Maharashtra), Dec 5 (IANS) A Maharashtra revenue department official was Monday manhandled and assaulted by two men of the local sand mafia after he stopped them from illegally removing ... Read more...
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Belarus court gives death to Minsk metro bombers
November 30th, 2011 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
Minsk, Nov 30 (IANS) A court in Belarusian capital Minsk Wednesday sentenced two men to death for carrying out a bomb attack that killed 15 people and injured 200 in ... Read more...
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Indian farmers dump bags of snakes in tax office
November 30th, 2011 - 7:45 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Mumbai, Nov 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Clerks and visitors at a tax office in a village in India had to flee for dear life when two farmers registered their protest by dumping snakes ... Read more...
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Two arrested for killing man in tiff over parathas
November 28th, 2011 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) Two men were arrested here Monday for killing a 25-year-old man and injuring another in a fight over serving of food at a roadside eatery ... Read more...
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Human remains found in south London garden
November 23rd, 2011 - 12:47 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Nov 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Five people have been arrested by the police after human remains was found in a garden in South London. Three women and two men have been picked ... Read more...
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Two Argentine men with same name, identical documents
November 21st, 2011 - 12:10 pm ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, Nov 21 (IANS/EFE) An Argentine judge is investigating the case of two 40-year-old men who have the same first and last names, identical identity document numbers and birth ... Read more...
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Women loses foetus in assault, CPI-M blames Trinamool
November 20th, 2011 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 20 (IANS) An incident in which four women were assaulted in the city by two men, resulting in a pregnant woman losing her two-month-old foetus, took on a ... Read more...
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