19 more arrested for Mumbai violence
August 22nd, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 22 (IANS) Another 19 rioters have been arrested for their involvement in the violence at Mumbai's Azad Maidan Aug 11 during a massive rally taken out to protest ... Read more...
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Police custody of 23 Mumbai rioters extended
August 19th, 2012 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 19 (IANS) A Mumbai metropolitan court Sunday extended till Aug 24 the police custody of 23 people arrested in connection with violence at Mumbai's Azad Maidan earlier this ... Read more...
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Act against Mumbai rioters: activist
August 19th, 2012 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 19 (IANS) An activist Sunday asked the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC) to take suo moto cognizance of the abuse of policemen and policewomen during a protest ... Read more...
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One more arrested for Mumbai’s Azad Maidan violence
August 16th, 2012 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 16 (IANS) A man who snatched and fired a police gun during the violence at Mumbai's Azad Maidan Saturday, which left two people dead and another 100 injured, ... Read more...
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Mumbai violence: 22 injured cops still in hospitals
August 12th, 2012 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 12 (IANS) As many as 23 policemen, who were injured during Saturday's mob violence in south Mumbai, continue to be under treatment at various city hospitals while 22 ... Read more...
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23 booked for Mumbai violence (Second Lead)
August 12th, 2012 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 12 (IANS) Police Sunday booked 23 people for murder, attempt to murder, molestation and damage to public property as they began probing violence during a Muslim protest which ... Read more...
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Andhra minister booked over temple row
August 9th, 2012 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 9 (IANS) The Hyderabad police Thursday booked Andhra Pradesh minister Danam Nagender and his followers after they allegedly prevented police officials from discharging their duty.A case under four ... Read more...
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Curfew lifted in Meghalaya
May 31st, 2012 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, May 31 (IANS) Curfew was lifted Thursday in the plains belt area of Meghalaya in West Garo Hills district bordering Assam's Goalpara, an official said.Curfew was imposed in Phulbari, ... Read more...
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Jharkhand assembly speaker sentenced to one-month jail
May 16th, 2012 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, May 16 (IANS) A Ranchi court Wednesday sentenced Jharkhand assembly speaker C.P. Singh to one-month jail in a seven-year-old case related to a protest against the central government's ... Read more...
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California cops on leave after pepper-spraying sparks outrage
November 21st, 2011 - 10:28 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 21 (IANS) After a video of two police officers pepper-spraying non-violent protesters at point-blank range sparked nationwide outrage, the University of California at Davis has placed them on ... Read more...
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Agitation if cases against Congress leaders not withdrawn: Jaiswal
November 18th, 2011 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 18 (IANS) Union Coal Minister Shriprakash Jaiswal Friday said Congress party activists would launch a massive agitation in Uttar Pradesh if complaints lodged against four of the ... Read more...
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‘Occupy Dalal Street Movement’ protestors detained
November 4th, 2011 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 4 (IANS) At least 29 people were detained Friday as they gathered on Dalal Street - where the country's premier bourse, the Bombay Stock Exchange is located - ... Read more...
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85 protesters arrested in US
October 26th, 2011 - 4:34 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 26 (IANS) Police in Oakland city in the US swept through a protesters' camp Tuesday, and arrested 85 people for unlawful assembly and illegal lodging.Oakland is a West ... Read more...
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Ramdev evicted for daring to raise voice, apex court told
October 17th, 2011 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday was told that yoga guru Baba Ramdev suffered the wrath of the central government during his gathering at the Ramlila ground ... Read more...
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Yasin Malik, supporters arrested in Srinagar (Lead)
September 30th, 2011 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 30 (IANS) Muhammad Yasin Malik, chairman of the separatist Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, was arrested along with some of his supporters in Srinagar Friday after he staged ... Read more...
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Gujarat riots: Court issues notices to 50 people set free
June 15th, 2011 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, June 15 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Wednesday admitted the state government's appeal against the acquittal of 50 accused and issued notices to them in a case related to ... Read more...
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Apex court defines law on offence by a group of people
April 14th, 2011 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court has held that the consequences of an offence committed by a person or some people in an unlawful assembly would not visit ... Read more...
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Sathya Sai Baba’s condition stable
April 6th, 2011 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
Puttaparthi, Apr 6 (ANI): Doctors attending to Indian guru, spiritual figure and educator Sathya Sai Baba on Wednesday said his condition was improving but he continues to be on ventilator support."Sri Sathya ... Read more...
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Maharashtra CM Chavan visits ailing Sathya Sai Baba
April 5th, 2011 - 9:28 pm ICT by ANI
Puttaparthi, Apr 5 (ANI): Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan visited ailing spiritual leader Sri Sathya Sai Baba in Andhra Pradesh's Puttaparthi town on Tuesday.Ministers from all across the country are wishing ... Read more...
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Spiritual leader Satya Sai Baba in critical condition
April 5th, 2011 - 4:03 pm ICT by ANI
Puttaparthi, Apr. 5 (ANI): Doctors attending to Indian guru, spiritual figure and educator Satya Sai Baba on Tuesday said that he remains in critical condition and on ventilator support.With thousands of devotees ... Read more...
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Murder, rioting charges against 98 Mirchpur violence accused (Lead)
March 11th, 2011 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) A Delhi court Friday framed charges of murder, rioting and criminal conspiracy, among others, against 98 people accused of attacking Dalits in Haryana's Hisar district ... Read more...
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Gulberg society killing: Accused face additional charges
March 10th, 2011 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, March 10 (IANS) A special court hearing the 2002 Gulberg society massacre case Thursday allowed the prosecution to book the accused under more provisions of the Indian Penal Code ... Read more...
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Godhra verdict: Sections under which 31 were convicted
February 22nd, 2011 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Feb 22 (IANS) Nine years after 59 people were burnt to death in the S-6 coach of Sabarmati Express near Godhra railway station in Gujarat, a special court here Tuesday convicted ... Read more...
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Dhaka court orders trial in raped, flogged girl’s death
February 11th, 2011 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 11 (IANS) A court here has ordered reopening of the case of a teenage girl who was raped and then flogged to death under a clergy's edict last month, directing ... Read more...
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Over 3,000 tribal women demonstrate in Madhya Pradesh
January 13th, 2011 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 12 (IANS) In an unprecedented expression of anger, about 3,000 tribal women Wednesday demonstrated in Barwani before the district collector and the superintendent of police. The demonstrators, including children, were ... Read more...
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BJP parliamentarian booked in Uttar Pradesh
January 6th, 2011 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 6 (IANS) A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and his 100-odd supporters have been booked for disrupting rail movement and intimidating government officials in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad district, an ... Read more...
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Goa NCP president booked for rioting, assault
October 27th, 2010 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 27 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) Goa president Jose Phillip D'Souza was booked by the police for assaulting a party legislator and former tourism minister Mickky Pacheco at a restaurant ... Read more...
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Former Fiji PM Chaudhry pleads not guilty to defying military regime’s ‘laws’
October 6th, 2010 - 12:28 pm ICT by ANI
Suva, Oct 6 (ANI): Former Fiji Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Chaudhry has pleaded not guilty to holding an illegal meeting in defiance of laws imposed by the military regime.Chaudhry and five ... Read more...
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At least 22 arrested in violent clashes between LAPD and protesters
September 8th, 2010 - 10:02 pm ICT by BNO News
LOS ANGELES (BNO NEWS) -- Protesters and Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers clashed Tuesday night during demonstrations against Sunday's fatal shooting of a Guatemalan day laborer by police officers.Around 300 people ... Read more...
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BJP leader, 16 others booked for rioting (Lead)
June 16th, 2010 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 16 (IANS) Seventeen people, including a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, were Wednesday booked for assaulting security personnel during protests against the closure of a railway crossing in Uttar ... Read more...
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BJP leader, 16 others booked for rioting
June 16th, 2010 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 16 (IANS) Seventeen people, including a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, were Wednesday booked for assaulting policemen and Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel during violent protests against the closure ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan Minister Devananda faced charges in Indian Court
June 10th, 2010 - 9:39 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 10 (ANI): A public interest litigation (PIL) has been issued against Sri Lankan Minister for Traditional Industries and Small Enterprises Douglas Devananda on charges of murder, rioting and unlawful ... Read more...
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Two convicted, 10 acquitted in Kandhamal riots cases
April 1st, 2010 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 1 (IANS) A fast track court in Orissa sentenced two people to two years' imprisonment and acquitted 10 people in two Kandhamal riots cases, an official said Thursday.
Ratnakar Pradhan and ... Read more...
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Court frames charges against Congress MP Raj Babbar
February 21st, 2010 - 2:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Pelting stones at a policeman during a protest march proved costly for Bollywood actor and Congress MP Raj Babbar as a city court framed charges against him ... Read more...
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Goa police book Russian, locals for assault
February 12th, 2010 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 12 (IANS) Cross complaints were registered in the beach village of Morjim near here after a Russian businessman was assaulted by locals following an altercation late Thursday, police said Friday.
In ... Read more...
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