Lenin monument vandalised in Russia
September 1st, 2012 - 5:19 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A monument of Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, has been vandalised in St. Petersburg city, according to a museum spokesperson.Red ... Read more...
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Boris Yeltsin’s statue vandalised in Russia
August 25th, 2012 - 9:16 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A monument of late Russian president Boris Yeltsin has been vandalised in the Urals, police said Friday.The 10-metre marble statue in Yeltsin's home town of ... Read more...
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Mayawati statue vandalised in Lucknow, BSP stages protests (Lead)
July 26th, 2012 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 26 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) activists held demonstrations across Uttar Pradesh Thursday after a life-size statue of former chief minister and party supremo Mayawati was vandalised ... Read more...
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Mayawati’s statue vandalised, BSP warns of consequences
July 26th, 2012 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 26 (IANS) Four unidentified miscreants vandalised a life-size statue of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and BSP chief Mayawati in a Lucknow park Thursday, police said. The ... Read more...
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Suzuki plants get police cover, workers slam move
July 20th, 2012 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, July 20 (IANS) Police were deployed at three other Suzuki plants in the district even as production remained suspended at the vandalised Maruti Suzuki plant at Manesar for the ... Read more...
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Over 350 booked after Haryana farmers-cops clash
July 17th, 2012 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, July 17 (IANS) More than 350 people were booked Tuesday after villagers clashed with police and vandalised government offices in Haryana's Rewari district, 55 km from here, a day ... Read more...
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Farmers vandalise Haryana government office
July 16th, 2012 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, July 16 (IANS) Agitating farmers Monday vandalised the Rewari district secretariat in Haryana, damaging government property and vehicles, police said. At least a dozen protestors were injured in ... Read more...
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Students vandalise vehicles in Dhaka
July 8th, 2012 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 8 (IANS) Angered by the death of a college student in a road accident, his fellow pupils Sunday set ablaze two buses and vandalised around 40 vehicles in ... Read more...
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Picasso painting vandalised in US
June 20th, 2012 - 11:44 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 20 (IANS) A priceless 1929 painting "Woman in a Red Armchair" by Pablo Picasso was vandalised by a man who spray-painted on it at an art museum in ... Read more...
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Graveyard vandalised in Goa village; skulls found
June 15th, 2012 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 15 (IANS) In a bizarre incident, a graveyard in the island village of Divar, 10 km from here, was vandalised and nine skulls dug out from the graves ... Read more...
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Congress leader’s house vandalised; Trinamool blamed
June 12th, 2012 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) The house of a woman Congress leader, who has been a councillor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation for nearly two decades, was attacked here Monday night ... Read more...
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International Press Institute condemns attack on magazine
April 20th, 2012 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) The International Press Institute (IPI), Vienna has reacted to the attack on "The Week" magazine's office in Mumbai, strongly condemning the brutal attack on the ... Read more...
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Shiv Sena union storms magazine office, assaults employees
April 19th, 2012 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 19 (IANS) Over 40 activists of the Shiv Sena-affiliated Bharatiya Kamgar Sena (BKS) Thursday vandalised the office of The Week magazine in south Mumbai and assaulted workers to ... Read more...
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Mahatma Gandhi statue vandalised in Sri Lanka (Lead)
April 7th, 2012 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, April 7 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government has ordered an investigation into the vandalisation of some statues, including that of Mahatma Gandhi, in Batticaloa town."It has been brought to ... Read more...
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Mahatma Gandhi’s statue vandalised in Sri Lanka
April 7th, 2012 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, April 7 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government has ordered an investigation into an incident in which several statues, including that of Mahatma Gandhi, were vandalised."It has been brought to ... Read more...
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50 injured in Bangladesh clashes
August 29th, 2011 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Aug 29 (IANS) At least 50 people, including 15 policemen, were injured Monday when workers of a textile mill protesting a road accident clashed with police in a Bangladesh ... Read more...
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Jamie Oliver’s restaurant is vandalised
August 10th, 2011 - 12:37 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Aug 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) One of the branches of Jamie Oliver’s restaurant is among the shops and properties that has been destroyed in the violence in London. The branch is ... Read more...
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Bangladesh to review wages after industrial violence
December 13th, 2010 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Dec 13 (IANS) The Bangladesh government has pledged to review any discrepancies in the wage revision it had prescribed for the three million-plus workers in the apparel sector after protests in ... Read more...
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9/11 monument vandalised in New York
August 18th, 2010 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Aug 18 (IANS) A monument in New York's Staten Island, paying tribute to the victims of the 9/11 terror attack has been vandalised but officials say this will be rectified ... Read more...
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Bangladesh garment workers continue stir against new wages
August 2nd, 2010 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Aug 2 (IANS) Bangladesh's garment factory workers Monday continued their protests against a new wage structure announced by the government. The industrial violence has forced suspension of production in at least ... Read more...
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Two killed, over 50 injured in violence across Kashmir (Second Lead)
July 30th, 2010 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 30 (IANS) Two people were killed and over 50 others injured Friday in fierce daylong clashes between the security forces and protesters across the Kashmir Valley.
Two people were killed when ... Read more...
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Fans offer to clean MJ’s vandalized tomb
July 15th, 2010 - 5:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 15 (ANI): A group of Michael Jackson fans has reached out to officials at the star's resting place in California, offering to clean up the singer's vandalised tomb.Top officials ... Read more...
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Uttarakhand police thrash BJP MLA
July 12th, 2010 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI
Dehradun, July 12 (ANI): The Uttarakhand police allegedly beat up a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, Rajkumar, following an argument over the stopping of his vehicle at a circle in Dehradun.The ... Read more...
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Ring for appointment, cops tell Briton
April 28th, 2010 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 28 (IANS) A Briton who went to a police station to report his car being vandalised was told he must call up first as "you can't just pop in, you ... Read more...
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Kannada daily’s office vandalised over Taslima article
March 3rd, 2010 - 1:42 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 3 (IANS) The office of regional daily Kannada Prabha in the coastal Karnataka town of Mangalore was vandalised late Tuesday by a group of masked men protesting the publication ... Read more...
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Dhaka objects to EU’s criticism on ethnic violence
February 28th, 2010 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 28 (IANS) Bangladesh Sunday termed the European Union's statement alleging human rights abuses in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) as "unfortunate" and "not based on facts" and urged EU to ... Read more...
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80 pc sale for ‘MNIK’ debut in vandalised Delhi hall (Lead)
February 12th, 2010 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) A cinema hall in west Delhi that had been vandalised just a few hours before it was scheduled to start screening "My Name is Khan" Friday ... Read more...
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‘My Name is Khan’ tickets sold out at Berlin before dawn (Lead)
February 12th, 2010 - 10:03 am ICT by IANS
By Meenakshi Shedde
Berlin, Feb 12 (IANS) Shah Rukh Khan starrer "My Name is Khan", which is being targeted in Mumbai by the right-wing Shiv Sena,were sold out in five seconds at ... Read more...
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Patna students continue stir, politicians join them (Lead)
February 10th, 2010 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Feb 10 (IANS) Tension mounted in the Bihar capital Wednesday as students continued their protest for the second day against fleecing by coaching institutes and politicians jumped on to the ... Read more...
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Hindu temple vandalised in Bangladesh
February 6th, 2010 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 6 (IANS) An ancient Hindu temple in a village near the Bangladesh capital has been vandalised, the miscreants breaking six idols, police were quoted as saying Saturday.
Some 30-35 people attacked ... Read more...
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Chop hands of those who attack religious places: Yeddyurappa
January 27th, 2010 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 27 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, under attack over frequent vandalisation of churches in the state, Wednesday said hands of those who indulge in such acts should be "cut ... Read more...
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UN urges restraint as Nepal’s Maoist strike turns violent
December 21st, 2009 - 1:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Dec 21 (IANS) An alarmed UN called for restraint as the general strike enforced by Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas entered the second day Monday amidst reports of widespread violence.
Police said 72 ... Read more...
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‘United Andhra’ protests, shutdowns continue for eighth day
December 18th, 2009 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 18 (IANS) Protests and shutdowns continued for the eighth consecutive day Friday in the coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions against the proposed separate statehood to Telangana region.
Protests for "united ... Read more...
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Maoist strike shuts down Nepal
December 6th, 2009 - 10:19 am ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Dec 6 (IANS) Capital city Kathmandu and other districts were hard-hit Sunday by a general strike called by Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas after clashes between security forces and homeless ... Read more...
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Police quiz Kolkata resort officials after arms seizure
August 27th, 2009 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 26 (IANS) Police Wednesday quizzed top officials of a luxury resort vandalised by a mob after a senior West Bengal Left Front minister demanded the arrest of the resort authorities ... Read more...
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