BJP workers use threats, violence to force shutdown in Punjab
September 20th, 2012 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 20 (IANS) Unable to get a voluntary response from people for the nationwide shutdown call given by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), BJP workers resorted to threats, abusive ... Read more...
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Moral policing and media overzealousness cost a young life (Punjab Newsletter)
September 14th, 2012 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 14 (IANS) It took the life of a young girl in Jalandhar to expose the moral policing by an over-zealous, publicity-hungry woman officer and a section of the ... Read more...
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Photo of maid released in ex-Income Tax officer’s murder
September 13th, 2012 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) A photo of a part-time maid, suspected to be involved in the murder of a 70-year-old retired woman Income Tax officer here, was released Thursday, ... Read more...
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42 killed, 24 injured in central Morocco bus accident
September 5th, 2012 - 8:48 pm ICT by BNO News
MARRAKECH, MOROCCO (BNO NEWS) -- More than 40 people were killed Tuesday when an overloaded passenger bus went off a road in central Morocco and plunged into a deep ravine, making it ... Read more...
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Singapore to use surveillance cameras to catch litterbugs
August 30th, 2012 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
Singapore, Aug 30 (IANS) Singapore will set up more surveillance cameras at 100 locations in the next three months to catch litterbugs, who throw items from high-rise housing blocks, said ... Read more...
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FIR’s against Kejriwal, others for protest outside PM house
August 27th, 2012 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Delhi Police registered FIRs against Arvind Kejriwal and five others for provoking people during the protest on the coal block allocation issue outside the prime ... Read more...
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Helmet-cam Afghan war videos to be shown on BBC
August 20th, 2012 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 20 (IANS) Video footage captured on helmet cameras of frontline British troops killed in the Afghan war will be shown for the first time in a BBC ... 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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Russia condemns attacks on journalists in Syria
August 15th, 2012 - 10:29 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia has strongly condemned attacks on journalists in Syria and has called on countries that have influence on Syrian rebels to take steps to ensure ... Read more...
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Madonna broke ‘gay propaganda’ law: Russian official
August 11th, 2012 - 8:11 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A city councilor in Russia's St. Petersburg city has accused US pop star Madonna of violating a controversial local law banning "homosexual propaganda" during ... Read more...
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Guwahati molestation prime accused being brought back to Assam
July 24th, 2012 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 24 (IANS) An Assam Police team Tuesday left for Guwahati with Amarjyoti Kalita, the prime accused in the Guwahati molestation case, after taking his custody from Uttar Pradesh ... Read more...
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Guwahati molester surrenders in Varanasi, Assam police to leave for UP (Lead)
July 23rd, 2012 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow/Guwahati, July 23 (IANS) The prime accused in the Guwahati molestation case has surrendered to police in Varanasi city, Uttar Pradesh Police said Monday. An Assam Police team will leave ... Read more...
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Bus driver jailed for filming up skirts of schoolgirls
July 23rd, 2012 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, July 23 (IANS) A 48-year-old Japanese-origin bus driver in Sydney has been sentenced to seven months in prison for secretly filming up the skirts of schoolgirls as they boarded ... Read more...
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Ex-news channel journalist arrested in Guwahati molestation case (Lead)
July 20th, 2012 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 20 (IANS) Journalist Gaurav Jyoti Neog was arrested here in connection with the July 9 G.S. Road molestation case, police said.Neog, who worked for channel News Live, had ... Read more...
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Gogoi says journalist’s role in molestation case unethical
July 16th, 2012 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 16 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday termed the role of a local news channel journalist in the teenage girl's molestation case last week as "unethical", saying ... Read more...
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Students slam ‘unethical journalism’ over Assam molestation
July 14th, 2012 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) A group of students have slammed "unethical journalism" after some television channels showed the entire footage of a young woman being publicly stripped in Guwahati ... Read more...
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Molestation of teen sparks national outrage; four held (Intro Roundup)
July 13th, 2012 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 13 (IANS) Four days after a teenage girl was stripped and groped by a group of men for more than half-an-hour on a busy road here, police ... Read more...
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Why was Guwahati molestation video put on YouTube, ask netizens
July 13th, 2012 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Social networks were Friday flooded with angry reactions over the molestation of a teenager in Guwahati, with many questioning as to why the video was ... Read more...
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Molestation of teen sparks national outrage; four held (Roundup)
July 13th, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 13 (IANS) Four days after a teenage girl was stripped and groped by a group of men for more than half-an-hour on a busy road here, the ... Read more...
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Four nabbed for molesting teenager in Guwahati (Lead)
July 13th, 2012 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 13 (IANS) Four of the 11 men who molested and stripped a teenaged girl outside a pub in here four days ago have been arrested, police said Friday, ... Read more...
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Four nabbed for molesting a teen-ager in Guwahati
July 13th, 2012 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 13 (IANS) Four of the 11 men who molested and stripped a teenage girl outside a pub in this main Assam city four days ago have been arrested, ... Read more...
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‘Buxom Bandit’ Tonee Walker turns herself in to the police
July 10th, 2012 - 8:10 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sydney, July 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) ‘Buxom Bandit’ Tonee Walker has turned herself in to the police. She was on the run since she tried to rob a gas station on the 2nd ... Read more...
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Male fireflies seduce females with sperm package
July 9th, 2012 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 9 (IANS) Male fireflies that try to attract mates with a flash of light also seduce the females with a gift -- a spermatophore package or a capsule ... Read more...
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Manipur’s ‘Great Uprising’ to come alive on screen
June 20th, 2012 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 20 (IANS) The bloody protest in Manipur that resulted in the infamous June 18 massacre in 2001, also known as the Great June Uprising, will soon come ... Read more...
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First target to make Olympic semis: Hockey captain Chettri
June 19th, 2012 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) Asserting that India were now one of the fittest teams, hockey team skipper Bharat Chettri Tuesday said making the semifinals would be the first target at ... Read more...
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Key Afghan terrorists held for killing 80
June 19th, 2012 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, June 19 (IANS) Two leaders of a terror outfit that organised a deadly suicide attack in Kabul in December last year, in which 80 people were killed, have been ... Read more...
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Kazakh cops jailed for attacking protesters
May 29th, 2012 - 6:41 am ICT by IANS
Astana, May 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Five police officers have been sent to jail for their heavy-handed response to a protest by striking oil workers in Kazakhstan last year.At least 15 ... Read more...
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Over 1,000 Cambodians dance for world record
April 29th, 2012 - 3:50 am ICT by IANS
Phnom Penh, April 29 (IANS) Over a thousand young Cambodians performed "the Madison", a popular dance carried out during weddings and the Cambodian New Year, in a bid to create ... Read more...
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Armed Maoists receive interlocutors in Chhattisgarh jungle (Lead)
April 28th, 2012 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 28 (IANS) Armed Maoists received both of their interlocutors, bearing the Chhattisgarh government's response to their demands for release of abducted Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon, in ... Read more...
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130 injured in Netherlands train collision (Lead)
April 22nd, 2012 - 6:04 am ICT by IANS
The Hague, April 22 (IANS) Around 130 people were injured when two passenger trains collided Saturday near the Netherlands' capital city Amsterdam, Xinhua reported.The accident took place around 6.30 p.m. ... Read more...
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Trinamool minister backtracks on ‘boycott Marxists’ remark (Lead)
April 17th, 2012 - 6:17 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 17 (IANS) Under severe criticism for asking Trinamool supporters to 'socially boycott' CPI-M, state Food Supplies Minister Jyotipriyo Mullick Tuesday backtracked and alleged that his statement has been ... Read more...
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Probe ordered into Jagir Kaur’s VIP treatment in jail
April 3rd, 2012 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 3 (IANS) After treating her as a VIP inmate instead of as a convicted criminal, prison authorities in Punjab Tuesday ordered a probe into the preferential treatment ... Read more...
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Pakistan disappointed over Bangladesh’s appeal against Asia Cup result
March 26th, 2012 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 26 (IANS) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and senior cricketers expressed their disappointment over Bangladesh's decision to challenge the result of the recently concluded Asia Cup which was ... Read more...
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Goa’s drug mafia nexus: Swedish model’s statement recorded
March 23rd, 2012 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 23 (IANS) After nearly three years of delay, investigating authorities have finally managed to record the statement of Swedish model Lucky Farmhouse, whose video footage uploaded on the ... Read more...
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Militant who flogged Pakistani woman arrested
March 20th, 2012 - 1:02 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 20 (IANS) A Taliban militant who ruthlessly whipped a young woman in Pakistan's northwest three years ago has been arrested. A video of the incident had ... Read more...
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