Raj Thackeray to take out march even if refused permission
August 20th, 2012 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 20 (IANS) The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) is determined to take out its proposed procession Tuesday even if Mumbai police refuse permission, the party's president said ... Read more...
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Army unit standoff raised in parliament, PM bars debate (Lead)
August 9th, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The soldiers-officers standoff in an army armoured unit in Jammu and Kashmir was raised in the Rajya Sabha Thursday, but Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ... Read more...
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Violence at Maruti plant reflects social unrest: Premji
July 24th, 2012 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 24 (IANS) Violence at auto major Maruti Suzuki's plant at Haryana's Manesar is representative of the social unrest building up in the country, Wipro chairman Azim Premji said ... Read more...
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BJP worker killed, party councillor detained
April 11th, 2012 - 1:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillor has been detained for the murder of a party worker who was stabbed to death ahead of Sunday's ... Read more...
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Karnataka policemen protest assault by lawyers
March 22nd, 2012 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 9 (IANS) In a rare instance, a large number of policemen in Karnataka Friday reported to duty wearing black arm bands to protest the assault by lawyers ... Read more...
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Karnataka lawyers to boycott courts Monday
March 4th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 4 (IANS) The Karnataka State Bar Council Sunday directed all lawyers across the state to stay away from the courts Monday in protest against the police "excess" on ... Read more...
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Peacefull re-polling in Manipur
February 4th, 2012 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 4 (IANS) Re-polling at 34 polling booths in five hill districts of Manipur was conducted Saturday without any violent incident, an official said."Eight polling booths of Chandel district ... Read more...
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Polling ends in Hisar by-poll, over 70 percent turnout expected (Third Lead)
October 13th, 2011 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Hisar (Haryana), Oct 13 (IANS) The polling process was peacefully completed at 5 p.m. in the crucial Hisar Lok Sabha by-election in Haryana Thursday where Team Anna has asked ... Read more...
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Attack on Prashant Bhushan will be probed: Ambika Soni
October 13th, 2011 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Condemning the attack Wednesday on Prashant Bhushan, a senior advocate and member of Team Anna, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni Thursday said the ... Read more...
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British man attacks flight crew on UK-bound plane
May 12th, 2011 - 12:55 am ICT by BNO News
AMSTERDAM (BNO NEWS) -- A British man was arrested in the Netherlands on Wednesday after he attacked the flight crew of a UK-bound passenger plane, local media reported.The ANP news agency reported ... Read more...
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GMA invites Chris Brown back
March 24th, 2011 - 7:27 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Mar 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) “Good Morning America” has not closed its doors on singer Chris Brown. The singer was on the show last Tuesday and his violent outburst shocked several ... Read more...
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With agitation over, Jind district returns to normalcy
January 27th, 2011 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 27 (IANS) Haryana's Jind district Thursday started moving back towards normalcy with resumption of road and rail traffic as the protesting Jat community, which called off their 11-day-long agitation Wednesday, ... Read more...
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India asks Sri Lanka to probe fisherman’s killing
January 23rd, 2011 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) India Sunday strongly condemned the tragic killing of another Indian fisherman allegedly by Sri Lankan Navy personnel and asked Colombo to investigate the latest incident a day ... Read more...
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Oksana Grigorieva’s ex bodyguard sides with Mel Gibson
January 22nd, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 22 (ANI): Oksana Grigorieva's former bodyguard has claimed that the singer secretly taped phone calls with Mel Gibson with the purpose of extortion.The ex-minder has said that Grigorieva wanted ... Read more...
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Chris Brown graduates from domestic violence class
December 21st, 2010 - 5:17 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Dec 21 (ANI): More than 22 months after assaulting his then-girlfriend Rihanna, Chris Brown took to Twitter to announce that he has completed his domestic violence course.The proud ... Read more...
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Man Shoots Brother, Woman And Himself In Little Egg Harbor Shooting
October 5th, 2010 - 7:47 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Little Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, Oct 5, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A suburban housing development in New Jersey was witness to a violent incident on Monday morning when a gunman killed ... Read more...
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Juanes concert brings attention to violence in Colombian city
September 23rd, 2010 - 11:26 am ICT by IANS
Medellin (Colombia), Sep 23 (IANS/EFE) Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes organised a concert in a violent district of his home city of Medellin, where turf battles among rival gangs have killed more than 1,600 ... Read more...
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Panjab University gears up to control campus violence
July 31st, 2010 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 31 (IANS) Marred by increasing incidents of violence involving student leaders of rival political parties, Panjab University (PU) here is set to introduce stringent measures to curb them.
According to ... Read more...
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Trains, bus services hit on day one of Maoist shutdown (Lead)
June 14th, 2010 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi/Patna, June 14 (IANS) Trains were cancelled, vehicular traffic was hit and an alert sounded Monday due to a two-day Maoist shutdown in Jharkhand and Bihar to protest the arrest of its ... Read more...
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70 to 75 percent voting in West Bengal civic polls despite violence
May 30th, 2010 - 10:31 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, May 30 (ANI): The West Bengal civic polls witnessed 70 to 75 per cent polling on Sunday despite violent incident reported from different parts of the State.In today's polls, about ... Read more...
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Seven children hacked to death in China
May 12th, 2010 - 2:05 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 12 (ANI): Pressure caused by modern social stress in China has resulted in yet another violent incident in which seven children were hacked to death and at least ... Read more...
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Tension grips Mizoram after girl’s rape
April 23rd, 2010 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl, April 23 (IANS) Tension gripped Mizoram's capital Aizawl and other parts of the state after a powerful NGO imposed a "people's curfew" asking non-Mizos to remain indoors for four days following ... Read more...
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Jammu observes shutdown to protest Sikh beheading
February 23rd, 2010 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Feb 23 (IANS) Jammu is observing a shutdown Tuesday to protest the beheading of Sikhs in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Shops and business establishments remained closed. Traffic was off the roads, while several ... Read more...
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NIU Shooting Leaves One Injured
February 19th, 2010 - 8:49 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Dekalb, Illinois, Feb 19, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Northern Illinois University was closed down for a brief period of time on Friday after it witnessed a shooting incident on early Friday ... Read more...
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Chavan unhappy over Pawar-Thackeray meeting
February 8th, 2010 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Unhappy with Sharad Pawar's meeting with Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray over the IPL security issue, Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan Monday said his government was "competent" ... Read more...
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Nurses consider workplace violence part of their job, finds Oz study
February 4th, 2010 - 5:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 4 (ANI): A study has found that many nurses consider violence to be a part of the job.The study showed that three-quarters of nurses who provide private and public care ... Read more...
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Anderson Cooper Saves Wounded Haiti Boy
January 23rd, 2010 - 8:50 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Jan 23, (THAINDIAN NEWS) CNN journalist Anderson Cooper has himself been hitting headlines as the correspondent saved the life of a Haitian boy during an extremely violent looting scenario in ... Read more...
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NATO and Afghan forces investigate a violent incident in Kunduz City that killed one person
January 18th, 2010 - 12:01 am ICT by BNO News
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) – NATO forces and Afghan National Police (ANP) investigate Sunday a violent excursion in Kunduz City that left one person dead.Early Sunday afternoon, a vehicle pulled out of ... Read more...
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Thackeray’s MNS now warns SBI not to recruit ‘outsiders’
November 14th, 2009 - 5:20 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Nov. 14 (ANI): Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has warned the State Bank of India (SBI) not to recruit any "outsiders" during Sunday's exams in which the bank will ... Read more...
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Four MNS MLAs suspended for roughing-up Azmi
November 9th, 2009 - 8:43 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Nov. 9 (ANI): The first day of the new Maharashtra assembly went pretty chaotic, with four Maharashtra Navnirman Sena legislators being suspended for assaulting Samajwadi Party legislator Abu Asim Azmi, ... Read more...
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Trade union to bargain with Dhaka garment unit owners (Lead)
November 1st, 2009 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 1 (IANS) A trade union will for the first time engage in collective bargaining with employers in Bangladesh's garments and knitwear sector, the country's principal foreign exchange earner, to ... Read more...
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Act against firm owner who didn’t pay wages, says Hasina
November 1st, 2009 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 1 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered action against a garment factory owner who locked out without paying wages to workers. The incident led to violence in ... Read more...
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Haryana family forced out over same clan marriage
July 21st, 2009 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Jhajjar (Haryana), July 21 (IANS) The family of 23-year-old Ravinder Gehlawat Tuesday left their native village in Haryana after khap (caste panchayat) members forced them out over his same clan marriage.
But the ... Read more...
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Militants kill labourers in Agricultural University of Manipur
June 23rd, 2009 - 10:20 pm ICT by ANI
Imphal, June 23 (ANI): Students and teaching faculty of Manipur' s Central Agricultural University recently conducted a sit-in to display anguish over a violent incident.Two gunmen made their way inside the ... Read more...
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Punjab by-poll passes off peacefully
June 12th, 2009 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
Jalandhar, June 12 (IANS) Polling in the by-election to the Nurmahal assembly seat in Punjab's Jalandhar district passed off peacefully Friday, with the voter turnout expected to cross 70 percent, officials said.
"Till ... Read more...
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