Bangalore: A woman posing as a scientist has been arrested at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) headquarters in Bangalore. The woman, carrying fake identity cards, was arrested by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on September 21. During a routine check at the ISRO headquarters in Yelahanka, the CISF stopped her and asked for her ID card. The CISF personnel found the ID card to be a fake and...
12:58 PM, Sep 24, 2012
Lahore: Pakistani police have registered a case against over 6,000 unidentified people on charges of terrorism, ransacking and attempted murder during a protest against an anti-Islam film in Lahore, officials said on Sunday. "We have arrested 36 people so far and we will use footage from TV news channels and CCTV cameras to identify the other culprits," Lahore Police spokesman Niyab Haider said. The 36 people arrested on charges of...
05:32 AM, Sep 24, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani authorities have arrested nearly 200 people on charges of involvement in violent protests against an anti-Islam film even as businesses on Saturday counted the cost of a countrywide shutdown and widespread destruction during the demonstrations. Fresh protests were also held today in Islamabad and Lahore. Islamabad Police chief Bin Yamin Khan said 62 people were arrested in connection with yesterday's protests, when thousands of people attempted to march...
12:48 AM, Sep 23, 2012
Amsterdam: Riot police broke up crowds of youths who turned violent in a Dutch town late on Friday after several thousand people descended on the community following an invitation to a birthday party posted on Facebook, Dutch media reported. Media reports said six people were hurt, including three seriously, after disturbances broke out in the northern Dutch town of Haren. Reports said shops were vandalized and looted, a car set...
11:30 AM, Sep 22, 2012
Imphal: Twenty-two illegal Bangladeshi migrants, who had entered Manipur to work as labourers, have been sentenced to two years imprisonment by a local court. The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Imphal East district (CJMIED) passed the order on Friday after hearing the case filed by Porompat Police station. The Bangladeshis were charge sheeted under provisions of Foreigners Act 1946, official sources said. Two children, who accompanied the 22 illegal migrants, were...
11:19 AM, Sep 22, 2012
New Delhi: MDMK chief Vaiko and 700 of his party supporters were arrested in Chhindwara near Sanchi on Friday as they tried to enter the city to hold their protest against visiting Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa who is scheduled to inaugurate a Buddhist University there. Vaiko had planned a black flag protest against Rajapaksa in Sanchi. However, the Madhya Pradesh police stopped them from entering the city on Thursday...
12:20 PM, Sep 21, 2012
New York: Actress Lindsay Lohan has been arrested for allegedly clipping a pedestrian with her car and fleeing the scene. The 26-year-old was detained by police officers here after the low-speed accident in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, reports contactmusic.com. Lohan was pulling her Porsche Cayenne into a parking space in downtown Manhattan when she collided with a man standing nearby, hitting his knee, reports tmz.com. As a passenger...
06:06 PM, Sep 19, 2012
Chennai: A suspected spy, passing sensitive defence information to Pakistan's intelligence agency through its High Commission in Colombo, was arrested in Tamil Nadu on Monday. "Thameen Ansari, 33 of Tanjavur district is a frequent visitor to Sri Lanka on the pretext of exporting vegetabls there. He was handled by two Sri Lankans. He was asked to pass on pictures of Indian naval installations, nuclear submarine at Vizag and ports like...
01:01 AM, Sep 18, 2012
Author Salman Rushdie, in an exclusive interview with CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose, has said that his enemies never had a point, and that they were wrong. The noted author feels that in the Muslim world, there has been an attempt to demonise him, and it has been successful. However, Rushdie pointed that it was not an issue about just the Muslims, saying that the intolerance among the Hindus was...
11:00 PM, Sep 17, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has arrested Nachiketa Kapur, a key aide of Suresh Kalmadi, the prime accused in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) scam. Reports say that Kapur allegedly used fake Delhi University certificates to get the post of Director in the CWG Organising Committee. Kapur reportedly worked with the CWG till April 2010. The Games were held in October 2010. The Delhi Police Crime Branch has registered a case...
08:50 AM, Sep 17, 2012
Author Salman Rushdie, in an interview with CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose, has said that the idea of the holy war seems to be growing popular amongst the youth in economically disadvantaged economies as they are largely unemployed with no means of a good life and jihad gives them a sense of direction. Rushdie's comments come at a time when anti-US protests have rocked the Middle East, and even some...
07:41 AM, Sep 17, 2012
Kanpur: Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who was arrested on sedition charges, on Sunday said he would continue to draw cartoons that raise issues like corruption, as people in large numbers thronged the railway station here to receive him. Trivedi, who belongs to Shuklaganj in adjoining Unnao district, was received by his parents and hordes of supporters who took him in a procession to his hometown. The cartoonist, arrested on September 8...
10:40 PM, Sep 16, 2012
Former Supreme Court judge and Chairman of the Press Council, Justice Markandey Katju has slammed the politicians and the police for taking action against cartoonist Aseem Trivedi over some of his work that depicted Parliament as a commode and the national emblem with wolves instead of lions. Slamming the Mumbai Police, Justice Katju said that this was wrongful arrest, a crime punishable by law. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's...
07:29 AM, Sep 16, 2012
Mumbai: The Mumbai police have formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police to probe the case of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi and also review the sedition charges slapped on him. "The case has now been handed over to the SIT headed by ACP GT Padwal. Earlier, it was probed by policemen of Bandra Kurla police station where the case was registered. Going by the importance...
05:48 PM, Sep 13, 2012
Cartoonist and anti-corruption activist Aseem Trivedi is out on bail. But the government is yet to drop the sedition charge slapped against him. ...
10:09 PM, Sep 12, 2012
New Delhi: Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who is facing the charge of sedition among others, on Wednesday said he had not done anything wrong and vowed to intensify his campaign for scrapping of the sedition law. "I want to awaken people. Government is not listening to us. There was a countrywide protest for a strong Lokpal bill. We had to make such cartoons to awaken the government," he said. While speaking...
09:44 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Speaking to CNN-IBN Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Aseem Trivedi said he had not done anything wrong. ...
08:09 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, booked on the charge of sedition, on Wednesday walked out of Arthur Road Jail, a day after being granted bail by the Bombay High Court. ...
05:14 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Mumbai: Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, booked on the charge of sedition, on Wednesday walked out of Arthur Road Jail, a day after being granted bail by the Bombay High Court. Trivedi also wants the sedition law to be scrapped. "I will cooperate in court cases. Section 124 (A) should be removed from the Indian Constitution," said the Kanpur-based Trivedi. Trivedi thanked India Against Corruption member Arvind Kejrwial for his support and...
03:59 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Wednesday came out in support of jailed cartoonist Aseem Trivedi but also gave him a sharp rap on the knuckles. While contending that the sedition charge slapped by Mumbai police on the cartoonist was a bit too much, Thackeray also pulled up Trivedi for his cartoons mocking the Indian national emblem, constitution and Parliament. In an editorial in the party mouthpiece Saamna, Thackeray...
02:07 PM, Sep 12, 2012
