TN: Man arrested for beating wife with air-gun A man was on Sunday arrested for allegedly beating his wife with an air-gun, causing an injury to her ear lobe, police said. ...  
03:21 AM, Feb 18, 2013

Man arrested for raping 3-year-old girl in Ghaziabad
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A three-year-old girl was raped by her neighbour in Ghaziabad on Sunday after being lured to his room with toffees, police said. The accused has been arrested. ...  
01:57 AM, Feb 18, 2013

Conman arrested for cheating by posing as CBI officer Posing as CBI inspector, he used to extort money from businessmen but he soon ran out of luck and was caught in a trap laid by the police. Rajdeep Pandey alias Luv Kumar Pandey, a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Kanshi Ram Nagar district, was arrested for demanding Rs five lakh from complainant Sheetal Prasad and his friend, police said on Saturday. ...  
04:42 AM, Feb 17, 2013

Weeping Pistorius faces premeditated murder charge The 26-year-old Pistorius, the double-amputee sprinter who won world acclaim by competing in last summer's London Olympics, did not speak or enter a plea. ...  
01:51 PM, Feb 16, 2013

Blade-runner Pistorius faces court on murder charge South African blade-runner Oscar Pistorius, a double amputee who became one of the biggest names in world athletics, is due to appear in court on Friday on charges of murdering his girlfriend. ...  
08:41 AM, Feb 15, 2013

Teacher arrested for molesting minor girls for 3 years A school teacher was arrested on Thursday for allegedly outraging the modesty of three tribal minor girl students for three years, the police said. Three girls of the local Shivaji High School, two of them studying in the ninth standard and one in the tenth standard, had lodged a complaint with police station in Gadchiroli that their teacher Ganesh Wasu used to misbehave with them by calling them to the...  
01:57 AM, Feb 15, 2013

Women paraded naked in Odisha, three arrested
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At least three people were arrested in Odisha's Sundergarh district on Tuesday for parading three women and an elderly man naked in a village for allegedly practising witchcraft, police said. ...  
03:21 AM, Feb 13, 2013

Delhi: Man makes hoax calls to police to harass wife, arrested They were happily married until one day his wife left him and flew to Mumbai and to harass her, this 33-year-old man started making prank calls to police claiming the woman was an associate of the now hanged terrorist Afzal Guru. ...  
05:32 AM, Feb 12, 2013

TN: 70-year-old man held for trying to molest minor girl A 70-year-old watchman of a firm in Coimbatore was arrested on Sunday for allegedly trying to sexually abuse a 10-year old girl. The fourth standard student used to frequently visit the watchman's house as her parents were also working in the same firm. ...  
03:59 AM, Feb 11, 2013

Jaipur: Man arrested for attempting to rape 2-year-old girl A 50-year-old man was on Saturday arrested for allegedly attempting to rape a two-and a half-year old girl, police said. ...  
04:41 AM, Feb 10, 2013

Patna: Constable arrested for molesting girl child A police constable was arrested and sent to jail on Saturday on charge of molesting a five-year-old girl near Birla Mandir in Patna. ...  
02:19 AM, Feb 10, 2013

K'taka: 60-year-old man arrested for raping teenage girl A sixty-year old man allegedly raped a 19-year old before dumping her at a deserted place from where she was rescued in an unconscious state two days later, police said on Sunday. A contractor, H Abubakar of Hagaribommanahalli, was arrested today on a complaint from the parents of the girl, who has been hospitalised and is yet to regain consciousness. ...  
02:41 AM, Feb 04, 2013

UK: Naked man beheads mother thinking she is a witch
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A 44-year-old Briton beheaded his elderly mother because he believed she was a witch, and then wandered on the streets of London naked like a "zombie", a court has heard. ...  
01:37 AM, Jan 31, 2013

Truck driver tries to mow down 3 Delhi policemen, arrested
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Three traffic policemen, including two senior officers, had a miraculous escape here when a truck tried to mow them down during a drive to check traffic, Delhi Police said on Wednesday. The accused truck driver was arrested. ...  
12:55 AM, Jan 31, 2013

Two Indians arrested for alleged spying: Pakistan media Five persons, including two alleged Indian nationals, were arrested in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Monday on charges of espionage, according to media reports. The five persons were arrested from two different locations in Lahore, Geo News channel quoted its sources as saying. ...  
05:25 PM, Jan 21, 2013

J&K: Women arrested without lady constables, locals protest
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Locals in south Kashmir's Kulgam district took to the streets on Monday after a police team allegedly raided a house and arrested four family members, including two women, without the presence of any women constables. ...  
10:02 AM, Jan 21, 2013

British man jailed for posting beheading videos on Facebook A British man has been sentenced to five years imprisonment after he posted a string of ghastly beheading videos on a Facebook account set up by him. Craig Allan Slee, 42, from Preston, has admitted to four charges of encouraging terrorism, dissemination of terrorist publications and possession of a prohibited weapon, under the 2006 Terrorism Act. ...  
03:20 AM, Jan 20, 2013

Mumbai: Youth arrested for making hoax calls to airlines The Mumbai police on Saturday arrested a 19-year old youth who used to make hoax calls to airline companies seeking release of the now executed 26/11 Mumbai terror attack convict Mohammed Ajmal Kasab. ...  
01:52 AM, Jan 20, 2013

Pakistan is currently suffering from political confusion: Ayesha Siddiqa The arrest of Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf comes at a time when elections are not too far off. With Dr Tahirul Qadri's march into Islamabad and the constant ceasefire violations along the LoC, is democracy under threat in Pakistan? Is the Army trying to sabotage the civilian administration? And how much should India and the other neighbours be worried about the uncertain political climate in Pakistan? Author &...  
04:33 PM, Jan 16, 2013

Pakistan govt in turmoil after PM Ashraf's arrest order

The Pakistan government has been trying to decide its course of action after the Supreme Court ordered the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf in a power project corruption case. Pakistan's apex court took the extreme step of calling for the prime minister's arrest despite the fact he has not been convicted. ...
10:05 AM, Jan 16, 2013