Eight students of a city-based college, who were on a fast unto death on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue, were removed by police and admitted to hospital. Police also detained many of those who supported them, drawing criticism. ...
11:40 AM, Mar 11, 2013
Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed was on Tuesday detained in the island country's capital Male in connection with a case of abuse of power. Nasheed is likely to be produced on Wednesday. ...
02:37 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Bangalore: Journalists out to cover President Pranab Mukherjee's inauguration of the Suvarna Vidhan Soudha - a Rs 400 crore second legislature complex in Belgaum - were detained ahead of the event on Thursday. A few political parties in Maharashtra have opposed the inauguration citing the border dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra. An IBN Lokmat journalists, too, was detained ahead of the event and stopped from reporting live. The construction of...
12:18 PM, Oct 11, 2012
New Delhi: MDMK General Secretary Vaiko was on Thursday night stopped by the Madhya Pradesh police from entering into Sanchi where the Sri Lankan President, Mahinda Rajapaksa is scheduled to inaugurate a Buddhist University on Friday. Vaiko had called for a black flag demonstration in Sanchi against Rajapaksa for the alleged violation of rights of ethnic Tamils in the country during its war against the Liberation Tigers of Talim Eelam...
08:34 AM, Sep 21, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption (IAC) members Arvind Kejriwal and Gopal Rai were detained outside Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence on Sunday for violating prohibitory orders as they moved in to gherao the house over the coal blocks allocations issue. IAC members Manish Sisodia and Kumar Vishwas, who were protesting outside UPA chief Sonia Gandhi's residence, were detained too. Launching a tirade against the government for the decision to shut...
07:06 AM, Aug 26, 2012
Kochi: Former DMK minister KN Nehru's brother, against whom a lookout notice was issued by Tamil Nadu Police in a land grab case, was on Monday detained by emigration officials at the airport here before he was to fly to Dubai. Airport sources said KN Ramajayam was handed over to airport police, and would later be taken into custody by Tiruchirappalli Police of Tamil Nadu. Ramajayam is an accused, along...
12:14 PM, Sep 05, 2011
New Delhi: Flaying the Delhi police move to detain Anna Hazare and his supporters, Kiran Bedi said on Tuesday that Emergency has revisited the country. "This detention is undemocratic and unconstitutional," she said. Kiran Bedi said "somebody else" is behind the police action as the force is capable enough to handle such peaceful protests. "This has not been done by Delhi Police, somebody else else is behind it. Delhi Police...
10:53 AM, Aug 16, 2011
"When our freedom is restricted, it is as good as being arrested," Kiran Bedi said as she courted arrest. ...
08:51 AM, Aug 16, 2011
New Delhi: At least 50 supporters of Anna Hazare on Monday night were detained by Delhi police at Jai Prakash Narain Park, the venue of the anti-graft crusader's planned fast from tomorrow, for defying prohibitory orders clamped in the area. The supporters of the Gandhian were taken in a police bus to a nearby police station, police said. Hazare has been denied permission by Delhi police to hold his fast...
11:21 PM, Aug 15, 2011
Sunvolden, Norway: Police have detained a man outside a hotel where Norway's prime minister was meeting families of shooting victims. The man told reporters he was detained "because I have a knife." The man, who appeared to be around 20 years old, was standing outside the hotel next to reporters when two officers apprehended him and led him to a police car. ...
05:13 PM, Jul 23, 2011
Colombo: Sri Lanka on Wednesday released 23 Indian fishermen who were arrested last week for reportedly straying into country's water, after India took up the matter with authorities here. "They were released on Attorney General's advice", a Sri Lankan police source said. They were brought to Mannar magistrate's court from the Anuradhapura prison. A court ordered their release. Earlier a court had ordered to keep them in remand till July...
07:46 PM, Jun 29, 2011
Jamnagar: In a span of less than ten days, another group of Somalian pirates landed on Gujarat coast and were detained after their ship broke down while they were fleeing NATO forces and drifted towards Dwarka. "Out of 21 foreign nationals detained last night off the coast Dwarka, 18 are Somalian pirates, who had kidnapped the two Yemen nationals and one Tanazian, along with their boats to carry out loots...
05:22 PM, Jun 27, 2011
New Delhi: The Sri Lankan Navy took 23 Indian fishermen captive for allegedly entering Lankan waters on Tuesday. They also seized 5 Indian boats for trespassing. The fishermen, hailing from Mandapam and Rameswaram areas, were detained when they were fishing in mid sea, a senior official said on Tuesday. Assistant Director of Fisheries Markandeyan said that the reason for the detainment, which took place around 11 pm on Monday night,...
11:33 AM, Jun 21, 2011
New Delhi: One of the followers of jailed DMK MP Kanimozhi had a tough time in a Delhi court on Tuesday which first ordered his detention and then let him off with a stern warning for clicking the photograph of his leader inside the courtroom. "I tender unconditional apology to this court," a visibly shaken follower of the DMK leader told the court with folded hands when he was brought...
07:46 PM, May 24, 2011
Mumbai: Bollywood actress Minissha Lamba, detained by Customs officials at the international airport for allegedly not declaring gold and diamond jewellery worth over Rs 50 lakh, was let off after 16 hours of questioning, officials said on Thursday. "Lamba was allowed to go at 1 am after 16 hours of questioning and recording of statement. She is likely to be called today as well," a Customs official said. The 26-year-old...
11:32 AM, May 19, 2011
Sharm El-Sheikh: Egyptian prosecutors ordered the detention of the former president's powerful sons for 15 days as allegations of corruption and the abuse of their authority are investigated, state television said early on Wednesday. The move, the most dramatic in a series of investigations against top regime officials, comes just hours after former President Hosni Mubarak, 82, was hospitalized with heart problems as he too was to be questioned by...
10:51 AM, Apr 13, 2011
Guwahati: RTI activist and leader of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) Akhil Gogoi along with some of his associates have been arrested for allegedly violating Section 144 Cr PC and his press meet stopped under the Peoples' Representation Act on Sunday. Kamrup(Metro) Senior Superintendent of Police Deepak Chowdhury said Gogoi has been detained for violating Section 144 Cr PC after he and his associates gathered at Dighalipukhuri area to take...
04:49 PM, Apr 10, 2011
Mumbai: Goa Education Minister Atanasio (Babush) Monserrate was detained on Saturday, at Mumbai airport. He was caught with huge amounts of Indian and foreign currency beyond permitted limits for passengers traveling abroad and was about to board a flight to Dubai. Monserrate was carrying cash worth Rs 25 lakh approximately in Indian currency and foreign currency worth Rs 1 crore approximately. Monserrate's elder son Rohit was arrested in 2009 for...
10:48 AM, Apr 02, 2011
New Delhi: Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, who was grilled on Saturday by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), has been charged with violation of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) and Customs Act. His manager Maroof has also been charged for similar offenses. Earlier Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was questioned on Friday by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence officials for allegedly carrying $ 1.24 lakh (about Rs 60 lakh)...
03:31 PM, Feb 19, 2011
New Delhi: In a move that could trigger fresh outrage in India, Sri Lankan Police detained another 24 Indian fishermen off the Jaffna coast a day after it detained 112 fishermen. The total number of Tamil Nadu fishermen in Lankan custody in the past two days has gone up to 136. A group of local Sri Lankan fishermen yesterday apprehended the Indian fishermen along with their seven boats and handed...
10:47 AM, Feb 17, 2011
