
Patna: On the first anniversary of the police firing at Forbesganj in which four members of the minority community were killed and many others injured, the Opposition parties on Sunday demanded a CBI probe into the incident. Demanding the probe, RJD state unit chief Ramchandra Purve who led an 'Aakrosh March' in Patna during the day alleged that atrocities against the minorities have increased during the NDA rule. Slamming the...

08:12 PM, Jun 03, 2012

Raisen: Protests over wheat procurement and shortage of jute bags at Bareli town near Raisen took a violent turn on Monday as a farmer got killed in police firing and about 40 farmers and some officials got injured. An indefinite curfew has been imposed in the town following the incident. According to police, former Sarpanch Hari Singh Prajapati was killed in police firing while three others sustained bullet injuries. Raisen...

10:21 PM, May 07, 2012

Lucknow: Concerned over the "brazen display and misuse of arms" in public places and during celebrations, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday restrained the arms license holders of Uttar Pradesh from using their weapons for celebratory firing. A division bench at Lucknow, comprising justices Abdul Mateen and Sudhir Kumar Saxena passed the order in a criminal matter, showing serious concern over the misuse of arms in public and private functions...

10:00 PM, May 01, 2012

New Delhi: A policeman in Mathura was injured when a group of men fired at the cops. The incident took place at a restaurant on Thursday evening when the cops stopped the men for misbehaving with the staff. The injured policeman has been operated upon and is stable. Meanwhile, one of the accused has been arrested and search is on for the others. "The gunbattle took place when the police...

07:26 AM, Apr 13, 2012

Berhampur/Bhubaneswar: Two persons were killed when police opened fire to disperse a violent mob which attacked them at a village in Odisha's Ganjam district on Saturday over suspected practice of witchcraft. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik ordered an inquiry into the incident by the district and sessions judge, Ganjam. The clash occurred at Phasipada under Kodala police station area when the police were prevented from entering the village where residents had...

10:14 PM, Mar 31, 2012

Bhopal: The MP police on Sunday arrested a man in connection with the firing on the police team which had intercepted illegal sand mining in Chandipatha on Saturday. He was identified as Kuber Singh. "We have taken into custody Kubar Singh from the area where illegal sand mining was going on," said Panna's Superintendent of Police, Anil Maheshwari said. "The police, after taking control of the area, also removed the...

01:12 PM, Mar 11, 2012

Kochi: The police custody of the two Italian Navy personnel charged with the murder of two Indian fishermen off the Kochi coast earlier last month ends on Monday. The two are likely to be produced in court today. The two were sent to custody after the Kollam magistrate rejected Italy's argument that they cannot be prosecuted under the Indian law. The court had remanded the two to judicial custody till...

06:49 AM, Mar 05, 2012

New Delhi: The Kerala High Court is all set to hear petitions filed by the two accused Italian Navy personnel on Friday. The two Navy guards stand accused of shooting down two Indian fishermen off the Kochi coast in February allegedly fearing them to be pirates. The marines are seeking withdrawal of the FIR filed against them. Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has asserted that the FIR filed by Kerala...

10:50 AM, Mar 02, 2012

Kochi: The police custody of the two Italian marines who had allegedly shot dead two Indian fishermen off Kochi coast has been extended till Monday. The Kollam magistrate has directed the Kochi Port Trust to bring the Enrica Lexie back to the harbour. The police, meanwhile, want to search the vessel. This comes a day after Italy's deputy foreign minister met Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and both sides stuck...

05:19 PM, Mar 01, 2012

The Norwegian Embassy has confirmed that decks have been cleared for the children to be handed over to their uncle soon. ...

11:13 PM, Feb 28, 2012

Thiruvananthapuram: Holding that the two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast would be prosecuted under the Indian law, Defence Minister AK Antony today said the investigation into the case was progressing in the right direction. "The case will be proceeded under the Indian law. Judiciary in the country is independent," Antony told reporters here. "The incident of shooting down of two hapless fishermen off the...

02:47 PM, Feb 26, 2012

The Kochi police conducted a complete search of the Italy ship, Enrica Lexie, on Saturday and picked up four boxes. These will be probed further after presenting them to court. ...

09:20 AM, Feb 26, 2012

A mock drill at a private company in Bangalore turned deadly, when the rope carrying a 25-year-old woman employee snapped, and she fell from the third floor to her death. The drill, incidentally, was organised by the fire department of the company. ...

10:22 PM, Feb 24, 2012

Italy moderated its position on Friday, praising the Kerala court for allowing Italian ballistic experts to observe the Kerala police probe. ...

08:43 PM, Feb 24, 2012

New Delhi: In a major setback to West Bengal's Nandigram violence victims, the state government on Friday withdrew its petition from the Supreme Court ordering an investigation into the 2007 firing incident. This, in effect, quashes any probe into those accused in the case, which included several high-ranking officers of the Bengal police. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is now expected to start an investigation and submit a chargesheet....

04:54 PM, Feb 24, 2012