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Four killed in Iraq violence
Baghdad, Oct 30 (IANS) Four people were killed and eight injured Sunday in separate bomb and gun attacks in central and eastern Iraq. Two soldiers were killed and three others injured when a roadside bomb struck their patrolling vehicle in Abu Ghraib area, 20 km west of capital Baghdad, Xinhua quoted a police source as [...]
One day police custody for Nehru, two others
The Judicial Magistrate here on Monday granted one-day police custody to former minister K.N. Nehru, his brother K.N. Ramajeyam and Deputy Mayor M. Anbazhagan in a land grab case registered against them by the City Crime Branch (CCB). The Magistrate pronounced the order on a petition filed by the CCB seeking police custody of the [...]
Pak man in US kills wife with Indian GF’s help
WASHINGTON: This was one India-Pakistan collaboration that wasn’t needed; it resulted in cold-blooded murder, rather than staunching bloodshed. In a case that has stunned a placid suburban New Jersey community, a slick young Pakistani-American man allegedly plotted with his Indian girlfriend to kill his Pakistani wife. They pulled off the hit alright , but police [...]
UK police arrest Hollywood reporter over phone hacking
British police investigating a phone-hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch’s defunct News of the World have arrested a senior Hollywood reporter at the tabloid, James Desborough, a source with knowledge of the situation said. Police said they had arrested a 38-year-old man on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications after arriving at a south London police [...]
News Corp’s phone hacking probe: No evidence found yet
The probe into the News Corporation’s phone-hacking scandal has so far failed to find any evidence of UK-based journalists being responsible for hacking the phones of 9/11 terror attack victims. According to the sources, the US government has widened the scope of probe to see whether they can establish a broader pattern of more recent [...]
Pakistan frets over burqa bombers
Burqa-clad women suicide bombers in Pakistan have posed a potent threat to the country as it grapples to deal with the Taliban. This has been vindicated by two recent attacks on the security forces that appear to have rudely awakened the authorities to the new Taliban tactic. Thursday’s attack on a security checkpost in Peshawar [...]
Riots spread to three more cities in Britain
In unprecedented scenes of rioting, violence today raged across London and spread to three other cities, as police fought rioters to contain Britain’s most serious unrest, raising questions over security of the 2012 Olympics. Rioting and looting has spread across London, with unrest flaring up in the central city of Birmingham, the western city of [...]
London riots confine India, England cricketers to hotel rooms
The rioting and looting that began in London on Saturday spread to more areas, including Birmingham, north of London, casting a serious doubt over the third Test match between England and India. Attackers smashed shops and looted property in the city of Birmingham in central England, police said, in the first sign of the riots [...]
British PM to hold crisis talks on riots, cleanup starts
British Prime Minister David Cameron was to hold crisis talks on Tuesday after three nights of riots, looting and arson by masked, hooded youths that wrecked shopping centres in many parts of London and spread to three other cities Neighbourhoods across the capital faced a massive clean-up of smashed glass, bricks, bottles and gutted buildings [...]
U-Turn: Murdochs say they plan to go to Parliament
LONDON: Rupert and James Murdoch said on Thursday that they planned to appear before a parliamentary committee investigating Britain’s phone hacking scandal – a sudden U-turn after an extraordinary rebuff of lawmakers seeking to question them. A spokeswoman for Murdoch’s New York-based News Corp. said that the pair were in the process of confirming their [...]
Rains lash south Mumbai; evidence may be washed off
MUMBAI: The probe into the synchronized blasts which rocked south and central Mumbai on Wednesday may hit a stumbling block as heavy rains lashed the area, triggering fears that crucial evidence may be lost before being collected by the forensic experts. Forensic experts of Maharashtra and from Central Forensic Laboratory Delhi have reached here and [...]
Hacking scam: Royals, Brown were victims
LONDON: The scandal engulfing Rupert Murdoch’s media empire exploded in several directions on Monday, with fresh reports of phone hacking attacks against some of the nation’s most powerful figures, including royals and former prime minister Gordon Brown. Adding to the intrigue, Scotland Yard released an unusual statement accusing unidentified individuals of trying to sabotage its [...]
At least 40 students killed in Bangladesh accident
DHAKA: A vehicle packed with schoolchildren returning home from a soccer tournament crashed into a canal in southeastern Bangladesh on Monday, killing at least 40, a police official said. About 60 children between ages 8 and 12 were on the vehicle that crashed, and the death toll may rise as more bodies are feared trapped [...]
Sun Pictures CEO held
CHENNAI: Chennai police on Sunday arrested W Hansraj Saxena, chief executive officer of Sun Pictures, for allegedly cheating a film distributor to the tune of Rs 82.53 lakh. He was held as he came out of the city airport around 7.05 pm after a visit to Hyderabad. Based on a complaint by the Kanda Films [...]
Push on for outback police museum
Planning has started for a police museum in outback Queensland. The Diamantina Shire Council wants to establish a museum at Birdsville’s century-old police station and courthouse. Council spokesman Brian Mooney says there are remarkable stories about the history of early policing in remote Queensland. “There were some amazing hunts that went on for people that [...]
Push on for outback police museum
Planning has started for a police museum in outback Queensland. The Diamantina Shire Council wants to establish a museum at Birdsville’s century-old police station and courthouse. Council spokesman Brian Mooney says there are remarkable stories about the history of early policing in remote Queensland. “There were some amazing hunts that went on for people that [...]
Ballarat on track for Melbourne link
Ballarat will get a direct rail line to Melbourne as part of the Regional Rail Link being funded through the Victorian budget, which was announced yesterday. A total of $4.3 billion has been allocated to the Regional Rail Link, which is the single biggest project in the state budget. The project will create stand-alone tracks [...]
Goulburn Murray schools share in budget spend
Goulburn Murray region schools were the biggest winners in yesterday’s Victorian budget. The Victorian Government announced $230 million for school buildings and equipment in the budget. It includes $1.5 million to rebuild the Toolamba Primary School which was badly damaged by fire in February. There is funding to keep the Tawonga Primary School open and [...]
Police recruit facing assault charge
A police recruit has been arrested and charged with assault. The man, 38, is due to face Elizabeth Magistrates Court.