”state police official” News

US hedge fund fraudster's disappearance sparks manhunt

NEW YORK (AFP) - New York state police have launched a manhunt for a convicted hedge fund fraudster, Samuel Israel , who failed to report to prison this week, officials said Wednesday.
06 12 2008 3:22PM (...more)

Mob kills politician in western India

NAGPUR, India - A local politician was stripped, stoned and beaten to death by a mob during a rally of nearly 500 people in western India, police and party workers said Saturday.
02 10 2008 6:29AM (...more)

Road accident in India kills 16 on way to wedding party

MUMBAI, India - Sixteen people were killed when an overcrowded jeep crashed into a truck outside Mumbai , police said Sunday.
05 5 2008 2:50AM (...more)

Goa police open murder probe into Brit teen's death

PANAJI, India (AFP) - Police in the popular Indian resort state of Goa on Sunday launched a murder investigation after the partially naked body of a British teenager was found last month on a beach.
03 10 2008 12:03AM (...more)

India tourists stranded after group calls strike

CALCUTTA, India - Tens of thousands of tourists were stranded in the tea-growing region of eastern India on Tuesday after a Gurkha separatist group called a strike to press its demand for an independent state, shutting down hotels, shops and roads.
06 11 2008 8:13PM (...more)

2,000 detained after strike in India

CALCUTTA, India - Authorities detained more than 2,000 people in eastern India on Wednesday after a strike protesting land seizures shut down schools, roads and businesses, officials said.
11 1 2007 1:57AM (...more)

Militants kill three migrant workers in northeast India

GUWAHATI, India (AFP) - Separatist Assamese militants killed three migrant workers as they slept at a brick kiln where they worked in the restive northeast Indian state, police said on Monday.
03 10 2008 9:53PM (...more)

Police, Maoist rebels battle in India

BHUBANESHWAR, India - At least 13 Maoist rebels and six paramilitary soldiers were killed in renewed fighting in eastern India on Monday, days after carefully coordinated rebel attacks killed 13 police and two civilians.
02 19 2008 2:02AM (...more)

60 injured as mob clashes with police in 'Indian Idol' riots

CALCUTTA, India - More than 60 people were injured and dozens of vehicles set ablaze in eastern India when an angry mob demonstrated after a radio host made derogatory comments about the winner of the popular television show "Indian Idol," officials said Saturday.
09 30 2007 5:22PM (...more)

60 injured in 'Indian Idol' protests

CALCUTTA, India - An angry mob set dozens of vehicles ablaze in riots after a radio host made derogatory comments about the winner of the popular television show "Indian Idol," officials said Saturday. More than 60 people were injured.
09 30 2007 2:32PM (...more)