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Police lobbed tear gas shells and lathicharged students at the Jawaharlal Nehru Univer-sity (JNU) campus on Sunday.

Ghaziabad, Nov. 23 -- The private parts of a 35-year-old father of three was chopped off allegedly by an acquaintance. Police sent Mohammmed Javed (name changed) for medical examination after he approached the SSP's office on Saturday. An FIR has been lodged at a Sihani-Gate police station, but no arrests have been made so far, Circle Officer (II) Kalyan Singh said.

A 32-year-old casualty medical officer of KEM hospital, who was arrested on Saturday for allegedly molesting a patient, was granted bail by the holiday magistrate?s court at Bhoiwada on Sunday.

From her home near the shores of Uttan, this Class 10 dropout managed an extortion empire in the city on behalf of her gang leader based in faraway Hong Kong.

Maoists abducted 14 members of a village peace committee in West Singbhum district of Jharkhand on Thursday night, barely three hours after blowing up a passenger train in the same district.

A 12 year old girl was set on fire in Patna by her neighbours for allegedly stealing Rs 14,000. The accused are two boys and a girl in the age group of 14-16 years.

Mumbai, Nov. 20 -- A mouse click would soon land a smuggler trying to take the air route behind bars. The Customs department is developing a software system that would alert it with the travel information of suspected passengers who are either flying to or coming in from sensitive smuggling destinations.

New Delhi, Nov. 19 -- They gave a new meaning to social networking. A gang of high-profile bootleggers delivered high-end duty free liquor labels to customers created through social networking sites - Facebook and Orkut.

It is all about a science teacher taking lessons in Maoism and subsequently turning into a major arms supplier to Naxal outfits operating in Bihar and Jharkhand.

After actress Kangna Ranaut, it is actress Aarti Chhabria's turn to wash her hands off any links with terror-accused David Coleman Headley.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has raised strong objection to laxity in the security of Rahul Gandhi during his visits to Uttar Pradesh in February and August, this year.

After distancing himself from former BJP leader Kalyan Singh, the Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has launched extenstive exercise to regain his old title of "Maulana Mulayam". With this aim the SP has started "Mission Muslims in the entire state to win over confidence of the community.

With the world?s eyes on Copenhagen and India under pressure to reduce emissions, help came from unexpected quarters. Cutting across faiths, a group of religious leaders on Thursday exhorted their followers to plant trees.

The Right to Information activists have sought help from the Opposition after the Congress government did not pay heed to their demand to make the selection process of the Chief Central Information Commissioner transparent.

A day after the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh denied it was against four central leaders from becoming the next BJP chief, Sushma Swaraj said she turned down an offer from the party to take up that post.

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has launched a massive exercise to regain the support of the Muslim community, a section of which has ditched him and turned to the Congress.

When Chief Minister Ashok Chavan said the performance of Congressmen in the State Cabinet would be evaluated he was serious.

Soon, Samajwadi Party legislator Abu Asim Azmi may be able to respond to Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Chief Raj Thackeray?s verbal attacks in his own language.

The Andheri police on Wednesday arrested four men for running an Ayurvedic clinic and claiming to have a cure for all skin problems.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Wednesday hurried to smoothen the ruffled feathers in the BJP over the manner in which it had sought to push Nitin Gadkari's appointment as the next party chief, sidelining other senior leaders.