By Minu Jain and Imran Khan----
Patna/New Delhi/Ranchi, Sep 3 (IANS) The hostage crisis in Bihar deepened Friday with the bullet-riddled body of Lucas Tete found in a forest and uncertainty continuing about the fate of his three colleagues kidnapped by Maoists along with him five days ago.
Lucknow, Sep 3 (IANS) Three traffic constables roughed up a woman police officer after she caught them extorting money from truck drivers and dragged her for around a kilometre-and-a-half while fleeing in their car in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, police said Friday....
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 3 (IANS) Tens of thousands of Muslims will collect in Kerala Monday to take a pledge against terrorism on the 26th night of Ramadan in which organisers say will be one of the largest such gatherings in the world....
Ranchi, Sep 3 (IANS) Policeman Lucas Tete's killing by Maoists has sent shock waves across Jharkhand with people condemning the "cowardly" act of the Left-wing rebels. The wife of another abducted policeman from Jharkhand, Ehsan Khan, has threatened to commit suicide if her husband is killed....
Chandigarh, Sep 3 (IANS) St John's High School, one of the oldest schools here for boys, has lodged a complaint against two people, including a state official, for illegally confining five minor students and forcing them to record statements against the school management, police said Friday....
Kolkata, Sep 3 (IANS) A former army major was lynched by a mob in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district Friday after he allegedly misbehaved with a woman, police said....
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 3 (IANS) Come Monday and Kerala will witness a large congregation of Muslim devotees taking a pledge against terrorism on the 26th night of Ramadan, which is considered particularly holy. The congregation for the annual prayer at Malapuram is said to be the third largest after Makkah and Madina....
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Describing the situation in Kashmir as "critical and tragic", a delegation from the civil society, which visited the valley recently, Friday called for the immediate withdrawal of the contentious Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Jammu and Kashmir....
Patna, Sep 3 (IANS) The bullet-riddled body of Lucas Tete, one of the four Bihar policemen abducted by Maoists five days ago, was found in a forest Friday, a day after the rebels claimed to have killed sub-inspector Abhay Kumar Yadav, police said.
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Guwahati, Sep 3 (IANS) The kidnapped executive of a cement company made a dramatic appearance in Meghalaya capital Shillong eight hours after he was abducted at gunpoint from near Assam's main city of Guwahati, police said Friday....