Chhattisgarh cop held for killing womanOctober 14th, 2009 RAIPUR - A police constable has been arrested for killing a woman in Surguja district of Chhattisgarh, authorities said Wednesday. Jeremias Tirki, 35, Monday allegedly pumped three bullets from his service revolver into the head and chest of his 40-year-old friend Surajmati at her residence in Balrampur area of Surguja, about 400 km from here.
Two-day-old girl-child found abandoned in NoidaSeptember 7th, 2009 NOIDA - A two-day-old infant girl was found abandoned in a forested area here Monday, police said. "The infant was discovered by a woman named Radha, who was passing through the forested Morna area near Sector 35," a police officer said.
Orissa MLA accused in Kandhamal violence surrendersJuly 31st, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Manoj Pradhan, an accused in last year's communal violence in Kandhamal district, surrendered before a local court Friday as his bail period got over. His bail was extended for 15 days by the Orissa High Court on July 17.
Pregnant woman killed in her Mass. apartment, baby missing after removal from her wombJuly 29th, 2009 Mass. woman killed, infant removed from her wombWORCESTER, Mass. — Police in central Massachusetts are trying to figure out who killed an expectant mother, removed a fetus from her womb and dumped her body in a closet.
Texas woman accused of beheading newborn son charged with capital murder, held on $1M bailJuly 27th, 2009 Woman accused of beheading infant held on $1M bailSAN ANTONIO — A Texas woman accused of decapitating her 3½-week-old son has been charged with capital murder and is being held on $1 million bail. Otty Sanchez has not appeared in court or been arraigned on the charges.
Texas woman to serve 9 years in infant granddaughter's drowning during alleged swimming lessonJuly 3rd, 2009 Texas woman to serve 9 years in infant's drowningSAN ANTONIO — A Texas woman will serve at least nine years in prison for drowning her 3-month-old granddaughter in what the defense said was a misguided effort to teach the infant to swim. Gabriella Sigler must serve half of the 18-year sentence imposed Thursday before being eligible for parole.
NH man charged after saying his infant son was behind the wheel in hit-and-run accidentJune 13th, 2009 NH Man blames infant son for hit-and-run accidentPORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Police in Portsmouth, N.H., said a man has been charged with lying about his involved in a hit-and-run accident by telling them his son was driving the vehicle.
Autopsy: "Blunt force" killed pregnant woman found in Ore. home crawl spaceJune 8th, 2009 Autopsy: "blunt force" killed pregnant Ore. womanPORTLAND, Ore.
Woman charged with killing 21-year-old pregnant victim after infant diesJune 7th, 2009 Woman charged in death of pregnant womanHILLSBORO, Ore. — Authorities in Oregon say they have arrested a woman after a newborn she claimed was hers died and the body of a woman who had been pregnant was found at her home.
BJD will 'explore all possibilities' in Orissa after resultsMay 16th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Orissa on Saturday said it would explore "all possibilities" after the results. "We stand by what we had said earlier," BJD secretary general Damodar Rout said, adding that his party was hoping to form the government of its own in the state and would support a non-BJP and non-Congress government in the centre.
NCP tie-up with Left, BJD is Orissa-specific, says PawarApril 8th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The Nationalist Congress Party alliance with the Left parties and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Orissa is 'only Orissa-specific', NCP chief Sharad Pawar said here Wednesday. 'Our arrangement is only Orissa-specific,' Pawar told a press conference, addressed jointly with Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member Sitaram Yechury and BJD chief Naveen Patnaik.
Chidambaram assures adequate security to Orissa during pollsMarch 20th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram today assured Orissa Government to provide adequate security for the smooth conduct of polls in the State.
BJP to project chief ministerial candidate in OrissaMarch 15th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will project a chief ministerial candidate in Orissa in the upcoming assembly polls, a party official said here Saturday. Assembly polls in Orissa will be held together with the Lok Sabha polls.
Most wanted Maoist leaders arrested in OrissaMarch 3rd, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Two most wanted Maoist leaders, including an alleged mastermind in the killing of Hindu leader Laxmanananda Saraswati, were arrested in Orissa Monday, the police said. The two leftist militant leaders, Atul and Ashutosh, were arrested near steel city of Rourkela, some 470 km from here, Orissa Director General of Police Manmohan Praharaj told IANS
Atul was allegedly involved in the killing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader and four of his associates Aug 23 last year in Kandhamal district.
Paramilitary trooper kills colleague, commits suicide in OrissaJanuary 25th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - A paramilitary trooper fired indiscriminately at his colleagues, killing one at the spot and injuring three others, and then shot himself dead in an Orissa steel plant Monday, the police said. Constable Naresh Kumar of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) opened fire from his Service rifle at the Rourkela Steel Plant in Rourkela, some 500 km from here, Superintendent of Police S.K.