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Topic: Crime

Ahmedabad cops crack murder of man killed in his sleep, buried in kitchen. It began with a tip-off

A mason from Bihar went missing about a year ago but no complaint was raised. Police have now found a body buried in kitchen floor of the house he lived in with his wife & kids.

Delhi ‘godman’ Chaitanyanand sent to 14-day judicial custody in molestation case

Chaitanyanand stands accused of molesting 17 girls in an educational institute. Counsel for accused moved an application seeking permission to take spectacles, holy books in custody.

Jharkhand is the honour killing capital of India now. Haryana is second

The latest NCRB report also shows that Jharkhand constantly features in the list of top ten states when it comes to murders, with over 1,400 such cases recorded between 2021 and 2023.

‘Death threats’, a cop’s car & a body in the river: The mysterious death of an Uttarakhand journalist

Rajeev Pratap Singh's pregnant wife says that in the days before his death, he appeared disturbed & frustrated after getting threat calls to pull down videos from his YouTube channel.

Driven by ‘domestic stress’ over birth of 3rd daughter, UP woman ‘kills’ newborn with sedatives, held

According to police, the woman was suffering from mental stress over the fact that she already had two daughters. She ‘confessed’ about murder to husband.

Planting 100 trees in a year to cleaning police stations, unusual punishments imposed by Indian courts

Last week, a Delhi court ordered four men to stand with their hands up for entire day for wasting its time. Turns out, there are other instances wherein punishments are unique.

Crime stories dominated Indian TV news headlines—murder, suicide to execution

The fate of Nimisha Priya, the Indian nurse in Yemen accused of killing her business partner, was comprehensively covered by television and newspapers — it was a page-1 story.

Fear of criminals and cops—Bihar traders say ‘it’s jungle raj’, want Yogi-style justice

Businessman Gopal Khemka’s murder has rattled Bihar traders. With crime rising and police busy chasing liquor, the Nitish Kumar government faces a reckoning just months before Assembly elections.

Pakistani TikToker shot dead at her Islamabad home. ‘No country for young women’

For some, this was a familiar scene: yet another girl, punished brutally for the crime of existing in public view. And once again, Islamabad—Pakistan’s federal capital—was the stage.

Not exercising your pet can land you in jail! Think tank highlights disproportionality in criminal law

A report by Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy says 'unchecked' overcriminalisation in India overwhelms the justice system, & mismatched punishments for minor offences show laws are unfair.

On Camera

Moon madness has taken over modern dating. A waning crescent is the best time to ghost

Alongside buying into the grift that is dating apps, the girlies are also installing astrology apps like Astrotalk to investigate the same tired mystery—will he ever text back?

Africa’s blue economy is booming. What it can learn from Asia

Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector in Africa, offering significant returns on investment for all involved and achieving the continent’s goals for food security, dignified livelihoods and economic growth.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.