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TopicCrime

Topic: Crime

Beauty & the ‘beef’: How Lucknow woman & lover she met on Instagram laid trap for husband

Lucknow’s Ameena met Bhopal’s Amaan through Instagram in 2022. He is now behind bars and she is on the run. Lucknow police confirm the two hatched plan to frame Ameena’s husband.

Curtain raiser for Crime Literature Festival goes looking for stories—injustice against men

The discussion at the third edition of the Crime Literature Festival revolved around how men are struggling for justice and the way laws are biased in favour of women.

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.

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.

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Xi’s military shake-up — stripping power from China’s central military command

The latest purging campaign blurs the line between anti-graft drive and political consolidation under Xi’s rule.

Seafood industry welcomes Budget’s fisheries push. ‘Lays groundwork for becoming global player’

Exporters said the Budget’s proposals to increase duty-free import limits on processing, create 500 reservoirs and support fisheries startups will boost the marine industry.

More boots, bigger budget: Agnipath outlay jumps 58%, Army’s share the largest

With recruitments under Agnipath set to rise, the Union Budget has significantly increased spending, with the Army taking nearly 87% of the total outlay. 

Swiss report should now close Op Sindoor debate. Knowing when to stop the fight is key too

The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.