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Sunday, June 21, 2026
TopicCrime

Topic: Crime

Mumbai family deaths: FDA finds no additives in watermelon sample, but bacteria not ruled out yet

A shopowner, his wife and two daughters died within a little over 24 hours of a dinner at their Bhendi Bazaar home on the night of 25 April.

He jumped bail & evaded arrest for 42 years. Got caught by the one thing he refused to give up—moustache

With no photograph or ID records and a HC order to produce him dead or alive, Firozabad police went door-to-door to find the man absconding since 1984 in a culpable homicide case.

Pakistani governor’s ajrak cap gets stolen in Sindh—right off his head

The incident took place at the Rohri railway station in Sindh where Governor Nehal Hashmi had come for an official engagement.

Ex-Armyman killed wife, evaded arrest for years, started a new life. Then an LPG booking gave him away

Sandeep Tomar, a former captain in 12 Bihar Regiment, was apprehended after SIT tracked a Rs 500 gas refill transaction to his remote hideout in MP.

Being a northeastern in Delhi—casual racism, everyday profiling and violence

A recent attack on a woman lawyer from Manipur in a south Delhi park has once again pushed the question of racism against people from the Northeast into the public view.

Don’t ask what to do with boys who rape. Ask what turned them into assaulters in the first place

Young boys who should be sweating about schoolwork are learning how to corner women. Are we now supposed to add children to the list of people we need to protect ourselves from?

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.

On Camera

Madonna’s tie-up with Grindr made me hate her new album with a passion

Grindr’s married-with-two-kids, conservative CEO wants it to be more than just a hookup app. He calls it “The Global Gayborhood in Your Pocket™”.

India seeks US tariff advantage over rivals before finalising trade deal

While US & Indian officials have signaled that a deal was within reach, talks have dragged on amid disputes over tariffs, market access & protections for politically sensitive sectors.

SMPP partners with Europe’s KNDS to build loitering munitions in India amid growing military demand

Under the agreement, the loitering munitions will be offered to the Indian Army as part of efforts to address what the companies described as an ‘urgent requirement’.

Why many parties break up when out of power and some don’t

Ideology keeps parties together, or the glue of power. Without either, you face the ongoing defections at an industrial scale.