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Topic: Crime

12 members of notorious gang held for murder, extortion & more in multi-state Delhi Police op

Police say Lucky Patial-Bambiha-Kaushal alliance behind ‘sensational’ organised crimes in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Chandigarh, and has significant footprints in UP and Delhi.

Why would actor pick bag from trash & take money, say police, after TV star Rupa Dutta’s arrest

'Mata Vaishno Devi' actor Rupa Dutta was sent to one-day judicial custody after police recovered several wallets and Rs 65,000 in cash from her at Kolkata International Book Fair.

‘Pierced with nails, made to drink urine’: Rajasthan RTI activist claims work led to attack

Amra Ram had filed a complaint this month against alleged illegal liquor trade & corruption in two govt schemes in a Barmer gram panchayat. Four arrests for assault so far, police say.

Glitz, glamour and gambling: Behind China’s secret societies and crime syndicates

The arrest of Alvin Chau, CEO of China's biggest junket company, throws light on the unholy alliance of politicians and criminals working in tandem.

How father-son duo helped techies ‘hack exams’, earn top scores for big payday

A Delhi techie and a father-son duo from Gujarat used remote hacking skills to help at least 200 students & professionals cheat in online competitive exams and score high marks.

Married coach says ‘he killed wrestler Nisha Dahiya for affair after their break-up’

Pawan Barak, wrestler Nisha Dahiya’s coach, is learnt to have said during his preliminary interrogation that he was 'infuriated' about her affair with someone else.

7 men, 7 FIRs, 7 stations — how 20-yr-old woman in Gurugram filed ‘rape’ cases now under scanner

The 20-year-old student in Haryana has filed multiple rape cases over claims of 'sex on pretext of marriage', as well as a domestic abuse case, which are now under scrutiny.

Gangs of Bengaluru: ‘Silent’ Sunil, Ajith ‘Malayali’ & the dark underbelly of India’s IT capital

There have been 10 murders related to ‘rowdy-sheeters’ in Bengaluru in 2021 alone. Numbers might seem alarming, but Bengaluru police insist trend is no different from past years.

‘Can’t a girl even go out to study?’ UP Dalit family cries after daughter, 16, is murdered

Bulandshahr student was allegedly murdered metres away from her home. 72 hours later, accused are yet to be arrested. Relatives demand compensation for family.

Decapitated body of Muslim man found in Belagavi, family suspects murder over interfaith love

According to police the body was found along the railway tracks in Karnataka's Belagavi district and the victim's mother has said she suspected the involvement of the girl's family in the death.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘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.