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Topic: Kidnapping

All kidnapped schoolgirls released after abduction from boarding school in northwestern Nigeria

The girls were seized on 17 November when armed men stormed the school. The attack triggered a wave of copycat kidnappings in Kwara and Niger states, authorities said.

Naveen Patnaik urges Centre to secure release of abducted Odia youth in Sudan

Adarsh Behera from Jagatsinghpur was kidnapped by Sudan’s RSF militia. Odisha Police and MEA are coordinating efforts for his safe return.

Inside an inter-state child trafficking racket: Fake adoptions, ‘middle-class’ agents & ‘7 lakh for a boy’

Busted by Delhi Police, the racket was spread across Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Delhi. Six kidnapped children have been rescued from the gang.

Delhi Police reunites 48 kidnapped children under ‘Operation Milap’

Police said the initiative, aimed at locating missing and kidnapped children and adults, involved extensive fieldwork, CCTV analysis, and intelligence gathering.

‘Exhume body, reopen case’: Kin of teen murdered 38 yrs ago to SIT probing Dharmasthala ‘mass burials’

Bengaluru: The family of Padmalatha, a teenager who was kidnapped and murdered in Dharmasthala, has approached the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to reopen the...

Armed men kill 9 bus passengers after abducting them in Pakistan’s Balochistan

Passengers were abducted from multiple buses Thursday evening, said Baloch government spokesperson Shahid Rind. No organisation has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.

ADGP held, MLA under lens in TN for teenager’s abduction after brother’s ‘self-respect’ marriage

Cops say IPS officer Jayaram 'helped by giving his official car to drop abducted boy back to avoid police checking', while MLA Jagan Moorthy allegedly used aides to target family.

Death row man acquitted in minor’s rape-murder back in jail in similar case—tale of 2 FIRs & a ‘confession’

Chotkau has been accused of abduction & rape of a 7-yr-old girl, & 'attempted murder' on police personnel while 'evading' arrest.

Agra court orders FIR against 3 cops for negligence in minors’ kidnap case, police call abduction ‘fake’

Court directed that a case be registered against 5 persons for alleged kidnap & rape of 2 minor sisters. Police say the father's complaint was an attempt at falsely implicating some people.

‘Only Majnu can save him’—fans on actor Mushtaq Khan’s kidnapping

The kidnappers tortured Khan for 12 hours and demanded Rs 1 crore as ransom. He managed to run away after hearing the morning azaan, believing a mosque would be nearby.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

Dubai Tejas crash revives focus on advanced, fully automated safety systems

Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.