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Topic: Kidnapping

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.

Sinaloa cartel ‘co-founder’ Ismael ‘El Mayo’ was kidnapped by ‘El Chapo’s son, lawyer says

Zambada's lawyer, said El Chapo's son and 6 men in military uniforms ambushed Zambada near Culiacan, forced him onto a plane and brought him to the United States against his will. Zambada's lawyer, said El Chapo's son and 6 men in military uniforms ambushed Zambada near Culiacan, forced him onto a plane and brought him to the United States against his will.

Case of ‘missing’ BSF constables: After abduction FIR & wild goose chase by SIT, duo surface in Bengal

Akanksha Nikhar's mother filed kidnapping case against daughter's friend Shahana Khatoon after duo left BSF academy in Gwalior and didn't return.

Suspected Islamist insurgents kidnap 50 people, mostly women, in northeast Nigeria

An official of the Civilian Joint Task Force said the people were ambushed by gunmen and made to walk into neighbouring Chad, adding that three of the kidnapped women managed to escape.

More than 47,000 children missing in India, 71% are girls, shows NCRB data

Number of children reported missing has seen mostly rising trend since 2018. Police and activists say first 24 hours crucial in investigation of such cases.

Father can’t be booked for offence of kidnapping child in absence of legal prohibition, says Bombay HC

Bench added that effect of biological father taking away child from custody of mother only amounts to one natural guardian taking custody of the child from another.

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Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Secret to Pakistan aircraft losses in Op Sindoor could lie in Martin-Baker’s ejection seats records

New Delhi: On 7 May this year, as India and Pakistan entered into what was to be an 88-hour conflict, British firm Martin-Baker, which...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.