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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicMurder

Topic: Murder

Charged in US for killing 6-yr-old son, FBI most wanted Cindy Rodriguez Singh arrested in India

The 40-year-old flew to India in 2023 after lying to police about her son, last seen in October 2022. She allegedly starved him, believing he was 'possessed' and a danger to her twins.

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.

Man shot dead by bike-borne assailant outside grocery store in Patna, cops launch probe

Vikram Jha, a grocery store owner from Darbhanga, was killed a week after Gopal Khemka’s murder. Police say they found no signs of robbery, and motive remains unclear.

Purnea murders rock Bihar: Teen saw mob beat family to death over ‘witchcraft’, lived to tell the tale

5 members of a family of 6 were allegedly murdered by a mob of ‘around 200’ in a village in Purnea Sunday. Police have arrested 3 of 23 named in the minor’s complaint.

New Jersey man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie sentenced to 25 years on attempted murder charge

“He’s traumatized. He has nightmares about what he experienced,” Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt said after the sentencing hearing, referring to what Rushdie suffered.

3 Agra brothers embroiled in property dispute, 1 killed. Burnt remains recovered from dump site

According to police, Ranveer was attacked with sticks and sharp weapons, leading to his death on the spot, and family members burnt his body outside the village to destroy evidence.

Karnataka ex-DGP’s son points finger at mother, sister for murder in Bengaluru home

In his complaint, son says that mother & sister frequently fought with Karnataka ex-DGP Om Prakash & that 'due to these threats, he had gone to live with his sister'.

Accused in Jharkhand BJP leader’s murder arrested, party holds protests against state govt

The BJP has come down heavily on the Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand government for 'worsening law and order' in the state following the murder of leader Anil Tiger.

Meerut woman told lover she was his ‘dead mother’. How superstition, Snapchat aided grisly murder

Meerut: It was 1 am on 4 March. Sahil, who believed his mother's soul possessed his lover, Muskan, allegedly helped stab her husband Saurabh to...

Retd ADM murdered in Kasganj: Relative who took care of his guest house ‘confesses’, arrested

According to the police, the accused has confessed that he killed the former ADM to hide the several thefts he had committed at the latter’s guest house.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.