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Topic: Murder case

It took 42 years to acquit UP’s Dhani Ram of murder. He just says ‘What?’

Hamirpur’s Dhani Ram is finally free after 42 years as a murder convict. But he is oblivious to the passage of time and the justice delayed.

Arrested for murder in 1982, 100-yr-old acquitted by Allahabad HC in case that lay pending 4 decades

Accused of a 1982 murder involving a land dispute, Dhani Ram was in his 50s when he was convicted. His challenge to the trial court conviction has been pending for over 40 years.

Former Punjab DGP Mustafa, his ex-minister wife Razia Sultana booked for murder after son found dead

While the family claimed he died of a drug overdose, online videos have surfaced where Aqil is purportedly seen accusing his father of having an affair with his wife.

How suppressed FBI note freed Indian-origin man who spent 4 decades in US jail for 1980 murder

Freed from prison on 3 October, 64-yr-old Subramanyam Vedam has now been taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and faces possible deportation to India.

Nikki’s death deserved facts. What we got was a carousel of theories from TV news

The death by fire of Greater Noida’s Nikki Bhati has been a puzzle surrounded by a maze of conflicting claims and evidence. Worse, television news — and some newspaper reports — have confused...

Acquitted in 2002, convicted in 2024: Why SC quashed Punjab & Haryana HC order in 1998 murder case

Reiterating 'settled principles of law', SC held that interference with an acquittal is permissible only when the trial judge’s findings are 'perverse and impossible.

Honeymoon in Shillong—Raja Raghuvanshi’s murder will now be a Bollywood movie

Raja Raghuvanshi’s brother Vipin, who has written the film’s script, said the protagonist has been named Raja, but the makers will be changing the wife’s name.

Trainee nurse’s murder in MP hospital a ‘rare case with many witnesses’, protesters seek fast-track trial

The accused, who ‘killed’ the 19-year-old in public view, has confessed to the crime, and the chargesheet is nearly ready, police say.

Agra waiter’s murder: Police arrest all 3 accused, maintain killing wasn’t retribution for Pahalgam

Those arrested identified as Manoj Chaudhary, Priyansh Yadav and Shivan Baghel. Chaudhary had been caught earlier. Police say Yadav and Baghel were caught following an encounter.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.