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Three wanted for abduction-murder of Sikh man in California, seven months after mistaken-identity attack

Avtar Singh was kidnapped from a gurdwara in Tracy on 17 February this year, and found dead 3 days later. The motive was linked to a stolen cargo trailer, the Sheriff's Office found.

Siya & Chetan’s affair rekindled after 1.5 months, Bali trip triggered Ketan murder plot, say Pune cops

Recovered chats allegedly show how Siya and Chetan planned Ketan’s murder, researched methods and coordinated the killing at Lohagad Fort.

Nalgonda principal murder: How her last words, blood-stained Rs 500 notes led police to 2 juveniles

Police found that last month, Kallu Rupa Reddy had reprimanded the juveniles, both 16 years old, after they were found with unaccounted money in school hostel.

Murder convicts get bail with unusual rider. Punjab & Haryana HC orders one-month ‘hospital duty’

The duo was also asked to file an affidavit undertaking not to indulge in any criminal offence, with suspension liable to be cancelled if named in any fresh case.

He smashed a baby boy to death because he wanted to marry his mother. In 5 weeks, he got death penalty

As quick police investigation swept up evidence and witnesses to file chargesheet within 5 days, Firozabad court found murder to be rarest of the rare crime and pronounced sentence.

‘Tormented’ by son’s alcohol addiction, Amroha family makes ‘Rs 5 lakh deal with hitman’ to kill him

32-year-old's father, mother & younger brother were involved in the plan, with the mother pawning off jewellery to pay 'screwdriver killer', police say.

3-yr-old raped, murdered in Pune: Accused charged with sexual assault twice before & acquitted, police say

Bhimrao Kamble, a 65-year-old labourer, was arrested after he allegedly raped the girl and smashed her head with a stone.

IRS officer’s daughter murdered: Arrested house help was booked in Alwar rape case a day earlier

Prime suspect in the early morning crime is a 22-year-old domestic worker who was fired recently and has since disappeared, police say.

How Ramavatar Jaggi was killed—a reconstruction of one of Chhattisgarh’s most chilling political murders

How the first elections in Chhattisgarh escalated into cold-blooded elimination of a political rival of Ajit Jogi—police to CBI, probes revealed murder most foul & institutional cover-up.

4 dead children, Haryana’s ‘killer mom’, a confession, and many questions

Only one autopsy, shifting statements, and delayed forensics complicate an investigation now unfolding alongside rumours, stigma, and deeply gendered assumptions about women’s violence.

On Camera

Starbucks has launched aloo posto burger for Pujo. It’s blasphemy to Bengalis

The ‘Amar Pujo, Amar Starbucks’ campaign also created Bhetki Bhaja Sandwich and Sorse Chicken Burger, but Bengalis drew a line when they saw aloo posto being butchered.

Insurance sold, not chosen: Why IRDAI wants to put the customer back at the centre

The regulator says insurance distribution has become too commission-driven. Its new proposal seeks to make sales more transparent, accountable and aligned with customer needs.

Drones for IAF are not revolutionary but evolutionary, says IAF chief

IAF chief Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh has ruled out a separate drone force, saying that UAVs must operate with fighters and other existing technology.

India has always been a hard state under Gandhian cover. Nehru to Modi, leaders have reinforced it

Modern India might have been conjured up in the image of Gandhi. But India was never a Gandhian state. Founders of the Republic, be it Nehru or Patel, nursed zero such notions.