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Topic: Murder

UP ex-MLA, now in BJP, and 3 ‘accomplices’ get life terms in 24-year-old murder case

Abhay Narayan Patel, former SP MLA for Azamgarh, joined BJP earlier this year. BJP 'has no information' on his conviction yet, but says convicts can't remain associated with party.

Dalit man dead in field, Muslim woman’s body exhumed — UP cops probe Basti ‘honour killing’, 3 held

While the man was throttled to death, the cause of the woman's death is unclear, say police. Her viscera samples have been preserved for analysis.

Sonali Phogat murder case: Goa Police arrests 2 more persons including restaurant owner

Police said they have arrested the owner of Curlies beach shack in Anjuna and a suspected drug peddler Dattprashad Gaonkar taking the total arrests in the case to four.

Sonali Phogat was forcefully fed a chemical substance, say Goa cops after arresting associates

The Goa Police had initially said the BJP leader and actor died of a heart attack, but the family registered a case of ‘rape and murder’.

BJP leader Sonali Phogat’s death is alleged murder, Goa Police files case against 2 people

Sonali Phogat was brought dead to a hospital on Tuesday morning in Goa. Early reports suggested that she died of cardiac arrest but her family members suspected foul play.

Murder or suicide — family, police make contradictory claims about Rajasthan woman’s burning

While 32-year-old Anita Devi's husband & in-laws have claimed she was 'burnt alive' by members of their extended family, police have arrested seven people for 'abetment to suicide'.

Army jawan on leave shot dead by bike-borne men during robbery attempt in Patna

The soldier, Bablu Kumar, was shot in his head by two men who came on a bike around 3 a.m. Kumar was riding pillion on his way to boarding the Rajdhani Express to Guwahati.

Woman, daughter-in-law found murdered at home in Northeast Delhi, suspect detained

The assailant is suspected to be known to the family in this robbery gone wrong as the house was found ransacked, with an Apple watch missing.

Three key suspects involved in BJP youth wing leader Praveen Nettar’s murder arrested

The trio, who had allegedly hacked Nettar to death in the Dakshina Kannada district, were arrested in Kerala. The murder had caused communal tension in the district.

‘Throat slit with razor, body stuffed in trolley bag’ — Ghaziabad woman held for lover’s murder

The woman, a 36-year-old domestic worker, was intercepted while on her way to dispose of live-in partner's body in a crowded place, say Ghaziabad police.

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The sun isn’t acting alone—it has an accomplice in pollution. Environmental toxins weaken our skin’s natural barrier.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.