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TopicSerial killer

Topic: serial killer

Japan hangs the ‘Twitter killer’ who murdered 9, in first execution in 3 years

Takahiro Shiraishi was sentenced to death in 2017 for killing 8 women & 1 man, all of whom he met on Twitter, now X.

‘Serial killer’ arrested in Gujarat ‘raped & murdered woman for smiling, killed man over beedi’

From Haryana’s Rohtak, Rahul Jat stands accused of murdering five people in 25 days and raping at least two of the women he killed.

‘Trophies’, mental illness, ‘hatred’ for women — Bareilly ‘psycho’ killer arrested, but many unconvinced

A 35-year-old man has confessed to killing 6 women in rural Bareilly’s sugarcane fields & may have killed 3 others, police have said. But not everyone buys the textbook serial killer story.

Prison breaks, double homicide — rap sheet of serial killer ‘ripper Jayanandan’ now out on parole

Kerala HC has granted 'ripper Jayanandan' 15-day parole to attend daughter's wedding. The 56-year-old is serving three life sentences at the central jail in Viyyur.

Serial killer on the loose in Bengaluru? Cops say no, link 3rd woman’s murder to ‘family dispute’

Three cases of bodies of women in their 30s being found in and around railway stations in Bengaluru are ‘isolated incidents’, say police.

This is what Charles Sobhraj told a journalist on ‘what makes a man a murderer’

Charles Sobhraj wouldn’t live on the street as his mother had; he would have a respectable life. But punishments only angered Charles further.

On Camera

MBBS guidelines for students with disabilities reduce a life to a limb

The guidelines ask whether a student can climb stairs, but not whether the college has a ramp. They ask whether a student can bear weight, but not whether the system can bear the weight of its own prejudice.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

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.