Kidnapped Delhi boy rescued, abductors arrested
September 20th, 2012 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Two people were arrested in Delhi for kidnapping an eight-year-old boy for a ransom of Rs.5 lakh, police said Thursday.Umesh and Rajesh Yadav, both 21 ... Read more...
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Afghan woman official killed in blast
July 14th, 2012 - 6:16 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, July 14 (IANS) An Afghan woman official and her husband died and 11 other people were injured when a sticky bomb attached to the couple's car went off in ... Read more...
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No breakthrough in Bihar NIT student’s abduction yet
July 3rd, 2012 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 3 (IANS) Ten days after an engineering student was abducted for ransom from the Bihar capital, police have failed to make any breakthrough for his safe recovery.Ravi ... Read more...
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Man kills two minor daughters in Uttar Pradesh
June 3rd, 2012 - 1:11 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 2 (IANS) A man in Uttar Pradesh killed his two minor daughters as he was upset over his wife not giving birth to a son, police said Saturday.Anil, ... Read more...
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Woman killed in Punjab for bearing daughters
April 17th, 2012 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 17 (IANS) A woman was allegedly strangulated to death by her husband in Punjab's Tarn Taran district as he was upset that she had given birth to three ... Read more...
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Baby girl tortured by father, this time in Bangalore (Second Lead)
April 9th, 2012 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore/New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) She has a severe head injury, bite marks all over her body and is on life support in a Bangalore hospital. The shocking case of ... Read more...
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Baby girl tortured, now in Bangalore (Lead)
April 9th, 2012 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore/New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) A Bangalore man who was hoping for a son was so angered by the birth of a girl child that he battered the three-month-old, who ... Read more...
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Army officer surrenders in dowry case
November 15th, 2011 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 15 (IANS) Having failed to secure a stay from the Supreme Court against his arrest in a dowry case filed by his estranged wife, an Indian Army major ... Read more...
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Woman arrested for sacrificing infant
July 13th, 2011 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh), July 13 (IANS) A woman was arrested here Wednesday for allegedly killing her neighbour's child after a godman told her the act would help her bear ... Read more...
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Naked woman throws minor son from 4th floor
July 10th, 2011 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 10 (IANS) A naked woman threw her four-year-old son from the fourth floor of an apartment in Shanghai, killing him instantly. She then jumped on top of her ... Read more...
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Man arrested for murdering woman, granddaughter
April 10th, 2011 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) A man was arrested in east Delhi for murdering a 60-year-old woman and her teenaged granddaughter over a financial matter involving the woman's son, police ... Read more...
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Wife, son held for murder of retired government official
April 2nd, 2011 - 1:16 am ICT by IANS
Rohtak, April 1 (IANS) Police Friday arrested the wife and son of a retired Haryana irrigation department official for murdering him and trying to stealthily cremate the body.According to police, ... Read more...
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Woman ’sacrifices’ stepson to bear child
March 3rd, 2011 - 2:20 pm ICT by IANS
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), March 3 (IANS) A woman had her 12-year-old stepson killed in Uttar Pradesh after a so-called godman told her it would help her bear a son, police ... Read more...
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No breakthrough in Bihar youth’s abduction yet
January 4th, 2011 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Jan 4 (IANS) Five days after an 18-year-old youth was abducted for ransom in Bihar's Begusarai district, police have failed to make any breakthrough for his safe recovery.Mohammed Shahraza of Saraunja ... Read more...
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Ex-CRPF trooper goes berserk, kills seven in Andhra (Lead)
December 2nd, 2010 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 1 (IANS) A former Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper went berserk, butchering seven people, including his two children in Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam district, police said. He was later arrested.Shankar ... Read more...
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Ex-CRPF trooper goes berserk, kills seven in Andhra
December 1st, 2010 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Dec 1 (IANS) A former Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper went berserk, butchering seven people, including his two children in Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam district, police said.Shankar Rao brutally attacked ... Read more...
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Road accident sparks violence (Lead)
September 27th, 2010 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 27 (IANS) A mob clashed with police and damaged several vehicles in an Uttar Pradesh town after a speeding bus killed a man and his son, police said.
Demanding the bus ... Read more...
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11 killed as late monsoon wreaks havoc in Nepal
July 12th, 2010 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, July 12 (IANS) At least 11 people were killed as a late monsoon brought misery in Nepal, triggering landslides and fears about a possible breach in the Kosi barrage ... Read more...
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Lawyer kills daughter, commits suicide
June 2nd, 2010 - 1:25 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 1 (IANS) Unable to repay his loans, a lawyer here committed suicide after killing his daughter and seriously injuring his teenage son, police said Tuesday.
Prabhat Sinha, 50, attacked his children ... Read more...
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Husband stitches wife’s private parts with wire (Lead)
May 14th, 2010 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, May 14 (IANS) A 21-year-old woman was in critical condition after her husband stitched her private parts with wire in Jharkhand's Dhanbad city after he was enraged by her request to ... Read more...
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Indian kills father in Nepal after Mumbai dreams turn sour
May 12th, 2010 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 12 (IANS) A young man from Uttar Pradesh pursued his father to Nepal and killed him in broad daylight after his Mumbai dreams turned sour.
Babloo Ansari, the son of a ... Read more...
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Thousands in Orissa town protest trader’s son kidnap
March 22nd, 2010 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 22 (IANS) Thousands of people, including women and children, Monday took out a march in Orissa's Sambalpur town to protest kidnapping of a trader's son, police said.
People marched on the ... Read more...
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Father kills daughter two years after her love marriage
January 18th, 2010 - 1:11 am ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Jan 17 (IANS) Angered over his daughter's love marriage two years ago, her father killed her and even tried to murder her one-year-old son Sunday in Loni town near here, police ... Read more...
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Man cuts off tongue before deity to have son
January 12th, 2010 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 12 (IANS) A childless man sliced off his tongue and offered it to the deity in an Uttar Pradesh temple to be "blessed with a son", police said Tuesday.
Mukesh Kumar, ... Read more...
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Students clash with police in Varanasi
November 21st, 2009 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
Varanasi, Nov 21 (IANS) Agitated over the death of a student, several groups of college students fought a battle with the police here. They targeted public property and damaged a number of ... Read more...
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After son’s birth, father dumps daughters at railway station
October 12th, 2009 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Oct 12 (IANS) A rickshaw puller dumped his two daughters - aged three and one - at a railway station in Orissa after he fathered a son, police said Monday. ... Read more...
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Maoists threaten Orissa minister
August 21st, 2009 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 21 (IANS) Maoist rebels have threatened to blow up the residence of Orissa Finance Minister Prafulla Ghadei and kill his son, police said Friday.
The letter was received at the ... Read more...
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Murder-accused JD-U leader’s property attached
June 16th, 2009 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 16 (IANS) Bihar police has attached the property of Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Vijay Krishna and his son Chanakya, prime accused in the abduction and murder of a Patna businessman ... Read more...
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JD-U leader denied anticipatory bail in kidnapping case
June 9th, 2009 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 9 (IANS) A Bihar court Tuesday refused anticipatory bail to Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Vijay Krishna and his son Chanakya, the main accused in the kidnapping-cum-murder of businessman Satyendra Kumar ... Read more...
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Kidnapped businessman’s family slams delay in JD-U leader’s arrest
June 4th, 2009 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 4 (IANS) The family of kidnapped businessman Satyendra Kumar Singh Thursday alleged the delay in arresting the main accused - Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Vijay Krishna and his son Chanakya ... Read more...
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Woman, son burnt alive for dowry in Ghaziabad
April 18th, 2009 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad April 18 (IANS) A 30-year-old woman who was constantly harassed by her husband and in-laws for dowry was allegedly burnt to death by them along with her two-year-old son, police said ... Read more...
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Woman, lover held for extortion bid on uncle
February 25th, 2009 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) A 26-year-old woman and her lover were arrested here for trying to extort Rs.500,000 from her uncle by threatening to kidnap his son, police said Wednesday.
"The ... Read more...
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Bihar seeks DNA test of boy found in London
March 28th, 2008 - 3:02 pm ICT by admin
Patna, March 28(IANS) The Bihar government has asked the London police to test the DNA samples to ascertain the parentage of a nine-year-old boy of Indian origin found in a London bus ... Read more...
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