The family of three-year-old Anant Gupta, the son of the CEO of Adobe Sytems who was kidnapped on Monday, on Tuesday received a ransom call for his release from captivity.
Maniappan was kidnapped on Sunday along with three Afghans from the site of a highway construction project they were working at.
The four assailants allegedly killed the children and dumped their bodies in a wood land.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui is not romcom material, notes Deepa Gahlot.
The Delhi police on Monday objected to a plea, seeking a city court to direct it to lodge a criminal case against Rajya Sabha member of Parliament Amar Singh for allegedly kidnapping a key prosecution witness of the 2008 cash-for-vote scam ahead of his deposition before a lawmakers' panel.
The girl claimed that she is facing "death threat" from her family which wanted to marry her to a person against her wishes.
A purported video of three monks being attacked by a mob in West Bengal's Purulia over suspicion that they were 'kidnappers in disguise' has triggered a political row, with opposition Bharatiya Janata Party alleging collapse of law and order in the state.
Block development officer of Tariyani in Sheohar district, Manoj Singh, was on Monday released by the Maoists, a top district police officer said.
A CCTV camera in the vicinity caught the moment the alleged abductors forcibly took the woman in their car and sped away.
It seems that Indian negotiators, who are trying to free the kidnapped workers, have no clue about fate of their countrymen in Mosul.
The two Indian engineers abducted in Nigeria are safe and may be released soon, the wife of one of them said on Sunday.
The accused were picked up by the police during a routine patrol in the district and coincidentally, upon interrogation they confessed to slaying Agarwal at the behest of his former business partner Vineet Agrawal, he said.
The committee will be headed by IGP (administration) K Jayanta, the order said, adding that it will "submit the report at the earliest."
A hitherto unheard of militant group called the Asian Tigers on Monday issued a video of two top former ISI officials and a journalist whom it claimed to have kidnapped in Pakistan's volatile tribal belt.
A five-year-old boy, who was kidnapped from outside his residence in Mumbai's suburban Kandivali early this month, has been rescued from Uttar Pradesh, the police said on Wednesday.
Digital extortion, in which hackers lock out all your data and seek ransom, is a real threat today, says Veenu Sandhu.
He broke through the security barrier and drove into the aircraft maintenance area. Numerous police officers have arrived at the scene.
Ohad Munder, 9, in a video released by Schneider Children's Medical Centre (SCMC) can be seen running and hugging his father in a tight embrace for the first time since he was released by Hamas from the Gaza Strip on Friday.
Often, these gangs tie up with former sector employees to understand how the process works
Singh remained missing for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Delhi police to grant protection to a 20-year-old woman who allegedly ran away from home and is apprehending a threat to her life from her family members.
When they did not get any reply from their handlers, they made their own plan and hired a taxi for Didwana and further took a bus, a train and another taxi to move to Hisar, then Manali and finally reach Chandigarh, the official added.
One-and-half-year-old Arpit Diwan, who was kidnapped in Delhi on January 31, was rescued on Saturday in Sundergarh district of Orissa.
Leaders and members of the Hindu community rue the fact that they are not given proper representation and many are not even registered as voters.
Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram has left the world dismayed with the kidnap of 257 schoolgirls from a secondary school. The abductions have spurred a global online #BringBackOurGirls campaign, with the hashtag hitting over a million. But the plight of the girls continues to haunt Africa's most populous nation. The story so far...
According to sources, the Uttar Pradesh police had arrived in Ahmedabad most likely to take Ahmed, who is a key accused in a high-profile killing that took place in February, to their state.
A senior Sri Lankan journalist, known for his anti-government views, was kidnapped and brutally beaten up near his house in the Colombo suburb of Nugegoda, stated a BBC report on Tuesday.Poddala Jayanth, the general secretary of the Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association, is a vocal campaigner for freedom of the media, said the report.Jayanth is currently recovering at the Colombo National Hospital. His assailants remain unidentified, said the BBC.
Former Andhra Ranji Trophy captain V Chamundeshwaranath was kidnapped by three unidentified persons in Hyderabad on Tuesday and released later, police said.
Comedies are a difficult genre to pull off in today's day and age, thanks to the audiences' increasing exposure to diverse content and dwindling attention spans. Still, there are quite a few Tamil movies that can bring on the laughs. Arjun Menon lists the recent releases you can watch at home.
The Israel Defence Forces has issued an advisory for Gaza residents, warning them to relocate south 'immediately', saying that the window 'to act' is closing as Israel continues to expand its operations in Gaza.
Jharkhand Police on Tuesday said they had found the decapitated body of kidnapped police inspector Francis Enduwar. Deputy Inspector General of Police (Jharkhand Range) R K Malik, said that Enduwar's headless body was found at around 9.15 am on the Jamshedpur-Ranchi highway with a note from the Naxals saying that they could expect more of the same treatment if their demands were not acceded to.
A senior Hamas official has admitted the militant group's involvement in the kidnapping and murders of three Israeli youngsters which sparked off the current violence in Gaza, contrary to the outfit's earlier claims that it had nothing to do with the killings.
Will she be a Sabyasachi dulhan or opt for roka ceremony Designer Manish Malhotra to do her shaadi ka joda?
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