Crime

Madhya Pradesh honeytrap scandal: Lynchpin tried to sell footage for Rs 30 crore during Lok Sabha polls

The Lok Sabha elections 2019 they thought was an ideal time when political parties and leaders were looking for dirt on each other and willing to pay through their nose to get it.

Oct 1, 2019

Did Saudi officials get Kings's bodyguard killed for having information on Jamal Khashoggi?

The killing of al-Fagham was initially suspected to be foul play after it was suggested that he had information regarding the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Sep 30, 2019

Bengaluru teenager, friend killed by speeding train while shooting TikTok videos

The duo were on the railway tracks when they were run over by a passenger train, which runs between Kolar-Chikkaballapur-Bengaluru.

Sep 28, 2019

Madhya Pradesh sex scandal: Mastermind Shweta Jain launched IT, realty firms with extortion money

Shweta Jain, the lynchpin of the honeytrap racket, floated two private limited companies in a short span of six months, this year, to run a corporate-style business out of the money extorted from bureaucrats, ministers and MLAs.

Sep 28, 2019

First Sikh police deputy shot to death in Texas, suspect held

Known to be the first Sikh man to join the local police department, Indian-American Sandeep Dhaliwal was conducting a traffic stop when he was fatally shot in the head from behind.

Sep 28, 2019

Qandeel Baloch: Pakistan gives life sentence to brother who killed social media star

The case received international attention after Waseem expressed no remorse for the murder and said he killed her for "intolerable" behaviour.

Sep 27, 2019

Madhya Pradesh sex scandal: After ministers, role of journalists emerges

After bureaucrats and politicians, the alleged involvement of journalists in the scandal has added more hype to the case.

Sep 27, 2019

Mehul Choksi a 'crook', will be extradited to India: Antigua and Barbuda PM

Gaston Browne said that Choksi has several appeals and the country cannot do anything until they get exhausted.

Sep 26, 2019

Madhya Pradesh honeytrap scandal: College going girls forced to bed VIPs

Shweta admitted that the main objective of the honey trap was to procure lucrative government contracts, running into several hundred crores, from the targeted VIPs.

Sep 26, 2019

Bihar villagers discover 1-year-old's body cut wide open, organs lying outside

The kid, identified as Ashish Kumar, was lying in a pool of his own blood in a field near his house in Bihar.

Sep 25, 2019

Call girls, Bollywood actresses were engaged in Madhya Pradesh blackmail scandal

High-quality videos, depicting bureaucrats and politicians in a compromising position, have been recovered from two laptops and several mobile phones of 5 women arrested on charges of a sex-blackmail and extortion racket.

Sep 25, 2019

Law student, who accused Chinmayanand of rape, arrested for extortion

The SIT said on Sunday that the victim was involved in the extortion call made to Chinmayanand.

Sep 25, 2019

Man poses as DK Shivakumar's gunman; dupes Bengaluru youth of Rs 1.6 lakh

A conman posing as DK Shivakumar's gunman duped a juice vendor in Majestic of Rs 1.6 lakhs after promising him a government job.

Sep 23, 2019

Punjab police busts Khalistani terror module; 4 arrested with huge cache of arms

Initial investigations revealed the use of drones to deliver weapons and communication hardware from across the border.

Sep 23, 2019

Law student who accused Chinmayanand of rape may also be arrested: SIT

The victim has been involved in the extortion call made to Chinmayanand by her male companion.

Sep 22, 2019