Hampi rape-murder: Kin of murdered Odisha man yet to come to terms with loss

Hampi rape-murder: Kin of murdered Odisha man yet to come to terms with loss

Bibhas Nayak, an expert swimmer, had always encouraged his family members and friends to learn swimming. Yet, when it came to saving his own life, the skill he valued so much could not save him. Also read:Third accused arrested in Tamil Nadu Nayak, the 29-year-old from Odisha, lost his life near Hampi, Karnataka, reportedly while … Read more

14-year-old charged with murder after Newark shooting leaves one officer dead, another injured

14-year-old charged with murder after Newark shooting leaves one officer dead, another injured

NEWARK: A 14-year-old shot and killed a police officer and wounded another Friday evening in New Jersey, authorities said, in a chaotic scene that witnesses described as seeing officers running down a busy street before they heard a volley of a dozen or more gunshots. The slain officer, 25-year-old Joseph Azcona, was part of a … Read more

Allow women to commit one murder without punishment: NCP-SP leader Rohini Khadse urges President Murmu

Allow women to commit one murder without punishment: NCP-SP leader Rohini Khadse urges President Murmu

Against the backdrop of International Women’s Day, Opposition alliance partner Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar’s) (NCP)(SP) women’s wing on Saturday (March 8, 2025), urged President Droupadi Murmu to allow women to commit one murder, without any punishment in view of the growing crime against women.  International Women’s Day LIVE: President Murmu calls for greater workforce … Read more

Prime accused in double murder case shot during arrest in Thoothukudi

Prime accused in double murder case shot during arrest in Thoothukudi

Representational image | Photo Credit: Getty Images A special police team shot at a 25-year-old man accused in a double murder case after he reportedly tried to attack two police pesonnel during his arrest early Thursday (March 6, 2025). Muneeswaran, the prime accused in the murder of a mother-daughter duo P. Seethalakshmi, 70, and V. … Read more

Fadnavis promises strict action in sarpanch murder case

Fadnavis promises strict action in sarpanch murder case

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. File | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis addressed the murder of sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh during a visit to Beed district on Wednesday, and assured locals that the perpetrators would face strict action. Addressing a public meeting, he said that no one involved in the crime would be … Read more

Pothundi twin murder: Nenmara SHO suspended

Pothundi twin murder: Nenmara SHO suspended

Mahendra Simhan M., inspector of police in charge of Nenmara police station, was suspended from service on Tuesday following an outrage in the wake of the twin murder committed by Chenthamara, a murder accused released on bail, at Pothundi, near Nenmara, in the district. Mr. Simhan’s suspension followed a damning report against him by District … Read more

Murder accused out on parole hacks neighbour and his mother to death in Kerala’s Palakkad

Murder accused out on parole hacks neighbour and his mother to death in Kerala’s Palakkad

A man accused in a murder case who came out of jail on parole killed a woman and her son at Pothundi near Nenmara in Palakkad district of Kerala on Monday (January 27, 2025). Chendamara, an accused undergoing trial for the murder of a woman named Sajita in 2019, hacked to death his neighbour Sudhakaran, … Read more

Sharon Raj murder case: Court to pronounce quantum of sentences on January 20; prosecution seeks capital punishment for the prime accused

Sharon Raj murder case: Court to pronounce quantum of sentences on January 20; prosecution seeks capital punishment for the prime accused

Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Additional District Sessions Court, Neyyattinkara, will pronounce the quantum of punishments for the convicts in the Sharon Raj murder case on Monday (January 20, 2025). Judge A.M. Basheer had, on Friday, found the prime accused, S.S. Greeshma, guilty of various offences including murder and causing harm using … Read more