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The Hundred Million Bet | Redemption is all around us, we just need to work for it, says Atul Koul Randev
The fast-paced financial thriller is about going against all odds and putting everything on the line to win or lose, deftly exploring the themes of loyalty and betrayal
Delhi teen murder & other 'crimes of passion' that shook India
A teenage girl was stabbed and then hit on the head with a stone in Delhi’s Shahbad Dairy area, allegedly by her boyfriend. The police have called it a ‘crime of passion’. We take a look at the chilling Shraddha Walkar murder case, the Tandoor kaand and other love stories gone wrong
Parents are locking their daughter's graves in Pakistan, but why?
While necrophilia cases have been reported in Pakistan before too, some social media users, including activists and authors, raised the matter once again
Ecuador declares state of emergency in major port to combat crime
Speaking in a televised address to the nation, President Guillermo Lasso said he had declared a state of emergency in the port of Guayaquil and the neighbouring districts of Duran and Samborondon, as well as in Santa Elena and Los Rios provinces
No Kidding: Germany saw 33% rise in number of child criminals in 2022
The report showed that the most common form of crime committed by children include heft, followed by assault, damage to property and drug-related crimes
UK: Police lookout for teen female gang for fatally attacking man, woman with crutch in a bus
As the bus travelled through Croydon, the four teenagers hit a female passenger in the head with a bottle, according to MyLondon. Then, it is claimed that a man seated next to the female victim was attacked with a crutch, resulting in a head injury
Paedophile who abused and raped children found dead in prison ahead of sentencing
Andrew Hadwin was found guilty in January of three counts of rape, seven counts of neglect and one count of perverting the course of justice
Crime in Japan on rise for first time in 20 years; domestic violence, child abuse cases hit all-time high
According to the National Police Agency’s provisional statistics on crime, in total, 601,389 criminal offences were committed in Japan last year, which showed an increase of 5.9 percent from 2021
Sleeping man pisses in bed, pissed girlfriend stabs him, punctures lung
As per the victim, his girlfriend, 25-year-old Briana Lacost became 'extremely enraged' after he urinated on the bed that they shared for the past one and a half years
10 years on, remembering the Delhi gang rape and how it changed our lives
Ten years ago on this day, 16 December, a young woman was brutally gang-raped on board a moving bus. The incident sparked much soul-searching in India and also led to the introduction of harsher penalties for rapists
Second Iranian detainee executed over alleged protest crime
The Islamic Republic summarily executed the second protester, Majidreza Rahnavard in Mashhad. He was charged with “waging war against God.”
Torture, murder, corruption and more: What a covert app exposed about Europe's drug gangs
Once a secure messaging app prized by underworld drug barons, Sky ECC has now brought many to their downfall. From torture to murders, the Sky ECC investigation has pushed some of Europe's darkest corners into the limelight
Rajasthan: Elderly priest attacked with petrol bomb succumbs to injuries
The priest, Navratan Prajapad (72), and his wife sustained burn injuries when a group of around 10 people allegedly hurled a petrol bomb at him in the Rajsamand district last Sunday
Gurugram convenience store staffer asks man to stop smoking, ends up being shot
When the security guard requested him not to smoke inside, he abused the staff. He demanded that someone come with him to place the purchased goods in his vehicle. When the goods were being placed in the vehicle, the man started loading his pistol suddenly and fired at store associate Ashish
As gun attacks in US supermarkets rise, a look at what’s in the mind of these retail mass shooters
Criminologists have found that two-thirds of perpetrators had a prior criminal history and half of them communicated intent to do harm to others ahead of the attack. Yet, retail shootings tend to be less well-planned than other mass shootings
How popular tourist destination in Mexico uncovered 53 bags of human remains
Despite the bloodshed, the once-peaceful state of Guanajuato, home to 6.1 million people, is a major tourist destination. Its colonial-style capital as well as the picturesque city of San Miguel de Allende attract thousands of foreigners each year. The violence mostly happens out of sight
New Delhi: Father shoots daughter, dumps body on Yamuna E-way
Ayushi was allegedly shot by her father who later wrapped her body in a plastic sheet and stuffed it in the red suitcase. The murder was done in the presence of the other two members of the family. However, their roles are yet to be ascertained
Shraddha Walkar murder: Delhi police record statements of four in Maharashtra; Aaftab's family untraceable
The two male witnesses whose statements were recorded are residents of Vasai region, a police official said. Walkar had sought their assistance in 2020 after she was beaten up by Poonawala near Vasai, and the duo had helped her at the time
After ‘why didn’t Shraddha leave Aftab’ rant, social media turns into conduct manual for women
In a bone-chilling murder, a man, Aftab Poonawala, strangled his live-in partner, Shraddha Walkar
Post 2014, rape cases down by 13 per cent as awareness spikes, laws have more bite
According to the National Crime Record Bureau’s data on the no. of rape cases reported throughout the last eight years, the heinous crime against women has come down to 31,677 cases in 2021 from 36,735 cases in 2014