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Juan Pablo Guanipa, a key ally of Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace laureate Maria Corina Machado, was abducted by armed men just hours after being released from prison, in a dramatic turn that has again placed him at the centre of Venezuela’s political crisis.Machado said Guanipa, a former vice president of the National Assembly…
IMPHAL: A 20-year-old woman from the Kuki-Zo community, who survived mob-fuelled sexual violence during the May 2023 ethnic riots in Manipur, has died while waiting for justice. At 18, she was allegedly abducted, “handed over” to members of an armed group, gang-raped, and dumped in a creek. The FIR, filed 2.5 years ago at Porompat…
MEERUT: Two days after the murder of a 50-year-old Dalit woman and the abduction of her daughter from Kapsad village in Meerut on Thursday, police traced the alleged killer, Paras Som (23), in Haridwar on Saturday. According to the police, the woman was also recovered safely.Without elaborating on the details, SSP Meerut Vipin Tada told…
AHMEDABAD: A 13-year-old girl succumbed to severe injuries to her private parts, allegedly inflicted by a 35-year-old man known to her, in a village in Modasa taluka of Arvalli district.Modasa police said the accused attacked the victim with a sickle on Dec 18. She received treatment at multiple hospitals in Modasa, Himmatnagar and Ahmedabad before…
In a harrowing incident early Monday, armed attackers infiltrated a boarding school in Kebbi state, Nigeria, seizing 25 girls and leaving at least one staff member dead. The assailants employed advanced weaponry as they clashed with security personnel, orchestrating a chaotic raid that targeted students in their dorms. In the latest kidnapping to hit northern…
Representative Image (AI) The Embassy of India in Mali responded to the kidnapping of five Indians by a group in Mali. The embassy, while acknowledging the awareness of the kidnapping, assured that it has been working closely with the Malian authorities for the safe and early release of the victims. Five Indian nationals were kidnapped…
Police formed seven special teams to nab the culprits COIMBATORE: A 20-year-old postgraduate student who was in a car with her boyfriend in Coimbatore on Sunday night was abducted and gang-raped by three men. Police said the couple had parked the car at Brindhavan Nagar behind Coimbatore airport around 10.30pm on Sunday when three men…
AHMEDABAD: More than three decades ago, when a 7-year-old boy stepped out of his home in Ahmedabad to play, he was kidnapped by a trucker who drove him hundreds of kilometres to Haryana. He was made to work as a bonded labourer on an animal farm with almost no contact with the outside world.On Sept…
Woman abducted at gunpoint in Mandsaur (Screengrab from CCTV footage) INDORE: A woman rehearsing garba was abducted at a gunpoint in full public view in Mandsaur on Saturday night. Swift action by police led to her rescue from Shamgarh, around 80 km from Mandsaur.The police said that the incident occurred at around 10 pm at…
What a 25-year-old believed was a long drive with a woman he met through Instagram and her friends turned out to be a meticulously planned abduction. (Image Credit: TOI) NOIDA: What a 25-year-old believed was a long drive with a woman he met through Instagram and her friends turned out to be a meticulously planned…
