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MUMBAI: A 45-year-old documentary filmmaker from Pune held 17 children, aged 12-15, a 75-year-old woman and his staffer hostage for two hours at a recording studio in Powai Thursday afternoon after calling them for auditions for a web series. The crisis ended after a police commando team stormed the studio following failed negotiations and shot…
NEW DELHI: Rohit Arya, repeatedly claimed that he only wanted to “have a conversation” with certain people, before he was shot dead by police in Mumbai’s Powai area on Thursday after he held several children hostage.The scary hostage situation unfolded as the 50-year-old held 17 children and two adults captive inside a studio. Mumbai police…
How police stormed in to rescue 17 children, 2 adults from Powai studio MUMBAI: Seventeen young actor aspirants who had come to audition at RA Studio in Powai on Thursday found themselves trapped in a scene far from the one they had prepared for — held hostage by the very man they thought would give…
Mumbai hostage drama: 17 children, 2 adults rescued after 2-hour ordeal; police seize airgun, chemicals MUMBAI: Seventeen children and two adults rescued after hostage situation in powai studio. The 19 people were kept hostage for almost two hours in a studio at the Mahavir Classik building in Powai today. They were rescued after a police…
Mumbai: Over 10 children held hostage inside studio NEW DELHI: At least 20 children were taken hostage inside R D Studio in Mumbai on Thursday, police said.Mumbai Police said a man identified as Rohit Arya has taken several children hostage in Powai and, in a video, demanded to speak to specific people — warning he…
Nepali citizen Bipin Joshi, who was abducted by Hamas, was declared dead by Israeli authorities as they received caskets holding what Hamas said were the bodies of four slain hostages.Nepal’s Ambassador to Israel, Dhan Prasad Pandit, told the Nepali media outlet Republica that Joshi’s remains were en route to Tel Aviv late Monday night.“We have…
Freed Israeli hostage Evyatar David gestures from a van as he arrives at Beilinson hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel, after he was released from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Stripl, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP) For two long years, Evyatar David lived with the fear that he might never see his family again. In a…
When Israel bombed Doha in early September, it nearly collapsed the Gaza peace process. The Qataris, who were serving as the main mediators between Israel and Hamas, threatened to withdraw from negotiations, a senior White House official told Politico. However, the moment proved to be a flashpoint. A quick intervention by US president Donald Trump,…
Relatives and families of hostages rejoice announcement of Gaza truce (AP) A senior Hamas official has confirmed that the release of 48 hostages, mostly Israelis, held in Gaza is scheduled to begin on Monday morning, under the terms of a ceasefire agreement brokered by the United States.“According to the signed agreement, the prisoner exchange is…
Israel, on early Friday, said that it has approved a deal to secure the release of all hostages held in Gaza, both living and deceased. “The government has just approved the framework for the release of all the hostages — both the living and the deceased,” a statement issued by the prime minister’s office said….
