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- India
Local BJP leader held hostage, beaten up in UP’s Hardoi
Hardoi: A BJP booth president who went to attend a birthday party was taken hostage and beaten up by miscreants near the Kachhauna police limits. The incident occurred on December 31, 2022,…
- Pakistan
Hostage crisis: Pakistan’s special forces storm counter-terrorism centre
Peshawar: Pakistan Army’s special forces Tuesday stormed a counter-terrorism centre in the restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province and killed all 33 terrorists, ending a nearly two-day long hostage crisis that had gripped the nation.…
- Top Stories
No hostage crisis in Ukraine, says MEA
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs issued a statement on Thursday clarifying that there was no hostage crisis in Ukraine as the Russian invasion of Kiev entered the seventh day. In “response…
- Technology
Apple says employees, customers safe after store hostage situation
London: After a 27-year-old man held an Apple Store customer hostage for several hours at the company’s flagship store in Amsterdam and demanded $200 million in cryptocurrency, the tech giant has said…
- World
Man took Apple Store worker hostage, demanded $200 mn in crypto
London/San Francisco: A 27-year-old man held an Apple Store customer hostage for several hours at the company’s flagship store in Amsterdam and demanded $200 million in cryptocurrency. The suspect, in camouflage gear,…
- India
Maha: Dismissed cop takes girl hostage, opens fire
Pune: A dismissed assistant police inspector took a girl hostage inside a house and shot at a senior officer before being overpowered in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district on Thursday, police said. Nobody was injured…
- India
Twist in tale: ‘Hostage’ says she is married to abductor
Moradabad: In a surprising turn of events, a girl who was alleged to have been ‘kidnapped’ by Muslim youth and five others, took to social media to refute the charges and declared she…
- Crime and Accident
15 children, women held hostage in UP’s Farrukhabad
Farrukhabad: More than 15 children and a few women have been held hostage at a house here on Thursday, Farrukhabad Police said. Senior police officers are present at the incident spot and…
- World
Faking Instagram fame, Florida man rapes minor
Florida: Pretending to be “Instagram famous”, a 25-year-old Florida man allegedly lured a Texas-based minor girl only to repeatedly sexually assault and rape her for days. Richard Brown, who already faces six…
