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A white Jamshedpur Police PCR vehicle with red and blue stripes parked under a road sign at night.

Gamharia police station rape case: family says survivor is a minor

5 Nov2 min read5 sources

A white Assam Police Mahindra Bolero parked on a village path beside paddy fields, with a policeman standing next to it.

Ghanakanta Gogoi encounter: Guwahati hotel shooting accused killed

4 Nov2 min read3 sources

Ayushmann Khurrana in a white jacket and tinted glasses singing into a microphone on stage.

Ayushmann Khurrana threat: Audio demands crores, police verifying sender

4 Nov2 min read3 sources

A white Andhra Pradesh Police truck marked AP POLICE driving on a dusty road in Amaravati.

Andhra chainsaw attack: Accused shot by police, who say he attacked officers

2 Nov3 min read5 sources

An empty, dimly lit school classroom with rows of old wooden benches and desks and peeling walls.

Andhra chainsaw attack: Class 10 girl attacked in Anantapur classroom, accused on the run

31 Oct2 min read7 sources

Red clay karwa pots decorated with gold tinsel and white patterns, kept for Karwa Chauth puja.

Gwalior woman killed at home on Karwa Chauth, husband taken into custody

30 Oct2 min read4 sources

Tiger Shroff smiling, in a dark pinstriped jacket and open-collared white shirt, in front of a colourful event backdrop.

Tiger Shroff firing case: All 11 accused re-arrested under MCOCA after Mumbai special court nod

29 Oct2 min read4 sources

The closed cream-coloured gate of a sub-jail set in a red-painted wall, with a blue name board above it and a metal canopy over the entrance.

17 undertrial prisoners allegedly faked a seizure to break out of a Tamil Nadu jail; 13 caught within a day

27 Oct3 min read6 sources

An autorickshaw drives along a wide, quiet road in Guwahati at sunset, with trees, low buildings and power lines along the roadside.

Five shot dead at Guwahati hotel, including owner and three of her family; leaseholder arrested

27 Oct2 min read5 sources

A pair of steel handcuffs on a grey desk beside a plain dark blue passport and a brown envelope, in an AI-generated representative scene.

Gangster Himanshu Bhau, wanted in 64 cases in India, detained in Las Vegas with Neeraj Faridpuria

24 Oct2 min read4 sources

An empty hospital corridor with green-and-white walls, a row of metal benches and an open window with white curtains at the far end, in an AI-generated representative scene.

16-year-old rape accused escapes through hospital window in Haldwani; police search on

24 Oct2 min read5 sources

A smartphone on a small tripod beside a switched-on ring light in an empty room, in an AI-generated representative scene of a video-recording set-up.

Influencer Amir Shokeen arrested in Delhi over viral video allegedly showing racial abuse of a Tripura youth

22 Oct3 min read4 sources

An empty indoor competition swimming pool with red, white and blue lane ropes stretching towards the starting blocks, in an AI-generated representative scene.

Para swimmer Shams Aalam Shaikh sent home from Asian Para Games in Japan over alleged sexual harassment

22 Oct3 min read5 sources

Tiger Shroff smiling in a dark jacket and white shirt in front of a colourful event backdrop.

Fan filming Tiger Shroff for his vlog moments before the attack was hit by a bullet

21 Oct2 min read9 sources