Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Sep 14 (ANI): Hoshangabad Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) has accused the district collector of holding him hostage at his official residence and has claimed to have sent a complaint in this regard to his senior officials.
Bandipora (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Mar 21 (ANI): Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists and a minor boy who was held hostage were killed during an encounter in Hajin locality of north Kashmir's Bandipora district, police said on Friday.
Panaji [India], Dec 29 (ANI): Three employees of a casino here were held hostage for days and brutally thrashed owing to an alleged discrepancy of over Rs 1.80 crore in the accounts, claimed Congress party on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], Nov 30 (ANI): The Indian authorities have contacted the Ethiopian authorities and have placed the case of the seven Indians Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) Ltd. employees being held hostage in Ethiopia on priority, sources said on Friday.
Yaounde [Cameroon], Nov 07 (ANI): Seventy-eight children and a driver, kidnapped in west Cameroon's Bamenda, were on Wednesday released by their captors, although the school's principal and a teacher are still being held hostage.
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 13 (ANI): The woman, who was held hostage at gun-point at her residence in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal city for over 12 hours, has been rescued.
Ottawa [Canada], January 3 (ANI): A Canadian man, who was held hostage by the Taliban earlier along with his wife, has been arrested by the Canadian police and charged with 15 counts of criminal offences.
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Nov 18 (ANI): Saad Hariri, who recently sparked a crisis by resigning as Lebanese prime minister, has denied claims that he is being held hostage in Saudi Arabia and said that he was on the way to the airport.
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct 12 (ANI): An American woman, her Canadian husband and their three young children, who were captive since 2012 by the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani network, were freed in a joint operation involving the US. intelligence and the Pakistani forces.
New York [USA], June 03 (ANI): Russian Ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak, has said that ties between the two countries were held hostage to political infighting in Washington, however, adding there was hope for improvement.