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Lawlessness, illiteracy reasons for 'honour killings' in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Pakistani newspaper said of the 417 people, 152 were men and 265 were women. Around 152 incidents of honour killings were reported in Punjab province. Sindh stood second with 96 cases.
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Who is Charles Sobhraj known as the 'Bikini Killer'?
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The French citizen with Vietnamese and Indian parentage committed a string of murders throughout Asia in the 1970s. Sobhraj, who has been implicated in more than 20 killings, served 21 years in prison in India for poisoning a French tourist and killing an Israeli national.
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Pilibhit 'fake' encounter: HC sentences 43 cops for 7 years, says police s
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In a major development in the Pilbhit encounter case, the Allahabad High Court convicted all 43 policemen involved in the case. The High Court sentenced all the culprits to 7 years of rigorous imprisonment under IPC 304 with a fine of Rs 10,000, setting off a trial court's ruling of life imp
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24-year-old Sikh man, Sanraj Singh, shot dead in Canada's Alberta
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The victim, identified as Sanraj Singh, was located by the police in southeast Edmonton when they responded to a gunshot report at around 8:40 pm (local time) on December 3.
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Pakistan: Shutdown and sit-in observed in Bannu to protest against traders
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
People from various tribes have held protests over the past six days over the increasing lawlessness in Bannu.
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'Shadow Assassins': Assam's 'secret killings' have come back to haunt
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], December 10 (ANI/ATK): 'Secret Killings' or 'Gupta Hotya' - the darkest phase of Assam, a cruel reminder of what people in Assam have once witnessed and have learnt to live with, without closure. Two-time National Award winner, Nilaanjan Reeta Datta's debut Hindi fi
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Ahmadiyya community faces persecution, violence in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
With mob attacks and killings becoming a regular affair against the Ahmadiyya community, Pakistan has become a country where the people of this community are subjected to extensive persecution including hate speech and violence with at least 13 killed and 40 wounded from the community since
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Pakistani soldier killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in gun attack
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A Pakistani soldier was killed in the Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in a gun attack, Dawn reported citing the Police on Wednesday.
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Pakistan again tops list of nations at-risk of mass killings: US report
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Pakistan faces multiple security and human rights challenges, including increasing violence by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, the Early Warning Project said in its 28-page report.
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Pak: Locals in KP threaten to launch protest against killing of businessm
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Locals in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province threatened to launch protests against the government for the killing of three young businessmen in North Waziristan, News International reported.
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Pakistan tops list of nations at risk of violence: US think-tank report
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Pakistan has topped the list of countries at the highest risk of experiencing new mass killings, according to a new report by a US think-tank, Early Warning Project.
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Atleast 448 killed in Iran protests over Mahsa Amini's death: Rights group
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Iranian Security Forces have killed at least 448 people in a crackdown on protests held in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. The protests began in mid-September and witnessed clashes, and killings of demonstrators in large numbers.
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