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  Nigeria abductions: Over 200 students and 12 teachers taken in gunmen attack on Catholic school

  World | November 22, 2025 6:38 IST

  The kidnapping is part of a growing surge in abductions across northern Nigeria. Earlier in the week, 25 schoolgirls were taken in Kebbi State, and gunmen attacked a church in Kwara State, killing two people and abducting 38 worshippers.

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  Mehbooba Mufti on J-K abductions: 'Militants, forces victimising each other's families'

  India | August 31, 2018 14:53 IST

  Mufti's remarks come at the backdrop of reports that at least 10 family members of Jammu and Kashmir security personnel have been kidnapped by terrorists.

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  Dissent, abductions and scams mark 2012 in Odisha

  India | December 17, 2012 13:00 IST

  Bhubaneswar, Dec 17: Hitherto considered as the unchallenged leader of ruling BJD, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was jolted by a whiff of revolt in 2012, as the year also witnessed a spate of abductions in