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  Major crimes increased 2.6% across India in 2016, UP tops crime list, Delhi most unsafe city

  India | November 30, 2017 19:41 IST

  The annual publication of NCRB released by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said a total of 48,31,515 “congnizable” crimes were reported in 2016, showing an increase of 2.6 per cent

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  Kidnappings on rise, sea piracy plunges to 18 year low in west Africa

  World | January 10, 2017 13:31 IST

  Sea piracy plunged to its lowest levels in 18 years in 2016, but kidnappings of crew members for ransom is escalating off west Africa and in the Sulu Seas near the Philippines, a global maritime watchdog said Tuesday.

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  Hillary Clinton wants more done to halt kidnappings

  World | September 13, 2014 9:06 IST

  NEW YORK: Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday urged the United Nations to come up with a more robust strategy to combat the growing use of kidnappings of girls and women as a war tactic across

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  Two ex-Argentine dictators convicted for baby thefts

  World | July 06, 2012 19:21 IST

  Buenos Aires, Jul 6:  Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla was convicted and sentenced to 50 years Thursday for a systematic program to steal babies from prisoners who were kidnapped, tortured and killed during the

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  Bollywood starlet Laila Khan, family members were killed, stepfather tells police

  Bollywood | July 05, 2012 13:00 IST

  Jammu/Mumbai, July 5  : Pakistani-origin Bollywood starlet Laila Khan, who had been missing since the last 11 months, was murdered along with her family members in Maharashtra last year, the main accused in her kidnapping