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Man pleads guilty in failed ransom plot that may have been linked to $240M crypto heist

HARTFORD, Conn. — A Florida man pleaded guilty Thursday in connection with the carjacking and kidnapping of a Connecticut couple, in what authorities called a failed ransom plot that may have been linked to a $240 million cryptocurrency heist. Just a week earlier, at least two thieves had stolen $240 million worth of Bitcoin in an elaborate scam over the …

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2 days, 1 hour ago

Delhi Police nabs murder convict absconding for nine years

The Hindu

Delhi Police has re-arrested a 59-year-old murder convict who jumped parole around nine years ago, officials said on Thursday. He had been on a run for the last nine years, police said. Police said that multiple teams were searching for him and conducted raids across Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab. Kiran had been living under a fake name - Kamal …

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6 days, 16 hours ago

UP STF rescues telecom manager, arrests four kidnappers in Moradabad

Hindustan Times

In a high-stake chase, the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force arrested four kidnappers and successfully rescued Abhinav Bhardwaj, a telecom company manager abducted from Hathras district on January 1. Telecom company manager Abhinav Bhardwaj In an early morning encounter on Saturday in Moradabad district, the UP STF arrested three kidnappers, said senior police officials, adding that nearly 12 hours later, …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Cricket-Australia head to Sydney with New Year cheer after MCG magic

Hindustan Times

By Ian Ransom Cricket-Australia head to Sydney with New Year cheer after MCG magic MELBOURNE, - Australia head to the New Year's test in Sydney full of cheer after a brilliant finish at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and with confidence that pace veteran Mitchell Starc will be fit to bowl in the series finale. Australia snatched a 184-run win in …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Influencer's bizarre reason behind faking her kidnapping leaves people in disbelief: 'This is a very disturbed person’

Hindustan Times

Social media influencer Victoria "Woah Vicky" Rose is under fire after she played a “prank” on her followers because she was “bored.” In a series of now-deleted posts, the influencer claimed that she had been kidnapped while in Nigeria and that the perpetrators were asking for a million dollars in ransom. It was only when people started calling her out …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Cricket-Australia take seven wickets after tea to win classic Melbourne test

Hindustan Times

By Ian Ransom Cricket-Australia take seven wickets after tea to win classic Melbourne test MELBOURNE, - Australia took seven wickets after tea on day five to win a classic fourth test against India by 184 runs and snatch a 2-1 series lead heading into the final match in Sydney. Australia captain Pat Cummins and fellow pacer Scott Boland finished with …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Cricket-Cummins strikes twice and Starc gets Kohli to leave India 33-3

Hindustan Times

By Ian Ransom Cricket-Cummins strikes twice and Starc gets Kohli to leave India 33-3 MELBOURNE, - Pat Cummins struck twice in an over and Mitchell Starc dismissed Virat Kohli cheaply to leave India reeling at 33 for three at lunch and needing 307 runs for victory on day five of the fourth test in Melbourne on Monday. After Australia were …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Parole-jumping 46-year-old murder convict held

Hindustan Times

The Delhi Police said they have nabbed a 46-year-old criminal who had jumped parole in 2010 and was living in Mumbai with a fake identity. Parole-jumping 46-year-old murder convict held The accused, Ajay Kumar Tripathi, had kidnapped a child from northeast Delhi’s Bhajanpura for ransom and later murdered him as his family failed to pay money, police said. “In 2010, …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Cricket-Bumrah turns tables on Konstas, Australia lead by 158

Hindustan Times

By Ian Ransom Cricket-Bumrah turns tables on Konstas, Australia lead by 158 MELBOURNE, - Pace maestro Jasprit Bumrah took revenge for his first innings battering by Sam Konstas when he bowled Australia's teen debutant cheaply early on day four of the fourth test on Sunday after India were dismissed for 369. Seamer Mohammed Siraj also broke through for his first …

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2 weeks ago

Cricket-Pant punches out as India 244-7 at lunch at MCG test

Hindustan Times

By Ian Ransom Cricket-Pant punches out as India 244-7 at lunch at MCG test MELBOURNE, - A Nathan Lyon breakthrough and some misplaced aggression by Rishabh Pant left India 244 for seven at lunch on day three of the fourth test on Saturday, still 31 runs short of avoiding the follow-on. All-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy was 40 not out, with …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

You Need to Create a Secret Password With Your Family

Wired

Scammers are out of control. At the start of December, the FBI issued a recommendation that people create a “secret word or phrase with your family to verify their identity,” and British bank Starling has also published guidelines on creating safe phrases with others. “Having a passphrase or similarly prepared strategy enables victims to quickly validate legitimacy of an unusual …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Biden commuted the death sentences of two California killers. Here’s what we know about them

LA Times

President Biden, shown Dec. 16 at the White House, commuted the death sentences of 37 people to life without parole on Monday. Two San Fernando Valley men, who were sentenced to death over a decade ago for killing five people, had their sentences commuted to life in prison on Monday by President Biden. Mikhel and Kadamovas were among 37 criminals …

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How Bengal Police rescued kidnapped girl, 7, in less than 5 hours

India Today

A seven-year-old girl, who was kidnapped for ransom from outside her home in West Bengal's Malda district, was rescued by police after an operation of four-and-a-half hours. The girl's father also received a call from the kidnappers, threatening harm should the police be informed. Upon receiving a complaint from the girl's father, who is a business person in the city, …

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3 weeks ago

4 kidnap teenager over mobile phone dispute

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: The Malwani police on Wednesday arrested four men, who had abducted a 19-year-old from Malad West over a mobile phone dispute and demanded a ransom of ₹33,000 from his aunt. Panicking, Khan approached the Malvani police and got a case of kidnapping registered against four men, who, allegedly, pushed Ansari into a tempo at Gate Number 6 in Malwani …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

₹1.3 crore ransom and a dead body! A parcel delivery that shocked Andhra woman

Live Mint

In a shocking incident, a woman received a parcel on Thursday night in Andhra Pradesh's West Godavari and discovered the body of an unidentified person and a ransom letter in it, reported news agency IANS. About the incident: Identified as Naga Tulsi, the woman moved the Kshatriya Seva Samithi seeking financial help to construct her house. The woman received a …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Andhra woman opens parcel, finds unknown man's body and ransom letter in it

Hindustan Times

In a horrific incident in Andhra Pradesh's West Godavari, a woman received a parcel on Thursday night only to discover the body of an unidentified person and a ransom letter in it. The woman thought that she would find electronic appliances in the parcel for her under construction house, instead she found a dead body. Ransom letter demanding ₹ 1.3 …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Bomb scare in Delhi: Private school in Dwarka receives threat email, classes shifted online

Live Mint

Bomb scare in Delhi: A private school in Delhi's Dwarka received bomb-threat e-mail, prompting emergency response teams to be dispatched, the Delhi Police informed. On December 14, eight schools, including the same DPS RK Puram, had received a similar email, in which the sender threatened to carry out an explosion using "bomb vests," while on December 13, about 30 schools …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Exclusive: Interior designer arrested in HDFC Life Insurance data breach case

India Today

The Mumbai Police have arrested a 27-year-old interior designer from Haryana's Ambala for his alleged involvement in a cyberattack on HDFC Life Insurance. The attackers initially contacted HDFC Life on November 19, threatening to release the data unless their extortion demands were met. The cybercriminals sent samples of the stolen data to HDFC Life via email as proof of their …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Haiti hospital attacked by armed men, four operating rooms destroyed

Firstpost

The U.N. humanitarian affairs agency warned earlier this year that Haiti’s health system was ’nearing collapse,’ with violence increasingly putting doctors and medical services in harm’s way Armed men attacked and partially destroyed a hospital in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, a hospital director told Reuters on Tuesday, amid a wave of escalating violence that prompted Doctors Without Borders to suspend operations …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Cricket-Cummins strikes as rain frustrates Australia again at Gabba

Hindustan Times

By Ian Ransom Cricket-Cummins strikes as rain frustrates Australia again at Gabba -Australia captain Pat Cummins struck to remove all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy but rain again put a dampener on the hosts' chances of victory over India on day four of the third test in Brisbane on Tuesday. India were 201 for seven, with Ravindra Jadeja unbeaten on 65 and …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Cricket-India 48-4 as rain halts Australia's advance at Gabba

Hindustan Times

By Ian Ransom Cricket-India 48-4 as rain halts Australia's advance at Gabba MELBOURNE -Australia captain Pat Cummins removed Rishabh Pant during a rare break in the rain on day three of the third test against India in Brisbane on Monday but the poor weather returned to halt the hosts' charge. India were 48 for four, trailing Australia's first-innings total by …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Shakti Kapoor was on list of gang that kidnapped 'Welcome' actor: UP Police

India Today

Days after the kidnapping of Bollywood actor Mushtaq Mohammad Khan, the Uttar Pradesh Police have now revealed that the same gang were also plotting to kidnap actor Shakti Kapoor on the pretext of inviting him to an event. According to UP Police, Shakti Kapoor was offered Rs 5 lakh to attend a similar event, but the deal did not get …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Homeopathy doc held hostage for 36 hrs, driven around Lko, Ayodhya, Basti

Hindustan Times

A homeopathy physician was held hostage for ransom for about 36 hours even as his kidnappers drove him around Ayodhya, Basti and Lucknow in his car, police said. Homeopathy doc held hostage for 36 hrs, driven around Lko, Ayodhya, Basti All accused, who extorted ₹7 lakh from the doctor, were arrested by Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force on Saturday, they …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

'Ransom letter': Trump has a plan for the far-right Supreme Court majority

Raw Story

One of President-elect Donald Trump's first executive orders will reportedly be a direct challenge to the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Politico reported Saturday that Trump's planned executive order would be aimed at preventing children of undocumented immigrants born in the United States from having birthright citizenship. According to Politico, the consensus among leading legal scholars is that the …

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Man pleads guilty in failed ransom plot that may have been linked to $240M crypto heist

Delhi Police nabs murder convict absconding for nine years

UP STF rescues telecom manager, arrests four kidnappers in Moradabad

Cricket-Australia head to Sydney with New Year cheer after MCG magic

Influencer's bizarre reason behind faking her kidnapping leaves people in disbelief: 'This is a very disturbed person’

Cricket-Australia take seven wickets after tea to win classic Melbourne test

Cricket-Cummins strikes twice and Starc gets Kohli to leave India 33-3

Parole-jumping 46-year-old murder convict held

Cricket-Bumrah turns tables on Konstas, Australia lead by 158

Cricket-Pant punches out as India 244-7 at lunch at MCG test

You Need to Create a Secret Password With Your Family

Biden commuted the death sentences of two California killers. Here’s what we know about them

How Bengal Police rescued kidnapped girl, 7, in less than 5 hours

4 kidnap teenager over mobile phone dispute

₹1.3 crore ransom and a dead body! A parcel delivery that shocked Andhra woman

Andhra woman opens parcel, finds unknown man's body and ransom letter in it

Bomb scare in Delhi: Private school in Dwarka receives threat email, classes shifted online

Exclusive: Interior designer arrested in HDFC Life Insurance data breach case

Haiti hospital attacked by armed men, four operating rooms destroyed

Cricket-Cummins strikes as rain frustrates Australia again at Gabba

Cricket-India 48-4 as rain halts Australia's advance at Gabba

Shakti Kapoor was on list of gang that kidnapped 'Welcome' actor: UP Police

Homeopathy doc held hostage for 36 hrs, driven around Lko, Ayodhya, Basti

'Ransom letter': Trump has a plan for the far-right Supreme Court majority