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TWO YOUNG women were reportedly drugged by their domestic help and robbed of cash and valuables in Sarvodaya Enclave in south Delhi two days ago. The women lay unconscious for more than 24 hours in their house till friends found them.

MAKING JUST one call from the victim's mobile phone landed three youths in the police net in the case of double murder at a farmhouse in Mohanlalganj on May 6. The trio was employed at the farmhouse two years back. They executed the killings to take the tractor . Sent to jail the first time in a criminal case, they confessed to have earlier eliminated a woman too before robbing a tractor.

THE CRIME Branch of Delhi Police on Saturday arrested a woman who is part of a gang allegedly involved in extorting money from affluent people by threatening to implicate them in false rape cases. Police said it is the same gang which was responsible for the suicide of a retired colonel three years ago.

POLICE HAVE arrested two students of Delhi University (DU) for allegedly robbing two women of their jewellery in north Delhi on Saturday. Police said the accused, both first timers to the world of crime, are final-year students at a west Delhi college and committed the crime to make extra money for their summer vacations.

THE POLICE have identified the main accused in the murder of a teenager in Lodhi Colony. Police said that the victim knew the accused and he had entered the house with an 'intention of robbery'. 'We have identified the killer and will arrest him soon. The most likely motive seems to be robbery, as per the investigations.

New Delhi, May 11 (PTI) With the number of custodial deaths showing an increasing trend, the Union Home Ministry has issued guidelines to all State Governments and Union Territories to inform the

Diphu, May 10 (PTI) At least 12 insurgents of Black Widow faction of Dima Halam Daogah (Jewel) group were killed and 18 others injured in a gun battle with security forces in North Cachar Hills

Srinagar, May 10 (PTI) A top commander of Hizbul Mujahideen has been arrested by Jammu and Kashmir police in Shopian district, a police spokesman said today.

Ambala, May 10 (ANI): An Ambala court has dismissed the bail applications of Amit Kumar, the main accused in multi-crore kidney transplant racket, and Linda, a nurse of Amit's hospital.

Jammu, May 10 (PTI) A day after foiling a major infiltration bid in Samba sector of Jammu and Kashmir, security forces recovered 10 kgs of RDX along with ammunition and other items from Sujani

Panaji, May 9 (PTI) The mother of rape and murder victim Scarlett Keeling was summoned by Goa police to give evidence to investigators after she claimed she knew the identity of the killer of the

Palakkad, May 9 (PTI) An RSS worker was hacked to death by unidentified assailants at Kallandichalla near Kozhinjapara late last night.

Bhubaneswar, May 8 (PTI) Police today interrogated Sandeep Acharya, the key accused in child marathon runner Budhia's coach Biranchi Das murder case, who pleaded innocence.

Nandigram (WB), May 7 (PTI) Three activists of the Bhumi Uchched Pratirodh Committee were allegedly beaten up by CPI-M workers as sporadic clashes continued between the two groups in different

Jammu, May 7 (PTI) Seven alleged gangsters were arrested here today. The gangsters carrying sharp edged weapons and pistols were arrested from Prem Nagar area of the city, police said, adding they were planning to attack a businessman. The arrested included Vipin Bhoot and his associates. PTI

SHARAFAT SHEIKH, widely known as the drug lord of Delhi and said to be behind 90 per cent of the drug trade in the Capital, is a rags-to-riches story. Lodged at Tihar Jail, Sheikh was booked under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) by the Delhi Police in July 2005 and has been booked twice previously under the National Security Act.

THE UTTARAKHAND Police have arrested a 46-year-old person early on Tuesday morning on charges of killing his teenaged daughter and her boyfriend. Ashok Kumar Sonkar was arrested when he surrendered before the police after committing the murders on the wee hours of Tuesday at his Indra Colony residence in the state capital.

Panaji, May 6 (PTI) The Goa government today issued a formal notification seeking takeover of the Scarlett Eden Keeling murder case by CBI.

Panaji/Bhubaneswar, May 5 (PTI) The main accused in the the murder of Biranchi Das, coach of child marathon runner Budhia, was arrested today in Panaji in a joint operation by the police of