Fourth youth held for killing Adnan.
MUMBAI: Yet another youth was arrested by the Oshiwara police on Wednesday in connection with the abduction and murder of Lokhandwala teenager Adnan Patrawala last weekend. Rajeev Himmatbhai Dharia alias Raju (22) was picked up from Malad, investigators said. Dharia is the fourth person to be held...

Delhi women feel insecure in markets.
Byline: Vishwa Mohan NEW DELHI: Malls and marketplaces in the Capital need to go beyond glitzy shop fronts and escalators to make shopping a comfortable experience for women. A government-backed study has found that big shopping areas and malls are places where Delhi women feel...

2 charged in kidnap of woman from pub.
Byline: George Barnes FITCHBURG - Two men have been charged with abducting a woman from Partner's Pub, holding her against her will for about one hour and assaulting her before she was released. Keith O. Rahaim, 44, of 21 Davis Road, Westminster, and Thomas P....

Kidnap and ransom: is the risk so remote? Here is what you need to know about K & R insurance in today's dangerous world.
INDICATIONS ARE that only a fraction of kidnappings that are threatened, attempted, or successful are reported. The FBI investigates 350 to 400 domestic kidnappings annually; one-third result in the payment of ransom (with an average ransom of $2 million). Britain's Foreign Policy Center estimates kidnappers earn more than $500...

Women worst victims on Maharashtra crime graph.
Byline: Atul Thakur NEW DELHI: The indifference of the Mumbai top cops to the ghastly case of molestation in upscale Juhu is entirely in keeping with the state police's track record on crimes against women. For, when it comes to conviction rates of crimes against women, Maharashtra's...

3 get life term for IC-814 hijack.
PATIALA: A designated court on Tuesday convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment three accused for hijacking an Indian Airlines plane carrying 179 passengers and 11 crew members to Kandahar in Afghanistan in December 1999. Judge Inderjit Singh Walia pronounced the verdict under various Sections of the IPC...

Now, Afzal a threat to security.
Byline: Bharti Jain NEW DELHI: Even as the Centre has alerted states to step up security at all vital installations including airports to guard against the heightened terror threat during festive season, a crucial factor also playing on their mind this time is the pending mercy petition...

'Husband-wife' home video hangs in the legal balance.
Byline: Shradhha Sharma CHANDIGARH: For more than five years now, one Sessions court after the other has been facing a peculiar situation. Of whether to allow the screening of a potentially explosive piece of evidence: a video tape in court or not? The issue has...

Videotape case: Court frames charges.
Byline: Shradhha Sharma CHANDIGARH: The sensational videotape case pending in the local sessions court here is in news again with the court framing charges against the accused. With this, the question whether a videotape can be treated as a piece of evidence has arisen again. ...

Now, Afzal a threat to security.
Byline: Bharti Jain NEW DELHI: Even as the Centre has alerted states to step up security at all vital installations including airports to guard against the heightened terror threat during festive season, a crucial factor also playing on their mind this time is the pending mercy petition...