Last Updated: Saturday, June 12, 2010, 21:59
A class V student was kidnapped and killed for Rs 5 lakh ransom in the first such case in Jammu province, a senior police officer said here on Saturday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 13:16
Suspected Kuki militants kidnapped a Manipur government official for a huge ransom of Rupees one crore, official reports said here Tuesday.
Last Updated: Friday, May 14, 2010, 22:21
The owners of a British chemical tanker, held by Somali pirates since December, paid a ransom.
Last Updated: Friday, May 14, 2010, 16:27
The 14,000-tonne freighter had been heading for Thailand when it was seized.
Last Updated: Sunday, May 9, 2010, 20:50
The abductors of a British journalist of Pakistani-origin have released a new video in which he is shown appealing to the Human Rights Watch to help raise the USD 10 million demanded by his captors by May 15.
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 23:48
A ransom for a five-year-old British boy kidnapped in Pakistan and freed this week was paid in Paris, Spain`s interior ministry said Wednesday, adding five people have been detained.
Last Updated: Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 00:46
The West Bengal government on Monday provided security cover for two city-based industrialists after they complained to the police of receiving ransom calls.
Last Updated: Saturday, February 27, 2010, 11:24
An Iraqi journalist kidnapped more than a week ago here has been freed after his family paid a USD 20,000 ransom, the Sadrist movement to which he is affiliated has said.
Last Updated: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 22:18
After being held in captivity for more than three months by Somali pirates, 22 Indian crew members of the Panama-flagged cargo vessel `Al Khaliq` returned safely here on Thursday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 19, 2010, 11:47
At least four people were killed overnight during intense fighting between rival Somali pirates in the town of Harardhere arguing over a record ransom, elders and pirates said Tuesday.
Last Updated: Friday, January 8, 2010, 15:25
Spain has said it won`t pay any ransom for three of its aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania by al Qaeda group in Islamic Maghreb.
Last Updated: Friday, December 25, 2009, 08:54
A 15-year-old boy has been kidnapped from near his residence in Naroda area of the city, and the abductors have demanded Rs 50 lakh ransom from his family members for his release, police said on Friday.
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