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Supreme Court of India (Photo: PTI)

SC refuses to grant bail to accused in IC 814 Kandahar hijacking case

The Indian airlines flight IC 814 from Kathmandu to New Delhi was hijacked on December 24, 1999. The hostage crisis...

23 Nov 2017 10:46 AM

IG Mohit Aggrawal addresses the media in Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh on Friday. ANI photo

Farrukhabad hostage-taker's wife beaten to death after hostage drama

After being beaten up by the locals, the woman was rushed to a hospital in a critical condition. However, she succumbed...

31 Jan 2020 6:07 AM

Gendarmes stand next to a Police BRI intervention brigade vehicle on June 12, 2018 in central Paris near the site where an armed man had taken hostages. (Photo: AFP)

Paris hostages freed after four-hour standoff, suspect arrested

The hostage situation began around 4pm on Tuesday in the ground-floor office of a crowded Parisian neighbourhood.

13 Jun 2018 8:55 AM

Her parents tried to get her to a hospital on Saturday, but she refused their help, and instead, plunged a knife into her fathers chest. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Elderly couple held hostage inside home, robbed of cash, jewellery in...

Naseeb Chand Aggarwal (65) told police that he stays on the top floor of a building in Nehru Enclave.

16 Jun 2017 3:32 AM