missing persons

Ballia (UP), February 22 The body of a 12-year-old boy, who was allegedly kidnapped three days ago, was recovered from an abandoned house in a village in the Rasra area here, officials said on Sunday.The deceased, identified as Rizwan, was found in a dilapidated building on Saturday afternoon...

Quetta, February 21 – Amma Hoori, who waited years for her missing son’s return and passed away carrying that grief on February 16, represents hundreds of mothers in Balochistan who have suffered the consequences of Pakistani policies and collective punishment.The pain endured by mothers like...

Kolkata, February 21 – The bodies of 18 victims of the Anandapur warehouse fire on the southern outskirts of Kolkata have been identified through DNA analysis and handed over to their families on Saturday. With this, the official death toll in the tragedy has risen to 45, while nine persons are...

Hardoi (UP), February 21 A 12-year-old girl and her sister, who had drowned in a pond while collecting water chestnuts here, were found dead on Saturday, about 24 hours after the incident, police said.The incident occurred on Friday afternoon in Rampur Daheliya village in the Pihani area when...

Itanagar, February 19 Police in Itanagar have busted an organized interstate child trafficking racket operating between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, rescuing three minor girls and arresting six people accused of trafficking, purchasing, and exploiting children as domestic laborers, officials...

New Delhi, February 19 IPS officer Simala Prasad, in her new book, “She Goes Missing,” examines the disappearance of “thousands of minor girls” every year, while looking at the role of law enforcement and the failure of society to “notice, question, or act”.Currently posted as Senior...

Quetta, February 19 – Several religious scholars have called for resolving issues in Balochistan through dialogue and urged the Pakistani government to conduct a transparent investigation into all cases of missing persons. They stated that any individual found guilty should be tried in open...

New Delhi, February 18 The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the creation of a dedicated cell in each police station in the city for cases of missing persons, stating that policing should be left to the police authorities.The petition...

Kochi, February 16 – The Kerala High Court on Monday modified its earlier interim order in the Suraj Lama case, directing that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the matter be headed by a Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) instead of a Commissioner of Police.In its...

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Bhadrak (Odisha), February 15 The bodies of five villagers are allegedly missing from a graveyard in Bhadrak district, Odisha, prompting authorities to order a thorough investigation, a police officer said on Sunday.Police said the bodies were found missing from the cremation ground in...

Khartoum, February 15 – At least 12 people are missing after a boat carrying 16 passengers capsized in the Wad Al-Zaki area in central Sudan's White Nile State, according to volunteers and eyewitnesses."A ferry carrying 16 people, including women, sank in Wad Al-Zaki. Four passengers were...

Dehradun, February 13 Two people are feared to have drowned after a pickup truck fell into the Ganga river in the Teen Dhara area of the Tehri district on Friday, the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) said.According to the SDRF, a search operation is underway in the river to locate the...

Ranchi, February 12 The Jharkhand High Court on Thursday directed the central and state governments to formulate a standard operating procedure (SOP) regarding tracing the Aadhaar card details of victims.A bench comprising Justices Sujit Narayan Prasad and Arun Kumar Rai was hearing a petition...

New Delhi, February 11 The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the response of the Centre, the city government, and the police on a public interest litigation (PIL) expressing concern over the "increase" in the number of missing persons in the capital.A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya...

Ranchi, Feb 10 Three minor girls, including two sisters, who had gone missing from Ranchi, were rescued on Tuesday, police said.The two minor sisters, who had been missing since February 8, were rescued from Ranchi Railway Station within 24 hours, they said."We have rescued both the missing...

Ranchi, February 10 Two young sisters have gone missing from Ranchi since February 8, and a search operation is underway to locate them, police said on Tuesday.One of the missing girls is approximately 12 years old, and the other is about 16 years old, they said.Ramnarayan Singh, the...

Jaipur, February 10 Two Japanese tourists have gone missing from Jaipur, Rajasthan, police said on Tuesday.Ashok Nagar Station House Officer (SHO) Moti Lal Sharma said that a missing persons complaint was filed by the driver of a taxi that the tourists had hired.The two Japanese men had...