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Chandigarh: Man attacks parents, cousin, help with knife after altercation over property deal

The accused, Puneet Mahajan, was arrested by the Sector 34 police shortly after the incident. According to Chandigarh Police, the attack took place on Sunday afternoon

Chandigarh Police said the motive behind the attack was unclear, however as per initial probe, it was known that the argument stemmed from a heated discussion over the purchase of a plot. (HT)

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Published on Apr 08, 2025 06:25 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Japan rolls out blade-resistant umbrellas on trains amid surge in knife attacks

Japan introduced blade-resistant umbrellas on trains to enhance passenger safety following a rise in knife attacks.

Japan deployed blade-resistant umbrellas on trains to enhance passenger safety following a rise in knife attacks.
(Pexels)

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Published on Oct 22, 2024 05:20 PM IST

ByMahipal Singh Chouhan

Criminals trying to flee attack cops in separate incidents

Two criminals have been arrested in two separate incident after they were shot at when they allegedly attacked the police personnel while trying to flee

Both accused were wanted for several cases across the state (File photo)

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Updated on Sep 02, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByCoovercolly Indresh, Bengaluru

Duo who snatched teacher’s bag in Panchkula to spend 10 years in jail

The court of district and sessions judge Ved Parkash Sirohi also imposed a fine of ₹25,000 each on the convicts, Jagtar Singh Saini, 38, of Vikas Nagar, Chandigarh, and Rahul, 22, of Hallomajra, Chandigarh

The court also awarded six-month jail to Rahul for destruction of evidence. Both sentences will run concurrently. (Getty Images/Purestock)

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Published on Aug 06, 2024 08:25 PM IST

ByShailee Dogra, Panchkula

Chandigarh: Trio attacks 55-yr-old man with knives after breaking into his house

Complainant Raju said around he was sitting in the courtyard at his home in Sector 25 D, Chandigarh, when the attackers stormed in, brandishing knives, making threats and accusing his son of murdering their brother, Ajay

Three assailants attacked a 55-year-old man with a knife at his home in Sector 25 D, Chandigarh, on Wednesday night. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Aug 02, 2024 09:18 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Panchkula woman takes on armed assailant and foils robbery attempt

The assailant, who had covered his face with a black cloth, held a handkerchief in his one hand and knife in the other. As he tried to push the handkerchief close to her nose, she made an attempt to resist the attack by firmly holding his hand.

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Updated on Jul 21, 2024 08:14 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Panchkula

19-year-old girl among two arrested for robbing UP man in Chandigarh

Investigators said Abhishek had studied up to the Class 9 and picked rags in Phase 3, Mohali, for a living, while Simran had studied up to the Class 8 and was currently unemployed; both have no prior criminal record

The accused have been identified as Abhishek, 24 and Simran, 19, both residents of Small Flats, Dhanas, Chandigarh. (iStock)

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Updated on Jul 06, 2024 08:56 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Auto driver stabs wife in Virar station after she refused money for alcohol

A woman was knifed by her husband at Virar station for refusing to give him money for alcohol. The husband was arrested for attempted murder.

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Updated on Jul 04, 2024 07:14 AM IST

ByMegha Sood

Bhubaneswar law professor arrested for killing father over argument: Police

The law teacher, who lived separately with his wife, stayed over with his parents on Tuesday and later had a bitter argument with his father

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Published on Jul 03, 2024 02:26 PM IST

ByDebabrata Mohanty

4 boys attack 17-year-old with knife in Chandigarh’s Sector 25

The victim, Maninder, who lives in a hutment with his parents in Sector 25, Chandigarh, told police that he was riding his motorcycle around 9.30 pm, when a group of four boys waylaid him

The victim identified three of the assailants as Krish, Robin and Sahil. (HT)

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Published on Jun 24, 2024 09:18 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

4 US college instructors teaching at Chinese university attacked at a public park

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Published on Jun 11, 2024 10:01 AM IST

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Ludhiana realtor loses ₹4 lakh, iPhone to robbers

While the case has been registered against unidentified accused, police suspect the miscreants could be acquaintances who knew the realtor was carrying cash

The FIR has been lodged following the statement of Harpreet Singh, 28, of Phase 2 of Dugri. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Published on Jun 05, 2024 10:48 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Noida: Video of man threatening shopkeeper emerges on social media, FIR filed

The suspect is already out on bail in a separate case, and he was in an inebriated state when the incident occurred

The suspect was allegedly passing remarks and making objectionable gestures at customers just when the shopkeeper asked him to leave, following which a verbal spat ensued and the drunk Arun brought a knife from his house. (HT Photo)

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Updated on May 26, 2024 05:28 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

‘Knife’ cuts through the debate on free speech

Knife, his latest is a sharp work of literature that cuts the flab of Joseph Anton and presents Rushdie as barebones.

Indian-British novelist Salman Rushdie reacts on stage prior to a lecture from his book 'Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder', in Berlin on May 16, 2024. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)(AFP)

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Published on May 24, 2024 11:17 PM IST

ByNishtha Gautam

Several wounded in knife attack in Swiss town: Police

A man armed with a knife wounded several people in the streets of the northern Swiss town of Zofingen on Wednesday.

Police did not give the number of casualties or any details on the attacker.(AP Photo)

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Published on May 16, 2024 02:37 AM IST

AFP |

The new Swiss Army Knife will not have this relevant feature

CEO Carl Elsener Jr. told Swiss media outlet Blick that he is concerned over the increasingly strict regulations on knives in many markets.

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Published on May 09, 2024 12:46 PM IST

ByVrinda Jain

'Radicalised' 16-year-old boy with knife shot dead by cops in Australia's Perth

Police body camera images showed the teenager refused officers' demands that he put down the knife, the police chief said.

Police had received a call late on Saturday from a male warning that he was going to commit

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Published on May 05, 2024 08:39 AM IST

AFP |

Review: Knife by Salman Rushdie

Disarmingly raw, emotional, urgent and honest, Salman Rushdie’s latest memoir, Knife, is about optimism, and the never-say-die spirit

Salman Rushdie poses for a portrait on April 18, 2024, in New York. (Andres Kudacki/AP Photo)

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Updated on May 04, 2024 12:35 PM IST

BySudeep Sen

Book Box | Why we must read Knife by Salman Rushdie

A different Rushdie, raw and vulnerable in his new memoir

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Published on Apr 28, 2024 12:09 AM IST

BySonya Dutta Choudhury

Using words to remake and reclaim the world

Unlike his earlier masterpieces, in his latest book, on the terrible attack that almost killed him, Salman Rushdie speaks directly to the reader.

Salman Rushdie poses for a portrait to promote his book

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Published on Apr 27, 2024 09:50 PM IST

ByKaran Thapar

Man knifed for asking drug addicts not to block his way to Nalasopara station

Two 19-year-old men arrested for stabbing a man who asked them not to block his way at Nalasopara station. The men were doing drugs on the stairs.

On the basis of a medical report, a murder case was registered at the Knowledge Park police station. (AFP/representational image)

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Updated on Apr 20, 2024 09:08 AM IST

ByMegha Sood

'Why didn't I fight…?': Salman Rushdie relives knife attack in new memoir

Salman Rushdie, the 76-year-old British-American author, was on stage in August 2022 when he was stabbed up to 12 times. He ultimately lost his right eye.

British-US author Salman Rushdie poses for photographers. (AFP file)

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Updated on Apr 16, 2024 09:11 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

Salman Rushdie recalls gruesome stabbing in new memoir, ‘The last thing..’

The attack occurred 33 years after Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for Rushdie's death due to the publication of his book, The Satanic Verses

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Published on Apr 12, 2024 09:49 PM IST

ByNikhita Mehta

Back from jail after 2 years, Bihar man kills wife, three young daughters

Ranjan Kumar, Areraj sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) said the prime suspect, who was on the run, was recently released on bail in another case of killing his fourth daughter

A police team was informed about the incident by the neighbours of Idu Mian and Afreen Khatoon (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Updated on Mar 29, 2024 02:18 PM IST

BySandeep Bhaskar

Harrowing video shows 19-yr-old attacking man with knife on busy train in London

The victim, who has been identified as a man in his 20s, was in “critical but stable condition,” BTP said

A 19-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a train stabbing in London left a passenger in his 20s in critical condition (Image used for representational purposes only)(AP)

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Published on Mar 28, 2024 11:12 PM IST

ByArya Vaishnavi

Man gets seven years in jail for attempting to rob a bank

Man sentenced to 7 years for attempting to rob Axis Bank branch in Mumbai with a knife. Judge aims for reformation and deterrence.

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Updated on Mar 01, 2024 07:40 AM IST

ByRutuja Gaidhani

Man detained at Bengaluru airport for uttering ‘bomb’ during security check

The man was reportedly irked by repeated security checks and asked security personnel if they thought he was carrying a bomb or a knife.

The man was scheduled to take off on an Air India Express flight bound for Kochi from the state capital. (Bengaluruairport.com)

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Published on Jan 31, 2024 11:57 AM IST

ByYamini C S

Woman tries to blackmail, extort from boyfriend’s family members

A woman in Mumbai alleged that her brother-in-law's girlfriend tried to extort money from the family and threatened to kill the women in the family. Police are investigating the matter.

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Updated on Jan 20, 2024 10:12 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Three held with country-made bombs, detonators in Shahapur

One of them confessed that they planned to murder his widowed sister’s brother in law for denying her a share in family property

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Published on Jan 10, 2024 07:41 PM IST

ByN K Gupta

21-year-old allegedly murdered by gay partner

According to the police, the deceased was final year BBA student studying at a college in Wagholi and living at a hostel in the same area

While being taken to the hospital, the victim told a witness the name of the male accused who knifed him over an alleged love affair. (REPRESENTATIVE PIC)

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Updated on Nov 29, 2023 06:20 AM IST

ByNadeem Inamdar

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The accused, Puneet Mahajan, was arrested by the Sector 34 police shortly after the incident. According to Chandigarh Police, the attack took place on Sunday afternoon

Japan introduced blade-resistant umbrellas on trains to enhance passenger safety following a rise in knife attacks.

Two criminals have been arrested in two separate incident after they were shot at when they allegedly attacked the police personnel while trying to flee

The court of district and sessions judge Ved Parkash Sirohi also imposed a fine of ₹25,000 each on the convicts, Jagtar Singh Saini, 38, of Vikas Nagar, Chandigarh, and Rahul, 22, of Hallomajra, Chandigarh

Complainant Raju said around he was sitting in the courtyard at his home in Sector 25 D, Chandigarh, when the attackers stormed in, brandishing knives, making threats and accusing his son of murdering their brother, Ajay

The assailant, who had covered his face with a black cloth, held a handkerchief in his one hand and knife in the other. As he tried to push the handkerchief close to her nose, she made an attempt to resist the attack by firmly holding his hand.

Investigators said Abhishek had studied up to the Class 9 and picked rags in Phase 3, Mohali, for a living, while Simran had studied up to the Class 8 and was currently unemployed; both have no prior criminal record

A woman was knifed by her husband at Virar station for refusing to give him money for alcohol. The husband was arrested for attempted murder.

The law teacher, who lived separately with his wife, stayed over with his parents on Tuesday and later had a bitter argument with his father

The victim, Maninder, who lives in a hutment with his parents in Sector 25, Chandigarh, told police that he was riding his motorcycle around 9.30 pm, when a group of four boys waylaid him

4 US college instructors teaching at Chinese university attacked at a public park

While the case has been registered against unidentified accused, police suspect the miscreants could be acquaintances who knew the realtor was carrying cash

The suspect is already out on bail in a separate case, and he was in an inebriated state when the incident occurred

Knife, his latest is a sharp work of literature that cuts the flab of Joseph Anton and presents Rushdie as barebones.

A man armed with a knife wounded several people in the streets of the northern Swiss town of Zofingen on Wednesday.

CEO Carl Elsener Jr. told Swiss media outlet Blick that he is concerned over the increasingly strict regulations on knives in many markets.

Police body camera images showed the teenager refused officers' demands that he put down the knife, the police chief said.

Disarmingly raw, emotional, urgent and honest, Salman Rushdie’s latest memoir, Knife, is about optimism, and the never-say-die spirit

A different Rushdie, raw and vulnerable in his new memoir

Unlike his earlier masterpieces, in his latest book, on the terrible attack that almost killed him, Salman Rushdie speaks directly to the reader.

Two 19-year-old men arrested for stabbing a man who asked them not to block his way at Nalasopara station. The men were doing drugs on the stairs.

Salman Rushdie, the 76-year-old British-American author, was on stage in August 2022 when he was stabbed up to 12 times. He ultimately lost his right eye.

The attack occurred 33 years after Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for Rushdie's death due to the publication of his book, The Satanic Verses

Ranjan Kumar, Areraj sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) said the prime suspect, who was on the run, was recently released on bail in another case of killing his fourth daughter

The victim, who has been identified as a man in his 20s, was in “critical but stable condition,” BTP said

Man sentenced to 7 years for attempting to rob Axis Bank branch in Mumbai with a knife. Judge aims for reformation and deterrence.

The man was reportedly irked by repeated security checks and asked security personnel if they thought he was carrying a bomb or a knife.

A woman in Mumbai alleged that her brother-in-law's girlfriend tried to extort money from the family and threatened to kill the women in the family. Police are investigating the matter.

One of them confessed that they planned to murder his widowed sister’s brother in law for denying her a share in family property

According to the police, the deceased was final year BBA student studying at a college in Wagholi and living at a hostel in the same area

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