North India's notorious gangsters are shedding village-based aliases for international monikers like 'Fateh Portugal' and 'Manna Brampton'. This shift signals a globalized underworld, using foreign locations for intimidation and to evade local law enforcement. These 'global franchises' now target celebrities and operate with a transnational reach, posing a significant challenge to policing worldwide.

A Punjabi singer, Inder Kaur, was found dead in Neelon Canal five days after her alleged kidnapping at gunpoint. Her car, found nearby with blood stains, suggests she was murdered before being dumped. Police have arrested the father and friend of her former boyfriend, Sukhwinder Singh, who recently returned from Canada.