Crime and crash

Rampur, May 29: In a shocking incident, a video footage showing 14 youths molesting two girls in broad daylight in a village under Tanda police station in Rampur has gone viral on the social media, triggering an outrage in the state where the incidents of crime have seen a spurt recently. In the video, the girls are seen objecting to the assault and trying to defend themselves while they are

Bengaluru, May 28: A seven-year-old boy, who had sustained severe burns after an LPG gas cylinder exploded at his house in Marathahalli, succumbed on Saturday. The deceased is Nikhil Karun. Nikhil's sister Neha (3) is still critical and is being treated at the Victoria Hospital. She is said to have sustained about 40% burns. Nikhil and Neha are children of Karun and Maya, both from Nepal.?They

New Delhi, May 27: A 22-year-old American woman of Indian origin was allegedly intoxicated and raped by a merchant navy official in central Delhi's Paharganj area on May 16. The woman came to the country in December for a family wedding and stayed back to tour north India. She reached Delhi on May 13 and checked into a hotel in Paharganj, where she met three men who befriended her. According to

Bengaluru, May 26: When 25-year-old Mary, a native of Mangaluru, landed in city for a job interview for an MNC bank on Bannerghatta Road, little did she know what horror was in store for her. The B.Com graduate was attending her final round of interview for the post of a customer support executive. When she was waiting for her results, she got a call — from an unknown number — and the strangely

Hyderabad, May 25: A woman threw acid on her former lover, who married another girl in Venigandla of Guntur district, on Tuesday. The person, who suffered severe acid burns, died while being treated at the Guntur Government General Hospital. Iliyas of Pamulapadu village in Tadikonda mandal in Guntur district and Hima Bindu of Venigandla village were in a relationship for over four years. Bindu was

New Delhi, May 25: The income tax department identified more than 400 benami transactions up to May 23 and immovable properties were attached in 40 cases valued at over Rs 530 crore as the authorities stepped up their fight against black money. Sources said 200 other properties were also identified as part of an ambitious crackdown on benami assets. They added that searches were conducted on 10

Mumbai, May 24: The wife of a police inspector who was part of the team that investigated the Sheena Bora murder case was found stabbed to death at her residence in the Mumbai suburb of Santacruz (east) late on Tuesday night. The couple’s 21-year-old son is missing. Dipali Ganore, 42, was found in a pool of blood – she had been stabbed in the neck – by her husband, inspector Dnyeshwar Ganore, when

Uttarkashi, May 24: At least 21 pilgrims from Madhya Pradesh were killed when their bus fell into Bhagirathi river near Nalupani this evening while returning from Gangotri shrine in the Himalayas. The mishap occurred at around 6 pm as the bus fell 300 metres down the road into the river, Uttarkashi District Magistrate Ashish Shrivastava said. Twenty bodies have so far been recovered from the spot

Patna, May 23: RJD leader and ex-MP MP Prabhunath Singh was on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment in connection with 22-year old Mashrakh MLA Ashok Kumar Singh murder case. Ashok Singh, then an MLA of Lalu Prasad's party Janata Dal, was murdered at his official residence in Patna. Prabhunath was a Janata Dal (U) MP when this incident happened. The verdict was pronounced by 9th Additional

Thiruvananthapuram, May 22: A 50-year-old fisherman, who was attacked by a pack of stray dogs in Pulluvilayil near here, died early today. The man was attacked by the dogs near his home last night. The man was rushed to a hospital where he died hours later. In August last year, a 65-year-old woman from the same area was attacked and killed by stray dogs.