Crime and crash

Hyderabad, Apr 22: At least 15 people were killed and about 16 injured on Friday when a truck driver lost control and hit an electric pole before ploughing the vehicle into a group of protesters, cars and shops at Yerpedu, about 25 km away from Tirupati in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. While six persons were crushed to death under the truck’s wheels, others died of electrocution and the

New York, Apr 20: An Indian-origin Silicon Valley CEO accused of beating his Indian-American wife for several years may end up serving less than just a month in jail after he was offered a plea deal, according to a US media report. Abhishek Gattani, 38, who pleaded "no contest" to beating his wife Neha Rastogi, 36, was offered the plea deal last week in Santa Clara Superior Court, California, that

New Delhi, Apr 20: At least one person died and three more were injured after a car ran over people sleeping on a footpath in New Delhi's Kashmiri Gate area. The Hyundai i20 car is believed to have been driven by a Class 12 student who has been apprehended by police. The driver's age is being verified. The accident took place at around 5.45 am today morning and it is not known if the driver was

Shimla, Apr 19: Forty-three passengers were killed when a private bus plunged into River Tons in remote Nerwa area of Shimla district today. The passengers were on their way from Vikasnagar in Uttarakhand to Tuni and the accident took place on the Uttarakhand-Himachal border in Himachal territory, Deputy Commissioner Shimla, Rohan Chand Thakur said. The bus was carrying 56 passengers SP, Shimla, D

Araria, Apr 19: Markets in Araria and Supaul districts of Bihar observed a spontaneous bandh on Tuesday to protest the killing of two businessmen, one being a local BJP leader and the other related to another BJP worker, in separate incidents in the state. Araria superintendent of police (SP) Sudhir Porika, who examined the CCTV footage of the Forbesganj incident said, “Two persons have been taken

Mysuru, Apr 17: Three youths were electrocuted and four severely injured in Kyathamaranahalli on Thursday night when a 25-foot display board they were putting up for the Dr B R Ambedkar birth anniversary celebrations came in contact with an electric wire. Manikanta (21), a Group D worker of the Mysuru City Corporation, Shivanna aka Shivu (25) a tile worker, and Kumara (26) a painter, died on the

Bijnor, Apr 16: A 42-year-old Dalit farmer set himself ablaze inside a police station after cops reportedly did not help him regain his land which was allegedly forcibly grabbed by a local strongman. The incident was reported from Mandawar police station on Saturday afternoon. Police said the farmer sustained 55% burn injuries and was rushed to the district hospital from where he was referred to

New Delhi, Apr 15: Eight coaches of Meerut-Lucknow Rajya Rani Express derailed near Rampur in Uttar Pradesh today leaving at least 10 passengers injured, railway officials said. The accident happened between Mundapandey and Rampur railway stations, Northern railway spokesperson Neeraj Sharma said. He said while two passengers have been injured there was no casualty in the accident. Moradabad

New Delhi, Apr 14: Amidst the ongoing tension of online cheats blackmailing innocent persons after obtaining their card details and looting money from their accounts, one more member of this gang was arrested for allegedly supplying complete data of credit cards to operators of fake call centers. On the basis of this data, scam callers call innocent persons, giving an impression that they are

New Delhi, Apr 14: A lucky tip-off and the letter 'A' tattooed on the right hand of an 18-year-old girl has helped police crack a sensational murder that took place in 2008. The story begins in 2006, when 16-year-old Aarti fell for a neighbourhood boy in Sultanpuri, west Delhi. They dated for two years and when she turned 18, the two moved in together. Initially, life was good. The boy, Brijender