Crime and crash

Dubai, Feb 16: The ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Afghanistan died on Wednesday of wounds sustained in a bomb attack in Kandahar last month that also killed five Emirati aid workers, the UAE’s foreign ministry announced. “With great sadness and sorrow, we mourn the martyr of the nation and his duty, the righteous son Juma Mohammed Abdullah Al-Kaabi, who gave his pure soul for the sake

New Delhi, Feb 16: At a time when the Supreme Court is examining the menace of child pornography websites and exploring ways to block them, a woman has approached the court telling how addiction of pornography is destroying the matrimonial life of people. In a petition filed in the Supreme Court, the Mumbai-based lady said that her matrimonial life had been destroyed as her husband became addicted

Mumbai, Feb 15: A 43-year-old businessman travelling on an Indigo flight from Kolkata to Mumbai was arrested by the airport police for allegedly watching porn in front of an air hostess twice. The air hostess as well as her woman supervisor caught him and complained of obscenity in a public place. According to the airport police, the incident took place at 10pm on Saturday when the accused, who

Hyderabad, Feb 13: A 27-year-old Indian techie was shot dead by an unidentified miscreant in California on Saturday evening. According to the reports reaching here, Vamsi Chander Reddy Mamidala from Warangal district of Telangana was found dead with bullet injuries near the garage of his apartment at Milpitas in California. He was staying in the US after completing his MS in Computer Sciences from

Mumbai, Feb 11: Nearly a month after the police registered the murder case of a Kerala-based gold merchant who was found hanging at a lodge in suburban Chembur, it has come to light that the man had actually committed suicide, but made it look like murder as he wanted his kin to claim the insurance amount of Rs5 lakh. Police have arrested three persons for abetment. According to investigators, the

Vellore, Feb 11: A 63-year-old man has been arrested for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl for nearly three months near Walajapet in Vellore district. The incident came to light when the victim's brother had taken her to Government Hospital in Walajapet after she fell sick on Thursday. After the demise of their parents, the girl and her elder brother were living at their house. The victim's

Gurugram, Feb 10: In one of the biggest heists in Gurugram, seven armed men allegedly looted gold and Rs 5 lakh in cash from Mannappuram gold loan branch on Thursday. The looters stabbed a security guard and a customer. According to police, posing as customer, seven persons entered the branch at around 11.30 AM and held hostage the four employees, including a woman, two guards and few customers

New Delhi, Feb 10: It’s the stuff of nightmares -- a cockroach crawls up your nose in the middle of the night, burrows in and drives you mad with scratching behind your eyes. But for one Indian woman, this horror story proved all too real. The 42-year-old had a painful crawling sensation behind her eyes when she woke up, so rushed to a local clinic where her nose was flushed and she was sent home

Ghaziabad, Feb 9: A 35-year-old man allegedly shot his wife on Wednesday evening and critically injured his mother-in-law as he suspected his wife of having an illicit relationship in Ghaziabad. The man reportedly drove with his wife’s body in a Santro from Masuri to Hapur Chungi, a distance of about five-six kilometers, before being nabbed by the police. The murder allegedly took place in

Kolkata, Feb 8: A semi-decomposed body of a small-time local actress of the Bengali entertainment industry was recovered on Tuesday from her flat in the southern part of the city's Kasba area, police said. Bitasta Saha's semi-decomposed body was found hanging from the ceiling of her flat in Kasba area, they said. After repeated phone calls went unanswered for almost two days, her mother visited