Crime and crash

New Delhi, Aug 20: A Delhi Police constable was shot while trying to save a couple from being mugged by a group of criminals near Shahbad Dairy in outer Delhi on Friday night. The incident took place around 10pm when constable Anand was on patrol duty near the Bawana Industrial Area. He saw a group of men on a motorbike having a scuffle with the couple and tried to intervene. Seeing the policeman

Chandigarh, Aug 19: Police have arrested a 26- year-old resident of Makhan Majra village on the charges of theft as he replaced the two tyres of his car (a Maruti Ciaz) that had been clamped for wrong parking in the Industrial Area and coolly drive away with the car (with the clamps still attached to the two tyres). A clamp costs around Rs 2,500. Jaspal Singh (26) had parked his car (CH-01-BB-2365

Ballari, Aug 19: Four youths, returning from an excursion, were killed on the spot in a head-on collision between a car and a lorry on National Highway-50 near Shivapur in the taluk on Thursday morning. The deceased have been identified as Kiran Veerendra Navi (20), Manjunath Hadapad (19), both residents of Sindagi town, Shivananda Hadapad (23) of Halemuddinakatte and Basavaraj Navi (25) of

Mumbai, Aug 18: Five persons, including a woman, were killed when their car rammed into a tree on the Western Express Highway in Vile Parle area here in the wee hours today. The accident occurred at around 5.20 AM when the speeding Honda City car's driver lost control as a result of which the vehicle rammed into a tree alongside the road near Shastri Nagar area in Vile Parle, a police official

Mumbai, Aug 18: Five persons, including a woman, were killed when their car rammed into a tree on the Western Express Highway in Vile Parle area here in the wee hours today. The accident occurred at around 5.20 AM when the speeding Honda City car's driver lost control as a result of which the vehicle rammed into a tree alongside the road near Shastri Nagar area in Vile Parle, a police official

New Delhi, Aug 17: Two kids who had gone out for a drive with their parents on Independence Day, were killed after a kite string (manja) slit their throats as they stuck their heads out the sunroof windows of their cars. One incident was reported from northwest Delhi’s Rani Bagh and the other from west Delhi’s Tilak Nagar. In the first incident, Sanchi Goyal was returning to her Deepali Enclave

Satara (Maharashtra), Aug 16: A Maharashtra medico — arrested on the charge of kidnapping and killing an ‘aanganwadi’ worker — has confessed to murdering at least six persons by administering lethal overdoses of medicines, police said here on Monday. Satara’s Wai Police Station Inspector Padmakar Ghanvat said accused Santosh Pol, who was arrested last Saturday and who is now being called ‘Dr

Bhubaneswar, Aug 16: Odisha cabinet minister Jogendra Behera’s personal security officer (PSO) was seen tying his shoelaces during Independence Day celebration in Keonjhar on Monday, inviting criticism. Behera was the chief guest at the Independence Day celebration at the district headquarter town and hoisted the tricolour. After unfurling the national flag his PSO was seen tying his shoelaces

Hyderabad, Aug 15: A woman teacher of a primary school in Ranga Reddy district was electrocuted and four students suffered minor burns on Sunday after they came in contact with a high tension wire during Independence Day preparations, the police said. The mishap occurred around 11am on the ground of Medikonda primary school under Chengomul police station limits in Ranga Reddy district, which

Hyderabad, Aug 14: Four persons including three sanitary workers were today found dead in a manhole in Ayyappa society in Madhapur area here with the civic officials suspecting that the toxic gases caused their deaths. An employee of 108 Ambulance service, who tried to rescue them fell ill after inhaling the poisonous gas, said R Kalinga Rao, Madhapur Police Inspector. "The workers were cleaning