Crime and crash

Jeddah, Oct 7: Tweeters on social media sites circulated a video clip showing a man, most probably a citizen, harassing his housemaid. Users and followers of the tweets think his wife posted the video to publicize the shameful behavior of her husband as an act of revenge. The video sparked widespread condemnations against the wife. The incident reveals one more incident of harassment of maids in

Berlin, Sep 29: A 19-year-old girl was strangulated to death by her father after she was caught stealing condoms from a shop to have sex with her boyfriend. Asadullah Khan, 51, who hails from Pakistan, killed his daughter Lareeb on 28 January this year for bringing dishonour to the family. Khan and his wife Shazia, 41, are both on trial for the murder in Darmstadt, Germany. Khan has confessed to

New Delhi, Sep 28: A 34-year-old corporate lawyer has been arrested for allegedly taking obscene pictures of women with a spy cam fitted to one of his shoes at a prominent South Delhi mall, said police today. The lawyer, who is a son of a former president of consumer forum in Haryana, was arrested yesterday when a manager of a popular shop in the shopping mall suspected his unusual behaviour of

Riyadh, Sep 21: The Saudi government on Monday maintained that a video going viral online and showing a man beating up an Indian construction worker was not of a Saudi national but a national of another Arab country. The video uploaded on YouTube showed a man described as a "Saudi engineer" beating up the worker engaged in the expansion work on the Grand Mosque in Makkah. In the two-minute-long

Dharwad, Sep 7: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID), which is probing into the killing of M?M?Kalburgi, has ruled out property dispute as the motive for the grisly murder. Initially, the CID suspected the outspoken Kannada writer was gunned down for a property dispute. A?team of investigators went to his native place in Sindagi taluk of Vijayapura district to talk to his close relatives

Edinburgh, Jul 10: A young woman who was critically injured in a car crash in Scotland spent three days waiting with the dead body of her boyfriend for help to arrive, it emerged Thursday. Lamara Bell's father accused police of ignoring his 25-year-old daughter after officers admitted they had received a report of the crash on Sunday but failed to act. The couple and their car were found by a

Mumbai, Jun 16: A 42-year-old woman from suburban Bandra here was booked for alleged drunk driving after she tried to escape the alcohol test and sped away in an inebriated state, police said today. The woman, Shivani Bali, a resident of Worli in South Mumbai was intercepted near Bandra Reclamation last night after Mumbai Police stepped up its enforcement drive against drunk driving following the

Lucknow, Jun 6: The old woman only wanted to bless the groom, but little did she know that it would end the marriage. On touching the groom’s head, his wig fell down, exposing the shining bald head and with that crashing dreams of a happy married life. The shocked and furious bride refused to marry, and the groom’s side was held hostage by the bride’s family for several hours for hiding the truth

Mumbai, May 27: Just a week after she moved into an apartment in Mumbai, Misbah Qadri, a communications professional, was asked out. "I was told that they do not give flats to Muslim people," she says. The 25-year-old had found a three-bedroom apartment at Sanghvi Heights in Wadala after a long, difficult search. She teamed up with two working women, both Hindus; they contacted her on Facebook

Ballari, May 13: Four persons died and two others sustained injuries in a road accident on NH-13 near Amlapur village in Kudligi taluk of the district during the early hours of Tuesday. The accident was a result of a head-on collision between a lorry and a Tata Sumo. According to preliminary information, all the deceased and the injured were said to be from Vijayapura district travelling in the