Crime and crash

Navi Mumbai, Jun 25: Eleven members of a Malad-based family were killed in an accident on the Mumbai-Goa highway in Khed, Ratnagiri district, late on Sunday night. At around 11.15pm on Sunday, a sand-filled dumper going towards Chiplun, collided head-on with a Qualis carrying 13 persons who were returning to Mumbai. The high-speed collision killed 11 of the Chavan family, including three children

Bijapur, Jun 24: Four persons were killed on the spot when their four-wheeler collided with an oncoming lorry near Horti on NH-13 in the wee hours of Sunday. The deceased are identified as Anand Shnataiah Hiremath (35), Mallikarjun Tammanna Kalasad (36), Subhash Veerappa Karabantanal (43) and Sunil Badarinarayan Suresh Putani (35), the residents of Bijapur city. They were on their way to Shirdi

Mumbai, Jun 21: The 35-year-old Shakuntala building, situated at Bazarpeth in Mumbra area of Thane district, collapsed after midnight when the residents were fast asleep, police said. At least 5 persons, including an infant, were killed and 21 others injured when a three-storey building collapsed near Mumbra station early on Friday morning. The 35-year-old Shakuntala building, situated at

New Delhi, Jun 20: A 20-year-old woman was allegedly gang raped in northeast Delhi by two electricians on Tuesday night. The accused Digambar (30) and Ravi (32) were arrested from their residence in Loni, Ghaziabad. A case of gang rape has been registered. According to the police, the victim and her husband, residents of Motihari in Bihar, were travelling by train to Ambala after being asked to

Dehradun, Jun 17: Five more bodies were recovered today from near the Himalayan shrine of Kedarnath, taking the toll in the torrential rains lashing Uttarakhand to 13 even as the chardham yatra remained suspended for the second day due to landslips. Authorities in Chamoli district said the toll may climb as about 50 persons from different villages in the area are missing and rescue operations are

Dharwad, Jun 15: A road accident near Itagatti village on the Hubli-Dharwad by-pass near Dharwad on?Friday morning claimed five lives and left 28 people seriously injured. According the police, the accident occurred around 5 am when the driver of a National Travels Volvo bus attempted to overtake a truck and went off the road. The bus then rolled down a 20-foot-high embankment and onto vacant land

Jhansi, Jun 11: A 17-year-old girl, who has played five times in state hockey and also has won gold medal in state school championship, on Monday stabbed four boys, who are also in their teens, over a trivial issue. According to police, the girl was taking part in a hockey camp along with other girls and boys in Laxmi Vyam Mandir where on Monday she had some tussle with two fellow girls which was

Lucknow, May 8: The driver of a UP Roadways bus had the fright of his life when he found, to his shock and dismay, an enraged elephant looking for him after the animal’s mahout was killed after the bus knocked him down, in Jaunpur district. The terrified driver hid below the bus seat as the angry elephant kept going round the bus for several hours and prevented any movement of the vehicle

Shimla, May 6: Alleged dowry death of a 28-year-old woman in Vantungli village of Kangra district has left the deceased's in-laws as well as her family in trouble. While her husband and mother-in-law have been arrested, police also booked the blood relatives for performing her last rites in front of the in-laws' house on Friday. "Cremating the body in front of a house is against the law and we

New Delhi, May 6: The 23-year-old fashion designing student who had gone missing from her rented flat in east Delhi on April 20 was found dead two days later near railway tracks in Punjab. This has been revealed by one Rajesh Kumar from Abohar who had read about the girl in local papers of Punjab at that time. Kumar, who was in the city for work, was surprised to read about the same girl in city