Crime and crash

Lucknow, Mar 16: The city of Agra erupted in anger with people taking to the streets over the brutal killing of a woman research scholar inside the Zoology laboratory of Dayalbagh Education Institute, a deemed university. Police suspect the victim had been raped before being killed. The body of the research scholar from Delhi, that bore scores of stab wounds inflicted by a surgical knife was

Jaipur, Mar 11: A 19-year-old girl attending coaching classes for medical entrance exams in Kota was gang-raped in front of her male friend by two former jawans of the Rajasthan Armed Constabulary. The girl had gone on a bike ride with her friend when the two accused, posing as policemen, stopped them on Friday evening and took them to an isolated place in Kota's Dadabari area. They raped the girl

Chennai, Mar 10: A stray dog dragged a four-year-old girl by the hair and ripped off a chunk of her cheek in a village near Guduvanchery on Friday evening. The dog allegedly bit four other children but neither the panchayat board nor the police have confirmed it. It was later killed by villagers. The girl, who was administered an anti-rabies vaccine at a private hospital and her blood samples sent

Kannur, Mar 9: Bitti Mohanty, the absconding son of former Odisha DGP BB Mohanty, who was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for raping a 26-year-old German national in 2006, has been taken into custody by Kerala Police here. According to police sources, Bitti was working in a public sector bank in the district impersonating as a recruit from Andhra Pradesh. Police were tipped off about the

Ajmer, Mar 6: A 16-year-old Class XI student of a government girls residential school in Pawata block in Naguar district gave birth to a baby in the hostel's bathroom early on Tuesday. Though the delivery took place in the wee hours, it came to light only in the morning when the other girls of the hostel heard the cries of the infant from a closed bathroom. The girls of the hostel reported the

Mumbai, Mar 4: The domestic help of actor Ayushmann Khurrana was found dead in his apartment. Police say it is a case of suicide. They say the actor has been out of town for a shoot since February 17. Reacting to the news, the actor in a statement said, "It is very unfortunate but I am saddened by the news of my house help committing suicide.: "We are in the process of garnering all information

New Delhi, Mar 1: Finding prima facie evidence against him in the Nirbhaya gang rape case, the Juvenile Justice Board on Thursday served notice on the sixth accused — a minor — for gang rape, murder, kidnapping, unnatural offences, attempt to murder, dacoity, destruction of evidence and conspiracy. Under the Juvenile Justice Act, serving of notice is equivalent to framing of charges by the court

Hyderabad, Feb 25: Three sex workers, including a Telugu TV actress, were held in raids conducted on two brothels in the city on Sunday.Banjara Hills police raided on two brothels and rescued three sex workers including a Telugu TV actress on Sunday. Acting on a tip off, Banjara Hills police raided a house at Pragati Nagar in Yellareddyguda and caught two women including a 22-year-old Telugu TV

New Delhi, Feb 24: A 20-year-old model and upcoming actor was murdered and his body stuffed in a suitcase, allegedly by kidnappers who had called his family two days ago with a demand for Rs 2 lakh. Sumit Tiwari's body was found on Saturday at the east Delhi residence one of his acquaintances, Shantideep, who has gone missing. Sumit was apparently strangled to death and there were several injury

Kunigal (Tumkur dist), Feb 18: Six persons were killed and 25 injured in two accidents on NH-48 near Anchepalya on the outskirts of Kunigal town on Sunday night. In a serial accident, four persons died on the spot when a speeding sand-laden lorry rammed a car, and seven other vehicles following them. The 25 injured passengers, nine of them children, were occupants of these seven vehicles. All the