Crime and crash

Mumbai, November 19: Police on Sunday arrested a 21-year-old girl for questioning the total shutdown in the city for Bal Thackeray's funeral on her Facebook account. Another girl who 'liked' the comment was also arrested. The duo were booked under Section 295 (a) of the IPC (for hurting religious sentiments ) and Section 64 (a) of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Though the girl withdrew her

Bangalore, November 19: Once a playful child, seven-year-old Shrija is now quiet. She talks only to her mother Smitha, 32, and counsellors. The child was five when her maternal grandfather sexually abused her for over a year when her mother used to go to work. Life has never been the same for Smitha, a teacher, ever since she found out the truth. Kinship for her is now fraught with minefields. For

Bangalore, November 18: A history-sheeter was chased, stabbed and bludgeoned to death in full public view in JC Nagar 21st main, Kurubarahalli in Mahalakshmi Layout on Saturday morning. A group of three to four assailants , who came in motorcycles and had masked their faces, attacked 25-year-old Karthik alias Lodde using machetes , knives and choppers. Eyewitnesses said the assailants had worn

London, November 14: A 31-year-old Indian woman died in Ireland from blood poisoning after doctors allegedly refused to perform an abortion stating "this is a Catholic country". Irish authorities have launched a probe into the death of Savita Halappanavar, a dentist, who was 17 weeks pregnant and suffering a miscarriage and septicaemia at University Hospital Galway last month, The Irish Times

Kochi, November 13: Professional jealousy between two girls turned sour when one of them, with the help of her Facebook friend circulated nude pictures and videos of the other through emails among senior officials and colleagues in their organization. Kochi city police on Monday arrested the accused, Gayathri (24) of Thiruvananthapuram, and her friend, Aswin Nair (26) of Kuzhalmannam in Palakkad

New Delhi, November 12: Kolkata Police on Monday filed a case against athlete Pinki Pramanik, charging the former middle-distance runner of rape and cheating. The case was filed after medical reports suggested that Pinki is a male. Pinki was arrested on June 14 earlier this year following allegations of rape. The former middle-distance runner, who had won the 4x400m relay gold in the 2006 Doha

Hyderabad, November 6: A 35-year-old housewife was raped and murdered at her house in Kukatpally on Monday. The victim was identified as Aruna Kumari, 35, of Gayathri Nagar in Kukataplly. Aruna Kumari used to work at Noble Binding Press in Gayathri Nagar. Aruna's elder daughter is a B Tech student, while her younger daughter is in class VII. Her husband, Peter, is an employee with a pharma firm in

Ranchi, November 4: A 17-year-old diploma student was raped by the manager of a city-based girls' hostel on Saturday morning. The victim, who was seeking academic assistance Abhishek Srivastava, was alone in the hostel as her roommate was attending college. Srivastava, who manages a boys' and girls' hostel at Premnagar in Jagarnathpur, also lives in the same area. Jagannathpur police station

Nellore/Hyderabad, November 3: A day after a Telugu woman died in a road accident in the US, there was more misery for the NRI community with the suicide of a 28- year-old woman from Nellore district. Mungala Saritha, a housewife, hanged herself at her home in Sun Prairie City in Dane County, Wisconin on Thursday. A close relative of her family said the cause of Sarita’s suicide was harassment by

Bangalore, November 3: Two women and three children from an Indiranagar family were rescued on Friday from a burning building by alert neighbours. Among the rescued was an eightmonth-old toddler. Around 3.15pm, a worker at Rishi medical shop off CMH Road noticed flames leaping out of a house located across the road. The house was on the second floor of a three-storey building, which had a retail