Crime and crash

Bangalore, November 2: An MSc graduate, who allegedly poisoned and stabbed to death her software engineer fiance landed in the police net. Saumya, 24, a Psychology student from Surana College and daughter of a reputed industrialist in Peenya, googled information on ways to kill people before she found one to bump off Nitish, police said. They have arrested her and an acquaintance of hers

Bangalore, October 30: Unable to suffer the harassment from her friend, Bhagyamma’s relatives, Kalavathi (18) allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her house in Magadi taluk . The incident occurred on Sunday evening at Gollarahatti village in Magadi taluk in the limits of Kudur police station of Ramanagaram district. Kalavathi was a resident of Gollarahatti and an employee of a private

Dabra, October 28: One after the other, the men raped her. They had dragged the girl into a darkened stone shelter at the edge of the fields, eight men, maybe more, reeking of pesticide and cheap whiskey. They assaulted her for nearly three hours. She was 16 years old. When it was over, the men threatened to kill her if she told anyone, and for days the girl said nothing. Speaking out would have

Washington, October 27: For USD 50,000, a 26-year-old software engineer from AndhraPradesh kidnapped and killed his family friend's 10-month-old babySaanvi, whose body he stuffed in a suitcase, but nicknames used by him in the ransom note provided critical clues that helped police nab him. Raghunandan Yandamuri was arrested on charges of kidnapping and killing Saanvi Venna and her 61-year-old

Washington, October 27: 10-month-old baby Saanvi Venna, who went missing from her family's suburban Philadelphia apartment earlier this week, has been found dead and a family friend is charged in her death and her grandmother's killing. Saanvi's body was found today in the basement of another building in the apartment complex. "We have arrested a family friend, identified as Raghunanean

Hubli, October 26: Sarangi exponent Ustad Faiyaz Khan sustained injuries in the leg and his wife died in a road accident near Harihar in Davanagere district on Thursday. The deceased is 39-year-old Parveen Banu. According to Faiyaz Khan's son Sarfaraaz, six people, including three children, were travelling in a Maruti Swift Dzire which overturned near Anagawadi Cross around 12.30pm. The injured

Washington, October 25: An Indian woman from Andhra Pradesh visiting the US was killed when she apparently tried to resist the abduction of her 10-month-old granddaughter. The police and the FBI have launched a massive manhunt to find the assailants and the kidnappers. "Saanvi Venna is believed to have been taken from her family's apartment after the murder of her grandmother, Satayvathi Venna

Sharjah, October 22: Shocked and shivering. That’s how a student felt when a teacher forced him to strip down to his undergarments as a punishment in class.The Grade 5 schoolboy was put through the humiliation because he felt cold with the air-conditioner at full blast, and did not listen to the teacher when he was asked not to adjust the sleeves of his shirt. The teacher was later sacked by the

Bangalore, October 22: The Chennai-bound Kaveri Express derailed in the early hours on Monday near Kuppam, Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh. More than 20 people are reportedly hurt in the accident. Four bogies including the engine of Kaveri Express train went off the track. Rescue operations are hindered by heavy rains in the region. The injured are admitted to Chittoor hospital. Special buses have been

Pune, October 21: A doctor in Pune was arrested yesterday on the charges of rape. He allegedly raped the woman, who was known to him, after convincing her to bring her sick father to a hospital in the city. Dr. Mangesh Gajakosh, 29, was recently appointed as a resident doctor by the state-run Kamgar Hospital in IDC in suburban Mumbai. He met the 22-year-old woman in Pune in 2011 and they both