Crime and crash

Bangalore, June 22: A four-year-old boy, an LKG student of a private school on Thanisandra Main Road, was killed when his school van’s door hit him after he had alighted from the vehicle near his house ON Thursday evening. The police said Mohammed Faizal had joined Bright Nursery School only a few days ago. He was the son of Noorullah Huq, an employee of an optician’s shop in Malleswaram, and

New Delhi, June 22: Four of India's southern states — Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnakata and Kerala — that together constitute 22% of the country's population recorded 42% of suicide deaths in men and 40% of self-inflicted fatalities in women in 2010. Maharashtra and West Bengal together accounted for an additional 15% of suicide deaths. Delhi recorded the lowest suicide rate in the country. In

Allahabad, June 22: At least 30 children between the ages of 6 months to 2 years have died in the last 20 days in the biggest government run children's hospital in Allahabad. And the figures may not surprise anyone. One visit to the 100-bedded hospital shows wards are overflowing with patients, with 2 to 3 children occupying a single bed. These deaths have blamed on poor facilities at the Sarojini

Bhubaneswar, June 22: The 19-year-old Dalit rape victim of Pipili died on Thursday after remaining in coma for more than six months with her father demanding capital punishment for the culprits. She died of septicaemia, severe respiratory and cardiological complications, Dr BN Maharana, emergency officer of Cuttack's SCB Medical College Hospital, told reporters. The girl, who was raped and an

Panaji, June 22: Goa Police on Thursday arrested 58-year-old man for molesting a 4-year-old girl at the beach village of Calangute near Panaji on Thursday. The accused, Gulam Pathan, who was working as a labourer, was arrested following a complaint lodged by parents of the girl, who claimed that the accused living in the neighbourhood tried to molest their daughter, according to Inspector Nolasco

Mumbai, June 22: After being accused of infidelity by her husband, a 23-year-old Charkop resident drowned her two-year-old daughter in the sea before committing suicide six days ago. The Charkop police arrested her husband and in-laws of the woman yesterday, after her parents claimed that she had committed suicide due to their torture. On June 14, the woman, identified as Ranjana Dayal had left

Jaisalmer, Jun 21: In an alarming trend, authorities here have found a series of suspected cases of newborn girls being starved to death and deprived of medicines by parents. Rajasthan has one of the most skewed sex ratios in India and female infanticide is rampant in the state. Police in this desert district said today that four suspected cases of female infanticide have been reported in a span

New Delhi, June 21: A 30-year-old married businessman, who wanted to get rid of his girlfriend, allegedly strangled her, stuffed her body in a suitcase and took it to Haryana where he burnt it, police said. However, his return to his flat to wipe out evidence proved to be his undoing. A neighbour had spotted him when he was leaving to dump the body and informed the police. They were waiting for

Davangere, June 20: The bodies of three boys were found in a tank at Singatagere village of Honnali taluk on Tuesday morning. The villagers ruled out the possibility of the boys having drowned and suspected human sacrifice by miscreants in search of a hidden treasure. Nagaraj, 11, Halesh, 10 and Basavaraj, 8 – all students of the Singatagere government school – went missing on Sunday after 5 pm

Tumkur, June 19: A 22-year-old man raped a three-and-half-year-old girl at Anapanahalli near Altur of Tiptur taluk on Sunday. The family of the accused is said to have tried to hush up the case through a compromise with the girl’s family. The incident came to light on Tuesday. The accused, a neighbour of the child, used to take her to his house frequently on the pretext of playing with her. On