Crime and crash

Mandya, Jun 11: Prevalence of child marriage in the district despite the formulation of numerous stringent laws and social schemes for women empowerment has become a cause of concern. According to the Women and Child Development Department, 62 cases of child marriages were reported between April 2011 and April 2012. The Department officials in association with Birds, a non-governmental

Bangalore, June 11: A BPO employee hung herself in her room at a PG in Hebbal on Sunday afternoon. The victim has been identified as Sheikh Hasina, 21, a native of Madanapalle in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. According to the police, Hasina had quarreled with her room-mate, Afsar Kousar. The problem began after Hasina, faced with urgent financial needs, borrowed Kousar’s ATM card a month ago to

Karimganj, June 10: A seven year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour in Assam's Cachar district, police said on Sunday. The girl was lured to his house by her neighbour, a driver by profession, when she was playing outside her home at Sonai area and allegedly raped her on Saturday, the police said. The girl's father filed an FIR at Sonai Police station and a search has been launched to

Hyderabad, June 10: Five persons, including two women and an alleged drug peddler were arrested and several types of drugs seized from their possession after the police busted an alleged rave party at an apartment in the upscale Banjara Hills here. The incident took place last night when a police team raided the rave party last night and seized 14 grams of different drugs including cocaine, 24 LSD

Chandigarh, June 10: It is not just in the Rohtak shelter home where its intimates were abused and exploitated. The Haryana government is now investigating at least four shelters for alleged abuse and torture of inmates. But the Haryana government is busy passing the buck for its oversight that led to owner of the Rohtak Shelter home Jaswanti Devi being awarded the first Indira Gandhi Nari Shakti

Nagpur, June 10: A married woman was abducted and sold in Kota (Rajashan) for Rs 1 lakh by her friend who promised to help her get a job. The accused took the help of two others, one of whom runs a marriage bureau. Jaripatka police are searching for Maithili Bhugade (name changed), a resident of Samata Nagar. On June 2, Maithili left home with her three-year-old son Arun (name changed) in search

Bahraich, June 9: A former legislator and husband of a current MLA, Dilip Verma, convicted by a sessions court for assaulting a dalit policeman 17 years ago has been arrested, police said on Saturday. Husband of Madhuri Verma, MLA Nanpara, Dilip who had been a Samajwadi Party MLA from Bahraich's Mahsi constituency three times, was arrested last evening and would be produced in the court today, SP

Sonipat/ Pataudi, June 9: A class 12 student, was killed by her own father in Sonipat on the outskirts of New Delhi. Her crime; she fell in love and wanted to marry a boy from the same village. When she did not bow down to family pressure, her father Brajesh Singh used her dupatta to strangle her and then turned himself in to the police. Mr Singh, who works as a security guard, in a factory told

Karwar, June 9: The police have seized a vehicle that was transporting liquor estimated at Rs. 1.25 lakh on Thursday night. The liquor, which was being smuggled from Goa, was seized at Post Amadalli in Karwar taluk. According to Maruti G. Nayak, Inspector of Excise Enforcement and Lottery Prohibition wing, the vehicle had 14 bags of liquor. However, the occupants of the vehicle managed to escape

Manipal, June 9: A case of chain snatching was reported near SDM Yoga and Naturopathy Hospital at Herga here. According to Manipal police, H. Aruna of Hebri was walking near the hospital between 6.45 p.m. and 7 p.m. when two persons on a motorcycle stopped her. They snatched a gold chain from her and sped away. The value of the chain has been estimated at Rs. 75,000.