Crime and crash

Belgaum (Karnataka), May 31: Ten persons were killed and two others injured in a collision between a car and a goods carrier at Nippani town in the district today. Eight persons died on the spot while two succumbed to injuries at a hospital, police said.The two injured have been hospitalised. The victims were on their way to Goa after a trip to the pilgrim town of Shiradi when the mishap occurred

Mumbai, May 31: Two children reportedly suffocated to death inside a car in Mumbai's suburban Ambernath area on Wednesday. The police's First Information Report (FIR) says that 10-year-old Shivshankar and eight-year-old Ravishankar got into the car while playing. The two children got trapped after the car got locked due to its central locking. The children lived in a MHADA colony at Badlapur and

Dubai, May 31: Investigations into a British teenager’s fatal fall from a Motor City building have taken a new twist. The police are now believed to be probing a murder angle. At the centre of their investigation is a ‘mysterious brawl’ that allegedly led to the boy’s suspicious death, XPRESS can reveal. A student of Jumeirah College, Harry Harling, 15, was found dead on the lawn of Newbridge Hill

Rome, May 30: A US marine sergeant has been arrested by Italian police after he allegedly made a video of his repeated rape of a seven-year-old girl and posted it online. The 28-year-old soldier from Florida was arrested on Tuesday by the Italian Carabinieri military police and is being held at a prison in Pisa. The US has the right to request his extradition. The US marines took part in the

Karwar, May 30: One woman died and six others were rescued at Magod in Honnavar taluk on Tuesday when their boat drowned in the Sharavati river. The victim was identified as Jaya Naik (21) of Bengre Kogthio village. She was returning with her relatives after attending a marriage. The Honnavar police have registered a case.

New Delhi, May 30: A head constable has been crushed to death in Dholpur in Rajasthan. The police suspect the involvement of the local sand mafia. The victim has been identified as 46-year-old Mahendra Singh. A sand-laden truck was found abandoned near the crime scene. It is suspected that it was carrying illegally mined sand. The police has cordoned off the crime scene and were carrying out

Mangalore, May 30: The Mangalore special police forest mobile squad arrested a man and recovered for him skins of black bucks and barking deer at Herga near Manipal on Monday. Deputy Range Forest Officer Jeevandas Shetty of Udupi Range said that Ritesh from Perampalli was trying to sell two skins of black bucks and a skin of a barking deer at Shettibettu in Herga when he was arrested. Ritesh told

Ferozepur, May 30: A 30-year-old woman from Tarn Taran, who pretended to be an NRI looking for a handsome Punjabi groom, duped five men into marriage and stripped them of their money with the promise of making their Canada dreams come true. Emboldened by their silence, she continued her swindling ways and ended up making a neat sum of Rs 5 crore before her arrest here on Tuesday. Rajwinder Kaur

Bangalore, May 30: A man and his son had a miraculous escape when a concrete mixer lorry fell toppled on their car on Malagala Service Road near Nagarabavi on Tuesday morning. S R Venugopal and his son V Bharath were travelling in their car when the lorry speeding from the opposite direction took a sharp left turn and fell on the car. The duo escaped unhurt as they rushed out of the car in a split

Mumbai, May 30: A mother, who sent her two minor daughters to solicit customers, along with a woman pimp was arrested by the Mumbai police's social service branch from Sion. Last Friday, assistant commissioner of police Vasant Dhoble sent a fake customer to the accused and busted the racket run by the two women. "We raided a room at Prerna Municipality Kamgar Chawl, where the accused had let out