Crime and crash

Mangalore, April 14: An elderly woman was robbed by miscreants in her house at Anegudi near Bejai in the city on Friday. According to police, the robbers gained entry into the house of Manorama (86) by removing some of the tiles on the roof, when she was alone in the house. They removed her earrings after bleeding her earlobes and snatched her four gold bangles and a gold ring. A case has been

Ankola, April 14: A 20-year-old youth ended his life by consuming insecticide on Friday for trivial reason. The deceased has been identified as Manjunath Narayan Naik (20), a resident of Bobruwada village in Ankola taluk. It is learnt that Manjunath's parents had asked him to find a job for himself. Upset over this, Manjunath killed himself. The Ankola police have registered a case.

Karwar, April 14: Vishwanath Ramaswami of Vaddara Colony at Baleguli village in Ankola taluk drowned on Friday. The accident occurred while he got down a well to remove a rodent. The Ankola police have registered a case.

Dubai, April 13: In a freak accident, a 10-year-old UAE national boy died on the spot after he was hit on the neck by the remote-controlled door at his family villa on Tuesday. Major-General Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Dubai Police said the unfortunate incident took place in the Mirdiff area in Dubai. He added that the incident has caused great shock to the family

Kolkata, April 13: A Kolkata professor, Ambikesh Mahapatra, is learning the hard way that posting anti-Mamata Banerjee cartoons on social networking sites can mean big trouble in West Bengal. The professor was assaulted last night, allegedly by Trinamool Congress workers, and was arrested by the police soon after. The chemistry professor at the prestigious Jadavpur University has been arrested on

Mumbai, April 13: The Vinoba Bhave Nagar police in Kurla are yet again in the news for alleged molestation of a woman, this time, one of their colleagues, who is on probation. A police inspector and a constable have been suspended after a woman sub-inspector lodged a complaint of molestation and outraging her modesty. Last year, a sub-inspector from the same police station, Manoj Londe, was

Mandya, April 12: Seven persons were killed and about 25 injured in a collision between a van and Karnataka State Transport Corporation bus near Chinkurali in Pandavpura taluk today, police said. The deceased were travelling in the van. All the injured have been admitted to hospital and condition of three of them were serious, police said.

Udupi, April 12: The Udupi district police arrested two persons in connection with the murder of a labourer Basavantappa, which took place in an old house belonging to Shaukat Ali on Katte Acharya Road here on April 8. The district police said on Wednesday that the accused had been identified as Prabhu Shankarappa Bhangigowda of Devi Housur village in Haveri district, and Parveen Toppo of

Bangalore, April 12: A 19-year-old student was found dead with her throat slit at her house in Pai Layout, Mahadevapura, on Wednesday evening. Police have identified the dead as Monica Ravi Srivastav, a second semester BCom student of Bangalore City College, Kalyan Nagar, Banasawadi. The incident came to light when her sister returned home from office at 6:30 pm. Anjali Ravi Srivastav, her sister

Mangalore, April 11: A youth was found dead on railway track between Bantwal and Padil on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Krishna (26), an electrician by profession. It is suspected that he was hit by a moving train. Sources at the Government Railway Police Station said that Krishna had gone to see the fair in Polali on Monday. He had told his parents that he would return home, which