Crime and crash

Dhar: In a shocking incident, a 21-year-old woman belonging to Hindu community was brutally assaulted with sticks and stripped by her own family members in the presence of villages in Madhya Pradesh. Police have arrested four of the accused after the video clippings of the incident went viral on social media. In the video, family members of the woman are seen beating her up with sticks. She was

Mumbai, Jul 2: At least 13 people died in the retaining wall collapse of few hutments built on a hill slope in Kurar Village in area of Malad East on Tuesday night. "In an extremely unfortunate incident, 13 people died in the retaining wall collapse of few hutments built on a hill slope in Kurar Village. Fire Brigade & NDRF had rushed to the spot," tweeted BMC. So far, four people were rescued and

Hyderabad, Jul 1: A day after being attacked by the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) including the brother of an MLA, Forest Officer C Anitha on Monday demanded action against the accused saying that this attack is on the uniform. "We are public servants, we were doing our duty. Those who are against them have either been attacked or transferred. They should be suspended. The party should

Telangana, Jun 30: A Telangana woman forest department official was injured Sunday when she was attacked by some people, allegedly led by the brother of a TRS MLA, at a village in Komaram Bheem Asifabad district over a land issue. Superintendent of Police Malla Reddy said Koneru Krishna, brother of TRS MLA Koneru Kannappa, has been arrested and booked under various sections of the IPC. Forest

Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 26: Mumbai police has issued a lookout notice against the elder son of CPI (M) Kerala Unit Secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan in connection with a rape case filed by a Bihari woman who claimed that she has a child from that relation. The Mumbai police issued the lookout notice when the Dindoshi branch of Bombay City Civil and Sessions Court is scheduled to hear an anticipatory

Ghaziabad, Jun 26: Two Dalit women were killed and two of their male relatives seriously injured when a car ran over them in the Chandpur area of Bulandshahr on Monday night. While the police initially described it as an accident, the relatives of the women alleged that local hooligan Nakul Thakur, an upper caste man, and his four unidentified accomplices deliberately ran over Urmila Devi, 42, and

Hyderabad, Jun 25: 19-year-old girl Shravani committed suicide here allegedly after being "counselled" by her parents for excessive use of mobile phone. The girl was allegedly counselled by her mother on Monday, following which she committed suicide. State police have registered a case under Section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and have sent the body to Osmania General Hospital for post

Uttarakhand, Jun 24: Uttarakhand's Joshimath Municipality is faced with an uphill task of clearing quintals of garbage left behind after the high-profile Gupta family weddings last week at Auli. Over 220 quintal waste had been collected from the wedding site between Sunday and Monday noon with the Municipality pressing in 7-8 trucks for the purpose, top government officials said. The Municipality

Delhi, Jun 24: Two men, who are brothers, were arrested on Saturday for allegedly repeatedly raping a 22-year-old woman over a period of four days in Delhi in Amar Colony. The accused have been identified as Shatrughan and Bharat. According to police, the woman is a native of Kanpur, who came to Delhi in search of work on June 16. The mother of the accused had offered her help in finding work. A

New Delhi, Jun 22: A man allegedly killed his wife and three young children by slitting their throats in South Delhi's Mehrauli, police said on Saturday. Upender Shukla, a private tutor, has been arrested and he is suspected to be suffering from depression, they said. He killed his wife, Archana, and his two-month-old daughter, five-year-old son and seven-year-old daughter by slitting their