Crime and crash

Kolkata, March 1: Already facing flak for the controversial statements on the rising incidents of rape in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee landed into fresh trouble when her nephew slapped a traffic sub-inspector for ‘daring to stop him’. The incident happened at around 11 am on Wednesday, when Subir Ghosh, a sub-inspector on-duty at Khidderpore in South Kolkata stopped a private car No

Mangalore, March 1: In a heart rending two wheeler mishap, Two students of St. Joseph's Engineering College were killed near Pavanje Bridge on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday night. The deceased have been identified as Steven of Kulshekar and his classmate Ashwin Pereira of Bajpe. They were travelling from Udupi to Mangalore. The tragedy occurred when the motorcycle they were riding

New Delhi, February 29: In a major operation, Delhi Police has arrested two suspected LeT terrorists who were allegedly planning to carry out terror strikes in the capital targeting vital installations and VVIPs. Delhi Police sources said the operation was launched to nab the two Lashkar-e-Toiba men after receiving inputs from Central intelligence agencies that the duo have entered the capital to

Bankura (West Bengal), February 29: In another incident of rape in West Bengal, a physically challenged woman was allegedly raped by a junior doctor in a government hospital in Bankura district, police said Wednesday. “We have received a complaint that a deaf and mute woman was raped by a junior doctor of Bankura Sammilani Medical College. The victim was medical examined locally and we are taking

New Delhi, February 29: A 16-year-old girl was raped allegedly by a group of minor boys from her school after taking her to Rishikesh, police said on Tuesday. The shocking case was reported from Badarpur in South-East Delhi. A case of rape was registered at Badarpur police station recently after the victim's family approached them. The police in Rishikesh had informed the parents of the victim

Bhopal, February 29: The Central Bureau of Investigation arrested architect Zahida Pervez for the murder of RTI activist Shehla Masood on Tuesday here. Ms. Zahida Pervez, according to the CBI, hired a contract killer and had the RTI activist murdered because of some personal rivalry. “In a major breakthrough, the CBI arrested a Bhopal-based Interior Designer in an on-going investigation in

Bangalore, February 29: The complainant who has filed a case against BJP MLA C?T Ravi in the Special Lokayukta Court, has alleged that he is being harassed by the authorities in Chikmagalur. The complainant, R Devi Prasad, had alleged that Ravi had obtained civic amenity sites in his wife Pallavi Ravi’s name, through fraudulent means and had also obtained multiple housing sites. The case is being

Bagalkot, February 28: A 35-year old Congress worker was brutally murdered by some persons in a village in Bagalkot district of Karnataka today, police said. Hanumantha Chattaragi Ganagir, who was a cane supervisor in Baragandi Sugar Factory owned by Congress MLC S R Patil, was waylaid and fatally assaulted at Nayanegali by some persons with whom he was involved in a petty quarrel, Superintendent

Bhopal, February 28: According to the Income Tax department's final assessment report, the total wealth amassed by the tainted IAS couple Arvind Joshi and Tinu Joshi is pegged at Rs 240.38 crore. The report took over a year after the initial appraisal that assessed the amount at around Rs 360 crore in December 2010, ten months after IT sleuths raided the official residence of the Joshis here

Bangalore, February 28: A 12-year-old girl on a school picnic drowned in a pool of an amusement parknear here around 3pm on Monday. Shabarin Taz, a Class VI student of Matha English School, RT Nagar, was in a 140-strong contingent of students taken by her school in two buses to WonderLa, an amusement park about 28km from here. Shabarin and her friends were playing in an artificially-created sea