Crime and crash

Chennai, February 14: A 27-year old software engineerhailing from West Bengal committed suicide by hanging in her house in Pazhavanthangal in the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. Police suspect that she ended her life after a quarrel with her husband. Police said the victim, Maushmi Rai, was against her husband Nithin Sarkar, also a software engineer, going abroad. Sarkar was to leave for

Bangalore, February 14: In an alleged suicide pact, three of a five-strong family died after reportedly consuming poison while the others have been admitted to hospital, police said on Monday. The deceased were identified as Varalakshmi (28) and her two children, aged six and two-and-a-half years, police said. Varalakshmi's husband, Gopi, who has been admitted to hospital, is stated to be "out of

Kolkata, February 13: A man who was mercilessly beaten up for lodging a police complaint against some men for allegedly sending obscene MMSes to his daughter died at a private nursing home in Kolkata on Sunday. Gopal Adhikari, a resident of Salaidanga village in West Bengal's Malda district, had been critically injured after the men hit him and his wife Kalyani with rods and sticks at their house

New Delhi, February 13: Hackers, allegedly belonging to a Chinese group called Evil Shadow Team, struck at www.microsoftstore.co.in on Sunday night, stealing login ids and passwords of people who had used the website for shopping Microsoftproducts. While it is troublesome that hackers were able to breach security at a website owned by one of the biggest IT companies in the world, it is more

Kumta, February 13: A body was found on Dhareshwar beach in Kumta on Sunday. The victim was identified as Raju Achyut Naik (38). He was working as a driver of a passenger tempo. The reason for the death was not known. The Kumta police are investigating the case.

London, February 12: Three Indians have been charged with the attempted murder of Praveen Reddy, an MBA student, who was critically stabbed on Friday night in Newham here. The Metropolitan Police today told PTI that the three are: Amareshwar Arava, 25, Sai Kishore Balguri, 25 and Nishanth Puttapaka, 23. "We are not treating the incident as racially motivated at this time, "a police spokesperson

Madurai, February 12: In a rare case, a woman who killed her husband after he attacked her in an inebriated state and also attempted to rape their daughter, walked free after she was released by the police on the grounds of private defence here on Saturday. Usha Rani had problems with her husband Jothibasu since 1995. There were complaints against Jothibasu in many police stations stating that he

London/Hyderabad, February 12 :A 26-year-old Indian student was critically stabbed in the London borough of Newham on Friday night and 11 people have been arrested in this connection, Scotland Yard said on Saturday. This is the fourth attack on Indians in the last two months. The earlier three incidents were fatal. “Police called at 8:23 am on Friday (February 10) to Newham General Hospital after

Chennai, February 12: The 15-year-old boy who killed his teacher in a classroom in the city apparently after she complained about his grades has told cops that he doesn't want to meet his parents. "I've brought dishonour to my family. I can't face them," a police officer quoted him as saying. The boy's father, a businessman, told police that he had scolded his son after the teacher made adverse

Srinagar, February 11: A magisterial inquiry was today ordered by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah into the ''accidental'' killing of a youth in Baramulla district by the army even as head of Srinagar-based 15 Corps apologised to the family of the deceased. Ashiq Hussain Rather, a resident of Lesar village near Watargam in Rafiabad area of Baramulla district, 75 km from here, died