Crime and crash

Madurai, Mar 13: A woman college teacher was Tuesday granted conditional bail by the Madras High Court, nearly 11 months after her arrest in a sensational sex scandal case. Justices N Kirubakaran and SS Sundar of the Madurai Bench granted bail to suspended assistant professor Nirmala Devi, who has been accused of luring some girl students to extend favours to senior officials of the Madurai

Bengaluru, Mar 12: The CCB Police have nabbed seven people, including woman, in connection with daring day light brutal murder of rowdy sheeter Lakshman in the City recently. Police said on Tuesday that the arrested were identified as rowdy sheeter Hemanth Kumar, Alok, Devraj, Varun Kumar, Madhukumar, Rupesh and Varshini. Efforts are on to nab another five members of the gang behind the murder

New Delhi, Mar 12: Two men were arrested for allegedly stalking and molesting a woman in Delhi's RK Puram area, police said on Monday. The accused have been identified as Aftab Khan, a resident of Shaheen Bagh, and Soneneder, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, they said. On Saturday, the woman approached police and filed a complaint where she alleged that Khan had sent her friend request on Facebook and

Bhagalpur, Mar 11: A bride-to-be in dry Bihar declined to tie the knot when she learnt that her would-be husband had arrived in an inebriated condition, after which the groom a police constable was arrested. According to Sub Divisional Police Officer, Kahalgaon, Dilnawaz Ahmed, Uday Rajak a resident of Tilakpur village here who is posted in Nalanda district had reached the house of Yogendra Rajak

Lucknow, BJP MP Sharad Tripathi and party's Uttar Pradesh MLA Rakesh Singh Baghel on Wednesday came to blows during a meeting to discuss developmental projects here. Initially, both of them had a verbal argument over the placement of names on a foundation stone of some development project. However, the argument soon turned ugly as the two leaders got into jostling, pushing each other and

Malda, Mar 6: A 35-year-old man was burnt to death in West Bengal's Malda district after a woman he allegedly raped and set on fire, grabbed him while still ablaze, police said Tuesday. The woman is now under treatment at the Malda Medical College and Hospital with burn injuries in her face and hands, officials said. She claimed that the accused used to disturb her and entered her house on Monday

Houston, Mar 3: Sini Mathews, the Indian-American foster mother of three-year-old special needs girl Sherin Mathews who was found dead in a culvert in suburban Dallas in 2017, was freed from jail after 15 months as the child endangerment charges against her have been dropped in the US due to lack of evidence. The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office said on Friday that there was not enough

Palghar, Mar 2: A 10-year-old girl was allegedly repeatedly raped by a boy at a village in Palghar district of Maharashtra, police said on Saturday. The boy, 12, was booked following a complaint lodged by the girl's parents, police said. "Both the minors are neighbours. As per the complaint, the boy had been raping the girl since the last four months," an official of Mokhada police station said. A

Bengaluru, Mar 1: Police have nabbed a notorious cheater and recovered from him Rs 33 lakhs worth 9 Cannon cameras and 14 costly lens. Police said on Friday that the arrested Asaf Khan, posing as a professional photographer, used to take on hire for 4 to 5 days costly cameras and putting them on sale through OLX and selling to lead a luxury life. High Grounds police, posing as customer, nabbed him

Kollam, Mar 1: An 18-year-old boy, who was beaten up by his neighbour for allegedly teasing a girl, died at a hospital, police said Friday. The teenager had been undergoing treatment at a hospital in the state capital, where he died Thursday night, they said. Vineeth, a warden of a district jail here was taken into custody in connection with the death. The warden had slapped the boy alleging that