Crime and crash

New Delhi, Dec 29: Girls of a shelter home in Delhi were allegedly abused by its staff, following which an FIR was registered by the police, the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) said Friday. During an inspection of shelter homes in Delhi on Thursday, the DCW members interacted with girls aged 6-15 to understand their experience of residing at a shelter home, a DCW statement said. Some elder girls

Vadodara, Dec 28: Vadodara Police have come up with New Year advisory including dresses one should wear that do not have an adverse effect on children. "People have been advised not to wear such clothes that may have an adverse effect on a child's psychology," said Vadodara Police Commissioner Anupamsinh Gehlot. "People gather in large numbers on roads, multiplexes and party plots for celebrating

Mumbai, Dec 28: Five people, including four senior citizens, were killed and two others injured in a major fire that broke out in a high-rise residential building here Thursday evening. The 16-storey building is located in suburban Tilak Nagar, where search and rescue operation by the Mumbai Fire Brigade is underway, said an official from the Disaster Management Unit of the Brihanmumbai Municipal

Virudhunagar, Dec 26: A 24-year-old pregnant woman from this district contracted HIV after receiving blood donated by an infected man, prompting the Tamil Nadu government to review the stocks in all blood banks of the state to ensure they were free of the deadly virus. An employee of a blood bank attached to a government hospital in Sattur, near here, has been dismissed, while two others have been

Bahraich, Dec 26: Ace golfer Jyoti Randhawa was arrested on Wednesday on charges of poaching in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve protected area in Uttar Pradesh, an official said. A fire arm was seized from Randhawa, whose full name is Jyotinder Singh Randhawa, field officer Ramesh Pandey said. A vehicle bearing a Haryana registration number and other equipment were also recovered from him. Another person

Mancherial, Dec 24: In a shocking incident of suspected honour killing, a woman was allegedly burnt alive on Saturday night by her father in collusion with other family members as the man she married was from a different caste. They also allegedly threw the bones of the deceased in a canal to destroy evidence. The deceased P Anuradha, a resident of Kalamadugu village in Mancherial district, hailed

Hyderabad, Dec 22: As many as 3884 cases have been registered against parents, vehicle owners and minors by the Hyderabad traffic Police this year for letting unlicensed minors drive vehicles in the city. 42 persons, including minors and parents have been convicted by the court. 28 minors have been sent to Juvenile home and 12 of 14 convicted parents were sent to jail for a week. Speaking to media

Mumbai, Dec 18: A major fire broke out on December 17 at a Mumbai-based hospital where some people were feared trapped, an official said. Six people have reportedly lost their lives in the fire that broke out at the ESIC Kamgar Hospital in suburban Andheri, Mumbai, while 147 people have been rescued, news agency ANI has reported. The rescue operation is still underway. Meanwhile, CNN News 18 has

Noida, Dec 15: A news anchor with a private television channel died allegedly after she fell off the balcony of her fourth-floor apartment here early Friday, with her family suspecting foul play. Radhika Kaushik, who hailed from Rajasthan, was in her house in the Antriksh Forest Apartments in Sector 77 with a colleague when the incident occurred at around 3.30 am, police said. A case has been

Palanpur, Dec 14: An 11-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a Class 9 student in Banaskantha district of Gujarat, police said Thursday. The accused, himself a minor, has been apprehended. The incident took place in a village in Danta tehsil Wednesday evening, said police inspector B K Goswami. "The boy and the girl are neighbours. He allegedly took her to a castor field yesterday evening on the