Crime and crash

Jamtara, Nov 9: A woman died after she was allegedly raped by three men, including her former husband, and a stick was inserted in her private parts in Jamtara district of Jharkhand, police said Thursday. Sub-Divisional Police Officer B N Singh said the woman's ex-husband has been arrested a search is on to arrest the two others. According to police, the woman had gone to watch a play at a theatre

Mumbai, Nov 9: A 65-year-old man was allegedly duped of Rs 9.4 lakh by an unidentified woman who had befriended him on social media and her accomplice, police said. The man, resident of suburban Kandivali here, filed a complaint Wednesday, a police official said. The complainant, who runs coaching classes, was befriended by a woman on social media in August this year. The woman said her name was

Etah, Oct 8: Eleven cows died of electrocution at a 'gaushala' (cow shelter) here when they came in contact with a live electric wire, police said Thursday. The incident took place at the Gopal Gaushala Wednesday night, they said. Prima facie it appears that the cows came in contact with the live wire as the gaushala was lit up with decorative lights on the occasion of Diwali, police said. The

Meerut, Nov 8: A three-year-old girl was battling for her life, after a man allegedly burst a 'suttli bomb' inside her mouth in Sardhana area of the district, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on Monday night but the family members informed police on Wednesday. The girl was rushed to the hospital in a critical condition in Millak village on Daraula road. The 'suttli bomb' exploded

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 7: A 29-year old man was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the incident relating to the alleged assault of a woman pilgrim at the Lord Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimala, suspecting her to be of menstrual age. Sooraj, hailing from Elanthur in Pathanamthitta district, was one of the main accused in the incident which took place Tuesday when the hill shrine was opened for

New Delhi, Nov 7: Delhi police have filed a complaint a drunk man for allegedly setting 18 vehicles on fire in south Delhi's Madangir on Tuesday. A video shows the man setting fire to the vehicles after opening the fuel pipe. Petrol overflowed from the tanks of six motorcycles and he set fire to each with a match. The cars parked nearby also caught fire, a senior police official said. The police

Kurnool, Nov 4: A school teacher allegedly slit the throat of a Grade-ninth student with a blade in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool district on Saturday. The teacher, Shankar, who teaches Hindi at Rockwell High School allegedly entered into the girl's residence forcefully and attacked her with a blade, after she reportedly turned down a marriage proposal. The locals, on hearing the girl scream, rushed to

Bareilly, Nov 4: A teenager was gang-raped, allegedly by a hospital worker and four others, in the ICU in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly on Saturday. She was admitted in the ICU of a private hospital five days ago, after she was bitten by a snake, while working in the family farm. The police have arrested a staff member of the hospital and are on the lookout for four others. The girl was the only

New Delhi, Nov 4: Delhi Police has seized over 640 kilogram of firecrackers from three different areas in north Delhi, following the Supreme Court order on sale of old firecrackers, an official said Sunday. According to police, 625 kilogram of firecrackers were seized from Sadar Bazar, 11.1 kg firecrackers and 7.9 kg firecrackers were seized by teams from Subzi Mandi and Burari police stations. On

Ahmedabad, Nov 4: A senior faculty member of the National Institute of Design (NID) here has been expelled after a group of students accused him of sexual harassment, the institute said Saturday. Krishnesh Mehta, who had been teaching at the NID since 1995, resigned last month after the institute sought to terminate his services, it said in a statement. The development comes amid the #MeToo