Crime and crash

Lucknow, Nov 3: An 18-year-old man was apprehended by the Uttar Pradesh ATS for allegedly for making several calls to the Miami airport in the US and threatening to blow it up, an official said on Saturday. Legal action was initiated against him, IG ATS Asim Arun said. The accused had purchased Bitcoins worth USD 1,000 but someone duped him, following which he lodged a complaint with the FBI, an

New Delhi, Nov 3: A man and two others have been arrested for allegedly killing his wife -- a 38-year-old school teacher -- in northwest Delhi's Bawana area, police said Thursday. The accused were identified as Manjeet (38), husband of the deceased, his girlfriend Angel Gupta alias Shashi Prabha (26) and Rajeev (40), they added. Manjeet was in a relationship with Angel and his wife, Sunita

Bengaluru, Nov 3: A 28-year-old maid was arrested by the Koramangala police on charges of stealing gold chains from her employer’s house and replacing them with imitation fakes. The thefts of the three chains came to light when her employer, a software engineer, was asked by her friends why she was wearing fakes when she had bought original jewellery. Shanti Ravi, a resident of Shivajinagar, was

Kochi, Nov 2: Eloor police have arrested a gang of criminals led by Arun aka Radhakrishnan (36) , who is wanted in several cases, including murder, registered in various police stations of Ernakulam district. The arrested gang members have been identified as Sulaiman alias Vadival Sulaiman, Punnoos alias Sarathkumar and Soorya alias Mottakkanan. The arrests were made on a complaint by businessman

Lucknown, Nov 1: Two salesmen were killed and two others seriously injured, when some students opened fire at them allegedly for refusing to give discounts on their purchases at a shopping mall in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi town on Wednesday. According to police sources, three students of Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith University, had an altercation with the salesmen at a garment showroom in the

Darbhanga, Oct 30: A eight-day-old newborn died allegedly due to rat bite in the neo-natal intensive care unit of a government hospital in Bihar's Darbhanga district on Tuesday. The incident came to light in the morning when the mother went to breastfeed the newborn at the Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) -- 145 km northeast of Patna. The parents hailed from Najra village in Madhubani

Bengaluru, Oct 29: Police have arrested an Inter-State robber and recovered a huge quantity of stolen valuables from him. Akilesh Kumar Mato, who was working as servant in the house of complainant Satya Prakash, took advantage of absence of the house owner and robbed the articles on Oct 17-2018 and sent it to his native. On getting a complaint from Satya Prakash against him, a special team was

Dhenkanal, Oct 27: Seven elephants were electrocuted after coming in contact with a live wire near Kamalanga village in Dhenkanal district Saturday, forest officials said. A herd of 13 jumbos was passing through the village in Sadar Forest Range and seven of them came in contact with an 11-KV line, Assistant Conservator of Forest (ACF) Jitendranath Das said. The carcasses of seven pachyderms

Gurgaon, Oct 27: Unable to repay a loan of Rs. 40 lakh, a man murdered his business partner in Gurgaon and later killed his wife after she backtracked on her promise to commit suicide together, police said Friday. The accused Harnek Singh had taken a loan from Jaskaran Singh but despite repeated reminders, refused to pay him back, they said. Fed up, Jaskaran landed at the his business partner's

Chandigarh, Oct 26: A 13-year old boy of class 7 of a government school in Chandigarh attempted to rape a class 1 student of the same school in the washroom, school authorities said. The principal of the government school where the incident took place got the medical examination of the girl at the civil hospital after the victim’s parents brought the matter to the notice of the school authorities