Crime and crash

Kolkata, Oct 24: In a shocking incident, a 100-year-old woman was brutally raped allegedly by a 20-year-old youth in the middle of the night in West Bengal’s Nadia district, police on Wednesday. According to reports, Argha Biswas alias Abhijit has been arrested from the Gangaprasadpur area and presented before the court. "The incident took place on Monday night. Argha Biswas alias Abhijit was

Jalpaiguri, Oct 22: A woman was raped and an iron rod was inserted in her private parts allegedly by a relative angry over a land dispute with her family in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, police said on Sunday. The woman has been admitted to Jalpaiguri Sadar Hospital and stated to be in serious condition. The incident brings back the memories of the 2012 Nirbhaya rape case in New Delhi in

Bengaluru, Oct 22: A joy ride on his new bike turned fatal for a 21-year-old radiologist after he lost control and crashed into the traffic island at Windsor Manor bridge on Saturday. The deceased, Sharan, was working in a private hospital in Marathahalli. According to the police, Sharan was residing in Hebbal. The accident occurred around 1.45 a.m. when he was heading towards Ballari Road. The

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 22: The Kerala Police's Crime Branch on Sunday registered two separate cases against former chief minister Oommen Chandy and Congress leader K. C. Venugopal following complaints pertaining to alleged sexual abuse registered by solar scam accused Saritha Nair. Chandy has been booked under Section 377 (unnatural sex) and Section 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)

Firozabad, Oct 21: A noted Urdu poet Hashim Firozabadi was attacked with acid and was mercilessly beaten up for confronting five youth who allegedly sexually harassing school girls. The incident happened at around 9:30 pm on Saturday in Firozabad’s Rasoolpur area of Uttar Pradesh. According to news agency ANI, Hashim claimed that, “A man came to me and said he won’t send his daughters to school as

Bengaluru, Oct 21: An unidentified man was found dead in a church’s community hall in V.V. Puram in Bengaluru on Thursday night. The police said the victim, who was found hanging, was around 25 years old. “Efforts are on to identify the deceased,” said a police officer. The stranger had sneaked into the church premises on Pampa Mahakavi Road on Thursday evening. The incident came to light around 9

Meerut, Oct 20: A “gang” of monkeys stoned an elderly man to death in Tikri village of Baghpat in Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh. The murder took place when Dharampal Singh (72) was collecting pieces of dry wood for havan. The monkeys rained bricks, which they got from a nearby dilapidated building, at him from the treetop. Hit on the head and chest, the elderly man died in hospital later. His

Mumbai, Oct 20: At least three persons were injured, two of them seriously, when the fuel tank of an auto-rickshaw exploded while CNG was being filled in it at suburban Malad on Saturday, an official said. The incident took place around 8 am at a petrol pump near Milap Talkies on S V Road in Malad West, the official said. According to police, the rickshaw was new. "The fuel tank of this new

Mumbai, Oct 19: Navi Mumbai Police rescued Anirban Blah, who is the co-founder of celebrity management firm Kwan Entertainment and has been accused by some women in the #MeToo movement, before he could allegedly attempt suicide by jumping off a bridge, police said Friday. On Tuesday, Blah was asked to "step aside" by the firm, which handles the work of several top Bollywood stars, after he was

Davis, Oct 18: A high school student mixed her cremated grandfather's ashes into homemade sugar cookies and shared them with several classmates, police in Northern California said Wednesday. The student and a friend baked the cookies and shared them with at least nine classmates at their public charter high school near Sacramento on Oct. 4, said Davis Police Lt. Paul Doroshov. He said the Da Vinci