Crime and crash

Bhilai, Oct 9: A blast at the Bhilai Steel Plant here in Chhattisgarh killed 9 employees and injured 14 on Tuesday, the police said. The explosion at the plant of the state-owned Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) took place at around 10.30 am, the police said. The explosion took place in a gas pipeline connected to the coke oven section of the plant in Bhilai town, located around 30 km away

Ghaziabad, Oct 8: The body of a seven-year-old girl was found stuffed in a gunny bag on the roof of a mosque in Muradnagar town here on Sunday, police said. The girl went missing from her house on Saturday at around 1 pm. Her family lodged a complaint at Murad Nagar police station, Senior Superintendent of Police Vaibhav Krishna said. The gunny bag was spotted on the mosque’s roof by a man

Supaul, Oct 8: Thirty minor girls of a school in Bihar's Supaul district were beaten up by a mob after they protested against lewd comments on a wall allegedly written by boys of a neighbouring school, police said Sunday. Three persons, including a woman, have been arrested in this connection following the registration of an FIR that named nine persons as accused, Superintendent of Police

Muzaffarnagar, Oct 7: A 24-year-old woman was allegedly raped by three men in Budhana town in this district of Uttar Pradesh, police said Sunday. The incident took place Saturday when the woman, who was waiting for a bus to return to her village, was given a lift by the three accused, who took her to a forest area and raped her, Station House Office (SHO), Budhana, Jai Bhagwan said. On the basis

Mumbai, Oct 7: A 23-year-old model was arrested for allegedly pushing his mother during a fight, leading to her death, police said Saturday. Oshiwara police said that Lakshya Singh was arrested Friday in connection with the death of his mother Sunita Singh, 45. The two, along with the accused's fiancee, stayed in a rented flat in Cross Gate building in Mumbai's Lokhandwala area. The accused was

Banihal/Jammu, Oct 6: At least 15 people were killed and 17 injured on Saturday when a minibus fell into a deep gorge on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway near here, a senior police officer said. "Bodies of 15 people were retrieved from the accident site. Of the 17 injured, the condition of 10 were stated to be critical and they have been airlifted to Jammu for specialised treatment," Deputy

Pune, Oct 6: A 40-year-old man, who was returning home after immersing his wife's ashes, was among four people killed when a hoarding in railway station premises fell on vehicles on the adjoining road here Friday, police said. The 40-feet hoarding collapsed on vehicles which had stopped at Shahir Amar Shaikh Chowk traffic light near Pune Railway Station, they said, adding five people were injured

Bengaluru, Oct 5: Police have nabbed two robbers and seized from them 34 mobile phones of different companies worth about Rs 2. 5 lakhs. Police said on Friday that the duo were targeting Mobile selling shops and on September 14 they had robbed 34 Mobile phones from a shop in Hebbal Police Station limits. Hebbal Police have registered a case against arrested Mohammed Dawood and Jakir Hussain and

New Delhi, Oct 5: The Delhi high court on Friday acquitted former TV anchor and producer Suhaib Ilyasi in his wife's murder case. A bench of Justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel allowed the appeal of Ilyasi challenging his conviction and life imprisonment for killing his wife, Anju, 18 years ago. The trial court had on December 20, 2017 sentenced Ilyasi, who had shot into limelight after hosting

Bahraich, Oct 5: Police have registered a case against a man for allegedly giving triple talaq to his wife over phone over the dowry issue. The man currently lives in Saudi Arabia, police said Thursday. "Chandbabu pronounced triple talaq (divorce) thrice to his wife Noori, 20, over phone on September 10 when her family members did not fulfill his dowry demand," Superintendent of Police Sabharaj