Crime and crash

Bagalkot, Mar 10: At least nine people, including four of a family, were killed on the spot when a lorry transporting tur dal hit the bullock cart they were travelling in, on the Belagavi-Raichur State Highway, on Friday night. The deceased are Chandraiah Veeraiah Hiremath (52), his wife Rathnavva (48), their daughters Kashavva (26) and Vijayalakshmi (28), and daily wage labourers Basavva Goravara

New Delhi, Mar 10: A 23-year-old man was killed after his cousin accidentally fired from a pistol while they were attempting to click a selfie posing with the firearm in southeast Delhi, the police said. The incident took place on Thursday when Prashant Chauhan, native of Pali village in Uttar Pradesh and was working as a teacher on a contract basis in Shahdara, had gone to his uncle's house in

New Delhi, Jan 9: In a gruesome incident of violence against women, a young girl was stabbed to death outside her college today Chennai. The deceased has been identified as Ashwini, a B. Com student at Meenakshi College. Following the incident the girl was rushed to the nearest hospital. However, she succumbed to grievous injuries. Sources said that the hospital had declared her brought dead. The

Hyderabad, Mar 9: A 23-year-old woman was allegedly thrashed by her husband after she caught him watching porn on mobile phone. The incident was reported on International Women’s Day from Dundigal which is located on the outskirts of Hyderabad. The victim has suffered injuries on the face and has been admitted to the hospital. Meanwhile, the Hyderabad Police has registered a complaint against her

Tarapur, Mar 9: A major fire broke out after an explosion inside a boiler of a chemicals factory in Maharashtra's Palghar district last night, killing three people and injuring 13 others, police said. The incident took place at Ramdeo Chemicals in the Boisar-Tarapur industrial estate. The fire engulfed the factory around 11.40 pm yesterday after a massive explosion inside a boiler, a senior police

Chennai, Mar 8: A pregnant woman died late on Wednesday night after being run over by a van in Trichy district's Thiruverumbur when a policeman allegedly kicked the two-wheeler she was on. According to reports, the policeman was chasing the two-wheeler to get hold of the rider, the victim's husband, as he was not wearing a helmet. The victim has been identified as 30-year-old Usha, who was riding

Hyderabad, Mar 6: In a bizarre incident, a 45-year-old man chopped off his 18-year-old son’s hand in Hyderabad on Monday for allegedly getting addicted to pornography on his smartphone despite repeated warnings. Mohammad Qayyum Qureshi, an electrician by profession from Jalpalli colony in Pahadishareef area in the old city, surrendered to the police stating that he had chopped off the right hand

Bhavnagar, Mar 6: At least 26 people of a wedding party were killed when their truck fell into a pit from a bridge near Randhora village in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district on Tuesday morning, police said. District Collector Harshad Patel said the deceased included 10 women and five children. The truck was carrying around 60 people from Anida village, who were going to attend a wedding ceremony in

Raipur, Mar 6: Maoists torched two buses after asking passengers to alight in Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit Sukma district on Monday, police said. One person was reported to have been killed by Maoists at the spot, they said. The incident took place between Peddakudthi and Penta villages under Dornapal police station limits when the two buses, were heading to Hyderabad, a senior police official

Mumbai, Mar 5: A 40-year-old television producer and art director allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the 16th floor of a highrise in suburban Malad here, police said. Police said that Sanjay Bairagi, a supervising producer with the television show "Ishqbaaz", jumped off the Silicon Valley building in Jankalyan Nagar locality in Malwani area on Friday evening. Bairagi was under depression