Crime and crash

New Delhi, Mar 4: Arun Raj, a 22-year-old police constable attached to the armed reserve, fatally shot himself at Jayalalithaa's Samathi in Marina Beach, Chennai. The incident took place around 5 am today. Raj, who was posted on a duty to guard the Jaya Memorial, is said to have shot himself in the neck. The incident came to light when three others deployed there with him heard a gunshot and then

Ghaziabad, Mar 4: A couple were found dead in suspicious circumstances in their house National Capital Region's Ghaziabad on Sunday. Their bodies were found in a naked condition in their house's bathroom. The incident took place in the Indirapuram area's Gyan Khand apartments. The couple, who were working in Multi-National Companies, had gone to take bath in the bathroom at night after playing

New Delhi, Mar 2: In a shocking incident, a man in mid-twenties was repeatedly stabbed and beaten with rods by a gang of bikers in Khanpur area of Delhi on Thursday. The man, Ashish was attacked when he was on his way back home from the gym. The attack was caught on CCTV cameras. The footage shows 10 bikes with two men on each rush in one after the other and surround Ashish, who had just stepped

Mumbai, Mar 2: A man's plea seeking divorce from his wife on the grounds that she was not "dutiful" as she woke up late and did not cook tasty food has been dismissed by the Bombay High Court. A bench of Justices K K Tated and Sarang Kotwal upheld an order of the family court that had dismissed the divorce plea filed by the resident of Mumbai's Santacruz, stating that the allegations made did not

Kanpur, Mar 2: A supplier has been booked for providing fake jewellery for a mass marriage programme organised by the Uttar Pradesh government in the state’s Auraiya district, a senior officer said on Thursday. Auraiya district magistrate Shrikant Mishra said Janseva Khadi Gramodyog Sewa Sansthan of Etawah was given the contract to supply silver jewellery for the 48 women married during the mass

Mumbai, Mar 1: In what could be the first arrests under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, the Central GST, Mumbai has arrested the directors of two companies for allegedly availing of tax credit in a fraudulent manner. CGST Mumbai Central Commissionerate arrested Sanjiv Pravin Mehta, director of Shah Brothers Ispat Pvt Ltd, and Vinaykumar D Arya, director of V N Industries, for availing of

New Delhi, Feb 28: A Delhi University college student has claimed in a social media post that a group of unidentified men allegedly threw a "semen-filled" balloon at her recently. Police said the incident has come to their knowledge and they are trying to contact the girl so that an investigation can take place. "We have not received any complaint regarding this yet," a senior police official said

Gorakhpur, Feb 28: Twenty-three inmates of the Gorakhpur District Jail have been found to be HIV positive in the past eight months and are being treated at a hospital, an official said Tuesday. On the instructions of senior officials, several health camps were organised at the prison and 23 inmates, including a woman, were found HIV positive, Jail Superintendent Ramdhani Muni said. During the

New Delhi, Feb 27: An Indian Administrative Services (IAS) aspirant committed suicide by hanging himself in Ber Sarai area here, after having failed the exam. The victim, identified as Samrat Chauhan, was allegedly depressed after having failed the examination and decided to hang himself, as per his suicide note. "I used to talk to him every day at 8.30 pm. Today, I got really worried when I did

Lucknow, Feb 26: At least six persons were killed when they were run over by a locomotive at Pilkhuwa railway station in Hapur district of Uttar Pradesh, railway police said. SC Dubey, Superintendent of Police (GRP Moradabad) said, "A group of seven youngsters was trying to cross the railway tracks. After seeing a train coming in front of them, they retracted their steps. But in the process, they