Crime and crash

Kolhapur, Jan 27: A bus carrying pilgrims plunged into a river on the outskirts of Kolhapur in Maharashtra after smashing through a bridge railing, killing 12 and injuring another three, police said Saturday. The accident took place on Friday night when the driver lost control of the vehicle along the Shivaji Bridge on the Panchganga River, police officer Anil Shinde said. The vehicle rammed into

Lucknow, Jan 25: A mother and son were shot dead by three miscreants outside their house in Meerut. The double murder was recorded by the CCTV camera installed outside the house of the victims in Sorkha Village of Partapur locality in Meerut. The CCTV footage of the incident showing three men shooting the elderly woman has gone viral. Culprits reloaded their weapons thrice and made sure that lady

New Delhi, Jan 25: Two bike-borne assailants on Thursday attacked a school bus carrying around 22 children, shot the bus driver and allegedly abducted a kid in New Delhi's Dilshad Garden area, said media reports. According to media, Delhi Police has launched investigation in the incident and efforts are on to rescue the kid. The recent incident comes days after a 12-year-old girl, returning with

New Delhi, Jan 25: In a horrific incident, a man was hit by a train when he was trying to take a selfie on the tracks despite being warned by the local railway staff. He escaped miraculously with a minor head injury. A resident of Hyderabad, 25-year-old T Siva was trying to take a selfie with a train in the background by standing next to the tracks near the Borabanda station between Begumpet and

Jan 24: Kolar A 70-year-old woman has been killed in a bee attack at Gennerahalli near Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) under Betamangala police limits. The police gave the name of the deceased as Ashwathamma, a resident of Gennerahalli. A swarm of bees reportedly attacked her while she was working in the field on Tuesday morning. Though she was rushed to the hospital for treatment, Ashwathamma died.

Gurgaon, Jan 23: A 22-year-old woman was forcibly dragged out of the car and raped in front of her family at gunpoint. The incident took place at Sector-56 in Gurgaon on late Sunday night. Four persons have been arrested for the crime, said the police. The woman was returning home after attending a family function in her brother-in-law's car. Both the husband and brother-in-law were travelling

Pune, Jan 22: An IT engineer on Saturday died after he was allegedly beaten with an iron rod and stones over a parking space dispute here. 39-year-old Neville Battiwala was beaten by three men. He had objected to parking of vehicles in front of his bungalow located in Kondhwa. Battiwala was partying on his rooftop when an argument broke out with the drivers of a tourist company which escalated

Gurugram, Jan 21: In a shocking incident, a woman principal of a private school was shot dead by a Class XII student inside her office in Haryana’s Yamuna Nagar on Saturday. The boy was caught by the public as he tried to escape and was handed over to the police. The student of Swami Vivekanand Public School walked into the office of principal Ritu Chhabra around 11.30 a.m. and fired four shots

Five years after the deaths of three Dalit youths in a case of ‘honour’ killing in Ahmednagar’s Sonai village, the Nashik sessions court on Saturday sentenced six people to death. The court had last week convicted six of the seven accused for the murder of Sachin Gharu (24), Sandeep Thanvar (25) and Rahul Kandare (20) on January 1, 2013. Their mutilated body parts were found in a septic tank. The

Pune, Jan 20: An 80-year-old woman was raped at her home in Pune's Talawade village. The incident took place late night on January 13 and an FIR was registered yesterday. According to reports, the woman informed her son about the incident after he came home and accordingly the FIR was registered. The policial officials confirmed that the accused is absconding. An investigation is underway. Further