Crime and crash

Firozabad, Jan 8: In a freak accident, at least 11 people were killed on Sunday after a speeding truck hit a three-wheeler and took a tumble, crushing a car and some passersby. Those who were killed include two women, six men, two children and a youth. The incident took place around 4 pm when the truck, on its way to Kanpur from Agra, lost balance while taking a sharp turn on a busy national

New Delhi, Jan 7: Four men died and two others, including a national level powerlifter, were injured after their car met with an accident in the early hours Sunday near Delhi-Haryana border in northwest Delhi, the police said. The accident took place near Singhu border in Alipur police station area, they said. The driver lost control over the speeding vehicle that first hit a divider and then a

Rajkot, Jan 6: A 36-year-old assistant professor was nabbed today for allegedly killing his 64-year-old mother by pushing her off the terrace of their residential building in the city in September last year, police said. Sandip Nathwani, who teaches in a local Pharmacy college, allegedly pushed his mother Jayshreeben to death on September 29 as he was "fed up" with her illness, according to police

New Delhi, Jan 5: Former Defence Minister A.K. Antony's driver on Friday committed suicide at the official residence of the senior Congress leader here, police said. Police said the deceased, Sanjay Singh, 35, a native of Fatehpur in Uttar Pradesh, worked as driver of A.K. Antony and his family. Singh was found hanging from a ceiling fan in the servant quarter of the Jantar Mantar Road residence

New Delhi, Jan 4: The Delhi High Court today commuted the death penalty awarded to two convicts in the 2009 Jigisha Ghosh murder case to life imprisonment. A bench of Justices S Muralidhar and IS Mehta, however, upheld the life imprisonment awarded to the third convict by a trial court in the case. "We commute death sentence awarded to two convicts to life imprisonment," the bench said. While

New Delhi, Jan 3: The decomposed body of a 40-year-old man was found hanging from a tree in the forest area on the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus here yesterday, the police said. The deceased has been identified as Ram Pravesh Singh. It is suspected that he committed suicide around six-seven days ago His body was found by a security guard who was checking the area. He sensed something

Pune, Jan 2: One person died after he was thrashed, 25 vehicles were torched and over 50 vehicles were damaged in stone pelting as clashes broke out between villagers from Koregaon Bhima, Pabal and Shikrapur and a large group of people celebrating the January 1, 1818, victory of British troops over Peshwa Bajirao II's army in Koregaon Bhima. Dalits were part of the British troops. The Shikrapur

Ramanagaram, Jan 1: A reveler who partied with his friends on New Year's eve was found murdered on Monday at a partly constructed building in Gudi Mavu, Bengaluru south taluk. The deceased has been identified as Naveen (27) of Devagere village who went out to celebrate New Year with friends before midnight. Police suspect that Naveen must have been murdered by his friends in a drunken brawl. The

Bidar, Jan 1: A police constable killed his two children by feeding them poison before consuming it himself at PWD Colony, Mangalpet in the city on Saturday. The deceased are Vinod, 38, his son Edson, 10, and daughter Jennifer, 7. Vinod, a constable of the internal security division of the Bengaluru police, had come home for Christmas. He killed his children and committed suicide when his wife had

Bengaluru, Dec 31: A 40-year-old actor was arrested recently for allegedly asking an actress to "prove her virginity" through a medical test. Rajashekhar S N abused the actress when she questioned him about a rumour he was reportedly spreading involving her and Kishore C Nayak, the director of her to-be-released Kannada movie 'Ice Mahal'. Magadi police arrested Rajashekhar, who has acted as the