Crime and crash

Bengaluru, Dec 29: The mother of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl and her boyfriend have been arrested by the Anekal police for allegedly killing the child in a bid to make it easier for them to elope. The accused are Niveditha, 23, and Satish, 25, from Avadenahalli in Anekal. The child was admitted to a local hospital on December 24 as she was unwell. However, later in the day, both the mother and

Makkah, Dec 28: The Makkah fire department received a call early Tuesday evening of a fire blazing in a residential building in the Umrah district. The fire, which broke in an apartment on the first floor, was contained but resulted in the death of a 9-year-old girl, said Maj. Naif Al-Shareef, spokesperson of Makkah’s Civil Defense. He added that an investigation into the fire’s cause is ongoing.

Mumbai, Dec 27: A 45-year-old woman doctor was found dead in her flat in the western suburb of Amboli, police said today. A case of accidental death has been registered in this connection, police said. Dr Poonam Satpute, a gynaecologist, was found dead in the second floor flat at Karamveer Apartment in RTO Lane in Amboli area last night, senior inspector of Amboli police station, Bhaskar Gaikwad

Gurgaon, Dec 25: In yet another gruesome example of the atrocities of private hospitals, a Gurugram hospital allegedly billed Rs. 16 lakh from the parents of an eight-year-old dengue patient who later succumbed to the disease. Medanta Hospital reportedly charged around Rs. 16 lakh for a treatment of twenty one days, post which the child was referred to another hospital. According to reports the

Kasaragod, Dec 25: The police here have arrested an elderly couple on charge of sexual abuse of their minor daughter for about eight years in their quarters here. A team led by Kasaragod Town Police principal sub-inspector P. Ajith Kumar rounded up the 55-year-old man and his wife and remanded them in judicial custody after they were produced before courts here and Kanhangad.

Mysuru, Dec 24: Police have arrested six foreigners for overstaying in the city and booked them under the Registration of Foreigners Act, 1939. They have been identified as Abdiwadud Mohamed Abdi of Somalia, Justus Okuku Okumu of Kenya, Evance Damasi Mlay and Atupele Friday Mwakyusa of Tanzania, Ivan Salomao Simbine of Mozambique and Wilhelm Shalongo Shapange of Namibia. According to the police

Dubi, Dec 23: At least 32 people were killed on Saturday when a private bus fell into Banas river from a nearly 100-foot high bridge in Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur district, police said. The incident took place early morning in Soorwal police station area when the bus was on its way to Lalsot from Sawai Madhopur, they said. The driver of the bus lost control over the vehicle and it fell into the

Hyderabad, Dec 22: A 25-year-old woman, who was set ablaze on December 21 evening in full public view in Secunderabad by a man suspected to be her lover, succumbed to her burns on December 22 morning, police said. She died around 7.30 a.m. while undergoing treatment at Gandhi Hospital in Secunderabad, Deputy Commissioner of Police (north zone) B. Sumathi said. The woman worked as a receptionist at

Patna, Dec 21: At least five labourers were killed and several others injured due to a blast in a boiler at a sugar mill in Bihar's Gopalganj district, said reports on Thursday. The incident took place at the Sasa Musa Sugar Mill in Gopalganj. There were at least a hundred people present at the Sasa Musa Sugar Mill when the blast in one of its boilers took place. The initial investigation reveals

Jaipur, Dec 20: In a shocking incident, a man set his two wives on fire reportedly for not keeping his mother happy, police said on Wednesday. The accused, Deepa Ram, on Tuesday took his two wives Daria Devi (25) and Mali Devi (27) in his car on the pretext of buying them jewellery, the police said. Ram claimed that he was unhappy with them due to some family matters and as they did not keep his