Crime and crash

Begusarai Nov 4: Three women were killed and several others injured in a stampede near Simariya Ghat on the banks of river Ganga in Bihar's Begusarai district around 7 am on Saturday, police said. Sadar Deputy Superintendent of Police Mithilesh Kumar said the incident occurred in a narrow lane next to the ghat, nearly 100 km from the state capital, where people had gathered in large numbers on the

Thane, Nov 4: The Thane police has arrested a private detective and his wife who were trying to extort seven crore rupees from a senior IAS officer from Maharashtra. Satish Mangle had allegedly demanded the sum for retracting allegations of corruption against suspended civil servant Radheyshyam Mopalwar. He also threatened to leak his phone call recordings if the amount was not paid. In August, Mr

Bhopal, Nov 3: For three hours, a 19-year-old college girl was tied up and raped by four men, who took breaks for tea and gutka before returning to assault her repeatedly under a bridge in the heart of Bhopal. What happened after the rapists let her go was no less horrifying. Three police stations refused to take her complaint — although both her parents are in police — and a GRP officer mocked

Badaun, Nov 2: A 27-year-old woman was burnt alive allegedly by her brother-in-law at a village here after she resisted his attempt to rape her, the police said today. The incident took place last night when Neelam, a widow, was alone at her house in Labhari, they said, adding that she died on the spot. The police said that the woman's father has lodged a complaint and a search has been launched

Chennai/Hyderabad, Oct 31: Police on Monday arrested a Tamil Nadu-cadre trainee IPS officer after Intelligence Bureau officers caught him cheating in the Union Public Service Commission (Main) Examination at a test centre in Egmore, Chennai. Investigators said Safeer Karim, an assistant superintendent of police in Nanguneri, Tirunelveli, took a cellphone, a Bluetooth-enabled miniature camera in a

Multan, Oct 31: A Pakistani woman who gave her husband poisoned milk ended up killing him and 12 of his family when the tainted liquid was turned into a yoghurt drink and served to him and his relatives, police said. The woman, who was forced by her family into an arranged marriage in September, has been arrested and charged with murder along with her alleged lover, senior police official Owais

Bengaluru, Oct 31: Two unidentified bike-borne men robbed Rs 18.5 lakh from a private agency staffer who was loading cash at the ICICI ATM kiosk near Jalahalli Cross, North Bengaluru, on Monday morning. According to police, the incident happened at 6.30 am on Monday. "Three staff members of the agency (Secure Well Security Services) - Sagar, Mohan and Prasanna - had gone to Jalahalli Cross ICICI

New Delhi, Oct 30: A video has emerged which clearly shows the crash of an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter in Arunachal Pradesh earlier this month that killed seven military personnel on board. The Mi-17 V5 chopper was on an air maintenance mission at an altitude of 17,000 feet when it crashed around 6 AM near Tawang on October 6. The helicopter was flying to Yangtse to drop off kerosene jerry

Giridih (J'khand), Oct 27: The Myanmar Consul General in Kolkata, Pyi Soe, was killed and three others, including his wife, were injured in a road accident in Giridih district today, Superintendent of Police (SP) Akhilesh Beriar said. Soe (49) was returning to Kolkata from Gaya in Bihar when the accident took place on GT Road, near Galagi, within the Nimiaghat police station limits, about 61 km

Lucknow, Oct 27: A case has been filed against seven Muslim youth from Maharajganj district after they allegedly posted an objectionable photograph of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on social media, reported news agency. Narsingh Pandey of the Hindu Yuva Vahini registered the complaint, police said on Friday. Hindu Yuva Vahini is a youth group formed by the Chief Minister in the year