Crime and crash

Lucknow, Aug 28: A 13-year old child, a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Hamirpur district, about 200 kilometres from here, became the first victim of the online killer game 'Blue Whale' in the state. According to the police sources, Parth Singh, a student of seventh standard, was found hanging from the ceiling fan at his residence in Maudaha town on Sunday evening. Parth's father Vikram Singh said

Bengaluru, Aug 28: A nine-year-old girl, said to be speech impaired, was killed by her mentally unsound mother who pushed her twice from the third floor of their rented house at Jaraganahalli near JP Nagar on Sunday afternoon. The victim is identified as Sherya. Police said that the mother, Swathi, is a native of West Bengal. She is said to be mentally ill. The incident took place at around 3.30

Lucknow, Aug 28: In yet another shocking incident, a 13-year-old boy hanged himself to death, following instructions on the infamous 'Blue Whale' online game. The class VI student identified as Parth Singh was found hanging in his bedroom in Maudaha village on Sunday night. The police said the class sixth student had his father's phone on his hand in which the game, that directs the player to

Lucknow, Aug 27: In a shocking incident reflecting gross negligence, stray dogs ate away parts of a woman's body, which had been kept at the mortuary in a government hospital in the state capital on Sunday. Taking a serious view of the incident, the authorities sacked three employees of the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital and ordered a probe, according to the sources here. Sources said that the dogs

Thane, Aug 26: The Palghar police in Maharashtra have arrested three persons for allegedly kidnapping a five-year-old boy. Mukesh Sakat (20), the main accused, knew the boy's parents, and hatched the plan to kidnap because he wanted money to gain entry into Bollywood, police said. The kidnappers, however, panicked and abandoned the boy a few hours after taking him away Sakat, Mukesh Rajput (19)

New Delhi, Aug 24: The police today claimed to have busted an illegal casino-cum-bar being run in a 13-acre farmhouse in south Delhi's Fatehpur Beri with the arrest of 30 people. The Delhi Police raided the facility last night and nabbed 14 players and five women casino-cum-bar attendants, among others. The owner of the property was also arrested, the police said. Thirteen luxury vehicles were

New Delhi, Aug 22: Three men have been arrested for allegedly burgling houses of high-profile people, including politicians and bureaucrats, in south Delhi, police said today. In the last few months, there was an increase in the incidents of house burglaries in Vasant Kunj area and a police team was formed to identify the burglars. During the investigation, the CCTV footages of the area were

Mumbai, Aug 21: At least three passengers of the Hubli Express were injured near the Khandala Ghat in Maharashtra when rocks from a mountain fell on the train following a landslide, officials said on Monday. There were no rail traffic disruption though. According to a Central Railway official, the incident occurred at around 5.30 a.m. between the Lonavala-Karjat section when the train was passing

Bengaluru, Aug 20: A woman stabbed her 22-year-old son to death at her house in J.J. Nagar on Saturday after he picked a fight with her demanding money for liquor. The deceased has been identified as Ramesh. The police have arrested Nallamma, 40, and her elder son Nagaraj, both of whom are construction labourers. Investigations revealed that Ramesh too was a construction labourer and was chronic

New Delhi, Aug 20: A south Delhi-based Chartered Accountant has registered a case against his tenant for allegedly grabbing and selling off his Greater Kailash II flat to a builder. According to complainant Sachin Jain, a resident of Malviya Nagar, he bought a 300 square yard property from BDR builder private limited in July 2015, which is also duly registered with sub-registrar office at Hauz