Crime and crash

Mumbai, Aug 7: A software engineer who works in United States of America finally decided to visit his mother, who was staying alone at a flat in Mumbai. On Sunday morning Rituraj Sahani reached his mother’s Oshiwara flat, but no one answered the door. He managed to enter the house at around 4 p.m. with the help of a key-maker. On reaching the bedroom, he found his 63-year-old mother’s skeletal

New Delhi, Aug 7: The Centre has sacked two IPS officers, including one for entering into a second marriage without having annulled the first, under a rule that allows it to compulsorily retire civil servants "in public interest". Both the DIG-level officers belong to Chhattisgarh cadre. The two officers removed under the All India Services Rules-1958 are AM Juri from the 2000 batch and K C

Agra, Aug 6: A Grade-I student's head was stuck for nearly two hours between the doors of her classroom as she tried to escape after been allegedly locked inside by her teacher as a 'punishment'. The incident took place at the government primary school in Dhobai village of Bah police jurisdiction, 80 km away from Agra city on Saturday afternoon. Identified as Sakshi (8), the traumatised victim was

Kalaburgi, Aug 5: Close on the heels of the unnatural death of a Class 10 girl in the hostel room of Alva’s High School in Moodbidri, a 16-year-old girl studying at Morarji Desai Residential School on the outskirts of Jewargi town in Kalaburagi district, ended her life by hanging from a double-stack metal bed in her hostel room in the early hours of Saturday. She has been identified as Priyanka

Chittoor, Aug 5: Five people, including four Spanish nationals, were killed in a road accident in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district on Saturday, police said. The accident occurred near Yatala Vanka in Punganur "mandal" (block) when a mini-bus in which they were travelling collided head-on with a truck. Four Spanish nationals and driver of the mini-bus were killed and one Spaniard was critically

Kolar, Aug 5: Three youths died while other two injured in a car-bus collision at Maderahalli gate in Kolar taluk on Thursday midnight. The deceased have been identified as Subhash (20), Hari (19) and Rohan (19). Seriously injured Karthik and Vishwa are being treated at a private hospital in the state capital. The youths were reportedly plying towards Kolar from Narasapura in the taluk after a

Mumbai, Aug 4: Two revellers died after falling into a 2,000 feet deep valley in Amboli Ghat in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra. A video of their fall has gone viral on social media, even as their bodies are yet to be recovered. The incident took place at Kawale Saad Point in Amboli Ghat, a popular picnic point, on August 1, police said. "Imran Garadi (26) and Pratap Rathod (21), who were part

Lucknow, Aug 3: In a shocking incident reflective of the prevailing superstitions in the society, a woman allegedly scalded and chopped one of the fingers and tried to bury her 24-day old deformed newborn baby in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district, about 125 kilometres from here. The baby, who was branded as a 'satan' (devil) by her mother, was saved by the father, who managed to approach the cops in

Bhubaneswar, Aug 3: As many as five persons, including four of a family died of asphyxiation as fire broke out in a three-storeyed building at Buddheswari colony in Bhubaneswar in the wee hours on Thursday. The fire reportedly broke out in the second floor of the house of renowned hotelier Satpal Singh at about 3.30 am when everybody in the building was asleep. The deceased have been identified as

Kalaburagi, Aug 2: Mallikarjun alias Kari Chirathe, a history-sheeter and an associate of gangster Market Satish, was shot dead in an encounter on the outskirts of Kalaburagi on Tuesday morning. He was wanted in 11 criminal cases including murder, attempt to murder, kidnap, extortion and robbery. Three policemen, including Deputy Superintendent of Police (Rural) S.S. Hullur, were injured in the