Crime and crash

New Delhi, Aug 2: The government has approved sanction for prosecution of 48 IAS, IPS, and IRS officers for their alleged involvement in corruption, Parliament was informed today. Of these, 23 were from Indian Administrative Service, three from Indian Police Service and 22 from Indian Revenue Service, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha. The

Ghaziabad, Aug 2: Ten-year-old Arman Sehgal, a Class 4 student of G D Goenka Public School in Indirapuram, died after allegedly slipping and 'falling' on the corridor of school building's second floor. The incident took place on Tuesday morning. Arman was immediately rushed to Shanti Gopal Hospital by the school authorities where he was declared dead. Post-mortem reports state that he died because

Mumbai, Aug 1: The Mumbai police are studying an online suicide game, the Blue Whale challenge, for a possible link to the death of a 14-year-old boy, who allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the terrace of his five-floor building at Andheri (East) on Saturday. The case has sparked fears the dangerous self-harm game could have made its way India through social media. The game, believed to

Bengaluru , Jul 31: A young builder was arrested for molesting a 15-year-old minor on the pretext of dropping her home from school on Saturday. The suspect had befriended the victim’s brother while visiting a construction site close to the victim's house. According to police, on Saturday, accused met the girl near her school and offered to drop her home. After she got into the car, he drove to a

New Delhi, Jul 31: A victim of domestic violence cannot be denied the right to live independently without her husband only because she moved in with her parents, a sessions court has said while quashing a trial court order which had refused to grant her a separate house allowance. Additional Sessions Judge Lokesh Kumar Sharma asked the magisterial court to decide afresh the woman's plea for Rs 12

New Delhi, Jul 29: Indrani Mukerjea, former media personality and a key accused in the murder of her daughter Sheena, set out looking for a “good place” days before the killing where she would dispose of her body, a Mumbai court was told on Friday. Shaymvar Rai, a former driver of Indrani, who was made an approver in the case in June last year, said she also wanted to kill Mikhail, Sheena’s

Hyderabad, Jul 28: Senior Congress leader and former minister Mukesh Goud's son Vikram Goud was shot at in Hyderabad. The incident took place at the residence of the minister at Road no 86, Film Nagar. According to latest information, Vikram was shot in his hand and stomach. He has been admitted to Apollo Hospital of Jubilee Hills where two bullets have been taken out from his body. Vikram is said

New Delhi, Jul 26: A lizard was found in biryani served to a passenger on board the Poorva Express Train Number 12303 on Howrah-Delhi route on Tuesday. One of the fellow passenger complained to Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Twitter. “lizard found fried in biryani train no 12303,HA1,seat no 1,passenger feeling unwell ,no medical attention#indianrailways,” the passenger wrote. Danapur Division

Kolkata, Jul 25: A portion of an almost century-old building, declared dangerous by civic authorities, collapsed here this afternoon killing two people, a senior Kolkata Police officer said. The bodies of Himadri Pahar (38) and Hansa Shau (20) were found from the rubble of the 10 Mirror Street building in central Kolkata's Taltala area in the evening, he said. "They were trapped in the debris

Mumbai, Jul 24: The death of a 35-year-old biker, Jagruti Hogale, at the Jawhar-Dahanu highway in Palghar district, nearly 130 kms from downtown Mumbai, has raised the issues of safety on roads during monsoon as potholes crop up often and remain unattended. Jagruti, a resident of Kalanagar in Bandra-East, is survived by husband Viraj and son Harshit. She was a biker, a trekker and marathon runner