Crime and crash

Mumbai, Mar 2: A man's plea seeking divorce from his wife on the grounds that she was not "dutiful" as she woke up late and did not cook tasty food has been dismissed by the Bombay High Court. A bench of Justices K K Tated and Sarang Kotwal upheld an order of the family court that had dismissed the divorce plea filed by the resident of Mumbai's Santacruz, stating that the allegations made did not

Kanpur, Mar 2: A supplier has been booked for providing fake jewellery for a mass marriage programme organised by the Uttar Pradesh government in the state’s Auraiya district, a senior officer said on Thursday. Auraiya district magistrate Shrikant Mishra said Janseva Khadi Gramodyog Sewa Sansthan of Etawah was given the contract to supply silver jewellery for the 48 women married during the mass

Mumbai, Mar 1: In what could be the first arrests under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, the Central GST, Mumbai has arrested the directors of two companies for allegedly availing of tax credit in a fraudulent manner. CGST Mumbai Central Commissionerate arrested Sanjiv Pravin Mehta, director of Shah Brothers Ispat Pvt Ltd, and Vinaykumar D Arya, director of V N Industries, for availing of

New Delhi, Feb 28: A Delhi University college student has claimed in a social media post that a group of unidentified men allegedly threw a "semen-filled" balloon at her recently. Police said the incident has come to their knowledge and they are trying to contact the girl so that an investigation can take place. "We have not received any complaint regarding this yet," a senior police official said

Gorakhpur, Feb 28: Twenty-three inmates of the Gorakhpur District Jail have been found to be HIV positive in the past eight months and are being treated at a hospital, an official said Tuesday. On the instructions of senior officials, several health camps were organised at the prison and 23 inmates, including a woman, were found HIV positive, Jail Superintendent Ramdhani Muni said. During the

New Delhi, Feb 27: An Indian Administrative Services (IAS) aspirant committed suicide by hanging himself in Ber Sarai area here, after having failed the exam. The victim, identified as Samrat Chauhan, was allegedly depressed after having failed the examination and decided to hang himself, as per his suicide note. "I used to talk to him every day at 8.30 pm. Today, I got really worried when I did

Lucknow, Feb 26: At least six persons were killed when they were run over by a locomotive at Pilkhuwa railway station in Hapur district of Uttar Pradesh, railway police said. SC Dubey, Superintendent of Police (GRP Moradabad) said, "A group of seven youngsters was trying to cross the railway tracks. After seeing a train coming in front of them, they retracted their steps. But in the process, they

Muzaffarnagar, Feb 26: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 22-year-old man, whose sister made a video of the incident, police said today. The incident took place yesterday in the Civil Lines area of Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh. The girl has alleged that she was taken to a house by the man's sister and raped. The accused also threatened her of dire consequences if she reported the matter

Bengaluru, Feb 25: A day after the body of a panipuri vendor was discovered at his Kurubarahalli residence, Mahalakshmi Layout police arrested his wife, her lover and their common friend for murdering him. Narasimhamurthy, 28, was hacked to death a little after 10.30pm on Thursday. Police rushed to the spot early on Friday after being alerted by the neighbours. Chemical story falls flat On Friday

Muzaffarpur, Feb 24: At least nine children were killed and about 20 injured when a speeding Bolero lost control and ploughed through them outside a government school building on the outskirts of the city today, police said. The heart-rending incident occurred under Minapur police station area, about 10 km from the district headquarters, when the school got over and the children were returning