Crime and crash

New Delhi, Feb 8: In freak accident, a 21-year-old man on a motorcycle died, after his neck was stuck in a thick wire that was tied between two police barricades on the road near Netaji Subhash Place, in West Delhi. Reports suggest that the motorcyclist, who worked for private taxi service, was speeding at night on Wednesday, when the accident happened. Four police constables have been suspended

Bengaluru, Feb 8: A teenage engineering student hanged herself from a ceiling fan at her home near Rajarajeshwari Nagar in southwest Bengaluru, on Tuesday afternoon after she was allegedly bullied and harassed by the classmates. The victim is Meghana C, a first-semester civil engineering student at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Kumaraswamy Layout. She is survived by her banker-parents

Mumbai, Feb 8: A software engineer from Andheri was arrested on charges of creating a fake Twitter handle of Sara Tendulkar, daughter of Sachin Tendulkar, and uploading derogatory and defamatory comments against NCP supremo Sharad Pawar. The cyber police also seized a laptop, two mobile phones, a router and other computer accessories used by Nitin Sishode, 39, from his Military Road, Marol

Madikeri, Feb 4: A man shot dead his brother and sister-in-law before committing suicide in what is suspected to be a fallout of a simmering dispute over sharing of property, at Kiggalu close to Murnad in Kodagu district, on Saturday. The victims, P. Devaiah, 54, and his wife Prema Dechamma, 48, were shot by Uthappa, 35, who was having a running feud with the couple over sharing of property, since

Hyderabad, Feb 3: Was an infant killed in Hyderabad as part of some superstition on lunar eclipse in Hyderabad? Police are probing the angle of human sacrifice after the severed head of an infant was found dumped on the terrace of a house in Chiluka Nagar in Hyderabad on Thursday. The incident came to light after a woman resident of the rented house went to the terrace in the morning to dry

New Delhi, Feb 3: In a brazen act of "honour" killing in the national capital, a 23-year-old photographer was stabbed and his throat slit on a busy street in west Delhi's Raghuveer Nagar on Thursday evening, allegedly by the father of the 20-year-old girl he was to marry shortly. The victim, Ankit Saxena, was kicked and punched repeatedly by the girl's father and uncle before the former stabbed

New Delhi, Feb 2: Three minors have been detained in connection with the mysterious death of a Class 9 student in northeast Delhi's Karawal Nagar, police said today. Tusshar (16) was found unconscious by some students in his school bathroom and was taken to a hospital yesterday. He was later referred to the GTB Hospital where he was declared brought dead. CCTV footage revealed that he had a fight

Hyderabad, Feb 2: A 14-year-old girl ended her life after authorities at the private school where she studied allegedly didn’t allow her to attend classes for not paying the fees, police said. The girl, a Class IX student, allegedly hanged herself from a ceiling fan at her house in Malkajgiri area on Thursday evening. She was feeling humiliated after she was asked to leave the class for non

New Delhi, Feb 2: Months after the chilling murder case of Pradyuman Thakur, another student was found dead inside the school toilet under mysterious circumstances. Fourteen-year-old Tushar was found dead at 11 am inside the toilet of Jeevan Jyoti Senior Secondary School in Karawal Nagar on Thursday by fellow students. A student of Class 9, Tushar was allegedly beaten to death inside a private

Hyderabad, Feb 2: In a shocking incident, a 19-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her boyfriend at a cinema hall in Secunderabad while Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Padmaavat' movie was being screened on January 29. The incident came to light on Thursday after the culprit was arrested by the police. He was presented before the court and was remanded to judicial custody. According to Market police