Crime and crash

Gurgaon, Dec 25: In yet another gruesome example of the atrocities of private hospitals, a Gurugram hospital allegedly billed Rs. 16 lakh from the parents of an eight-year-old dengue patient who later succumbed to the disease. Medanta Hospital reportedly charged around Rs. 16 lakh for a treatment of twenty one days, post which the child was referred to another hospital. According to reports the

Kasaragod, Dec 25: The police here have arrested an elderly couple on charge of sexual abuse of their minor daughter for about eight years in their quarters here. A team led by Kasaragod Town Police principal sub-inspector P. Ajith Kumar rounded up the 55-year-old man and his wife and remanded them in judicial custody after they were produced before courts here and Kanhangad.

Mysuru, Dec 24: Police have arrested six foreigners for overstaying in the city and booked them under the Registration of Foreigners Act, 1939. They have been identified as Abdiwadud Mohamed Abdi of Somalia, Justus Okuku Okumu of Kenya, Evance Damasi Mlay and Atupele Friday Mwakyusa of Tanzania, Ivan Salomao Simbine of Mozambique and Wilhelm Shalongo Shapange of Namibia. According to the police

Dubi, Dec 23: At least 32 people were killed on Saturday when a private bus fell into Banas river from a nearly 100-foot high bridge in Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur district, police said. The incident took place early morning in Soorwal police station area when the bus was on its way to Lalsot from Sawai Madhopur, they said. The driver of the bus lost control over the vehicle and it fell into the

Hyderabad, Dec 22: A 25-year-old woman, who was set ablaze on December 21 evening in full public view in Secunderabad by a man suspected to be her lover, succumbed to her burns on December 22 morning, police said. She died around 7.30 a.m. while undergoing treatment at Gandhi Hospital in Secunderabad, Deputy Commissioner of Police (north zone) B. Sumathi said. The woman worked as a receptionist at

Patna, Dec 21: At least five labourers were killed and several others injured due to a blast in a boiler at a sugar mill in Bihar's Gopalganj district, said reports on Thursday. The incident took place at the Sasa Musa Sugar Mill in Gopalganj. There were at least a hundred people present at the Sasa Musa Sugar Mill when the blast in one of its boilers took place. The initial investigation reveals

Jaipur, Dec 20: In a shocking incident, a man set his two wives on fire reportedly for not keeping his mother happy, police said on Wednesday. The accused, Deepa Ram, on Tuesday took his two wives Daria Devi (25) and Mali Devi (27) in his car on the pretext of buying them jewellery, the police said. Ram claimed that he was unhappy with them due to some family matters and as they did not keep his

Unnao, Dec 19: At least a dozen people were injured after dense fog led to the collision of several vehicles on the busy Lucknow-Agra Expressway in Unnao this morning, police said today. Around ten cars collided due to reduced visibility in Uttar Pradesh, which has also affected railway services in the state. Over 18 trains were cancelled, 28 were delayed and three were rescheduled due to fog in

Mumbai, Dec 18: At least 12 people were killed when a fire broke out at a shop in Mumbai's Saki Naka-Kurla area in the early hours today, an official said. The blaze erupted in the shop at Makaria Compound on Khairani Road around 4.25 am following which the structure collapsed, an official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell said. The persons who were working

Patna, Dec 17: A Class XII boy in Bihar's Rohtas district was killed apparently for exposing a love affair of one of his classmates. The body of 17-year-old Sahil Kumar was recovered by police from Jagdeo Chowk under Tilhauti police station, around 180 km from the state capital. Sahil was the only son of Saraswati Devi and Shambhu Singh, who works for a textile company in Ahmedabad. The matter