Crime and crash

Gorakhpur, Sep 17: The proprietor of Pushpa Sales, which supplied oxygen to the state-run Baba Raghav Das Medical College where dozens of children died last month, was today arrested in connection with the case. More than 60 children, mostly infants, had died at the hospital within a week last month.There were allegations that the deaths occurred due to a disruption in oxygen supply over unpaid

New Delhi, Sept 15: Sri Lankan police on Friday found the body of a British journalist, Paul McClean, who is suspected to have been killed by a crocodile. McClean, who worked for the Financial Times, was presumed dead after reports said a crocodile pulled him into a lagoon in southeast Sri Lanka on Thursday. Divers found McClean’s corpse in the mud of a lagoon in the coastal village of Panama, 360

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 14: In a suspected case of gross medical negligence, the family of a nine-year-old girl, who was undergoing treatment at the Regional Cancer Centre here, has alleged that the girl was infected with HIV after undergoing blood transfusion at the hospital. The Medical College police have registered case and launched a probe after receiving a complaint from the girl's parents

Baghpat, Sept 14: At least 22 people drowned and many others were missing after an overloaded boat capsized in the Yamuna river on Thursday in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district. The boat carrying 60 people capsized and 22 persons drowned, District Magistrate Bhawani Singh said Police and PAC personnel have fished out 22 bodies so far while 10 others have been rescued. A search is on to trace others

Panaji, Sept 13: Goa minister Vinod Palyekar has claimed that there is a threat to his life from the drug mafia in the state. The Water Resources Minister recently told a local news channel that he was being constantly stalked by someone. Taking cognisance of the threat perception, the state security committee (SSC) has sought a report from police's Intelligence Branch (IB). Palyekar, a Goa

Thane, Sep 12: The police have arrested a 44-year-old woman for allegedly kidnapping a newborn girl around 16 years ago and later pushing her into flesh trade. The anti-human trafficking cell of the district's rural police on Sunday evening carried out a raid at a house in the district's Mira Road area where they found the girl along with two men in a room, Kashimira police station's senior

New Delhi, Sept 12: In yet another shocking incident, a 22-year-old man was allegedly thrashed by five men for speaking in fluent English with his friend. The incident took place when the man was dropping off his friend at a five-star hotel in Lutyens' Delhi, police said. Three persons have been arrested in this connection, they said. According to the police, Varun Gulati, a resident of Noida, had

Bengaluru, Sept 11: Two habitual offenders were hospitalized after they were shot in their legs by the Bellandur police at Chikkanayakanahalli on the city’s outskirts on Sunday morning. Muzammil (20), a resident of Anekal and Amar (25), a resident of Chandapura, had earlier killed a head constable in Tamil Nadu. They are wanted in 11 cases registered in various police stations in Karnataka. Deputy

New Delhi, Sep 10: In yet another shocking incident, a five-year-old girl was allegedly raped inside the premises of Tagore Public School in Gandhi Nagar. While the girl is said to be in a critical condition, the accused, who was absconding after the incident, has been arrested. Speaking to ANI, the victim's father said, "The girl returned home in a very critical condition and told her mother

New Delhi, Sept 8: In a brutal act of inhumanity, a 7-year-old class II boy from a Gurugram school was found dead, reported on Friday morning. The body of the child was found in a pool of blood with his throat slit open, the incident took place at the Ryan International School, Bhondsi. The reason behind the death is still not clear. According to India Today, there were cut marks on the neck of