Crime and crash

Lucknow, Aug 27: In a shocking incident reflecting gross negligence, stray dogs ate away parts of a woman's body, which had been kept at the mortuary in a government hospital in the state capital on Sunday. Taking a serious view of the incident, the authorities sacked three employees of the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital and ordered a probe, according to the sources here. Sources said that the dogs

Thane, Aug 26: The Palghar police in Maharashtra have arrested three persons for allegedly kidnapping a five-year-old boy. Mukesh Sakat (20), the main accused, knew the boy's parents, and hatched the plan to kidnap because he wanted money to gain entry into Bollywood, police said. The kidnappers, however, panicked and abandoned the boy a few hours after taking him away Sakat, Mukesh Rajput (19)

New Delhi, Aug 24: The police today claimed to have busted an illegal casino-cum-bar being run in a 13-acre farmhouse in south Delhi's Fatehpur Beri with the arrest of 30 people. The Delhi Police raided the facility last night and nabbed 14 players and five women casino-cum-bar attendants, among others. The owner of the property was also arrested, the police said. Thirteen luxury vehicles were

New Delhi, Aug 22: Three men have been arrested for allegedly burgling houses of high-profile people, including politicians and bureaucrats, in south Delhi, police said today. In the last few months, there was an increase in the incidents of house burglaries in Vasant Kunj area and a police team was formed to identify the burglars. During the investigation, the CCTV footages of the area were

Mumbai, Aug 21: At least three passengers of the Hubli Express were injured near the Khandala Ghat in Maharashtra when rocks from a mountain fell on the train following a landslide, officials said on Monday. There were no rail traffic disruption though. According to a Central Railway official, the incident occurred at around 5.30 a.m. between the Lonavala-Karjat section when the train was passing

Bengaluru, Aug 20: A woman stabbed her 22-year-old son to death at her house in J.J. Nagar on Saturday after he picked a fight with her demanding money for liquor. The deceased has been identified as Ramesh. The police have arrested Nallamma, 40, and her elder son Nagaraj, both of whom are construction labourers. Investigations revealed that Ramesh too was a construction labourer and was chronic

Gurdaspur, Aug 20: A court here on Saturday sentenced five persons to 20 years in jail for kidnapping and raping two sisters in 2014. Additional sessions court judge Ram Kumar Singla handed down the sentence and imposed a fine of Rs one lakh each on the suspects. They would undergo an additional two-year sentence if they do not pay the fine. The two girls, from Dala village in the district, went

Indore, Aug 19: In shocking CCTV footage that has been released from a gym in Indore, a man can be seen brutally assaulting a woman who was working out there. The reason: she apparently had complained about his behavior, according to news agency. The man, wearing a sleeveless T-shirt, can be seen getting ready for exercise as another person adjusts the weights for him. When the girl standing

Hassan, Aug 19: A college student was found dead in AVK College hostel here on Friday. Preethi, 20, a final year BA student, was found hanging from the ceiling fan in her room when one of her friends opened the door in the afternoon. The police suspect it to be a case of suicide as they found a note with a statement that only she was responsible for her death. Preethi, a native of Baguru in

New Delhi, Aug 18: A 33-year-old woman working at a five-star hotel in Aerocity here has alleged that she was molested by the security manager of the hotel, the police said today. A CCTV footage of the incident has also emerged in which the accused can be seen trying to pull the woman's sari. The woman alleged that the man had been pressurising her into having a physical relation with him and she