Crime and crash

New Delhi, Jul 31: A victim of domestic violence cannot be denied the right to live independently without her husband only because she moved in with her parents, a sessions court has said while quashing a trial court order which had refused to grant her a separate house allowance. Additional Sessions Judge Lokesh Kumar Sharma asked the magisterial court to decide afresh the woman's plea for Rs 12

New Delhi, Jul 29: Indrani Mukerjea, former media personality and a key accused in the murder of her daughter Sheena, set out looking for a “good place” days before the killing where she would dispose of her body, a Mumbai court was told on Friday. Shaymvar Rai, a former driver of Indrani, who was made an approver in the case in June last year, said she also wanted to kill Mikhail, Sheena’s

Hyderabad, Jul 28: Senior Congress leader and former minister Mukesh Goud's son Vikram Goud was shot at in Hyderabad. The incident took place at the residence of the minister at Road no 86, Film Nagar. According to latest information, Vikram was shot in his hand and stomach. He has been admitted to Apollo Hospital of Jubilee Hills where two bullets have been taken out from his body. Vikram is said

New Delhi, Jul 26: A lizard was found in biryani served to a passenger on board the Poorva Express Train Number 12303 on Howrah-Delhi route on Tuesday. One of the fellow passenger complained to Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Twitter. “lizard found fried in biryani train no 12303,HA1,seat no 1,passenger feeling unwell ,no medical attention#indianrailways,” the passenger wrote. Danapur Division

Kolkata, Jul 25: A portion of an almost century-old building, declared dangerous by civic authorities, collapsed here this afternoon killing two people, a senior Kolkata Police officer said. The bodies of Himadri Pahar (38) and Hansa Shau (20) were found from the rubble of the 10 Mirror Street building in central Kolkata's Taltala area in the evening, he said. "They were trapped in the debris

Mumbai, Jul 24: The death of a 35-year-old biker, Jagruti Hogale, at the Jawhar-Dahanu highway in Palghar district, nearly 130 kms from downtown Mumbai, has raised the issues of safety on roads during monsoon as potholes crop up often and remain unattended. Jagruti, a resident of Kalanagar in Bandra-East, is survived by husband Viraj and son Harshit. She was a biker, a trekker and marathon runner

Bengaluru, Jul 23: Four minor boys, including two school dropouts, were on Saturday taken into custody in connection the alleged molestation of a 13-year-old girl on July 10. They were booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and handed over to the remand home following a complaint filed by the girl's mother. According to the complainant, the four boys, including

Mumbai, Jul 22: In an unfortunate incident, a woman died tragically while she was going for a routine walk. She was felled by a falling tree. The woman was a resident of Chembur and the incident happened on July 20. The horrific incident was caught on a nearby security camera. In the video, Kanchan Nath is seen wearing a blue t-shirt and black trousers, when without warning, the tree comes

Pune, Jul 21: A Pune-based techie bled to death on road after several passerbys chose to click pictures and shoot videos, instead of helping him reach hospital. Twenty-five-year-old Satish Prabhakar Mete, a software engineer by profession, was severely injured in a hit-and-run accident case at Indrayaninagar corner in Bhosari on Wednesday evening. Several onlookers stopped to look at him and

New Delhi, Jul 21: A disturbing video of a man being hacked to death with swords by a group of men in broad daylight went viral on Thursday. A rival gang killed a gangster in full public view in Maharashtra and the whole incident was recorded on CCTV camera. The footage of the gore-filled incident has gone viral. The unsettling footage was recorded by a camera installed in a neighboring building