Crime and crash

New Delhi, May 25: The income tax department identified more than 400 benami transactions up to May 23 and immovable properties were attached in 40 cases valued at over Rs 530 crore as the authorities stepped up their fight against black money. Sources said 200 other properties were also identified as part of an ambitious crackdown on benami assets. They added that searches were conducted on 10

Mumbai, May 24: The wife of a police inspector who was part of the team that investigated the Sheena Bora murder case was found stabbed to death at her residence in the Mumbai suburb of Santacruz (east) late on Tuesday night. The couple’s 21-year-old son is missing. Dipali Ganore, 42, was found in a pool of blood – she had been stabbed in the neck – by her husband, inspector Dnyeshwar Ganore, when

Uttarkashi, May 24: At least 21 pilgrims from Madhya Pradesh were killed when their bus fell into Bhagirathi river near Nalupani this evening while returning from Gangotri shrine in the Himalayas. The mishap occurred at around 6 pm as the bus fell 300 metres down the road into the river, Uttarkashi District Magistrate Ashish Shrivastava said. Twenty bodies have so far been recovered from the spot

Patna, May 23: RJD leader and ex-MP MP Prabhunath Singh was on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment in connection with 22-year old Mashrakh MLA Ashok Kumar Singh murder case. Ashok Singh, then an MLA of Lalu Prasad's party Janata Dal, was murdered at his official residence in Patna. Prabhunath was a Janata Dal (U) MP when this incident happened. The verdict was pronounced by 9th Additional

Thiruvananthapuram, May 22: A 50-year-old fisherman, who was attacked by a pack of stray dogs in Pulluvilayil near here, died early today. The man was attacked by the dogs near his home last night. The man was rushed to a hospital where he died hours later. In August last year, a 65-year-old woman from the same area was attacked and killed by stray dogs.

Machilipatnam, May 22: In a shocking incident, a woman hacked her husband to death at their residence in Machilipatnam town of Krishna district on Sunday. The incident occurred at around 2 pm, when Bharatam Muralidhar (40), a real estate agent, was in a heated argument with his wife Divya Lata (38). In a fit of rage, Lata threw chilli powder on Muralidhar's eyes and struck him with a sickle on the

Bengaluru, May 21: Police are on hunt for Lakshmi Nagaraj, wife of former BBMP corporator V Nagaraj alias Naga who was arrested after Rs 15 crore in banned currency was seized from his house on April 14. A special team has been formed to trace Lakshmi who had allegedly fled her Srirampura house. "During questioning, Nagaraj confessed to have converted black money into white and also revealed his

Garwah/Medininagar (Jharkhand), May 19: Four persons were killed and six persons injured in a shootout allgedly by accomplices of a sand contractor and a retaliatory attack by a mob in Garwah district today, police said. The shootout ensued after villagers resisted the contractor from lifting sand from a ghat, killing a man and his two sons. The villagers also lynched an employee of the contractor

Jamshedpur, May 19: Six persons were lynched by villagers in Seraikela-Kharswan district on the suspicion that they were child lifters, the police said. The incidents took place under Rajnagar police station area following which agitated locals also torched two police vehicles. Three persons were lynched by the villagers who suspected them of being child lifters in Nagadih, within the limits of

Panaji, May 19: A foot bridge connecting Sanvordem and Curchorem villages in South Goa district of Goa collapsed on Thursday, killing two people and injuring several others. The exact number of persons missing was still not known. The tragedy took place after a crowd had assembled on the several decade-old dilapidated bridge to watch an operation to rescue a youth who allegedly jumped into the