Crime and crash

New delhi, Apr 25: The official websites of four premier educational institutions - Delhi University, Aligarh Muslim University, IIT Delhi and IIT BHU - were hacked today and "Pakistan Zindabad" slogans displayed on them. The hacker group, which identified itself as "PHC", said, "nothing deleted or stolen. Just here to deliver my message to Indians." "Greetings Government of India, and the people

Nagaon, Apr 25: A three-year old boy died after he was severely beaten up by a person suspecting him to be a 'ghost' in Nagaon district of lower Assam, the police said today. The boy was standing alone on the road at Sarudal Basti of Salna within the limits of Samaguri police station last night waiting for his father who had gone to escort his mother back home after visiting someone's house in the

Hyderabad, Apr 25: A 25-year-old housewife was found stabbed to death at her paramour's house in Kukatpally on Monday. The victim Prathyusha is wife of Anji Reddy, a private employee from Phase II of KPHB Colony. Prathyusha's family is from Addanki in Prakasham district and she went to visit her family a few days ago. On Friday night Prathyusha boarded a bus at Addanki to reach KPHB. However

Chennai, Apr 24: A security guard at late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s Kodanad Estate was found murdered in the wee hours on Monday. According to reports, Om Bahadur, 51, was found hacked to death, while another person, Krishna Bahadur, sustained serious injuries after he was restrained and assaulted. The survivor told the police that a gang of 10 people forced their way into the

Ahmedabad, Apr 23: A 23-year-old Amdavadi has filed an application with the police, accusing her husband of five years of torturing her. Her grouse is that he eats non-vegetarian food - reportedly breaking his promise of staying off meat once they get married. The inability to compromise over their food habits has led the couple to opt for divorce. Rima Doshi who belongs to the Jain community is a

Hyderabad, Apr 22: At least 15 people were killed and about 16 injured on Friday when a truck driver lost control and hit an electric pole before ploughing the vehicle into a group of protesters, cars and shops at Yerpedu, about 25 km away from Tirupati in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. While six persons were crushed to death under the truck’s wheels, others died of electrocution and the

New York, Apr 20: An Indian-origin Silicon Valley CEO accused of beating his Indian-American wife for several years may end up serving less than just a month in jail after he was offered a plea deal, according to a US media report. Abhishek Gattani, 38, who pleaded "no contest" to beating his wife Neha Rastogi, 36, was offered the plea deal last week in Santa Clara Superior Court, California, that

New Delhi, Apr 20: At least one person died and three more were injured after a car ran over people sleeping on a footpath in New Delhi's Kashmiri Gate area. The Hyundai i20 car is believed to have been driven by a Class 12 student who has been apprehended by police. The driver's age is being verified. The accident took place at around 5.45 am today morning and it is not known if the driver was

Shimla, Apr 19: Forty-three passengers were killed when a private bus plunged into River Tons in remote Nerwa area of Shimla district today. The passengers were on their way from Vikasnagar in Uttarakhand to Tuni and the accident took place on the Uttarakhand-Himachal border in Himachal territory, Deputy Commissioner Shimla, Rohan Chand Thakur said. The bus was carrying 56 passengers SP, Shimla, D

Araria, Apr 19: Markets in Araria and Supaul districts of Bihar observed a spontaneous bandh on Tuesday to protest the killing of two businessmen, one being a local BJP leader and the other related to another BJP worker, in separate incidents in the state. Araria superintendent of police (SP) Sudhir Porika, who examined the CCTV footage of the Forbesganj incident said, “Two persons have been taken