Crime and crash

Mandya, Feb 19: At least 25 schoolchildren packed into an autorickshaw had a narrow escape when the vehicle lost control and fell into a ditch in Mysuru district's KR Pete taluk on Thursday morning. Some of the children suffered minor injuries and were treated as outpatients in the taluk hospital. The chidren were in the age group of 6 to 10. A police officer said the autorickshaw driver lost

Mumbai, Feb 18: The Bombay High Court held that consent given by an intoxicated woman will not be considered valid or an ‘excuse to commit rape’ when judging a relevant case. According to a media report, the court has observed that if a woman says ‘no’ to intercourse even once, it should signify that she is not interested. It also added that consent should be ‘free and unambiguous’ for the

Bagalkot, Feb 18: A man who strangled his wife to death on Tuesday at Chichakhandi village in Mudhol taluk, and later claimed she died of a snake bite, was arrested by Lokapur police on Friday. Chandru Kirabanur, a native of SK Koppa village, married Ratnavva of Chichakhandi eight years ago. Chandru settled down at his wife's house in Chichakhandi. Ratnavva was the eldest of three sisters. While

Punjab, Feb 17: A 25-year-old financier was shot dead in the main market of Longowal, Sangrur in Punjab, on Thursday morning by a group of five gangsters led by Dalvinder Singh, alias Babli Randhawa, who was released on bail from jail recently in a different case. Sources said the financier had lent Rs 5 lakh to Babli and there was dispute between the two over the money. After pumping five bullets

New Delhi, Feb 17: Nine students at a government school in the national capital ended up in the hospital on Thursday, after they consumed a midday meal in which a dead rat was allegedly found. The students from the Government Boys Senior Secondary School in Deoli area were immediately taken to the Madan Mohan Malviya Hospital, after they reported feeling nauseous and acute pain in their stomach

Dubai, Feb 16: The ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Afghanistan died on Wednesday of wounds sustained in a bomb attack in Kandahar last month that also killed five Emirati aid workers, the UAE’s foreign ministry announced. “With great sadness and sorrow, we mourn the martyr of the nation and his duty, the righteous son Juma Mohammed Abdullah Al-Kaabi, who gave his pure soul for the sake

New Delhi, Feb 16: At a time when the Supreme Court is examining the menace of child pornography websites and exploring ways to block them, a woman has approached the court telling how addiction of pornography is destroying the matrimonial life of people. In a petition filed in the Supreme Court, the Mumbai-based lady said that her matrimonial life had been destroyed as her husband became addicted

Mumbai, Feb 15: A 43-year-old businessman travelling on an Indigo flight from Kolkata to Mumbai was arrested by the airport police for allegedly watching porn in front of an air hostess twice. The air hostess as well as her woman supervisor caught him and complained of obscenity in a public place. According to the airport police, the incident took place at 10pm on Saturday when the accused, who

Hyderabad, Feb 13: A 27-year-old Indian techie was shot dead by an unidentified miscreant in California on Saturday evening. According to the reports reaching here, Vamsi Chander Reddy Mamidala from Warangal district of Telangana was found dead with bullet injuries near the garage of his apartment at Milpitas in California. He was staying in the US after completing his MS in Computer Sciences from

Mumbai, Feb 11: Nearly a month after the police registered the murder case of a Kerala-based gold merchant who was found hanging at a lodge in suburban Chembur, it has come to light that the man had actually committed suicide, but made it look like murder as he wanted his kin to claim the insurance amount of Rs5 lakh. Police have arrested three persons for abetment. According to investigators, the