Crime and crash

Bangalore, Sep 20: A 28-year-old man was awarded life term for murdering a 31-year-old homemaker, who had allegedly blackmailed him for sex. Judge Vishwanath V Angadi of the Principal City Civil and Sessions Court also slapped a fine of `10,000 on Lalan alias Lalan Kumar. Lalan appealed to the court to spare him from a life term as he was still a student and had got married while out on bail

Mysore, Sep 17: A woman and her daughter in-law were killed when a decades-old peepal tree came down crashing on Tuesday. Two other women and a boy escaped with injuries. They were all sitting in a temple adjacent to the Mysore Palace wall. Susheelamma, accompanied by her daughter-in-law, Shylaja, residents of Sunnadakeri, went to Aramane Kote Maramma temple to help her priest-husband Siddaraju

Bangalore, Sep 16: A man killed his wife and five-year-old physically-challenged son by slitting their throat at his house in Rajajinagar, on Monday afternoon. Rushing to Rajajinagar Police Station, Kumar Nayak, 30, a dressmaker at Bhashyam Circle, confessed he had murdered his wife Manjula Bai, 26, suspecting her fidelity, and their son Harshith, 5. Fortuitously, his three-year-old son, Chandan

Mumbai, Sep 13: NCP MLA Laxmanrao Dhobale has been booked on rape charge after a 42-year-old woman accused him of repeatedly sexually abusing her, police said today. The legislator from Solapur has been booked under IPC sections 376 (rape), 323 (Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) by the Borivali police, said Deputy police commissioner Balsingh Rajput. The

Bangalore, Sep 11: The Bangalore Police have arrested the managing director of a Dutch non-profit educational organisation on the charge of raping, cheating and criminally intimidating a 33-year-old woman from Gurgaon. The International Airport police on Wednesday arrested Peter de Bruijn, 43, who lives at Sadarahalli near the airport. Bruijn is the managing director of Nuffic Neso India—an

Chandigarh, Sep 10: A nurse, who treated 2012 Delhi gang-rape victim 'Nirbhaya' at Safdarjung hospital, was allegedly sexually assaulted by seven men in Punjab's Mansa district, reports said on Wednesday. As per reports, the shameful incident happened on Monday in Budhlada town of Punjab. The 33-year-old woman was allegedly raped whole night inside a tubewell shed in the Gurna village. Police have

Kolar, Sep 9: Thirteen people were killed and 17 injured when a Tirupati-bound Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus from Tumkur collided with a sand-laden lorry near Mulbagal in Kolar district on Monday. The tragedy occurred at Sreerangapur Gate in Nangli police station limits around 2.30 p.m. The driver of the bus Gangadharaiah (50) was among the victims. While nine were killed

Shimla, Aug 31: Five years after the death of medical student Aman Kachroo due to ragging in Himachal Pradesh, police Saturday registered a suicide case after the death of a student of a private polytechnic college allegedly due to harassment by seniors. The victim was a first year civil engineering diploma student of Gautam Polytechnic College in Hamirpur town, who allegedly committed suicide

Alappuzha, Aug 31: The district administration has initiated steps for monitoring the houseboat industry following reports of sex tourism and possibility of extremist elements using the facilities. The move follows an alert from additional director general of police (intelligence) A Hemachandran. District collector N Padmakumar has sought reports from the district police chief and the port officer

Mumbai, Aug 29: A 33-year-old Kandivali resident jumped off the Bandra-Worli sea link on Thursday evening, said police. The police have identified him as Chitan Shah, an employee at a finance firm in the city. “Shah’s car was north bound on the sea link, when he stopped his white colour Hyundi i-20 car and the leap at around 4.30 pm on Thursday evening,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police, public