Crime and crash

Dharwad, Jun 15: A road accident near Itagatti village on the Hubli-Dharwad by-pass near Dharwad on?Friday morning claimed five lives and left 28 people seriously injured. According the police, the accident occurred around 5 am when the driver of a National Travels Volvo bus attempted to overtake a truck and went off the road. The bus then rolled down a 20-foot-high embankment and onto vacant land

Jhansi, Jun 11: A 17-year-old girl, who has played five times in state hockey and also has won gold medal in state school championship, on Monday stabbed four boys, who are also in their teens, over a trivial issue. According to police, the girl was taking part in a hockey camp along with other girls and boys in Laxmi Vyam Mandir where on Monday she had some tussle with two fellow girls which was

Lucknow, May 8: The driver of a UP Roadways bus had the fright of his life when he found, to his shock and dismay, an enraged elephant looking for him after the animal’s mahout was killed after the bus knocked him down, in Jaunpur district. The terrified driver hid below the bus seat as the angry elephant kept going round the bus for several hours and prevented any movement of the vehicle

Shimla, May 6: Alleged dowry death of a 28-year-old woman in Vantungli village of Kangra district has left the deceased's in-laws as well as her family in trouble. While her husband and mother-in-law have been arrested, police also booked the blood relatives for performing her last rites in front of the in-laws' house on Friday. "Cremating the body in front of a house is against the law and we

New Delhi, May 6: The 23-year-old fashion designing student who had gone missing from her rented flat in east Delhi on April 20 was found dead two days later near railway tracks in Punjab. This has been revealed by one Rajesh Kumar from Abohar who had read about the girl in local papers of Punjab at that time. Kumar, who was in the city for work, was surprised to read about the same girl in city

Nagpur, May 5: It was a double blow for 14-year-old Sunita (name changed). First, she was violently raped by her stepfather that left her bleeding, in great pain, immobile and in deep trauma. Then, the doctors at the Government Medical College and Hospital, showing shocking apathy and insensitivity to Sunita, refused to admit her saying, "Such health conditions are expected in cases of rapes on

New Delhi, Apr 30: The Kerala police have arrested a man who allowed his 9-year-old son to drive his Ferrari. Mohammed Nisham was arrested on charges of endangering the life of a child and allowing a minor to drive, said Inspector Biju Kumar. He was released after posting bail of Rs. 5,000, Kumar said. Nisham's wife filmed the boy driving the sports car on his 9th birthday two weeks ago with his 5

Bangalore, Apr 28: Unable to come to terms with his wife’s death, a 35-year-old man committed suicide after killing his daughter at a jungle lodge and resort in Bannerghatta National Park. The incident came to light on Saturday. Aravind Ramaswamy Reddy, employed with an MNC in Singapore and his daughter Lakshya (8) checked into the resort run by the tourism department on Friday and took a guided

Kolkata, Apr 15: A kirtan singer and writer was allegedly raped by her percussionist on Saturday. The accused, who had taken her to Gurudasnagar on the pretext of performing kirtan and raped her, was arrested from his house on Sunday. The victim has recently written a novel against rape. The singer, a 36-year-old resident of Hedua in North Kolkata, said her percussionist Bibhas Haldar asked her to

Bangalore, Apr 12: Three students died after the SUV they were travelling in lost control, hit a road median and a pole, and then crashed into a truck on the Hosur Road elevated expressway near Chandapura Cross in Anekal taluk of Bangalore Rural district early on Thursday. The Mahindra Scorpio was being driven by Daren (23), a second-year law student. Although he survived with multiple injuries