Crime and crash

Mumbai, Mar 4: The domestic help of actor Ayushmann Khurrana was found dead in his apartment. Police say it is a case of suicide. They say the actor has been out of town for a shoot since February 17. Reacting to the news, the actor in a statement said, "It is very unfortunate but I am saddened by the news of my house help committing suicide.: "We are in the process of garnering all information

New Delhi, Mar 1: Finding prima facie evidence against him in the Nirbhaya gang rape case, the Juvenile Justice Board on Thursday served notice on the sixth accused — a minor — for gang rape, murder, kidnapping, unnatural offences, attempt to murder, dacoity, destruction of evidence and conspiracy. Under the Juvenile Justice Act, serving of notice is equivalent to framing of charges by the court

Hyderabad, Feb 25: Three sex workers, including a Telugu TV actress, were held in raids conducted on two brothels in the city on Sunday.Banjara Hills police raided on two brothels and rescued three sex workers including a Telugu TV actress on Sunday. Acting on a tip off, Banjara Hills police raided a house at Pragati Nagar in Yellareddyguda and caught two women including a 22-year-old Telugu TV

New Delhi, Feb 24: A 20-year-old model and upcoming actor was murdered and his body stuffed in a suitcase, allegedly by kidnappers who had called his family two days ago with a demand for Rs 2 lakh. Sumit Tiwari's body was found on Saturday at the east Delhi residence one of his acquaintances, Shantideep, who has gone missing. Sumit was apparently strangled to death and there were several injury

Kunigal (Tumkur dist), Feb 18: Six persons were killed and 25 injured in two accidents on NH-48 near Anchepalya on the outskirts of Kunigal town on Sunday night. In a serial accident, four persons died on the spot when a speeding sand-laden lorry rammed a car, and seven other vehicles following them. The 25 injured passengers, nine of them children, were occupants of these seven vehicles. All the

Jashpur, Feb 16: In a brazen incident, a girl of 19-years-old kidnapped her boyfriend at Kunkuri with the help of four youths on the eve of Valentine's Day. All the four youths and the girl have been arrested by the police on Friday morning. The girl identified as Ajita Uraon belongs to Jharkhand and is working for a computer centre at Kunkuri. Police said that Ajita had conspired to kidnap Pankaj

Dubai, Feb 14: The father of 8-year-old Wadeema, the little girl who was tortured to death by his father and buried in the desert, has been sentenced to death while the father’s girlfriend was given life sentence by the Dubai Court of First Instance. The court announced the verdict today. The verdict is subject to appeal within 15 days at the Court of Appeal. The Emirati father, HS, will be

New Delhi, Jan 28: The sixth accused in the case of December 16 gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedical student here was on Monday declared by the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) as a “minor”, which would enable him to walk free by June 4, this year when he attains the age of 18 years. The accused, who was described as the most brutal of the six accused by the Delhi Police in its charge

Mumbai, Jan 28: A Rs 1.8 crore Audi R8 race car caught fire and was virtually reduced to ashes near the Rajiv Gandhi Bandra-Worli Sea Link here on Sunday afternoon, officials said. The recently introduced model of Audi, which also features in the latest Bollywood movie " Race 2", costs around Rs 1.80 crore and is among the premium products of the German car manufacturer available in India

Mumbai, Jan 26: The Powai police on Friday arrested a former television executive producer of a production house for allegedly sexually assaulting a 28-year-old TV serial actress who works under the same banner on December 2. The victim, though, lodged the complaint only on Wednesday - a month and a half after the alleged crime. The actress said she did not lodge the complaint initially fearing