Crime and crash

Ajmer, July 1: A forty-five-year old man who renounced the world to become a 'sanyasi' found that he was often by his desire for worldly pleasures so much so that he tried castrating himself but ended up in hospital fighting for his life. Kailash, a resident of Parbatsar block of Naguar district, was brought to JLN hospital here in a critical condition on Saturday after he tried to castrate

Ahmedabad, June 30: The city police found the 15-year-old girl reported missing by her parents from Kankaria lake with her recently-made online friend. According to Vastrapur police, parents of Sapna (name changed), resident of a posh society in Vastrapur and a student of class X, had reported that their daughter had been to tuition classes and did not return. "We asked for the mobile numbers of

Jaipur, June 30: Sixteen-year-old girl from Jaipur rural's Rainwal police station area survived a 20-day long nightmare where in she was repeatedly raped by five youths in the forest area near Jatoli village in Ajmer district. The teenager managed to escape and inform her family who then approached the police on Friday evening. An FIR has been lodged but no arrest has been made yet. During the

Ranchi, June 29: A pregnant woman in Jharkhand suffered a miscarriage after she was allegedly beaten by a legislator, police said on Friday. Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) legislator Chandrika Mahta had been absconding after the incident in Khajatola village of Giridih district, around 240 km from here. According to police officials, he thrashed Tara Devi, who was three months

Al Ain, June 29: A young worker from Kerala, India, was found dead in Al Ain, and believed to have committed suicide, sources said. The 22-year-old Riyas Babu, who came to the UAE to work as a house driver about ten months ago and was staying with friends, was found hanging from a tree in Al Ain’s Al Sarooj area. “Riyas came to the UAE to work as a house driver. His driving licence file was opened

Bangalore, June 29: The highly decomposed body of a three-year-old girl, who went missing from her house on Monday, was found in Chikkajala on Thursday morning. Harshitha , was the daughter of Thammanna and Anita, residents of Cheekatageri, Gauribidanur. She had come to her grandmother’s house in Hunisemaranahalli with her mother, who was pregnant with her second child. Her grandfather Ashwath

Kolkata, June 29: A teacher of a co-ed government school in Gaighata in North 24-Parganas took off the leggings of a 13-year-old girl in the classroom on Wednesday because she was not in proper uniform. The girl wept and pleaded but the teacher allegedly did not return it even after school was over, forcing her to walk home in a semi-clad state. Headmaster Swapan Bala dismissed it as a "minor

Hyderabad, June 28: A schoolgirl, accused of being talkative in the class, was forced to stand for over five hours outside the classroom after her lips were sealed with an adhesive tape, in a private school in the Noorkhan Bazar locality of Old City here on Wednesday. Syeda Sadar Fatima, studying in Class 9 at Sam British School, rushed home weeping and reported the matter to her parents. Her

Erode, June 28: A major fire broke out in the luggage-cum-second class coach of the Chennai-Alappuzha Express at Perundurai in Erode district on Thursday early morning, destroying a part of the coach. No passengers were injured in the accident. The Station Master at the Thottipalayam railway station noticed smoke billowing from the luggage area at the rear of the train when it passed through the

Bangalore, Jun 28: Murthy, 20, a resident of Kurubarahalli, has been arrested for causing a serial accident in Rajajinagar on Tuesday night. A Ist year BA student, Murthy had taken his father’s car for a ride. He had no driving licence and had taken the car out ignoring his parents’ objections. He lost control and hit a 10-year-old boy, Vikram, walking on the footpath. But Murthy continued driving