Crime and crash

Srinagar, June 28: Five pilgrims, including two women, died enroute the 3,880 metre high holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas, taking the toll during the ongoing yatra to six, police said today. Chander Kanta (63), a resident of Haryana, died at Domail along the shorter Baltal Cave route in Ganderbal district this morning, a police spokesman said. He said another woman pilgrim

New Delhi, June 28: A woman and her mother have been ticked off by a Delhi court for their ''habit'' of lodging false rape cases with ulterior motives, including those for grabbing property.The court, while acquitting a man accused of raping the woman, observed that she and her mother had earlier too lodged several cases of rape, some of which have already been found to be false. The judgement

Chennai, June 27: Around 50 bus passengers had a miraculous escape after the vehicle plunged down a flyover in the Tamil Nadu capital city Wednesday afternoon, police said. Around 40 passengers were injured in the incident. The state-owned Metropolitan Transport Corporation bus was plying between Broadway and Vadapalani in the city. On the Anna flyover, the bus was taking a left turn when it

Chennai, June 27: About 30 passengers have been injured after a bus, number 17-M, fell off the Anna Gemini flyover in the heart of Chennai. Police are trying to ascertain whether the driver was over speeding and lost control of the bus as he negotiated a bend on the flyover this afternoon. There were about 60 passengers in the bus. No casualty has been reported. All passengers have been taken out

Bangalore, June 27: The mysterious death of Pawan Kumar Anjaiah, a software engineer from Bangalore, in Delaware, US, on June 19, has left his parents here completely shaken, even as the Delaware police claimed it was a suicide triggered by his alleged murder of an American woman. The mystery only deepened with the police attributing the 26-year-old’s death to drug abuse and excess consumption of

Dharwad, June 27: Seven people, including a girl child were killed, and 16 sustained injuries when a lorry overturned and fell on a Tempo in which they were travelling, near Kalghatagi in Dharwad district on Tuesday. The dead have been identified as Fakkirappa Narvekar (55), Chandrakant Kasalkar (35), Shantaram Kasalkar (45), Ramachandra Pillurkar (70), Sayyed Gundur (32), and four-year-old Simran

Kolkata, June 27: An auto-rickshaw driver was arrested for raping a deaf and mute national level athlete in West Bengal's North Dinajpur district, police said on Tuesday. "Ranjit Das, 28, was arrested Monday night for raping a deaf and dumb girl who has won several medals at national level athletics. Medical tests on the victim show the offence was committed. The accused was remanded in police

Bangalore, June 26: A five-year-old girl who had gone to a mango grove with her friends to play and pick the fruit was allegedly raped by two teenagers in Byappanadoddi village near Yadavanahalli, off Hosur Road, Anekal taluk of Bangalore Rural district on Monday afternoon. The culprits identified as Madhura alias Operation Madhu, 19, and his friend Viji, 18, have been picked up and are being

Indore, June 26: In a case of medical negligence a patient who turned up for treatment at a private hospital was declared HIV positive and hospitalized for nearly a week. The patient's family members decided to go for a retest after he faced social stigma and developed suicidal tendency only to learn that he was normal. The hospital later retracted their report and apologized to the patient after

Chennai, June 26: The 27-year-old son of state minister for food and cooperation Sellur K Raju died early on Monday of injuries sustained earlier in a road accident on NSC Bose Road. Around 11.50pm on Sunday, police said, R Tamizhmani was riding his Enfield bike (TN-59 AU 9555) to Broadway from Parry's Corner when the vehicle hit a speed breaker on NSC Bose Road. He lost control and was thrown to