Crime and crash

Kolar , June 23: Six persons were killed when their car collided with a lorry transporting milk in nearby Mulabagil town today. The victims, all from Bangalore, were on their way to Tirupathi when the mishap occurred, police said.

Udupi, June 23: In a rain related mishap, a woman was injured and a cow electrocuted when they came in contact with a livewire at Neelavar in Udupi taluk on Friday. According to information provided by the Udupi Taluk Office, a livewire had fallen on the ground and it electrocuted a cow in the house of Ananta Naik. Mr. Naik’s neighbour Sugandhi Shedti suffered electric shock and had been rushed to

Manipal, June 23: Unknown culprits broke into a house at Hayagreeva Nagar in Shivally area here and decamped with cash and valuables. The Manipal police said that thieves gained entry into the house of one Ashok in the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday. However the incident came to light a day later. According to a complaint lodged by house owner, the thieves have decamped with gold and

Gurgaon, June 23: It's been three days and four-year-old Mahi is still trapped in a borewell near Manesar. A rescue team, led by the Army's engineering corp, achieved some success on Friday night by moving a portion of the rock that was obstructing the passage of the tunnel being dug to reach the child. The four-year-old fell into a 70-feet borewell at a village near Manesar on Wednesday. Rescuers

New Delhi, June 23: A man has been arrested for harassing a woman by sending her obscene texts and telephone calls for two years, police said. Police describe the accused, Nadeem Mirza, as a "psychic stalker" and it was because of his behaviour that the victim had to change the city along with her family. Mirza (26), a graduate from Jamia Millia Islamia, was arrested by the north district police

Bangalore, June 22: A four-year-old boy, an LKG student of a private school on Thanisandra Main Road, was killed when his school van’s door hit him after he had alighted from the vehicle near his house ON Thursday evening. The police said Mohammed Faizal had joined Bright Nursery School only a few days ago. He was the son of Noorullah Huq, an employee of an optician’s shop in Malleswaram, and

New Delhi, June 22: Four of India's southern states — Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnakata and Kerala — that together constitute 22% of the country's population recorded 42% of suicide deaths in men and 40% of self-inflicted fatalities in women in 2010. Maharashtra and West Bengal together accounted for an additional 15% of suicide deaths. Delhi recorded the lowest suicide rate in the country. In

Allahabad, June 22: At least 30 children between the ages of 6 months to 2 years have died in the last 20 days in the biggest government run children's hospital in Allahabad. And the figures may not surprise anyone. One visit to the 100-bedded hospital shows wards are overflowing with patients, with 2 to 3 children occupying a single bed. These deaths have blamed on poor facilities at the Sarojini

Bhubaneswar, June 22: The 19-year-old Dalit rape victim of Pipili died on Thursday after remaining in coma for more than six months with her father demanding capital punishment for the culprits. She died of septicaemia, severe respiratory and cardiological complications, Dr BN Maharana, emergency officer of Cuttack's SCB Medical College Hospital, told reporters. The girl, who was raped and an

Panaji, June 22: Goa Police on Thursday arrested 58-year-old man for molesting a 4-year-old girl at the beach village of Calangute near Panaji on Thursday. The accused, Gulam Pathan, who was working as a labourer, was arrested following a complaint lodged by parents of the girl, who claimed that the accused living in the neighbourhood tried to molest their daughter, according to Inspector Nolasco