Crime and crash

London, June 8: The mystery of an unknown Sikh on Queen Elizabeth's Royal Barge that sailed down the Thames to mark the monarch's diamond jubilee has been solved. An investigation by a British tabloid has found that the man was a sex offender who spent four years in a British prison. But the mystery about who invited Harbinder Singh Rana, 52, remains. Rana was jailed in the 1980s for posing as a

Indore, June 8: A man allegedly smashed his friend's head with a stone in Chhatripura area on Wednesday night for not accepting his offer to drink liquor with him. The accused was arrested within hours of the incident. The deceased has been identified as Prakash alias Pappu Mali, a resident of Samajwadi Nagar. He was found lying behind the Vaishnav Polytechnic College at around 11.30 pm. According

Washington, June 8: A 25-year-old woman from New York, under the influence of alcohol, mowed down her teenaged boyfriend and then drove away after he broke her iPhone. Jasmine Diaz was arrested after 17-year-old Frankie Hernandez' body was found on Wednesday, the Daily Mail reported. "I ran down to the street and it was too late. His head was crushed. He wasn't moving. There was blood everywhere,"

Bangalore, June 7: Residents of Venkatagirikote, a small village off NH 7 near Bengaluru International Airport were astounded to find as many as six human skulls and other skeletal remains in a plastic bag abandoned close to a lake on Wednesday morning. With the Annigeri incident still fresh in memory, Venkatagirikote soon became the centre of attention with regional and some national television

New Delhi, June 7: In yet another hit-and-run case, a Delhi police constable was killed on duty by a speeding car in north east Delhi on Wednesday night. According to an eyewitness, a Santro car hit Head Constable Ishwar Dayal when he was crossing the road in Usmanpur around midnight yesterday. Mr Dayal, a resident of Muradnagar, was taken to nearby Guru Teg Bahadur hospital in a critical

Mahalingapura, June 7: Two teenage girls were bludgeoned to death with a heavy stone when they were fast asleep in their house at Basavanagara, in the wee hours of Wednesday. Gangavva Shankrappa Patil, 18, and Geetha Shankrappa Patil, 16, are the dead. Two other girls and a three-month-old baby, who were sleeping with the two, have escaped death. While Mahananda is admitted to a hospital with

Hyderabad, June 7: A couple killed a four-year-old girl for just three grams of gold. The gruesome incident came to light on Wednesday when the Saroornagar police nabbed the duo while they were trying to sell the stolen gold. The girl, Ramya Sri was the daughter of Sukesh and Mahalakshmi from Champapet. Sukesh is a vehicle mechanic. On June 1, Ramya went missing while playing in front of her house

Mumbai, June 6: It turned out to be a birthday party that was strictly adult-rated. The Social Service branch (SS) of Mumbai police uncovered an elaborate prostitution racket being run under the garb of birthday parties, and arrested four people and rescued 11 girls from a restaurant in Oshiwara during a raid on Monday night. After receiving a tip-off that illegal activities were going on at

Indore, June 6: The police have arrested three persons on charges of keeping obscene MMS. They have seized their mobile phones here on Tuesday. The arrest was made following the complaint of a person with the police when he found the trio watching the MMS of a woman, who the complainant thought was his niece. The police have said that the MMS was of another girl and not niece of the complainant

Puttur, June 6: Some unidentified miscreants gained entry into a house and decamped with cash, seven pawan gold and a mobile phone, at Kakkur in Puttur taluk in the wee hours of Monday. According to police, the house belongs to one Venkatramana Bhat. A group of seven miscreants with lethal weapons had entered the house and decamped with the booty. The miscreants had covered their face and were