Crime and crash

Mulbagal, June 6: Two people were killed when the wall of the Hussain Diwanshavalli dargah, on the outskirts of Marandahalli village, collapsed due to strong winds on Monday evening . Gul Mohar (21), and her sister, Jaharabi (13), were walking near the dargah when the sudden strong winds brought the wall crashing down. Gul Mohar died on the spot, while Jaharabi succumbed to the injuries by

New Delhi, June 6: The Yojana Bhavan toilets are causing a stink of a different kind. The Planning Commission, which estimated a poverty line figure of Rs 28 per day per person, lavished Rs 35 lakh on refurbishing two toilets in its headquarters. For good measure, the commission has admitted in an RTI response, it has spent Rs 5.19 lakh in installing an access control system in the toilets. The

Villupuram (Tamil Nadu), June 6: A 16-year-old's anguished revelations on a TV talk show might end up bringing the guilty to book in a triple murder committed four years ago. In the crime show aired a week ago, the teenager broke down on questioning by the anchor and implicated her father, A Murugan, in the murder of a man, his young daughter and son-in-law in 2008. Alerted by the man's wife who

New Delhi, June 5: Eleven of the 18 Uttarakhand Police personnel, accused in the 2009 fake encounter case of MBA student Ranbir Singh in Dehradun, on Tuesday surrendered before a Delhi court which sent them to jail. The accused policemen surrendered before Special CBI Judge V.K. Maheshwari in pursuance of the non-bailable warrants issued against them in May this year. “They be taken in custody and

Peshawar, June 5: Abu Yahya al-Libi, one of al Qaeda's top strategists and seen as the most prominent figure in the network after leader Ayman al Zawahri, may have been killed in a drone strike in northwest Pakistan, Pakistani intelligence officials said on Tuesday. If his death is confirmed it would be the biggest blow to al Qaeda since U.S. special forces killed Osama bin Laden in a secret raid

Kollam, June 5: The Kollam police claimed to have busted a human trafficking racket on Sunday night with the arrest of two groups of Sri Lankan Tamils, one from a fishing boat off the coast and the other from Mukkad area of Kavanad in the city. Those taken into custody comprise 107 men, 19 women and 25 children. They told the police that Australia was their destination and they had paid Rs. 50,000

New Delhi, June 5: In a scene straight out of a movie, two private guards - one of them an ex-armyman - on duty outside a jewellery showroom engaged in a gunbattle with five men who were trying to steal an SUV used to transport gold ornaments and diamonds from the showroom. One of the five men was killed during the battle. According to the police, the two guards - Kishan and Lalit Kumar -

Bangalore, June 5: According to information made available by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), 99 girls were reported missing in 2008. The figure dipped to 41 the next year, but jumped to 130 in 2010. Data for 2011 and the current year is under compilation. Over the three years, 79 boys too disappeared The MHA has acknowledged that organised gangs may have become victims of trafficking

Islamabad, Jun 4: Four women condemned to death by a tribal jirga or council for dancing and singing with men at a wedding in northern Pakistan have been killed, TV news channels reported on Sunday However, senior officials refuted the news reports and described them as baseless. Interior Minister Rehman Malik ordered a judicial inquiry into the reported killing of the four women as punishment for

Mumbai, June 4: A 45-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping his elder daughter for the past three years in Mumbai's suburban Dahisar area on Saturday. The victim, who had to undergo abortion, alleged that her father threatened to kill her if she revealed the incident to anyone. Police said, around three days ago the victim told about the incident to a child welfare activist, who then