Crime and crash

Bangalore, May 17: African nationals are repeatedly landing in police custody on drug peddling and cyber fraud charges over the past three years . This has forced city police to think of seeking the external affairs ministry's help to get the habitual offenders deported . Police have booked a Nigerian under the Goonda Act for committing offences repeatedly , incarcerating him for at least one year

Palanpur, May 17: The body of a three-year-old girl was found lying in the fields in Falu village, some 15 km from Vijapur in Mehsana district early on Wednesday morning. The girl went missing since on Tuesday after had gone to a nearby shop with her grandparents to have soft drinks, said in-charge police sub-inspector of Vijapur MM Parmar. Post-mortem reports revealed that that the girl was

New Delhi, May 17: A picture posted on Facebook led to such bitterness among two Class X students of a well-known private school in central Delhi that one of them stabbed the other with a paper cutter in school on Wednesday morning. The victim suffered six stab wounds, with the cutter slashing through his veins. He was rushed to the Ganga Ram Hospital in Rajender Nagar where an operation was

Washington, May 16: The Mumbai attack perpetrated by Pakistan–based LeT was an example of how terror outfits use latest available IT tools for their decisive motives, a top US commander has said, highlighting the role of cyber space in such events. "All the mission planning (for Mumbai terrorist attack) was done via Google Earth. There was no investment in technology of (intelligence, surveillance

London, May 16: A 56-year-old man has been jailed for keeping his son's 22-year-old Pakistani bride as a sex slave, a court heard. The "depraved" man stripped the bride of her jewellery and passport after she came to Britain following an arranged marriage, the Daily Mail reported. "He made her swear on the Quran that she would keep the abuse a secret and promised to heap shame on her by forcing

New Delhi, May 16: Three men were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly murdering the woman whose body was found inside LNJP Hospital twenty days ago. Police said the accused had gang-raped the woman twice before murdering her. The accused have been identified as Salman alias Chimman (24) who works at a printing press, Arif (26) a butcher and Mohamed Yahiya (26) who works at a grocery store, said

Bangalore, May 15: Armed men took away Rs 1.91 crore in cash from a car carrying it for replenishing an ATM at RT Nagar here on Monday morning. Three persons sustained minor injuries in the event. The high drama unfurled in filmy style near the BDA complex, barely 500 metres away from RT Nagar police station. The money belonging to Corporation Bank was being transported in a private cab and not in

Kathmandu, May 15: Child artiste Taruni Sachdev, who played the role of Amitabh Bachchan or Auro's friend in National Award winning film Paa, died in the Nepal plane crash that killed 13 Indians on Monday. Taruni, who became famous as the Rasna girl, was on the flight with her mother Geetha Sachdev. Taruni's co-star Amitabh Bachchan also tweeted: "Just reading that Tarini Sachdev the girl child

Kathmandu, May 14: Eleven Indian pilgrims were among 15 people killed when a private plane crashed in northern Nepal today after hitting a hill top while trying to land at high-altitude Jomsom airport. The Dornier aircraft belonging to the Agni Air went down when it hit the top of a hill while landing at the Jomsom airport in northern Nepal, said an official at the Rescue Coordination Committee of

Kasargod, May 14: K. Reji, 35, a casual worker attached to the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) in the district got electrocuted when he tried to fix a snag on an electric post at Plachikara, under the Beemadi electrical section, on Sunday. Reji clambered up the post after reportedly getting a telephonic message from the engineer concerned stating that the line had been switched off for