Crime and crash

Mangalore, May 14: The Belthangady police have arrested two persons in connection with a murder of a toddy shop owner. Toddy dealer Shashindra was brutally murdered on May 7 at Boliyar under the limits of Belthangady police station. Of the accused, Harish Poojary alias Harishchandra (24) of Maplaje house in Nidle village in Belthangady taluk was arrested on Saturday and another accused

Karwar, May 13: Close on the heels of the murder of Madan Nayak, Assistant Conservator of Forests, Dandeli, another forest staff was killed in Uttara Kannada district on Saturday. This is the second such case reported within five days in the district. The victim, Veeresh Siddaiah Hiremath (45), who was working as a watchman at Manki check-post in Honnavar taluk, was killed on Saturday. The accused

Mumbai, May 13: A 10-year-old girl was raped and tortured by her uncle who wanted to take revenge on his wife. The woman, who knew about the rape, lodged a complaint 15 days later on Thursday, only when her husband threatened to divorce her. According to the Virar police, Vinod Chouhan (38) went to meet his wife's brother at his Virar (E) home. He took his wife's niece out on the pretext of taking

Lucknow, May 13: A senior Provincial Civil Services (PCS) officer, Vinod Kumar Rai, posted as ADM (West) in the state capital allegedly committed suicide by consuming sulphas tablets late on Friday night. Rai was with his 22-year-old domestic help at his official Butler Palace residence when he took the extreme step. Rai was rushed to the Civil Hospital from where he was referred to the Trauma

Mysore, May 12: In a tragic incident, five women were killed and at least six others injured when a speeding car ran over them while they were sitting on the footpath at a village in the district in the wee hours of today. The mishap occurred at Hyrige village, about 40 km from here, on the Mysore-H D Kote Road and the driver abandoned the car and fled the scene along with another person, police

Kozhikode, May 12: Five members of a family, including three children, were found dead under mysterious circumstances at Vazhikkadavu in neighbouring Malappuram district today, police said. The 45-year-old head of the family was found hanging from a tree while the bodies of his wife and three children with injuries were recovered from their house. Police said they suspect the man could have killed

Bangalore, May 12: Three persons died in as many road accidents in the city since Thursday. In the first accident, a 56-year-old man died on the spot after the two-wheeler he was riding rammed the road median on Kasturba Road near the Cubbon Park police station early on Friday morning. Police identified the deceased as Amjad Pasha, owner of a fish stall in Russell Market and resident of

Bangalore, May 12: Heavy rain which lashed several districts in the State has claimed the lives of three persons, cattle and has left a trail of destruction in several villages. Suresh Pujari and his two oxen were killed when they were struck by lightning, while they were ploughing the field at Panegaom village in Gulbarga on Friday. In Udanur village, three oxen were killed when they were struck

Gurgaon, May 11: Police have admitted to delay in action in arresting the driver of the BMW car that killed two, including a pregnant woman, in Gurgaon last Saturday. Speaking exclusively to NDTV, Maheshwar Dayal, Deupty Commissioner of Police (East), said "I agree there has been delay in the arrest of the accused in this case, but there are reasons for that." Dismissing allegations of any cover

Jaipur, May 11: A Delhi-based girl who had come to Jaipur to work in an event management company in 2011 was allegedly raped by her boss for months. The man even got her abortion done when she became pregnant. Though the victim Seema Sharma (22) kept quiet for six months as the accused had promised to marry her, but when she felt she was merely being misled, Seema along with her family approached