Crime and crash

Cuttack, May 11: In a shocking incident in Odisha, a retired judge, his wife and son were arrested on Wednesday on charges of trying to kill their 23-year-old pregnant domestic help. When the police rescued Mini Pradhan at the Mahanad river barrage in Cuttack, she had a shocking tale to tell before she was whisked off to the ICU with multiple injuries. Mini alleged that she was thrown off the

Rohtak, May 11: Children living at a shelter run by an NGO here were sexually abused, beaten, molested and made to work as labourers on farms and construction sites, a raid by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has uncovered. The girls recounted tales of horror during the raid on Wednesday night at the shelter run by NGO Bharat Vikas Sangh, which won a Haryana state award for

Mangalore, May 10: A toddy dealer was brutally hacked to death by miscreants at Boliyar near Dharmastala on Tuesday. The victim has been identified as Shashindran (53), a resident of Boliyar. Sources from Belthangady police said the incident took place at around 9.30 pm when the victim returning home on his two wheeler. Preliminary investigation revealed that he was murdered owing to a personnel

Mangalore, May 10: A labourer died of asphyxiation when mud caved in wile working on the Mastikatte - Sundaribhag Road on Tuesday evening. The victim was identified as Yusuf (19) of Goodina Bali in Bantwal. According to a complaint filed with Ullal police station by Suresh Manna, Yusuf and he were installing a pipe with other workers at Masthikatte when the mud caved in. They were both trapped

Pilakhuwa (Uttar Pradesh), May 10 : The parents of a one and a half month old baby girl have been arrested for trying to bury their child alive in a graveyard. The incident happened in UP's Pilakhuwa town which is located just 100 kilometres from the national capital. The incident came to light on Wednesday, when one if the trustees who was at the burial ground heard a baby cry and figured

London, May 10: London Nine men in northwest England were sentenced to jail terms Wednesday for luring girls as young as 13 years old into sexual encounters using alcohol and drugs — a case that has stirred racial tensions and sparked claims that authorities are failing to protect vulnerable children in state care. Judge Gerald Clifton said the men, aged between 22 and 59 and all of Pakistani or

Gurgaon, May 10: A teenaged girl was abducted from her house and allegedly gang raped. No one has been arrested, police said on Wednesday. A 16-year-old girl was abducted from her house in village Sikanderpur (Badha), near sector 84 in Gurgaon on Tuesday midnight. She was on a visit to her elder sister's in-laws house. Rupesh, 26, a resident of Sikanderpur was known to the victim's brother-in-law

New Delhi, May 10: As incidents of alleged persecution and intimidation of Hindus in Pakistan rise, India on Wednesday appealed to Islamabad to take all possible steps to protect the constitutional rights of its minorities by ensuring their safety and security. Recently, in separate incidents, three Hindu girls in Sindh province have reportedly been abducted and married against their wishes to

Mangalore, May 9: A pedestrian was killed on spot when an earth excavator machine hit him at Panambur, here. The victim has been identified as killed Allah Baksh Sheikh (35), a resident of Andhra Pradesh Allah Baksh was working as a cleaner on a lorry. A case of fatal road accident has been registered in Panambur police station.

Lucknow, May 9: A top police official of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday openly advocated honour killing. The incident took place in Prabudh Nagar district where the deputy inspector general (DIG) of Saharanpur range, Satish Kumar Mathur, had gone for a routine inspection of police stations and review law and order situation. One Shaukeen Mohammad, a resident of Kaserwa village of Prabudh Nagar district