Crime and crash

Howrah, May 4: A 47-year-old schoolteacher from Howrah was hauled up for showing pornographic material on his mobile phone to students. Bally resident Debasis Das, who taught English at Belur High School, was arrested on Thursday after parents lodged a complaint against him. Das was also suspended from the school immediately. A couple of months ago, MLAs of Karnataka and Gujarat were accused of

Nagpur, May 4: A day after the case of a drunk man raping his mother-in-law was reported at Koradi police station, another shocking incident of a four-year-old girl being raped was reported at Nandanvan police station on Wednesday. According to the police, the girl and her younger brother were asleep when their mother heard her screaming. When she rushed to the room, she found her daughter

Gilbert, May 3: A gunman in the US state of Arizona has shot dead four people, including a toddler, before pointing the gun at himself, reports say. No reason has been reported yet for the shootings that occurred in Phoenix suburb in Gilbert, Arizona, on Wednesday. Authorities said that the gunman was armed with several firearms, including two handguns and a shotgun, which were recovered from the

Mumbai, May 3: A suicide attempt gone wrong saved the life of a 21-year-old "jilted lover". Ghanshyam Nagar jumped off the Vakola flyover on the Western Express Highway early on Tuesday morning but landed on a car below. The police arrested Nagar for his attempt and produced him before court; he has been remanded to 14 days' judicial custody. Nagar told the police that he used to work at a hotel

Nagpur, May 3: In an outrageous incident, a drunk man allegedly raped his 65-year-old mother-in-law. The victim, who is a TB patient, filed a complaint with the Koradi police accusing Ramesh Gawhane of committing the heinous act. A father of three, 46-year-old Gawhane, is absconding. Gawhane's daughter got married a year ago. His two sons are studying in ninth and seventh standard respectively

Bangalore, May 2: A 57-year-old man died after he took objection to two molesters making snide remarks at his niece and was punched and pushed about by the duo at Ambedkarnagar, DJ Halli, off Tannery Road, late on Monday night. The victim, Alagesh alias Alagaiah, an employee of BEML tools department, was a heart patient and had undergone bypass surgery four months ago. He was rushed to Mediscope

Mumbai, May 2: Hours before a 21-year-old woman could act on her resolve to report to the police against sexual harassment from three local youths, the trio barged into her house, and allegedly assaulted and gangraped her. Watching horrified and helpless was her husband. For the past few days, the woman had been the object of unwanted sexual overtures from the goons, who would pass lewd remarks

Melbourne, May 2: A young Indian family, including two children aged five and three, was found dead Tuesday in their home in this Australian city. The bodies of accountant Nilesh Sharma (36), his wife Pritika (32), and children Divesh (5) and Divya (3) were found Tuesday morning in their home in a leafy Melbourne suburb Glen Waverley. "The homicide squad has been notified and are attending with

Hyderabad, May 2: Residents of Ravindranagar in Sitaphalmandi are spending sleepless nights for the past two months, gripped by a fear that a ‘ghost' is frequenting the area during night. While most of them are taking shelter in a nearby temple, three other families have already vacated their houses. At least half a dozen persons reportedly committed suicide by hanging after the rumours of the

Madurai, May 1: A low intensity crude bomb exploded near a Ram temple in Madurai in the wee hours of Tuesday. The bomb was hidden inside a box attached to a cycle that was parked near the gate of the temple at Anna Nagar in the temple city. Since the explosion occurred around 3 am, no one were injured. ``It was a very low intensity bomb made out of chemicals used in fire crackers. The culprits had