Crime and crash

Jaipur, April 7: Six drunk friends beat up a man and gang raped his 35-year-old wife in front of him one by one on the rooftop of a deserted house in Kanota police station area of the city throughout Thursday night. The woman was left in a semi-unconscious state, while her husband who tried to protest was humiliated and severely beaten up by the accused. The police arrested the six men, most of

New Delhi, April 7: A man was arrested for allegedly killing the wife of his younger brother after she resisted his attempt to rape her. The accused hit the victim on the head with a wooden plank, said police. He works as a labour contractor in south Delhi. The accused, Sunder (34), a resident of Fatehpur Beri, had been living alone after his wife left him because of alcoholism. On Tuesday night

Allahabad/Lucknow, April 7: In a horrifying incident, three minor girls, including a mentally challenged, were allegedly raped by a peon in Rajikiya Shishu Grih, an orphanage run by the social welfare department of the state government for children below 10 years of age, in Allahabad. The incident sent shock waves across the state. The Allahabad high court took a suo moto cognizance of the matter

Kolar, April 7: A Second Additional Sessions Court here has sentenced a woman for life imprisonment for the murder of her daughter-in-law and her son for three years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 25,000 each. Judge Veeranna G Tigadi delivered the verdict. The convicts Seetamma and her son Srinivas are residents of Dharmarayanagar in the city. Lakshmi, a resident of Maruti?Layout in

New Delhi, April 6: A young engineer, who was abducted three days ago, was found murdered in west Delhi early this morning, police said. Three of his abductors have been arrested. Johny Gupta (23) was abducted from Keshavpuram Industrial area on April 3. He was found murdered in Nangloi in west Delhi. "The family had claimed that they got a ransom call for Rs one crore," a senior police official

Tumkur, April 6: An alleged serial killer, accused of committing 13 murders, gave policemen the slip on Thursday, while they were escorting her to a court. But she was arrested within one hour. Prema, alias Shantha, 39, a native of Theerthahalli in Shimoga district and resident of RT Nagar, is accused of killing 13 women with her nephew, Raghavendra, and Sundaresh as her accomplices. Prema ran a

Chennai, April 6: Indian Institute of Technology-Madras has introduced a new moral code of conduct on campus, prompting protests by students who believe that the authorities are playing spoilsport. The code seeks to put curbs on the annual 'hostel night', when students are allowed to bring in friends and make merry without the prying warden around. Among the rules that the students were notified

Warangal, April 6: A private school teacher was booked for hitting a kindergarten student at Subedari in Hanamkonda on Thursday. The student suffered bleeding injuries on his head and his wounds had to be sutured. The incident took place at St Mary's School at Julywada. Angered over his bad handwriting, the teacher, Uma, hit Hemant on his head with a pen. When blood started oozing from his head

Hyderabad, April 6: K Srinivas Reddy has a sterling reputation in Andhra Pradesh as an upright police officer. Till Tuesday night, he was heading a special investigation team in the state's Anti-Corruption Bureau. For the last few months, the team had focused on exposing a brazen liquor syndicate that had gained power across the state thanks to patrons that include police officers and politicians

Jaipur, April 5: CBI today arrested BJP MLA Rajendra Rathore in connection with the fake encounter of local liquor smuggler Dara Singh in 2006. Rathore, an MLA from Taranagar Assembly constituency, was arrested by the sleuths from his residence this morning and would be produced before a court later in the day. ADG Police A K Jain wanted by the CBI for his role in the case has already surrendered