Crime and crash

Udupi, March 20: Unidentified miscreants gained entry into Pai International show room in the city and decamped with electronic goods worth Rs 3.8 lakh in the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. Police inspecting burgled Pai International show roomat Udupi on Monday. Speaking to Deccan Herald, SP Dr Boralingaiah said that as many as five laptops, 15 cameras and nine mobile hand sets have been

Bangalore, March 20: In a major relief to an acid attack victim, the High Court on Monday sentenced two persons convicted of the offence to life imprisonment along with imposing a fine of Rs 10,000 each. The verdict, which came after a span of 10 years, can be seen as justice delivered to Sudesh, a resident of KGF, who was blinded in the acid attack. The Division Bench comprising Justice K

Hathras, March 20: people were killed and two others seriously injured when the Mathura-Kasganj Express rammed into a jeep at an unmanned railway crossing here this morning. The accident took place at the unmanned railway crossing near Madu Railway Station at 7:19 a.m. in the district. The jeep was carrying 17 passengers, Superintendent of Police Chandra Prakash said. While 15 people were killed

Fujairah, March 20: Hamad Al Kabi, a clinically dead Emirati boy, is the oldest patient in Dibba Fujairah Hospital, where has has been lying for the past 15 years on life support. Hamad was taken to hospital after falling into a water basin at his house when he was aged just 11 months. Despite attempts by doctors to medically aid the baby, his condition dramatically deteriorated and he was

Bangalore, March 19: A 29-year-old homemaker was found hanging from the ceiling fan of her house in Kumaraswamy Layout on Saturday night. Though police booked a case of suicide, they are now looking into murder allegations made by the victim's brother. Lalitha was married to Ramakrishna for five years and the couple had a four-yearold daughter. Ramakrishna runs a bakery in Shastrynagar. The woman

Bangalore, March 19: "Bored with life" , a 25-year-old employee of a business solutions company allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the fan in her Mathikere apartment. The partially decomposed body of Shubha Vadiraj Hatwar was found on Sunday morning by owner Jayaraj, who rushed to the spot after neighbours complained about a foul smell emanating from the flat. Police suspect

New Delhi, March 19: In yet another late-night crash due to speeding, a BTech student was killed and three others were left battling critical injuries after the Toyota Corolla they were travelling in hit a divider on Vikas Marg, near ITO bridge, then rammed a pole and rolled over several times, around 2am on Sunday. Among those with grievous injuries are a budding cricketer, Shubham, 19; a 23-year

Mudigere, March 18: A 38-year-old woman was killed when a KSRTC?bus, on duty for Sunday’s byelection to the Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency, ran over her in the town on Saturday. Renukamma was riding pillion on a two-wheeler which her husband, Gurusiddappa, was driving when the bus - which was on its way to the DSBG?first grade college to pick up poll personnel - hit the two-wheeler. The

Mangalore, March 17: Three students from an orphanage at Prajna Counselling Centre, Kankanady here, went missing on Friday. The missing students have been identified as Murari (14) of Bihar, Venkatesh (11) of Andhra Pradesh and Raju (13) of Dharwad. According to a complaint registered at Mangalore East Police Station by Prajna Couselling Centre’s co-coordinator Divya Pinto, the students after

Ajman, March 17: A debt-ridden Somali man has left his family of seven, including his young wife and six children, to the mercy of his creditors. Without their only breadwinner, the family is struggling to have even their daily bread, even as the landlords and local grocers are refusing to help them any more. Gulf News visited the family in their dark, nearly-bare house, where the 25-year-old