Crime and crash

Faridabad, March 17: A constable has been arrested for allegedly raping a minor at gun-point, police said today. In a complaint to police commissioner, a 16-year-old girl had alleged that Virendra, who was working as a computer operator in a police station in Ballabgarh, had raped her at gunpoint last year when he was posted in Old Thana and had been sexually exploiting her since on a false

Mysore, March 17: After a lull of a few months, a leopard strayed into the city on?Friday, causing anxious moments for hours. However, unlike previous such instances, an elderly man suffered injuries when the big cat attacked him unaware. Abdul Rehman?Shariff, aged 60 years and a watchman at an autorickshaw shed in A?J?Block on Udayagiri main road, came out of the shed after hearing the barking

Bangalore, March 16: At a speed of around 120 kmph, death came in the space of a heartbeat for 19-year-old Sushmita Patil. Three of her friends escaped with injuries, after the driver of the car in which they were heading to their college, lost control of the vehicle, and it toppled near Handralli bridge on NICE road here around 9:15 am on Thursday. The teenaged granddaughter of Davanagere MLA S

Bangalore, March 16: The second pre-university examination commenced at 923 centres across the State on Thursday, with nearly 3.5 lakh students appearing for the history and computer science papers on the first day. all set: A student prays before writing the examination at a centre in Hubli on Thursday. KPNThough strict security measures were in force, it did not deter students from attempting to

New Delhi, March 15: After battling for life at All India Institute of Medical Sciences for the past over 60 days, two-year-old battered baby Falak died late Thursday of cardiac arrest. Baby Falak was brought to AIIMS Trauma Centre about two months ago with severe head injuries, broken arms, bite marks all over the body and cheeks branded with hot iron. “It came as a sudden shock,” said Dr M C

Chennai, March 15: A 25-year-old man, who eloped with a politician's daughter in December last, was found dead on Sringeri Mutt Road, near Buckingham Canal, in Mandaveli on Wednesday night. Police suspect that he was hacked to death somewhere else, and his body was transported in a vehicle and dropped on the road around 7.30pm on the dark stretch. The body of Bilal (25), of Pillayar Koil Thottam

Udupi, March 15: A fisherman was feared drowned after he fell off his boat while on a fishing expedition in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday. Four fishermen left Malpe harbour for fishing on Tuesday. When they were pulling the net to their boat in the afternoon, Padmanabha (41) of Katapady-Mattu village accidentally fell into the water. He remained untraced even after an intensive search operation.

Dubai, March 15: A young Emirati woman and her 14-month-old child died at a hospital in the suburbs of Colombo from alleged food poisoning less than 12 hours after their arrival in the Sri Lankan capital on Tuesday morning. The two Emirati nationals suspected to have died of food poisoning did not have a meal in Sri Lanka, according to latest media reports. The father remains admitted in hospital

Jaipur, March 14: A 23-year-old married woman beat to death a 19-year-old youth who allegedly tried to rape her at a village in Rajsamand district on Monday evening. The woman claimed that the youth, who stays next door, barged into her house when she was alone and started molesting her. In course of the scuffle, the woman picked up an iron rod and hit the youth on his head after which he died

New Delhi, March 14: Holi was two nights away but in the poor lanes of her Pitampura slum the mood was already festive. The little girl who skipped merrily behind the stranger with the fruit bag smelt a treat in it. They stopped at a house a few harmless turns away from her door where the man's friend had been cooking. They gave her meat, and resumed drinking. What they did afterwards has left