Crime and crash

Chinsurah, March 8: A 25-year-old widow has complained that she was lured to a feast by someone she considered her elder sister and handed over to five men to be raped. Unlike the Park Street, Falta and Burdwan cases, the Hooghly police acted immediately and not only took her complaint but also got her statement recorded before a magistrate. They have even tracked down three of the five suspects

Mangalore, March 7: Four persons, including two medical students, were injured in a head-on collision involving a car and a tipper lorry at Hosangadi, near Manjeshwaram. The injured have been identified as Razza, 22, of Mangad in the district, and Ijjas, 22, of Kollam district, both students of the Yenopoya Medical College Hospital in Mangalore, and the driver and cleaner of the truck. The truck

Chennai, March 6: Expressing concern over the safety of children in schools, the Madras high court has asked the state government to ban the sale of unhygienic eatables and operation of amusement devices , such as merry-goround , near schools. Justice K N Basha, passing orders on a writ petition filed on behalf of a class V girl who lost her right hand during a joy ride in a merrygo-round during

Jaipur / New Delhi, March 5: A Mirage 2000 fighter plane of the Indian Air Force (IAF) today crashed near a village in Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur district, soon after taking off from an airbase in Gwalior, in a second mishap involving the aircraft type in 11 days. An IAF official checks the debris of Mirage 2000 that crashed recently in Bhind. PTI PhotoThe pilot managed to eject safely, IAF

New Delhi, March 5: A first-year MBBS student at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, who hailed from a village in Rajasthan and was the second topper in the Scheduled Tribe category at the all-India medical entrance test, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan of his hostel room on Saturday. Anil Kumar Meena, 22, was reportedly struggling to cope with the

Kanpur, March 5: A 19-year-old girl was raped and murdered in Gandhigram on Saturday. She was alone in the house at the time of the incident. The murder came to light late on Saturday night when her sister called the girl on her mobile phone from Lucknow. When she got no response, the harried sister contacted the neighbours, who found the teenager lying dead. A case under Section 376 and 302 of

Vadodara, March 5: A 17 year-old boy has been arrested on charges of killing his father Shanti Shana Rathwa in Dhoriavi village of Pavijetour taluka in the district, police said. Talking to PTI over phone today, police said "Sunil Rathwa allegedly axed his father to death after a dispute between the deceased and his uncle Mahindra Rathwa." In his complaint with the police, Mahindra Rathwa said

Chennai, March 4: A domestic fight between a man and his wife ended in tragedy at Manali New Town on Friday when he threw a grinding stone at the woman, killing her. He later committed suicide. Police said Ramamurthy, a car driver, was married to Bhuvaneswari, 32, and the couple had two sons Saju, 9, and Kishore, 3. Ramamurthy had taken a loan of Rs 40,000 to buy a car. He attached it to a travel

Puducherry, March 4: Two children died recently at a Puducherry hospital after they brushed their teeth using rat poison, mistaking it for toothpaste. The children were admitted to Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) in a serious condition in February and died without responding to medication. Dr B Vishnu Bhat, head of department of paediatrics at JIPMER

Bhopal, March 4: The CBI questioned controversial BJP MLA Dhruv Narayan Singh in connection with RTI activist Shehla Masood's murder on Saturday. The questioning that started at noon continued till late in the evening. Singh was questioned over the soured love triangle involving him, Shehla and alleged key conspirator Zaheda Parvez, which the CBI suspects led to Shehla's murder. CBI sources said