Crime and crash

Bangalore, March 2: In a late-night operation, responding to a call from a brave child to the child helpline, teams from Child Rights Commission, the Child Welfare Committee, Child Helpline and the City police raided a City orphanage –Church of Christ – Home for the Orphans & Widows – in Chalghatta on Wednesday, rescued 41 children and seized the faculty. The traumatised children – 22 girls and 19

Bangalore, March 2: Convict pushed victim off a cliff on the pretext of taking pictures with him The High Court on Thursday confirmed the life sentence of a person who had killed his friend by pushing him off a cliff on the pretext of taking his pictures. In an incident believed to be inspired by Kannada film ‘Amruthavarshini,’ the accused, Junaid, had murdered Ashwak Ahmed on the pretext of

Bangalore, March 2: The birthday celebrations of a fifth standard student, Aniketan, went awry on Thursday as 30 of his classmates complained of uneasiness after eating chocolates distributed by him at the Vinayaka Vidyasamsthe at the Banappa Park premises here. The students were immediately rushed to the Vani Vilas Hospital. Doctors treating them said they were out of danger. It was a suspected

New Delhi, March 1: A senior citizen died after he was allegedly pushed and kicked by two constables at the Dhaula Kuan police post in south Delhi on Tuesday night. The 66-year-old retired accountant suffered a heart attack and collapsed trying to save his son from being beaten up by the cops. The victim, Anil Kumar Arora, was taken to Safdarjung Hospital after senior officers intervened but was

Koppal, March 1: An incident of a boy being chained by the authorities of a madrasa, allegedly at the behest of his parents, has been reported in the city. On Wednesday, he was lodged in the juvenile home by Unicef officials after he had escaped from the madrasa on Tuesday. A case has been registered at the city police station against the security guard of the madrasa at Mittikeri. Sahil Chandsab

Kolkata, March 1: Already facing flak for the controversial statements on the rising incidents of rape in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee landed into fresh trouble when her nephew slapped a traffic sub-inspector for ‘daring to stop him’. The incident happened at around 11 am on Wednesday, when Subir Ghosh, a sub-inspector on-duty at Khidderpore in South Kolkata stopped a private car No

Mangalore, March 1: In a heart rending two wheeler mishap, Two students of St. Joseph's Engineering College were killed near Pavanje Bridge on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday night. The deceased have been identified as Steven of Kulshekar and his classmate Ashwin Pereira of Bajpe. They were travelling from Udupi to Mangalore. The tragedy occurred when the motorcycle they were riding

New Delhi, February 29: In a major operation, Delhi Police has arrested two suspected LeT terrorists who were allegedly planning to carry out terror strikes in the capital targeting vital installations and VVIPs. Delhi Police sources said the operation was launched to nab the two Lashkar-e-Toiba men after receiving inputs from Central intelligence agencies that the duo have entered the capital to

Bankura (West Bengal), February 29: In another incident of rape in West Bengal, a physically challenged woman was allegedly raped by a junior doctor in a government hospital in Bankura district, police said Wednesday. “We have received a complaint that a deaf and mute woman was raped by a junior doctor of Bankura Sammilani Medical College. The victim was medical examined locally and we are taking

New Delhi, February 29: A 16-year-old girl was raped allegedly by a group of minor boys from her school after taking her to Rishikesh, police said on Tuesday. The shocking case was reported from Badarpur in South-East Delhi. A case of rape was registered at Badarpur police station recently after the victim's family approached them. The police in Rishikesh had informed the parents of the victim