Crime and crash

Surat, February 26: Gujarati actress Dimple Hingu allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison, police said today. She was 24. "Dimple had yesterday evening left her house in Varachcha area and was later found near it in not so stable condition by someone known to her," they said. "She was admitted to a private hospital where it was discovered that she had consumed poison," police said. Hingu

Malda, February 26: A 37-year-old woman of Malda was allegedly raped at gunpoint by her neighour, a police constable, in October last year. Despite repeated appeals, the police reportedly took no action against the accused. The victim was forced to approach the court which directed police to initiate a case. But the cops chose to violate the court order as well, alleged the victim. Such an

Bangalore, February 25: More than 170 shops at the 85-year-old heritage Russel Market here, selling goods ranging from fish to flowers, were reduced to ashes following a major fire that broke out early on Saturday, police said. There were no casualties, they said, adding they suspected electrical short circuit to be the cause of the fire. The fire broke out around 4.10 am in Russel Market in

Uttarpara/Bally, February 25: A 27-year-old woman and mother of two, who was brought to hospital as an accident victim on Friday morning, regained consciousness briefly to say that she was gangraped in a car and dumped on the New Bally Bridge. She died a few hours after giving her last statement. Police have started a probe on the basis of her dying declaration. This comes barely a fortnight after

London, February 25: Women are being granted illegal abortions by doctors in Britain based on the sex of their unborn baby, an undercover investigation by The Daily Telegraphcan disclose. Doctors at the country's clinics have been secretly filmed agreeing to terminate foetuses purely because they are either male or female. Clinicians admitted they were prepared to falsify paperwork to arrange the

Bangalore, February 25: In a cruel twist of irony, a mock drill to boost fire safety awareness of employees claimed the life of a welfare officer, Nalini, at a readymade garment factory in the Yeshwanthpur industrial suburbs here on Friday. Twenty-two-year-old Nalini’s enthusiasm to demonstrate safety techniques to her colleagues proved too costly, as the drill, organised by the Karnataka Fire and

New Delhi, February 24: A 23-year-old Delhi Policeconstable, who had married against his family's wishes just four days ago, shot himself to death with his service revolver in the capital, police said Friday. Pankaj Kumar, who had been attached to West Delhi's Mianwali Nagar police station since 2011, committed suicide by shooting himself with his service revolver around 10.45 pm Thursday. He was

New Delhi, February 24: In what appears to be a case of female infanticide, the body of a new-born girl was recovered from a dump in the national capital on Thursday. The body, discarded in a garbage dump in west Delhi's Bharat Nagar area, had been bundled into a polythene bag. The bag caught the attention of locals when street dogs started dragging it. People passing by located the bag and

Bangalore, February 24: The Serious Fraud Investigation Office on Thursday filed 14 cases against eight persons including Forest Minister C P Yogeeshwara and his family members in connection with the alleged misappropriation of funds involving Mega City (Bangalore) Developers and Builders (MDBL). Six criminal cases were filed before a court while the remaining eight related to violation of Company

Bangalore, February 24: The Special Lokayukta Court on Thursday issued summons to former Chief Minister B?S Yeddyurappa, his sons Vijayendra and Raghavendra and his son-in-law R N Sohan Kumar in one of the private complaints filed by advocate Sirajin Basha. The complaint relates to several instances of illegal denotification of land by Yeddyurappa and receiving financial favours in return for the