Crime and crash

Bhopal, February 20: The brutal murder of a senior journalist and his entire family on Saturday night in Madhya Pradesh's Umaria distict, over 450 km from here, has sent shockwaves across the State with fingers being pointed at the illegal coal mining mafia active in the region. Journalist Chandrika Rai (42), his wife Durga (40) and their two teenage children — son Jalaj (19) and daughter Nisha

New Delhi, February 19: A girl allegedly committed suicide after being raped by two people in northwest Delhi, police said on Saturday. The 15-year-old girl was accosted by the men when she was going to a relative's house along with a friend on Friday evening. The accused offered them a joyride on their bikes and picked them up from Prashant Vihar. They forced themselves on the girls on reaching a

Panaji, February 18: More than a dozen school children and their woman escort were feared drowned Saturday after a school bus carrying them drove straight into a river in Goa, police said. The incident took place when the brakes of the bus failed and it plunged into Calvi river, 30 km from here. Indian Navy divers have rushed to the spot, a police officer said. Police said they did not have the

Dubai, February 18: A policeman and two students allegedly kidnapped a juvenile and sodomised him after physically assaulting him in an isolated area, the Dubai Criminal Court heard. The accused are identified as FSR, 20, Somali, student, MYS 19, student, who does not hold identification documents, and AFA, 20, Emirati, policeman. The victim WIM, 11, Emirati, student, testified that on Friday

Hyderabad, February 18: In a desperate act to meet thedowry requirements ahead of her wedding, anMBA student along with her mother made a vain bid to rob a housewife of her gold chain at APIIC colony, Kushaiguda on Friday. Kushaiguda police said that at around 11.30 am the mother-daughter duo - Rama Devi and Sharada - entered the residence of Kalpana, a housewife, in APIIC colony. Clad in burqas

Jaipur, February 17: Five members of a family, including a child, died while five others have been admitted to a hospital in a critical condition after they consumed spurious tea in Baran on Thursday. What made the tea poisonous is being investigated as police said they are completely relying on the forensic report due to lack of any obvious evidence on the spot. According to the police, the

Beed (Maharashtra), February 17: A 25-year-old woman bit off a man's tongue when he tried to sexually assault her at her house in Javalgaon village in the district, police said today. Anita Pawar, who works as a labourer, was alone at her house in the village on Wednesday when the accused, identified as Dadarao Hare (35), tried to force himself on her, they said. In a bid to save herself from the

Behrampore, February 17: A mother of two hanged herself on Wednesday night after some local youthsmorphed some obscene photos of her and circulated them through MMS. Jesmina Bibi, 28, a resident of Bakdanga in Domkal, could not bear the humiliation and jeering by neighbours and killed herself. Her husband Bablu Sheikh alleged that the youths, helped by a woman neighbour, superimposed Jesmina's

Kasargod, February 16: 43-year-old M Abubakar was arrested by local police when he allegedly tried to pass on seven fake currency notes of Rs.500 denomination at Kumbla, near here. The police took action after an official identified the notes when he went to the Kerala State Electricity Board's Kumbla section office to clear three bills worth Rs.5,682 on Tuesday. The notes were found to be thicker

Hyderabad, February 16: A 27-year-old DCM van driver was bludgeoned to death allegedly by his two sisters following his 'inappropriate' behaviour with them at Meerpet on Monday night. The victim was identified as P Srinivas of Tirumala Hills at Meerpet. He was the only son of his parents, Arjun and Savitramma. Arjun runs a small dairy farm at his home and lives with his wife, son, and two