Crime and crash

Chennai, February 9: Police have arrested four college students and launched a hunt for another student for allegedly raping a 19-year-old woman after spiking her drinks at a party. The arrested include the woman's boyfriend K Sivanandan (19) of Anakaputhur. Police said Sivanandan, a first year hotel management student of a private college in the city, had taken the woman to a friend's place

Mangalore, February 9: Dakshina Kannada district police have nabbed eight persons including six women and two men, who were engaged in chain snatching, pickpocket and dacoity during Mahamastakabhisheka of Bhagavan Sri Bahubali at Venur recently. Superintendent of Police Abhishek Goyal told media persons that the team from Betagari village in Gadag district led by Somanna (48) were arrested based

Bhubaneswar, February 8: At least 24 people died in Odisha after consuming spurious liquor laced with medicines, authorities said. The victims from Cuttack and Khordha districts fell ill Tuesday after taking the drink that officials said contained drugs used to treat cough and cold and to dress wounds. District Collector S.N. Girish told IANS that among the dead was Baidhar Bhoi, the brew seller

Faridabad, February 8: Four students of a private school on Sohna Bypass Road near Ballabgarh were stabbed on Tuesday by a senior student, who was "angry" that his girlfriend was being "humiliated'' regularly by the victims. The incident took place around 1.30pm during the lunch break. Police said the Class XII student attacked the students studying in Class XI with a kitchen knife, which he had

Agra, February 8: At least 26 people from a marriage party were killed Tuesday evening when an overloaded mini-bus collided head-on with a speeding truck in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri district, 120 km from here, police said Wednesday. The driver of the mini-bus also died and more than a dozen others were injured. Police have identified 23 bodies. The seriously injured have been taken to Agra's S.N

Kolkata, February 7: The father of a 14-year-old girl, who jumped to her death on February 1, has filed a police complaint blaming the principal of her school for abetting his daughter's suicide. The girl, Deepshikha, and a 15-year-old boy, Sudipto, both students of Class 8 in Julien Day School, jumped off the roof of the four-storey building where Sudipto's family lives. Deepshika was declared

New Delhi, February 7: A newly-wed journalist was in for a rude shock when his bride dumped him and ran off with her 'husband' - a neighbour from Panipat - just nine days after the marriage. What's worse, the bride, Reena, did not leave alone. She stole Rs 6 lakh in cash and 33 tolas of gold that her in-laws had gifted her. Reena and her paramour were arrested from Jind, Haryana, on Sunday. The

Bhopal, February 7: A poor dalit boy's ears were pulled with such force by a couple of policemen that a big, bloody chunk came out, which surgeons could not stitch back. The incident happened in Sagar district of the impoverished Bundelkhand region. Narendra Ahirwar (13) was picked up by police on suspicion in a theft case on Sunday. He was beaten black and blue, before two of the cops bodily

Karwar, February 6: As many as 16 college students and few others sustained injuries in a head on collision between a speeding KSRTC bus and a car near Khaire cross in Kumta taluk. The collision occurred on Monday evening when the students were returning from the college through the bus which was moving to Kimani village in Kumta. The car was bound to Gangolli from Karwar. The car driver Girish

Mysore, February 6: In two separate incidents, two persons including an engineering student met with their watery grave on Sunday. Vinod Kannan, son of Subramani of K?R?Mill Colony, was found dead in Varuna Canal on Mysore-Bangalore road on Sunday. He had gone missing since morning. According to N?R?Police, the boy had gone fishing. His cousin had lodged a missing complaint. Late in the evening