Crime and crash

Karwar, January 22: R H Naik, senior health inspector, Karwar City Municipal Council, was caught red-handed receiving bribe by the Lokayukta officials on Saturday. He was working on contract for six months, it is said. According to the Lokayukta officials, Naik had asked Lokesh Sawant of Nadanagadda to pay him Rs. 1,500 to secure permission to building a toilet. Mr. Sawant complained this to the

Garhwa (Jharkhand), January 21: Thirteen policemen, including the officer-in-charge of Bhandaria police station, were today killed and two others injured when Maoists triggered a landmine blast near the jungles of Bariganwa in this district. "The Maoists triggered the blast, killing 12 policemen and the officer-in-charge of Bhandaria police station R B Choudhary around 11 am," SP Michael S Raj

Bangalore, January 20: A 25 year-old woman employed in a software firm allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence in R T Nagar police station limits, police said. Savitha, the deceased, was working as a Human Resource (HR) professional and allegedly killed herself yesterday, police said. Savitha had got engaged to another software professional last year but the pair had

Bhatkal, January 20: A motorcyclist was killed on spot and three others sustained injuries in a head-on collision between the two-wheeler and a Maruti Omni on National Highway-17 near Murdeshwar, near here. The deceased has been identified as Saniyara Jatappa Naik (30), a resident of Murdeshwar. The accident occurred at around 11 am, half an hour after the deceased left his home. The injured have

New Delhi, January 20: A 20-year-old woman from the Northeast was allegedly raped by a man who offered her a lift from Gurgaon to her home in Mahipalpur on Thursday night. Instead, he took her to a secluded place in Dwarka and raped her. Police sources said the incident took place when the woman, who works with a hospitality group in Gurgaon, was waiting for a public transport at IFFCO Chowk to

New Delhi, January 20: She was young, suave with dreams of a life in bliss with her boyfriend. But love failed to blur caste barriers at home. Her uncle stood in the way of marriage. So she decided to get even. However, law finally caught up with the couple, Shruti and Rohit. Shruti Khosla, who is pursuing second-year BCom through correspondence from Delhi University and working with a multi

Bhubaneswar, January 19: Odisha Agriculture Minister Pradeep Maharathy Thursday submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik after the opposition accused him of protecting the culprits in a gangrape case. “I submitted the resignation on moral grounds,” Maharathy told IANS after putting in his papers. A 19-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped Nov 28 last year by some people near her

Kolkata, January 19: A disturbing video that has now been accessed by the media including NDTV shows what appears to be a group of jawans beating up a young man ruthlessly near the Bangladesh border after he allegedly refused to give them a bribe. The victim is seen on the ground with his hands and feet tied as the men in uniform torture and strip him. NDTV cannot confirm the origin or

Mangalore, January 17: A person was killed and three others injured in a serial road accident involving two cars and a lorry at Padu Panambur on Monday morning. The deceased has been identified as Abdul Hameed (46), a resident of Muloor Village in Udupi. According to a complaint lodged with Mulki police station by victim’s brother Basheer Ali, they with other family members were returning from

KASARAGOD, January 17: A six-year-old boy suffered critical injuries after he was knocked down by a private bus at Mogral here on Sunday. The accident occurred on the national highway at 7 p.m. when the boy and his father were crossing the road. The boy, Mohammed Remees, was rushed to a hospital in Mangalore, the police said. A group of infuriated people attacked the bus.