Crime and crash

Jaipur, January 12: Rodents with a taste for the human flesh have struck at a Jodhpur government hospital, killing a patient admitted in the intensive care unit. A 70-year-old paralytic patient, on ventilator at the ICU of a government hospital in Jodhpur died a gory death on Tuesday, with rats allegedly feasting on him. The incident reaffirms the sorry state of affairs at the government hospitals

Lucknow, January 11: When the police arrested a peon at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), a Lucknow-based super speciality hospital, in connection with kidney smuggling, they thought that he was a small fry, part of a racket that spread up to Chandigarh. They were flabbergasted when they found that the Grade 4 employee of the Radiology department at the

Udupi, January 10: Two motorcyclists were killed as an omni dashed the two-wheeler in an attempt to overtake the bike, near the Mabukala bridge, on the National Highway, at 5.45 am on Tuesday. The deceased are Saleem and Dhanush, residents of Rajiv Nagar, Kolambe, near Brahmavar. They were going to Gangolli in the wee hours of Dec 10. Kota police registered a case and investigating.

Mangalore, January 10: Laxshmi (55), resident of Tadambail, was killed when she was hit by unidentified motorcycle at Suratkal on the outskirts of the city. Laxshmi, who was admitted to Srinivas Hospital at Mukka succumbed to her injuries the same day. A case of fatal road accident has been registered in Surathkal police station. In a similar incident in Panambur police station limits, Sadashiva

Patna, January 10: How many surgeries can a well-qualified doctor perform in a single day? One, two, three… or maximum ten? But in Bihar’s Araria district, three self-proclaimed “medical practitioners” performed 61 surgeries, that too within just two hours. Incidentally, all the surgeries were related to family planning, as these quacks performed tubectomies on 61 rural women. The “feat,” which

Sindhagi, January 9: Bijapur district police arrested one more person, Arun Wagmore, who was involved in the Sindagi Pakistan flag hoist case on Sunday. He was sent to judicial custody till January 17. Six persons -- Rakesh Sidramaiah Math, Mallanagouda Vijaykumar Patil, Parashuram Ashok Waghmore, Rohit Eshwar Navi, Sunil Madiwalappa Agasar, Anilkumar Sriram Solanki -- were held in connection with

Hyderabad, January 9: A Class X student was allegedly raped by a 17-year-old youth, an auto driver, at Azad Chandrasekhar Nagar in Addagutta. According to Tukaramgate police, the youth befriended the girl, a student of a well-known school in Secunderabad, while she used to commute in his auto to reach school. He went out with her several times and reportedly exploited her sexually. Their intimate

Karwar, January 9: The police have arrested Nasir Ibrahim Sheikh (32) who had illegally stored 30 LPG cylinders in his stove repair shop at Green Street in Karwar on Sunday. He was selling these gas cylinders in black market. The police have recovered 25 cylinders.

Ludhiana/New Delhi/Jaipur, January 8: Three weeks ago Bala Kava, known as Lucky by her family, was found murdered at her home in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. But that was not the end of the ordeal for her relatives in Ludhiana. Her family are still waiting for the body, as the authorities in Sharjah have refused to hand it over to her husband. This was even after two suspects were caught

Mangalore, January 8: The bank accounts of Ganesh Shipping Agency, owned by Coastal Development Authority Chairman B Nagaraja Shetty have been reportedly hacked through internet. In a complaint lodged with Bunder police station, Mr Shetty has claimed that hackers have looted Rs 4 lakh from his four accounts held with Bunts Hostel, Urwa, Karwar and Bangalore branches of Axis Bank. It is said that