Crime and crash

Muzaffarnagar, Oct 30: A Dalit man and his two family members were injured in an attack for opposing the harassment of his daughter in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, police said. The 17-year-old girl had gone to collect water from a hand pump at Bhokarhedi village under Bhopa police station area on Tuesday when a youth came and allegedly harassed her, the police said. The brother of the

Mirzapur, Oct 29: One person was killed in a clash that broke out over the death of a cow in Vindhyachal area here, police said on Tuesday. B Bind (65) got into an heated argument with his nephews after he blamed them for his cow's death, they said. Others joined the melee soon after and the verbal confrontation turned into a violent clash in which five people were injured, police said. The

Malda, Oct 29: A BJP MP from West Bengal has said that he has received stones in a box instead of a mobile phone that his son had ordered online, police said on Tuesday. In a complaint lodged with English Bazaar police station on Monday, Malda Uttar MP Khagen Murmu said his son Animes Murmu had ordered a Samsung M30 mobile on October 23. The price of the cellphone is Rs 11,999. "However, my wife

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 27: Close on the heels of the 'Jolly' family murder trail, the Kerala Police have initiated probe into deaths of seven members of a family, with a distant relative on the probe team's radar as accused. The deaths took place in the family Gopinathan Nair between 2000 and 2017, and included Nair, his wife Sumukhi Amma and their children -- Jaybalakrishnan, Jayprakash, Jaysree

Aligarh, Oct 26: A girl allegedly threw acid on a boy in Jeevangarh area here on Thursday after he refused to marry her, police said. Speaking to media, Anil Simaniya CO, Civil Lines said, "The boy's name is Faizad, he was having a love affair with the accused girl for the last six months. Since last month, he had been ignoring the girl and that is why she attacked him with acid." "We have

Gorakhpur, Oct 25: A police officer on Thursday allegedly killed his son inside a police station in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur. The head constable, following an argument, shot his son inside the Chauri-Chaura police station in Gorakhpur. The constable, identified as Arvind Yadav, has been arrested. His licensed weapon has also been seized by the police. "He (Arvind) had an altercation with his son

Hyderabad, Oct 21: A three-month-old baby boy died and four others were injured after a fire broke out at a private children's hospital in LB Nagar in the wee hours of Monday, police said. The incident happened in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of the hospital at 2.55 a.m, LB Nagar Police Station Inspector V Ashok Reddy told news agency. One baby died in the fire mishap and four other

Kochi, Oct 20: A court on Saturday rejected the bail application of serial killer Jolly Thomas and her two accomplices, and remanded them to judicial custody till November 2. The bail plea was heard at Thamarassery Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, near Kozhikode. The three were arrested on October 5 in connection with the case of the murder of Jolly's husband, Roy Thomas. According to police

Chennai, Oct 19: The Income Tax department on Friday said searches in the premises of a group of firms founded by spiritual guru 'Kalki' Bhagwan has led to unearthing of unaccounted cash receipts to the tune of Rs 409 crore. The premises of a conglomerate of trusts and companies founded by the spiritual guru that ran 'wellness courses' at Varadaiahpalem in Andhra Pradesh, Chennai and Bengaluru

Bengaluru, Oct 17: One person was arrested for allegedly trying to sell four Indian monitor lizards to a restaurant in the city, here forest officials said. The forest officials said on Wednesday one Chandrashekar K Bajanthri, 24, a native of the Hulimangala village in Anekal taluk, was arrested near his home by members of the Forest Vigilance Cell, who were acting on a tip-off. Bajanthri had four