Davanagere, Aug 22: Two bike riders were killed when a speedy truck dashed against their vehicle near Kumbaluru village in Harihar taluk in the District last night. Police said on Thursday that while one rider died on the spot, another succumbed to injuries in the District Hospital here. Malebennur Police have registered a case and are in search of Truck driver who is absconding after the incident
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Dehradun, Aug 21: A helicopter engaged in relief and rescue operations in rain-ravaged Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand crashed on Wednesday, killing three persons on board, an official said. Uttarkashi Disaster Management officer Devendra Patwal said those on board included the pilot, co-pilot and a local. The private helicopter belonging to Heritage Aviation crashed near Moldi while returning
Mumbai, Aug 20: A Mumbai court sentenced gangster Chhota Rajan and five others on Tuesday to eight years of rigorous imprisonment in a 2012 attempt-to-murder case lodged against them by a hotelier. Special court judge A T Wankhede convicted the six under various sections of the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) and the Indian Penal Code. The court also imposed a fine of
Lucknow, Aug 19: A 22-year-old woman, who had approached the police take action against her husband under the controversial ‘Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act’, has been burnt alive allegedly by her husband and in-laws at Gadra village of Shravasti district in Uttar Pradesh in front of her five-year-old daughter. The victim has been identified as Sayeeda (22), daughter of Ramzan
Gorakhpur, Aug 19: In a strange love triangle, a husband agreed to let his wife go away with her lover in exchange for 71 sheep in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur. The exchange was made in the presence of the panchayat which directed the woman's lover to compensate her husband with half of his flock. The matter came into limelight when the husband took the case to the panchayat after his wife eloped
Gorakhpur, Aug 18: A man who allegedly sexually assaulted his 19-year-old daughter for two years and later killed her was arrested here, police said on Saturday. He was arrested on Friday following the complaint by the woman's elder sister, they said. Police said the man raped his younger daughter several times in the last two years and killed her by cutting her neck on the night of July 26. He
Bareilly, Aug 17: A 75-year-old man committed suicide miffed after his children stopped him from getting married for the second time, police said on Saturday. Arshad was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his home in Kanshiram Colony on Friday morning, a police officer said, adding that his first wife had passed away. According to police, when Arshad's children got to know about their father's
Dharwad, Aug 17: A truck driver who was siphoning off relief materials sent to flood victims was caught by villagers in Dharwad district. Kashimsab Holi, a native of Kallur village in Dharwad taluk and a resident of Uppinebetageri village was hired by a private TV channelto carry relief materials from Bengaluru to Gokak in Belagavi district. After reaching Gokak, he allegedly unloaded only part of
Faridabad, Aug 14: Faridabad DCP Vikram Kapoor allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with a service revolver at his residence on Wednesday, police said. Based on a suicide note recovered from Kapoor's house, two people, including Bhopani police station SHO Abdul Shahid, were detained, police sources said. Details of the suicide note were not immediately available but according to the
Gonda, Aug 11: In a gruesome incident, a woman was tied to a tree and beaten up mercilessly by villagers here on Saturday over allegations of child-lifting. According to the reports received, the incident took place in Raheli village under Nawabganj police station area of the district on Saturday. The villagers caught hold of the woman on the suspicion that she was a child lifter and beat her up