Crime and crash

New Delhi, Mar 22: The Delhi Police on Thursday received more than 4,000 calls of quarrel-related cases on the occasion of Holi and issued over 13,000 challans for violation of traffic rules, including drunk driving. Around 2,440 calls were made related to hooliganism in Holi (like the use of colour against his/ her will or quarrel incidents), police said. As many as 13,219 challans were issued

Srinagar, Mar 19: A school teacher, who was arrested in connection with a terror case, has died in a police custody here, prompting the department to request for a magisterial inquiry, officials said on Tuesday. Rizwan Pandit, 28, a resident of Awantipora in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, died during the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, a police officer said. Pandit, who was a

Kozhikode Mar 16: A Dubai-bound passenger from Karipur airport arrested by the Customs officials on Saturday for allegedly trying to smuggle foreign currency notes. Concealed inside the clothes in his hand baggage, the currencies included UAE Dirham, Kuwait Dinar, Ponds and Bahrain Dinar. The airline authorities who intercepted the passenger from boarding the flight handed over the accused to the

Bengaluru, Mar 15: CCB Police have nabbed a drug peddler, native of Ivory Coast, and seized from him Rs 15 lakhs worth 32 kg Ganja. Police said on Friday that the arrested was identified as 44 year-old Toure Mustafa alias Mustafa. On getting information raid was conducted on his underground house and banned drug 32 kg ganja, 3 mobile phones and Rs 5,000 cash were seized. Preliminary investigation

Chitradurga, Mar 15: Karnataka Public Works Department Assistant Executive Engineer and a Junior Engineer were trapped by Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials and caught them while accepting bribe amount for a Contractor at Hiriyur today. ACB sources said that Superintendent of Police G A Jagadish, on getting a complaint, laid a trap and arrested AEE Krishnappa and JE Puttaswamy attached to

Mumbai, Mar 15: In yet another bridge collapse near the city’s suburban railway stations, the nodal foot over-bridge at the northern end of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) came crashing down on Thursday evening. Six commuters were killed and at least 34 injured. The number of casualties is expected to rise. A safety audit of the structure by the civic authority last year had declared

Lucknow, Mar 14: Cash worth over Rs 1.64 crore, Mont Blanc pens of Rs 50 lakh, four luxury SUVs and documents indicating benami assets of Rs 300 crore have been recovered during the I-T Department raids on premises linked to a retired IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, who served in top positions during Mayawati’s chief ministership, officials said Wednesday. The taxman had swooped down on a

Madurai, Mar 13: A woman college teacher was Tuesday granted conditional bail by the Madras High Court, nearly 11 months after her arrest in a sensational sex scandal case. Justices N Kirubakaran and SS Sundar of the Madurai Bench granted bail to suspended assistant professor Nirmala Devi, who has been accused of luring some girl students to extend favours to senior officials of the Madurai

Bengaluru, Mar 12: The CCB Police have nabbed seven people, including woman, in connection with daring day light brutal murder of rowdy sheeter Lakshman in the City recently. Police said on Tuesday that the arrested were identified as rowdy sheeter Hemanth Kumar, Alok, Devraj, Varun Kumar, Madhukumar, Rupesh and Varshini. Efforts are on to nab another five members of the gang behind the murder

New Delhi, Mar 12: Two men were arrested for allegedly stalking and molesting a woman in Delhi's RK Puram area, police said on Monday. The accused have been identified as Aftab Khan, a resident of Shaheen Bagh, and Soneneder, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, they said. On Saturday, the woman approached police and filed a complaint where she alleged that Khan had sent her friend request on Facebook and