Crime and crash

Satna, Feb 24: The six-year-old twin sons of a businessman kidnapped at gunpoint in Madhya Pradesh's Satna district have been found dead in the Yamuna River in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Sunday. Sporadic protests erupted in Chitrakoot town of Satna soon after the news of their death reached the place, prompting police to step up security. The children, both in kindergarten and sons of oil

Guwahati, Feb 23: Country liquor laced with toxic chemicals has killed at least 29 people, including 16 women, in villages inhabited by tea plantation workers across eastern Assam’s Golaghat and Jorhat districts. Officials in these two districts said more than 45 people had been admitted to hospitals, with the condition of four being critical. The hooch tragedy first struck Salmara Tea Estate in

Feb 20: Income tax sleuths seized over Rs one crore in cash and jewellery worth Rs 70 lakh after raiding the properties of a road contractor on Tuesday in Bhopal. The IT sleuths made the recovery after raiding four locations of road contractor Nilay Jain. The IT raid is still underway in the city's Arera colony area. Jain's house and offices were raided during the operation. During the raid, Rs 1

Jaipur, Feb 19: A speeding truck ran into a marriage procession in Rajasthan's Pratapgarh district fatally hitting 13 people, four of them children, while leaving 18 others injured, said reports on Tuesday. The accident happened near Ramdev temple on State Highway-113 late on Monday when the truck, going to Banswara from Nimbahera, rammed into the marriage party moving on the roadside, Choti Sadri

Chikkamagaluru, Feb 18: An elderly woman was killed, allegedly by her son, at Hokali village in Sringeri taluk on Sunday. Sakamma, 65, wife of Shankare Gowda, died after her son Nandish hit her in the head with a cane, said the police. The accused picked up argument with his mother as she refused to offer him money to buy alcohol. The Sringeri police have taken Nandish into custody.

Riyadh, Feb 15: A mother was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for murder, Spa reported on Monday. The Saudi new agency reported that the Saudi woman, identified as Aida bint Shaman Al Rashidy, was sentenced to death after she was convicted of murdering her husband's daughter. SPA added that the perpetrator killed the 6-year-old girl, identified as Reem bint Farag Abdullah Al Rashidy, after she

Kannur, Feb 14: Thalassery Additional District Sessions Court on Thursday found nine Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) workers including its district president 'guilty' in connection with the murder of CPI(M) local leader Naroth Dilip. SDPI district president V Muhammed Basheer, Peravoor mandalam secretary Muhammed Farooq, P K Latheef, U K Sidhik, U K Faizal, U K Younus, P K Faizal, T Yakoop

Bengaluru, Feb 13: The police have registered a case of negligence against the owner of a shop after a 16-year-old boy fell from the second floor of a commercial building onto a high tension wire below. He sustained burns on his hands and multiple fractures. The incident took place on January 21, but the parents lodged a police complaint on Saturday. The victim, Ritvik Wuyyuru, is a class 12

New Delhi, Feb 11: A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 35-year-old sanitation worker at a public toilet in west Delhi's Naraina area, police said Monday. The incident took place on February 6 and the Naraina police station were informed regarding the incident on Monday, they added. The victim was taken for a medical examination. A case was registered and the accused has been arrested

Nadia, Feb 10: Two persons have been arrested in connection with the killing of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Satyajit Biswas in Nadia in West Bengal, police said on Sunday. Biswas, who was elected from Krishnaganj in Nadia district, was shot dead by unidentified assailants at a Saraswati puja on Saturday. Those arrested have been identified as Sujit Mondal and Kartik Mondal. The police have also