Crime and crash

Virudhunagar, Dec 26: A 24-year-old pregnant woman from this district contracted HIV after receiving blood donated by an infected man, prompting the Tamil Nadu government to review the stocks in all blood banks of the state to ensure they were free of the deadly virus. An employee of a blood bank attached to a government hospital in Sattur, near here, has been dismissed, while two others have been

Bahraich, Dec 26: Ace golfer Jyoti Randhawa was arrested on Wednesday on charges of poaching in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve protected area in Uttar Pradesh, an official said. A fire arm was seized from Randhawa, whose full name is Jyotinder Singh Randhawa, field officer Ramesh Pandey said. A vehicle bearing a Haryana registration number and other equipment were also recovered from him. Another person

Mancherial, Dec 24: In a shocking incident of suspected honour killing, a woman was allegedly burnt alive on Saturday night by her father in collusion with other family members as the man she married was from a different caste. They also allegedly threw the bones of the deceased in a canal to destroy evidence. The deceased P Anuradha, a resident of Kalamadugu village in Mancherial district, hailed

Hyderabad, Dec 22: As many as 3884 cases have been registered against parents, vehicle owners and minors by the Hyderabad traffic Police this year for letting unlicensed minors drive vehicles in the city. 42 persons, including minors and parents have been convicted by the court. 28 minors have been sent to Juvenile home and 12 of 14 convicted parents were sent to jail for a week. Speaking to media

Mumbai, Dec 18: A major fire broke out on December 17 at a Mumbai-based hospital where some people were feared trapped, an official said. Six people have reportedly lost their lives in the fire that broke out at the ESIC Kamgar Hospital in suburban Andheri, Mumbai, while 147 people have been rescued, news agency ANI has reported. The rescue operation is still underway. Meanwhile, CNN News 18 has

Noida, Dec 15: A news anchor with a private television channel died allegedly after she fell off the balcony of her fourth-floor apartment here early Friday, with her family suspecting foul play. Radhika Kaushik, who hailed from Rajasthan, was in her house in the Antriksh Forest Apartments in Sector 77 with a colleague when the incident occurred at around 3.30 am, police said. A case has been

Palanpur, Dec 14: An 11-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a Class 9 student in Banaskantha district of Gujarat, police said Thursday. The accused, himself a minor, has been apprehended. The incident took place in a village in Danta tehsil Wednesday evening, said police inspector B K Goswami. "The boy and the girl are neighbours. He allegedly took her to a castor field yesterday evening on the

New Delhi, Dec 13: A Buddhist monk has been killed by a leopard while meditating in a protected forest for the big cats, the fifth such attack in the area this month, police said on Thursday. Rahul Walke Bodhi was seated beneath a tree in Ramdegi forest in western India for morning prayers on Tuesday when the leopard pounced. The 35-year-old monk was fatally injured, police in Maharashtra state

Rajasthan, Dec 13: An eight-year-old Dalit girl, who had gone missing after she went to graze cattle, is suspected to have been strangled to death after being raped in a village in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district, police said Wednesday. The deceased, a Class III student, was missing since Tuesday night and her body was found in a mustard field in her village on Wednesday. Prima facie, the girl was

Raichur, Dec 11: District Principal and Session Court First Additional Judge M Mahadevaiyya on Monday sentenced six persons to two years Rigorous Imprisonment on charges of attempting to rape a woman belonging to Scheduled Caste. The Judge also slapped a fine of Rs 1.02 lakhs on the convicted six people and directed payment of Rs 90,000 to the victim. Those convicted were identified as Yellappa