Crime and crash

Jammu, Dec 8: At least 11 people were killed and 19 others injured Saturday when a passenger bus skidded off a road and plunged into a deep gorge in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The accident occurred at Plera when the driver of the bus, coming from Loran to Poonch, lost control over the vehicle while negotiating a curve and rolled down into a 100-meter gorge, a police

Ujjain, Dec 6: A group of miscreants allegedly ran away with an AK-47 rifle of a Railway Protection Force (RPF) jawan in Ujjain district of Madhya Pradesh, a senior police officer said Thursday. Two RPF personnel were injured in the incident which took place near Badnagar, about 50 km from here, said Ujjain Superintendent of Police (SP) Sachin Atulkar. RPF jawans on patrol duty along the railway

Kannur, Dec 5: Five people have been arrested in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a 15-year-old school girl by several people over different days at various places in Kannur district after enticing her through social media, the police said Wednesday. The tenth standard girl was taken to a lodge at Parasinikadavu, a temple town on the banks of Valapattnam river in the district and

New Delhi, Dec 5: The 28-year-old driver of the Mercedes car which allegedly ran over and killed a fruit vendor and injured another near Dwarka's Ganpati Chowk was arrested on Tuesday, police said. Nukul, a resident of Raj Nagar, Palam Colony was behind the wheel of the luxury car when the accident occurred on Sunday night, police said, adding that the vehicle involved in the accident was seized

New Delhi, Dec 4: A 16-year-old rape victim has knocked the doors of the Delhi High Court seeking permission to terminate her 22-week "unwanted" pregnancy. The court has said the minor needed to be medically evaluated, both physically and psychologically. According to the minor's plea, she was lured into a sexual relationship by a married man for a year, after which she became pregnant. Justice

Pune, Dec 4: A Pune-based woman employee, who was terminated by her company after being diagnosed with HIV, got justice from the Labour Court almost after three years. The court on Monday ordered the company to reinstate her in the same post she was in, along with providing all the back wages. The company had terminated her in 2015 after she submitted a medical document for claiming medical

Muzaffarnagar, Dec 3: A minor Dalit girl was allegedly sexually harassed by a 22-year-old man at Sikhreda village here, police said Monday. A case has been registered against Sodan Singh under relevant sections of IPC, POCSO Act and the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, SHO Pervesh Kumar said. According to a complaint, the accused took the 8-year-old girl to a sugarcane

Bengaluru, Nov 29: Two people, including one from Hyderabad and another from Tamil Nadu, were arrested on charges of indulging illegally in 'Hawala' for money transfer and Rs 75,70,000 cash was seized from them by Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths in the City on Wednesday. Police said that the arrested were identified as Nisar Ahmed, native of Jansingar Colony, Toli Chowki, Hyderabad, Telangana

Stockholm, Nov 29: Air India on Thursday confirmed that its flight from New Delhi with 179 passengers on board, hit a building at Stockholm's Arlanda airport while it taxied towards the gate. An official of the national carrier said that AI 167 to Stockholm hit a terminal building at the airport on Wednesday, due to which one wing of the aircraft got damaged. The plane is presently grounded and

Bengaluru, Nov 29: A 15-year-old high school student was hacked to death allegedly by her relative near her school after she refused to marry him. The horrific incident took place in Doddaballapura on Wednesday morning while the girl — a student of standard 10 — was walking to school. The accused, Naveen V., is a 28-year-old construction labourer. He consumed poison after allegedly attacking the