Crime and crash

Meerut, Nov 8: A three-year-old girl was battling for her life, after a man allegedly burst a 'suttli bomb' inside her mouth in Sardhana area of the district, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on Monday night but the family members informed police on Wednesday. The girl was rushed to the hospital in a critical condition in Millak village on Daraula road. The 'suttli bomb' exploded

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 7: A 29-year old man was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the incident relating to the alleged assault of a woman pilgrim at the Lord Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimala, suspecting her to be of menstrual age. Sooraj, hailing from Elanthur in Pathanamthitta district, was one of the main accused in the incident which took place Tuesday when the hill shrine was opened for

New Delhi, Nov 7: Delhi police have filed a complaint a drunk man for allegedly setting 18 vehicles on fire in south Delhi's Madangir on Tuesday. A video shows the man setting fire to the vehicles after opening the fuel pipe. Petrol overflowed from the tanks of six motorcycles and he set fire to each with a match. The cars parked nearby also caught fire, a senior police official said. The police

Kurnool, Nov 4: A school teacher allegedly slit the throat of a Grade-ninth student with a blade in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool district on Saturday. The teacher, Shankar, who teaches Hindi at Rockwell High School allegedly entered into the girl's residence forcefully and attacked her with a blade, after she reportedly turned down a marriage proposal. The locals, on hearing the girl scream, rushed to

Bareilly, Nov 4: A teenager was gang-raped, allegedly by a hospital worker and four others, in the ICU in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly on Saturday. She was admitted in the ICU of a private hospital five days ago, after she was bitten by a snake, while working in the family farm. The police have arrested a staff member of the hospital and are on the lookout for four others. The girl was the only

New Delhi, Nov 4: Delhi Police has seized over 640 kilogram of firecrackers from three different areas in north Delhi, following the Supreme Court order on sale of old firecrackers, an official said Sunday. According to police, 625 kilogram of firecrackers were seized from Sadar Bazar, 11.1 kg firecrackers and 7.9 kg firecrackers were seized by teams from Subzi Mandi and Burari police stations. On

Ahmedabad, Nov 4: A senior faculty member of the National Institute of Design (NID) here has been expelled after a group of students accused him of sexual harassment, the institute said Saturday. Krishnesh Mehta, who had been teaching at the NID since 1995, resigned last month after the institute sought to terminate his services, it said in a statement. The development comes amid the #MeToo

Lucknow, Nov 3: An 18-year-old man was apprehended by the Uttar Pradesh ATS for allegedly for making several calls to the Miami airport in the US and threatening to blow it up, an official said on Saturday. Legal action was initiated against him, IG ATS Asim Arun said. The accused had purchased Bitcoins worth USD 1,000 but someone duped him, following which he lodged a complaint with the FBI, an

New Delhi, Nov 3: A man and two others have been arrested for allegedly killing his wife -- a 38-year-old school teacher -- in northwest Delhi's Bawana area, police said Thursday. The accused were identified as Manjeet (38), husband of the deceased, his girlfriend Angel Gupta alias Shashi Prabha (26) and Rajeev (40), they added. Manjeet was in a relationship with Angel and his wife, Sunita

Bengaluru, Nov 3: A 28-year-old maid was arrested by the Koramangala police on charges of stealing gold chains from her employer’s house and replacing them with imitation fakes. The thefts of the three chains came to light when her employer, a software engineer, was asked by her friends why she was wearing fakes when she had bought original jewellery. Shanti Ravi, a resident of Shivajinagar, was