Crime and crash

Rourkela, Aug 18: A woman in her early 20s died of burn injuries after she was allegedly set afire in front of her boyfriend's house in Rourkela today, police said. Locals found the woman engulfed in flames outside the house of her boyfriend, Amit Yadav, in Bondhamunda locality in Rourkela this morning, police said. They shifted the woman to Ispat General Hospital where she succumbed to her

New Delhi, Aug 18: The police on Saturday arrested two people for burning sacred books at India Gate on August 15. They burnt copies of the Bible, the Geeta, the Quran, the Guru Granth Sahib and the Constitution. The accused, during the investigation, cited their disbelief in the Constitution as the reason behind the move. Both the accused have been sent to judicial custody.

Washington, Aug 18: A 35-year-old Indian IT manager has been convicted of sexually assaulting a sleeping woman aboard a Detroit-bound flight in the US, media reports said on Friday. Prabhu Ramamoorthy, who worked for an IT company for over two years, will be sentenced on December 12 by US District Judge Terrence Berg, The Detroit News reported. Ramamoorthy faces up to life in prison. If released

Muzaffarnagar, Aug 17: The police have arrested a man for allegedly trying to rape a five-year-old girl, police said today. Circle Officer Rajesh Tiwari said the man, who is in his early 20s, was arrested yesterday from Kairana police station area in Shamli district following a complaint by the girl's father alleging that he tried to rape her daughter. He said the accused was beaten up by

Bengaluru, Aug 16: An alert KSRTC driver averted a major mishap after a multi-axle bus caught fire in the wee hours of Wednesday. All 20 passengers on board the bus escaped unhurt. The incident took place when the Bengaluru-bound buscoming from Tirupathi was moving along KR Puramhanging flyover around 5am. As soon as the bus reached the flyover, bus driver Ambari noticed smoke emitting from the

Muzaffarnagar, Aug 14: In a suspected case of honour killing, a teenage girl was allegedly poisoned by her father who waited for her to die as she sat on a bench near a crematorium, police said today. He had planned to dump his daughter's body in the Ganga river, on the banks of which the crematorium is situated, so that no one could trace it, they said. Tanu, believed to be about 16, died during

Muzaffarnagar, Aug 14: In a suspected case of honour killing, a 15-year-old girl was poisoned to death allegedly by her father in the Bhopa police station area here, police said today. The girl was found in a serious condition at a crematorium in Shukratal here last evening, Station House Officer (SHO) of the Bhopa police station, V P Singh said, adding she was rushed to a hospital where she died

Baghpat, Aug 13: A Muslim man, who took part in Kanwar yatra, was allegedly stopped from offering Namaz at a mosque here, prompting the police to arrest three persons in this regard. “I had gone to Haridwar as a Kanwar and offered water at the temples. On Friday, when I went to a mosque, some people assaulted me and stopped me from offering Namaz. They even forced me to run away from there,” Babu

Muzaffarnagar, Aug 12: A woman was beaten to death allegedly by her in-laws and husband over dowry at a village in Shamli district, police said today. The incident took place last evening at Abdan Nagar village. Based on a complaint lodged by the woman's father, a case was registered against her father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law and husband at the Jhinjhana police station, Circle

Chennai, Aug 12: Tamil fiml Actor Vikram's son Dhruv was arrested after a car allegedly driven by him rammed into a parked autorickshaw here, injuring its driver, early today, police said. He was released on own bail later, police said. A case had been registered for rash, negligent driving and causing hurt by act endangering life of others. The incident took place on the TTK Road at around 3.50