Crime and crash

Muzaffarnagar, Jun 24: A private hospital at New Mandi area here has been sealed after a doctor there was booked for allegedly stealing a kidney of a patient during surgery to remove stones from the organ, an official said. According to a complaint lodged by the family members of 60-year-old patient Iqbal, the victim was admitted in the hospital yesterday for removal of kidney stones. But Dr Vibhu

Ranchi, Jun 23: Five women working with a NGO were allegedly raped at gunpoint by a group of at least five men when they had gone to Chochang village in Jharkhand to create awareness on migration and human trafficking, the police said today. Initial investigation has found that the people behind 'Pathalgarhi' (a practice in which villagers inscribe various tenets on huge stone slabs and ban

Kottayam, Jun 22: Upset over Argentina's poor showing in the ongoing football world cup, a 30-year-old ardent fan of the South American team has left his home here, saying in a note he was going to end his life, police said on Friday. A search was on for Dinu Alex, missing since he left his home at nearby Arumanoor village last night after Argentina suffered a 0-3 rout against Croatia. In a

Morena, Jun 21: Twelve members of a family on their way to a condolence meet were killed and eight others injured when a tractor-trolley hit their jeep in the district on Thursday morning, a police official said. The death toll has now risen to 15. The sand-laden tractor-trolley hit the overloaded jeep carrying nearly 20 people of a family around 6 am at a cross road near Ganjrampur village

Guwahati, Jun 20: A sum of Rs 12.38 lakh at an ATM in Assam's Tinsukia district, has been found in tatters and the culprits are reportedly a colony of rats which nibbled away the currency notes. The bizarre incident came to light at a State Bank of India (SBI) ATM in Laipuli area of the Tinsukia town last week. The ATM had developed some technical problems and was lying unused for three weeks

Morena, Jun 20: A court in Ambah town in Madhya Pradesh awarded life imprisonment to a man for raping a 62-year-old woman in 2016. Additional sessions judge Dr Dharmendra Tada on Tuesday pronounced the punishment to the accused, Chandrapal, 35, and also imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 on him. The accused had raped the woman on August 15, 2016, at her house in Khajuri road area of the town, additional

Lucknow, Jun 19: At least two persons were killed, while around four people were critically injured in a fire at two hotels in Charbagh area here, police said. The fire broke out at the two hotels in Charbagh's Doodh Mandi area around 6 am, they said. "Two persons have died, while four to five others were admitted to a hospital with severe burn injuries," Superintendent of Police (Lucknow West)

New Delhi, Jun 18: Gunshots rang out in north Delhi's Burari area on Monday as two criminal gangs opened fire at each other, killing three persons, including a woman passer-by, police said. Five persons were injured and hospitalised after the gunfight between the Tillu and Gogi gangs, believed to be involved in cases of extortion and murder in the city. According to a senior police officer, the

Pune, Jun 16: A 22-year-old man allegedly abducted and raped a one-year-old girl before killing her in Loni Kalbhor area near here, following which he was arrested, police said. Last night, Malhari Bansode allegedly picked up the girl while she was sleeping next to her parents in the open in Loni Kalbhor, they said. The girl's family hails from Tamil Nadu and her parents and their relatives work

Bengaluru, Jun 16: Police cracked an unreported gang rape when they arrested three drivers who were allegedly preparing to commit a dacoity near Mysore Sandal Soap factory, Yeshwantpur. Autorickshaw drivers Bharath JK, 24, from Hassan and Pramod U, 21, from Mandya, and cabbie Harish M, from Tumakuru were arrested, but their three accomplices escaped. Police said the trio later confessedtohave