Crime and crash

New Delhi, Jun 08: The decaying body of a man was found in the servant quarter of Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday night. The deceased, identified as Trilok Chand, was a resident of Gandhi Nagar area in Delhi and recently came to stay in the servant quarter. The body, which is said to be two to three days old, began to rot in the room. Alarmed by the smell, the neighbours informed the South Avenue

New Delhi/Kutch, Jun 5: An Indian Air Force Jaguar fighter jet today crashed soon after it took off from the Jamnagar airbase in Gujarat, killing the pilot, official sources said. They said the aircraft was on a routine training mission and crashed around 10.30 am. The pilot, Air Commodore Sanjay Chauhan, died in the crash, the sources said. A Court of Inquiry into the incident has been ordered by

Mysuru, Jun 5: The body of Somashekar (40), a scientist with the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), who was washed away in Chunchanakatte falls, was retrieved on Monday. On Sunday, Somashekar, along with his wife and children had come to the falls on a picnic. Even as he was trying to take a selfie, the water level in the falls went up suddenly and he fell from a height of 30

Yamunanagar, Jun 4: A five-year-old girl was found dead and her body was recovered from a drain in a village in Haryana's Yamunanagar district, police said on Sunday. They said that an unknown accused had allegedly strangled and cut the throat of the girl and killed her. Police has not ruled out sexual assault. The girl's father, a watchman, was catching fish along with her in a river yesterday

Kolkata, Jun 4: A day after a student alleged he was “stripped naked” and “filmed” inside a room at a reputed college here, West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee said on Sunday “strict action” will be taken against anyone found involved in the act. The video clip of the incident, which went viral on social media, showed the student pleading for mercy at St Paul’s Cathedral College even

Bengaluru, Jun 4: The cyber crime police have arrested a 32-year-old man who allegedly uploaded morphed photographs of his estranged wife along with her contact number on a dating website. The accused, Vinay, who works as a clerical staff in a media house in Bengaluru, had separated from his wife following a domestic row. According to the police, he was convinced that his wife was having an affair

Bengaluru, Jun 3: A three-year-old child, who was abandoned near a church in Amruthahalli on Friday, is suspected to have been sexually assaulted. The police have shifted the child to a hospital for treatment. They are awaiting the medical report before booking a case under the POCSO Act. They are also on the lookout for the parents of the child.

Purulia, Jun 2: The body of a 35-year-old man was today found hanging from a high-tension tower here, triggering protests by locals, police said. The incident comes two days after the BJP claimed that its worker Trilochon Mahato (20), who was found hanging from a tree at Balarampur in the district on May 30, was killed by the TMC. However, the Trinamool Congress has denied the allegations and

Hosur, Jun 2: A migrant labourer from Uttar Pradesh was lynched by young men in Onnalvadi on Thursday on the suspicion of being a ‘potential child kidnapper’. A video of the incident went viral on Whatsapp. The man in his 20s was rushed to Hosur government hospital by the police, where he was declared brought dead. In its wake, seven men were arrested and remanded under Section 304(ii) of CRPC for

Bareilly, May 30: A woman from Bareilly has accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Badaun Kushagra Sagar of allegedly raping her. The victim claimed that Sagar raped her for two years on the pretext of marrying her. "My mother used to work in his house and I used to accompany her there. The BJP MLA promised to marry me and raped for two years. Now when he has become an MLA he has refused to