CRIME AND CRASH

Hyderabad, June 7: A couple killed a four-year-old girl for just three grams of gold. The gruesome incident came to light on Wednesday when the Saroornagar police nabbed the duo while they were trying to sell the stolen gold. The girl, Ramya Sri was the daughter of Sukesh and Mahalakshmi from Champapet. Sukesh is a vehicle mechanic. On June 1, Ramya went missing while playing in front of her house

Mumbai, June 6: It turned out to be a birthday party that was strictly adult-rated. The Social Service branch (SS) of Mumbai police uncovered an elaborate prostitution racket being run under the garb of birthday parties, and arrested four people and rescued 11 girls from a restaurant in Oshiwara during a raid on Monday night. After receiving a tip-off that illegal activities were going on at

Indore, June 6: The police have arrested three persons on charges of keeping obscene MMS. They have seized their mobile phones here on Tuesday. The arrest was made following the complaint of a person with the police when he found the trio watching the MMS of a woman, who the complainant thought was his niece. The police have said that the MMS was of another girl and not niece of the complainant

Puttur, June 6: Some unidentified miscreants gained entry into a house and decamped with cash, seven pawan gold and a mobile phone, at Kakkur in Puttur taluk in the wee hours of Monday. According to police, the house belongs to one Venkatramana Bhat. A group of seven miscreants with lethal weapons had entered the house and decamped with the booty. The miscreants had covered their face and were

Mulbagal, June 6: Two people were killed when the wall of the Hussain Diwanshavalli dargah, on the outskirts of Marandahalli village, collapsed due to strong winds on Monday evening . Gul Mohar (21), and her sister, Jaharabi (13), were walking near the dargah when the sudden strong winds brought the wall crashing down. Gul Mohar died on the spot, while Jaharabi succumbed to the injuries by

New Delhi, June 6: The Yojana Bhavan toilets are causing a stink of a different kind. The Planning Commission, which estimated a poverty line figure of Rs 28 per day per person, lavished Rs 35 lakh on refurbishing two toilets in its headquarters. For good measure, the commission has admitted in an RTI response, it has spent Rs 5.19 lakh in installing an access control system in the toilets. The

Villupuram (Tamil Nadu), June 6: A 16-year-old's anguished revelations on a TV talk show might end up bringing the guilty to book in a triple murder committed four years ago. In the crime show aired a week ago, the teenager broke down on questioning by the anchor and implicated her father, A Murugan, in the murder of a man, his young daughter and son-in-law in 2008. Alerted by the man's wife who

New Delhi, June 5: Eleven of the 18 Uttarakhand Police personnel, accused in the 2009 fake encounter case of MBA student Ranbir Singh in Dehradun, on Tuesday surrendered before a Delhi court which sent them to jail. The accused policemen surrendered before Special CBI Judge V.K. Maheshwari in pursuance of the non-bailable warrants issued against them in May this year. “They be taken in custody and

Peshawar, June 5: Abu Yahya al-Libi, one of al Qaeda's top strategists and seen as the most prominent figure in the network after leader Ayman al Zawahri, may have been killed in a drone strike in northwest Pakistan, Pakistani intelligence officials said on Tuesday. If his death is confirmed it would be the biggest blow to al Qaeda since U.S. special forces killed Osama bin Laden in a secret raid

Kollam, June 5: The Kollam police claimed to have busted a human trafficking racket on Sunday night with the arrest of two groups of Sri Lankan Tamils, one from a fishing boat off the coast and the other from Mukkad area of Kavanad in the city. Those taken into custody comprise 107 men, 19 women and 25 children. They told the police that Australia was their destination and they had paid Rs. 50,000