CRIME AND CRASH

Mangalore, June 2: An elderly person died on the spot after being knocked down by a speeding tipper near Granite Yard at Panambur on Friday. The deceased was identified as Elias Rodriguez (82) of Padu Perara near Bajpe. An eye witness told the police that a speeding tipper from Granite Yard Knocked down the pedestrian. A case was registered against tipper driver Chandran at Panambur Police station

Mangalore, June 2: Sleuths of Excise Department arrested two men and seized 100 litres of illicit spirit from their possession at Kotekar near here on Friday. The accused have been identified as Mohan TK (59) and K Surendran (47) of Kotekar. Acting on a tip-off, a team led by inspectors Chethan Kumar, Keshava Murthy along with sub-inspectors Kushalappa Gowda and Mohan Rao raided a den at Kotekar

Karwar, June 2: A man was charred to death in Ambejoog in Kinnar village in Karwar taluk on Friday evening. The victim was identified as Sudhakar Krishna Kotharkar (45). His wife Sunita and other family members had gone out of house when the incident took place. When he was alone in the house, there was fire accident. He reportedly tried to extinguish the fire. In the process, a heavy bag

Jaisalmer, June 2: Pakistani rangers have caught the person who had trespassed into their country but are neither handing him over to BSF nor giving any details about him. According to sources, a labourer, Prasanjeet Singh Sarkar, resident of Navada (west Bengal), working at a construction site near the international border adjoining Ganganagar, on Monday, had crossed over to Pakistan by jumping

Mumbai, June 2: A 24-year-old married woman was arrested on Friday after her 20-year-old boyfriend committed suicide allegedly because she forced him to continue with their illicit relationship. Prasant Gangude consumed poison at her house on Wednesday. The woman stays with her husband and daughter in a slum at Khar (E). Gangude, who used to stay in the same neighbour, had been in a relationship

KochI/Melbourne, June 2: A woman from Thevara, Ernakulam, and her two sons were charred to death in a house fire at their Clayton South home in Melbourne early on Friday. The bodies of Anitha (37), wife of George Philip, and her sons Philip George (Unni) (10) and Mathew George (6), were found in a back room of the house in Clayton South suburb. Australian media reported that the incident could be

Dubai, June 1: Dubai Police has arrested an Indian citizen who allegedly killed DM, a 30 year-old compatriot, in Dubai, while trying to leave UAE from Dubai Airport’s Terminal 3. Dubai Police’ operations room had received information that an accountant working in an apartment building in Jafiliya had been killed. A stranger had come to meet him and taken him outside the building in front of the

Dubai, June 1: A 20-year-old domestic helper, OSD, Indian, with the help of other fugitives allegedly promised a compatriot a maid job but forced her into prostitution when she came to the country, the Dubai Criminal Court heard. OSD is also accused of confining the victim, MFA, in a brothel. The 31-year-old victim testified that she is a widow since 2005 and is looking after two children and is

London, June 1: A 20-year-old Briton has admitted to killing Indian student Anuj Bidve in Salford in December last year. Kiaran Stapleton pleaded guilty in a Manchester court today and admitted to shooting 23-year-old Bidve in an unprovoked attack on Boxing Day. Stapleton, admitted to manslaughter at the Manchester Crown Court. He is expected to go on trial for murder. Lancaster University student

Ara (Bihar), June 1: A day-long curfew was clamped here on Friday as tension escalated following the gunning down of Brahmeshwar Singh, chief of now-defunct private militia Ranvir Sena. "We have imposed a day-long curfew on Ara town," Sub-divisional officer Dharmesh Kumar said, adding, that the situation was tense, but under control. Prohibitory orders under section 144 CrPC were also enforced in