CRIME AND CRASH

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

Melbourne, Jun 1: At least two members of an Indian family were found dead today after a fire tore through their Melbourne house, an incident suspected by police as a case of murder-suicide. The bodies of the victims were found together in a back room of the home. Police are not yet able to give exact number of the deceased but said the house was home to four people. Detectives said three people

Kasargod, June 1: The bodies of a 29-year-old man and a 19-year-old girl were retrieved from the Karyankode river, near Neeleshwaram, early Thursday. The police suspect the case to be a suicide pact. Their hands and limbs were found bound giving rise to suspicion that it was a suicide pact.

Bangalore, June 1: This BMTC conductor used his bagful of tickets to sexually assault women. He befriended women passengers by issuing tickets without collecting the fare, took them to desolate places and sexually assaulted them before robbing them of their valuables. Following a complaint from a woman victim, Yeshwantpur police arrested Siddartha Veeraiah, a resident of Chikkasandra and native of

Karwar, June 1: A youth lost his life after he accidentally drowned in the sea at Gokarna on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Amanullah Abdul Khadar (21) from Kittur in Belgaum district. He was swept away when he was bathing in the sea. A case has been registered as Investigation is on.

Stockholm, June 1: A professor who believed his young wife to be having an affair allegedly cut off her lips in a fit of jealousy and ate them, a report said today. "He cut off her lips and ate them," Swedish daily Aftonbladet quoted an unnamed source close to the case as saying. "He doesn't seem to regret anything. He thinks she is the one who has offended him," the source added.The man, an

Dubai, June 1: A man who published a woman’s picture on Facebook a year-and-a-half ago was stabbed to death by the woman’s brother on Wednesday, Dubai Police said. Brigadier Khalil Ebrahim Al Mansouri, Director of Dubai Police’s Criminal Investigation Department, said the suspect stabbed the man at least 10 times and was found in a pool of blood in basement parking in Jafiliya area. The victim was

Alapuzzha, June 1: Viswarajan, 22, accused in the raping and killing of 34-year-old R. Smitha, a native of Koippallykarayma near Kayamkulam, was awarded the death penalty by the Mavelikkara additional district and sessions court-II on Thursday. The verdict was pronounced by judge A. Badharudheen after a nearly two-month-long trial. The trial started on April 9. Hearing the verdict, Vishwarajan who

Kathmandu, May 31: Nepal's Supreme Court justice Rana Bahadur Bam was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Kathmandu on Thursday. According to police, two men on motorcycle stopped the car he was travelling in while returning from a local temple and shot him several times through the window. He was immediately rushed to a hospital. He had been shot in the head and when he was brought to Norvic

Jaunpur (UP), May 31: Five persons were today killed and 50 others injured when several bogies of the Howrah-Dehradun Doon Express derailed near Mahrawa Station here. The incident took place this afternoon, Superintendent of Police, Jaunpur, Akash Kulhari told PTI. "Five persons have been killed and 50 injured in the accident", he said. Relief and rescue teams have been rushed to the spot from