CRIME AND CRASH

New Delhi, May 16: Three men were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly murdering the woman whose body was found inside LNJP Hospital twenty days ago. Police said the accused had gang-raped the woman twice before murdering her. The accused have been identified as Salman alias Chimman (24) who works at a printing press, Arif (26) a butcher and Mohamed Yahiya (26) who works at a grocery store, said

Bangalore, May 15: Armed men took away Rs 1.91 crore in cash from a car carrying it for replenishing an ATM at RT Nagar here on Monday morning. Three persons sustained minor injuries in the event. The high drama unfurled in filmy style near the BDA complex, barely 500 metres away from RT Nagar police station. The money belonging to Corporation Bank was being transported in a private cab and not in

Kathmandu, May 15: Child artiste Taruni Sachdev, who played the role of Amitabh Bachchan or Auro's friend in National Award winning film Paa, died in the Nepal plane crash that killed 13 Indians on Monday. Taruni, who became famous as the Rasna girl, was on the flight with her mother Geetha Sachdev. Taruni's co-star Amitabh Bachchan also tweeted: "Just reading that Tarini Sachdev the girl child

Kathmandu, May 14: Eleven Indian pilgrims were among 15 people killed when a private plane crashed in northern Nepal today after hitting a hill top while trying to land at high-altitude Jomsom airport. The Dornier aircraft belonging to the Agni Air went down when it hit the top of a hill while landing at the Jomsom airport in northern Nepal, said an official at the Rescue Coordination Committee of

Kasargod, May 14: K. Reji, 35, a casual worker attached to the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) in the district got electrocuted when he tried to fix a snag on an electric post at Plachikara, under the Beemadi electrical section, on Sunday. Reji clambered up the post after reportedly getting a telephonic message from the engineer concerned stating that the line had been switched off for

Mangalore, May 14: The Belthangady police have arrested two persons in connection with a murder of a toddy shop owner. Toddy dealer Shashindra was brutally murdered on May 7 at Boliyar under the limits of Belthangady police station. Of the accused, Harish Poojary alias Harishchandra (24) of Maplaje house in Nidle village in Belthangady taluk was arrested on Saturday and another accused

Karwar, May 13: Close on the heels of the murder of Madan Nayak, Assistant Conservator of Forests, Dandeli, another forest staff was killed in Uttara Kannada district on Saturday. This is the second such case reported within five days in the district. The victim, Veeresh Siddaiah Hiremath (45), who was working as a watchman at Manki check-post in Honnavar taluk, was killed on Saturday. The accused

Mumbai, May 13: A 10-year-old girl was raped and tortured by her uncle who wanted to take revenge on his wife. The woman, who knew about the rape, lodged a complaint 15 days later on Thursday, only when her husband threatened to divorce her. According to the Virar police, Vinod Chouhan (38) went to meet his wife's brother at his Virar (E) home. He took his wife's niece out on the pretext of taking

Lucknow, May 13: A senior Provincial Civil Services (PCS) officer, Vinod Kumar Rai, posted as ADM (West) in the state capital allegedly committed suicide by consuming sulphas tablets late on Friday night. Rai was with his 22-year-old domestic help at his official Butler Palace residence when he took the extreme step. Rai was rushed to the Civil Hospital from where he was referred to the Trauma

Mysore, May 12: In a tragic incident, five women were killed and at least six others injured when a speeding car ran over them while they were sitting on the footpath at a village in the district in the wee hours of today. The mishap occurred at Hyrige village, about 40 km from here, on the Mysore-H D Kote Road and the driver abandoned the car and fled the scene along with another person, police