CRIME AND CRASH

Ghaziabad, May 4: A Delhi girl was allegedly gang-raped by three persons in basement of a shopping mall in Indirapuram area of Ghaziabad district, police said today. The girl, who came to Mahagun mall of Indirapuram last night, was allegedly raped in an SUV parked inside the basement, Senior Superintendent of Police Prashant Kumar said. Two of the accused have been arrested, the SSP said. "It

Bangalore, May 4: Close on the heels of a Manipuri student who was found dead in "mysterious circumstances" in his college hostel last month, another student from the northeastern state allegedly committed suicide by hanging. The deceased was identified as Jackio Heisnam (23), a second year student of Mechanical Engineering in Bangalore Institute of Engineering in Chandapura taluk in Bangalore

Mumbai, May 4: BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son Ashwin got into a brawl after he was refused a drink during curfew hours in a Mumbai pubearly Tuesday. He was arrested for punching and kicking a police constable. Later, he was produced in court and released on bail. Ashwin, 40, and his friend, Avi Mukharjee, 35, went to the pub on the fourth floor of a commercial building in Bandra (W). The bar

Mumbai, May 4: Planning when to start a family cannot be treated as cruelty, said the Bombay high court on Thursday, upholding the family court's dismissal of a man's divorce plea. An HC division bench of judges P B Majmudar and Anoop Mohta was hearing a petition by Pradeep Bapat (30), who said that during their honeymoon his wife Prerna (26) refused to have sex unless he wore a condom and

Howrah, May 4: A 47-year-old schoolteacher from Howrah was hauled up for showing pornographic material on his mobile phone to students. Bally resident Debasis Das, who taught English at Belur High School, was arrested on Thursday after parents lodged a complaint against him. Das was also suspended from the school immediately. A couple of months ago, MLAs of Karnataka and Gujarat were accused of

Nagpur, May 4: A day after the case of a drunk man raping his mother-in-law was reported at Koradi police station, another shocking incident of a four-year-old girl being raped was reported at Nandanvan police station on Wednesday. According to the police, the girl and her younger brother were asleep when their mother heard her screaming. When she rushed to the room, she found her daughter

Gilbert, May 3: A gunman in the US state of Arizona has shot dead four people, including a toddler, before pointing the gun at himself, reports say. No reason has been reported yet for the shootings that occurred in Phoenix suburb in Gilbert, Arizona, on Wednesday. Authorities said that the gunman was armed with several firearms, including two handguns and a shotgun, which were recovered from the

Mumbai, May 3: A suicide attempt gone wrong saved the life of a 21-year-old "jilted lover". Ghanshyam Nagar jumped off the Vakola flyover on the Western Express Highway early on Tuesday morning but landed on a car below. The police arrested Nagar for his attempt and produced him before court; he has been remanded to 14 days' judicial custody. Nagar told the police that he used to work at a hotel

Nagpur, May 3: In an outrageous incident, a drunk man allegedly raped his 65-year-old mother-in-law. The victim, who is a TB patient, filed a complaint with the Koradi police accusing Ramesh Gawhane of committing the heinous act. A father of three, 46-year-old Gawhane, is absconding. Gawhane's daughter got married a year ago. His two sons are studying in ninth and seventh standard respectively

Bangalore, May 2: A 57-year-old man died after he took objection to two molesters making snide remarks at his niece and was punched and pushed about by the duo at Ambedkarnagar, DJ Halli, off Tannery Road, late on Monday night. The victim, Alagesh alias Alagaiah, an employee of BEML tools department, was a heart patient and had undergone bypass surgery four months ago. He was rushed to Mediscope