CRIME AND CRASH

Chennai, April 27: Love kills-and the Tamil Nadu police have evidence to prove that. The number of murders under the head 'lust and love affairs' has seen the biggest increase of 123% in last three years, from 155 in 2008 to 347 in 2011. While in the same period, the number of murders increased by only about 7%. According to police figures, family quarrels (440) and personal enmity (421) topped

Mysore, April 27: An elderly woman was on Thursday rescued from a cattle shed she was confined to for two years by one of her sons. Devaraja sub-divisional ACP Cheluvaraju told TOI police raided the house of Javarappa on a tip-off and rescued his 84-year-old mother, Malamma. Malamma, wife of Mariappa, told reporters she had not seen sunlight for two years. Preliminary investigation has revealed

Bhopal, April 27: In a bizarre and brutal revenge act, a man set on fire 10 of his guests, including four children, on Thursday morning just because one of the victims had asked his wife to sit in the back instead of the front seat of a car during a marriage procession two days ago. The man thought his wife was deliberately humiliated thus. The bloodcurdling incident occurred in Devtola village, 5

Sirsa, April 27: A group of stray dogs mauled a 10-year-old girl to death at Bahiya in Haryana's Sirsa district on Thursday. Residents said that 11 dogs mauled Seema and even attacked one Daleep Singh, who tried to rescue the girl. Daleep had to run for his safety. "They were so aggressive that I had to run for at least 100 meters," he said. The dogs attacked Seema near the fields where her family

New Delhi, April 26: Hours after Maoists releasedOdisha BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka, they have struck again. This time in Maharashtra. According to TV reports, Maoists have killed 2 villagers and abducted another 10 in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district. The Maoists have demanded the withdrawal of CRPF forces from the area and a halt to combing operations, say TV reports. The state govt has rushed police

Chandigarh, April 26: The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday directed police protection for a Bathinda lesbian couple facing death threats. Swaran Kaur, 20, a police constable, and her childhood friend, Harsharan Kaur, 28, moved the court, saying they have been forced to go into hiding as their families were threatening to kill them for their relationship. The couple, from Bathinda

New Delhi, April 26: A day after a half-naked body of a 22-year-old woman was discovered in Nehru Place, another bare body of a young woman was found inside the Lok Nayak Hospital complex near Delhi Gate on Wednesday afternoon, creating a sensation among resident doctors and nurses. Police said they had not yet established the woman's identity or the cause of death. The body was in a decomposed

Mangalore, April 25: Mangalore City Police on Wedenesday nabbed five persons in connection with the murder of history sheeter Guruprasad alias Guru (33). Those nabbed are Shailesh Ganiga (22) of Devinagar, Talapady, Prasad alias Pachchu (21) of Shivajinagar, Mogaveerapatna, Ullal, Rakesh Moily alias Chippu (23) of Kodikal, Charan Raj alias Charan (25) of Preethnagar, near Ramakrishna Mandir

Mumbai, April 25: The Shivaji Nagar police arrested a 45-year-old hawker for allegedly killing his 19-year-old daughter by banging her head on the walls of their Baiganwadi house on Sunday. Mohammed Kitabbuddin Shah committed the crime on learning that his daughter Tabbasum Shah and was not ready to get married to the boy he had selected for her in a village in Uttar Pradesh. Initially the police

Gurgaon, April 25: An MBA student on Tuesday committed suicide by hanging herself in her hostel room in Gurgaon after a teacher accused her of cheating and tore her exam paper, police said. Dayna Silva, a 1st year MBA student in the Amity University Pachgaon, situated on National Highway 8, hanged herself after she was reportedly humiliated by an invigilator, one of the students said. A student