CRIME AND CRASH

Banda, Jan 4: A Dalit family has left their home in a village here after they were allegedly beaten up and threatened with dire consequences by local strongmen for using a government hand pump, a family member claimed on Monday. The police have booked thr

New Delhi, Jan 4: A 36-year-old woman murdered her husband and then tried to kill herself in Delhi's Chhatarpur area on Sunday. The woman had also allegedly posted the murder information on Facebook after which the police were informed.

Fatehpur, Dec 31: A Dalit man allegedly hanged himself in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur district after he was thrashed by some people for plucking leaves from a mango tree. Twenty-six-year-old Dharampal Diwakar was reportedly upset over the incident and allegedly ended his life on Wednesday at his house in Aasta village, his family said. Diwakar had gone to pluck leaves for his goats from

Noida, Dec 30: The Delhi Police has arrested a 26-year-old Noida resident on charges of blackmailing and extorting money from over 100 women by morphing their pictures and threatening to post the same on the social media, police said on Wednesday.

Patna, Dec 29: young man was found hanging from the ceiling of his home in Bihar hours after being forced to lick his own spittle by a kangaroo court that accused him of harassing a girl he was supposedly in love with, a senior police official said on Tuesday. The incident took place in Chainpur police station area of this west Bihar district where the body of Shivshankar Gupta (22) was found hanging from the ceiling of his house on Monday night, Dilnawaz Ahmed, Kaimur district Superintendent of Police, told reporters.

Lucknow, Dec 29: A man allegedly staged his own 10-year-old daughter's kidnapping in order to frame his rivals in a criminal case, police said.

Jamui, Dec 28: Three more persons were arrested by Jamui police in connection with the human sacrifice case taking the total arrests to five including two women, an official said on Sunday.

Lucknow, Dec 28: A man, posing as president of a right-wing outfit, has been booked for forgery and under the Information Technology (IT) Act for allegedly collecting donations for the construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya through social media and door-to-door campaigns.

New Delhi, Dec 26: A 45-year-old man died in a fire at a mask manufacturing factory in west Delhi's Mayapuri area early Saturday morning, a Delhi Fire Service (DFS) official said.

Lucknow, Dec 24: A man allegedly set on fire a woman's house after she reportedly turned down his proposal.