Crime and crash

A young Indian expatriate worker from Jharkhand was tragically killed in Saudi Arabia after being caught in a crossfire between local police and suspected liquor smugglers. The victim, Vijay Kumar Mahato (around 25 years old) of Dudhapania village in Giridih district, had been working for the past nine months with Hyundai Engineering and Construction as a tower line fitter. According to reports

A 24-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district allegedly died by suicide in Saudi Arabia during a video call with his newly married wife in India, police said on Wednesday, October 29. A police official said Aas Mohammad Ansari allegedly hanged himself from the ceiling of his residence in Riyadh on October 26 following a heated argument with his wife Sania (21) during a video call

Faridabad: A 19-year-old college student in Haryana’s Faridabad died by suicide after being allegedly blackmailed with obscene, AI-generated images and videos of his three sisters, police said on Sunday. The victim, identified as Rahul Bharti, a second-year student of DAV College, had been visibly distressed for nearly two weeks before his death. His father, Manoj Bharti, said Rahul had withdrawn

Kasaragod, Oct 1: C. Ranjitha (30), a practising lawyer and president of the DYFI Kumbla area committee, was found dead in her office chamber at Kumbla on Tuesday evening in a suspected case of suicide, police said. Ranjitha, a member of the DYFI block committee, was actively involved in the organisation until around 5 p.m., according to CPM Kumbla area secretary Zubair C. A. When her family was

A 19-year-old student from Maharashtra's Chandrapur district died by suicide on the day he was scheduled to leave for admission to a medical college. The victim, identified as Anurag Anil Borkar, reportedly left behind a suicide note stating that he did not want to become a doctor. A resident of Nawargaon in Sindewahi taluka, Anurag lived with his family and had recently cleared the NEET UG 2025

Santa Clara (California) / Hyderabad: Tragedy struck the family of 30-year-old Mohammed Nizamuddin, an Indian software professional from Telangana, after he was shot dead by police in Santa Clara, California, following a reported altercation with his roommate earlier this month. Nizamuddin, who hailed from Mahabubnagar district, had moved to the United States in 2016 for higher studies and was

Kasargod, Sep 16: Bandadka was shaken by grief on Tuesday as a young life came to a heartbreaking end. Devika (15), a bright Class 10 student and beloved daughter of Satish and Savitha from Unnatadka, Bandadka, was found hanging in her home. The day bore a cruel coincidence—it was the death anniversary of her father, Satish. While her mother Savitha was at work, managing a small hotel near

Punjab AAP MLA Harmeet Pathanmajra, who was arrested on rape charges, escaped from the police custody on Tuesday after allegedly opening fire at the cops. A police official has also reportedly been injured in the incident. Pathanmajra’s arrest came days after he attacked his own party’s government in Punjab over floods and questioned its central leadership, the Sanour lawmaker has been booked

Udupi, Aug 27: A middle aged man was brutally stabbed to death following a dispute over a woman at Kuntalpadi under the Karkala Town Police Station limits in the early hours of Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Naveen Poojary (50), a native of Mangaluru residing at SJ Arcade in Karkala. Police have arrested Parikshit (44), son of Sanjeev Gowda from Nada village in Udupi district, in

Bengaluru: Police have arrested two men for the shocking kidnapping and murder of 13 year old Nishcith A, whose charred body was discovered in a deserted forest area near Kaggalipura on Thursday night. The accused — Gurumurthy (27) and Gopalakrishna (25) — allegedly abducted the boy and demanded ₹5 lakh ransom via WhatsApp. When the demand went unmet, they slit his throat, poured petrol over his