Crime and crash

Dhaka, Jul 15: A 25-year-old medical student from India was allegedly stabbed to death by his compatriot who then tried to commit suicide at their flat in Bangladesh's northeastern port city of Chittagong, police said today. Ateef Sheikh died after being stabbed by Winson Maisnam Singh, 23, on their fourth floor flat of the six-storey building in Akbar Shah area last night, the police said. Sheikh

Mumbai, Jul 15: The Mumbai Police Cyber Cell on Friday filed an FIR against All India Bakchod (AIB) co-founder Tanmay Bhat for 'making fun of' nation's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It began with AIB official Twitter account posting a meme on Prime Minister Modi, using Snapchat's dog filter. The tweet had a 'dog-filter'ed photo of the Prime Minister with the caption #Wanderlust, adding "Dog filter

Mumbai, Jul 13: The incident, that shook the entire nation, the Mumbai railway police on Thursday arrested the man, accused of masturbating at a 22-year-old woman on a local train. The incident took place on June 15 when the woman was travelling from Bengaluru on a Mumbai local train. As per news agency, the accused has been taken to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway court. The incident

New Delhi, Jul 12: A woman, who was locked in dark room for 20 years, was rescued by the police in Goa. The woman, now in her 50s, was confined in the room for alleged "unnatural behaviour" and it was an NGO which informed the police about her following which she was rescued. According to an officer involved with the rescue operation, the woman was found in the room without clothes. She was kept

Bengaluru, Jul 12: Five men were killed on the spot when the car in which they were travelling collided head-on with a lorry on Kanakapura main road, near Kanakapura in Ramanagaram district, on Tuesday evening. The police have identified four of the victims as Chandrashekar, a resident of Vidyaranyapura in Bengaluru, Raju of Andhra Pradesh, the driver of the car, Santhosh and Sunil Kumar. The

Mumbai, Jul 11: A fire broke out in industrialist Mukesh Ambani's Antilia building, one of the most expensive residential properties in the world, police and civic officials said. "The blaze erupted on the ninth floor and was extinguished within a few minutes. There was no major loss of property," a senior civic official said. "We got a call at 9:04 PM and fire brigade personnel reached the spot

Bengaluru, Jul 9: A 45-year-old man, who left his lady-love for dead after knifing her all over the body, was killed in a road accident as he rode a motorcycle while fleeing the police. The woman has survived but remains critical. The suspect, Manjunath, lost control of his motorcycle as he rode it recklessly. The two-wheeler skidded off and he fell down. Not wearing a helmet proved fatal as his

New Delhi, Jul 7: In an unusual love story, where affection blossomed in the most unlikely of places, the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Thursday rescued a 27-year-old Nepali woman - a sex worker at GB Road - who wants to marry a local man from Sadar Bazaar. Shubhi met Sagar (names changed) in a local market area of north Delhi two years ago and instantly took a liking to each other. He

Mumbai, Jul 6: Tata Finance's dismissed managing director Dilip Pandse allegedly committed suicide at his office here today, police said. The body of Pendse (61), who was fired by the Tatas in 2001 after his name cropped up in some illegal transactions, was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his private office on the first floor of Royal Grace Building in Dadar East this afternoon. The body was

London, Jul 5: A 67-year-old Sikh postmaster in the UK was stabbed in the neck and head and his turban ripped off by a robber during a violent knife attack. Tarsem Thethywas left with stab wounds as a result of the incident, and his wife Kulwant said he is "not the same person" since the attack at the Post Office in Erdington, Birmingham. The incident took place in March but the shocking CCTV