Crime and crash

Ballari, Aug 19: Four youths, returning from an excursion, were killed on the spot in a head-on collision between a car and a lorry on National Highway-50 near Shivapur in the taluk on Thursday morning. The deceased have been identified as Kiran Veerendra Navi (20), Manjunath Hadapad (19), both residents of Sindagi town, Shivananda Hadapad (23) of Halemuddinakatte and Basavaraj Navi (25) of

Mumbai, Aug 18: Five persons, including a woman, were killed when their car rammed into a tree on the Western Express Highway in Vile Parle area here in the wee hours today. The accident occurred at around 5.20 AM when the speeding Honda City car's driver lost control as a result of which the vehicle rammed into a tree alongside the road near Shastri Nagar area in Vile Parle, a police official

Mumbai, Aug 18: Five persons, including a woman, were killed when their car rammed into a tree on the Western Express Highway in Vile Parle area here in the wee hours today. The accident occurred at around 5.20 AM when the speeding Honda City car's driver lost control as a result of which the vehicle rammed into a tree alongside the road near Shastri Nagar area in Vile Parle, a police official

New Delhi, Aug 17: Two kids who had gone out for a drive with their parents on Independence Day, were killed after a kite string (manja) slit their throats as they stuck their heads out the sunroof windows of their cars. One incident was reported from northwest Delhi’s Rani Bagh and the other from west Delhi’s Tilak Nagar. In the first incident, Sanchi Goyal was returning to her Deepali Enclave

Satara (Maharashtra), Aug 16: A Maharashtra medico — arrested on the charge of kidnapping and killing an ‘aanganwadi’ worker — has confessed to murdering at least six persons by administering lethal overdoses of medicines, police said here on Monday. Satara’s Wai Police Station Inspector Padmakar Ghanvat said accused Santosh Pol, who was arrested last Saturday and who is now being called ‘Dr

Bhubaneswar, Aug 16: Odisha cabinet minister Jogendra Behera’s personal security officer (PSO) was seen tying his shoelaces during Independence Day celebration in Keonjhar on Monday, inviting criticism. Behera was the chief guest at the Independence Day celebration at the district headquarter town and hoisted the tricolour. After unfurling the national flag his PSO was seen tying his shoelaces

Hyderabad, Aug 15: A woman teacher of a primary school in Ranga Reddy district was electrocuted and four students suffered minor burns on Sunday after they came in contact with a high tension wire during Independence Day preparations, the police said. The mishap occurred around 11am on the ground of Medikonda primary school under Chengomul police station limits in Ranga Reddy district, which

Hyderabad, Aug 14: Four persons including three sanitary workers were today found dead in a manhole in Ayyappa society in Madhapur area here with the civic officials suspecting that the toxic gases caused their deaths. An employee of 108 Ambulance service, who tried to rescue them fell ill after inhaling the poisonous gas, said R Kalinga Rao, Madhapur Police Inspector. "The workers were cleaning

Mandya, Aug 14: A 10-year-old boy, who ate a snack laced with rat poison, died at Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences hospital here on Friday night after battling for life for two days. According to the Kala Muddana Doddi police, the boy, identified as N. Kishan, was a native of Kannali village in Maddur taluk. He was at his grandmother Ningamma’s residence at Gurudevarahalli when he consumed the

San Francisco, Aug 13: A Silicon Valley internet mogul who sold his startup for $300 million at the age of 25 and appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” as a highly eligible bachelor was sentenced on Friday to a year in jail for violating his probation in a domestic violence case. However, Gurbaksh Chahal, 34, will not immediately begin serving the sentence because San Francisco Superior Court Judge