Crime and crash

Kolar, July 11: Many students fell ill after eating the mid-day meal at the Government Higher Primary School in Doddahasala village on Tuesday. Two students are being treated at the district hospital while 70 others were discharged after first-aid. Students complained of nausea and vomiting soon after eating the meal and were rushed to the district hospital. “After having ‘chitranna’ (lemon rice)

Mysore, July 11: Vidyaranyapuram police on Tuesday arrested three youth who had stolen the fence of Mysore Airport compound at Mandakalli recently. The three identified as Nanjunda of?Rajaji colony at Nanjangud, Jagadish of?Hullahalli and Siddaraju of Kalkunda had stolen the fence three months ago. They had also disposed the same. One among the accused Nanjunda was wanted in a theft case

Bhopal, July 10: A law student in Madhya Pradesh has committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his hostel room in Rewa, 400 kms from Bhopal, the state capital. His body was found on the morning of July 9. Two days earlier, he had filed a written complaint with the university Vice Chancellor Rajmani Mishra. In his letter, he said that his room-mate at the hostel, who was also his

Amritsar, July 10: A woman from Amritsar, who claims her husband raped their seven-year-old adopted daughter, killed the minor by stabbing her last night. The 40-year-old later tried to kill herself by cutting her veins. She however survived and is currently being treated at a hospital. Sakshi had lodged a complaint against her husband Ramesh Kumar three days ago. But after Mr Kumar's arrest, her

Mumbai, July 10: "I killed Saleena after a fight over her relationships with other men. Saleena used to humiliate me by ordering me around to do odd jobs like cooking, driving and washing clothes. While I tolerated the humiliation, I could not stand her relationships with men and, therefore, in the fit of rage, I killed her," Parvez Tak, prime accused in starlet Laila Khan and her family's alleged

New York, July 10: A mother of two kids who believed that her husband, a cop, had impregnated another woman decided to kill her two children and end her own life as well in order to get back at her cheating husband. The 29-year-old woman first poisoned her children aged 5 years and a mere 4 months. She then sealed all exit points of the apartment with tape and turned on the gas, reports NY Post

Kalyan, July 9: A 37-year-old autorickshaw driver was arrested on Saturday for raping his friend's wife and keeping her hostage for six days. The driver had told his victim that he would make public nude pictures of her shot by him. Accused Rajendra Gaud is a resident of the Govindvadi area in Kalyan (west). According to officials from the Mahatama Phule police station, the victim's husband was

Kolkata, July 9: The parents of the Class 5 girl, who was allegedly forced to drink her own urine for bed wetting, have been arrested for entering the girls hostel without permission. The warden who has been accused of punishing the girl has also been arrested. The class 5 student of the Visva-Bharati university's Patha Bhavan was allegedly forced to drink her own urine because she wet her bed

New Delhi, July 9: A young Russian woman has alleged that she was sexually assaulted by five unidentified men in north Delhi, police said today. The incident came to light when the victim walked into the Majnu ka Tila police post along with her husband and lodged a complaint at around 8:15 AM this morning. She along with her husband was passing through 'Majnu ka Tila' when a group of men waylaid

New Delhi, July 9: A woman who became mentally disabled after a signboard at the Rohini district court fell on her head has been awarded a compensation of Rs 19 lakh by the Delhi High Court, which brushed aside claims of the defendants that the incident was an "act of God". The victim, Harinder Kaur, was in the court premises pursuing a dispute against her estranged husband when the 'District