Crime and crash

Hyderabad, June 8: One person died and over 20 others including women were injured in a "stampede" as thousands of people rushed for fish 'prasadam' (fish medicine for asthma patients) at the annual distribution at Katedan stadium here, officials said. The incident allegedly occurred at around 0930 hrs after huge crowds rushed to get the medicine when the gates were opened at the distribution site

Udupi, June 8: Thieves broke into a house at Barkur village near Brahmavar in Udupi district and decamped with gold ornaments. According to the police, thieves broke into the house of D.K. Badeger at Kaveri Bai Compound near National Pre-University College at Barkur between 1 p.m. on June 4 and 9 a.m. on June 7. The value of stolen items has been estimated at Rs. 3.5 lakh.

Dubai, June 8: A mother of five is facing legal action for negligently leaving her five children under the care of two nannies for 10 months although she was supposed to look after them after she won their custody, the Dubai Police said. The plight of the five children — three boys aged 10, 9 and 7, and two girls aged 6 and 2 — was brought to the attention of the authorities when a family friend

London, June 8: The mystery of an unknown Sikh on Queen Elizabeth's Royal Barge that sailed down the Thames to mark the monarch's diamond jubilee has been solved. An investigation by a British tabloid has found that the man was a sex offender who spent four years in a British prison. But the mystery about who invited Harbinder Singh Rana, 52, remains. Rana was jailed in the 1980s for posing as a

Indore, June 8: A man allegedly smashed his friend's head with a stone in Chhatripura area on Wednesday night for not accepting his offer to drink liquor with him. The accused was arrested within hours of the incident. The deceased has been identified as Prakash alias Pappu Mali, a resident of Samajwadi Nagar. He was found lying behind the Vaishnav Polytechnic College at around 11.30 pm. According

Washington, June 8: A 25-year-old woman from New York, under the influence of alcohol, mowed down her teenaged boyfriend and then drove away after he broke her iPhone. Jasmine Diaz was arrested after 17-year-old Frankie Hernandez' body was found on Wednesday, the Daily Mail reported. "I ran down to the street and it was too late. His head was crushed. He wasn't moving. There was blood everywhere,"

Bangalore, June 7: Residents of Venkatagirikote, a small village off NH 7 near Bengaluru International Airport were astounded to find as many as six human skulls and other skeletal remains in a plastic bag abandoned close to a lake on Wednesday morning. With the Annigeri incident still fresh in memory, Venkatagirikote soon became the centre of attention with regional and some national television

New Delhi, June 7: In yet another hit-and-run case, a Delhi police constable was killed on duty by a speeding car in north east Delhi on Wednesday night. According to an eyewitness, a Santro car hit Head Constable Ishwar Dayal when he was crossing the road in Usmanpur around midnight yesterday. Mr Dayal, a resident of Muradnagar, was taken to nearby Guru Teg Bahadur hospital in a critical

Mahalingapura, June 7: Two teenage girls were bludgeoned to death with a heavy stone when they were fast asleep in their house at Basavanagara, in the wee hours of Wednesday. Gangavva Shankrappa Patil, 18, and Geetha Shankrappa Patil, 16, are the dead. Two other girls and a three-month-old baby, who were sleeping with the two, have escaped death. While Mahananda is admitted to a hospital with

Hyderabad, June 7: A couple killed a four-year-old girl for just three grams of gold. The gruesome incident came to light on Wednesday when the Saroornagar police nabbed the duo while they were trying to sell the stolen gold. The girl, Ramya Sri was the daughter of Sukesh and Mahalakshmi from Champapet. Sukesh is a vehicle mechanic. On June 1, Ramya went missing while playing in front of her house