Crime and crash

Tumkur, April 6: An alleged serial killer, accused of committing 13 murders, gave policemen the slip on Thursday, while they were escorting her to a court. But she was arrested within one hour. Prema, alias Shantha, 39, a native of Theerthahalli in Shimoga district and resident of RT Nagar, is accused of killing 13 women with her nephew, Raghavendra, and Sundaresh as her accomplices. Prema ran a

Chennai, April 6: Indian Institute of Technology-Madras has introduced a new moral code of conduct on campus, prompting protests by students who believe that the authorities are playing spoilsport. The code seeks to put curbs on the annual 'hostel night', when students are allowed to bring in friends and make merry without the prying warden around. Among the rules that the students were notified

Warangal, April 6: A private school teacher was booked for hitting a kindergarten student at Subedari in Hanamkonda on Thursday. The student suffered bleeding injuries on his head and his wounds had to be sutured. The incident took place at St Mary's School at Julywada. Angered over his bad handwriting, the teacher, Uma, hit Hemant on his head with a pen. When blood started oozing from his head

Hyderabad, April 6: K Srinivas Reddy has a sterling reputation in Andhra Pradesh as an upright police officer. Till Tuesday night, he was heading a special investigation team in the state's Anti-Corruption Bureau. For the last few months, the team had focused on exposing a brazen liquor syndicate that had gained power across the state thanks to patrons that include police officers and politicians

Jaipur, April 5: CBI today arrested BJP MLA Rajendra Rathore in connection with the fake encounter of local liquor smuggler Dara Singh in 2006. Rathore, an MLA from Taranagar Assembly constituency, was arrested by the sleuths from his residence this morning and would be produced before a court later in the day. ADG Police A K Jain wanted by the CBI for his role in the case has already surrendered

Udupi, April 5: Unidentified thieves broke into a house at Pangala village under Kaup police station limits and took away valuables estimated at Rs. 75,000. According to the Kaup police, thieves gained entry into the house of Prasanna Mogasale between 10.30 p.m. on April 3 and 7.45 a.m. on April 4. They made good with gold and silver ornaments. A case has been registered.

Karwar, April 5: One person was killed and another seriously injured when their motorcycle was hit by a truck near Vivekanand Nagar on National Highway 17 on Wednesday night. The name of the dead is not known. The truck on its way to Goa from Mangalore hit the motorcycle from the rear side, leaving one dead on the spot. The injured person has been admitted to the district hospital in Karwar. The

Washington, April 5: The United States charged the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khaled Sheikh Mohammed, along with four alleged plotters today, vowing to seek the death penalty in a much-awaited military trial. "The charges allege that the five accused are responsible for the planning and execution of the attacks of September 11, 2001, in New York and Washington DC, and

Bangalore, April 5: The Lokayukta police have registered an FIR against Usha Patwari, Deputy Director of the Department of Women and Child Development, for possessing assets disproportionate to her income. The residence and office of Usha Patwari had been raided by the police on March 9 in relation to the scam in the implementation of Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS). A separate FIR has

Patna, April 4: In yet another twist to the grisly murder of Suman Barnwal in Lakhisarai on March 25 evening, Suman's cousin Khushboo, who along with Suman's husband Naresh Barnwal has been accused of hatching the plot, on Tuesday admitted to have missed her two periods. Suman was killed allegedly by road robbers when she, accompanied by husband, brother and brother's wife, was on way to Jamui