Crime and crash

Jalandhar, April 16: Several workers were feared trapped under debris after a four-storeyed factory building collapsed in Punjab's Jalandhar city, 150 km from state capital Chandigarh. Police said that the building of the blanket manufacturing factory, located in the city's Focal Point area, collapsed following a blast in the factory's boiler around midnight Sunday. Over 70 workers were inside the

New Delhi, April 16: An 18-year-old girl was allegedly raped by the owner of a placement agency in southeast Delhi, police said. The girl belongs to Jharkhand and was brought to the city by the wife of the agency owner. The accused, Rajesh, ran the placement agency and had disappeared after raping the girl four months back. Since then, his associate Raj Kumar ran the agency. The girl was hired by

Bangalore, April 16: Manasa, 26, daughter of a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) allegedly committed suicide at her house at Santrupti Nagar on the outskirts of the City on Sunday afternoon. The reason for the extreme step taken by Manasa, however, remains a mystery. The woman was found hanging from the staircase railings. The matter came to light when some of her friends came to her house

Dubai, April 15: A 28-year old Ugandan woman killed her compatriot after he attempted to rape her at her residence in the Al Rafa area of Dubai, according to Emarat Al Youm newspaper. Maj Gen Khamis Mattar Al Mazina, Deputy Commander in Chief of Dubai Police said the crime took place on April 10, when a security guard at a private company in the region saw the lady crying hysterically and her and

Bangalore, April 15: A quarrel during a cricket match played near the Hombegowdanagar slum in the Siddapura police station limits claimed the life of a youngster, and 10 people were injured in the subsequent group clash on Saturday evening. Police identified the deceased as Ravi and the accused as Sandeep, both aged around 23. The youngsters, as usual, were playing cricket at a nearby ground when

Mangalore, April 15: Two unknown persons late on Friday waylaid Koragappa Shenava, and took away Rs 2.87-lakh in cash from his possession. Vinay Gaonkar, PI, Mangalore North Police station said the victim who working as an accountant for a finance agency and a bar was on his way to deposit the daily earnings to his owner when the miscreants accosted him.

Noida, April 15: Two people in their twenties, including a Delhi resident, allegedly committed suicide in the city on Saturday. While 23-year-old Shakeeb Hassan, an MSc in biotechnology who stayed at the IIT-Delhi campus, jumped off the platform railing at Sector 16 Metro station, Nidhi Chopra (29), a resident of Amritsar, ended her life by jumping off the terrace of a guesthouse in Sector 50

Bangalore, April 15: A Class 9 student of a village near Anekal paid a price for being poor. Vijaykumar, 13, a student of Pearl Valley School in Sidikota village near Anekal hanged himself on Saturday afternoon after the school authorities withheld his result because his father Nagaraj failed to pay his fees for the year. Police said Vijay appeared for the exams in March and the results were out

Mangalore, April 14: An elderly woman was robbed by miscreants in her house at Anegudi near Bejai in the city on Friday. According to police, the robbers gained entry into the house of Manorama (86) by removing some of the tiles on the roof, when she was alone in the house. They removed her earrings after bleeding her earlobes and snatched her four gold bangles and a gold ring. A case has been

Ankola, April 14: A 20-year-old youth ended his life by consuming insecticide on Friday for trivial reason. The deceased has been identified as Manjunath Narayan Naik (20), a resident of Bobruwada village in Ankola taluk. It is learnt that Manjunath's parents had asked him to find a job for himself. Upset over this, Manjunath killed himself. The Ankola police have registered a case.