Crime and crash

Koraput, March 24: An MLA of the ruling Biju Janata Dal in Odisha was abducted by Maoists in Koraput district in the early hours today, police said. Jhina Hikaka, legislator from Laxmipur, was returning home from Koraput when more than 50 armed rebels stopped his vehicle near Toyaput, Koraput Superintendent of Police Avinash Kumar said. While the personal security officer (PSO) and driver of the

Manipur, March 24: Four persons, including a havildar and a rifleman of India Reserve Battalion (IRB), have been arrested in connection with an alleged gangrape of a 40-year-old woman at Keinou village in Manipur's Bishnupur district. The woman was going to Imphal in a truck with her relatives with to sell firewood and chilly early on Thursday. Suddenly, four persons came in a car and stopped the

Bhopal, March 24: Two dalit girls appearing for their first board examinations in Narsinghpur district of Madhya Pradesh were allegedly stripped by female invigilators while 40 male students watched. Both of them are 15. The incident took place on March 15 during the Class X mathematics examination, but it was reported to the district administration only on Friday. The alleged outrage happened

Karvar, March 23: Some women have filed a complaint of molestation and misbehaviour against a senior officer in Karwar. The accused is Jayappa, Deputy Director of the Department of Mines and Geology, Karwar. However, Mr. Jayappa has denied the allegation.

Mangalore, March 23: A body of an unidentified person has been found on the shores of Arabian Sea near Pre University?College at Navunda in Baindoor on Thursday. The man, said to be aged about 35 years, believed to have committed suicide by jumping into the sea on Wednesday. Baindoor police have registered a case.

Los Angeles, March 23: Grammy-winning pop legend Whitney Houston died from accidental drowning in her hotel bathtub after taking cocaine which could have triggered a heart attack, coroners said Thursday. Houston, who died at age 48 in the bathtub of a Beverly Hills hotel room last month, likely had some kind of heart attack which caused her to slip under the water, said the Los Angeles County

Bangalore, March 23: The Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF) has registered a case of cheating against the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) officers for carving out 112 sites out of 38 acres of land which was not notified by the State government. Sources in the BMTF said the Task Force registered the case under section 420, 306 and 192 of the IPC read with 33 of the BDA Act against the

Toulouse (France), March 22: A 23-year-old gunman suspected of killing seven people in southwestern France in the name of al-Qaida, jumped from a window to his death in a hail of bullets after police stormed his apartment on Thursday. "At the moment when a video probe was sent into the bathroom, the killer came out of the bathroom, firing with extreme violence," interior minister Claude Gueant

Mangalore, March 22: Three boats were gutted in a fire accident neat Bilt Circle on Tuesday night. The loss was estimated at Rs. 5 lakh. According to the Fire and Emergency Services, a storeroom used to keep fishing equipment and boats caught fire. As the fire spread, three boats were destroyed. Fire and Emergency Services personnel stopped the fire from reaching other huts on the beach. The boats

Bangalore, March 22: There is some more bad news for Nithyananda alias A?Rajasekhara. The Karnataka CID?on Wednesday filed an additional charge sheet in the Ramanagaram court, claiming that besides several women, Nithyananda forced a man to have sex with him on a number of occasions both at his Bidadi ashram near here as well as in some cities in the US. Director General, CID, R?K?Dutta told