Crime and crash

Udupi, March 15: A fisherman was feared drowned after he fell off his boat while on a fishing expedition in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday. Four fishermen left Malpe harbour for fishing on Tuesday. When they were pulling the net to their boat in the afternoon, Padmanabha (41) of Katapady-Mattu village accidentally fell into the water. He remained untraced even after an intensive search operation.

Dubai, March 15: A young Emirati woman and her 14-month-old child died at a hospital in the suburbs of Colombo from alleged food poisoning less than 12 hours after their arrival in the Sri Lankan capital on Tuesday morning. The two Emirati nationals suspected to have died of food poisoning did not have a meal in Sri Lanka, according to latest media reports. The father remains admitted in hospital

Jaipur, March 14: A 23-year-old married woman beat to death a 19-year-old youth who allegedly tried to rape her at a village in Rajsamand district on Monday evening. The woman claimed that the youth, who stays next door, barged into her house when she was alone and started molesting her. In course of the scuffle, the woman picked up an iron rod and hit the youth on his head after which he died

New Delhi, March 14: Holi was two nights away but in the poor lanes of her Pitampura slum the mood was already festive. The little girl who skipped merrily behind the stranger with the fruit bag smelt a treat in it. They stopped at a house a few harmless turns away from her door where the man's friend had been cooking. They gave her meat, and resumed drinking. What they did afterwards has left

Mysore, March 14: A 27-year-old woman was killed, reportedly by her brother, in the Nazarbad area of the city on Tuesday for marrying outside her caste. Police are looking for the suspect, Mahadeva. The killing of Shruti comes barely three months after a man hanged his daughter in Mandya for falling in love with a Dalit, raising concern that the shameful practice of honour killings may be showing

Bangalore, March 13: Nagaraj hardly knew he would depart from the world without having a glimpse of his newborn son. Hours after he told his relatives that he would be leaving for Deodurg to see his son, Nagaraj was lying dead in Bowring Hospital. A lone earning member of his family, Nagaraj was married to Manjula a year ago. He had migrated to City in search of livelihood four months ago. He had

London, March 13: A whopping majority of women in Britain - over 80 percent - do not report rape or sexual assault to police, a study has said. In many cases, the incidents are not reported because women say have little confidence that their attacker would be brought to justice, the Daily Telegraph reported citing the survey by parenting website Mumsnet. Among the 1,600 women respondents, the poll

Gurgaon, March 13: In yet another assault on a woman near a pub in Gurgaon, a 23-year-old mother was allegedly gangraped by seven men after being abducted from outside the Sahara Mall on M G Road at 2.30 am on Monday. The victim, who reportedly works in a pub at the mall, has alleged that the accused abducted her after stopping the radio taxi she and her 15-year-old brother had hired to return

Raipur, March 12: Bilaspur Superintendent of Police Rahul Sharma today allegedly shot himself dead with his service revolver, police said here. A 2002-batch IPS officer, Sharma (37) allegedly shot himself in the head inside the toilet of Police Officer's Mess, where he was staying, they said. He was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. Officials said it was not immediately

Mumbai, March 12: A 38-year-old man was arrested by the Saki Naka police on Saturday for murdering his elder sister by thrashing her at his residence in Chandivli. The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon, following which the victim was hospitalized and died on Friday. The police said the accused, Pandhari Rasam, was undergoing psychiatric treatment for mental illness. His sister, Mandakini