Crime and crash

Bhopal, February 27: A 25-year-old pregnant woman and her six-year-old daughter's beheaded bodies were found in the servant quarter of a government farmhouse in Raisen district on Saturday night. Under a cot beside the beheaded bodies, police found a 'puja thali' with incense sticks, vermillion, sweets and other offerings. Vermillion was smeared on the foreheads of the victims. It is being

Noida, February 27: In yet another brutal assault on a girl in a moving car, a 17-year-old class X student of a city public school was allegedly gangrapedby five of her neighbours as they drove around Noida in their i10, police said. As shocking as the rape, which took place on Friday night, was the appalling behaviour of the city police. They not only let out personal details about the minor

Kasargod, February 26: An eight-year-old girl Ayishath Ibna, who had been suffering from diseases attributed to the spraying of endosulfan in the cashew estates of Plantation Corporation of Kerala Ltd. in the district, died on Saturday after battling for her life for two weeks. Ayishath, included in the official list of endosulfan victims, hailed from Perladka in Badiyaduka village. She died at

Surat, February 26: Gujarati actress Dimple Hingu allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison, police said today. She was 24. "Dimple had yesterday evening left her house in Varachcha area and was later found near it in not so stable condition by someone known to her," they said. "She was admitted to a private hospital where it was discovered that she had consumed poison," police said. Hingu

Malda, February 26: A 37-year-old woman of Malda was allegedly raped at gunpoint by her neighour, a police constable, in October last year. Despite repeated appeals, the police reportedly took no action against the accused. The victim was forced to approach the court which directed police to initiate a case. But the cops chose to violate the court order as well, alleged the victim. Such an

Bangalore, February 25: More than 170 shops at the 85-year-old heritage Russel Market here, selling goods ranging from fish to flowers, were reduced to ashes following a major fire that broke out early on Saturday, police said. There were no casualties, they said, adding they suspected electrical short circuit to be the cause of the fire. The fire broke out around 4.10 am in Russel Market in

Uttarpara/Bally, February 25: A 27-year-old woman and mother of two, who was brought to hospital as an accident victim on Friday morning, regained consciousness briefly to say that she was gangraped in a car and dumped on the New Bally Bridge. She died a few hours after giving her last statement. Police have started a probe on the basis of her dying declaration. This comes barely a fortnight after

London, February 25: Women are being granted illegal abortions by doctors in Britain based on the sex of their unborn baby, an undercover investigation by The Daily Telegraphcan disclose. Doctors at the country's clinics have been secretly filmed agreeing to terminate foetuses purely because they are either male or female. Clinicians admitted they were prepared to falsify paperwork to arrange the

Bangalore, February 25: In a cruel twist of irony, a mock drill to boost fire safety awareness of employees claimed the life of a welfare officer, Nalini, at a readymade garment factory in the Yeshwanthpur industrial suburbs here on Friday. Twenty-two-year-old Nalini’s enthusiasm to demonstrate safety techniques to her colleagues proved too costly, as the drill, organised by the Karnataka Fire and

New Delhi, February 24: A 23-year-old Delhi Policeconstable, who had married against his family's wishes just four days ago, shot himself to death with his service revolver in the capital, police said Friday. Pankaj Kumar, who had been attached to West Delhi's Mianwali Nagar police station since 2011, committed suicide by shooting himself with his service revolver around 10.45 pm Thursday. He was