Crime and crash

New Delhi, Dec 19: Four people died and two were injured in a factory roof collapse on Saturday morning in West Delhi's Khyala Village. The incident happened at around 10 a.m. in Vishnu garden of Khyala in a factory of motor winding where at least six people were inside. "The injured were rescued by the police staff, ambulance staff, DDMA staff and were sent to the nearest hospital. Out of six

Mumbai, Dec 18: A driver of an overspeeding car was arrested on Friday after he hit a delivery boy on a two-wheeler in the Oshiwara area of Mumbai. The boy, who was riding a scooter, died in the hospital. Soon after the incident, the accused, who was riding a red Mercedes was apprehended by the police. "An overspeeding car lost control and jumped a divider, hitting my nephew's scooty. He died in

Kanpur(UP), Dec 17:A daily wage labourer in Uttar Pradesh beat his three-year-old son to death for urinating in bed. The accused was arrested by the police on Wednesday evening after the boy's mother and maternal uncle reported the matter to the police. The father had fled to Hamirpur with the body of the boy. He was detained by the Hamirpur police that later handed him over to the Kanpur police

Mumbai, Dec 16: Just when cybercriminals are busy duping people through sophisticated hacking techniques in the pandemic, some users in India have reported receiving a letter in their emails, promising $450,000 (nearly Rs 3.3 crore) from "Microsoft" for being winner of the "Microsoft Relief Grant and Support Initiative". This letter, which bears the name of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella as

Lucknow, Dec 16: Eight people died, while 21 more sustained injuries on Wednesday morning when an Uttar Pradesh Roadways bus collided with a gas tanker here amid reduced visibility due to fog, police said. The crash took place in the Dhanari police station area, they added. “Eight people have died in the accident involving a bus of UP Roadways and a gas tanker. All the injured have been

Lucknow, Dec 16: In a shocking incident, a groom was stabbed to death barely hours after his marriage by some of his friends in a village near Aligarh because he refused to provide them more liquor to enjoy the celebrations. Police said the incident took place on Monday night in Palimukim Pur village when the 28-year-old Bablu went to meet his friends soon after his marriage. His friends, already

Hathras, Dec 16: The Hathras police have unearthed a manufacturing unit making spurious and counterfeit spices of local brands using donkey dung and acid. The factory is located in Navipur area and the police raided it on a tip-off. The unit owner, Anoop Varshney, who is also the office bearer of the Hindu Yuva Vahini, has been arrested. Hindu Yuva Vahini, is a Hindu Nationalist youth organistaion

Lucknow, Dec 15: A man shot dead his sister in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut town, about 450 kilometres from here, allegedly after she refused to make chapatis for his pet dogs. The man, identified as Ashish Kumar, a resident of Bhavanpur locality in the town, called the cops after killing his sister and informed them about the incident. He was later arrested. Police sources here said that Ashish, who

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 15: City-based journalist S V Pradeep was killed in a road accident nearby Karakkamandapa on Monday evening after the two wheeler he was riding was hit by a car, police said. Witnesses said the vehicle that hit Pradeep was a Swaraj Mazda truck and came from the same direction. The vehicle hit Pradeep's scooter, knocking him down and sped away after the accident. The police

Kanpur, Dec 14: An Army colonel posted here was booked on Sunday for allegedly raping a friend’s wife at an officers mess, police said. The victim’s husband, a civilian, lodged an FIR against the Army officer at the Cantonment police station, Superintendent of Police (East) Raj Kumar Agarwal said. According to the complainant, his wife is of Russian descent and has been living in India for 10