Crime and crash

New Delhi, Nov 6: The Income Tax Department seized unexplained cash of approximately Rs 6 crore after conducting raids on 66 properties across the country, belonging to a self-styled evangelist from Kerala, on Thursday. According to an official release, the search also led to the unearthing of real estate transactions involving unaccounted payments. "The Income Tax Department has carried out

Coimbatore, Nov 3: Two more deaths by suicide by men addicted to online gambling were reported in the district days after a private bank employee ended his life in the city for the same reason, police said on Tuesday. According to police, 28-year old Jeevanandam of Thondamuthur on the outskirts hanged himself at his house on Monday night after losing money in online gambling, despite being abused

Bhagalakote, Nov 2: The house of the former Karnataka Minister and cine actor Umashree was burgled last night. According to police sources, the former minister was not present in the house, when the burglary took place and she was busy campaigning for the success of the Congress candidate Kusuma at Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Assembly constituency for which byelections are being held tomorrow. The

New Delhi, Oct 31: A 24-year-old man was arrested for allegedly duping a delivery boy working for a grocery store in southeast Delhi's Lajpat Nagar area by posing as a customer, police said on Saturday. The accused has been identified as Vikash, a resident of Dakshinpuri. He was arrested on Friday, they said. A complaint in the matter was lodged by the store owner on Tuesday. The complainant, Atul

Amaravati, Oct 30: At least seven persons of a marriage party were killed and ten others injured when a van they were sitting in went berserk and rolled from hilltop in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh in the wee hours of Friday. About 30 persons, all relatives of the groom, sat in the Tata Ace van to return to their villages after the function was over at Kalyana Venkateswara Swamy temple

Bengaluru, Oct 28: The mastermind of Lalitha Jewellery heist died due to various health complications in judicial custody, a senior police officer said on Wednesday. The 46-year-old N Murugan alias Thiruvarur Murugan alias Neeravi, had been suffering from an immunodeficiency disease and tuberculosis for the past few months and was admitted to Bowring hospital where he died on Tuesday night, the

Madurai, Oct 24: The toll in the blast at a fireworks factory in Madurai mounted to seven on Saturday with two more women workers succumbing to injuries and the manager of the manufacturing facility has been arrested, police said. All the seven victims were women. The blast was triggered when explosive ingredients were handled by workers for the manufacturing process at the factory on Friday. Five

Chennai, Oct 22: A DHL Express truck carrying Rs 15 crore mobile phones was hijacked and looted by 10 men near Krishnagiri in the early hours on Wednesday. The truck was heading to Mumbai from Chennai. The robbers looted the truck after tying up the driver and the cleaner. The robbers, who were all heard speaking in Hindi, later abandoned the truck after taking all the booty. The truck was

Bengaluru, Oct 17: Bengaluru Police on Saturday raided four locations where betting on the ongoing IPL matches was being held and seized a total of Rs 21 lakhs in the operation. "A sum of Rs 10,05,000 and 12 mobiles were seized from two accused during a raid in KR Puram where betting on IPL matches was going on," City Crime Branch (CCB), Bengaluru Police informed. "A total of Rs 21 lakhs was

Lucknown, Oct 14: The violence against women has continued unabated in Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh. Amid the outrage over gang-rape and brutal murder of a woman in Hathras, two teens - one a gang-rape victim and the other a victim of molestation-allegedly killed themselves in different parts of Uttar Pradesh. A 15-year-old girl, resident of Chitrakoot district, about 350 kilometres from