Crime and crash

Bhopal, Sep 6: A Madhya Pradesh woman took revenge on the man who raped her at knifepoint by dousing him in kerosene and setting him on fire. The deceased, who has been identified as Raju Vishvakarma, 38, died of burn injuries in a local hospital on Friday. According to his dying declaration, the woman — who he raped — asked him to visit her house for negotiating an out of court settlement in the

Bangalore, Sep 3: An 11-year-old girl committed suicide on Sunday night after her elder brother refused to let her watch a cartoon channel on TV at their residence in city's outskirts of Kadugodi. The girl, a Class VI student and the daughter of a cab driver, and her 14-year old bother were watching a sports channel. The girl wanted to switch over to a cartoon channel but her brother didn't give

Bangalore, Aug 30: For 25-year-old Sanjay Mahesh Angadi , it was just another working day. He was walking on 1st Main, Chamarajpet, around noon when he heard a strange noise and turned around. To his shock, a BMTC bus was hurtling towards him and before he knew what was happening , it crushed him to death. The bus was plying between Chamarajpet and Vijaynagar. The driver stopped at the Royan

Kolar, Aug 27: Seven people were killed and many others injured when their mini van collided head on with a truck at Lakshmisagar Gate near Narasapur under Vemagal police limits, about 20 kilometers from here on Monday. The victims were reportedly returning after attending a marriage engagement ceremony when the accident took place around 5 p.m, police sources said. Trafiic on NH 4 was affected

Bangalore, Aug 27: A nurse working at the Employees State Insurance (ESI) hospital, Rajajinagar, ended her life allegedly by injecting poison. The deceased, identified as Bindu G G, 27 was a native of Challakere in Chitradurga district and was employed as a nurse at the ESI hospital for the past four years. According to police, both of Bindu’s parents had passed away recently. Bindu was staying in

Mumbai, Aug 25: All five accused in the brutal gangrape of a young photojournalist in the city have been arrested, three days after the incident triggered outrage across the country. While the fourth accused Kasim Bangali was nabbed from Mumbai late last night, the fifth accused in the case Salim Ansari was arrested from Delhi today. Ansari, the fifth and last accused was arrested by the Mumbai

Pune, Aug 22: The National Film Archives of India (NFIA) on Wednesday evening witnessed a ruckus as a group ABVP activists allegedly thrashed students of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) for inviting the Kabir Kala Manch (KKM) artistes for a performance. The programme was to pay homage to the slain anti-superstition activist Dr Narendra Dabholkar. The incident took place despite a

New Delhi, Aug 21: Delhi Police have booked self-styled godman AsaramBabu on charges of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl. A zero FIR under section 376 was lodged at Kamala Market police station in central Delhi. on Tuesday evening. The case pertains to the rape of a girl at a hostel in Jodhpur. "We registered the complaint, but the girl said the incident occurred in Rajasthan, so the case

Hyderabad, Aug 12: A 19-year-old student of University of Hyderabad had a fatal fall when she was talking over the cellphone while walking on the terrace of a building under constructionon the university campus on Sunday. The victim was identified as MohiniMishra, II year student of Integrated Master of Arts (Linguistics) course at the University of Hyderabad. Mohini was the daughter of Vijay

Bhopal, Aug 8: Perturbed over ragging by senior students a second year bachelor of pharmacy (B Pharm) student of a private college, allegedly committed suicide at her house in Kamla Nagar on Tuesday evening. Deceased Anita Sharma, 18, stated ragging by seniors as the reason for her to take the extreme step in her suicide note. A case regarding abetment of suicide would be registered after