Crime and crash

New Delhi, April 26: Hours after Maoists releasedOdisha BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka, they have struck again. This time in Maharashtra. According to TV reports, Maoists have killed 2 villagers and abducted another 10 in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district. The Maoists have demanded the withdrawal of CRPF forces from the area and a halt to combing operations, say TV reports. The state govt has rushed police

Chandigarh, April 26: The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday directed police protection for a Bathinda lesbian couple facing death threats. Swaran Kaur, 20, a police constable, and her childhood friend, Harsharan Kaur, 28, moved the court, saying they have been forced to go into hiding as their families were threatening to kill them for their relationship. The couple, from Bathinda

New Delhi, April 26: A day after a half-naked body of a 22-year-old woman was discovered in Nehru Place, another bare body of a young woman was found inside the Lok Nayak Hospital complex near Delhi Gate on Wednesday afternoon, creating a sensation among resident doctors and nurses. Police said they had not yet established the woman's identity or the cause of death. The body was in a decomposed

Mangalore, April 25: Mangalore City Police on Wedenesday nabbed five persons in connection with the murder of history sheeter Guruprasad alias Guru (33). Those nabbed are Shailesh Ganiga (22) of Devinagar, Talapady, Prasad alias Pachchu (21) of Shivajinagar, Mogaveerapatna, Ullal, Rakesh Moily alias Chippu (23) of Kodikal, Charan Raj alias Charan (25) of Preethnagar, near Ramakrishna Mandir

Mumbai, April 25: The Shivaji Nagar police arrested a 45-year-old hawker for allegedly killing his 19-year-old daughter by banging her head on the walls of their Baiganwadi house on Sunday. Mohammed Kitabbuddin Shah committed the crime on learning that his daughter Tabbasum Shah and was not ready to get married to the boy he had selected for her in a village in Uttar Pradesh. Initially the police

Gurgaon, April 25: An MBA student on Tuesday committed suicide by hanging herself in her hostel room in Gurgaon after a teacher accused her of cheating and tore her exam paper, police said. Dayna Silva, a 1st year MBA student in the Amity University Pachgaon, situated on National Highway 8, hanged herself after she was reportedly humiliated by an invigilator, one of the students said. A student

Karwar, April 25: An army man along with his brother allegedly manhandled a sub-inspector of police at Haliyal on Monday. According to the complaint filed by SI THimmappa Naik, he had tried to stop a car that was being driven recklessly on Monday. While he did so, Manjunath Arjun Suryavamshi (30), army personnel, and his bother Ganapati Suryavamshi abused Mr. Naik. The brothers were sent for a

Kasargod, April 25: A 34-year-old youth suffering from diseases attributed to endosulfan spraying in the Plantation Corporation of Kerala's cashew estates in the district died after prolonged treatment. Dinesh died on Tuesday at his Nullippadi residence near here. Enlisted on the official list of endosulfan victims, Dinesh had been suffering from physical deformities from birth. He had been

Mumbai, April 25: Two youth were arrested for driving their friend to suicide after they allegedly blackmailed him over a supposed MMS clip with his girlfriend in Mumbai last week. The two - Vicky Sakpal (22) and Kiran Gavte (21) - were earlier questioned on the basis of a suicide note found in the deceased's pocket. Another accused, Ganesh Somani, is on the run. The family of the deceased -

Mangalore, Apr 24: Four members of a family sustained severe injuries in a head on collision between a city bus and a Maruti Omni in Nantoor junction here on Tuesday evening. The injured have been identified as Lucy D'Souza, Prameela D'Souza, Roshan D'Souza and Paschal D'Souza, all residents of Katipalla. They have been admitted to a private hospital in the city. The accident occurred when they