Crime

Drunk Ola driver tries to kidnap woman travelling to Bengaluru airport; here's how she saved herself

This incident comes just a few days after an Ola cab driver was arrested for molesting a woman passenger and sharing her images on WhatsApp.

Jul 6, 2018

Congress alleges Rs 5,000 crore bitcoin scam in Gujarat, demands SC-monitored judicial probe

Congress spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil said that it was a multi-layered bitcoin scam and the Gujarat CID had estimated it to be of more than Rs 5,000 crore.

Jul 5, 2018

'Fugitive offender' Vijay Mallya's assets to be confiscated? Bengaluru police mark 159 properties

The Enforcement Directorate started proceedings to declare Mallya an fugitive economic offender last month. On Thursday, the Bengaluru police submitted a list of 159 assets of Mallya at a Delhi court. These moves indicate the assets of the liquor baron are the way to liquidation. although that's a long road to traverse.

Jul 5, 2018

CBI grills two former RBI deputy governors in loan fraud investigation

Two ex-deputy governors at RBI are facing investigation in the Kingfisher loan case. Separately, the CBI had quizzed former deputy governors Harun Rashid Khan and KC Chakrabarty as part of its probe into the PNB scam and a forgery case filed by the Indian Overseas Bank.

Jul 5, 2018

Caught on camera: Speeding car hits 6-year-old girl in UP

The girl is currently admitted in a local hospital. Police say the vehicle has been identified and action will be taken against the driver.

Jul 5, 2018

Gauri Lankesh murder case: SIT alleges involvement of 4 top pro-Hindutva outfit leaders

While mentioning seven names in the FIR, the SIT officials have been gathering evidence against these four pro-Hindutva outfit leaders. It is believed that they had ordered Amol Kale, a suspect in the murder case, to kill Lankesh last year.

Jul 5, 2018

32 women in Bengaluru forced into sex work at pubs rescued after massive raid

Mango Tree in Indiranagar reportedly doubled up as a dance bar on weekends, and the women were made to dance topless in the bar. Cops suspect that there was a sex trade racket being run in the pub.

Jul 5, 2018

Newly-married woman murders husband by slitting his throat in Bihar

The woman killed her husband less than a week after the wedding, in Bihar's Saran district.

Jul 5, 2018

Sunanda Pushkar case: Delhi HC grants Shashi Tharoor anticipatory bail, bars him from travelling abroad

Tharoor was granted bail on the condition that he does not leave the country, as he is due to appear before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal on Saturday.

Jul 5, 2018

Police say UK couple was poisoned with nerve agent Novichok

The couple was found unconscious on Saturday as police earlier concluded it was a case of drug-poisoning. Tests have now shown that Novichok was used, similar to that of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal.

Jul 5, 2018

Rohingya in Bangladesh: Unexplained killings in refugee camps spark fear among residents

Bangladesh is deploying thousands of extra police to Rohingya refugee camps in the south, officials said, after a series of mostly unexplained killings that have sown fear among hundreds of thousands of people who have fled from neighbouring Myanmar.

Jul 5, 2018

Sunanda Pushkar case: Delhi Court to announce decision on Shashi Tharoor's anticipatory bail plea

After reserving its order on Wednesday, the Delhi High Court is likely to pronounce its verdict today on Shashi Tharoor's bail plea. The SIT has reportedly objected to the plea.

Jul 5, 2018

Pune-based businessman shot dead in Navi Mumbai

The businessman was allegedly killed by two bike-borne assailants during a late-night shooting in the city.

Jul 5, 2018

92-year-old American woman kills son to avoid going to care home

She killed her son after he tried to get her to move to an assisted living facility.

Jul 4, 2018

Delhi mass suicide: What is shared psychosis? Burari case involving death of 11 family members gets murkier

As bizarre details trickle in, it is now being said that the Bhatia family could have been suffering from "shared psychosis," due to which they believed that the late father of Lalit Bhatia, one of the deceased, was speaking to them and wanted them to perform the ritual.

Jul 4, 2018