Crime

Woman's arm chopped off by father a week after inter-caste marriage in Hyderabad

Madhavi belongs to OBC community, while 21-year-old B Sandeep is from the Dalit community. Madhavi's father Manohar Chary, a goldsmith, was against the inter-caste marriage.

Sep 20, 2018

Five boys escape from Bihar juvenile home after killing warden and fellow inmate

The police are now investigating how the boys got hold of a gun. They allegedly threatened the guard of the facility and escaped.

Sep 20, 2018

Pakistani troops' barbarism at border: BSF jawan found with slit throat, eyes gouged out

The brutal and "unprecedented" incident that took place in the Ramgarh sector on Tuesday has prompted the security forces to issue a "high alert" across the IB and Line of Control (LoC).

Sep 19, 2018

Telangana (dis)honour killing: Pranay's wife reminisces 'WhatsApp vows' amid battle against caste

A Congress worker, Mohammad Abdul Kareem, was already suspended after suspected of his involvement in the murder.

Sep 19, 2018

Dawood's close aides likely to attend India-Pakistan Asia Cup match; agencies on high alert

Two most wanted gangsters, close to the underworld don, are likely to attend the match.

Sep 18, 2018

Telangana honour killing: Contract killers paid Rs 1 crore; cops probe ISI link

Amrutha Varshini's family belongs to the Vaishya community which is considered a forward caste. Her father is a multi-millionaire and is considered as an influential person in the area.

Sep 18, 2018

Sheena Bora case: Indrani and Peter Mukerjea file for divorce after 16 years of marriage

Earlier in August, Indrani had filed for a bail citing 'ill-health' and a 'threat to her life' in prison but her application was rejected.

Sep 18, 2018

Who shot down MH17? Russia says Buk missile belonged to Ukraine

Russian military says the missiles that brought down MH-17 belonged to the 223rd anti-aircraft defence regiment of the Ukrainian armed forces.

Sep 17, 2018

CBI chargesheet against Mallya likely in a month; bank officials may be named accused

This would be first chargesheet in the case pertaining to loans of over Rs 6,000 crore given to Kingfisher by a consortium of 17 banks led by State Bank of India which alone had an exposure of Rs 1600 crore.

Sep 16, 2018

Kerala nun rape case: Jalandhar Bishop Mulakkal steps down ahead of sexual assault investigation

The Kerala police issued a notice to the Bishop to appear before the police on September 19. On the same day, Bishop Mulakkal issued a statement handing over his duties to Monsignor Mathew Kokkandum to manage the diocese in his absence.

Sep 15, 2018

Bhopal shelter home rape case: Ex-army man arrested for sexually assaulting deaf, mute inmates

MP Awasthi, the founder and an ex-army man has been accused of sexually assaulting two girls and three boys. He was arrested on Saturday.

Sep 15, 2018

Madhya Pradesh priest confesses to 4 murders over fake degree, liquor brawl

The Madhya Pradesh police had discovered a naked body with its head smashed near a temple in Mandi Bamora, 186 km east of Bhopal.

Sep 14, 2018

Delhi court orders framing of molestation charges against ex-TERI chief RK Pachauri

RK Pachauri was the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Director-General of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) when he was asked to resign due to the sexual harassment charges in 2015.

Sep 14, 2018

ISRO espionage case: SC grants Rs 50 lakh in damages to acquitted scientist Nambi Narayanan

Nambi Narayanan was falsely implicated in an espionage case for selling confidential ISRO data to Maldivian intelligence officers in 1994. There were claims that Narayanan along with another ISRO scientist sold the data for millions.

Sep 14, 2018

19-year-old girl in Rewari kidnapped and gang-raped; investigation underway

The victim's family members were threatened by the accused not to report the sexual assault.

Sep 14, 2018