Crime

Police appeal for jogger who pushed woman in front of bus

Police have released dramatic CCTV footage of the moment a jogger appeared to push a woman into the path of an oncoming bus in Putney on 5 May. The 33-year-old victim was walking across Putney Bridge on the east side heading towards Putney Bridge Tube Station, when a male jogger knocked her over into the road and into the path of an oncoming bus, which narrowly missed hitting her.

Aug 8, 2017

Dileep to remain in prison for 2 more weeks, remand extended

Dileep was produced before the first class judicial magistrate in Angamaly through video conferencing.

Aug 8, 2017

Explosives, detonators found in car in Thane scrapyard; 3 detained

At least 15 kg of ammonium nitrate and nine detonator sticks were recovered from an SUV car when the police and anti-terror agencies raided a scrap yard at Daighar in the Thane district of Maharashtra.

Aug 7, 2017

Haryana BJP leader Ramveer Bhatti blames stalked girl as CCTV footage goes missing

Haryana BJP leader Ramveer Bhatti on Monday asked why the girl, who has accused party leader Subhash Barala's son of stalking her, was out at midnight driving a car. Read to know more.

Aug 7, 2017

Is Blue Whale Challenge popular among kids in Kerala? Police request parents to be alert

Blue Whale Challenger, a psychotic phenomenon, has claimed the life of several people across the globe.

Aug 7, 2017

Indian doctor arrested for allegedly groping 16-year-old on United Airlines flight

An Indian doctor has been arrested for allegedly groping a minor girl sitting next to him on a New Jersey-bound United Airlines flight.

Aug 7, 2017

Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala's son held for stalking IAS officer's daughter; Oppn demands resignation

Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala's son Vikas Barala and his friend were arrested for stalking. Read on to know the victim's trauma and how she was rescued.

Aug 6, 2017

Kidnapped British model freed from Bitcoin sex slave auction in Milan

A British model was kidnapped and held captive for six days in Italy. The 20-year-old woman was drugged and put into a suitcase by a Polish national on 11 July. Lukasz Herba is accused of luring the woman to Milan with a fake photoshoot. He threatened to auction her off on the dark web as a sex slave. Italian media reports that Herba has links to the Black Death criminal organisation. He eventually dropped the woman off at the British consulate in Milan. The woman has a two-year-old child and may have been released because gangs rules; prevent them from trafficking mothers.

Aug 5, 2017

Did this 'Fakir' combine Sai Baba and sleight of hand to steal a gold ring?

An impostor on Thursday duped a senior citizen of Rs 30,000 in Pune by posing as a 'fakir' (godman) and swallowing his gold ring to help him get rid of all his problems.

Aug 5, 2017

Dileep's D Cinemaas shuts down; woes continue to hound actor

The officials had conducted a survey and gave a clean chit to the actor stating that D Cinemaas is not built on encroached land.

Aug 5, 2017

Missing Indian expat found dead in Sharjah under mysterious circumstances

The body of 35-year-old Dixon, who was working in the UAE, was found partially-decomposed in a parked car in Sharjah's Al Qulayaa area on Wednesday.

Aug 4, 2017

Acid attack victim calls for tougher sentences

Acid attacks in England have doubled over the past five years, with 503 attacks recorded so far in 2017. In the last 12 months, police have recorded 446 attacks in London alone.

Aug 4, 2017

Who is Abhinav Srivastava? 10 things about Bangalore engineer held for Aadhaar data theft

Here are 10 things to know about the IIT engineer who has been arrested by Bengaluru Police over illegal Aadhaar data access.

Aug 4, 2017

Michelle Carter sentenced to two and a half years for texting suicide case

Michelle Carter, who sent texts urging her then-boyfriend Conrad Roy III to commit suicide, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for involuntary manslaughter, with 15 months to be served and the rest suspended, followed by five years of probation.

Aug 4, 2017

Did Ola engineer arrested in Bengaluru really have illegal access to Aadhaar data?

A Bengaluru-based engineer has been arrested by the police for allegedly accessing Aadhaar data of people illegally and building an app which verifies it. Read to know more.

Aug 4, 2017