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Bengaluru: A 27-year-old eatery assistant was arrested on charges of molesting a motorist when she slowed down her vehicle near a pothole in Kamakshipalya, Magadi Road. The accused is Vinod Kumar, a first-time offender residing at Madeshwaranagar, Herohalli. He was sent to judicial custody in Bengaluru Central Prison.According to Kamakshipalya police, the woman was riding her gearless scooter near Summanahalli Junction last week and her husband was following in his car. "When the woman slowed down, Vinod, who was following on another two-wheeler, stopped his vehicle and abused her. When she objected, he molested her and rode away. The woman's husband tried to chase him, but in vain," police said.Cops scanned 50 peices of CCTV footage and traced the suspect to his house.
Chennai: Hours before Union home minister Amit Shah was to arrive in Madurai, Thuglak editor and an associate of Shah, S Gurumurthy on Saturday met PMK founder S Ramadoss. The PMK leader, however, ruled out the possibility of meeting Amit Shah during his two-day visit to Tamil Nadu.Gurumurthy met Ramadoss for the second time amid reported tension within PMK regarding alliance strategies and insistence by Anbumani Ramadoss to remain party president. The hour-long meeting took place at the T Nagar residence of A K Vijay Mahesh, son of former Union minister and PMK leader A K Moorthy, sources sai ...Read More >
The body of the student has been shifted to a private hospital. Bengaluru: In yet another pothole-related incident in Bengaluru, a 22-year-old student was killed after she came under the wheels of a tipper truck while trying to avoid a pothole in North Bengaluru's Avalahalli area on Monday. The second-year B.Com student, identified as Dhanushree, was travelling to her college on a two-wheeler when she lost balance and fell onto the road after abruptly changing direction in an attempt to avoid ...Read More >
New Delhi: Police have apprehended a brother-sister duo linked to Thak-Thak gang for a spate of chain-snatching incidents across south Delhi. The accused, a 24-year-old woman and her 17-year-old brother from Dakshinpuri, were allegedly involved in multiple cases reported from Malviya Nagar, Kotla Mubarakpur and Kartavya Path. According to police, the siblings -- nicknamed "Bunty and Babli" -- mostly targeted women walking alone. The minor drove a two-wheeler while his sister, riding pillion, snat ...Read More >
VISAKHAPATNAM: Energy Minister Gottipati Ravi Kumar inaugurated Andhra Pradesh's first Super ECBC (Energy Conservation Building Code) compliant building at Sagar Nagar in Visakhapatnam on Friday. Terming it a landmark in sustainable infrastructure, he emphasised the government's commitment to energy efficiency and green design in public facilities. The facility will serve as a national-level training hub for power sector staff. He urged power utilities to expedite 20 lakh rooftop solar connections, targeting 10,000 in each Assembly segment. He reaffirmed nine-hour uninterrupted power for agri ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The body of a 34-year-old woman was found stuffed inside a bag and dumped in a garbage truck parked near a skating ground in Banashankari IInd Stage on Sunday morning. Police suspect the deceased to be Pushpa, also known as Asha, a resident of the Venugopal Nagar slum in Hulimavu.The body was found around 2am by a resident who had gone to dispose of waste and noticed the suspicious bag in the truck. He immediately alerted police. Chennammanakere Achukattu police have registered a case of murder and begun investigation.Initially, police had no leads on the woman's identity. However, ...Read More >
PATNA: Bihar police on Sunday claimed to have zeroed in on the gang involved in the murder of a prominent businessman Gopal Khemka in the city late on Friday night. Inspector General (IG), Patna range, Jitendra Rana said that police have collected substantial clue in the case and were about to solve the mystery behind the murder of Khemka. Police collected evidence during interrogation of some hardcore criminals languishing in Beur Central Jail in Patna, a few hours after the incident. "Several teams are on their job and we are close to cracking the case," he told the media. In a related de ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: A 70-year-old man, Mukulrajmohan Mishra, died after being hit by a BMW allegedly driven by a drunk driver near Arnidesh Bungalows in Gandhinagar's Sargasan area early Thursday.The driver, identified as 30-year-old Vatsal Kariya, a tour operator from Rajkot, was booked by Adalaj police in Gandhinagar. The incident took place around 7 am, when Mishra had stepped out on his scooter to buy milk.According to the police complaint, Mishra's son, Bharatmohan Mishra, received a call from a passerby informing him about the accident. When he rushed to the spot, he found his father had sustaine ...Read More >
On Wednesday evening, 2 parked scooters exploded just seconds apart around 7:30 pm, injuring six people and damaging nearby shops A team from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is likely to visit the site of the twin scooter blasts that took place in Kanpur on Wednesday evening, sources told News18. As part of its standard operating procedure, the NIA examines any suspected blast site, particularly when the motive or cause remains unclear. The agency is in contact with the Uttar Pradesh An ...Read More >
Ghaziabad: The police arrested a couple on Wednesday for robbing a pedestrian in Crossings Republik on Nov 15. Wave City ACP Lipi Nagayach said unknown individuals on a scooter snatched a woman's gold chain near Ajnara market in the Crossings Republik area on Nov 15. Once the woman filed a complaint, a case was registered under section 304 (snatching) of BNS, and police teams were formed to probe the incident. "With the help of CCTV footage, manual input, surveillance, and a tip-off, Vivek Pandey (29) and his wife Kirti Sharma (28) were nabbed from Chitrawan society in the Crossings Republik ...Read More >
New Delhi: Three Indian citizens vanished mysteriously in Tehran. Darkness closed in as hope seemed lost. A ruthless Pakistani gang with potential links to ISI snatched them away, casting a shadow of fear. But relentless Indian diplomats refused to back down. Against all odds, a daring rescue mission ignited. Now, the captives are free, and a chilling game of espionage comes to light. The Punjab-based trio - Amritpal Singh from Hoshiarpur, Jaspal Singh from SBS Nagar and Hushnapreet Singh from Sangrur - had landed in Iran on May 1. Promised a clandestine route to Australia via Dubai and Tehra ...Read More >
Shimla: Heavy rains lashed Himachal Pradesh on Sunday, triggering landslides and flash floods and blocking more than 100 roads, even as the weather department issued a red alert.A landslide at Chakki Mod near Parwanoo blocked the Chandigarh-Shimla highway for hours, resulting in a massive traffic jam Sunday morning. The local administration had to divert traffic through the Jangeshu link road until the landslide debris was cleared at Chakki Mod.The traffic was first restored one-way and later two-way, but the traffic jam continued on both sides of the highway throughout the day due to slow veh ...Read More >
Screengrab of the incident that took place last week. ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * A vehicle driven by a Congress MLA's son hit a police constable in Madhya Pradesh * The accused is Pushpraj Singh, son of Congress MLA Sena Patel from Jobat * The vehicle had no number plate and was driven at high speed Did our AI summary help? Let us know. A high speeding vehicle driven by a Congress MLA's son rammed into a police constable before crashing into an electric po ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi govt has prepared a plan under which Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus drivers and conductors will receive regular training, with a focus on ethical values, customer service and safe driving, transport minister Pankaj Singh said on Friday. The move is for improving the public image of DTC buses.The minister mentioned that DTC bus drivers who fail to halt at designated stops or are found speeding will face strict departmental action.Several commuters have complained about the behaviour of DTC bus drivers. There have alleged that the buses often fail to stop at the designate ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta took to X on Wednesday to address the attack on her during a public hearing at her Civil Lines camp office earlier in the day.In her statement in Hindi, Gupta said the assault "was not just an attack on me, but a cowardly attempt on our resolve to serve Delhi and work for the welfare of the public." She added that she was initially in shock but is now recovering and urged well-wishers not to visit her, promising to return to her duties soon. "Naturally, I was in shock after this attack, but I am now feeling better. I request all my well-wishers not t ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Police on Saturday recreated the sequence of events concerning the February 1 firing at film producer-director Rohit Shetty's Juhu residence, and the scooter trail at the centre of the incident. "We took the accused to Pune and returned with them to understand how long it had taken them to bring the scooter to Mumbai, and the route they took before parking the two-wheeler outside Vile Parle railway station in Mumbai. The keys to the scooter were left in the vehicle. The shooter, who we s ...Read More >
LUCKNOW: Hours after the abduction and rape of a three-year-old girl sleeping with her mother under a bridge near Alambagh metro station, the accused was killed in an encounter with Lucknow police early Friday.The accused, identified as Deepak Verma, a habitual offender with multiple criminal cases lodged across city police stations, was traced through CCTV footage that captured him fleeing with the child on a white scooter around 3.30 am on Thursday.Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central Zone) Ashish Srivastava said multiple police teams were formed immediately after the incident, and a rewar ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Jun 7 (PTI) A 26-year-old man allegedly beheaded his wife following a heated argument on the outskirts of Bengaluru after he suspected her of having an extra-marital affair, police said on Saturday. After killing Manasa, Shankar travelled with her severed head on his scooter to the nearest police station and confessed to the crime, they said. The man was later arrested, police said, adding that the incident occurred at Heelalige village, near Chandapura, Anekal taluk late on Friday. According to the police, the couple were married for over five years and have a four-year-old daug ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A 10-year-old schoolgirl died in an accident involving a BMTC bus on Kogilu Main Road at Yelahanka in Bengaluru on Thursday morning, reported The Hindu. The victim, identified as Tanvi Krishna, a Class 5 student, was travelling on a scooter with her mother, Harshitha, on their way to school. Police said Harshitha lost control of the two-wheeler, causing both of them to fall. While the mother sustained minor injuries, Tanvi, who was riding pillion, slipped under the bus and died on the spot. The Yelahanka Traffic Police have registered a case against the bus driver for rash and ne ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Dec 5 (Maxim News): The Bhavani Nagar Police on Friday arrested four men, including a receiver, in the Rs 40 lakh robbery case reported at Talabkatta on November 30. The police recovered cash of Rs 34.6 lakh along with mobile phones, two-wheelers and a knife used in the offence. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp Police said the key suspect, Mohd Zahid, a friend of the victim, Mohd Sultan had tipped off his associates after learning that the complainant had kept a large cash amount for a house purchase. As per the plan, Syed Irfan and Mudassir Alahi allegedly entered the victim's house ...Read More >
CCTV footage from the area showed a man dragging a gunny bag out of an office building and later riding a scooter towards the bridge. In a shocking incident, a 30-year-old man allegedly killed her office HR manager and later beheaded and dismembered her body before dumping near a bridge over the Yamuna river in Uttar Pradesh's Agra, police said on Monday. Police said that they tracked down the accused, identified as 30-year-old Vinay Singh, after the woman's naked, headless body was found insid ...Read More >
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Another CCTV footage of Raja and Sonam Raghuwanshi outside a hotel in Sohra surfaced on Friday. In the footage, the couple is seen arriving at the hotel on the same scooter on May 22 afternoon, which was found abandoned the next day. Both were wearing raincoats, and Sonam was seen in a black and red raincoat, which she later removed and placed in the scooter's dickey after the couple dropped off their luggage at the hotel reception. Surprisingly, on Wednesday, Meghalaya police recovered a black and red raincoat with stains. While police suspect it belonged to Sonam, ...Read More >
Bengaluru: They were all minors but wanted to make quick bucks to splurge on drugs, cigarettes and snacks. Setting eyes on lone victims, mainly pedestrians near bus stands or isolated streets, three Class IX students and one first-year PU student ganged up for pre-dawn robberies across East Bengaluru for over a year. However their luck ran out when they snatched the valuables of a woman on July 3. Caught by KR Puram police, they are now cooling their heels in jail.On the morning of July 3, a woman in her 50s was walking past Garden City College when two of the juveniles, riding a stolen gearle ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 9 (ANI): Following the violent protest at Kerala University, a case has been registered against 27 activists of the ruling CPM's Students Federation of India (SFI), including its state secretary P S Sanjeev, who has been named the prime accused, police said. The case also names 1,000 identifiable protesters who have been accused of damaging public property, forcibly entering the university campus, and assaulting police and university staff, police said on Tuesday. Also Read | Nobel Peace Prize 2025: From Mahatma Gandhi to Jawaharlal Nehru, Check Full ...Read More >
New Delhi: A close friendship between two men in West Delhi's Khayala neighbourhood ended in tragedy on Sunday after both of them fatally stabbed each other during an argument. The victims, identified as Sandeep and Arif, were lifelong friends in B‑Block of Khayala Colony. Neighbours often remarked on their inseparable bond, frequently witnessing the pair spending time together, attended by their wives and children. However, beneath this deep companionship, tensions reportedly brewed. On Sunday afternoon, the two met at a nearby park in the colony. An argument took place between them and rep ...Read More >
Chhattisgarh: A 17-year-old boy died in a tragic road accident on Monday night in the Supela area of Bhilai. The accident took place when he was out on a scooter with his friend and a stray dog appeared in front of him suddenly, while trying to save him, the scooter slipped out of control and both the riders fell into the drain on the side of the road. In the accident, one of them died on the spot, while the other was injured. The whole incident was captured by the CCTV camera and is now going viral on the Internet. The deceased was identified as Raunak Dwivedi. According to the information r ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Amid worsening weather conditions and continuous rainfall in parts of Uttar Pradesh, all government and private schools from Classes 1 to 12 in Lucknow will remain closed on Monday, according to district magistrate Visakh G Iyer.Several parts of Varanasi were inundated on Monday following relentless downpours and a steady rise in the water level of the River Ganga. The river has been rising continuously since Saturday, triggering concerns of urban flooding.In response, authorities have suspended all boat operations on the Ganga as a precautionary measure. Several residents were seen ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Dec 15 (PTI) A 27-year-old man was arrested for allegedly targeting and molesting women who were walking or riding alone during evening hours, police said on Monday. The accused, identified as Vinod T, worked at a sandwich outlet in the city and had allegedly been involved in such acts for over a month, they said. According to police, the accused would target women during evening hours and, if he found them walking or riding alone, would suddenly approach them, hug them tightly or touch them inappropriately, and then flee the spot on his two-wheeler. The matter came to light afte ...Read More >
Thane: Two unidentified bike-borne assailants opened fire at the office of BJP candidate Pawan Walekar contesting the Ambernath Municipal Council polls a little after midnight on Wednesday. Pawan's security guard sustained injury when shards of broken glass pierced his finger due to the impact of the bullets on the windows, police said.With just three days left for Ambernath to go to polls, the firing incident, which took place the day chief minister Devendra Fadnavis was scheduled to address a rally there, has heightened political tensions and raised serious concerns about law and order in th ...Read More >
Lucknow: On the night of the crime, Deepak visited the Alambagh Metro Station two to three times, observing the surroundings.The crime occurred in an area surrounded by three police outposts, including a pink booth designated for women's safety, located just 300 metres from the crime scene where the girl was sleeping with her mother. Despite the police presence around, the accused, Deepak, managed to carry out the horrific assault and escape."Once he was certain that the girl's parents were in deep sleep, he kidnapped the girl, committed the rape, and fled towards the service road. Showing no ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh administration has strengthened security arrangements across several districts including Lucknow, Sambhal, and Moradabad to ensure peace and avoid any disruption, as Muharram processions and the Kanwar Yatra are being held at the same time.Large crowds gathered for Muharram processions across different regions, while preparations for the Kanwar Yatra are also underway. Police personnel have been deployed in all sensitive areas, and surveillance is being carried out using drones and CCTV cameras.In SambhalDistrict Magistrate Dr Rajender Pensiya while speaking to ANI ...Read More >