Saturday, September 3, 2011

Woman, two sons burnt to death for dowry

Woman, two sons burnt to death for dowry

Woman, two sons burnt to death for dowry

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 01:20 AM PDT

A woman and her two little children were burnt to death allegedly for more dowry at Jaitukhad village in Palamau district of Jharkhand on Saturday.

35 detained after violent clashes between lekhpals and lawyers

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 01:16 AM PDT

Two lawyers have been killed and six injured when lekhpals, or land record officials, opened fire during a violent clash between lawyers and lekhpals. The incident happened in the Mohomm-Aadi tehsil of the Lakhimpur-Kehri district in Uttar Pradesh.

12-year-old boy killed for mobile phone

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 12:52 AM PDT

A 12-year-old boy employed at a mobile shop was brutally beaten to death by his employer and another man, over the alleged theft of a cell phone.

Anna effect: Mumbai hawkers help police nab a 'fake' cop

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 12:32 AM PDT

Taking a leaf out of the book of anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare, hawkers here helped police catch a 38-year-old fake Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) cop for allegedly extorting money from them, police said on Saturday.

Five children killed as wall collapses

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 05:50 PM PDT

Five children were killed as a wall collapsed on them in central Mumbai on Saturday, police said.

Woman held for making hoax bomb call

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 04:35 PM PDT

A 32-year-old woman was arrested on Saturday for making a hoax call two days ago that bombs were planted at Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa's residence, police said.

Lawyer strangled with shoelace

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 10:55 AM PDT

A 28-year-old lawyer was strangled to death by unidentified persons and his body was found in bushes today at some distance from his residence in Bijnor, police said.

Woman burnt to death for failing to bear male child

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 10:42 AM PDT

A man along with his family members allegedly killed his wife for not being able to give birth to a male child in Muzaffarnagar's Mandawli village, police said.

Minor girl gang-raped at gun-point; accused make MMS clip

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 10:35 AM PDT

A 12-year-old Dalit girl was sexually assaulted at gun-point by three men who also made an MMS clip of the act in Daurala area of the district, police said today.

Kerala-bound passenger dies following heart attack

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 08:18 AM PDT

A Kerala-bound passenger today died following heart attack at the airport here, officials said. Chandrasekaran Nair, 55, had come to board an Air India flight to Thiruvanathapuram this morning and collapsed at the airport, sources said.

Five women drown as vehicle falls into canal

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 08:16 AM PDT

Five women drowned and 12 others were injured when a vehicle in which they were travelling lost control and plunged into a canal near Kadhal town in the district, police said today.

3 students attempt suicide for fear of failure

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 08:01 AM PDT

Three medical students at the government-run Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Medical College tried to commit suicide by consuming poison on Friday night.

15-year-old set on fire for rejecting marriage proposal

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 06:39 AM PDT

A 15-year-old girl was set on fire by two men in the Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh on Monday night.

Kidnappers cut eight-year-old girl's tongue

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 06:36 AM PDT

Kidnapped, tortured and even burnt for petty revenge, eight-year-old Khushboo still has nightmares about her ordeal. The girl who lives in Noida with her parents, went missing on April 30 this year. Khushboo was kidnapped by a woman named Rita, a former neighbour who had a quarrel with her mother. She was held and brutally tortured for months by Rita and her husband Sudhanshu a chaiwala and Sudhanshu's second wife Poonam, before she managed to escape a few days back.
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