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Friday, June 29, 2012

Woman sets daughters, self on fire

Woman sets daughters, self on fire
Man allegedly kills mother, brother for money
Flying to Chennai today? Check timings
Drop boxes for abandoned babies in West Bengal hospitals
Industrialist offers this video as "evidence" against Dhoble
16-year-old girl in Rajasthan alleges she was gang raped in car for 20 days
No parole for Haryana prisoners in first 5 years
295 star tortoises seized from man at Tamil Nadu airport
Nine-year-old hit for asking for food
School bus driver runs over child who died from injuries
Woman who killed 4-year-old daughter commits suicide
Torrential rains knock down tree, woman killed
Pune cops asks 15-year-old to get back with her husband
Conman marries, loots and leaves... five times
Just one morning of rain sinks Mumbai suburbs
Three dead in intense heat wave in Uttar Pradesh
One elephant killed, another injured in accident on Noida expressway
Not invited to dinner, man kills neighbour

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 07:16 PM PDT

A woman allegedly committed suicide after killing her two daughters in Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh, police said.

Man allegedly kills mother, brother for money

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 07:10 PM PDT

A 30-year-old unemployed man killed his mother and younger brother in Rajasthan's Ajmer on Friday after they refused to lend him money, police sa

Flying to Chennai today? Check timings

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 12:01 PM PDT

If you're flying to or from Chennai today, best to double-check your flight's timings. The runway at the airport is closing from 1 to 7 pm for renovation.

Drop boxes for abandoned babies in West Bengal hospitals

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 09:17 AM PDT

Cradles or drop boxes at state-run hospitals for unwanted babies is an idea being mulled by a West Bengal minister to prevent them from being abandoned in garbage vats, railway stations and public pla...

Industrialist offers this video as "evidence" against Dhoble

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 08:09 AM PDT

Mumbai police officer Vasant Dhoble and his infamous raids, often conducted while he wields a hockey stick or a camera, have provoked much anger among Mumbai residents who accuse him of imposing archa...

16-year-old girl in Rajasthan alleges she was gang raped in car for 20 days

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 08:09 AM PDT

A 16-year-old girl has lodged a complaint with the police that she was abducted, confined to a car and gang-raped for 20 days by five men in Rajasthan's Ajmer district, police said on Friday. The girl...

No parole for Haryana prisoners in first 5 years

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 05:02 AM PDT

Hard core criminals lodged in Haryana jails would not be able to avail parole for the first five years of their sentence, a senior police officer said here on Friday. A proposal to amend existing rule...

295 star tortoises seized from man at Tamil Nadu airport

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 03:32 AM PDT

Customs Air Intelligence officials seized 295 live star tortoises from a Kuala Lumpur bound passenger at the Tiruchirappalli airport.

Nine-year-old hit for asking for food

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 03:11 AM PDT

A nine-year-old girl was allegedly beaten up by a hostel superintendent on June 26 in Maharashtra's Nanded district because she asked for food, it emerged today.

School bus driver runs over child who died from injuries

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 02:49 AM PDT

A 12-year-old boy who had been run over by a private school bus met with a tragic death on Wednesday after failing to get adequate treatment in time. The bus driver, Deepak Rajaram Ghurav, 49, who ran...

Woman who killed 4-year-old daughter commits suicide

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 02:22 AM PDT

A woman who allegedly killed her four-year-old daughter in a fit of rage in Raghuji Nagar in Nagpur has committed suicide by jumping before a running train, police said today.

Torrential rains knock down tree, woman killed

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 02:13 AM PDT

The torrential downpours have just begun in the city, and the monsoon menace has already claimed its first victim. Ashwini Satpute, 24, lost her life in a tree-falling incident at Ganpatrao Kadam Marg...

Pune cops asks 15-year-old to get back with her husband

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 02:13 AM PDT

Officials of the Dehu Road police station have come under heavy criticism for allegedly turning down a 15-year-old's plea to register a complaint of domestic violence against her husband and in-laws. ...

Conman marries, loots and leaves... five times

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 01:53 AM PDT

The Kherwadi police are on the lookout for the 30-year-old former call centre employee, who ran an elaborate ruse to cheat women after marrying them. Till date there are six victims identified by the ...

Just one morning of rain sinks Mumbai suburbs

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 01:23 AM PDT

Despite government agencies claiming that the city was ready to tackle the monsoons this year, the rainfall that started yesterday morning in the suburbs once again proved them wrong. Within just a fe...