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Man shoots himself dead in Delhi
A 50-year-old man, who used to run a public welfare trust, shot himself dead with his licensed pistol at his house on Wednesday, police said. A suicide note was recovered from his possession in
Read More »Cyber crime rises in Austria
Cyber crime in Austria has risen sharply, said authorities. The cases totalled 7,729 in the first three quarters this year, compared to 3,114 in the same period of 2011, reported agency. There was a
Read More »Minor raped in Delhi on promise of job
A 16-year-old girl was raped by a transport company owner here when she approached him in search of a job, police said on Tuesday. The victim, who has studied up to Class 8, was
Read More »Sachin Pilot’s uncle shot in UP
An uncle of union minister Sachin Pilot was on Tuesday shot at in Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur town, leaving him critically injured, police said. Ashok Kasana, 60, was sleeping in his cattle yard in Nizampur
Read More »Minor girl raped in Bengal
Shortly after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the media of ‘glorifying rape’, a police complaint was filed on Monday about a minor school girl being assaulted in Cooch Behar district of the
Read More »Alcoholic stabs two policemen to death in China
A drunken villager stabbed two policemen to death in China when they tried to stop him from disturbing other people. The incident took place on Monday in Yiliang county in the southwest province of
Read More »Smoking cannabis not criminal offence: British charity
Smoking cannabis was just like eating junk food and gambling, and should not be treated like a criminal offence, says a report by a British drug commission. The UK Drug Policy Commission said drug-taking
Read More »Nigerian orphan girls forced into sex trade in Britain
At least three teenaged Nigerian orphan girls were brought to Britain by a trafficker and forced into prostitution and sold like slaves after being subjected to witchcraft rituals, a court has heard. The Canterbury
Read More »Britain to publish criminals’ photos on website
Police in Britain will publish photographs of thousands of criminals as well as the details of their offences and sentences on a new website. By entering a postcode and at the click of a
Read More »Pakistani anti-polio official’s son ‘abducted’
A 12-year-old son of a woman official, working with the polio virus eradication programme in Pakistan, has reportedly been “abducted” after he went out to the market and never returned home. The three-day nationwide
Read More »One killed by friend over Rs.100
A 45-year-old man was stabbed to death by his friend after a heated argument over Rs.100 here, police said Friday. The incident was reported on Thursday around 10.30 p.m. in west Delhi’s Rohini area.
Read More »Minor raped in Gurgaon
A seven-year-old girl was on Thursday raped and abused by her juvenile neighbour here, police said. A case of abducton and rape was registered against the 17-year-old accused at Sector-5 police station. According to
Read More »Three arrested for abduction of Meerut sports goods maker
Three of the five men involved in the abduction of a sports goods manufacturer and exporter from this town in Uttar Pradesh have been arrested, police said on Thursday. Sudhir Mahajan (55), managing director
Read More »Delhi teenager kills father over money
A 19-year-old boy killed his 60-year-old father here after a heated argument over money and tried to burn his body after leaving it in the house for two days, police said on Thursday. The
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