Crime

Chennai, Aug 20 (BPNS) The amended Motor Vehicles Act of Tamil Nadu has now given a provision leading to the arrest of any person who is staring at women on a bus. Acts like whistling, obscene gestures, and sexual overtures in bus against women also fall under the category of crime in the state after […]

Thiruvananthapuram, August 18 (BPNS) The police on Wednesday arrested four persons in connection with the murder of a CPI(M) local committee member in Palakkad last Sunday. According to police, personal rivalry along with local political disputes resulted in the murder of K Shajahan. The 40-year-old was hacked to death on the eve of Independence Day […]

Baghpat (UP), Aug 15 (PTI) A man in his 20s killed his father and two sisters over a property dispute in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district, police said on Monday. The accused was identified as Amar alias Lakshay, they said. Superintendent of Police Neeraj Jadaun said a few days ago Amar’s father Brijpal (60), a resident of […]

New York, Aug 12 (IANS)  Author Salman Rushdie, who has a multi-million-dollar bounty on his head, was stabbed on Friday while he was on stage readying to speak at an event in New York State on the US as the home of creative expression. State Police said Rushdie, who appeared to have been stabbed in […]

Thiruvananthapuram, August 11 (BPNS) The police have arrested a woman on charges of torturing a sixth-standard student. The arrestee happens to be the victim’s second mother and is also an Asha worker of Chittattukara grama panchayath in Ernakulam. The arrest follows after the girl revealed her ordeal to the school authorities after some teachers expressed […]

Chennai, Aug 10 (BPNS) Police are on the trial of promoters of an investment firm after a mega fraud of Rs 6000 crore is detected in Tamil Nadu.  Vellore-based LNS International Financial Services (IFS) has swindled a mammoth Rs 6000 crore from several investors across the state that including hundreds of policemen. Police sources told […]

Thiruvananthapuram, August 8, BPNS A 21-year-old migrant laborer has been arrested for allegedly murdering a 68-year-old woman in the capital city, Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. The accused, Adam Ali was arrested by the Railway Protection Force from Chennai. It was on Sunday that Adam fled to Chennai after committing the said murder of the senior citizen […]

Gurugram, Aug 6 (BPNS)  A retired woman IAS officer was reportedly duped of around Rs 2 lakh on the pretext of online home delivery of liquor in Gurugram. Based on a complaint received through the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), an FIR has been registered at the city’s cybercrime police station (east), the police said. […]

Kolkata, Aug 6 (BPNS)  A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) trooper, deployed at the Indian Museum at the busy Park Street crossing, on Saturday opened indiscriminate fire from his AK-47 rifle, killing a colleague and injuring another one critically, police said. After the incident, the rogue trooper hid within the museum premises with his weapon. […]