Goondas can now be detained for one year
The period of preventive detention is to be extended from six months to one year, as per a state government decision.
This is with a view to giving more teeth to the Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Pr
Man held for killing mother, burying body at home
A man was arrested for allegedly murdering his 70-year-old mother and then burying her body in the house to destroy evidence in Saphale village of Thane district, police said on Friday.
Somwar Kaliya
Afghan girl's throat slit over refusal to wed
Two men have been arrested for slitting the throat of a 15-year-old Afghan girl after her family refused a marriage proposal, police said.
The girl was carrying water from a river to her village home
Afghan girl's throat slit over refusal to wed
Two men have been arrested for slitting the throat of a 15-year-old Afghan girl after her family refused a marriage proposal, police said.
The girl was carrying water from a river to her village home
7,253 theft, 549 drugging cases on trains till September 2012
As many as 7,253 theft and 549 drugging cases in trains were reported till September 2012, according to Railway Ministry data.
Maximum number of theft cases (1,406) were reported in Western Central R
Brokers make Rs 500 on ‘free’ Aadhaar cards
Aadhaar enrolment centres across the city are ruled by brokers while officials of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and the civil supplies department remain mute spectators.
In spi
Ex-serviceman bludgeoned to death
A retired Lance Naik was murdered in the city on Wednesday in Banaswadi police limits.
A 40-year-old retired Lance Naik, who was allegedly torturing his wife, was murdered by his father-in-law early
Principal watches porn at office in Kerala, quits
Dr. R Gireeshan, principal of the Corporative Medical College in Kalamassery, quit after he was allegedly caught by students while watching porn on his office computer.
The resignation came on Wedne
Kottayam man sexually abused daughters for 2 years, arrested
A thirty-year-old man has been arrested on the charge of sexually exploiting his two minor daughters over a period of two years.
Binu of Karikkode near Peruva in the district was held after his wife
PG medical scam: Hyderabad corporator son questioned
A Chandigarh court has recorded the statement of Barkatpura Congress corporator Diddi Rambabu’s son Dr D. Krishna in the PG medical (MS/MD) entrance scam being investigated by the CBI.
CBI-Chandigar