Crime

Texas victims include smiling Pakistani girl, fill-in teacher with two jobs

Eight students and four teachers were killed when a 17-year-old opened fire at a school in Texas on Friday, 18 May.

May 20, 2018

Police race to Texas high school after reports of gunfire

Houston-area media reported that the Harris County and Galveston County sheriff's offices were also sending deputies to the scene, and that a medical Life Flight was called to the school.

May 18, 2018

Woman's decomposed body with beer bottle thrust into private parts found in Bhopal

The woman was brutally raped and murdered in Bhopal. Foreign objects like a soft drink can and a beer bottle were inserted into her private parts, which had led to excessive bleeding.

May 18, 2018

Kolkata speech therapist gags and thrashes 2-year-old boy while treating him

The boy's mother has alleged that her son was gagged and slammed against the floor multiple times. He has suffered head injuries and his hands and legs have been bruised.

May 17, 2018

Man rapes mentally challenged minor after luring her away with a toy

The mentally challenged girl was allegedly raped in Delhi's Swaroop Nagar The culprit has been arrested and booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) 2012.

May 17, 2018

Parents face charges of torture and abuse, 10 neglected children rescued from squalor

Children aged between 4 months and 12 years were rescued after California police discovered the unsanitary living conditions at the house - with human and animal feces, urine, garbage and rotten food scattered across the floor.

May 15, 2018

TDP worker rapes 14-year-old multiple times, impregnates her

The TDP worker in Andhra Pradesh, had not only allegedly threatened the victim to remain silent, but had also given her Rs 100 to keep her from reporting the sexual assault.

May 14, 2018

Kerala woman arrested after confession that daughter was molested with her consent

The matter came to light after a two-hour long CCTV footage was aired on a news channel and even went viral online. The footage reportedly showed a middle-aged businessman, identified as Moideenkutty, sexually abusing the little girl throughout the movie, while her mother quietly sat next to her.

May 14, 2018

Teenage boy marries 23-year-old as terminally-ill mother needed adult woman in family

Thought the incident took place on April 27 in Upparahal village in Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh, it made headlines on Saturday.

May 13, 2018

Man arrested for masturbating at girls in Kolkata bus, conductor ignores their plight

One of two women, traveling in the Kolkata bus, recorded the incident and shared it on Facebook, following which the police nabbed the perpetrator late on Saturday.

May 13, 2018

Troll booked for offensive tweets against Kashmiri women; sparks outrage on social media [Updated]

The abusive tweets and handle were deleted shortly after they sparked outrage among Twitter users, but screenshots of the hate-speech were widely circulated in a matter of minutes.

May 12, 2018

Nawaz Sharif admits Pakistan's role in 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks

"Militant organizations are active. Call them non-state actors, should we allow them to cross the border and kill 150 people in Mumbai?" former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif told Dawn.

May 12, 2018

Lover stabs 21-year-old girl to death in Hyderabad resort

Upon investigating, the police officials found out that Prasad, the suspect, had already planned to kill the girl. He purchased the knife well in advance and managed to convince the girl to come with him to the resort in the outskirts of Hyderabad.

May 12, 2018

Who was Himanshu Roy? Mumbai top-cop allegedly kills self with service revolver

Himanshu Roy became an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Maharashtra Cadre 1988 batch. He is also known for investigating several sensational cases in the past – including the 2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing case.

May 11, 2018

Maharashtra: Vegetable vendor ends life over electricity bill of Rs 8.64 lakh

The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) claimed that the correct figure for the units consumed at the vegetable vendor's household should have been 6,117.8 KWH instead of 61,178 KWH.

May 11, 2018