"What if I am tortured by my daughter-in-law" - Suicide noteApril 28th, 2005 "If a woman is tortured, the first thing police do is arrest her in-laws, even though they are elderly. What if I am tortured by my daughter-in-law? All 498A(a section that deals with physical and mental torture of women) does is put people like us behind bars, it will never put my daughter-in-law behind bars.
Six killed in California family shootingMarch 30th, 2009 Six people, including three children, were killed in a family shooting at an upscale housing development in the heart of California's Silicon Valley, police said Monday. The suspected gunman was believed to be among the dead inside the modern home, said Santa Clara police Lieutenant Phil Cooke.'We do believe this appears to be a family-on-family murder-suicide,' Cooke said in a televised news conference.
Two arrested from Kolkata for Noida cyber fraudFebruary 16th, 2009 NOIDA - Two suspects have been arrested from Kolkata for the Rs.4 million fraud by a BPO employee who allegedly diverted insurance funds into accounts opened in Britain under false names, the police said Tuesday. The latest arrests were made a month after key accused Edward Burns, senior executive of a leading BPO firm here, was arrested Jan 17.
Two arrested from Kolkata for Noida cyber fraudFebruary 16th, 2009 NOIDA - Two suspects have been arrested from Kolkata for the Rs.4 million fraud by a BPO employee who allegedly diverted insurance funds into accounts opened in Britain under false names, the police said Tuesday. The latest arrests were made a month after key accused Edward Burns, senior executive of a leading BPO firm here, was arrested Jan 17.
Orissa man ends life after losing jobApril 11th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - A 25-year-old man from Orissa who had lost his job with a Mumbai software firm last year and was unable to find a new one committed suicide by consuming pesticide, police said here Saturday. Prasanta Jena, a resident of Nian Gorada village of Puri district, lost his job last December due to the global recession.
MC Hammer's cousin charged in Calif with raping woman he met on Twitter, no plea in courtAugust 11th, 2009 MC Hammer's cousin appears in court on rape chargePLEASANTON, Calif. —The cousin of rapper MC Hammer has been charged in California with raping a 40-year-old woman he met through an online social networking site.
Searching for love on net can leave you penniless!June 30th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - A 28-year-old woman lost RM19,000 after her cyber 'lover' tricked her into parting with her savings to help him start a business. She had thought that the cyber love affair was genuine after the stranger, purportedly from Ireland, popped the question.
Facebook scam leads Missouri woman to think her friend is in trouble, wire money to EnglandSeptember 2nd, 2009 Facebook scam leads woman to wire funds abroadST. LOUIS — Police say a Missouri woman was tricked into wiring about $4,000 to an account in England after receiving messages from a friend on Facebook asking for help.
Facebook, MySpace may cause kids to commit suicide, warns ArchbishopAugust 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace may drive kids to commit suicide, warns the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales. Archbishop Vincent Nichols says that the "transient relationships" such sites are making teenagers to develop leave them unable to cope when their social networks collapse.
Woman rescued from dangerous Internet contactFebruary 15th, 2009 WELLINGTON - Armed officers rescued a German woman who flew to Dunedin to meet a man she befriended online from what the New Zealand police described as a 'dangerous situation', a newspaper reported Monday. 'The man was not who he had portrayed himself to be in his Internet communications,' Detective Steve McGregor said in a statement to the Otago Daily Times.
Another techie from Andhra Pradesh dies in the USJanuary 21st, 2009 HYDERABAD - Muthyala Purushottam, a 27-year-old software engineer from Andhra Pradesh, was found dead in his flat in Indianapolis in the US, family sources said Thursday. This is the second incident of the death of a techie from the Indian state in the US this month.
Husband invited a man to rape his wife through Craigslist. Can we get rid of 'erotic section' now?June 4th, 2009 Police: Husband arranged wife's rape on CraigslistKANNAPOLIS, N.C. — A North Carolina husband used the online advertising service Craigslist to enlist a man to rape his wife in the couple's home, police said Wednesday.
Gage, convicted of raping 3 women met on Craigslist found dead in jail mysteriouslyJune 10th, 2009 Kan. man convicted of Craigslist rape found dead
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A man facing nearly 30 years in prison for raping three women who had advertised on Craigslist's former "erotic services" section apparently committed suicide in his Kansas jail cell, sheriff's officials said Tuesday.
Even with 10,000 Industrial Units Noida Suffers from Crimes and Poor InfrastructureApril 17th, 2009 Despite being a virtual extension of India's national capital, this industrial hub, software centre and leisure destination still laments over poor power supply and roads, making the hunger for such essentials as well as the closure of industries major election planks. Close to 10,000 industrial units dot this city, technically in Uttar Pradesh but bordering New Delhi.
Chinese factory worker kills himself over missing iPhone prototype; Apple offers condolencesJuly 22nd, 2009 Chinese worker commits suicide over missing iPhoneGUANGZHOU, China — Chinese worker Sun Danyong was responsible for handling the prototypes of one of the world's hottest products — the iPhone. When one of the gadgets went missing and his company began investigating him, he jumped off his apartment building and killed himself.