CHENNAI: DMK former state fisheries minister KPP Samy was on Saturday arrested by the Greater Chennai Police Commissionerate personnel on charges of murder. Police teams led by the Washermenpet deputy commissioner of police Avinash Kumar on Saturday nabbed him from his house near Thiruvottiyur.
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Kuwait – A 26-year-old expatriate man tried to commit suicide by submerging himself into the sea in Souq Sharq.Securitymen and paramedics referred the man to Amiri Hospital and investigations are going on to determine the circumstances which prompted him to commit suicide.
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Mumbai – Its security befitted a spy agency, its charges were more than a starred hotel’s, and the operations were straight out of a James Bond thriller. The Sun-n-Sheel, an inconspicuous hotel in Andheri, was busted last month for running a prostitution racket and dance bars. It was not, however, the catch that left the raiding party astonished but the management’s sophisticated functioning.
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Kuwait – The Hawalli police have arrested a 20-year-old Kuwaiti for running over a cop after the latter had issued the suspect a citation for violating a traffic law, reports Al-Rai daily.
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Kuwait – An Egyptian dentist has been assaulted in Kuwait for reportedly extracting the wrong tooth.The dentist, who works in a private clinic, said that he extracted the tooth of a Kuwaiti patient, but was shocked when he came back after an hour with his brother and the two beat him, claiming that he had pulled out the wrong tooth, Arab Times reported.
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MUMBAI: One of the most wanted accused in India and underworld don Chhota Shakeel’s father died here on Friday. Babumiyan Mayuddin Sheikh (83), a resident of Ismail building in Temkar Mohallah area of south Mumbai died while undergoing treatment at a local hospital, said a senior police officer.
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LUCKNOW: The Gosainganj police on Monday lodged an FIR against three youths for allegedly killing their friend on August 10 last. The victim, Dheer Singh, was a class XI student at Dabble College, Indiranagar.
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Kuwait – This past Friday, a Kuwaiti branch of the international and de-centralized hacktivist group Anonymous claimed responsibility for the defacement of the Fast Telecommunications company website (FastTelco), a major ISP (internet service provider) in the country.
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KUWAIT CITY, Aug 12: The crime rate has increased by 3.5 percent in the last two years, with a total of 22,902 and 23,693 cases recorded in 2009 and 2010 respectively, reports Al-Anba daily quoting attorney Abdu-llah Al-Kan-dari as saying.
Hawalli tops list with 5,724 cases in ’09, 5,812 in ’10
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AHMEDABAD: Gujaratis living in London have estimated that at least 10 per cent of the business establishments that were attacked on the outskirts of London in the recent riots belonged to community members.
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LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (AP) — The group known as Anonymous said it hacked into some 70 mostly rural law enforcement websites in the United States, a data breach that at least one local police chief said leaked sensitive information about an ongoing investigation.
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A local court on Saturday directed the police to register a case of murder against Uttar Prasdesh dairy development minister Avadhpal Singh Yadav. The court order came in response to an application moved by the brother of a private security guard Santosh, who was gunned down on June 10 with his employer Vijay Verma and his son Mithun Verma in their jewellery shop in Jaithra town of Etah district, about 270 km from Lucknow.
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SEATTLE, Aug 5 (Reuters) – A U.S. soldier accused of killing Afghan civilians was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in a deal with prosecutors, an Army statement said.
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KUWAIT CITY, Aug 4: The Indian Embassy Thursday confirmed the names of the four Indians who were killed in a shooting spree that took place on Monday in Saad Al Abdullah, Kabad and Salmi. The dead have been identified as Ramanaiah Nallagutta, Naresh Kumar Tokala, Masagiri Obul Reddy and Rambeem.
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Four Asians died when a Kuwaiti police officer went on a killing spree in Saud Al-Abdullah, Kabd and Salmi on the first day of Ramadan.
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KUWAIT: The whereabouts of an Indian expat, Biju Kolaraveettil (36) who was abducted in the Philippines on June 23, remain unknown even after a month. Biju worked as Operations Manager at Brons Al-Taus Co and has been in Kuwait for the past 10 years, residing in Mangaf. He was kidnapped while visiting his wife Elina’s hometown in the Philippines. No individual or group has claimed responsibility for the act, his wife’s family said, and they have not received any ransom calls.
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Kuwait – City Group, Kuwait’s leading listed public transport company and operators of Citybus, Sunday spoke out against violence on Kuwait’s buses.
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Kuwait – An enamoured Kuwaiti man who deflated the tyres of a young woman’s car to get her attention was instead charged with vandalism and harassment.
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Kuwait – An unidentified young Kuwaiti woman is being interrogated for involvement in blackmailing public figures including some Members of Parliament and their immediate relatives, reports Al-Shahed daily quoting security sources.
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Kuwait – Following extensive campaigns launched by the Kuwait Municipality against companies and individuals who import or sell rotten or expired food, the High Court issued a verdict which is the first of its kind to sentence a citizen for six month in jail with hard labor for charges of trading rotten food.
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New Delhi, India – Pilots with fake and forged licences could be flying commercial aircraft in India. A CNN-IBN investigation has found that at least 10 pilots have bribed their way through rigorous aviation tests to become commanders in some of the top airlines in India. Related:57 pilots found drunk on duty in ’09-10, 11 lost jobs
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New Delhi, India – Nearly one in four Indian men has committed sexual violence at some point in their lives and one in five has admittedly forced his wife or partner to have sex. The findings of a recent International Men and Gender Equality Survey reflects a new low for Indian men.
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Kuwait – Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior revealed on Wednesday a comprehensive security plan ahead of the country’s celebrations of the 50th Independence Day, the 20th Liberation Day and fifth anniversary of HH the Amir’s assumption of office.
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Kuwait – An Iranian expatriate in Kuwait had thought lady luck was on his side when a black vehicle emerged out of nowhere in the dark and offered him a lift after his car broke down in deserted area. It was not too long before he realised it was not a polite offer but a robbery.
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Kuwait – A study conducted in Kuwait reveals that 61 per cent of juvenile crimes are committed by Kuwaitis, while 70.2 per cent of crimes and 89 per cent of commercial crimes are committed by expatriates.
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