Death toll in cyclone-hit Odisha 57, damage put at Rs 2,200 cr
Bhubaneswar, Oct 17 (IANS) The death toll due to cyclone Titli and subsequent floods in Odisha has increased to 57 and the damage is estimated …
Death toll in cyclone-hit Odisha rises to 52; damage put at Rs 2,200 crore
Bhubaneswar, Oct 17 (IANS) The number of deaths in cyclone Titli-hit Odisha increased to 52, and the state government more than doubled the compensation amount …
4 pilgrims crushed to death in MP
Satna (Madhya Pradesh), Oct 17 (IANS) Four persons were killed and two seriously injured when a speeding truck crushed them in Madhya Pradesh’s Satna district …
Builder beaten to death over money, 3 held
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) A 36-year-old builder was beaten to death by three men after he failed to return the money borrowed from one …
G.D. Agrawal death: Agrawals slam Modi for ‘exploiting’ Ganga river
Mumbai, Oct 15 (IANS) The Agrawal community on Monday slammed the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “exploiting” the Ganga river issue for political …
Youth stabbed to death in Delhi
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) A youth was stabbed to death on Saturday by a group of local boys in a south Delhi area, police …
Mamata condoles death of Annapurna Devi
Kolkata, Oct 13 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday expressed grief over the demise of Annapurna Devi, doyenne of classical Hindustani music, …
Missing Saudi journalist’s Apple Watch may have transmitted death evidence
Ankara, Oct 13 (IANS) Missing Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi may have recorded his own death as he turned on the recording function of his …
SC stays execution of death sentence of Rohtak woman
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the execution of the death sentence of Sonam, convicted of killing seven members of …
Rahul condoles death of G.D. Agarwal
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday condoled the death of environmentalist G.D. Agarwal, who was on a fast for the …
Death toll in Spanish island flooding hits 12
Madrid, Oct 11 (IANS) Emergency services working in the aftermath of severe flash-flooding that struck the Spanish Balearic island of Mallorca on Thursday confirmed they …
Church bombings: Egypt’s military court sentences 17 to death
Cairo, Oct 11 (IANS) An Egyptian military court on Thursday sentenced 17 Islamists to death over accusations of bombing three churches in the country which …
AAP worker burnt to death by live-in partner, say police
Ghaziabad, Oct 10 (IANS) An Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) worker, who was found charred to death in a car in Ghaziabad on Friday last, was …
Death penalty unjustifiable: Italy
Rome, Oct 10 (IANS/AKI) Capital punishment is “unjustifiable under any circumstance”, the Italian government said on Wednesday, underlining its opposition to state-sanctioned execution. “On European …
2004 grenade attack: 2 ex-ministers get death, Khaleda’s son jailed for life
Dhaka, Oct 10 (IANS) A Bangladesh court on Wednesday sentenced 19 people, including two former ministers, to death and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s son …
Auto-rickshaw driver stabbed to death by passenger, 3 held
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) A 26-year-old auto-rickshaw driver was stabbed to death by his passenger over a dispute regarding additional night charges in the …
Death toll in quakes, tsunami climbs to 1,944 in Indonesia
Jakarta, Oct 7 (IANS) The death toll from multiple strong quakes and a tsunami in Indonesia’s central Sulawesi province jumped to 1,944 on Sunday, military …
Man stabbed to death after his tempo brushes past dog
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) A 40-year-old man was stabbed to death after his tempo brushed past a pet dog in Delhi’s Uttam Nagar area …
Death toll rises to 20 in J&K road accident
Jammu, Oct 6 (IANS) The death toll in the Jammu-Srinagar national highway road accident in Ramban district rose to 20 on Saturday as more dead …
A glass of wine a day may advance your death
New York, Oct 4 (IANS) Want to live long? Ditch that daily glass of wine as it can increase your chance of an early death …
Risk of death 5 times higher in epileptic pregnant women: Study
New York, Oct 4 (IANS) The risk of dying during pregnancy is five times higher for women with epilepsy, finds a new study. According to …
Sad day for music: Shankar Mahadevan on violinist Balabhaskar’s death
Mumbai, Oct 2 (IANS) Music composer and singer Shankar Mahadevan has mourned the death of popular Kerala musician and violinist Balabhaskar and has called it …
Indian falls to death from Bahrain building
Manama, Oct 1 (IANS) An Indian man plunged to his death from the top of a three-storey building in Bahrain on Monday, the media reported. …
Death toll from Indonesia’s quakes, tsunami soars to 832
Jakarta, Sep 30 (IANS) The death toll from Indonesia’s strong quakes and tsunami in Central Sulawesi province soared to 832 on Sunday as lack of …
Swamy wants fresh probe into Subhas Bose’s death
Agartala, Sep 30 (IANS) BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Sunday demanded a fresh probe into the death of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, who he claimed …
Gal Gadot might star in ‘Death on the Nile’
Los Angeles, Sep 29 (IANS) “Wonder Woman” star Gal Gadot is in negotiations to star in “Death on the Nile”, a follow up to surprise …
Elephant tramples tourist to death in Zimbabwe
Harare, Sep 27 (IANS) A wild elephant has killed a German tourist on a safari in Zimbabwe by trampling her while she was attempting to …
Prisoner dies, family calls it mystery death
Gurugram, Sep 27 (IANS) An undertrial inmate at the Bhondsi jail here in Haryana died under mysterious circumstances, a family member alleged, but doctors blamed …
Gujarat lion death toll 14 in as many days
Gandhinagar, Sep 26 (IANS) The Gujarat Forest Department on Wednesday recovered one more carcass of a lioness from the Gir forests, the only abode of …
Two Maoists get death sentence for killing SP
Ranchi, Sep 26 (IANS) Two Maoist guerrillas involved in the killing of Pakur Superintendent of Police Amarjeet Balihar and five other policemen in Jharkhand in …
Man hacked to death on Hyderabad road
Hyderabad, Sep 26 (IANS) A man was hacked to death in broad daylight on a busy road in Hyderabad on Wednesday even as policemen present …
‘Happy Death Day’ sequel gets a title
Los Angeles, Sep 26 (IANS) The sequel of the 2017 hit thriller film “Happy Death Day” has been titled “Happy Death 2U”. Being directed and …
Egypt court upholds death sentence for 20 Brotherhood members
Cairo, Sep 24 (IANS) An Egyptian court on Monday confirmed the death sentence given to 20 members of the Muslim Brotherhood group for storming a …
Modi condoles death of Vietnamese President
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday condoled the death of Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang. “Deepest and heartfelt condolences to …
Sewer worker’s death: Rahul says PM’s Swachh Bharat a hollow slogan
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the “tragic death” of sewer worker Anil in west Delhi, Congress President Rahul Gandhi …
Woman, two children burnt to death in UP
Lucknow, Sep 19 (IANS) A woman and her two children were burnt to death in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur district on Wednesday when a fire broke …
Israel ‘regrets’ Russian aircrew death in Syria: Netanyahu
Jerusalme, Sep 19 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Tuesday Russian President Vladimir Putin to convey Israel’s condolences to the death of Russian …
Dalit youth beaten to death in Bihar
Patna, Sep 18 (IANS) A Dalit youth was bludgeoned to death by a mob on suspicion of theft in Bihar’s Nawada district, police said on …
Child death below 5 declined faster in India: UN
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Death of children below the age of five continues to steadily reduce in India, declining from nearly 22 per cent …
NIA court awards death for 2, life term to 2 others in 2014 killings
Guwahati, Sep 15 (IANS) A special court of National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday awarded death sentence to two and life imprisonment to two others …
Man hacked to death over love marriage
Hyderabad, Sep 14 (IANS) A youth was hacked to death on Friday in front of his wife in Telangana’s Nalgonda district, six months after he …