Air pollution linked to premature death risk
Sydney, Aug 22 (IANS) Exposure to toxic air pollutants is linked to increased deaths due to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, warn researchers. Conducted over a …
Death for Tripura youth for minor’s rape-murder
Agartala, Aug 21 (IANS) A fast-track special court in Tripura on Wednesday awarded death sentence to a 27-years-old youth accused of raping and murdering a …
Man bludgeoned to death in Mandir Marg area
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) A 62-year-old man died after bludgeoned with a brick following a drinking session in the Mandir Marg area of the …
Leaders mourn death of former MP CM Babulal Gaur
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Leaders across the political spectrum mourned the death of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) …
Srijit Mukherji seeks answers to Bose ‘death’ mystery in new film
Mumbai, Aug 20 (IANS) National Award-winning filmmaker Srijit Mukherji has questioned a tweet by Press Information Bureau that claims August 18 is Netaji Subhas Chandra …
NYPD fires cop blamed for black man’s death
New York, Aug 20 (IANS) The New York Police Department (NYPD) has announced the firing of an officer for his role in the 2014 death …
Death toll climbs to 97 in Tanzania’s fuel tanker explosion
Dar es Salaam, Aug 20 (IANS) The death toll has reached 97 from the fuel tanker explosion in Tanzania’s eastern region of Morogoro, an official …
Jilted girl stabs boyfriend to death in Assam
Guwahati, Aug 19 (IANS) In a shocking incident, a jilted girl stabbed her boyfriend to death in broad daylight at Nagaon in Assam on Monday. …
Kerala journo’s death: Doctors refute police charge
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 19 (IANS) The Kerala Government Medical Officer’s Association (KGMOA) on Monday refuted the police charge in the accident case in which journalist K.M.Basheer …
Cricketer Praveen Kumar’s father-in-law falls to death
Meerut, Aug 19 (IANS) Anil Kumar, the father-in-law of former Indian cricketer Praveen Kumar, accidentally fell from his three-storey residence in Meerut and later succumbed …
Kerala journo’s death: Factual errors found in SIT report
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 18 (IANS) Glaring factual errors have been found in the interim report filed by the Kerala Police’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the …
5 students electrocuted to death in Karnataka town
Koppal (Karnataka), Aug 18 (IANS) Five students aged 14-16 years were electrocuted to death in a freak mishap on the terrace of a residential school …
Death toll in dengue outbreak hits 40 in Bangladesh
Dhaka, Aug 18 (IANS) At least 40 people have died from dengue in Bangladesh, with over 50,000 cases reported throughout the country since January, authorities …
Death toll in Bangladesh dengue outbreak hits 40
Dhaka, Aug 17 (IANS) At least 40 people have died from dengue in Bangladesh, with over 50,000 cases reported throughout the country since January, authorities …
Coroner rules Jeffrey Epstein’s death a suicide
New York, Aug 17 (IANS) The death of financier and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein inside a US federal detention facility here was a suicide, …
Mamata recalls Vajpayee’s vision on his death anniversary
Kolkata, Aug 16 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday paid tribute to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his first death …
Tributes paid to Vajpayee on his first death anniversary
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and numerous other Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Friday paid tributes …
Cricket fraternity in shock over VB Chandrasekhar’s death
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Condolences poured in on Friday for former India cricketer V.B. Chandrasekhar who committed suicide a day ago in Chennai. A …
Man stabbed to death in central Delhi, two injured
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) A 19-year-old youth was stabbed to death while his two friends were injured following a scuffle with a group of …
CBI to probe into Kerala custodial death case
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 14 (IANS) Even as a judicial probe is currently underway in the alleged custodial death of a financial agent in Kerala’s Idukki district …
Rishi Kapoor remembers uncle Shammi Kapoor on death anniversary
Mumbai, Aug 14 (IANS) Rishi Kapoor remembered his uncle Shammi Kapoor on the eve of the latters death anniversary, saying that there has been “never …
Pakistan rains death toll reaches 27
Karachi, Aug 14 (IANS) Over two dozen people lost their lives and 46 others suffered injuries in rain-related incidents in Pakistan’s Sindh as the monsoon …
Myanmar landslide death toll rises to 65
Yangon, Aug 13 (IANS) The death toll from monsoon landslide in Myanmar’s Mon state rose to 65 on Tuesday, according to latest figures released by …
Nepali national stabbed to death by another Nepali
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) A 22-year-old Nepali man was stabbed to death by a compatriot who was sick and tired of being bullied by …
Three of family burnt to death in Bengal
Kolkata, Aug 13 (IANS) A woman and her two children were burnt to death after a fire broke out at their residence in West Bengal’s …
7 crushed to death in UP accident
Badaun (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 13 (IANS) Seven persons, including a few kanwariyas and two children, were crushed to death early on Tuesday when a truck …
Kerala flood death toll hits 60; 2.27 lakh people in camps
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 11 (IANS) Even as the heavy rains that lashed Kerala in the past few days abated, the death toll stood at 60 on …
Unnao Rape: Sengar not named in victim’s father’s death case
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) A Delhi court on Saturday reserved its order on the framing of charges in the alleged assault and framing of …
Man sending death threats to Kejriwal held from Mumbai
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) A Mumbai man, who had sent multiple death threats to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over email in a bid …
Woman strangulated to death over dowry
Malda, West Bengal, Aug 8 (IANS) A married woman was allegedly strangulated to death by her husband and in-laws in a dispute over dowry in …
Telangana man sentenced to death for rape-murder of infant girl
Hyderabad, Aug 8 (IANS) A court in Telangana on Thursday sentenced a man to death for sexual assault and killing of a nine-month-old girl child. …
Bengal remembers Tagore on his 78th death anniversary
Kolkata, Aug 8 (IANS) People of West Bengal on Thursday organised special prayers and cultural activities to pay homage to Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on …
Life sentence to 22 people for burning three to death
Ranchi, Aug 8 (IANS) A district court in Jharkhand on Thursday awarded life term to 22 people convicted in burning three people alive in Lohardagga …
Death of 370, birth of hope for Kashmiris
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The end of Article 370 heralds a new beginning for many Kashmiris, despite the doom and gloom in some quarters …
Thousands mourn the death of Calgary MP Deepak Obhrai
Over the weekend Canadians were shocked to learn of the sudden and unexpected passing of long-time politician Deepak Obhrai. PM Justin Trudeau on Saturday said …
Man bludgeoned to death by relative
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) A 45-year-old man was allegedly bludgeoned to death by his relative in west Delhi’s Punjabi Bagh area after the latter …
Tripura Governor, CM condole Swaraj’s death
Agartala, Aug 7 (IANS) Tripura Governor Ramesh Bais and Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Wednesday condoled the death of former External Affairs Minister and …
Sushma’s death ends a political era in Delhi
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The demise of Sushma Swaraj, a politician of many firsts, marks an end to a political era in Delhi, where …
Bengal film celebs mourn death of Sushma Swaraj
Kolkata, Aug 7 (IANS) Bengal film fraternity on Wednesday mourned the death of former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. Many of them pouring their hearts …
Aruanchal CM condoles Sushma Swaraj’s death
Itanagar, Aug 7 (IANS) Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu here on Wednesday condoled the death of senior Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) leader and former …
B-Town celebs mourn death of veteran filmmaker J. Om Prakash
Mumbai, Aug 7 (IANS) After the news of veteran filmmaker and Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan’s maternal grandfather J. Om Prakash’s death broke out, a string …