The bodies of the persons who drowned at Murud beach in Raigad district of Maharashtra on July 6, 2014. (Photo: Sandeep Mahankal/IANS) Raigad (Maharashtra), Feb 2 (IANS) The body of a student missing in Monday’s…
Raigad (Maharashtra), Feb 1 (IANS) At least 10 college students, including three girls, have drowned in the Arabian Sea at Murud in Raigad district, around 150 kms south of Mumbai, officials said here on Monday….
London, Feb 1 (IANS) Chef Benoit Violier, whose Swiss restaurant was named the best in the world in December 2015, has been found dead at his home, the media reported on Monday. Violier, 44, ran…
Gurgaon, Jan 31 (IANS) Brij Bedi, the husband of Kiran Bedi, India’s first woman IPS officer, died at a hospital here on Sunday after a brief illness, doctors said. Brij Bedi was admitted at Medanta…
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) General K.V. Krishna Rao, the 14th Chief of Army Staff, passed away on Saturday in the Army Hospital (Research and Referral) here, an official statement said. He was 92. Gen….
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 30 (IANS) Popular Kerala journalist T.N. Gopakumar died of cardiac arrest early on Saturday at a private hospital here, Asianet News said. He was 58 years old. TNG, as he was popularly known,…
Gurgaon, Jan 29 (IANS) A 20-year-old youth, who anticipated a poor result in his Chartered Accountant (CA) examination, committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling at his home, police said here on Friday. Aabir…
New York, Jan 29 (AFP) Paul Kantner, the co-founder of Jefferson Airplane that helped define the psychedelic rock era of the 1960s, has died at age 74, media in his native San Francisco said. He…
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) Veteran journalist Arindam Sengupta died of cancer early on Thursday. Sengupta, 61, was the managing editor of The Times of India. During his 33-year-long career, Sengupta worked with publications like…
New York, Jan 27 (AP) Character actor Abe Vigoda, whose leathery, sunken-eyed face made him ideal for playing the over-the-hill detective Phil Fish in the 1970s TV series “Barney Miller” and the doomed Mafia soldier…
Chennai, Jan 24 (IANS) The death of three girl students of a naturopathy college in Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram district is shrouded in mystery, with police registering a case of suicide and parents calling it murder….
Kochi, Jan 23 (IANS) A.C. Jose, senior Congress leader and managing editor of Congress party organ Veekshanam, died on Saturday, party officials said. Jose (78) was actively involved in the organisation of the ongoing state…
Kolkata, Jan 22 (IANS) Two members of a family with ties to West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress were killed when a bomb they were making exploded in Birbhum district, police said on Friday. The incident…
Mumbai, Jan 22 (IANS) Four women and a child sleeping on a pavement were injured as a speeding Mercedes car ran over them in Mumbai early Friday, police said here. The driver of the vehicle…
Credit: Youtube Sydney, Jan 21 (IANS) An Australian zoo keeper was severely wounded when he was attacked by a 12-year-old Sumatran tiger after it became “hot and bothered”. Local authorities on Thursday said the wounds…
Ahmedabad, Jan 21 (IANS) Legendary danseuse and cultural doyen Mrinalini Sarabhai, who was also a Padma Bhushan awardee, died on Thursday at a hospital here following age-related complications, her son said. She was 97. Fondly…
Jaipur, Jan 19 (IANS) The craze for a selfie turned fatal for a 23-year-old tourist to the Mehrangarh Fort in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur city on Tuesday, police said. The man named Nikhil was trying to click…
Tokyo, Jan 19 (IANS) Yasutaro Koide, the world’s oldest man at 112 years of age, died on Tuesday at a hospital in Nagoya, central Japan. Koide, who was born in Fukui prefecture on March 13,…
Chandigarh, Jan 18 (IANS) Amid reports that 20-25 youths from Punjab drowned after a boat in which they were headed to the US capsized near Panama, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday…
Hyderabad, Jan 18 (IANS) He had a dream of being an acclaimed writer but the Dalit research student of the University of Hyderabad who committed suicide after his suspension only, ended up writing a six-page…