New Delhi, Two persons were found suffocated to death on Thursday morning after they left a clay oven (tandoor) burning overnight in their room here, police said. The deceased, identified as Ranjit (45) and Chandan (25), went to sleep on Wednesday night without putting out the tandoor in a house[Read More…]
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Delhi: 37-year-old manual scavenger dies of suffocation while cleaning the drain
In yet another soul stirring manual scavenging reports, a 37-year-old sanitation worker died after he entered a drain to clean it. The incident took place in North Delhi’s Timarpur area on Sunday afternoon. According to the reports, victim identified as Kishan entered the drain along with one other person to[Read More…]
Pilot dies as MiG-21 fighter plane crashed in Himachal Pradesh
A MiG-21 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed on Wednesday during a test flight in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district, killing its pilot, officials said. Squadron Leader Meet Kumar had last year featured in a promotional video clip in which he shared his love and passion for the[Read More…]
Dr Haathi of ‘Tarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashma’ passes away
TV actor Kavi Kumar Azad, famous for his role of Dr Hansraj Haathi in a popular comedy sitcom ‘Tarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashma’ passed away Monday afternoon. Dr Haathi aka Kavi Kumar died after suffering a massive heart attack. Kavi Kumar was unwell and had slipped into coma last night,[Read More…]
Loya’s death case: CPI-M seeks high-level judicial probe
The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Thursday demanded a high-level judicial probe into the death of special CBI judge H.P. Loya who was hearing the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case. The party raised the demand after news website “The Caravan” reported about the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of Loya[Read More…]
SC defers hearing for review of verdict upholding death of four in Nirbhaya case
The Supreme Court on Monday deferred hearing on the plea by Mukesh Singh – one of the accused in the December 16, 2012 Delhi gang rape case – for recall of a May 5 verdict upholding his death sentence. The top court by its May 5 verdict had upheld the[Read More…]
Sunanda Pushkar death: Delhi HC dismisses Swamy’s plea for CBI probe
The plea filed by BJP leader, Subramanian Swamy for a court-monitored investigation into the death of Congress leader, Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushkar was dismissed by the Delhi High court on Thursday. The HC dismissed the petition saying it to be ‘frivolous’. The HC also warned both Swamy and his[Read More…]
Tripura: Journalist attacked, stabbed to death while covering protest
In another incident of violence against journalist, a local television journalist was kidnapped and stabbed to death while covering the agitation and road blockade by Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) in Tripura on Wednesday. Santanu Bhowmick, a journalist from ‘Dinrat’ news channel, was covering the agitation when he was[Read More…]
After Gorakhpur tragedy, children die in UP due to flood-caused infections
Death and devastation have opened up a whole new challenge of infectious diseases for the Uttar Pradesh government. The low-lying areas of Uttar Pradesh are terribly hit by infections, killing more than six children in the row. Cases of diarrhoea and viral fever are reported from every house located in[Read More…]
Depression and health issues kill jawans 16 times more than Naxal operations
In the last three years, CRPF jawans have mostly died of depression or medical reasons than they have on anti-Naxal operations said the government on Tuesday. As per reports, heart attacks, depression and other medical reasons killed sixteen times more CRPF personnel than action in anti-Naxal operations. In a written[Read More…]
“Death penalty belongs to medieval ages”, says oppn vice-president candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi
Gopalkrishna Gandhi, who filed his nomination on Tuesday as the vice presidential candidate of 18 opposition parties, said he believes death penalty belongs to the medieval ages and it’s wrong. He further added that “Yes, I had also written to Pakistan PM, Nawaz Sharif demanding that he should not hang Kulbhushan Jadhav.[Read More…]
Pune: 25 year old techie commits suicide, says no job security in IT
Identified as Gopikrishna Durgaprasad, a software engineer from Andhra Pradesh who started working in Pune three days ago, jumped to his death in the early hours of Wednesday. The assistant police inspector (API) Dilip Jaisingkar of Vimantal police station confirmed the news. A note is found by the police officials, written[Read More…]
Man stabbed to death, cousins injured for allegedly carrying beef
A man was stabbed to death and two of his cousins were injured on suspicion that they were carrying beef, police said on Friday. Passengers were on board a Mathura-bound train. The three men, who were the residents of Ballabhgarh in Haryana, shopped at Delhi’s Tughlakabad for the Eid festival[Read More…]
Cow vigilantes ‘not our people’, says Nitin Gadkari
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has clarified that the BJP and the Sangh family support a ban on cow slaughter, but “condemn” vigilantism in the name of cow protection. The minister even went on to say that people who are spreading such vigilantism are “not our people”. Gadkari’s remarks are the[Read More…]
Couple dies minutes apart, holding hands
Liberal Maldives blogger stabbed to death
A liberal blogger was stabbed to death on Sunday in the politically motionless Maldivian capital Male. Yameen Rasheed was found injured in the stairwell of his apartment. He had multiple stab wounds on is neck and chest and he passed away shortly after he was taken to the hospital to[Read More…]
Swine flu claims 22 lives in Telangana
Pune: Two engineering students stripped, beaten to death in Lonavala
In a shocking incident, two engineering students were found beaten to death on a remote hill near INS Shivaji in Lonavala on Monday. According to the police, unknown people had stripped the 22-year-old man and his female friend and knotted their hands before hitting on their heads. A resident of[Read More…]
Custodial deaths are more in Maharashtra
Dalit man allegedly beaten to death by Jharkhand Police
A Dalit man was allegedly beaten to death by Jharkhand Police on the occasion of Holi celebration after he sprinkled colour on a Chowkidar in the range of Satgawan Police Station in Koderama district of Jharkhand. The victim, Pradeep Chaudhary, was 55 years old. He is survived by his wife[Read More…]
More than 1 in 4 child deaths a year attributed to unhealthy environment: WHO
Environmental pollutants cost an estimated 1.7 million lives among children under 5 every year, according to World Health Organization reports. The report attributed the death of more than 1 in 4 deaths of children under 5 years to unhealthy environments such as indoor and outdoor air pollution, second-hand smoke, unsafe[Read More…]
Kerala: Victim of moral policing found dead
A 22-year-old youth, who was allegedly subjected to moral policing by a group of men at Azheekel beach, was found dead at his house at Attapady in the district, police said. Aneesh (22) was found hanging from a tree behind his house late last evening, they said. Aneesh and his[Read More…]
Afghan civilian casualty toll rises steeply reports UN
The toll of civilian casualties in Afghanistan in 2016 has increased horrifically said the UN on Monday. More than 11,500 non-combatants — one third of them children — killed or wounded. The leading cause of casualty would be the constant fighting between Afghan security forces and militants, especially in populated[Read More…]
Police custody deaths go unpunished in India, says Human Rights Watch
The Human Rights Watch on Monday said the police in India are torturing suspects to death in custody with impunity and blaming suicide or natural causes. The rights group said a failure to follow proper arrest procedures, such as presenting a suspect before a magistrate within 24 hours, was allowing[Read More…]
Bihar toppers scam: Accused Diwakar Prasad found dead in Patna
An accused in Rs 8 crore Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) tender scam, Diwakar Prasad was found dead under mysterious circumstances, after which her relatives alleged that he was murdered by the state police. In his early 50s, Prasad, was found dead in front of his house located under the[Read More…]