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Ottanthullal artist collapses, dies during performance
Noted Ottanthullal exponent Kalamandalam Geethanandan collapsed and died while performing at a temple in nearby Irinjalakkuda. Though Geethanandan (58), retired head of Thullal Department at Kalamandalam Deemed University of Art and Culture was rushed to a nearby hospital, he was declared brought dead last evening, police said. A video clip of his last performance circulating …
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January 29, 2018 -
Eight dead as US strike hits Iraq forces: provincial official
Eight Iraqis were killed on Saturday, most of them security personnel, in a US air strike that apparently targeted them by mistake, a provincial official said. “Eight people — a senior intelligence official, five policemen and a woman — were killed by a US strike on the centre of Al-Baghdadi,” a town in western Iraq, …
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January 27, 2018 -
Four dead in Uttarakhand accident
Four persons were killed on Friday on the Delhi-Yamunotri highway in Uttarakhand when their vehicle fell into the Yamuna river, police said. The accident took place when the driver of a vehicle with Himachal Pradesh registration going from Vikas Nagar to Naugaon lost control near Chami. It plunged hundreds of feet below into the river. …
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January 26, 2018 -
Kabul hotel attack killed 40 people: official
At least 40 people were killed in the attack on Kabul’s luxury Intercontinental Hotel at the weekend, official figures showed on Thursday — almost double the earlier toll released by Afghan authorities. “The final death toll (among Afghans) from Intercontinental Hotel attack stands at 25,” health ministry spokesman Wahid Majrooh told AFP. “We don’t know …
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January 25, 2018 -
Tanzanian woman found dead in Delhi
A 36-year-old Tanzanian woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances at her rented flat here, police said on Tuesday. The body of Fatma Ally was found on Monday by neighbours when they realised a foul smell was coming from her flat in Mehrauli in south Delhi. “There is no visible injury on the body. The body has been …
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January 23, 2018 -
Temple priest shot dead in Bihar
A temple priest has been shot dead in Bihar’s Rohtas district, police said on Friday. Prawin Das, attached to the Ravidas temple in Sakhra village, was murdered on Thursday night. “Some locals said that an old dispute related to the temple land may be a factor behind the killing,” a police officer said.
January 19, 2018 -
Haryanvi folk singer found dead in Rohtak
The body of a Haryanvi folk singer Mamata who went missing on Monday was found in Rohtak district with her throat slit, police said on Friday. DSP (Rohtak) Rohtash Singh said a complaint was registered by the 40-year-old singer’s family on January 16, alleging that she went missing the previous day. He said the family …
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January 19, 2018 -
Shopian protest: Civilian injured in Dec clash, dies
A civilian injured in clashes with security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir last month died in hospital on Tuesday. Muhammad Ayub Bhat, who had sustained gunshot injuries in Batmuran village of Shopian district during clashes between protesters and security forces on December 19, succumbed in the hospital. Two militants were killed by security …
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January 16, 2018 -
42 survive boat capsizing off Indonesia’s Borneo; 8 dead
Rescuers have found 42 survivors and are searching for one man still missing after a speedboat capsized off Indonesia’s part of Borneo island. At least eight people died in the capsizing Monday as the Anugrah Express boat was traveling from Tanjung Selor, the capital of North Kalimantan province, to Tarakan in the same province. Manangap …
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January 2, 2018 -
11 Dead in Iran protests, president blames foreign powers
At least 11 people have died in Iran during five days of anti-government street protests that President Hassan Rouhani blamed on interference by foreign powers, media reported on Tuesday. A policeman was killed in a shootout at one of the protests in the city of Nayaf Abad, in Isfahan province, the local Tasnim news agency …
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January 2, 2018 -
12 people dead in suicide attack on Afghan funeral
At least 12 people were killed and 14 others wounded when a suicide attacker blew himself up at a funeral in eastern Afghanistan today, officials said. “The latest death toll has jumped to 12 and 14 wounded,” Nangarhar governor spokesman Attaullah Khogyani told AFP. An earlier statement from the governor’s office said six people had …
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December 31, 2017 -
‘The Sound of Music’ star Heather Menzies-Urich dies
Actress Heather Menzies-Urich, who played Louisa von Trapp in popular 1965 musical drama film “The Sound of Music”, is dead. She was 68. She was diagnosed with brain cancer a month ago and died on Christmas Eve while surrounded by her family, her son Ryan said, reports theguardian.com. Menzies-Urich was just 14 years old and …
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December 26, 2017 -
Couple, two kids found dead in Chhattisgarh
A couple and their two children were found dead in a house here early on Monday, police said. Superintendent of Police Shashi Mohan Singh said: “Prima facie, it looks like murder. It’s possible that the husband, Ashok Prajapati, killed his wife and kids and then committed suicide. “While Prajapati’s body was found in the kitchen, …
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December 18, 2017 -
Canadian billionaire Bernard Sherman, wife found dead
Bernard Sherman, one of Canadas most prominent billionaires and community philanthropists, was found dead alongside his wife inside their mansion in Toronto, the media reported. The police found the bodies of Sherman, the owner of Canadian pharmaceutical firm Apotex, and his wife Honey on Friday evening after they responded to a “medical complaint”, reports CTV …
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December 16, 2017 -
Delhi teen found dead on rail track
A Delhi teenager has been found murdered on a railway track in Gurugram, police said on Thursday. Diwakar, a Class 12 student, was a resident of R.K. Puram in south Delhi. He had been missing since Tuesday when he left for school but never came back, said Tarun, a family member. “When we contacted the …
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December 14, 2017 -
Woman, daughter die in Delhi fire
A woman and her 15-year-old daughter died due to suffocation after a fire broke out in a building here on Tuesday, a Delhi Fire Services (DFS) official said. Two others, including a two-and-half-month-old baby, have been hospitalised. The DFS official told IANS that they received a phone call at around 7 a.m. about the fire …
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December 12, 2017 -
African national’s body found in Delhi
The body of an African national was found on a pavement here on Monday, police said. The police were informed about the body after it was spotted near the Mahrauli-Gurguram road in south Delhi around 7.40 a.m. “There were no external injuries on the body and efforts are on to identify it,” Deputy Commissioner of …
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December 11, 2017