Chennai, July 26 (BPNS) A Class twelve student committed suicide at her home in Cuddalore on Tuesday. Cuddalore district superintendent of Police told BPNS that the student had a rift with her mother and in a fit of fury she entered her room and committed suicide. This is the third incident of a Plus two […]
32-year-old man found dead in Isha Yoga Centre
Chennai, July 21 (IANS) A 32-Year-old man from Andhra Pradesh who was on a six months yoga training course at Isha Yoga Centre in Coimbatore was found dead in his room on Friday morning. Police said that the deceased is Gullu Ramana, a native of Vishakapattanam. Coimbatore district police superintendent, V. Badrinarayanan told media persons […]
Kallakurichi girl suicide: High security in place as her body reaches hometown
Chennai, July 23 (BPNS) Cuddalore and Kallakurichi district police have beefed up security as the body of the Plus two student who committed suicide on July 13 from the hostel of a private residential school reached her hometown. Kallakurichi Superintendent of Police, R. Pakalavan escorted the body from Kallakurichi Government general hospital, and security is […]
Noted Artist Achuthan Kudallor passes away in Chennai
Chennai, July 18 (BPNS) Noted artist Achuthan Kudallur passed away in Chennai on Monday morning. He was 77. The artist had developed some illness for the past couple of days and was admitted to a private hospital in the city. Hospital sources told BPNS that he developed some complications on Sunday night and passed away […]
Gandhian Gopinathan Nair passes away
Thiruvananthapuram, June 5 (BPNS) Centenarian Gandhian, Gopinathan Nair passed away at a private hospital near here on Tuesday. He was ailing for a few weeks after a fall in his bathroom. He is survived by his wife, L .Saraswathi Amma. Gopinathan Nair is renowned for his selfless service at Marad in Kozhikode where he camped […]
Pak-backed fugitive war criminal Shafi sentenced to death in B’desh
Dhaka, June 30 (IANS) The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) of Bangladesh on Thursday sentenced Pakistan-backed fugitive war criminal Md Shafi Uddin Moulana, a Razakar Bahini leader, to death for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of 1971 at Lakhai upazila in Habiganj. Shafi, who is absconding since the beginning of the case, was the central […]
CPI-M leader and former minister T.Sivadasa Menon passes away
Thiruvananthapuram, June 28 (BPNS) Veteran CPI-M leader and former Finance Minister T.Sivadasa Menon passed away at a private hospital in Kozhikode on Tuesday, party sources said. He was 90. Menon, a teacher by profession, had quit his job in 1986 and plunged into full time politics. He won three times from the Malampuzha Assembly constituency in […]
Commission orders probe on lynching incident
Thiruvananthapuram, June 13, BPNS A probe has been ordered by the State Human Rights Commission on the incident in which a 50-year-old man got allegedly lynched. The man, Chandran, got attacked on May 28 on charges of stealing kitchenware from a house at Perunguzhy near Chirayinkeezhu in Thiruvananthapuram. He had breathed his last in the […]
Cop fires indiscriminately on Kolkata street, kills woman before shooting self
Kolkata, June 10 (BPNS) In a shocking incident, a policeman fired indiscriminately from his service rifle in broad daylight near the Park Circus crossing in Kolkata, killing one woman pillion rider before shooting himself dead. The policeman was posted at the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission and the place of firing was hardly 50 metres away […]
15 year old girl succumbs to scrub typhus in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram, June 9, BPNS A 15-year-old girl has succumbed to scrub typhus in the state. The deceased was identified as Aswathy of Cherunniyur, Marakkadamukku in Varkala, Thiruvananthapuram. As per reports, she was undergoing treatment for the past one week and she had a high fever. In the wake of the incident, state health minister Veena […]