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 […]

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 […]

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 […]