Chennai, June 5 (BPNS) In a shocking incident, seven girls were drowned to death in a check dam across the Geddilam river on Sunday afternoon. The deceased is identified as A. Monisha 16, M. Navaneetha 18, K. Priya 18, S. Sangavi 16, R. Divya Darshini 10 her sister R. Priyadarshini 16, and M. Kummudha 18. Police […]
Thiruvananthapuram, June 4 (BPNS) Senior leader of the Congress party in Kerala and former MLA, Prayar Gopalarkishnan (73) passed away at a private hospital at Vattapara near here on Saturday. The senior leader suffered a severe cardiac arrest while he was on his way to the state capital. He represented Chadaymangalam assembly constituency in 2001 […]
New Delhi, Jun 2 Santoor maestro Bhajan Sopori died on Thursday at a Gurugram hospital following a battle with colon cancer. He was 73. Sopori is survived by his wife and two sons Sorabh and Abhay, who also plays santoor. “He was diagnosed with colon cancer last year in June. We admitted him to Fortis, […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 1 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday condoled the untimely demise of well-known Bollywood singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, popularly known as KK. A versatile singer, KK, who has also recorded songs in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, and Bengali, among other languages, died at the age of 53 after a concert in south […]
Chennai, June 1 (BPNS) A 22-year-old youth who had stabbed a school-going girl for rejecting his love request was found dead near a railway track at Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu on Wednesday. The deceased youth identified as Kesavan had stabbed the 11th standard school-going girl near Tiruchi railway station on Tuesday in broad daylight. The girl who […]
Thiruvananthapuram, May 29 (BPNS) The funeral of noted Malayalam playback singer Edava Basheer (78) who collapsed and died while performing in a public stage on Saturday will be conducted on Sunday. The funeral will be held at Kadappakada Juma Masjid Kabarishthan at 3 pm. Edava Basheer was rendering a Hindi song ‘Mano ho thum’ and […]
Chennai, May 25 (BPNS) Forest brigand Veerappan’s elder brother Madhaiyan died of a cardiac arrest in Salem Government Hospital on Wednesday early morning. Madhaiyan was a life convict in a case related to the murder of a forest officer Chidambaram in 1987 and was in Salem central prison for the past 34 years. He suffered […]
Chennai, May 24 (BPNS) Kumaran Sethupathi, King of erstwhile Ramanad kingdom in Tamil Nadu and patron of Rameswaram temple passed away at his residence in Ramanathapuram on Tuesday. He was 56. The erstwhile king was ailing for a long time and was bedridden for the past one year, a statement from his office said. He […]
