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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
