Death

Knife carried by US Navy SEAL during Osama bin Laden raid auctioned

Press Trust of India | Sunday May 19, 2013

A combat knife carried by a US Navy SEAL in the 2011 raid that ended in death of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Pakistan has fetched USD 35,400 at a charity auction.

Three stabbed to death in attack on Dainik Ganadoot newspaper office in Tripura

Press Trust of India | Sunday May 19, 2013

Three employees of a local Bengali daily were stabbed to death inside its office by two unidentified assailants in Agartala today.

Death toll rises to 12 in Indonesia mine collapse

Agence France-Presse | Sunday May 19, 2013

Twelve workers have been confirmed dead after a mine tunnel collapse in eastern Indonesia, but 16 others are still unaccounted for five days after the accident, the US operator said on Sunday.

42 policemen booked for alleged murder of terror suspect; Akhilesh Yadav's government seeks CBI probe

Reported by Anant Zanane; Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Monday May 20, 2013

A day after the death of a serial blasts accused in police custody, the Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh has sought a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Forty-two policemen, including former Director General of Police Vikra...

Briton dies in Indonesia after drinking 'tainted alcohol'

Agence France-Presse | Saturday May 18, 2013

A British backpacker has died while trekking through the Indonesian jungle after she drank suspected tainted alcohol, police said Saturday.

Sarabjit Singh death: Pakistan judge calls for leads online

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 18, 2013

A Pakistani judge investigating the murder of Indian death row convict Sarabjit Singh has appealed to Indian nationals having information about the matter to file written submissions with relevant documents within seven days.

Death toll from new bird flu in China rises to 36: WHO

Reuters | Saturday May 18, 2013

Four more people in China have died from a new strain of bird flu, bringing the death toll from the H7N9 virus to 36 from 131 confirmed cases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.

IPL 2013: We have been giving away runs in death overs, says Vinay Kumar

Press Trust of India | Friday May 17, 2013

Vinay, who returned to play for Bangalore in the 2012 IPL after the franchise bought him for USD 1 million, said Zaheer Khan's comeback has given a boost to RCB.

Man given death sentence for killing fiancee in Nagpur

Press Trust of India | Friday May 17, 2013

A Fast Track Court here today awarded death sentence to a youth for killing his fiancee and life imprisonment to his friend for helping him in the crime.

Graham Staines murder case: CBI arrests two more accused

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday May 17, 2013

Nearly 14 years after Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons were burnt to death by a mob in Odisha, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today arrested two absconding accused in the case.

China woman sentenced to death for investment scam

Agence France-Presse | Friday May 17, 2013

A businesswoman in China has been sentenced to death for defrauding her clients of around 70 million dollars in an investment scam, state media reported Friday as authorities crack down on illegal banking.

US man jailed for killing monkey in a zoo

Associated Press | Friday May 17, 2013

A man convicted of breaking into a zoo and brutally beating to death a Patas monkey will spend up to a year in prison, where he'll take part in a treatment program.

Tornadoes spin through US towns after dark, killing six

Reuters | Thursday May 16, 2013

At least six people were killed and 100 injured when tornadoes ripped through north-central Texas after dark and authorities said the death toll could rise as rescuers search through the rubble of destroyed homes.

Man shoots himself dead in nursery school near Eiffel Tower

Agence France-Presse | Thursday May 16, 2013

A man in his 60s shot himself dead with a sawn-off shotgun Thursday in the hall of a Paris nursery school near the Eiffel Tower, in front of about a dozen children and an adult, police said.

Malaysian couple jailed for 24 years for starving maid to death

Press Trust of India | Thursday May 16, 2013

A Malaysian couple was sentenced to 24 years jail each for starving their 24-year-old Cambodian maid to death last year.