Death

Mumbai Man With Account In PMC Bank Dies, Family Calls It "Natural Death"

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Sunday October 20, 2019

A senior citizen holding an account in crisis-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank died on Saturday in Mumbai's suburban Mulund, the fifth such case since the alleged scam came to light leading to imposition of curbs on cash withdrawals.

Class 12 Student Allegedly Beaten To Death By Girl's Relatives In Tripura

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Saturday October 19, 2019

A Class 12 teen was allegedly beaten to death by a group of people after he was found inside a girl's house in a village in Tripura on Thursday.

In Gujarat, Case Against 4 Men For Burning Python, Circulating Video

Cities | ANI | Saturday October 19, 2019

Four men in the Bodal village of Gujarat have been accused of burning alive a python on Friday and circulating the video of the incident on the social media platform TikTok.

Oracle Co-CEO Mark Hurd Dies at 62

Associated Press | Saturday October 19, 2019

During his career, Hurd ran both Oracle and computer and printer maker Hewlett-Packard

5 Arrested In UP Hindu Group Leader's Killing, Suspects On CCTV Missing

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Saturday October 19, 2019

Lucknow Police have filed a first information report (FIR) against two Muslim clerics from Bijnor district in western Uttar Pradesh for the murder of Kamlesh Tiwari, the leader of a political group in the state

Jury Recommends Death Sentence For 'Hollywood Ripper'

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday October 19, 2019

A jury in California recommended the death sentence on Friday for a man dubbed the "Hollywood Ripper" who was earlier found guilty in the gruesome killings of two women at their homes.

Woman Strangulated To Death By Drunk Husband In UP: Police

Muzaffarnagar News | Press Trust of India | Saturday October 19, 2019

A woman was allegedly strangulated to death by her husband in a drunken stupor in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, police said on Friday.

High Court Seeks Report As Lower Court Awards Lesser Punishment For Murder

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday October 18, 2019

The Madras High Court has taken a serious view of a sessions judge awarding lesser punishment to two murder convicts instead of death or life imprisonment as provided in the statute, and sought an explanation within three days.

Minister Promises Action After Cows Locked Up In Madhya Pradesh School

India News | ANI | Friday October 18, 2019

Madhya Pradesh Animal Husbandry Minister Lakhan Singh Yadav on Friday said that strict action will be taken against those who locked up 17 cows inside a classroom of a Gwalior-based school for a week which later led to their death due to starvation.

Hindu Group Leader Kamlesh Tiwari Shot Dead In Lucknow

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Saturday October 19, 2019

Kamlesh Tiwari, the leader of a political organisation in Uttar Pradesh called Hindu Samaj, was shot dead at his residence in Lucknow this afternoon

Uttar Pradesh: Boy Stabs 21-Year-Old Woman In Noida Residential Society, Commits Suicide

Noida News | Press Trust of India | Friday October 18, 2019

A teenager stabbed a 21-year-old woman, who is an engineering student, in her house in Noida. The accused then jumped to his death from his eighth-floor balcony, police said on Friday.

3 UP Cops Charged With Man's Murder; Son Stood Outside, Was Given Chips

India News | Written by Alok Pandey, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Friday October 18, 2019

Four days after the alleged custodial death of a 35-year-old security guard'sin western Uttar Pradesh's Hapur, three policemen have charged with murder. No one, however, has been arrested. The three police officials,including a deputy superintendent, are accused of beating up the man inside a police post and torturing him with screwdrivers as his y...

Tigress Found Dead In Madhya Pradesh Forest Reserve

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday October 18, 2019

The mutilated carcass of a tigress was found in Sanjay Tiger Reserve's Khokra forest area at Madhyra Pradesh's Sidhi, a forest official said on Thursday. Director of the reserve Ashok Mishra confirmed the death of T-20 tigress, but said the exact cause can be ascertained only after an autopsy.

Cops Yet To Establish Sunanda Pushkar's Cause Of Death Despite "Adventurous Route": Shashi Tharoor

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 17, 2019

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor told a Delhi court on Thursday that the cause of his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death in 2014 was yet to be established even though the police took a very "adventurous route" in its probe.

Sunanda Pushkar Case: Defence Wants Her Last Tweet In Charge-Sheet

India News | ANI | Friday October 18, 2019

Sunanda Pushkar Murder Case: The counsel representing Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor accused in the murder case of his wife Sunanda Pushkar, on Thursday sought that the tweet posted by the latter just before her death be made a part of the charge-sheet.