Private Tragedy

Delhi LG VK Saxena has ordered an anti-corruption probe into possible lapses in registration and regulatory management of private nursing homes in the city after a fire in a children's hospital killed seven babies.

Social activist Abdul Jabbar, who fought for justice to the 15,000 victims and thousands of survivors of the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy, died on Thursday at a private hospital in the Madhya Pradesh capital.

Two more bodies were recovered today during the search operation in Savitri river where two state-run buses and some private vehicles were swept away after a British-era bridge collapsed in Mahad, taking the toll in the tragedy to 24.

Donald Trump has slammed Hillary Clinton for talking about the email controversy surrounding her US presidential bid when five police officers were killed in a shootout by at least one sniper in Dallas, saying she was answering "softball questions" on a day of national tragedy.

A woman was arrested today for allegedly throwing her newborn daughter down from the second floor of a private hospital in Dombivli, 46 km from Mumbai. The body of the dead baby was discovered in the hospital compound on the morning of March 12.

One person is still missing in the boat tragedy in the Andaman Islands on Sunday in which 21 people died and 29 were rescued. The owner of the private tourist boat is being questioned and may be arrested as the administration has filed an FIR under Section 304 or culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

Nelson Mandela, who was separated from his family for nearly three decades in an apartheid prison, endured a long history of heartache in his private life.

A love marriage has ended in tragedy after a 29-year-old air-hostess, Vrushali Gaikwad, working with a private airline allegedly committed suicide at her residence on June 16. While initial medical reports and police records attributed her death to hanging, her family members allege foul play. The Gaikwads believe their daughter was murdered, and s...

Touts and hearse operators seem to be sounding the death knell for Mumbai's famed 'spirit'. After several stories emerged of a private agent duping the kin of the dead in last week's blasts by issuing certificates for the transfer of the bodies outside city limits for a charge which were actually supposed to be issued by the BMC for free comes a sh...

Delhi LG VK Saxena has ordered an anti-corruption probe into possible lapses in registration and regulatory management of private nursing homes in the city after a fire in a children's hospital killed seven babies.

Social activist Abdul Jabbar, who fought for justice to the 15,000 victims and thousands of survivors of the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy, died on Thursday at a private hospital in the Madhya Pradesh capital.

Two more bodies were recovered today during the search operation in Savitri river where two state-run buses and some private vehicles were swept away after a British-era bridge collapsed in Mahad, taking the toll in the tragedy to 24.

Donald Trump has slammed Hillary Clinton for talking about the email controversy surrounding her US presidential bid when five police officers were killed in a shootout by at least one sniper in Dallas, saying she was answering "softball questions" on a day of national tragedy.

A woman was arrested today for allegedly throwing her newborn daughter down from the second floor of a private hospital in Dombivli, 46 km from Mumbai. The body of the dead baby was discovered in the hospital compound on the morning of March 12.

One person is still missing in the boat tragedy in the Andaman Islands on Sunday in which 21 people died and 29 were rescued. The owner of the private tourist boat is being questioned and may be arrested as the administration has filed an FIR under Section 304 or culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

Nelson Mandela, who was separated from his family for nearly three decades in an apartheid prison, endured a long history of heartache in his private life.

A love marriage has ended in tragedy after a 29-year-old air-hostess, Vrushali Gaikwad, working with a private airline allegedly committed suicide at her residence on June 16. While initial medical reports and police records attributed her death to hanging, her family members allege foul play. The Gaikwads believe their daughter was murdered, and s...

Touts and hearse operators seem to be sounding the death knell for Mumbai's famed 'spirit'. After several stories emerged of a private agent duping the kin of the dead in last week's blasts by issuing certificates for the transfer of the bodies outside city limits for a charge which were actually supposed to be issued by the BMC for free comes a sh...