According to newindianexpress.com, a 61-year-old tourist from Singapore died at a private hospital in Poonkulam here on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Suppiah Thaamathran. According to police, Suppiah died of kidney failure in the morning. Read article
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Bernama.com reports that a woman journalist from Germany and her colleague, who arrived in India to report the agitation against Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant near here, have been detained by the local police. The South Asian Correspondent of a German radio network and her male colleague were on their way to Idinthakarai, the hub of […]
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According to telegraph.co.uk, Ishan Rawal was reportedly kidnapped during a ceremony to celebrate the opening of his parents’ hospital in central India. His strangled body is understood to have been found in woodland after his parents Dr Nikita Rawal and Dr Arvind Rawal, who used to work at Hull Royal Infirmary, reported him missing. The […]
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As reported by Business-standard.com, a Myanmar national was arrested today at the Lucknow Airport while trying to go to Sharjah allegedly on a fake passport. Sheikh Abdul Khalid was arrested at the airport with the fake passport, police said. Khalid had got made a fake passport by pasting his picture on a stolen passport, they […]
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According to greaterkashmir.com, with no letup in dog attacks on humans in this summer Capital, over two dozen people including holidaying visitors and children were bitten Thursday in the busy tourist hub of Dalgate and the City centre, reports and witnesses said. They said the fresh rampage erupted in the afternoon when some rabid dogs […]
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Thehindu.com reports that hundreds of panic-stricken migrant labourers have started fleeing the insurgency-ravaged Garo Hills region in western Meghalaya after eight coal miners were killed. A government official said up to 5,000 migrant workers, mainly from Assam, have left several areas of Garo Hills, fearing fresh attacks on non-indigenous workers. “Despite our best attempts at […]
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As reported by Eturbonews.com. a tourist from India drowned yesterday in heavy surf at Phuket’s Kata beach. It was the third drowning on the island’s holiday beaches in the space of three days. The man, named as Ramesh Chand Singhal, 49, took a bodyboard into the surf for a swim about 5pm at Kata, according […]
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According to timesofindia.com, a long-awaited homecoming ended in tragedy when a 30-year-old woman employed in Dubai was killed in a road accident just an hour after she landed at Chennai airport on Friday night. Two other men, who are yet to be identified, were also killed when the car they travelling in was involved in […]
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According to deccanchronicle.com, shocking reports of exploitation of distraught travelers have come to the fore in Uttarakhand with some stranded people forced to pay Rs 250 for a ‘paratha’ and Rs 100 for a small pack of chips. With their money and belongings washed away in the floods, hundreds of survivors did not get anything […]
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Vijaychowk.com reports that a tourist was killed when he fell off from a roof in Amer Palace complex here today, officials said. Rajnish Kumar (42), hailing from Noida, was busy shooting with his camera when he accidentally fell off from the roof. He was rushed to SMS government hospital where he succumbed to severe head […]
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