5,500 may have died in north India floods: officials
Authorities have raised to 5,500 the estimated number of people who perished in devastating floods that swept the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand last month.
Sabari trek stops hearts, literally
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec. 3: As many as 10 devotees have died of heart attacks while undertaking the arduous climb to the famous Ayyappa temple in the Sabarimala hills since the beginning of the pilgri
Indian dies after 5-day airport ordeal
Dubai, Oct. 10: An Indian housemaid, who was stranded in a transit lounge of Muscat airport for five days after losing her passport at the Doha airport, died on her way to the hospital.
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14 elephants killed at Simlipal National Park
New Delhi, Aug. 11: Fourteen elephants have died at the hands of poachers at the Simlipal National Park tiger reserve in Orissa’s Mayurbhanj district. A fact-finding team which visited the reserve bla
Another youth dies, curfew in Srinagar
The toll in the ongoing cycle of violence in the Kashmir Valley rose to 50 with another youth succumbing to injuries sustained in firing by security forces, police said on Monday as curfew was imposed