Chandipura virus causes fever, with symptoms similar to flu, body aches, diarrhoea, vomiting and acute encephalitis. It is transmitted by vectors, including mosquitoes, ticks and sandflies. Representational image | Photo Credit: REUTERS The National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune on Wednesday confirmed the first death of a four-year-old girl died of Chandipura virus while … Read more
The Ernakulam Rural police continue to probe the unnatural death of a 15-year-old boy in his house within the Nedumbassery police limits in Kerala last week. The boy was found hanging in his room on Friday evening. The investigation team led by Aluva DySP is looking into all possibilities, including potentially hazardous online games where … Read more
Villagers travel in a boat through a flooded area following heavy rainfall, at Khandhakhati village in Morigaon. File | Photo Credit: ANI GUWAHATI The second wave of floods in Assam claimed the lives of eight people — the most in a 24-hour phase — on Wednesday, taking the death toll since May to 46. The … Read more
A 35-year-old woman was stabbed to death on Monday allegedly by her male friend at a house in Hosakote, who later tried to die by suicide on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Hemavathy, a native of Andhra Pradesh. According to the police, she was working as an attendant at a fuel station and was … Read more
Built between 1879 and 1881, the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is considered an engineering marvel | Photo Credit: Malobika Sen The death of an 18-year-old youth who was run over by a toy train at Kurseong in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district on Wednesday has raised questions about the encroachment along the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR), a … Read more
A four-member family was found charred to death in their bedroom at Angadikkadavu in Angamaly town near the Cochin International Airport Limited on June 8, 2024. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A four-member family was found charred to death in their bedroom at Angadikkadavu in Angamaly town near the Cochin International Airport Limited on June … Read more
A jury in Idaho unanimously agreed Saturday that convicted killer Chad Daybell deserves the death penalty for the gruesome murders of his wife and his girlfriend’s two youngest children, ending a grim case that began in 2019 with a search for two missing children. The 55-year-old Daybell, wearing a dress shirt and tie, sat with … Read more
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. | Photo Credit: PTI Hitting out at the BJP over the death of a slain Dalit youth’s sister in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ended the rule of law and asserted that “we will create a system where even the … Read more
Firefighters carry out cooling operations and search for remains at TRP game zone at Rajkot, Gujarat on May 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI The death toll in Rajkot’s fire tragedy in the TRP game zone has climbed to 33 while more than 15 persons are still missing in what the Gujarat High Court … Read more
Sarah Davies Alberto Almeida’s life has been saved twice because of blood donations Alberto Almeida treasures every day with his family because he could bleed to death at any moment due to a rare illness. Donated blood has saved his life twice in the past year, after he suffered severe haemorrhages caused by an inoperable … Read more