Death

ONI Bureau: Two persons were killed and around 30 others got injured after an overloaded mini-truck in which they were travelling in, fell down of bridge near Nuagaon in Nayagarh district today. The injured admitted to Dashapalla Community…

Nine people were killed and over five others injured after a thunderstorm struck some parts of Uttar Pradesh, a state Government spokesman said on Tuesday. Of the nine victims, five were from Unnao district. They were struck by lightning…

Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam on Monday said here that the government will take necessary steps to permanently shut down the copper smelter plant of Vedanta Ltd, popularly known as Sterlite Copper. Pannerselvam…

ONI Bureau:  Prabhudutta Pradhan, the music composer of the all time popular Sambalpuri song ‘Rangabati’ breathed his last at his residence in Sambalpur in the wee hours on Monday. He was 75. Born on November 11, 1943, Pradhan started…

Simple good hygiene practices such as frequent hand washing and cooking food properly before consuming can help you avoid contracting the brain-damaging Nipah virus which has claimed 12 lives in Kerala till now and led to quarantining of at…

A shutdown called by the DMK-led opposition condemning the police firing that killed 13-anti-Sterlite copper plant protestors in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi, met with mixed response on Friday. While state-owned transport corporations were…

Nine people, including a girl, died on Tuesday in police firing after the ongoing anti-Sterlite protests turned violent with thousands of people from nearby areas allegedly attacking the District Collectorate demanding closure of the…

The toll due to the Nipah Virus (NiP), presently identified in Kerala's Kozhikode and Malappuram, rose to 10 on Tuesday even as the Central and State Governments scrambled to contain its outbreak. State Health Minister K.K. Shailaja, who…

The death toll in last weeks hooch tragedy in Kanpur rural rose to 13 on Monday, as eight more persons died after consuming spurious liquor, police said. Five persons had died on Saturday and two more died in a Kanpur medical facility,…

Nine pilgrims headed to ‘punyagiri or the mountain of good deeds, were mowed down by a speeding mini-truck in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district on Friday, police said. The deceased were part of a group of 250, who were walking bare foot…