Six Terrorists killed in Pathankot: Manohar Parrikar
Pathankot, Jan 5: Security forces have killed six terrorists in the IAF base in Pathankot in Punjab, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Tuesday. (IANS)
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Police investigating death of Sussex Cricketer Matthew Hobden
London, Jan 4: Scottish police are investigating the death of 22-year-old Sussex cricketer Matthew Hobden.
The fast bowler was found dead in a private property near Iverness on Saturday, a Police Scotland spokesman has said.
The death…
1976 Olympic Boxing Champion Howard Davis Jr. dies at 59
New York, Jan 2: Howard Davis Jr., who won a boxing gold at the 1976 Montreal Olympics in the lightweight category, has died of lung cancer at the age of 59. Davis died on Wednesday after a battle with lung cancer, his brother Kenny…
Israel returns bodies of 23 Palestinian ‘Attackers’
Jerusalem, Jan 2: Israel on Friday returned the bodies of 23 Palestinians killed in recent attacks against Israelis to the Palestinian authority, the Israeli army said. Seventeen of the dead Palestinians were from Hebron, three from the…
Nepalese summiteer Wongchu Sherpa’s death mourned
Pune, Jan 1: Mountaineers here mourned the death of Nepalese climber and Himalayan rescuer Wongchu Sherpa who had scaled the world's highest mountain Mt. Everest twice. He was 52. He died in Kathmandu on Wednesday after a two-year-long…
‘M.A.S.H.’ actor Wayne Rogers dead at 82
Los Angeles, Jan 1: Actor Wayne Rogers, best known for playing Captain "Trapper" John McIntyre on TV comedy series "M.A.S.H.", is no more. He died after suffering complications from pneumonia.
Rogers, who hailed from Alabama, died here…
Singer Subir Sen passes away
Kolkata, Dec 29: Singer Subir Sen, known for his work in "Chhoti Bahen", passed away here on Tuesday at a private hospital, sources said.
Some of his well-known songs include "Dheere chalao zara" with Lata Mangeshkar in "Aas Ka Panchhi"…
29 Journalists killed in Iraq in 2015: Report
Baghdad, Dec 15: A total of 29 journalists were killed in violence-ridden Iraq in 2015, many of them executed by the extremist Islamic State (IS) group, an Iraqi journalists' body said on Tuesday. The latest count by the syndicate brings…
Obama calls for Gun Reforms as Shooting leaves 14 Dead
Washington, Dec 3: President Barack Obama repeated a call for gun controls reforms as another deadly mass shooting in Southern California left as many as 14 people dead and another 14 injured. Hours after the mass shooting at a centre for…
Ustad Sabri Khan no more
New Delhi, Dec 1: Renowned sarangi maestro Sabri Khan, who was honoured with the Padma Bhushan, died here following a brief illness. He was 88. The critically acclaimed sarangi player died on Monday night, his son Kamal said.
“He died…