Guwahati (Assam) [India], Jan 30 (ANI): The families of deceased men and women who lost their lives during the Assam Agitation have decided to return the honour conferred on their sons, husbands or daughters by the government.
New Delhi (India) [India], Jan 30 (ANI): The national capital has seen an alarming rise in the number of swine flu cases with at least 479 people testing positive for the infectious seasonal influenza and two government hospitals reporting a combined death toll of 11, so far this year.
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Jan 30 (ANI): The United Nations has said that nearly 900 people lost their lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo last month due to ethnic strife. It said that 15 communal burial sites and 43 single graves have been found near the town of Yumbi.
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 30 (ANI): A new research now finds another reason why sleep, mood and stress are important. According to researchers, they affect the extent to which older adults feel they have control over their lives.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jan 29 (ANI): Two persons died due to swine flu out of the 16 people who have been tested positive for it at a government hospital here.
New Delhi [India], Jan 28 (ANI: Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s announcement of minimum universal basic income to poor will mark a turning point in the lives of the poor people, said former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday.
Belo Horizonte [Brazil], Jan 26 (ANI): China on Saturday extended condolences to the families of the deceased and of those who went missing due to the collapse of a dam at an iron ore mine in southern Brazil, which took place yesterday, claiming as many as nine lives.
New Delhi [India], Jan 24 (ANI): A year after the massive fire at the Bawana firecracker factory that claimed the lives of 17 people, the family of one victim is struggling to claim the Rs 5 lakh compensation announced by Delhi government.
Florida [USA], Jan 24 (ANI): At least five people have lost their lives after a hostage situation apparently went downhill at a SunTrust retail bank in Sebring here on Wednesday (local time).
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 23 (ANI): The Ghatkopar police has registered an FIR under sections of culpable homicide and for endangering the lives of others against UY Aviation and its officials and others in the case pertaining to a plane crash in Ghatkopar on 28 June last year.
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 22 (ANI): Pakistan on Tuesday, while extending condolences to the victims of the suicide explosion in Afghanistan’s Wardak province which claimed over 100 lives, said that ‘such reprehensible acts vitiate the environment of ongoing efforts for peace’ in the region.
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 22 (ANI): A pandal in the ongoing Kumbh Mela has been dedicated to the army men who have lost their lives while doing their duty. The pandal namely ‘Shaheedon Ki Basti’ is the brainchild of Saint Balak Yogeshwar Das from Badrinath.