Top Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke, an early gold medal favorite ahead of the 2014 Olympics, died at a Utah hospital on Thursday from injuries she suffered in a training fall. She was 29. Burke, one of the top half-pipe athletes in the world and an ambassador for freestyle skiing who lobbied hard for the […]
Mangalore: In yet another horrifying road accident in city, around midnight(12-30AM)on Wednesday(January 11) near Nandigudda, one person has died and 8 others were seriously injured, when a black Scorpio van turned turtle with wheels up, and was badly damaged in the dark of the night. There were 9 passengers in the Van. The injured persons(8) […]
Malpe: An army soldier Upendra Kumar (2-3) from Thenkanidiyur near here, is reported to have died near Meerut (UP) at Rohan Pathak during a fight against Railway robbers, on duty on Wednesday, Dec 28. He was manning the 22nd Infantry division Signals regiment on duty, when he was killed, according to message received by his […]
Bantwal: The road mishaps in DK and Karnataka never seem to end, despite police vigilance and many other facilities available to road watchers. Here in Gadiyara, near Mani on the Bangalore/Mangalore highway, on Wednesday(December 7), 2 persons died on the spot, and 5 persons(including 2 kids) were injured in a ghastly road accident. The deceased […]
London: Bombay movies’ Mogul of Navketan Pictures, and a yesteryear hero and Phalke awardee, 88 year old Dev Anand, died in London by heart attack in the presence of his Son Sunil on Sunday (IST 3-30 PM) in a Hotel room, before he could be admitted to a hospital. The debonair film actor had a […]
Mangalore:Even a Teachers day(Sept.5 today) cannot spare people from a chilling news of a head-on collision between a speeding passenger service bus and a moving Alto car on the Nethravathi river bridge(1 km long) in Ullal, early on Monday morning, at dawn. Police confirmed that an Alto car driver, Ashwath had died on the spot, […]
Puttaparthi: Spiritual leader Sri Sathya Sai Baba died at the Sathya Sai super speciality hospital at Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district today. Doctors said he died at 7.40 am of cardio-respiratory failure. The 84-year-old was admitted to hospital on March 28 with breathing and heart problems. His condition since Thursday morning had been described […]
