Four people were fatally shot and six others wounded after at least one gunman opened fire on a backyard party in Fresno, California, on Sunday, then fled, the authorities said.All 10 of the victims w...

Dengue claimed 27 lives and more than 44,000 people tested positive for the disease in Bengal this year, chief minister Mamata Banerjee said in the Assembly on Tuesday.Junior health minister Chandrima...

The National Human Rights Commission on Friday issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh government over the death of a Dalit man allegedly in police custody in Amroha district, noting that it amounted to '...

The northeast monsoon has claimed 25 lives in Tamil Nadu since Friday, the state government said on Monday.Of these, 17 died after a wall collapsed on three houses at Nadur village near Coimbatore on ...

The autopsy of the body of Mineral Area Development Authority (Mada) grade-IV employee Roshan Raut, 57, found at the Patliputra Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) garbage dump on Friday, was done on ...

A two-year-old boy died when a battery-operated vehicle hit him at the Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad, police said on Wednesday.The boy was returning after seeing the animals with his family on Tu...

Two army personnel were killed on Saturday when an avalanche hit their patrol at an altitude of about 18,000ft in the southern Siachen Glacier in the Union Territory of Ladakh, a defence spokesperson ...

Two full-grown tuskers were locked in a fierce fight that lasted eight hours in a Jhargram forest last month before the grievously injured loser retreated, out of the forest officials’ radar. The in...

A panel of medical and legal experts has proposed a “model bill” to establish a legal framework to guide end-of-life care decisions by doctors, patients or family members and overcome challenges p...

Abhiram Khesh, one of the survivors of the Assam hooch tragedy which has claimed over 144 lives since Thursday, has promised not to touch another drop of liquor as long as he is alive.But the vow may ...