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Iconic singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston dies at 58

3:31 am September 12, 2019

New York: Daniel Johnston, the influential singer-songwriter and visual artist who painted Austin’s famous “Hi How Are You” frog mural on the Drag, died last night following a heart attack at age 58. The news was confirmed by his former manager Jeff Tartakov. Johnston, a lo-fi legend, was celebrated over the course of his career […]

Coronavirus: Vaishno Devi yatra closed, all interstate buses banned in JK

Vaishno Devi pilgrim dies of heart attack in J-K’s Reasi

5:27 pm September 7, 2019

Jammu: A 54-year-old pilgrim from Bihar died of a cardiac arrest after paying obeisance at the famous Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, police said on Saturday. Kedar Choudhary, a resident of Bihar’s Mannu Bahri village, collapsed near Bhairo Temple while returning from the cave shrine atop the Trikuta hills late Friday, […]

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Boy dies after attack by 3 dogs in Dallas-area backyard

2:55 am August 12, 2019

Irving: Police say a 16-year-old boy has died after being mauled by three pit bulls inside the fenced backyard of a Dallas-area home where the dogs lived. Irving police on Sunday announced the boy’s death. One officer was treated for a dog bite. A police statement says officers responded around 5 a.m. Saturday to reports […]

Ambala City bus stand to be renamed after Sushma Swaraj

Sushma Swaraj: extraordinary leader with many firsts

8:38 pm August 7, 2019

New Delhi: The last rites for Sushma Swaraj, the former foreign minister and a BJP stalwart, were conducted Wednesday to the sounds of ceremonial bugle and Vedic mantras, the widely different tunes emblematic of the woman herself who harmonised many different chords in her persona. Swaraj, one of India’s most high profile woman politicians who […]

Last rites of Swaraj performed with full state honours

7:16 pm August 7, 2019

New Delhi: The mortal remains of former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj were consigned to flames on Wednesday at the Lodhi Road crematorium here. Hundreds of people, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah and veteran party leader L K Advani bade her farewell. Swaraj, who also served as the Leader of Opposition […]