Four youngsters Rajendra Prasad, Venkatachalam, Satyendranath and Sumanth were died in a car accident at Detroit, US on 22nd of this month. Out of the four, 3 bodies have reached Hyderabad on Friday night. While Sumanth belongs to Visakha district other three belongs to West Godavari district.
2011/9/23 8:26:57 A young couple was found dead under suspicious circumstances at their house in the Rajendranagar police limits on Friday.
According to police, the deceased - Rafeeq, 21, and Ramiya, 17, were natives of Dhone in Kurnool. They came to the city last week and rented a house in Shivarampally area. However, on Friday morning both were found lying unconscious in their house.
On information, police reached the spot and found that the couple was already dead. Police suspect that they might have committed suicide by consuming poison. However, police is yet to ascertain their background and the reasons that might have led them to resort to extreme step. Police did not find any suicide note.
Police shifted their bodies to the Osmania General Hospital mortuary and started investigations. (INN)
2011/1/16 5:36:46 On the eve of Makara Sankranthi, there was huge turnout at Ayyappa Temple at Sabarimalai in Kerala on Saturday. After having darshan of holy ‘Makara Jyothy,’ while the devotees are returning, a Jeep which goes beyond control ran into the huge crowds who were passing through the narrow road at Sabarimalai, which lead to stampede resulting deaths in tens of people. While some devotees crushed under the speeding jeep some have lost their lives in the stampede and some others were said to be fallen into the valley beside the road. So far, it was reported that more than 100 people dead and many injured in this incident. It was reported that 22 devotees from Andhra Pradesh have lost their lives in this incident. Today, 11 bodies were transported in three separate planes to Hyderabad. Rest of the bodies is expected to be transported to their concerned places by tomorrow evening.
The names of the devotees whose bodies were sent to Hyderabad are:
K.Govinda Rao(Srikakulam); Pappula Prasad and Achuth (Krsina); Hari Prasad and G.Venkateswarulu( Guntur); Aravind (Vijayawada); Suryulu( Chirala); K.Govindam (Prakasham); Sarvesam( Karemnagar); Venkatrao and Raj Kumarappa (Nizamabad); Srinivas (Mehboobnagar); Rambabu Reddy( Nalgonda); Sri Rama Chandra Murthy(Hyderabad).
2008/1/6 23:43:41 The unit members of the soap cancelled shooting after lead actor Shabbir Ahluwalia discovered dead bodies of two young girls at the location
The cast and crew members of Balaji's popular soap Kayamath had an unpleasant experience just before they started shooting at Aksa beach in Malad (West) on January 4. The production house had set up a lavish gazebo on the beach and intended to shoot night-long with the lead pair Shabbir Ahluwalia and Panchi Bora. However, they had to dismantle the sets even before they could start shooting.
Shabbir, who had come in early, was taking a stroll after sun down when he discovered dead bodies of two young girls on the shore. The shocked actor alerted the unit members who rushed to the spot. They immediately informed the local police station and decided to cancel the shooting.
A unit member informs, "We had put up a gazebo set at Aksa beach. We were gearing up to film when Shabbir spotted dead bodies of two young girls. We immediately informed the local police about the bodies. Later we called up our seniors in Balaji and requested them to cancel the shoot as everybody was quite upset with the incident."
Panchi, who plays Prachi on the show, was on her way to the beach when she got to know about the unfortunate incident. Initially, she refused to believe her co-star Shabbir and dismissed it as a prank to scare her.
She says, "Shabbir had informed me about the dead bodies. I thought it was a joke and he was just trying to scare me. Later some unit members called and asked me not to report to work that night."
The cast and crew members shot at Aksa beach the following night but far away from the spot where the dead bodies were found. Apparently, Shabbir and Panchi were quite uncomfortable while enacting the scenes. So much so that Panchi even refused to be left alone and urged her mommy to accompany her to the shoot.
She says, "I was scared and was quite uncomfortable while shooting there the next day. My mother accompanied me to the sets, as she was apprehensive about me being close to the place where the unfortunate incident took place. Once at the shoot I refused to be left alone even for a minute," says Panchi.
At least 65 people were killed Tuesday when a suicide bomber detonated a car packed with explosives near the education ministry in this Somali capital, Xinhua reported.
More than 50 others, many of them students, were injured in the deafening explosion in the heart of the city.
"I can say that now we know 65 people dead and more than 50 others wounded in the attack," said Ali Muse, head of the emergency service.
Those at the scene reported bloody mayhem.
A witness, Omar Fidik, said: "We could hear the huge explosion around the ministry building. Dozens were killed, and charred bodies lay scattered in the area."
2011/7/6 22:51:21 Chhapra-Mathura Express has rammed into a local city bus at an unmanned railway crossing at Thanagaon near Kanshiram Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh state, killing 37 people on the spot and injuring 17 others on the early hours of Thursday. All the passengers in the bus belong to a marriage party and many of them are relatives.
"Till now 37 dead bodies have been recovered and more are feared to be dead. We have learnt that the accident took place at around 1.47 am. There are around 100 passengers in the bus at the time of accident," said Selva Kumari the Kanshiram Nagar District Magistrate. Relief and rescue operation has started in full swing and top railway and city administration officials have already reached the spot to stock of the situation.
For further inquiry about the accident, the railway officials have issued helpline number 9893566517.
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh expressing shock and profound grief at the loss of life, he has announced ex-gratia relief of Rs 2 lakhs for the kin of each person killed, Rs 50,000 each for seriously injured and Rs 10,000 each for those with simple injuries. Separately, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has also announced compensation of Rs One lakh for the kin of the deceased persons.
The Prime Minister has also ordered an inquiry by Railway Safety Commissioner into the accident. (Source: Zee News)
2011/12/9 15:27:14 In a tragedy of monumental proportions, over 97 persons, including a Bangladeshi national have now been declared dead after inhaling smoke caused by a fire at a multi-speciality, centrally air conditioned, seven-storey private hospital in the metropolis early today.
"Most of the deaths were caused by suffocation," Fire Service and Disaster Management Minister Javed Khan told reporters here.
The fire in the annexe building of the hospital was detected at around 3:30 am by local people who rushed to the gates, but were driven away by the security guards, following which the fire spread swiftly, Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim said.
The Lake police station was first informed at 4:10am with the fire brigade arriving at the AMRI Hospital at Dhakuria within ten minutes, Khan said. "Smoke was carried through AC ducts and it was luck that oxygen cylinders could be removed from the fire zone," he said.
Khan said that the doctors, nurses and the hospital staff escaped immediately after fire began sweeping the floors one by one.
Body after body Following the arrival of emergency crews, the steady flow of bodies continued as ambulances carrying them entered the SSKM hospital one by one and after autopsy and identification, the bodies were handed over to their relatives. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was present at the scene not only consoling the wailing relatives and family members but also directing the authorities over a microphone to expedite the procedural formalities for the families to take back the dead.
Several relatives and family members continued to wait for the bodies to arrive while others jostled with others to complete the formalities.
Banerjee who had ready assistance in form of several of her ministerial colleagues, said: "61 bodies have been brought here so far. Of them post mortem has been performed already on 46 and 16 of the bodies have been identified."
A hotel in Japan turns down young couples who come looking for a place to stay. This hotel has only "cold-storage" rooms -- that too for the dead!
Situated in Yokohama, the 'Lastel hotel' though looks much like any other lodging, it stores the deceased in refrigerated coffins so that mourning relatives can visit any time, the Daily Mail reported.
These are, however, not permanent hotel guests. They are waiting their turn at the city's crowded crematoriums.
There are 18 corpses, all tucked up in refrigerated coffins. Each coffin costs around 12,000 yen ($157).
Hotel owner Hisayoshi Teramura says about the couples who come asking for rooms: "We tell them we only have cold rooms."
Death in Japan has become a "rare booming market", the daily said.
In 2010, according to government records, 1.2 million people died. Around 55,000 more people died than in 2009.
Over the past decade, an average of 23,000 more people died each year in Japan.
Annual deaths by 2040 are expected to reach 1.66 million.
Teramura's hotel for the dead stores and chills encoffined corpses, and delivers them through hatches into a viewing room, whenever friends and family come to pay their respects.
In Yokohama city, the average wait for a crematorium is more than four days.
"Otherwise people have to keep the bodies at home where there isn't much space," said Teramura.(IANS)
Local bodies polls before assembly by-elections: Minister
2012/4/12 5:58:11 Municipal Administration Minister M Mahidhar Reddy on Thursday announced that the State Government was likely to conduct elections to local bodies before the by-elections to 18 Assembly segments in the State.
Talking to media persons after participating in a slew of development programmes in the East Godavari district, the Minister said that the government has to conduct elections to local bodies within 45 days after the completion of census work in the state. He hoped that the elections to local bodies would be announced before the next by-elections.
Stating that the government allotted Rs 2 crore for Nagara Panchayats development, he said that Rajahmundry would be given top priority in the second phase of implementation of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. He also warned that State Government would 10 to 20 per cent fine annually against those who fail to utilize the Building Regularisation Scheme/Building Penalisation scheme in the towns. (INN)
2011/10/24 2:37:44 Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy expressed shock and profound grief over the unfortunate road accident that took place at Detroit in USA, where four Telugu people from Andhra Pradesh have reportedly died.
The Chief Minister directed the officials to get in touch with the US Embassy officials immediately and to help send the dead bodies to the respective places of Andhra Pradesh. Chief Minister conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members. (INN)
2011/12/16 7:49:54 The elections for the local bodies including municipalities and municipal corporations would be held by March 31.
This was announced by Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister M Maheedhar Reddy while talking to reporters on the sidelines of two-days Collectors Conference at Jubilee Hall here on Thursday. He said that the government has decided to conduct the elections for all local bodies by March 31. However, he said that the government was not ready to conduct simultaneous elections for newly formed municipalities with the existing ones due to some technical reasons.
The Minister said that the government would make a detailed announcement in this regard in the next three to four days after convening a meeting with the officials concerned. (INN)
2011/11/13 8:53:09 (IANS) Four intelligence officials along with a civilian have been found dead after they went missing following an attempt to nab a leader of the outlawed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in Pakistan's Punjab province, a media report said Sunday.
Major Afaq Ahmed and three of his subordinates -- Muhammad Mazhar, Mohammad Amjad, Mohammad Fiaz -- along with a civilian Maqsood Ahmed set out Friday in search of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi leader "Dr Arshad" after getting reports that he was hiding in Pir Chunbbal of Jhelum district, Dawn News reported.
The report, however, did not mention to which department the officials belonged. No organisation has claimed responsibility for the killings. Police teams from Jhelum and Chakwal earlier launched a joint operation in the area after receiving intelligence reports that a militant group was hiding in the hilly terrains of Pir Chunbbal.
The manhunt was called off at night and no arrests were made.However, the four officials and the civilian did not report back. A search was launched, and their bodies were found Saturday in the hilly area. Police have ordered an inquiry into the incident. One inspector, three sub-inspectors and seven constables have been suspended.
2012/1/16 14:21:39 Telangana Rahstra Samithi Siddipet MLA T Harish Rao on Monday asked Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy to immediately conduct elections for the local bodies.
Talking to media persons at his residence, he said that people have been facing lot of problems due to the absence of elected bodies. “There is no one to monitor the local bodies after the expiry of term of elected presidents. The Chief Executive officers appointed to look into problems are unable to address the people’s issues,” he said.
Harish Rao also appealed to the State Government to announce a compensation of Rs 10,000 per acre to the drought-hit farmers. Further, he demanded that the government provide subsidy on seeds, fertilizers and farm tools to take up agriculture operations. He appealed to government to supply 1000 additional transformers for the affected district to resolve the power woes.
The TRS leaders also demanded direct selection for the teachers' posts through the District Selection Committees. (INN)
The mentor of the Telangana movement Professor Jayashankar is dead. Jayashankar passed away at 11.30 this morning. He was battling with cancer for some time. He was 77.
Jayashankar breathed his last at his residence in Hanamkonda where he was shifted from the hospital upon his request.
The Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Dorjee Khandu is no more. He died in a helicopter crash. He went missing four days ago. The helicopter he was traveling has no been found. The search team has located the wreckage of the helicopter near the Jang waterfalls in Tawang district.
There are five mutilated bodies at the site of the wreckage. The authorities say it will take five to six hours for them to shift the bodies.
2011/10/7 8:39:54 The Hyderabad City Police on Friday found the dead body of a new born female baby near on the steps of river Musi near Nayapul.
According to police, stray dogs have eaten away the abdominal part of the baby. Police was yet to establish whether the baby was abandoned by the parents while she was alive or they have kept the dead body which eaten away by the dogs. Initially, police even suspected that some stray dogs might have brought the baby from the Government Maternity Hospital. However, since no complaint of missing baby came from the hospital, this possibility was ruled out.
The Charminar police registered a case and started investigations. (INN)
Man declared dead by Kamineni doctors, vomits, dies again
2011/8/7 9:04:41 Angry relatives staged a dharna in front of the Kamineni Hospital at LB Nagar on Sunday after the doctors there declared a living man dead and even issued a ‘death certificate.’
The man died ‘again’ soon, leaving his relatives in a tizzy with extreme emotions of anguish, then happiness and then more anguish.
The man, identified as Hari, was declared dead by the doctors at the hospital after he was rushed there following a fall from an electricity pole at Bonala.
Hari, from Chilukanagar in Uppal area was checked by the doctors on duty at the hospital who declared him as ‘brought dead,’ and gave a certificate to this effect.
He however got up while being taken away by his grieving family and started to vomit. The grieving family members rushed Hari back to the hospital where he was shifted to the ICU.
An hour later, the doctors declared Hari to be dead again, this time while undergoing treatment in the ICU.
The inefficiency of the doctors, first in declaring him dead while he was alive and then failing to save his life left Hari’s relatives enraged. They resorted to a protest in front of the hospital.
They alleged that Hari died as the doctors had failed to administer proper treatment to him and were indirectly responsible for his death.
However, the situation was controlled with the intervention of LB Nagar and Uppal MLAs Sudhir Reddy and Rajireddy. The MLAs assured that the victims family will get due justice from the hospital for their negligence. (INN)
2011/10/24 22:18:36 (IANS/AKI) At least 53 supporters of killed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are believed to have been executed by anti-Gaddafi fighters, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said.
The bodies of the Gaddafi supporters were found in the abandoned Mahari Hotel in Sirte, the New York-based organisation said in a statement on its website.
"We found 53 decomposing bodies, apparently Gaddafi supporters, at an abandoned hotel in Sirte, and some had their hands bound behind their backs when they were shot," said Peter Bouckaert, HRW emergencies director, who investigated the killings.
"This requires the immediate attention of the Libyan authorities to investigate what happened and hold accountable those responsible," he said.
"The bodies were clustered together, apparently where they had been killed, on the grass in the sea-view garden of the hotel," the HRW said, and called on Libyan authorities to investigate the deaths.
Govt admits paying nominal part of MV Tax to local bodies
2012/3/27 6:55:52 Minister for Municipal Administration M Mahidhar Reddy on Tuesday admitted that the State Government itself was levying and collecting Motor Vehicle Tax and allocating a very nominal part of it to the municipal bodies.
Replying to a question raised by MIM MLCs Syed Alfaq Hyder Rizvi and Syed Aminul Hasan Jafri, he said that it was fact the Second Finance Commission has recommended that 10 percent of Motor Vehicle Tax realized by the State Government be given to the urban local bodies including the GHMC.
He also informed the House that the government has agreed to devolve Rs 100 crores per annum in lump sum to ULBs and Rs 200 crore to Panchayat Raj institutions towards Second State Finance Commission grants based on the recommendation of the Cabinet sub-committee. (INN)
Chhapra-Mathura Express has rammed into a local city bus at an unmanned railway crossing at Thanagaon near Kanshiram Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh state, killing 37 people on the spot and injuring 17 others on the early hours of Thursday. All the passengers in the bus belong to a marriage party and many of them are relatives.
"Till now 37 dead bodies have been recovered and more are feared to be dead. We have learnt that the accident took place at around 1.47 am. There are around 100 passengers in the bus at the time of accident," said Selva Kumari the Kanshiram Nagar District Magistrate. Relief and rescue operation has started in full swing and top railway and city administration officials have already reached the spot to stock of the situation. 
Municipal Administration Minister M Mahidhar Reddy on Thursday announced that the State Government was likely to conduct elections to local bodies before the by-elections to 18 Assembly segments in the State.
Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy expressed shock and profound grief over the unfortunate road accident that took place at Detroit in USA, where four Telugu people from Andhra Pradesh have reportedly died.
Telangana Rahstra Samithi Siddipet MLA T Harish Rao on Monday asked Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy to immediately conduct elections for the local bodies.
(IANS/AKI) At least 53 supporters of killed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are believed to have been executed by anti-Gaddafi fighters, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said.
Minister for Municipal Administration M Mahidhar Reddy on Tuesday admitted that the State Government itself was levying and collecting Motor Vehicle Tax and allocating a very nominal part of it to the municipal bodies.
