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  Another worker dies at Brazil World Cup site

  Football | May 09, 2014 6:52 IST

  SAO PAULO :  A worker at a World Cup stadium still under construction in Brazil died Thursday in an electrical accident, officials said.   The head of emergency services in the city of Cuiaba, Rosenil Moraes,

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  Oldest Olympian, US sharpshooter, dies at 106

  Other Sports | May 02, 2014 15:08 IST

  ARLINGTON, Virginia: Walter R. Walsh, an FBI sharpshooter who was the world's oldest living Olympian, has died. He was 106.   Walsh died on Tuesday -- six days before his 107th birthday -- at his home

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  World's oldest man dies at 111 in Italy

  World | April 27, 2014 18:04 IST

  London: The world's oldest man has died in Italy at the age of 111, just days before celebrating his 112th birthday, Guinness World Records said.Arturo Licata was awarded the Guinness World Records title of oldest

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  Italian motorcycle racer Emanuele Cassani dies in crash

  Other Sports | April 14, 2014 9:28 IST

  Rome:   Italian motorcycle racer Emanuele Cassani died Sunday after a collision on the Misano World Circuit during the Trofeo Bridgestone 600, one of the events in the Coppa Italia 2014, organisers said.Cassani, who was

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  Worker dies at stadium hosting World Cup opener.

  Football | March 30, 2014 7:20 IST

  SAO PAULO :  A worker died Saturday after falling at the construction site of the stadium that will host the World Cup opener in Sao Paulo, marking the seventh death in accidents at World Cup

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  Veteran INA youth wing member dies in Singapore

  World | March 21, 2014 17:00 IST

  Singapore: One of the last members of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose-founded Indian National Army's youth wing has died in Singapore.Bala A Chandran passed away at the age of 86 on March 15, weekly tabloid for

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  Bellini, captain of 1958 World Cup champion, Brazil, dies.

  Football | March 21, 2014 12:18 IST

  SAO PAULO: Hilderado  Bellini, Brazil's captain when it won its first World Cup in 1958, died on Thursday from complications following a heart attack. He was 83.   The Hospital 9 de Julho confirmed Bellini's death

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  Afghan Vice President, ex-Northern alliance commander, dies

  World | March 09, 2014 19:22 IST

  Kabul: Afghan vice president Field Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim, a leading commander in the alliance that fought the Taliban, died today. He was 57.Fahim was an ethnic Tajik who was an ally of Ahmad Shah

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  Chhau dance guru Makar Dhwaja Darogha dies

  India | February 17, 2014 15:27 IST

  Jamshedpur (Jharkhand): Chhau dance guru Padma Shri Makar Dhwaja Darogha today passed away after prolonged illness near here, family sources said.  He was 81.Darogha breathed his last at about 12.30 am at his residence in

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  Tata Motors managing director Karl Slym dies after falling from Bangkok hotel

  January 27, 2014 10:13 IST

  Bangkok/New Delhi: Tata Motors Managing Director Karl Slym died today after falling from the 22nd floor of a five-star hotel in Bangkok, where he had gone to attend a board meeting of the company's Thailand

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  Riot victim dies due to cold in Muzaffarnagar

  India | January 27, 2014 15:08 IST

  Muzaffarnagar:  A 60-year-old woman, who had fled her village after riots last year and later moved out of relief camp in Shahpur due to alleged government pressure, yesterday died due to cold near the camp.

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  Young Pakistani cricketer dies while batting

  Cricket | December 20, 2013 18:26 IST

  Sukkur (Pakistan): A promising 22-year-old cricketer, Zulfiqar Bhatti, died after being hit on the chest while batting during the Begum Khursheed Memorial Twenty20 tournament here in Pakistan's Sindh province.While trying to attempt a pull shot,

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  Minor boy injured in Assam blast dies

  India | November 28, 2013 10:53 IST

  Guwahati: A three-year-old boy, who was injured in a blast in Assam's Bongaigaon town Monday, died of his injuries Wednesday in a hospital here, officials said.Five people, including a woman and the boy, were injured

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  Injured Tata Steel employee dies in hospital

  India | November 20, 2013 17:42 IST

  Jamshedpur: A Tata Steel employee who was critically injured in LD gas holder explosion in the plant has died of his injuries at a hospital in Gurgaon.  The employee, B N Sikdar, who was admitted

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  80 year old Sikh attacked by girl in UK dies

  World | November 07, 2013 20:26 IST

  London: An 80-year-old Sikh man, who was punched in the face and shoved to ground by a teenaged girl in the British city of Coventry in August, has died, police said today.Joginder Singh from Canley

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  Former Lille and Senegal coach Bruno Metsu dies

  Football | October 15, 2013 17:47 IST

  Lille, France: Former Lille and Senegal coach Bruno Metsu has died. He was 59.   Lille announced Metsu's death on its website, without giving a cause. Widespread reports said Metsu died early Tuesday following a long

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  Stricken United Airlines plane captain dies while piloting

  World | September 27, 2013 23:47 IST

  Idaho: A United Airlines captain suffered an apparent heart attack while piloting a plane from Houston to Seattle and passengers stepped in to help with a doctor performing CPR and an off-duty pilot assisting in

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  Delhi man dies of cops' beating police deny claim

  India | September 15, 2013 19:38 IST

  New Delhi: Three policeman beat a 67-year-old man to death for refusing to fork out money they demanded for letting him erect a Ramlila marquee in a park but police have denied the allegation.Vimal Chaudhary,

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  2 killed, 6 injured as ISKCON temple wall caves in

  India | September 09, 2013 21:23 IST

  Bangalore: Two persons, including a seven-year old girl, were killed and six others injured when a compound wall of the ISKCON temple collapsed and fell on an abutting slum on the city outskirts today, police

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  Man jumps before Metro train in Delhi, dies

  India | August 29, 2013 16:47 IST

  New Delhi: A man aged around 30 died when he jumped before a Delhi Metro train that was pulling out of a station Thursday afternoon, police said.The incident took place at the Uttam Nagar West