
Taking strong exception to certain private FM radio stations making unsolicited calls to people and invading their privacy, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has asked these operators to refrain from such pranks. ...

09:18 PM, Feb 12, 2013

British detectives investigating the death of a nurse found hanged after she took a prank phone call at a hospital treating Prince William's pregnant wife Kate have passed an evidence file to prosecutors, police said on Saturday. Public prosecutors must decide whether the case is strong enough to bring charges over a stunt that was condemned around the world and fuelled concerns about media ethics. ...

01:42 PM, Dec 23, 2012

The body of Indian-origin nurse Jacintha Saldanha, who was found hanging at her apartment in London on December 7, has reached Mangalore - near her hometown Shirva in coastal Karnataka. Family sources said the nurse would be buried at her hometown on Monday. "The coffin carrying Jacintha's body will be taken to Shirva on Monday for last rites and funeral at the local cemetery around 4 pm," Udupi Superintendent of...

04:50 PM, Dec 16, 2012

Emotional scenes were witnessed at Westminster Cathedral, which held a mass service for Indian-origin nurse Jacintha Saldanha. Her children remembered as a kind-hearted woman and said the void is "unfulfillable". ...

08:32 PM, Dec 15, 2012

"We are shattered and there's an unfillable void in our lives," said the children of Indian-origin nurse Jacintha Saldanha, who was found dead after she was duped by a prank call to the hospital treating the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge. Jacintha, 46, a mother of two from Bristol, was found hanging on December 7. ...

06:12 PM, Dec 15, 2012

The Guardian on Friday revealed the content of the three suicide notes left behind by Indian-origin nurse Jacintha Saldanha, who was found dead a day after receiving a prank call by two Australian radio presenters who impersonated Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles seeking to know the details of "their granddaughter" Kate Middleton, who is pregnant and was at the hospital at the time. ...

10:44 PM, Dec 14, 2012

Australia's media watchdog on Thursday launched a rare fast-track probe into the broadcast of a prank call by a Sydney-based radio station to a UK hospital treating pregnant Princess Kate that led to the death of an Indian-origin nurse. ...

09:20 PM, Dec 13, 2012

In their first interview after Jacintha Saldanha was found dead following a hoax call, Australian radio hosts said that they are shattered and heart broken by the incident. ...

08:06 AM, Dec 11, 2012

The Bijnor DM banned black clothes for women, while a Haryana college said jeans and tops are off limits for women. Australian radio hosts said that they are shattered and heart broken by Indian-origin nurse's death. ...

11:49 PM, Dec 10, 2012

In their first interview after Indian-origin nurse Jacintha Saldanha was found dead following a hoax call Australian, radio hosts said that they are shattered and heart broken by the incident. ...

11:43 PM, Dec 10, 2012

In their first interview after Indian-origin nurse Jacintha Saldanha was found dead following a hoax call made by them to the King Edward VII hospital in Marylebone, Australian radio hosts said that they are shattered and heart broken by the incident. ...

02:00 PM, Dec 10, 2012

The Australian radio station, which is at the centre of the probe in the suicide case of an Indian-origin nurse who received a prank call from the station's radio hosts seeking details of condition of Prince William's wife Kate Middleton, has claimed that it tried to contact the hospital five times before airing the interview. ...

12:53 PM, Dec 10, 2012

The Scotland Yard has begin its probe into the suicide case of Indian-origin nurse Jacintha Saldanha, who fell victim to a prank call made to her by an Australian radion station seeking details of condition of Prince William's wife Kate Middleton. Kate is pregnant and was admitted to King Edward VII hospital in Marylebone - where Saldanha was employed - for acute morning sickness. ...

08:38 AM, Dec 10, 2012

Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate said on Friday they were "deeply saddened" by the death of a nurse who fell victim to a prank call from an Australian radio station seeking details of the duchess's condition while she was in hospital for morning sickness. ...

10:20 AM, Dec 08, 2012

In what is being called "the best international scoop so far" by the Australian press, announcers Mel Greig and Michael Christian from radio station 2Day FM managed to convince hospital staff to put them through to the Kate's private nurse. ...

03:37 PM, Dec 06, 2012

The London hospital treating Prince William's pregnant wife Kate for severe morning sickness admitted on Wednesday it had fallen for a prank call from an Australian radio station, relaying personal details about her condition. ...

11:03 AM, Dec 06, 2012

Caller dropped ample hints that it was a joke, Palin did not pick up on them. ...

01:37 PM, Nov 03, 2008