Siliguri: Sailen Nath Roy, who had made his way to the Guinness Book of World records for his stunts, died in Siliguri on Sunday while performing a rope stunt over Teesta river at Sevoke.
Roy (45) was crossing the turbulent river by hanging from a pulley tied to his ponytail this afternoon. The tragedy took place when the pulley got stuck and he could not move it despite attempts.
The people helplessly watched him dying as he hung mid-air from the rope unable to move, the police said, adding, there were no safety measures in place.
Roy was later pulled to the shore by the onlookers and the doctors declared him dead. The doctors said that Roy had died of cardiac arrest while hanging from the rope over the river....
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08:50 PM, Apr 28, 2013
Ahmedabad: The lawyer of the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT), which has given a clean chit to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in 2002 post-Godhra riots case after investigating complaint filed by Zakia Jafri, on Thursday said that "Modi has never said that go and kill people". Opposing the protest petition filed by Jafri against SIT's closure report, its lawyer RS Jamuar said, "(social activist) Teesta Setalvad and others...
08:53 AM, Apr 26, 2013
The Ahmedabad Crime Branch is likely to conduct an inquiry into activist Teesta Setalvad's collection of Funds for Gulbarg Society. The residents had alleged that Teesta had collected donations in the name of Gulbarg Society and had not distributed the money. ...
09:02 AM, Mar 13, 2013
It's been 11 years since the Godhra riots, but apart from waiting for justice, victims' families are now facing what they call another injustice. At a function marking 11 years of the riots, at Ahmedabad's Gulbarg Society, activist Teesta Setalvad was missing from the memorial service. The human rights activist finds herself at the receiving end after a set of Gulbarg Society residents sent her a notice, asking her to...
10:05 AM, Mar 01, 2013
Bangladesh's choice hilsa fish from the Padma river will be on the platter during President Pranab Mukherjee's Bangladesh visit, his first trip overseas after taking over the country's top office last July. Besides hilsa, the Indian president will also be treated to other special culinary delights when he visits Bangladesh from March 3-5, said a diplomatic official. ...
04:03 PM, Feb 27, 2013
After IPS officer Girish Singhal, the CBI has now arrested two more police officers in the Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case. Former deputy superintendent of police Tarun Barot and former inspector JG Parmar, both of whom are already in judicial custody in the alleged Sadik Jamal fake encounter case, are the latest Gujarat police officers facing trial in the fake encounter case. ...
01:27 PM, Feb 24, 2013
Social activist Teesta Setalvad on Monday claimed there is "strong" evidence against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, whom the SIT has given a clean chit in the post-Godhra riot case, in a complaint filed by Zakia Jafri, wife of slain ex-Congress MP Ehsan Jafri. ...
04:27 AM, Feb 19, 2013
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid met the Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday as part of the two-day official visit to the neighbouring nation. India and Bangladesh reviewed a range of bilateral issues at the second Joint Consultative Commission meeting. ...
02:50 PM, Feb 17, 2013
An overloaded sport utility vehicle (SUV) fell into Teesta river in West Bengal's Darjeeling district on Saturday. Six bodies have been recovered while 10 people are reported to be still missing. ...
06:10 PM, Jan 19, 2013
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the appointment of Justice RA Mehta as the Gujarat Lokayukta, in a blow to the Narendra Modi government. ...
12:33 PM, Jan 02, 2013
New Delhi: Nearly 21 people were killed in Sikkim, three in Arunachal Pradesh and more than 7 lakh people affected in Assam after days of incessant rainfall triggered landslides and flash floods in the region on Sunday. In Assam, 13 districts are said to be affected, the worst-hit being Tinsukhia. The Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger mark and the Kaziranga and Dibru-Saikhowa national parks are under water. Nearly 60...
09:41 AM, Sep 23, 2012
New Delhi: Heavy rains triggered massive landslides in Sikkim on Sunday, resulting in the deaths of three civilians and one General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF) personnel, the state government said. The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) said that seven of its workers had died in the landslides and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) claimed that 11 of its personnel were missing. The entire north Sikkim is said to be cut off...
08:37 AM, Sep 23, 2012
Social activist Teesta Setalvad on Wednesday welcomed the court's ruling in the 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre case, which convicted 32 people including BJP MLA and former minister Maya Kodnani of murder and conspiracy. ...
11:43 PM, Aug 29, 2012
Tehran: India will convert $200 million of a $1 billion line of credit to Bangladesh to a grant, it was announced in Tehran on Wednesday. The announcement came after bilateral talks between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Bangladeshi Premier Sheikh Hasina on the sidelines of the 16th Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Tehran, official sources said. "The talks were held in an extremely cordial and friendly atmosphere and lasted 40...
11:22 PM, Aug 29, 2012
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister SM Krishna is expected to travel to Kolkata to meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and other leaders of ruling Trinamool Congress to discuss the proposed Teesta water-sharing accord with Bangladesh. Krishna, UPA sources said in New Delhi on Thursday, would also discuss with Mamata implementation of the agreeement on land boundary demarcation and exchange of 111 adverely-held enclaves between India and Bangladesh. Both...
12:47 AM, Aug 24, 2012
Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad metropolitan court on Monday rejected a petition by Teesta Setalvad and Amrish Patel to inspect the Special Investigation Team (SIT) report on the Gulbarg Society massacre during the 2002 Gujarat riots. While dismissing Setalvad and Patel's petition, the court allowed Zakia Jafri's lawyer to inspect the 25,000-page long SIT report for five days from Tuesday. The SIT has also been directed to file an affidavit whether it...
04:59 PM, Jul 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Best Bakery case, in which 14 people were killed on March 1, 2002 during the Gujarat carnage, had become one of the most high-profile cases of the violence that erupted across Gujarat after the Godhra train incident. Following is the chronology of events in the Best Bakery case: March 1, 2002: Best Bakery in Vadodara is burnt down by a mob, killing 14 persons. March 2, 2002:...
05:44 PM, Jul 09, 2012
Kolkata: Bangladesh wants speedy resolution of the visa problems being faced by its nationals who travel to India for medical treatment or to visit their relatives. Urging India to ease the visa rules, Bangladesh Liberation War Affairs Minister Capt (Retd) AB Tazul Islam on Sunday said the issue had been discussed at the foreign secretary level of the two countries. "The issue of visa rules simplification has been discussed at...
07:42 PM, May 13, 2012
Ahmedabad: A metropolitan court in Ahmedabad on Monday handed over the final copy of the SIT report on the Gulbarg Society massacre to Zakia Jafri, a month after the Supreme Court-appointed SIT found no prosecutable evidence against Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The report is 25,000-pages long. The court has asked Jafri to file an application if she feels there are discrepencies in the report or that documents are incomplete, on...
01:49 PM, May 07, 2012
New Delhi: Extradition treaty, Teesta river water-sharing, land boundary agreeement and newer areas of cooperation are expected to be high on the agenda when the first meeting of India-Bangladesh Joint Consultative Commission is held in New Delhi on May 7 and 8. Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni arrives in New Delhi to co-chair the meeting of the Commission with External Affairs Minister SM Krishna when the two sides will jointly...
01:50 AM, May 05, 2012
