New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday ordered the Chhattisgarh government to find and bring before it 12 people who have gone missing after moving the court for a probe ...

New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Many epileptic children get little sympathy from teachers if they get seizures and are often told to quit school, an expert has said while underlining the need ...

New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Many children suffering from epilepsy get little sympathy from their teachers when they get seizures in school and are often told to quit school, a health expert ...

New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Around 10 million people in India - every 10 out of 1,000 people - have epilepsy, but most do not have access to proper treatment, especially in ...

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday underwent a routine medical checkup Sunday at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, almost an year after his ...

New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) A senior official of the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs fell ill allegedly after drinking "poisoned" tea served by a woman subordinate here, police said Friday. V.B. Singh, ...

New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Arjun Singh was discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) where he was admitted with chest infection last week, hospital authorities ...

New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's heart surgeon Ramakant Panda was Monday awarded the Padma Bhushan, the nation's third highest civilian honour. Panda, a cardiovascular thoracic surgeon and vice ...

New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Arjun Singh is responding well to medicine and his condition is improving at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) where he was ...

New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Veteran politician Arjun Singh, who was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here with abdominal pain and mild chest congestion, is being investigated by ...

New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Former union minister Arjun Singh was Friday admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here after complaining of chest congestion. His condition is said ...

Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Following is a chronological account of Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu's last few days after he was admitted to hospital here: Jan 1: Basu admitted to private AMRI hospital ...

New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Five labourers were buried under debris Sunday while working at a road construction site near south Delhi's Badarpur area, police said. The incident took place near the Delhi-Badarpur ...

Kolkata, Jan 16 (IANS) Veteran Marxist Jyoti Basu remained "extremely critical" Saturday in a city hospital after multi-organ failure, as doctors attending to him put him on dialysis. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, ...

Kolkata, Jan 16 (IANS) Veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu's condition remained "extremely" critical Saturday. The doctors attending on him said he was in the state of multi-organ failure. "Basu's condition is still ...

Kolkata, Jan 16 (IANS) Describing Jyoti Basu as a "great son of India", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday wished the critically ill Marxist patriarch a speedy recovery. "I would like to make ...

Kolkata, Jan 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday wished critically ill Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu a speedy recovery. "Our thoughts and all our prayers are with him. And I wish him ...

Kolkata, Jan 16 (IANS) Veteran Marxist Jyoti Basu's condition remained very critical Saturday after he suffered multi-organ failure. The 95-year-old leader has been put on dialysis and is on maximum ventilator ...

Kolkata, Jan 11 (IANS) Veteran Marxist Jyoti Basu has fever and his urine output declined Monday evening as the 95-year-old leader's condition continued to be critical with no improvement, the doctors ...

Kolkata, Jan 10 (IANS) The condition of Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu was a little better Sunday though he is still on partial ventilator support. The 95-year-old leader is responding to calls, ...

Kolkata, Jan 9 (IANS) The condition of critically ill Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu, hospitalised with pneumonia, deteriorated Saturday with doctors saying the 95-year-old leader had slipped into drowsiness with the infection ...

By Prashant K. Nanda New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) An increasing number of paramilitary troopers deployed on hilly terrain develop weak knees with around 70 percent of them requiring surgery. Doctors at the All ...

Kolkata, Jan 9 (IANS) The condition of Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu deteriorated Saturday with the doctors saying the 95-year-old leader has slipped into drowsiness and his internal organs were affected. "There has ...

Kolkata, Jan 8 (IANS) The condition of Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu, on partial ventilator support in a hospital here with pneumonia, did not show any significant improvement Friday as the attending ...

Kolkata, Jan 8 (IANS) There was no significant improvement in the condition of Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu, on partial ventilator support in a hospital here with pneumonia, a medical bulletin said ...

By Prashant K. Nanda New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Nearly 25,000 British doctors of Indian origin are set to return to India within two to four years and some of them are "most ...

Toronto, Jan 1 (IANS) An Allahabad-born scientist of Indian origin has been given Canada's highest civilian award - the Order of Canada. Shrawan Kumar was honoured Thursday for his three decades of pioneering ...

New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Ten popular drugs, including body slimmers and nasal decongestants, are under the health ministry scrutiny for their adverse reactions and may face withdrawal from the market in ...

New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will help at least 40 medical colleges in the country in understanding the adverse reactions from commonly used drugs. "It ...

By Prashant K. Nanda New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) "Tsunami...perhaps it is the most devastating word of my life," said epidemiologist Manoj Das, flipping through photographs of his wife and daughter. "I went ...