BJP’s parliament disruption fascist: Bansal
September 7th, 2012 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The UPA government Friday lashed out at the BJP for disrupting parliament for the 13th day over coal block allocations and said its stand ... Read more...
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Legislative business in monsoon session (With ‘13/20: Another low-yield parliament session ends’)
September 7th, 2012 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government could get only six bills introduced and six passed by either houses of parliament as the 20-day monsoon session ... Read more...
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Parliament disrupted for 10th day, promotions quota bill likely Wednesday (Roundup)
September 4th, 2012 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The raging BJP protest over the coal blocks allocation disrupted parliament for the 10th straight day Tuesday, despite which the government got a bill ... Read more...
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Rajya Sabha passes bill for AIIMS-like institutes
September 4th, 2012 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Despite continuing protests by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over coal block allocations, the Rajya Sabha Tuesday passed a bill to set up more ... Read more...
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Both houses adjourned, two bills quickly passed (Third Lead)
September 4th, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Continuing protests by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over coal block allocations Tuesday forced the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha to adjourn for the ... Read more...
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Lok Sabha passes bill for AIIMS-like institutes
August 30th, 2012 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Amid slogans demanding the prime minister's resignation over coal block allocations, the Lok Sabha Thursday passed a bill to set up more AIIMS-like institutes ... Read more...
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Lok Sabha passes chemical weapons, AIIMS bills
August 30th, 2012 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The Lok Sabha Thursday passed a bill for regulating chemical weapons in accordance with international convention and another to set up more AIIMS-like institutes amidst ... Read more...
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Former AIIMS director to shape Goa’s health policy
August 29th, 2012 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 29 (IANS) As Goa drafts its health policy, a leading Delhi-based doctor and former director of the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Dr P.K. ... Read more...
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Government may get some bills passed amidst din
August 28th, 2012 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) With no sign yet of a breakthrough in the stalemate in parliament over BJP's demand for the prime minister's resignation over coal block allocations, the ... Read more...
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Torrential downpour swamps Delhi, chaos on roads (Third Lead)
August 27th, 2012 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) A torrential downpour Monday evening turned several roads in the capital into virtual rivulets, causing massive traffic jams that affected tens of thousands."The whole of ... Read more...
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Torrential downpour swamps Delhi, chaos on roads (Second Lead)
August 27th, 2012 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) A torrential downpour Monday evening turned several roads in the capital into virtual rivulets, causing massive traffic jams that affected tens of thousands."The whole of ... Read more...
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Court charges AIIMS officials with corruption
August 27th, 2012 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) A Delhi court has framed corruption and cheating charges against a store officer of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and four others.Central Bureau ... Read more...
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UP allots land for AIIMS in Rae Bareli town
August 13th, 2012 - 11:35 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 13 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has given his consent for allotment of land to set up an All India Institute of Medical Sciences ... Read more...
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Fake doctor arrested for stealing mobile phones
August 12th, 2012 - 1:19 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) With his dreams of becoming a doctor and leading a lavish life shattered by financial constraints, this Delhi resident posed as a "doctor" at two ... Read more...
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Financial loss forces woman to attempt suicide
August 10th, 2012 - 12:36 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) A 58-year-old woman, suspected to have suffered financial loss after her house was sealed by civic officials, tried to commit suicide here by taking an ... Read more...
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Work on Rae Bareli AIIMS to begin soon: Azad
August 9th, 2012 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 8 (IANS) Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Wednesday announced that work on the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Rae Bareli, the parliamentary constituency ... Read more...
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Two killed in Delhi road accidents
August 8th, 2012 - 12:38 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Two people were killed and 26 injured in three road accidents in the national capital, police said Tuesday.A 24-year-old bike rider was killed after a ... Read more...
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Traffic snarls in Delhi after morning rain (Lead)
August 7th, 2012 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The Tuesday morning downpour in the national capital caused traffic snarls in several parts of the city. The met department has forecast more rain later ... Read more...
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Lingaram Kodopi and Soni Sori: Chhattisgarh’s prisoners of conscience (Special Report)
August 4th, 2012 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 4 (IANS) Branded Maoist sympathisers by police, the future stretches dark for Lingaram Kodopi and Soni Sori who have been in Chhattisgarh's jails for nearly 11 months ... Read more...
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AIIMS, Safdurjung hospitals unaffected by power crisis
July 31st, 2012 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Hospitals in the national capital, including AIIMS and Safdarjung were unaffected due to the major power breakdown Tuesday in the northern and eastern regions as ... Read more...
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Conjoined twins’ family undecided on surgery
July 31st, 2012 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 31 (IANS) The family of 16-year-old conjoined twins in Bihar will take the final decision on surgically separating them after the girls are examined at the All India ... Read more...
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Bring conjoined sisters from Bihar to Delhi: SC (Lead)
July 30th, 2012 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked the Bihar government to make arrangements for bringing teenage conjoined twins Saba and Farah to Delhi by an air ambulance ... Read more...
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Bring conjoined sisters from Bihar to Delhi: SC
July 30th, 2012 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked the Bihar government to make arrangements for bringing teenage conjoined twins Saba and Farah to Delhi by an air ambulance ... Read more...
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Delhi blames neighbouring states for power crisis (Lead)
July 30th, 2012 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) After hours of blackout due to a breakdown of the Northern Grid early Monday, power supply was restored to almost 80 percent areas of Delhi ... Read more...
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80 percent power restored in Delhi
July 30th, 2012 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) After a near-complete blackout following a breakdown of the National Grid in the early hours of Monday, power supply was restored to almost 80 percent ... Read more...
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Delhi Metro services resume on all lines (Third Lead)
July 30th, 2012 - 11:26 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Services on all six lines of the Delhi Metro resumed by 8.45 a.m. after almost three hours of disruption due to tripping of ... Read more...
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Hepatitis awareness programme launched for Mumbai slums
July 28th, 2012 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 28 (IANS) Marking World Hepatitis Day, National Liver Foundation Saturday launched an awareness and medical care programme on hepatitis-B in the city's slums.The voluntary organisation's pilot project named ... Read more...
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‘Pregnant women more vulnerable to Hepatitis E-induced liver failure’ (July 28 is World Hepatitis Day)
July 26th, 2012 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) In one of the widest single-centre studies conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, it was found that water-borne Hepatitis E ... Read more...
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NHRC issues notice to UP government
July 25th, 2012 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission Wednesday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government over a shocking incident in which a 22-year-old Dalit's leg was amputated ... Read more...
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Panel to examine chances of separating conjoined twins
July 20th, 2012 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The union government Friday told the Supreme Court that it has set up a panel of three doctors to examine the possibility of surgically separating the ... Read more...
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Hope for conjoined Patna twins after apex court ruling
July 19th, 2012 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 19 (IANS) The parents of 16-year-old conjoined twins Saba and Farah are eagerly awaiting government help to surgically separate them.This follows a Supreme Court directive to the central ... Read more...
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AIIMS paper leak case: Another doctor arrested
July 17th, 2012 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) After six months of investigation, one more doctor was arrested in connection with the leak of papers of AIIMS post-graduate medical entrance test organised Jan ... Read more...
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SC pushes for surgical separation of conjoined sisters (Lead)
July 16th, 2012 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday directed the union health ministry to set up a panel of doctors to examine the possibility of surgically separating 16-year-old conjoined ... Read more...
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SC pushes for medical separation of conjoined sisters
July 16th, 2012 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday directed the union health ministry to set up a panel of doctors to examine 16-year-old conjoined sisters from Bihar on the ... Read more...
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Veteran Kashmiri journalist dies after prolonged illness
July 5th, 2012 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) S.D. Rohmetra, a veteran journalist from Jammu and Kashmir, died Thursday in the national capital after a prolonged illness.Rohmetra, 73, is survived by his wife, ... Read more...
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