Woman raped in Bengal, minister says law and order best
August 22nd, 2012 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 21 (IANS) Even as reports of rape of a mentally challenged woman surfaced Tuesday, senior Trinamool Congress leader and West Bengal Transport Minister Madan Mitra claimed the state ... Read more...
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Two killed in train-truck collision, major accident averted
July 30th, 2012 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Rohtak (Haryana), July 30 (IANS) A major accident involving a train was averted Monday even as a collision between the train and a truck in this Haryana district left two ... Read more...
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Bengal students develop oxygen saving device
June 26th, 2012 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 26 (IANS) Three students of a Howrah engineering college claim to have designed a device which reduces wastage of oxygen during ventilation and acts as a non-invasive ventilator.The ... Read more...
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Geary bags seventh Daytime Emmy
June 25th, 2012 - 6:29 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, June 25 (IANS) Actor Anthony Geary has all the reasons to celebrate as he has bagged his seventh Daytime Emmy Award, making him the only actor to have ... Read more...
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15 killed in fire at Vizag steel plant
June 14th, 2012 - 1:01 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 13 (IANS) At least 15 people were killed and several others injured in a major fire that broke out in Visakhapatnam Steel Plant Wednesday night, witnesses said.The fire ... Read more...
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7 killed, 16 injured in Bengal accident
June 9th, 2012 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 9 (IANS) Seven people, including a woman and two children of the same family, were killed and 16 others injured after the pickup van they were travelling in ... Read more...
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At least 21 killed in Zimbabwe bus accident
April 17th, 2012 - 4:27 am ICT by BNO News
HARARE, ZIMBABWE (BNO NEWS) -- At least 21 people were killed on Monday when a passenger bus overturned in southeastern Zimbabwe, local media reported. Dozens more were injured.The accident occurred near the ... Read more...
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China to check antibiotic use
March 6th, 2012 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 6 (IANS) China Tuesday announced plans to curb the overuse of antibiotics.The health ministry will limit the varieties of antibiotics a hospital could have according to its grade ... Read more...
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Two brothers rescued after three months at sea
February 18th, 2012 - 11:26 am ICT by IANS
Cancun (Mexico), Feb 18 (IANS/EFE) Two brothers, who said they were fishermen and had been adrift on the open sea for three months, were rescued near the Mexican island of ... Read more...
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Chennai student kills teacher for complaining to parents (Lead)
February 9th, 2012 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 9 (IANS) A Class 9 student Thursday stabbed to death a teacher in his school here for complaining to his parents about his poor academic performance.Mohammed Irfan of ... Read more...
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Chennai student kills teacher for complaining to parents
February 9th, 2012 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 9 (IANS) A Class 9 student Thursday stabbed to death a teacher in his school here for complaining to his parents about his poor academic performance.
Mohammed Irfan ... Read more...
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Westlife’s Kian Egan becomes a dad
December 22nd, 2011 - 10:19 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Dec 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Westlife star Kian Egan and wife Jodi Albert celebrated the birth of their first baby on Tuesday (the 20th of December 2011). The baby was born at ... Read more...
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Stress-free babies develop fewer allergies
December 14th, 2011 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 14 (IANS) Infants with low concentrations of cortisol, a stress-related hormone, in their saliva develop fewer allergies.The incidence of allergies in children has increased over the past few ... Read more...
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Pilot safe as MiG-21 crashes in Haryana (Lead, Changing Dateline)
December 2nd, 2011 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
Sirsa (Haryana), Dec 2 (IANS) An Indian Air Force MiG-21 fighter crashed in Haryana's Sirsa district Friday following a technical snag but the pilot managed to eject moments before the ... Read more...
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Powerful quake hits Indonesia, no tsunami
November 14th, 2011 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Jakarta, Nov 14 (IANS) A shallow undersea quake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale hit eastern parts of Indonesia Monday. There was, however, no tsunami warning or immediate reports of ... Read more...
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Eight dead in Tamil Nadu accident
November 6th, 2011 - 10:06 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 6 (IANS) At least eight people, including a three-year-old child, were killed and many injured early Sunday when a bus caught fire after hitting a tanker lorry near ... Read more...
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Barbados to build $400 mn hospital
October 31st, 2011 - 11:58 am ICT by IANS
Bridgetown, Oct 31 (IANS/CMC) The Barbados government has announced plans to construct a new $400 million hospital, which would be one of the largest development projects on the Caribbean island.According to ... Read more...
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Franco to direct ‘Child Of God’
September 20th, 2011 - 8:36 am ICT by IANS
London, Sep 20 (IANS) Actor James Franco is all set to direct "Child of God", a film based on Cormac McCarthy's novel."Child of God" follows a recently-released convict who lives ... Read more...
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10 die in Tamil Nadu train collision, survivors recount trauma
September 14th, 2011 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
Chennai/Arakkonam, Sep 14 (IANS) A big metallic bang... that's what survivors remembered Wednesday from the traumatic moments the night before when an EMU train rammed a stationary passenger train near ... Read more...
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Over 190 dead in Tanzania ferry accident
September 11th, 2011 - 7:58 am ICT by IANS
Dodoma, Sep 11 (IANS) Over 190 people have been confirmed dead in an accident which took place after a ship capsized near Tanzania's Zanzibar island in the Indian Ocean Saturday.The ... Read more...
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10 infants die in Andhra hospital
September 2nd, 2011 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 2 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy Friday ordered a probe into the deaths of 11 infants in two days at a government-run hospital, ... Read more...
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Myanmar, India step up cooperation in health sector
August 3rd, 2011 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
Yangon, Aug 3 (IANS) Myanmar and India are stepping up bilateral cooperation in the health sector, a media report said.Talks have taken place between the Myanmar Union Health Minister Pe ... Read more...
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Village head killed near Gurgaon, one attacker lynched
June 23rd, 2011 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon/Chandigarh, June 23 (IANS) Irate villagers in a village of Haryana's Gurgaon district caught hold of a man, who had attacked and killed the village headman Thursday, and set him ... Read more...
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Suryanarayana appointed navy medical chief
June 12th, 2011 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Surgeon Vice Admiral K.M. Suryanarayana, an endocrinology specialist, has taken over as the director general medical services of the Indian Navy.Suryanarayana, an alumnus of the ... Read more...
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Gurgaon government hospital gets ICU
May 22nd, 2011 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh/Gurgaon, May 22 (IANS) The general hospital in Gurgaon, adjoining the national capital, has been equipped with an intensive care unit (ICU), making it the first government hospital in Haryana ... Read more...
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Antibiotics can control superbug: Expert
May 4th, 2011 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, May 4 (IANS) Disciplined use of antibiotics can control the multi-drug resistant Delhi superbug, which created widespread controversy last month, a top microbiologist said here Wednesday."A superbug in a ... Read more...
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‘Voluptuous’ UK nurse worked as a hooker while on sick leave!
May 4th, 2011 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 4 (ANI): A UK nurse has quit job after she was discovered working as a hooker while claiming sick leave.Sharon Morgan, a theatre nurse at West Wales General Hospital, Carmarthen, ... Read more...
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Antonio Sabato Jr welcomes baby boy
May 3rd, 2011 - 9:42 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, May 3 (THAINDIAN NEWS) “The Bold and the Beautiful” star Antonio Sabato Jr. has welcomed his third child. The actor and his wife, Cheryl Moana Maria, welcomed their baby on ... Read more...
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5,000 Kerala doctors on daylong strike
May 3rd, 2011 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 3 (IANS) More than 5,000 doctors in Kerala Tuesday went on a daylong strike demanding that anomalies in pay revision be rectified.While 4,000 doctors belong to the Kerala ... Read more...
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Rick Springfield arrested for DUI
May 3rd, 2011 - 2:08 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, May 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) E! Online has reported that Rick Springfield has been arrested on suspicion of driving under influence. The incident happened on Sunday evening.The report say Springfield was ... Read more...
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Two people killed in West Bengal accident
March 25th, 2011 - 1:46 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 25 (IANS) Two people were killed and five injured Thursday night when a bus they were travelling in was hit by a goods train at an unmanned railway ... Read more...
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Japan ill equipped for post-quake health crisis
March 23rd, 2011 - 12:20 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Mar.22 (ANI): Japan is unprepared and ill equipped to face the post earthquake-cum-tsunami health crisis, says medical journal The Lancet.According to the journal, rural parts of the earthquake-struck region are facing ... Read more...
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Medical fraternity: Aruna Shanbaug has right to live (Lead)
March 7th, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai/New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Welcoming Monday's Supreme Court verdict rejecting a petition for the mercy killing of Aruna Shanbaug, the medical fraternity is almost unanimously of the opinion that ... Read more...
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Medical fraternity welcomes Aruna Shanbaug verdict
March 7th, 2011 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 7 (IANS) Welcoming Monday's Supreme Court verdict rejecting a petition for the mercy killing of Aruna Shanbaug, who has been in a "persistent vegetative state" for 37 years ... Read more...
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Gastric bypass surgery lead to better long-term results
February 22nd, 2011 - 4:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 22 (ANI): Two new studies have found that gastric bypass surgery lead to better long-term results including greater weight loss, resolution of diabetes and improved quality of life compared with ... Read more...
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