10 die in Russian plane crash
September 12th, 2012 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 12 (IANS) Ten people were killed Wednesday when their plane crashed in Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, officials said.The twin-engine Antonov An-28 was carrying 12 passengers and two ... Read more...
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Probe begins into children’s deaths in Tirupati hospital
August 16th, 2012 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 16 (IANS) The health authorities in Andhra Pradesh Thursday began a probe into the death of five children at the S.V.R. Ruia Government General Hospital in Tirupati ... Read more...
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Two wounded in gurdwara shooting improve
August 10th, 2012 - 10:52 am ICT by IANS
Oak Creek (Wisconsin), Aug 10 (IANS) Conditions of two of the three men injured in Sunday's rampage at the Oak Creek Sikh gurdwara here have shown improvement, according to hospital ... Read more...
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Deshmukh critical, family forbids health bulletin (Lead)
August 7th, 2012 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 7 (IANS) The condition of union Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, admitted to the Global Hospital here, continues to be critical, an official said, adding his family ... Read more...
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Chennai doctors closely monitoring Deshmukh’s condition
August 7th, 2012 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 7 (IANS) Doctors were closely monitoring the condition of union Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh who has been admitted to the Global Hospital here with a liver ... Read more...
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Teen attacked with machete over cellphone
July 19th, 2012 - 8:01 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Ohio, July 19 (THAINDAN NEWS) A 17-year-old was attacked with machete for refusing to hand over his cellphone to another teenager. Police say the attacker chased the victim and slashed him repeatedly ... Read more...
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UN medical team attacked in Pakistan
July 17th, 2012 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 17 (IANS) Two people were injured after some unidentified men attacked a UN vehicle in a suburban area of Pakistan's Karachi city, Online news agency reported ... Read more...
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Chinese woman gives birth in shopping mall
July 16th, 2012 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 16 (IANS) An unmarried woman in China's Shanghai city delivered a baby in a washroom of a shopping mall, a media report said Monday.The 22-year-old gave birth to ... Read more...
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Mubarak in coma but not clinically dead (Lead)
June 20th, 2012 - 11:35 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, June 20 (IANS) Former Egypt president Hosni Mubarak, who was sentenced to life in prison for killing protesters, has gone into coma and put on life support, but was ... Read more...
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Four killed, over 50 wounded in Pakistan bombing (Second Lead)
June 18th, 2012 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 18 (IANS) At least four university pupils were killed and more than 50 other people injured Monday when a bomb fixed to a car exploded and hit ... Read more...
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Russian official survives murder attempt
May 29th, 2012 - 10:50 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 29 (IANS) A district administration official in Russia's North Caucasus region was shot at several times by unknown gunmen by he survived the assassination attempt, RIA Novosti reported.The ... Read more...
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Woman who snatched baby from Chilean hospital nabbed
May 15th, 2012 - 11:48 am ICT by IANS
Santiago, May 15 (IANS/EFE) A 46-year-old woman who took a baby from the maternity ward at a Santiago hospital on Mother's Day was arrested Monday, Chilean authorities said.Lupe Carbonell, a ... Read more...
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129 Chinese kids hospitalised after school meal
April 28th, 2012 - 7:55 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 28 (IANS) As many as 129 kindergarten students in China's Yunnan province fell ill after having breakfast at school, officials said.According to the publicity department of Wenshan Zhuang ... Read more...
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Nine Shias gunned down in Pakistan
April 14th, 2012 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 14 (IANS) At least nine people, reportedly Shia Muslims, were killed and eight others injured Saturday in three sectarian attacks in Pakistan's Quetta city, media reports said.One incident ... Read more...
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Former Mumbai police commissioner Hasan Gafoor dead (Lead)
March 12th, 2012 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) Hasan Gafoor, the Mumbai police commissioner during the 26/11 terror attack on this financial capital, died here Monday after suffering a massive heart attack. He ... Read more...
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26/11 Mumbai police chief dead
March 12th, 2012 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) Former Mumbai police commissioner Hasan Gafoor, who held the post during the November 26, 2008 terror attack, passed away here Monday after suffering a massive heart ... Read more...
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200 kids fall sick playing Holi in Mumbai
March 8th, 2012 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 8 (IANS) Nearly 200 children from Mumbai's Dharavi slum suffered colour poisoning playing Holi Thursday and were admitted to hospital following allergic reactions, a hospital official said. All ... Read more...
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Egypt MP quits for lying about cosmetic surgery
March 7th, 2012 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, March 7 (IANS) An Egyptian MP has resigned after it was discovered he had lied about being attacked and robbed on a highway but that he had actually gone ... Read more...
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Man hospitalized after being headbutted by giraffe
March 6th, 2012 - 9:27 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Pretoria, South Africa, Mar 6 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A 32-year-old man has been hospitalized after he was headbutted by a giraffe. Paramedics say the man was trying to draw a blood from the ... Read more...
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Congo blast kills over 100 (Second Lead)
March 4th, 2012 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
Brazzaville, March 4 (IANS) More than 100 people, including three Chinese workers, were killed in an explosion Sunday at a construction site in this capital of the Republic of Congo, ... Read more...
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Ohio high school shooting claims third victim
February 29th, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by BNO News
CHARDON, Ohio (BNO NEWS) -- A 16-year-old student died on Tuesday after a shooting rampage at his Ohio high school on Monday morning, hospital officials said, raising the death toll to three. ... Read more...
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15 killed in Pakistan bus accident
February 20th, 2012 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 20 (IANS) At least 15 people died in northern Pakistan Monday night when their bus fell into a ravine.The accident took place in Haripur, a mountainous area some ... Read more...
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Woman delivers stillborn baby at Chennai airport
February 16th, 2012 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 16 (IANS) A woman from Andhra Pradesh gave birth to a stillborn baby at the Chennai airport Thursday morning after she was denied permission to board a flight ... Read more...
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Janet Jackson consoles Bobbi Kristina on the death of Whitney Houston
February 15th, 2012 - 10:44 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Feb 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Singer Janet Jackson has consoled Bobbi Kristina Brown on the death of her mother Whitney Houston. Jackson was speaking to CNN’s Anderson Cooper on the death ... Read more...
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Junior doctors’ strike continues in Andhra
February 12th, 2012 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 12 (IANS) Emergency services in Andhra Pradesh's government-run hospitals remained crippled Sunday as junior doctors demanding hike in stipend continued their strike, causing severe inconvenience to patients. Five ... Read more...
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10 die as emergency services crippled in Andhra hospitals (Lead)
February 11th, 2012 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 11 (IANS) At least 10 patients have died since Friday night at government-run hospitals in Andhra Pradesh where emergency services are crippled following a strike by junior doctors, ... Read more...
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Eight die as emergency services crippled in Andhra hospitals
February 11th, 2012 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 11 (IANS) At least eight patients have died since Friday night at government-run hospitals in Andhra Pradesh where emergency services are crippled following a strike by junior ... Read more...
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Medical group opposes leniency to accused AMRI doctor
February 4th, 2012 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) The Indian Medical Association Saturday said no leniency should be shown to AMRI Hospital managing director and veteran doctor Mani Chettri, as it would set a ... Read more...
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19 infants die in two Bengal hospitals
February 3rd, 2012 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) Highlighting the poor state of health services in West Bengal, 19 infants have died in two district government hospitals in the past two days, a ... Read more...
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Veteran AMRI doctor gets bail till Feb 15
February 3rd, 2012 - 12:17 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IANS) AMRI Hospital MD and veteran doctor Mani Chettri, held for a fire in the institution that killed 94 people last December, was Thursday given conditional bail ... Read more...
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Shiv Sena MP seriously injured in accident
January 22nd, 2012 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Jan 22 (IANS) Shiv Sena MP Bharatkumar Raut Sunday suffered severe head injuries when his car met with an accident on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway Sunday and his condition is ... Read more...
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Hyderabad’s siamese twins face uncertain future
January 18th, 2012 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 18 (IANS) With doctors ruling out a surgery to separate them and their parents unwilling to take care of them without government assistance, conjoined twins Vani and Veena ... Read more...
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Baby with two heads born in Brazil
December 22nd, 2011 - 12:25 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Rio de Janeiro, Dec 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Doctors in Brazil say a child with two heads has been born in the country. Officials of the Hospital Municipal de Anajas revealed that the ... Read more...
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Toxic fumes kill six in China tunnel
December 10th, 2011 - 6:00 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 10 (IANS) Six workers suffocated to death after inhaling toxic smoke in an under-construction railway tunnel in China's Chongqing city, authorities said.The incident took place Friday when welders ... Read more...
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Sandyford’s abattoir worker killed by falling carcass
November 18th, 2011 - 8:54 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Nov 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A 23-year-old worker at an abattoir was apparently killed by a falling carcass. Officials say the man met his bizarre death after the accident left him with ... Read more...
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