Bihar cancels nursing home licences after uterus scam
September 13th, 2012 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 13 (IANS) Licenses of eight private nursing homes were cancelled in Bihar's Samastipur district for unnecessary removal of uteruses of hundreds of poor women to claim insurance money ... Read more...
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Uterus removal case: Notice to hospitals, nursing homes
August 29th, 2012 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 29 (IANS) The Bihar State Human Rights Commission Wednesday issued notice to private hospitals and nursing homes, where uteruses of hundreds of poor women were removed to claim ... Read more...
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Paswan demands CBI probe into uterus scam
August 26th, 2012 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 26 (IANS) Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan Sunday demanded a CBI probe into the alleged removal of uteruses of over 16,000 below poverty line ... Read more...
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Bihar assembly committee to probe ‘health scam’
August 9th, 2012 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 8 (IANS) The Bihar assembly speaker Wednesday ordered a house committee probe into the alleged removal of uteruses of over 16,000 below poverty line women in the ... Read more...
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Indian stamps released in Indonesia (With Images)
June 20th, 2012 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Jakarta, June 20 (IANS) Two commemorative postage stamps on the Shekhawati and Warli paintings, depicting the rich culture and tradition of Rajasthan and Maharashtra, were released in the Indonesian capital ... Read more...
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Mom pretended to be dead son to collect insurance money
June 6th, 2012 - 9:47 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Atlanta, June 6 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Fulton County District Attorney's Office have declared that Donna Ellis Gibbs, an Atlanta resident, has confessed to collecting more than $151,000 after committing insurance fraud.She ... Read more...
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Mumbai jewellers threaten shutdown against police harassment
March 5th, 2012 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 5 (IANS) Mumbai's retail jewellers, the backbone of India's jewellery industry with a daily turnover of Rs.6 billion, Monday threatened a day's shutdown this week to protest "police ... Read more...
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Mamata, opposition spar on skeletons recovery (Lead)
August 23rd, 2011 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 23 (IANS) Following West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's comment that arms and skeleton recovery would continue in the state, Leader of Oposition in the assembly Surya Kant ... Read more...
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Mamata, opposition leader spar on skeletons recovery
August 23rd, 2011 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 23 (IANS) Following Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's comment that the recovery of illegal arms and search for the bodies of missing political activists would continue in the state, ... Read more...
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Man targets his wives for insurance money
May 20th, 2011 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 20 (IANS) A man in Britain has been convicted of killing his first wife and attempting to kill his second wife allegedly for insurance money.He was also found ... Read more...
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Some US doctors open to sex with patients (Lead)
November 22nd, 2010 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Nov 22 (IANS) Some doctors in the US are now open to a romantic or even a sexual relationship with patients, but after at least six months have elapsed since ... Read more...
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US doctors now open to sex with patients
November 22nd, 2010 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Nov 22 (IANS) Doctors in the US are now open to a romantic or even a sexual relationship with patients, a survey has revealed.Around 10,000 American physicians were asked 20 ... Read more...
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Indian-American man nailed for wanting to hire ‘hit-man’ to kill rape accuser student
November 13th, 2010 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Nov 13(ANI): An Indian-origin man accused of raping a New York University law student reportedly tried to hire an undercover police officer to kill his victim in exchange for 15,000 ... Read more...
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Insurance firm to turn Nepal loss into silver lining
October 12th, 2010 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Oct 12 (IANS) Less than two months after being hit by a plane crash in Nepal that killed all 14 people on board and destroyed the aircraft, National Insurance ... Read more...
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National Insurance hit hard by Nepal plane crash
August 30th, 2010 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Aug 30 (IANS) India's oldest insurance company, the 103-year-old National Insurance Company Ltd (NIC), has been hit hard by last week's plane crash in Nepal with its sole ... Read more...
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Search begins for CRPF trooper who faked his killing
August 26th, 2010 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 26 (IANS) Chhattisgarh police Thursday launched a search for a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper who allegedly faked his own murder to get Rs.4 million in insurance money that ... Read more...
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Amnesty, rehabilitation deal for Maoists in Jharkhand
August 1st, 2010 - 1:20 pm ICT by ANI
Ranchi/Gumla (Jharkhand), Aug 1 (ANI): Jharkhand Director General of Police (DGP) Neyaz Ahmed has said the Maoist rebels who lay down arms might be considered for amnesty and will also be rehabilitated. ... Read more...
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Indian who burnt car for insurance claim jailed
May 3rd, 2010 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, May 3 (IANS) An Indian man, who claimed to be the victim of racial attack in Australia, was Monday sentenced to eight-month jail after he pleaded guilty to setting his car ... Read more...
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Indian man claiming insurance fraudulently avoids jail
May 3rd, 2010 - 2:00 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, May 3 (ANI): A magistrate's court here has delivered a suspended jail sentence to an Indian national who sought to commit insurance fraud by declaring that he had been attacked by ... Read more...
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Indian torched car to get insurance money for holiday
May 3rd, 2010 - 11:23 am ICT by IANS
Melbourne, May 3 (IANS) An Indian man, who claimed to be a racist attack victim after suffering burns while setting alight his car in this Australian city, wanted to fund a holiday ... Read more...
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Orissa to provide land to martyrs’ families
April 13th, 2010 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, April 13 (IANS) The Orissa government will provide free land for families of policemen who die fighting Maoists to build houses, Revenue and Disaster Minister S.N. Patro said Tuesday.
"The martyr's family ... Read more...
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Woman, mother, grandmother charged in Mexico murder case
March 2nd, 2010 - 11:49 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 2 (IANS/EFE) An 80-year-old woman has joined her daughter and granddaughter in jail facing charges that they murdered a man to collect $2.4 million in insurance money, the Mexico ... Read more...
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Indian envoy called to discuss Australia attacks
February 3rd, 2010 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The government has called its envoy to Australia Sujatha Singh to New Delhi for detailed consultations in the wake of repeated attacks on Indian students in Australia.
High ... Read more...
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Aussie envoy flays Indian media over ‘race’ attacks
February 3rd, 2010 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Australian High Commissioner Peter Varghese Wednesday said the charging of an Indian national in Melbourne for making a false allegation of racism "again demonstrated how wrong initial ... Read more...
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Asian gangs named in Britain’s ‘cash for crash’ scam
September 20th, 2009 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 20 (IANS) Pakistani, Afghan and Bangladeshi criminal gangs in Britain are staging deliberate car accidents in order to claim their victims' car insurance money, police say.
In what has been dubbed ... Read more...
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Staring at drought again, farmers seek ‘mercy killing’
June 28th, 2009 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, June 28 (IANS) Hit by drought for the fourth successive year and fed up of the government's apathy to their woes, thousands of farmers of Chhattarpur block in Jharkhand's Palamau ... Read more...
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Whitney Huston ‘countersuing stepmom for $1.6m’
April 9th, 2009 - 1:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 9 (ANI): American singer Whitney Huston is countersuing her stepmother for 1.6 million dollars over mortgage loan payments, it has emerged.The 45-year-old crooner claims that her stepmum Barbara Houston owes ... Read more...
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Court criticises insurance company for delaying claim
April 2nd, 2009 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday came down heavily on Oriental Insurance Co (OIC) Ltd for harassing the insured person's family by indulging in frivolous litigation to deny ... Read more...
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Indian-Canadian MP in steamy controversy (Lead)
March 14th, 2009 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, March 14 (IANS) Young Indian Canadian MP Ruby Dhalla, listed third on the list of sexiest women politicians in the world by Maxim magazine, is in the centre of ... Read more...
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Indo-Canadian MP in steamy controversy
March 14th, 2009 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, March 14 (IANS) Young Indian Canadian MP Ruby Dhalla, listed third on the list of the sexiest women politicians in the world by Maxim magazine, is in the centre ... Read more...
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Consumer forum makes ICICI Lombard pay its dues
January 2nd, 2009 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 2 (IANS) ICICI Lombard general insurance company here has been asked by a consumer forum to pay Rs.263,750 to a customer who had taken a policy for his vehicle that ... Read more...
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Houston sued by stepmother
December 18th, 2008 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 18 (IANS) Whitney Houston's stepmother is suing the star over the insurance policy of the singer's late father.According to court papers filed in federal court in Newark, New Jersey, Barbara ... Read more...
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Vehicle insurance can be claimed even after ownership change: Court
November 21st, 2008 - 12:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) A consumer court has ruled that the owner of a vehicle has rightful claim to the insurance money even if there is a change of ownership of ... Read more...
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Government for early payment of insurance money to farmers
October 8th, 2008 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) The finance ministry Wednesday said all efforts would be made to ensure farmers get their outstanding insurance money soon, estimated to be Rs.926.79 crore or Rs.9.26 billion ... Read more...
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Delhi builder held for attempting suicide; killing wife, daughter
September 17th, 2008 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) A debt-ridden real estate developer has been arrested here for killing his wife and two-and-half-year-old daughter and attempting suicide in his rented south Delhi home, police said ... Read more...
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