Big-wave surfer wakes up from coma
September 6th, 2012 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Sep 6 (IANS) Brazilian big-wave surfer Aldemir Calunga has regained consciousness after almost three days in a medically induced coma.Calunga suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest and deep lacerations ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Peafowl in Hasanpur died of hunger and thirst: Experts
June 13th, 2012 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, June 13 (IANS) The peafowl that died in Hasanpur village, near here, early this week succumbed to hunger and thirst, the post-mortem examinations of the birds revealed Wednesday.At least ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Dancer’s leg amputated because of doctors’ delay
May 16th, 2012 - 5:05 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A 25-year-old Russian break-dance champion had to have one of his legs amputated and almost lost the other after doctors delayed treating him for a ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
AIIMS surgeons remove 8-kg hernia from 2-month-old’s head (with Images)
February 22nd, 2012 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) It was a miracle for the Pandey family from Bihar as doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) saved their two-month-old baby's ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Weight Watchers’ members lose twice as many kilos
September 8th, 2011 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 8 (IANS) Obese people on a Weight Watchers programme lose twice as many kilos as those following a doctor's advice, a new study shows.
The core approach of ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Congress insists on CBI probe into UP girl’s murder
June 14th, 2011 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 14 (IANS) The Congress party in Uttar Pradesh Tuesday again demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the murder of a 14-year-old girl whose body was ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Hamburger eating contest sparks row in Shanghai
April 20th, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, April 20 (IANS) A hamburger restaurant in Shanghai has stirred an online controversy for its contests, one of which requires the participants to eat a seven-level, 2.3-kg hamburger in ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
10 protesters shot dead in Yemen
April 4th, 2011 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
Sana'a, April 4 (IANS) Police shot dead at least 10 anti-government protesters Monday in Yemen's southern province of Taiz, Xinhua quoted local doctors as saying. However, a police official said ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Bangladesh court orders exhumation of ‘whipped to death’ girl’s body for new autopsy
February 8th, 2011 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
Dhaka, Feb 8 (ANI): A Bangladesh High Court has ordered the authorities to exhume the body a 14-year-old girl who was whipped to death by a village body for allegedly having an ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Omar Abdullah begins third year - after months of turmoil
January 5th, 2011 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
By F. Ahmed
Srinagar, Jan 5 (IANS) Omar Abdullah, the country's youngest chief minister, Wednesday began his third year at the helm in Jammu and Kashmir after two tumultuous years.It is doubtful ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Rahul Gandhi organises people’s courtroom in Amethi
September 3rd, 2010 - 10:30 pm ICT by ANI
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 3 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi organized a 'Janta Darbar', or people's courtroom here on Friday to address grievances of the locals in the region.It has ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Malnutrition claims lives of three tribal children in Maharashtra
August 20th, 2010 - 6:42 pm ICT by ANI
Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Aug 20 (ANI): At least three tribal girls have died of malnourishment in a remote village of Maharashtra's Aurangabad District.Bhil tribals of the village complained that local doctors did not ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Rescue efforts in Pakistan affected by ongoing heavy rain
August 4th, 2010 - 12:58 am ICT by BNO News
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Rescue efforts after Pakistan's unprecedented flooding are being hampered by heavy rains in several regions, an aid group said on Tuesday.Pakistan is facing its worst floods in ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Shopian doctors charged with fudging to defame security forces
May 27th, 2010 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 27 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government has charged the team of doctors who carried out autopsies on two women in south Kashmir's Shopian town last May with fudging evidence ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Sunny Deol, “Papa Is Fine”
March 19th, 2010 - 7:46 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
March 19, 2010 (Sampurn Wire):To imagine Dharmendra in anything but in the pink of health is impossible. When the Yamla Jat was rumoured to have suffered a heart attack while shooting ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
US may allow 5,000 more Indian doctors for residency training
January 2nd, 2010 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) The US may allow in nearly 5,000 more Indian doctors for residency training every year, an American doctors' body said here Saturday.
Vinod K. Shah, president of ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Shopian rape case: Key witnesses turns hostile
November 19th, 2009 - 7:56 pm ICT by ANI
Shopian (Jammu and Kashmir), Nov. 19 (ANI): Two key witnesses in the Shopian rape and murder case, Ghulam Mohiuddin Lone and Abdul Rashid Pampori have turned hostile, retracting their statements which implicated ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Blast victims to get face-lift through cosmetic surgery in J-K
November 5th, 2009 - 9:36 pm ICT by ANI
By Parvez ButtSrinagar, Nov 5(ANI): Sensing the increasing number of militancy related injuries like bomb blasts in Jammu and Kashmir which has left many victims with facial injuries, a seminar was organized ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
16 rebels, five soldiers killed in Yemen clashes
August 15th, 2009 - 1:18 am ICT by IANS
Sana'a (Yemen), Aug 14 (DPA) At least 16 Shia rebels and five army soldiers were killed in fierce clashes in northern Yemen Friday as the army continued operations against rebel strongholds for ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Malaysia sends medical team to Sri Lanka
May 10th, 2009 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, May 10 (IANS) Malaysia has set up four health posts in Vavuniya in northern Sri Lanka for the Tamil civilians who have fled the fierce fighting between the troops and ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Swansea-based surgeon completes 100th Indian cleft lip operation
April 8th, 2009 - 1:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr.8 (ANI): A Swansea-based surgeon, who specializes in cleft lip and palate surgery, has returned from India where he has operated on his 100th patient.Dr. David Drake has been there six ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Doctors team visit Encephalitis-hit Gorakhpur
August 28th, 2008 - 8:15 pm ICT by ANI
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 29 (ANI): A team of doctors deputed by the Union Government, including two from the United States, visited Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh today to examine patients ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Om Kali versus Angelina Jolie
August 24th, 2008 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Doghat (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 24 (IANS) At a time when Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have received $14 million from a magazine for photographs of their newborn twins, in faraway rural India, ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Mentally ill woman kept chained for 15 years
August 13th, 2008 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
By Jatindra Dash
Jagatsinghpur (Orissa), Aug 13 (IANS) Kamala Sethi, 26, has spent 15 years chained to a pole by her family that cannot afford medical treatment for her mental illness. Both her ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Disabled girls confined to room for years hoping for miracle
June 1st, 2008 - 8:05 pm ICT by admin
Bhubaneswar, June 1 (IANS) Two handicapped sisters in Orissa's Sambalpur district have been confined to a room for the past four years, praying for a miracle to cure them. Hastina Majhi, 21, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Doctor beaten up after patient’s death in Punjab
May 21st, 2008 - 12:40 am ICT by admin
Jalandhar, May 20 (IANS) A doctor, who owns a private hsopital here, was beaten up Tuesday and a hospital floor was ransacked by agitated family members of a patient, who died there. ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Defence experts researching ways to check malaria in northeast
May 6th, 2008 - 5:52 pm ICT by admin
Agartala, May 6 (IANS) Defence experts and union health ministry officials are conducting separate studies on the spread of malaria in the northeast, officials said here Tuesday. The northeast is a known ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
ounded jumbo battling for life in Tamil Nadu
March 6th, 2008 - 11:37 am ICT by admin
By Jaikumar
Wodapatti (Dharmapuri) (Tamil Nadu), March 6 (ANI): An elephant that was found badly wounded near Wodapatti, a place near the Karnataka border, last week is battling helplessly for its life.
Forest ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Wounded jumbo battling for life in Tamil Nadu
March 5th, 2008 - 7:55 pm ICT by admin
Wodapatti (Dharmapuri) (Tamil Nadu), March 5 (ANI): An elephant that was found badly wounded near Wodapatti, a place near the Karnataka border, last week is battling helplessly for its life.
Forest rangers, ... Read more...
Posted in National |
10-minute surgery may be an alternative to vasectomy
November 15th, 2007 - 2:02 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, November 15 (ANI): Chinese doctors have developed a new birth control surgery that may provide men with an alternative to vasectomy.During the procedure, a surgeon makes a small incision ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |