New building for Mumbai hospital (With images)
September 17th, 2012 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 16 (IANS) Mumbai's KEM Hospital, the original structure of which is housed in a heritage building, will Monday inaugurate its new multi-storey building that has been constructed ... Read more...
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One killed, 11 injured in Guwahati blast (Lead)
September 8th, 2012 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, S Sep 8 (IANS) One person was killed and 11 others were injured when suspected militants lobbed a grenade in the city's Paltan Bazaar area Saturday evening, police said.The ... Read more...
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Six turtles seized from Odisha hospital pool, one held
September 5th, 2012 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 5 (IANS) Forest officials seized six fresh water turtles from the premises of a private hospital in Odisha and arrested one person for illegally confining the amphibians, an ... Read more...
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Bengal dengue death toll rises to four
September 5th, 2012 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 5 (IANS) The official dengue toll in West Bengal has risen to four with the disease striking 789 people, according to the state health department Wednesday.A 47-year-old woman, ... Read more...
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Hyderabad police intensify search for kidnapped doctor
September 5th, 2012 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 5 (IANS) A special team of Hyderabad police Wednesday intensified their search for a doctor who was allegedly kidnapped for ransom.Police traced the mobile phone of Harsha Reddy, ... Read more...
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Police cane charge violent medics in UP
September 4th, 2012 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 4 (IANS) Junior doctors in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh resorted to violence, damaged cars and thrashed people, forcing police to cane charge them, after some of their ... Read more...
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Sons, daughters-in-law arrested for parading widowed mother half naked
August 24th, 2012 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 24 (IANS) Police arrested five people, including two sons and daughters-in-law of a middle-aged Dalit widow who was publicly beaten and paraded half naked in a village in Bihar's ... Read more...
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Rhino killed in Assam park
August 24th, 2012 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Aug 24 (IANS) A one-horned rhino died in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam's Golaghat district when a forest guard fired at it in self defence, an official said ... Read more...
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Kachroo ragging case: Convicts may return to college
August 23rd, 2012 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 23 (IANS) The four medical college students convicted of ragging to death their junior, Aman Kachroo, in Himachal Pradesh may soon return to the classroom.The state government freed the ... Read more...
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Two die after being pushed out of train in Bengal (Lead)
August 19th, 2012 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Siliguri, Aug 19 (IANS) Two people were killed in West Bengal after being pushed out of a Guwahati-bound train carrying Assamese fleeing Bangalore, officials said Sunday. Two more bodies were ... Read more...
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Woman gangraped in Kolkata, one arrested
August 18th, 2012 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 18 (IANS) A man was arrested for his involvement in the alleged gangrape of a 22-year-old woman in a posh south Kolkata area, police said Saturday.According to the ... Read more...
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Kachroo ragging case: Convicts set free before term
August 18th, 2012 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 18 (IANS) The four youths who were convicted of ragging medical student Aman Kachroo to death in a Himachal Pradesh institute are out of the jail before completing ... Read more...
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Meghalaya bus crash kills 31 (Second Lead)
August 8th, 2012 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Aug 8 (IANS) Thirty-one people were killed and 27 injured when a bus proceeding from Assam to Tripura rolled down a hill in Meghalaya early Wednesday, police said.Two women ... Read more...
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Grief grips family of man killed in BMW accident
August 7th, 2012 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) It has been an ill-fated Ramzan for Mehmunnisha - widow of Mohammed Rafiq who sat wailing outside her east Delhi home here Tuesday. Rafiq, father ... Read more...
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Fresh violence in Kokrajhar, three killed
August 7th, 2012 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Aug 7 (IANS) Three people were killed and two injured as fresh violence broke out in Assam's communally volatile Kokrajhar district, police said Tuesday.The killings took place Monday night, ... Read more...
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Six die in Assam accident (Lead)
August 1st, 2012 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Aug 1 (IANS) Six people, four of them from a family, were killed Wednesday when an ambulance in which they were in collided with a truck, police said.The accident ... Read more...
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Six killed in Assam road accident
August 1st, 2012 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Aug 1 (IANS) In a road accident, six people, four of them from a family, were killed on the spot Wednesday in Assam when the ambulance in which they ... Read more...
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Kerala approves medical college (Lead)
July 29th, 2012 - 5:16 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 29 (IANS) The Kerala government has given its approval to set up of a Rs.300 crore hospital and medical college in which the diaspora will be allowed to ... Read more...
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Kerala okays medical college
July 29th, 2012 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 29 (IANS) The Kerala government has okayed the setting up of a Rs.300 crore hospital and medical college in which the diaspora will be allowed to invest.The Kerala ... Read more...
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Sibal launches anti-ragging portal
July 26th, 2012 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Thursday launched a round-the-clock anti-ragging website and helpline for reporting cases of ragging.The portal has been created by the ... Read more...
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Teachers accused of misconduct to be kept away: Parrikar
July 25th, 2012 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 25 (IANS) Any school teacher who is accused of molestation or sexual misconduct will be kept away from teaching chores until the case is probed, Chief Minister Manohar ... Read more...
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Goa girl attempts suicide after molester gets bail
July 24th, 2012 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 24 (IANS) A 17-year-old victim of molestation attempted to commit suicide Tuesday by setting herself afire, police said.The girl has been admitted to the Goa Medical College (GMC) ... Read more...
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Shanta Kumar’s trust-run hospital opens in Himachal
July 24th, 2012 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
Palampur (Himachal Pradesh), July 23 (IANS) A 200-bedded hospital, the dream project of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice president Shanta Kumar, was inaugurated here Monday.The multi-specialty medical college ... Read more...
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Veteran freedom fighter Lakshmi Sehgal dead (Lead)
July 23rd, 2012 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kanpur, July 23 (IANS) Lakshmi Sehgal, a close associate of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and the first head of the women's wing of the Azad Hind Fauj, died around ... Read more...
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Kachroo ragging death: Justice in suspended animation
July 17th, 2012 - 10:41 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 17 (IANS) Justice seems to be in a state of suspended animation in the sensational case of of medical student Aman Kachroo who died after being ragged by ... Read more...
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Eight pilgrims killed in Himachal (Lead)
July 15th, 2012 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 15 (IANS) Eight pilgrims, mostly from Kanpur city of Uttar Pradesh, were killed and 35 others injured when a bus in which they were travelling skidded off the ... Read more...
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Eight pilgrims killed in Himachal accident
July 15th, 2012 - 8:02 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 15 (IANS) Eight pilgrims, mostly from Kanpur city of Uttar Pradesh, were killed and 42 others injured when the private bus in which they were travelling rolled down ... Read more...
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NALCO to set up hospital in Odisha
July 5th, 2012 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 5 (IANS) State-run National Aluminium Company Ltd. (NALCO) will set up a medical college and hospital in Odisha's impoverished Koraput district in the next two years, Health Minister ... Read more...
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Three held in Haryana for medical test fraud
June 30th, 2012 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) Three people, including a Delhi University student, were arrested from Haryana for impersonation during a medical college test in May, Delhi Police said Saturday.Pawan Kumar, ... Read more...
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Assam Congress lawmaker assaulted for converting to Islam
June 30th, 2012 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 30 (IANS) A woman Congress legislator from Assam was thrashed by a mob at a hotel in Karimganj town late Friday night after she converted to Islam and ... Read more...
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One hurt in blast at Kolkata hospital
June 30th, 2012 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) One person was injured Saturday in a blast at a state-run hospital here, said an official.The blast occurred in the National Medical College and Hospital (NMCH) ... Read more...
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Japanese Encephalitis claims 3 in Assam
June 28th, 2012 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 28 (IANS) The deadly Japanese Encephalitis has claimed three lives in Assam in the past few weeks, health officials here said Thursday.So far, one person has died in ... Read more...
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Junior doctors end 14-day strike in Bihar
June 28th, 2012 - 12:30 am ICT by IANS
Patna, June 27 (IANS) Junior doctors of Bihar's premier medical institution - the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) - ended their 14-day long strike Wednesday after the state government ... Read more...
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Disabled student challenges IIT’s rejection in court
June 25th, 2012 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday issued notice to the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-D) for denying admission to a student under the handicapped category on ... Read more...
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Odisha gangrape victim’s death triggers protests
June 22nd, 2012 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 22 (IANS) The death of a gangrape victim after more than six months of treatment at a hospital has triggered widespread protests in Odisha with political and ... Read more...
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