Two Ghaziabad policemen in serious condition
September 19th, 2012 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Sep 19 (IANS) Two policemen viciously attacked by a frenzied mob after the desecration of the Koran remain in serious condition, police sources said Wednesday.Head constable Roop Chand and ... Read more...
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Hyderabad boy dies after corporal punishment, teacher booked
September 14th, 2012 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 14 (IANS) A teacher of a private school here has been booked after her alleged corporal punishment led to the death of a 15-year-old student.Police registered a case ... Read more...
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Maoists kill CRPF trooper in Bihar
September 9th, 2012 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 9 (IANS) A CRPF trooper was killed and five security personnel were injured in a gun-battle with the Maoists Sunday in Bihar's Aurangabad district, police said.Police officials in ... Read more...
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Media baron Ramoji Rao’s son dead
September 7th, 2012 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 7 (IANS) Media baron Ramoji Rao's son Suman died here early Friday after prolonged illness, his family members said. He was 45.The managing director of Ushodaya Enterprises Private ... Read more...
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Mamata visits dengue patients, repeats tips to fight disease
September 6th, 2012 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sept 6 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday paid a surprise visit to a private hospital to monitor treatment of dengue patients and for the second ... Read more...
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Engineering students vandalize vehicles in Gurgaon
September 6th, 2012 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Sep 6 (IANS) Anguished over the death of a 19-year-old girl student due to alleged negligence, students at an engineering college here staged a violent protest Thursday in 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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Punjab lawmaker’s sting catches doctor at wrong place
August 30th, 2012 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 30 (IANS) It is not often that a government doctor gets to treat his boss in a private hospital where he is not supposed to be at all.But ... Read more...
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Jet Airways makes unscheduled landing, but child dies
August 29th, 2012 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Aug 29 (IANS) A desperate bid by a Jet Airways flight, which made an unscheduled landing here Wednesday morning, to save the life of a three-year-old girl went in ... Read more...
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As Kerala celebrates Onam, actor Thilakan battles for life
August 28th, 2012 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 28 (IANS) While Kerala celebrates its harvest festival Onam, veteran actor Thilakan battles for life.Thilakan has been put on ventilator for the past few days, following multiple organ ... Read more...
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Mamata’s humane gesture
August 27th, 2012 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 27 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has made arrangements to pay the hospital dues of yesteryear's actress Dipti Roy, who passed away Sunday.A private hospital ... Read more...
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Kerala to foot ailing actor Thilakan’s medical bills
August 26th, 2012 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 26 (IANS) Kerala will take care of the medical bills of veteran Malayalam actor Thilakan, 74, who in a critical condition after suffering two heart attacks, Health Minister ... Read more...
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Five more swine flu cases in Lucknow
August 23rd, 2012 - 10:59 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 23 (IANS) Five more cases of swine flue were reported in the Uttar Pradesh capital Thursday, a day after an elderly person died of the virus here.Samples of ... Read more...
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Senior citizen dies of swine flu in Lucknow
August 22nd, 2012 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 22 (IANS) Swine flu has claimed the life of a retired doctor here, an official said Wednesday. Dr S.B. Singh, a physiotherapist who had retired from the King ... Read more...
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Coin shortage makes everyday life difficult in West Bengal
August 19th, 2012 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 19 (IANS) School teacher Nandita was surprised when a teenager manning the cash counter at a coffee shop in a private hospital offered her two bubble gums ... Read more...
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Woman kills mother-in-law with paramour’s help
August 18th, 2012 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) A woman was killed by her daughter-in-law and her paramour here when she came to know about their illicit relationship and threatened to tell ... Read more...
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Boy drowns to death in school pool
August 16th, 2012 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 16 (IANS) In a tragic incident, a fourth standard boy drowned to death in the school's swimming pool here, police said Thursday.M. Ranjan of Padma Seshadri Bal Bhavan ... Read more...
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Vayalar Ravi to handle Deshmukh’s portfolio
August 10th, 2012 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi was Friday given additional charge of the ministries of science and technology, earth sciences and micro, small ... Read more...
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Punjab get injured African student airlifted
August 5th, 2012 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 5 (IANS) The Punjab government said Sunday it will bear the expenses of airlifting an injured Burundian student to Delhi for his onward journey home. The young man ... Read more...
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Born weighing 450 grams, baby girl survives
July 26th, 2012 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 26 (IANS) Born three months premature and weighing just 450 grams, an infant girl has survived and has been discharged from a private hospital in Mohali near here, ... Read more...
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Vice President, PM condole Lakshmi Sehgal’s death
July 23rd, 2012 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Vice President Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday condoled the death of veteran freedom fighter Lakshmi Sehgal, calling her "an icon of ... 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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Doctor killed in Jaipur accident
July 23rd, 2012 - 1:14 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, July 22 (IANS) A 40-year-old paediatrician at a private hospital here was killed when his bike was run over by a speeding truck Sunday morning, police said.According to police, ... Read more...
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Spanish student’s headless body found in Britain
July 18th, 2012 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 18 (IANS) A decapitated body of a man believed to be a Spanish student has been found in Britain's Dorset county.The man's blood-soaked body was found at a ... Read more...
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WHO staff injured in Pakistan (Lead)
July 18th, 2012 - 12:45 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad/Geneva, July 17 (IANS) Two World Health Organisation (WHO) officials were injured Tuesday after some unidentified men attacked a UN vehicle in a suburban area of Karachi city.According to police, ... 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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Former DMK legislator arrested for rape, murder
July 14th, 2012 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 13 (IANS) Former DMK legislator M. Rajkumar was remanded to 14 days custody by a court here Friday for allegedly raping and murdering a 15-year-old girl who worked ... Read more...
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UP ex-minister, aide to undergo DNA test
July 11th, 2012 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 11 (IANS) A DNA test will be conducted on Daddu Prasad, a former BSP minister in Uttar Pradesh and his personal assistant, after a woman who had earlier ... Read more...
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Sanjeev Sivan’s next on couple’s fight for dead son’s semen
July 6th, 2012 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, July 6 (IANS) You may have heard people fighting legal battles for property or family rights, but have you ever heard of a couple fighting a case to get ... Read more...
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African youth in coma since April, father seeks Badal’s help
July 6th, 2012 - 11:22 am ICT by IANS
Patiala (Punjab), July 6 (IANS) Battered to near death by some local youths, a 23-year-old student from the east African country of Burundi has been lying in coma in a ... Read more...
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Assamese poet Hiren Bhattacharyya passes away
July 4th, 2012 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 4 (IANS) Award-winning Assamese poet Hiren Bhattacharyya, 80, died of lung infection at a private hospital here Wednesday.Bhattacharyya, popularly known as Hiruda, was undergoing treatment at Dispur Hospital ... Read more...
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Spread awareness on health schemes: Dikshit
June 30th, 2012 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said Saturday that the authorities should spread awareness about government health schemes and asked poor people to take advantage ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu minister’s son dies in accident
June 25th, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai June 25 (IANS) The son of Tamil Nadu Minister for Cooperation Sellur K. Raju died in a road accident here Monday.According to police, R. Tamizhmani, 27, hit a speed-breaker ... Read more...
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Radha Vinod Raju seriously ill
June 19th, 2012 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, June 19 (IANS) Radha Vinod Raju, the first chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), is seriously ill, according to doctors treating him at a private hospital here.V.P. Gangadharan, ... Read more...
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Relatives create ruckus after woman’s death in hospital
June 14th, 2012 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, June 14 (IANS) Family members of a migrant woman from Pakistan created ruckus at a private hospital here when she died while undergoing treatment Thursday, police said.A first ... Read more...
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