Bihari youth’s death: Kerala doctors threaten strike
August 27th, 2012 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 27 (IANS) The Kerala Government Medical Officers Association (KGMOA) Monday threatened to go on strike after Chief Minister Oommen Chandy refused to revoke action against five doctors for ... Read more...
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Italian family in Sardinia is world’s oldest
August 21st, 2012 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Aug 21 (IANS) The oldest family in the world is an Italian one living on the island of Sardinia, where nine brothers and sisters have a collective age of ... Read more...
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Kerala government faces ire over ‘murder’ of Bihari youth
August 18th, 2012 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 18 (IANS) The Kerala government is facing the heat over the unnatural death of 24-year-old Bihari youth S.S. Mann who was brought dead from a mental hospital here ... Read more...
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Air force rescues eight from stranded boat in Assam
June 27th, 2012 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) Indian Air Force helicopter pilots Wednesday evacuated eight people, including three pregnant women and two doctors, from a boat stuck in the Dibong river near Sadiya ... Read more...
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Ex-J&K; IGP denies filing CCTV footage in NC worker’s death
June 21st, 2012 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 21 (IANS) A former top Jammu and Kashmir Police official Thursday denied having filed any document, including CCTV footage, annexed to his counter- affidavit before a panel probing ... Read more...
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German TV channel stands by its doping report
May 30th, 2012 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
Nairobi, May 30 (IANS) German national TV station, ARD, which alleged that Kenyan runners were involved in rampant doping, stood by its findings, which were dismissed by Athletics Kenya (AK).ARD ... Read more...
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CBI seeks time to submit sanction against public servant
May 16th, 2012 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday requested a Delhi court to provide it with more time to submit proper sanction of prosecution against ... Read more...
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At 100, ex-army man gifts hospital to Rajasthan village (Feature)
May 15th, 2012 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
Dudavas (Rajasthan), May 15 (IANS) For Rao Kabool Singh, a World War Two veteran who turned 100 this weekend, it has been a life of service with the army man ... Read more...
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CBI files chargesheet against Ramadoss
April 27th, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday filed a chargesheet against former union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss for abusing his official position in favouring ... Read more...
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British doctors face jail over fake abortion consent
March 24th, 2012 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 24 (IANS) The British government has warned that doctors who were found illegally carrying out abortions by faking consent forms would be put behind bars.The warning was issued ... Read more...
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Pakistani panel in Mumbai to examine 26/11 witnesses
March 15th, 2012 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 15 (IANS) An eight-member Pakistani judicial commission arrived here Thursday to record statements of key officials who were part of the Indian investigation into the 2008 Mumbai terror ... Read more...
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Sharad Kelkar to replace Mohnish Behl in ‘Kuch Toh…’
March 7th, 2012 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Actor Sharad Kelkar, best remembered for "Saat Phere", has been confirmed as Mohnish Behl's replacement in popular daily soap "Kuch Toh Log Kahenge". He will ... Read more...
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Elderly man kills 2 doctors before killing self in southwestern Germany
March 7th, 2012 - 4:47 am ICT by BNO News
WEILERBACH, Germany (BNO NEWS) -- An elderly man opened fire at a hospital in southwestern Germany on Monday afternoon, killing two doctors and wounding a nurse, local media reported on Tuesday. The ... Read more...
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Book reveals Nixon had secret psychiatric care
March 6th, 2012 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 6 (IANS) It is a secret that could have stopped Richard Nixon becoming president of the US. He was secretly seeing a psychiatrist during the height of his ... Read more...
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Man guns down two doctors, kills self
March 6th, 2012 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, March 6 (IANS) A 78-year-old man entered a clinic in a German town and opened fire, killing two doctors. He then turned the gun on himself after a gunfight ... Read more...
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Deadly Lassa virus kills 40 in Nigeria
February 22nd, 2012 - 6:34 am ICT by IANS
Abuja, Feb 22 (IANS) A deadly haemorrhagic virus Lassa has killed at least 40 people in Nigeria, Xinhua reported.A total of 397 cases have been reported in the last six ... Read more...
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Bracken to sue CA over knee injury
February 9th, 2012 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Feb 9 (IANS) Former Test fast bowler Nathan Bracken will be suing Cricket Australia (CA) for $1 million over a knee injury that ruined his career.Bracken, who played five ... Read more...
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Pakistani commission to visit India in 26/11 case (lead)
January 20th, 2012 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 20 (IANS) A three-member Pakistani judicial commission will visit India Feb 3-6 to record statements of witnesses and Indian investigators probing the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, the interior ... Read more...
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26/11 attack: Pakistani judicial panel to visit India
January 20th, 2012 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 20 (IANS) A three-member Pakistani judicial commission will visit India Feb 3-6 to record statements of witnesses and Indian investigators probing the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, the interior ... Read more...
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Two doctors arrested in AIIMS exam leak racket (Lead)
January 13th, 2012 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Two more doctors have been apprehended for involvement in the leaking of the AIIMS post-graduate medical entrance test papers Sunday. They had reportedly stuck a ... Read more...
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Three drown as hospital bus falls into canal
December 7th, 2011 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Dec 7 (IANS) Three people, including two doctors, were drowned and one man was reported missing as a hospital bus rolled into a canal here Wednesday.The bus ... Read more...
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Doctor fired for being a Peeping Tom
September 20th, 2011 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 20 (IANS) A cardiologist in Britain has been sacked for secretly filming two female colleagues while showering.Vivek Balliga, 33, installed spy cameras in his and a female colleague's ... Read more...
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‘Kuch Toh Log..’ set to recreate ‘Dhoop Kinare’ magic on TV
September 15th, 2011 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 15 (IANS) Pakistani TV series "Dhoop Kinare" was the rage on both sides of the border during the 1980s and Sony is trying to cash in on the ... Read more...
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Passenger dies on Indigo flight
July 21st, 2011 - 1:42 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) A passenger on Indigo's Ahmedabad-New Delhi flight died on the plane en route to New Delhi, airline officials said Wednesday.The passenger, identified as Pradeep Kumar, ... Read more...
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Four NIS officials removed, NADA to test food supplements (Lead)
July 6th, 2011 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Patiala/New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) A day after Sports Minister Ajay Maken vowed to clean up the system in the wake of the doping scandal, heads have started rolling. The ... Read more...
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Three booked for wrong blood transfusion
June 15th, 2011 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 15 (IANS) Nearly five-and-a-half months after a magisterial probe indicted three people, including two doctors, for wrong blood transfusion to a pregnant woman here, a case has finally ... Read more...
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Hospital pays tribute to staff killed in air crash
May 27th, 2011 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Paying tribute to the two doctors and a male nurse killed in the air ambulance crash in Faridabad late Wednesday night, Apollo hospital authorities here ... Read more...
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India’s first air ambulance crash kills 10, probe ordered (Roundup)
May 26th, 2011 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Faridabad/New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) An investigation was ordered Thursday into India's first crash of an air ambulance which smashed into a crowded residential area of Faridabad near the Indian ... Read more...
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Nine lives lost as air ambulance sent to save one
May 26th, 2011 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
Faridabad, May 26 (IANS) A last ditch attempt to save the life of 20-year-old Rahul Raj by transporting him from Patna to a New Delhi hospital in a chartered air ... Read more...
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Plane crashes into homes near New Delhi, 10 killed
May 26th, 2011 - 3:58 am ICT by BNO News
FARIDABAD, INDIA (BNO NEWS) -- An emergency medical plane carrying seven people crashed into a residential structure near the Indian capital on late Wednesday evening, local media reported.The accident happened at around ... Read more...
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Egypt sets up committee to re-check Mubarak’s health
May 20th, 2011 - 9:33 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, May 20 (IANS/AKI) Egypt's attorney general has ordered the setting up of a new medical committee to re-examine former president Hosni Mubarak's health condition.Abdel Meguid Mahmoud wants to see ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh admits health scheme bungling
April 26th, 2011 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 26 (IANS) Admitting large-scale financial irregularities in the execution of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) schemes in Uttar Pradesh, the state government on Tuesday announced a system of ... Read more...
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Bhopal zoo to get 10th Royal Bengal Tiger
April 26th, 2011 - 10:49 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, April 26 (IANS) Van Vihar, a home for orphaned animals in the heart of the Madhya Pradesh capital, will soon get its 10th Royal Bengal Tiger when a three-year-old ... Read more...
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Euthanasia illegal in many countries
March 7th, 2011 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Euthanasia, a process which painlessly helps a terminally ill person to die, is illegal in many countries across the world. However, a few countries have ... Read more...
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Indian doctor gets bail for gangrape, two more victims come forward
February 24th, 2011 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Feb 24 (IANS) As an Indo-Canadian doctor and his colleague, charged with drugging and raping a woman, were released on $100,000 bail each Wednesday, two more women have ... Read more...
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