Saudi Arabia targets its illegal private clinics
September 3rd, 2012 - 10:50 am ICT by IANS
Riyadh, Sep 3 (IANS) Saudi Arabia has launched a crackdown on illegal private medical practices.Saudi Arabian authorities Sunday announced to have started the crackdown, with the latest closure being of ... Read more...
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Pakistani woman doctor held for poisoning Afghan girls
June 10th, 2012 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 10 (IANS) A Pakistani woman doctor has been charged with poisoning female school students in Takhar province of Afghanistan, an official said.The incident came to light after dozens ... Read more...
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Woman doctor stabbed in Beijing
April 13th, 2012 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 13 (IANS) A woman doctor at a hospital in Beijing was Friday stabbed by a knife-wielding masked man, the second such incident in China within a month.The attack ... Read more...
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Woman doctor, priest get life for judge’s murder
March 30th, 2012 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 30 (IANS) A woman doctor and a Sikh priest were Friday sentenced to life imprisonment by a court here for the gruesome murder of a sitting judge in ... Read more...
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Private doctors strike work in Tamil Nadu
January 5th, 2012 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 5 (IANS) Over 20,000 doctors with private practices or working in private hospitals across Tamil Nadu, barring the major corporate hospital chains, struck work Thursday to protest against ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu cabinet reshuffled, two dropped
December 10th, 2011 - 12:39 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 9 (IANS) In another reshuffle of her cabinet within a month, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Friday inducted two ministers and dropped two.According to a statement from Governor ... Read more...
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Woman doctor kills herself over failed affair
December 5th, 2011 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Dec 5 (IANS) A 26-year-old woman doctor jumped in front of a train here Monday over a failed relationship, police said.Ankita Shukla, posted at the Institute of Human Behaviour ... Read more...
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Maid burgles elderly doctor’s house
November 15th, 2011 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) A 22-year-old maid working at the house of a 75-year-old woman doctor went missing with cash and jewellery worth around Rs.5 lakh, police said Tuesday.The ... Read more...
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Girl ‘air-born’ on Delhi-Toronto flight!
October 22nd, 2011 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) A passenger Saturday gave birth to a girl on board a 14-hour Air India flight from Delhi to Toronto with the help of a woman ... Read more...
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Chinese patient stabs doctor 17 times
September 19th, 2011 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 19 (IANS) An angry patient in China stabbed a woman doctor 17 times. The doctor survived, but had to undergo a nine-hour surgery.The victim's colleagues held an hour-long ... Read more...
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Five dead, 18 injured in Pakistan Navy bus bombing (Third Lead)
April 28th, 2011 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, April 28 (IANS) At least five people were killed and 18 injured in a massive bomb blast targeting a Pakistan Navy bus in this port city Thursday, two days ... Read more...
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Pakistan Navy bus bombing leaves three dead, 20 injured (Second Lead)
April 28th, 2011 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, April 28 (IANS) At least three people were killed and over 20 injured in a massive bomb blast targeting a Pakistan Navy bus in this port city Thursday, two ... Read more...
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Four die, 56 hurt in bomb attacks on Pakistan Navy buses (Second Lead)
April 26th, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 26 (IANS) Two officers, including a woman doctor, were among four people killed in bomb attacks targeting two buses of the Pakistan Navy in the port city of ... Read more...
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Four killed in blasts targeting Pakistan Navy buses (Lead)
April 26th, 2011 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, April 26 (IANS) Four people, including a woman doctor, were killed and 32 injured in twin bombings targeting two Pakistan Navy buses in different parts of this Pakistani port ... Read more...
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Woman doctor commits suicide in Delhi
March 18th, 2011 - 12:45 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) A 27-year-old woman doctor committed suicide by hanging herself at her home in north Delhi, police said Thursday.Divyani Gangwar, 27, was found hanging from ... Read more...
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Saudi newborn’s father lands in trouble after kissing lady doc
February 1st, 2011 - 5:45 pm ICT by ANI
Dubai, Feb 1 (ANI): A man almost ended up in a court of law after kissing a woman doctor in Saudi Arabia upon hearing that his wife had delivered a baby boy.The ... Read more...
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Militants in Manipur want journalists and doctors to follow their diktats
September 21st, 2010 - 9:20 pm ICT by ANI
Imphal, Sep.21 (ANI): Many professionals in Manipur believe that they are not safe here, as they have to face threats from different factions of the militant outfit Kangeipak-Communist Party (KCP). Recently, ... Read more...
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Woman doctor held for chopping off new-born’s hands
July 22nd, 2010 - 12:56 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, July 21 (IANS) A woman doctor was arrested Wednesday on charges of chopping off the hands of a new-born boy at a private hospital, police said. She was later released on ... Read more...
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Rural Haryana women to help check crimes against peers
July 21st, 2010 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 21 (IANS) Haryana, with its patriarchal society and a dismal sex ratio of just over 860 women per 1,000 males, has initiated a new scheme to involve women in rural ... Read more...
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Jane Lynch of ‘Glee’ Honeymoons in Europe
June 9th, 2010 - 1:18 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Jane Lynch, who plays 'Sue Sylvester' on the hit show on Fox television, 'Glee', was recently married, to a woman, Doctor Lara Embry, on May 28, and the two are now honeymooning ... Read more...
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Bomb hoax in Chandigarh
May 8th, 2010 - 1:26 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 7 (IANS) There was panic outside a popular park in the city Friday after people noticed a car, parked outside, with a message warning of a bomb blast written on ... Read more...
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Pakistani MP’s panel concerned over increasing rights violations
May 5th, 2010 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 5 (IANS) A panel of Pakistan's parliament Wednesday expressed concern over increasing violations of human rights and the lackadaisical attitude of local administrations. It also sought a report on the ... Read more...
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British woman doctor becomes first to walk to North Pole
April 26th, 2010 - 4:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr.26 (ANI): A British woman doctor has become the first and the youngest to walk 500 miles to the North Pole. Twenty-seven-year-old Amelia Russell and her boyfriend Dan Darley, 34, walked ... Read more...
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Cop held for assaulting doctor
December 30th, 2009 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 30 (IANS) A sub-inspector of police was Wednesday arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman doctor in central Badgam district of Jammu and Kashmir.
A senior police officer told IANS here: "Sub-inspector ... Read more...
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Woman doctor charged for assaulting minor domestic help
October 29th, 2009 - 1:30 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 29 (IANS) A criminal case was lodged against a woman doctor here Wednesday for allegedly assaulting an 11-year-old girl, who was employed in the medico's house as a domestic help, ... Read more...
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Blueline bus mows down woman doctor in Delhi
July 17th, 2009 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) A 71-year-old woman doctor was crushed to death by a Blueline bus in the national capital Friday.
Rajeshwari Dewan, a resident of Safdarjung Enclave, was run over ... Read more...
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Woman doctor held for killing twin daughters
July 7th, 2009 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) A 30-year-old gynecologist has been arrested for killing her twin daughters and attempting suicide here, police said Tuesday.
Rupa Kopari had injected her twin daughters - Tanya ... Read more...
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Woman doctor poisons twin daughters, self after tiff with husband (Lead)
July 2nd, 2009 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) A 30-year-old gynecologist, who had a fight with her surgeon husband, injected her twin daughters as well as herself with a poisonous substance, police said here Thursday, ... Read more...
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Pierce Brosnans flick latest victim of economic slump
February 18th, 2009 - 1:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 18 (ANI): Hollywood actor Pierce Brosnan is the latest celebrity to feel the heat of global economic crisis, as his forthcoming flick has been deferred due to lack of ... Read more...
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Allegations against ministers’ sons ‘baseless’:Vijayan
February 7th, 2009 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
Badagara (Kerala), Feb 7 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Kerala state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan Saturday dismissed as "baseless" the allegations of a woman doctor that the sons of two ministers ... Read more...
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Indian doctor held for sexually abusing patients in Canada
June 29th, 2008 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Vancouver, June 29 (IANS) An Indian-origin doctor in Canada's Grande Prairie city has been charged with sexually abusing his patients over many years, police said. Forty-eight-year-old Palaniswami Easwara Murthi was arrested Thursday ... Read more...
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Loopholes in police theory on Noida double murder
May 24th, 2008 - 12:17 am ICT by admin
Noida, May 23 (IANS) Despite the police's claim of having cracked the gruesome Noida double murder with the arrest of dentist Rajesh Talwar, several pertinent questions remain unanswered, pointing to apparent shortcomings ... Read more...
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