Amid border tensions, Indian doctors aid Pakistani patients
byNew Delhi (IANS) When Pakistani raiders were beheading Indian soldiers, a group of Indian doctors were helping their Pakistani counterparts to do complex liver transplants…
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Teenaged rape victim attempts suicide in Haryana
byRohtak (Haryana) (IANS) A teenaged rape victim was admitted to the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) here with severe burn injuries after she attempted…
Crimes against women on the rise in Uttar Pradesh
byWith crimes against women in the national spotlight, the country’s most populous state reported as many as 23 rapes in the first 10 days…
Over 100 dead as flu epidemic grips US
byWashington (IANS): The United States is in the grip of a flu epidemic. Over 100 deaths have been attributed to the disease with 24 states…
NHRC seeks reports on killing of journalist in Imphal
byBhubaneswar (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an independent investigation report from the authorities on the alleged killing of a journalist by…
Costa Rica footballers raise $550,000 for cancer victims
bySan Jose (IANS) A Costa Rican four-team football tournament succeeded in raising $550,000 for the Association to Fight Childhood Cancer. Popular Costa Rican football teams…
IAS officer continues to haunt Hooda government
byChandigarh (IANS) He set the cat among the pigeons by cancelling the mutation of a multi-crore-rupee land deal involving UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert…
New heart cells keep forming in kids too
byWashington (IANS) After nearly a century of debate on whether heart muscle cells are generated after birth or they simply grow larger, researchers now say…
‘Resume bauxite supply to Vedanta, protect our livelihood’
byBhubaneswar (IANS) A demonstration was staged at Rayagada in Orissa to demand an immediate resumption of bauxite supplies to Vedanta’s alumina refinery at Lanjigarh to…
No safety for women on Delhi roads: Supreme Court
byNew Delhi (IANS) Holding that there was no safety for women on Delhi’s roads, the Supreme Court Court said Friday: “We are failing to treat…