J-K cloudburst: 60 dead, 69 missing, over 100 hurt

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday and assured them of all help in the wake of a cloudburst in......

Pregnant woman thrown out of moving train in TN for resisting rape; 1 held

A 31-year-old man was arrested allegedly for attempting to sexually assault a four-month pregnant woman in a moving train and pushing her out of the compartment near Katpadi in the district, the......

PM-led panel seeks wider panel of names for next AIIMS-Delhi chief: Sources

The appointments committee of the Cabinet headed by the prime minister on Monday sought a wider panel of names for the post of director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi,......

AIIMS director Randeep Guleria gets another 3-month extension

The tenure of All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi director Dr Randeep Guleria has been extended by another three months, according to an office memorandum issued by the premier......

Allocate 3% of GDP to healthcare: Doctors

Doctors from both government and private sectors on Wednesday appealed to the Narendra Modi-government to increase the budget allocation for the health sector from 0.9 per cent of the GDP to 3......

Pharma sector in alarm over govt's cure

The government plans to rationalise trade margins for many other medical devices, besides stents and knee implants. Price cap and regulatory clampdown: These are the twin factors that kept the......

E-rickshaws legal but aren't regulated

Jai Bhagwan Goel, a politician active in Delhi circles who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in February, was instrumental in getting a significant rally convened on  June 17. In the rally, he......

Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium to be revamped as Sports City

IMAGE: The Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, which was built in 1982 for the Asian Games, later hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games for which it was refurbished at a cost over Rs 900 crore.......

Teenage footballer dies after knee surgery in Chennai

IMAGE: Friends and relatives stage a protest, alleging medical negligence at the local hospital in Chennai, which resulted in the death of 17-year old Priya, an aspiring footballer. Photograph:......

MotoGP: Rossi leaves hospital after surgery on broken leg

'I will do everything I can to get back as soon as possible.' IMAGE: Valentino Ross in action. Photograph: Mirco Lazzari gp/Getty Images Italian MotoGP great Valentino Rossi left hospital on......

Sports Shorts: Kynan raises medal hopes; Pacquiao withdraws from fight with Horn

Kynan shoots 49 as Indian men's trap raises medal hopes IMAGE: Kynan Chenai in action. Photograph: Twitter Indian men's trap team, including Kynan Chenai, raised hopes of a medal after they......