News for 'AIIMS'

AAP's Satyendar Jain gets interim bail on medical grounds

AAP's Satyendar Jain gets interim bail on medical grounds

Rediff.com26 May 2023

The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail till July 11 to former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain on medical grounds in a money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate.

Umar Khalid taken to AIIMS, withdraws hunger strike

Umar Khalid taken to AIIMS, withdraws hunger strike

Rediff.com9 May 2016

Umar Khalid was forced to discontinue the hunger strike owing to acutely failing health. He had severe cramps in the evening because of low sodium-potassium level in his blood following which he was taken to AIIMS post midnight for saline drips.

TV scribe death: Demand for viscera examination at AIIMS

TV scribe death: Demand for viscera examination at AIIMS

Rediff.com5 Jul 2015

A day after its journalist Akshay Singh who was covering Vyapam scam died under mysterious circumstances, India Today group has urged Madhya Pradesh government to send his viscera sample to a forensic laboratory outside the state, preferably AIIMS here, for a transparent examination.

Battle Royale in Thiruvananthapuram

Battle Royale in Thiruvananthapuram

Rediff.com12 Apr 2024

The Lok Sabha contest in Thiruvananthapuram is shaping up to be a significant battle involving key candidates like Shashi Tharoor, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, and Panniyan Ravindran. This three-cornered fight highlights the political dynamics in Kerala's capital city, with each candidate bringing their own vision and promises for the region's development, notes Rajeev Srinivasan.

PM undergoes surgery at AIIMS

PM undergoes surgery at AIIMS

Rediff.com15 Sep 2007

"The procedure was performed to treat benign prostatic hypertrophy of the prostate (benign enlargement of the prostate gland)," Prime Minister's Media Adviser Sanjaya Baru said.

AIIMS: Resident doctors continue strike

AIIMS: Resident doctors continue strike

Rediff.com29 Aug 2007

According to the striking doctors, Health Minister Ambumani Ramadoss is responsible for the current situation.

AIIMS staffer, 2 others held for paper leak

AIIMS staffer, 2 others held for paper leak

Rediff.com1 Jun 2009

An All India Institute of Medical Sciences staffer and two girls have been detained after the police allegedly recovered a set of question papers, suspected to be that of the AIIMS entrance test, from them. "We have detained three persons, including one Meena Aggarwal, who is an AIIMS staffer, on Sunday night. We are interrogating all of them," police said. However, the entrance test began this morning as scheduled, AIIMS spokesperson Y K Gupta said.

Man suspected to be infected with Ebola admitted to AIIMS

Man suspected to be infected with Ebola admitted to AIIMS

Rediff.com21 Jan 2015

A man with severe fever was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences on Tuesday amid fears that he has contracted Ebola, which the hospital authorities are yet to confirm.

Ram Vilas Paswan's Final Throw Of Dice

Ram Vilas Paswan's Final Throw Of Dice

Rediff.com29 Mar 2024

Ram Vilas Paswan was no fool. He knew very well about the ownership tussle going on beneath this veneer of congeniality. At all costs, he wanted to keep the lid on the family drama. He did not want it to come in the way of his son's coronation.

2024 elections could be last in India if...: Kharge

2024 elections could be last in India if...: Kharge

Rediff.com30 Jan 2024

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday expressed apprehension that the 2024 Lok Sabha elections would be the last opportunity for the people to save democracy, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi might prefer dictatorship in case his party wins the upcoming polls.

Plea for CBI inquiry into AIIMS graft: HC seeks Centre's reply

Plea for CBI inquiry into AIIMS graft: HC seeks Centre's reply

Rediff.com25 Feb 2015

The Delhi high court on Wednesday issued notice to Union Health Minister J P Nadda on a petition seeking a CBI inquiry into various cases of alleged irregularities and corruption in AIIMS raised by then Chief Vigilance Officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi.

36 people treated at AIIMS after JNU violence; all discharged

36 people treated at AIIMS after JNU violence; all discharged

Rediff.com6 Jan 2020

4 out of the 36 people, which included faculty and students, had minor head injuries. Others had suffered soft tissue injuries, abrasions, fracture and lacerations among others. Two more victims reported at 12 noon with soft tissue injuries, while 3 victims of the violence were also learnt to have gone to Safdarjung Hospital on Sunday night.

India registered 9.3 lakh cancer deaths, 2nd highest in Asia

India registered 9.3 lakh cancer deaths, 2nd highest in Asia

Rediff.com3 Jan 2024

Researchers found that India, along with China and Japan, were the three leading countries in Asia in terms of number of new cases and deaths, where they say cancer has become a more significant public health threat with 94 lakh new cases and 56 lakh deaths in 2019.

Jailed Kashmiri separatist leader Altaf Shah dead

Jailed Kashmiri separatist leader Altaf Shah dead

Rediff.com12 Oct 2022

Shah was arrested on July 25, 2017 with six others, facing trial in an alleged terror funding case probed by the NIA.

AIIMS to decide future home for conjoined twins

AIIMS to decide future home for conjoined twins

Rediff.com23 Jul 2003

AIIMS has set up a special committee to look into the offers made by three NGOs to permanently take care of Neelu and Pinku.

Sunanda autopsy row: AIIMS doc maintains he was pressurised

Sunanda autopsy row: AIIMS doc maintains he was pressurised

Rediff.com3 Jul 2014

The head of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences forensic department on Thursday stuck to his controversial claim that pressure was brought on him to manipulate the post mortem report on Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar

Narasimha Rao stable, says AIIMS

Narasimha Rao stable, says AIIMS

Rediff.com13 Dec 2004

The hospital has said that he will continue to be in intensive care till he is completely out of danger.

4 AIIMS doctors move HC against reservation policy

4 AIIMS doctors move HC against reservation policy

Rediff.com11 Feb 2007

The Delhi High Court has issued noticed to AIIMS, Medical Council of India and the Centre on a petition filed by the doctors.

Suspected Maoist sympathiser finally admitted to AIIMS

Suspected Maoist sympathiser finally admitted to AIIMS

Rediff.com10 May 2012

Adivasi teacher and alleged Naxal sympathiser Soni Sori was admitted to Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences on Thursday afternoon. AIIMS had refused to admit Soni Sori on Tuesday, in spite of directions to do so by the Supreme Court.

Humanity trumps tragedy: People line up to donate blood

Humanity trumps tragedy: People line up to donate blood

Rediff.com3 Jun 2023

The Balasore district hospital and Soro hospital, where the injured have been rushed after a triple train accident, are bursting at their seams as the huge flow of patients has crammed up every room, with patients spilling onto corridors.

BJP leader's sister drugged, abandoned at AIIMS

BJP leader's sister drugged, abandoned at AIIMS

Rediff.com30 Aug 2011

Senior Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party leader Harsh Vardhan's sister was tricked into having several sleeping pills, allegedly by her daughter-in-law, and abandoned outside AIIMS in an unconscious state, police said on Tuesday. Reena, 28, was arrested recently following investigations into a missing person report filed by Asha Singhal herself on August 24, a senior police official said. Reena is married to Parag Singhal, Asha's son.

'If I'm not safe, then...': DCW chief Swati Maliwal dragged by drunk driver

'If I'm not safe, then...': DCW chief Swati Maliwal dragged by drunk driver

Rediff.com19 Jan 2023

The DCW chief in her complaint to police alleged that the man who was driving a white-coloured car stopped the car near her and "made indecent gestures" at her.

AIIMS admission racket: CBI registers 4 cases

AIIMS admission racket: CBI registers 4 cases

Rediff.com3 Aug 2011

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday registered four new cases in connection with the rigging of answer-sheets and results related to entrance examinations at the undergraduate level and for three post graduate courses in AIIMS. The agency registered the first case in connection with the post graduate exam held in January 2010 where answer-sheets of seven students were allegedly interpolated.

Call off strike, CPI-M to AIIMS docs

Call off strike, CPI-M to AIIMS docs

Rediff.com6 Jul 2006

Call off strike, CPI-M to AIIMS docs

Amitabh Bachchan visits Amar Singh at AIIMS

Amitabh Bachchan visits Amar Singh at AIIMS

Rediff.com19 Sep 2011

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan and his daughter Shweta Nanda on Sunday visited Rajya Sabha member of Parliament Amar Singh at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences where he is undergoing treatment for urinary tract infection and wished him speedy recovery.

Narasimha Rao admitted to AIIMS

Narasimha Rao admitted to AIIMS

Rediff.com19 Jun 2004

Rao, 83, was admitted to the hospital's gastro ward on June 16 after he complained of loss in appetite.

Ayodhya all set for grand consecration ceremony

Ayodhya all set for grand consecration ceremony

Rediff.com21 Jan 2024

The much-awaited Ram temple consecration will be held in Ayodhya on Monday in a grand ceremony with Prime Minister Narendra Modi attending the rituals, following which the shrine will be opened for the public a day later.

Lalu's daughter to donate kidney to her father

Lalu's daughter to donate kidney to her father

Rediff.com10 Nov 2022

The RJD president, who has been suffering from multiple health problems, was advised a kidney transplant.

Nitish plays down 'personal friendship' with BJP remark

Nitish plays down 'personal friendship' with BJP remark

Rediff.com21 Oct 2023

'I felt anguished when I read the reports about my speech at the convocation of Mahatma Gandhi Central University. I wanted to underscore that the then Congress government had wanted to set up a central university only in Gaya but agreed to establish another one in Motihari (East Champaran) at my instance. Work began when the BJP was in power at the Centre. But it remains the fact that the university came up as a result of my initiative'

Why Kashmir Loves Purple

Why Kashmir Loves Purple

Rediff.com5 Aug 2023

Lavender cultivation has been amplified across Jammu and Kashmir.

P Venugopal back as AIIMS director

P Venugopal back as AIIMS director

Rediff.com8 May 2008

The 66-year-old, who had been appointed to the post on July three, 2003, for a five-year-term came to his office in the AIIMS barely hours after the Supreme Court verdict came out and reassumed charge. Venugopal was accompanied by resident doctors and faculty members who have supported him all along in his tussle with Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss.

Inquiry exposes arbitrary AIIMS selection process

Inquiry exposes arbitrary AIIMS selection process

Rediff.com24 Dec 2007

Between 1993 and 2003, AIIMS did not hold its regular selections because of agitations and litigation by the faculty objecting to reservations for SC, ST and OBC candidates in faculty selections

Azad meets family of rape victim at AIIMS

Azad meets family of rape victim at AIIMS

Rediff.com20 Apr 2013

Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday met the family of the five-year-old rape victim at All India Institute of Medical Sciences and enquired about her health.

Mute response to AIIMS medicos strike

Mute response to AIIMS medicos strike

Rediff.com29 Nov 2007

The strike called by All-India Institute of Medical Science doctors in protest against the passage of a bill restricting the retirement age of its director at 65 years saw muted response with the medicos backing institution head P Venugopal abstaining from work while those opposing him attending OPD and other services.

'Despite Covid we don't care about health'

'Despite Covid we don't care about health'

Rediff.com7 Feb 2024

'The first duty of the government is to learn lessons from a bad experience and course correct. It's a pity that the government is making policy without looking at evidence and differentiating between immediate and urgent.'

AIIMS: SC notice to Centre, Venugopal

AIIMS: SC notice to Centre, Venugopal

Rediff.com7 May 2007

A bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan sought the reply as both AIIMS and Venugopal filed their appeals against the High Court order.

HC directive on AIIMS director challenged

HC directive on AIIMS director challenged

Rediff.com20 Apr 2007

The SLP filed by AIIMS assailed the judgement on the ground that the High Court had committed a grave error by declaring that there was no upper age limit for the director.

Sikar gang rape victim's family threatened inside AIIMS

Sikar gang rape victim's family threatened inside AIIMS

Rediff.com6 Jan 2014

"I am Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje's friend; no police can act against me." This is what some harassers told the family of the Sikar gang rape victim, who has just undergone her 20th operation in 17 months.