More than 7,000 resident doctors in in Maharashtra go on strike

More than 7,000 resident doctors at government colleges in Maharashtra went on strike on Monday over a range of issues, including the quality of hostels and filling of vacant posts of assistant and......

'Everybody need not rush to hospital'

'If your oxygen saturation is okay and is maintained after the six-minute walk test -- which has been described all over the world -- and you do not have an unrelenting fever, then you can even be......

Kashmir parties seek probe into Hyderpora encounter

People's Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday demanded a judicial probe into the Hyderpora encounter, expressing concern over the killing of a house owner and a doctor. IMAGE:......

Can't live under Taliban: Afghan students in India

It has been sleepless nights and desperate efforts to contact their families back home for the thousands of Afghan students in educational institutions in various parts of India as they worry about......

Death of a bank: The complete saga

In August 2000, Satara, a sleepy district town on the Mumbai-Bangalore highway, 270 km from the country's commercial capital Mumbai, woke from its slumber. Two rival groups were camping there,......

Should NRIs be given special treatment?

The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, like most things Indian, could hardly keep itself away from controversy. A debate now rages on whether or not Non-Resident Indians deserve special treatment by the......

Shah Rukh Khan in surrogacy controversy

Shah Rukh Khan is in the midst of a controversy following reports that he has gone for a pre-birth sex determination test for a third child through surrogacy.When contacted, an aide of the actor......

Tendulkar helps shape Dipti's dream

IMAGE: Dipti Vishvasrao with her father Dasharath Ramchandra Vishwasrao. Photograph and Video: Kind courtesy Seva Sahayog Foundation/Twitter   Sachin Tendulkar's timely help has helped Dipti......