The inquest into the death of India-born nurse Jacintha Saldanha, who was found hanging after a hoax call made to a United Kingdom hospital treating Kate Middleton, reopened in London on Tuesday. A two-day hearing to record the cause of her death has been scheduled for May 2.
Husband of Jacintha Saldanha, who allegedly committed suicide after becoming the victim of a hoax by Australian radio presenters, has informed the Indian mission in London that he would like the body to be sent to India. "Jacintha's husband has informed us that he would like the body to be sent to India. Our mission is in touch with him and is assisting in smooth completion of various formalities," official sources in the ministry of external affairs said.
Vicky Nanjappa meets the grieving family of the Indian nurse who was found dead at the nurses' quarters next to the private King Edward VII hospital in Marylebone, central London, after being the victim of a hoax.
An Australian radio network, whose prank call to a British hospital treating a pregnant Kate Middleton led to the death of an Indian-origin nurse, today said it would contribute at least 500,000 Australian dollars (around Rs 28 lakhs) to a memorial fund to help the grieving family of the woman.
Two Australian radio presenters, who made a prank call inquiring about the medical condition of a pregnant Kate Middleton, have been taken off air. The development comes a day after an Indian-origin nurse who transferred their hoax call was found dead in a suspected suicide.
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"As the news of her funeral has spread far and wide, we are expecting quite a big number of people to attend it," father Sandy Taura, the parish priest, said.
The body of an Indian-origin nurse, who died after being duped by a prank call to a United Kingdom hospital treating a pregnant Princess Kate, was on Friday flown to India, official sources said, amid reports that the mum-of-two had criticised her senior colleagues in one of the three emotional suicide notes she left behind.
An Indian-origin nurse, who died in a suspected suicide after being duped by two Australian DJs' prank call to a hospital treating a pregnant Kate Middleton, was found hanging, British media said on Wednesday, a day before the release of the result of an autopsy on her.
Vicky Nanjappa talks to the family of 46-year-old nurse Jacintha Saldanah, who was found dead in her hospital quarters in central London
The Supreme Court of India issued a very unique order on Monday when it directed a Special Investigating Team be set up to monitor the investigation into the issue of black money.
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd plans to divest its subsidiary Glenmark Laboratories Ltd to Mark Saldanha and his associates for Rs 350 million. It also plans to sell its manufacturing plant at Verna, Goa.
Drug maker Marksans Pharma on Thursday said it has acquired UK-based generic pharmaceutical company Relonchem for an undisclosed amount.
'If you weed out corruption, you will bring glory to Goa.'
Justice M F Saldanha, former judge of the Bombay and Karnataka High Court, says that the Union government has to deal with this issue very carefully and scrapping the section 377 is not as easy as it is made out to be by some gay rights activists.
In the 2012 assembly elections, Goa had recorded an impressive 81.8 per cent voting.
Rediff readers suggest interesting names for Baba Ramdev's new denim brand.
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd on Monday said its wholly-owned Swiss subsidiary
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has entered into an agreement with Shasun for joint development, filing and marketing of 12 generic drugs for the US market.
It is a record that the saffron party has created, where the majority of its legislators belonged to the minority community.
A potpourri of political parties are in the fray in Goa.
In a bid to tap the potential in Latin America, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd has acquired Brazil-based Laboratorios Klinger, ranked among the top 50 in that country, for $5.2 million.\n\n\n\n
R N Subramanian, manager-foreign exchange, Canara Bank, will be the new chairman of the Forex Association of India for the current financial year 2004-05
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd has set up a wholly-owned subsidiary in the US to step up presence for the company's formulations and Active Pharmaceuticals Ingredients in that market.
In a bid to tap overseas market, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd's wholly owned US subsidiary has entered into a product development and marketing licence agreement with US-based K V Pharmaceutical Company
Ravi was arrested by a Cyber Cell team of the Delhi Police from Bengaluru and brought to Delhi. She was currently in police custody.
'People are angry.' 'First notebandi, then GST, now losses on the farm have ruined us.'
An Australian radio jockey, who took part in the infamous 2012 'royal hoax call' after which an Indian-origin nurse was found hanged, on Tuesday spoke about her own fears as she received a series of death threats in the aftermath of the incident.
Some Indian generic drugmakers are, however, uncertain about the pace of approvals in the near future.
Bangladeshis say it is easier in Portugal to get Residency papers, which give them access to all EU countries, reports Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
Like pharmaceutical companies globally - which used to enjoy a preferential exchange rate in Venezuela - Indian producers have been left badly stung by the collapse of the bolivar currency
In 2012, with one million deaths, China reported the highest toll from PM2.5 and PM10 pollution. At the time, India followed, reporting 621,138 deaths, nearly 10 per cent of the global toll associated with outdoor and indoor air pollution
Poor land-use planning, indiscriminate approvals of building plans and the absence of disaster-risk assessment in urban design have resulted in what experts term concentrated concretization, predisposing cities to disaster risks
The assembly polls are seen as a test of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity, especially in the wake of demonetisation.
'We eat first, they later; we sit on chairs and they on the floor; we call them by their names and they address us by titles,' writes Tripti Lahiri, author of Maid in India.
India loses 333 acres of prime forest every day. Instead of working to conserve India's forests and water resources, the environment minister has set up a committee to 'dismantle' the five key laws that provide environmental protection.
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