Rukhsana gets Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha medal

President Pratibha Patil has approved the award of Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak for Rukhsana Kosser, the Jammu girl who braved the bullets of Lashkar-e-Tayiba militants and killed one of them to......

Kumaraswamy undergoes open heart surgery

Former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Thursday underwent an open heart surgery at a super-specialty hospital in Bangalore. Kumaraswamy, who had been admitted to Wockhardt Hospital......

Kumaraswamy to undergo heart surgery

Former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy will undergo a surgery to replace one of the blocked valves in his heart at a private super specialty hospital in Bangalore on Thursday. Kumaraswamy,......

Haryana: 7 kids killed as bus falls in canal

Seven children were killed and five others were missing after a school bus carrying 25 of them fell into a canal, 20 km from Haryana's Sonepat on Tuesday.The bus of Satkumba Vidya Mandir in village......

Why Fortis Healthcare has a bevy of suitors

With over 45 healthcare facilities and over 300 vibrant diagnostic centres, Fortis is India’s second-largest hospital chain -- next only to Apollo, which has 64 hospitals with 10,000 beds.......

Tapping the $ 6 billion Indian healthcare biz

"In India, the sector will grow to $10 billion by 2018," predicts Vishal Bali, co-founder, Medwell Ventures, in an interview with Apurva Venkat. IMAGE: Radiologists examine a cancer patient before......

Medical tourism set to be in the pink of health

 US President Barack Obama might have taken all possible steps to ensure American jobs were not lost to Indians, but his healthcare initiative seems to be doing just the opposite -- and......

India focus to drive Fortis' fortunes

In an effort to reduce its debt pile further, Fortis Healthcare sold its 65 per cent stake in its Vietnam business, Fortis Hoan My Medical Corporation, to Viva Holdings Vietnam for $80 million or......

5 Unforgettable Shankar-Jaikishan Songs

As we mark the 34th death anniversary of Shankar -- of the legendary Shankar-Jaikishan duo -- Subhash K Jha selects five evergreen songs from their greatest hits. Between Shankar and Jaikishan, who......

The Cult of Mithun Chakraborty

National Award-winning actor, producer, hotelier, ex-MP, cricket team owner, philanthropist, highest tax payer, reality show judge, animal lover and, above all, people's hero -- Mithun is truly a......

The BEST 200 Indian Films of the Decade

Aseem Chhabra picks the finest Indian films in the 2010-2019 decade. IMAGE: A scene from Bulbul Can Sing. As the second decade of the young century comes to an end, it is time to look at how......

Barsaat on my mind

Sukanya Verma revisits Gulzar's Ghalib and finds Barsaat, and Free Love! Seven days of legends and loons, beauty and bane, Dishoom and Die Hard -- doesn’t get more eclectic than this,......

Will Yuvraj go unsold at 2019 IPL auction?

Yuvraj Singh managed just 65 runs in eight games for Kings XI Punjab and no wonder that the team decided to release him. IMAGE: Yuvraj Singh has put himself in the Rs 1 crore base price bracket......

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