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Nov 12, 2011 The Star: How India’s health care woes gave birth to private medicine: "Recent surveys conducted by the World Bank and others suggest doctors and nurses in India are absent from their posts at least 40 per cent of the time.", "India’s public health budget is among the lowest in the world. The country spends $32.71 per person per year on health. Canada, by contrast, spent $5,452 per person in 2009. What money is committed to health care often disappears. The Indian magazine Tehelka recently reported that much of the $18 billion in federal health transfer payments to Uttar Pradesh, India’s largest state, are unaccounted for. Several medical officers in Uttar Pradesh who publicly complained about corruption have been murdered. Corruption often starts from birth, literally. Fathers are forced to pay bribes to see their newborns. Others are extorted to get their child’s birth certificate", "In a recent Massachusetts Institute of Technology survey in India, 79 per cent said they opted for private doctors or traditional healers rather than government-run hospitals."
Nov 12, 2011 Education system has max corruption: "Pal mentioned that maximum corruption is prevalent in this sector and he criticised coaching classes. He said, "Large-scale corruption is prevalent in the education system. Coaching classes are hell, as they are killing the creativity of students.""
Nov 11, 2011 DySP held for amassing Rs 25-crore illegal assets: "Officials of the Anti-Corruption Bureau on Thursday arrested a deputy superintendent of police for amassing disproportionate assets worth Rs 25 crore. Sarveshwar Reddy, officer on special duty in Ranga Reddy district, also holds a PhD degree and that too on the subject “The role of police in society” from Dr Ambedkar Open University."
Nov 11, 2011 Rohtak: Murder in broad daylight: "In a shocking case of murder, a dhaba owner was shot dead by 3 men outisde his dhaba on the Rohtak-Delhi Highway on November 7. Even if the CCTV captured the gruesome act, the police is yet to nab any of the murderers till date, and has been looking for more clues to catch the culprits"
Nov 11, 2011 India seeing a worrying rise in suicides: "Suicides rates were the highest in Maharashtra, followed by West Bengal, Delhi and then Mumbai."
Nov 11, 2011 Family vandalize hospital after death of youth: "The patient, Sikandar, was admitted with a knee injury on Wednesday evening. Dr Sushil Kumar administered anesthesia on him for an operation on Thursday morning. Soon after the doctors declared that he was dead."
Nov 11, 2011 Kolkata: Strike at medical college after ruckus: "The relatives of a dead patient allegedly assaulted staff on duty at Calcutta National Medical College."
Nov 11, 2011 SAARC university reduced to a sham: "The Delhi-based university has no campus, no hostel and is struggling with curriculum.", "$70 mn dream turns sour"
Nov 10, 2011 Jawan tortured by police, Ludhiana family alleges: "Harbans Singh said his son Jasbir Singh was stripped and beaten up at Mullanpur Dakha police station by station house officer (SHO), inspector Prem Singh, and other police personnel, and also slapped with two false cases on October 1."
Nov 10, 2011 WB: Infant deaths rise in Malda hospital: "The horror in West Bengal hospitals continues. After several infants lost their lives in the government-run BC Roy Children's hospital in Kolkata, it is now turn of Malda district hospital where a total of ten babies died in less than two days."
Nov 9, 2011 Fearing Khap, IFS officer weds in Delhi: "A security ring comprising Delhi police personnel and private guards was formed around diplomat Neelam Sharma and bureaucrat Kuldeep Arya, as the couple tied the nuptial knot on Tuesday, as the notorious casteist groups in Haryana frowned upon the inter-caste marriage."
Nov 9, 2011 6 babies die at Malda hospital: "it is now the turn of Malda district hospital where at least six babies died within last 24 hours."
Nov 9, 2011 Maruti strike leader takes Rs 40 lakh, leaves job: "30 union leaders left the company with the strike leader as Maruti broke months of strike at the Manesar plant."
Nov 9, 2011 Girl gang-raped in Ghaziabad: "The culprits, one of whom was arrested, also made video clips of the incident."
Nov 9, 2011 Mamata's police station act raises eyebrows: "Opposition CPM said that the act of Mamata was completely unbecoming of a chief minister."
Nov 8, 2011 Manipur completes 100 days of economic blockade: "The Manipur government has now pressed nearly 2000 vehicles to bring foodgrains and petrol."
Nov 8, 2011 Manipur shutdown: Whose responsibility is the North-East?: "The highways are the lifeline for the state since these connect Manipur to other parts of India. The ethnic Kukis had blocked these for 92 days"
Nov 8, 2011 West Bengal Chief Minister leads mob: "West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stormed into Bhawanipur Police Station and releases two partymen who were arrested for rioting, arson and ransacking the police station."
Nov 8, 2011 Pathetic state of Alwar's largest Govt Hospital: "This patient is lying on a broken bed, since it is the only vacant bed in the ward."
Nov 8, 2011 Nearly 1,000 lives lost in temple stampedes in past decade: "there was a huge melee at the famed Sabarimala shrine in Kerala that killed more than 104 devotees on January 14 this year."
Nov 8, 2011 Manipur paralysed as blockade enters 100th day: "A forgotten state", "The common man is literally fighting for his life due to severe shortage of medical supplies."
Nov 8, 2011 Kapali Patne's death by medical negligence?: "Thirty five-year old Kapali Patne died at an operation theatre during child birth on April 16, 2010."
Nov 8, 2011 Mamata Banerjee storms police station in Kolkata, frees two party men: "People in the procession refused to follow the police orders while flaunting their political connections.", "The attack left at least a dozen cops injured, police refused to take action against the attackers."
Nov 8, 2011 Road crashes to be 3rd biggest killer in country: "National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) says that 1.3 lakh people died and over 4.7 lakh were injured on the country's highways and side-roads last year."
Nov 8, 2011 Doc to pay Rs 4 lakh for neglect - Complainant’s wife died of anaesthesia overdose: "Dr Kanth had not conducted any pathological test and personally administered excess anaesthesia, causing damage to the patient’s brain and body to such an extent that she did not regain consciousness after the surgery."
Nov 8, 2011 Maharashtra's shame: Conviction in only 5% of sexual harassment cases: "An abysmal 5% of sexual harassment cases decided in Maharashtra last year resulted in the accused being convicted"
Nov 7, 2011 Is the parole system being misused by VIPs?
Nov 7, 2011 Fool’s world: Who gave Saif the right to be a Nawab?: "The title did not even belong to his father, the legendary gentleman-cricketer, Mansoor Ali Khan. With the withdrawal of privy purses by Indira Gandhi, his title too vanished.", "this charade in Pataudi, and the conferment of a title on Saif Ali khan, is hypocritical and grandiose in a democratic republic. The very idea of retaining and using feudal titles is inimical to democracy. The fact is, even the national Padma awards are not supposed to be used as titles."
Nov 7, 2011 UP: CBI raids NGOs, hospitals on misuse of funds: "Sources have said that so far the CBI has detected irregularities to the tune of Rs 50 lakh."
Nov 7, 2011 Delhi: Teenage domestic help tortured, 2 arrested: "The girl was allegedly beaten up a week before Diwali and was locked up in the toilet by her employer's wife."
Nov 7, 2011 What is ailing Bengal hospitals?: "In the span of just two days last week, 23 crib deaths took place in two government hospitals in Kolkata.", "A visit to some of the care centres can make one cringe - filthy corridors with rows of patients lying on damp floors, dogs roaming around, heaps of garbage at every corner. If that's unpalatable, the treatment meted out by unsympathetic doctors, the behaviour of rude and untrained nurses and the administration of wrong medication make government hospitals in West Bengal a living hell."
Nov 7, 2011 CJ: no action in K'taka medical negligence case: "Parikshit Dalal has been fighting a case of medical negligence for over a year at the Karnataka Medical Council.", "35-year Kapali Patne died in operation theatre during child birth", "Hospital claims anaesthesia reaction"
Nov 6, 2011 Of rights andrebellion… : "India is plagued by scandals, one after the other. Ranging from 2G spectrum to mining scams to Lokpal bill, the problems have come in different magnitudes and forms. Besides these, another major issue concerning entire nation is the issue of separate regions — based on various whims and fancies."
Nov 6, 2011 Baby doom as India booms: "The country’s growing status as an economic superpower is masking a failure to stem infant deaths among the poor"
Nov 6, 2011 Inspite of Sikh PM no justice for '84 victims: Ramdev: "Yoga Guru Ramdev on Sunday said it was unfortunate that despite being a Sikh, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had not been able to provide justice to the victims of 1984 riots and asked the people to teach a lesson to the Congress in next year's Punjab assembly polls."
Nov 5, 2011 Putting Growth In Its Place: "On the margin India’s economic growth hasn’t reached him"
Nov 5, 2011 Twin baby girls found abandoned in carton: "“One of them weighs 900 grams while the other is about 1.2kg."
Nov 5, 2011 Cops hunt Jamia prof for torture of 10-year-old: "A Jamia Millia Islamia professor, whose profile on the university website says he publishes a journal on child abuse, is absconding after being accused of torturing a 10-year-old domestic help at his house."
Nov 4, 2011 Death of Keenan Santos and Reuben Fernandez: Netizens call Mumbai a city of onlookers: "Those rascals think they will be spared and be let out of the jail in less than 10 days. I can't see it happening ...""
Nov 4, 2011 5% drugs in Indian market sub-standard, says Union health ministry: "At a conservative estimate, drugs worth about Rs 5, 000 crore could be sub-standard"
Nov 3, 2011 Mumbaikars outraged, seek justice for bravehearts: "The alleged killers were taken to the court as the campaign seeking justice gathered momentum."
Nov 3, 2011 Outrage over killing of two innocent boys: "An incident that shocked the entire nation...two innocent boys in their 20s attacked and killed in suburban Mumbai's Marol area. The reason for the horrendous act was that they tried to protect their friends from eve teasers. As the outrage over their death grows TIMES NOW has joined the family and friends of Keenan and Reuben to ensure that the death of these brave hearts does not go in vain."
Nov 3, 2011 Is suspending the nurse enough?: "The shockers in Bengal continue as after over 40 children deaths in 6 days in West Bengal hospitals a nurse swabs a mother with acid instead of antiseptic. The chief minister suspended the nurse, but the question remains is that enough?"
Nov 3, 2011 Teenagers spur alcohol sales: "Indian teenagers, mainly in the age group of 15 to 19, are spurring the sales of alcohol in the country, with girls starting to have their first drink at the age of 15"
Nov 3, 2011 Lokayukta, MHA in war over mantri: "The Union home ministry and Delhi Lokayukta are virtually on the warpath with the Lokayukta insisting to know the ministry’s “thought process and analysis’’ as well as the reasons leading to President Pratibha Patil rejecting the recommendation for removal of PWD minister Raj Kumar Chauhan for his alleged involvement in a tax-evasion case."
Nov 3, 2011 National outrage grows over death of two youths killed by eve-teasers in Mumbai
Nov 3, 2011 Horror stories from West Bengal: "In the children ward of the Burdman Hospital in West Bengal, children barely a month old with their mothers are on the floor. The ward so cramped there is hardly any space to move leave alone walk. Clothes hung for drying and that's not all. Outside the ward such is the level of hygiene, utter filth, garbage, slippers strewn around."
Nov 3, 2011 Bengal horror: Woman swabbed with acid?: "In yet another horrific incident in a Bengal hospital, a woman was allegedly swabbed with carbolic acid in the Lalbag subdivisional hospital in Murshidabad. Sikha bibi was admitted in Lalbag subdivisional hospital in Murshidabad for a delivery."
Nov 3, 2011 WB: Mamata blames CPI (M) for infant's death: "An infant was declared dead because carbolic acid was used instead of dettol during delivery."
Nov 3, 2011 'भारत में हैं दुनिया के सबसे ज़्यादा ग़रीब': "भारत में 61 करोड़ लोग ग़रीब हैं, जो कि देश की आधी आबादी से भी ज़्यादा है."
Nov 3, 2011 Eve-teasing horror back in Mumbai
Nov 3, 2011 Woman raped as hubby held at knifepoint
Nov 3, 2011 Jailed ex-minister Pillai released in Kerala: "Kerala Congress (B) leader and former minister R Balakrishna Pillai, sentenced to jail for a year in a corruption case, was today freed under the remission granted by the state government on the occasion of state-formation day."
Nov 3, 2011 Blood-for-blood politics: From Indira Gandhi to Narendra Modi: "For those four days, mobs literally ruled the city, setting fire to entire residential colonies in Trilokpuri and selectively burning Sikh-owned residences and shops in other areas. Travelling by bus, we would be accosted by stick-wielding mobs looking for Sikhs to lynch in full public glare. “Koi sardar hai?”"
Nov 3, 2011 Khap opposes IFS officer's inter-caste union: "Senior members of the village are vehemently opposing the alliance because Yadav is from a different caste."
Nov 3, 2011 1984 riots: victim's families still seeking justice: "The families of the 1984 riots say that they still have not received justice even after 27 years.", "No leaders who organised these killings have been punished"
Nov 3, 2011 Fungus found in IV fluid at Kanwatia Hospital
Nov 2, 2011 Gender bias: Only Afghanistan fares worse than India in South Asia: "India now ranks 129 out of 146 countries"
Oct 31, 2011 Asphyxia killed 180 infants in Gulbarga: "In a shocking incident, 180 infant deaths out of 583 due to Asphyxia [severe deficiency of oxygen] from April to September"
Oct 31, 2011 ‘Your father abandoned your mother... who should have aborted you’: "she has been at the receiving end of some very nasty emails on her birth from Tushar Gandhi, the great grandson of the Mahatma", "he abandoned your mother after having sex with her, maybe repeatedly, and left her with an unwanted pregnancy", "Gandhi said: “I feel concerned about him (the doctor) and I hate you for the trouble you are causing for him. I would never wish for something like this but today I sincerely wish that your mother could have aborted you.”"
Oct 31, 2011 Mamata's eyewash: New unit, no doctors: "Even as innocent infants continue to lose their lives in government hospitals in West Bengal, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare and Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandopadhayay on Monday (October 31) inaugurated an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the BC Roy Children Hospital."
Oct 31, 2011 DGCA finds 'blatant' disregard of norms by flying schools: "The audit by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) came in the wake of the fake pilot scam which led to cancellation of licences of over a score of pilots a few months ago for submission of fake or forged documents. DGCA teams carried out audits of 40 flying schools across the country since mid-April and found discrepancies in almost all of them"
Oct 31, 2011 Economic blockade in Manipur enters 93rd day, 48 hr bandh call: "The crippling economic blockades on two national highways in Manipur entered the 93rd day today"
Oct 30, 2011 5 more infant deaths in Burdwan hospital: "Five more babies have died at Burdwan Medical College and Hospital, days after 13 crib deaths were reported from the premier hospital in the West Bengal district but the authorities maintained there was nothing alarming in the death figures which was normal."
Oct 30, 2011 'Over 5K children raped, another 1,408 murdered in 2010': "10,670 children were also kidnapped or abducted during the year"
Oct 29, 2011 Are Indians endemically corrupt as a people?
Oct 29, 2011 Why is WB CM Mamata Banerjee silent?: "30 infants have died in 72 hours but that has still not prompted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to come out and clarify on what her government is doing to stop babies from dying in government hospitals. Thirteen newborns died in the Burdwan Medical College and four more at Kolkata's B C Roy Children's Hospital, which has witnessed a series of crib deaths, taking the toll in the two government hospitals in West Bengal to 30 on Friday."
Oct 29, 2011 We, The Corrupt: "corrupt governments, like corrupt people, spring from corrupt societies."
Oct 29, 2011 judiciary: backlog The Slim Case Diary: "SC data says 54,562 cases pending in the apex court, 42 lakh at the HCs and over 2.79 cr cases are pending in the lower judiciary"
Oct 28, 2011 Sixteen more babies die in WB govt hospitals; toll 29: "Four more babies died at Kolkata's B C Roy Children's Hospital, which has witnessed a series of crib deaths, besides 12 newborns in the Burdwan Medical College, taking the death toll in two government hospitals in West Bengal to 29 today."
Oct 28, 2011 Rs.40,000 tickets for Gaga concert - they're sold out!: "One has to shell out Rs.40,000 for a ticket to attend international pop star Lady Gaga's performance at the F1 after-party in Greater Noida Sunday and the show is a total sell out,"
Oct 28, 2011 No action plan yet: K'taka CM on malnutrition deaths: "Sadananda Gowda, however, promised to bring to book those responsible for malnutrition deaths in Raichur."
Oct 28, 2011 12 kids die in a WB hospital in last 24 hours: "Six of the 12 children have died of encephalitis at the Burdwan Medical College."
Oct 27, 2011 Sexual exploitation of minor girls up by 186%: "Of the 2.13 lakh crimes against women in 2010, Andhra topped with 27,244 cases, or 12.8%, while Tripura had the highest rate of crime against women at 46.5%."
Oct 27, 2011 Fury over infant deaths in Kolkata: "Atleast 17 infants have died in Kolkata's BC Roy Hospital within the last 48 hours, the Medical superintendant of Kolkata's BC Roy hospital confirmed on Thursday"
Oct 27, 2011 Infant deaths on the rise in West Bengal: "In a rerun of the BC Roy Memorial Hospital tragedy in Kolkata 10 days ago, when 18 newborns died within 36 hours, 21 children have died in the last 48 hours in two government-run hospitals in West Bengal's Murshidabad district."
Oct 27, 2011 Kolkata's shocker, India's shame: "Eleven babies died at the B C Roy Children's Hospital in Kolkata since Tuesday in a rerun of the 18 crib deaths in June there. Six of the babies died on October 25 and the remaining five yesterday"
Oct 27, 2011 Delhi: Malnutrition weakens immunity in children: "A survey of 101 children found 56 of them were malnourished at Kali Basti in Delhi.", "India failing her children"
Oct 27, 2011 12 infants die in 48 hours in Kolkata hospital: "The hospital says the number of deaths reported is not abnormal"
Oct 27, 2011 Bangalore is the suicide capital of India: Report
Oct 26, 2011 11 babies die in 40 hours at Kolkata hospital
Oct 26, 2011 Latimes: India's new Grand Prix track collides with tradition: "ranging in price from $55 to sit on the grass (equivalent to a factory worker's monthly pay) to $22,000 for a top corporate box (several lifetimes' wages for most Indians).", "Yet even as India boasts 55 billionaires, up from 49 in 2010, about 450 million of its people still lack access to a toilet. "
Oct 26, 2011 Eleven babies die in 40 hours at Kolkata hospital: "More than twenty infants had died at the hospital in three days last June. "
Oct 26, 2011 Bhatta-Parsaul: rape victims demand justice: "The UP government has registered an FIR against 16 PAC personnel for allegedly raping 7 women."
Oct 26, 2011 बादाम कड़वे हैं...: "इन विदेशी बादामों में गहन दिलचस्पी दिखा रहे भारतीय ख़रीददारों को ये नहीं मालूम कि ये बाज़ार बाल मज़दूर की पैदाइश हैं."
Oct 26, 2011 Mumbai sub-inspector arrested for extortion: "Mane, along with five others, barged into the residence of one Mohammed Hashim Sheikh (48) in suburban Malad posing as Crime Branch officials. They took away ornaments worth over Rs 18 lakh and Rs 5 lakh in cash"
Oct 26, 2011 'Unwanted' babies in Mizoram a worrying trend: "An abandoned eight-month-old baby girl was found on a road in Ramhlun locality here on the night of October nine, while a foetus suspected to be an aborted baby was found the next day near a place of worship"
Oct 25, 2011 Godman rapes minor: "A godman in village Amgaon Khurd in Salekasa tehsil is reported to have raped a 13-year-old girl after taking advantage of the good faith shown by her father"
Oct 25, 2011 Beware of spurious sweets this Diwali: "Adulterated and spurious sweets are sold all over the country during the festive season."
Oct 24, 2011 Honour killing: Woman hanged, beaten, burnt on pyre: "the woman was first hung from a tree. But on finding that she was still breathing, she was beaten up, doused with kerosene oil and set on fire. Since the fire was not lit properly, they finally laid her on a pyre and burnt her to death,"
Oct 24, 2011 First glimpse of sky for woman confined in house for 10 years: "Sunaina, 40, also known as Suman, was kept in solitary confinement by her father at the family home at Kastikeri village in Sultanganj block"
Oct 24, 2011 40-year-old raped, her daughter killed
Oct 24, 2011 INDIA: Administrative neglect and corruption resulted in the death of farmers who lost their land : "The legally illiterate farmers had been informed that they were signing a lease deed of their land for three years to these companies. Instead, the companies were purchasing the land amounting to a total of 358.43 acres between October 2005 and March 2007. The fraud allegedly happened with the connivance of the land registry officials."
Oct 24, 2011 Karnataka's shame: 2000 die of malnutrition: "The government admits that around 4500 children are malnourished in Raichur."
Oct 24, 2011 FIR lodged against 16 policemen in Bhatta Parsaul rape case: "The police action that followed allegedly saw a platoon commander of 46 battalion PAC and 15 jawans rape a woman in the twin villages of Bhatta and Parsaul."
Oct 23, 2011 Half of Indian women are anaemic: India Development Report: "there is an increasing trend of anaemia among women of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Muslims."
Oct 23, 2011 Kerala: mobiles in jails hint at terror links: "Police found that prisoners had made several calls to Pakistan, US, Afghanistan and Somalia."
Oct 23, 2011 Maharashtra: Hunger kills 500 yearly in Melghat: "The government figures say 266 children have died in the last 4 months but these figures could be much higher.", "Most of the schemes are in paper"
Oct 23, 2011 Licence to defend: "Most of the rich and the affluent in the City are not bothered about the inability of the guardians of law to combat spiralling crime. That some Bangaloreans have armed themselves to the teeth", "police department confirms that there are 10,000 or more gun licence-holders in the City at present."
Oct 23, 2011 6 cops killed in Naxal ambush in Bastar district, Chhattisgarh: "The Naxals set off an IED and opened fire on the policemen as they approached the village,"
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Nov 12, 2011 The Star: How India’s health care woes gave birth to private medicine: "Recent surveys conducted by the World Bank and others suggest doctors and nurses in India are absent from their posts at least 40 per cent of the time.", "India’s public health budget is among the lowest in the world. The country spends $32.71 per person per year on health. Canada, by contrast, spent $5,452 per person in 2009. What money is committed to health care often disappears. The Indian magazine Tehelka recently reported that much of the $18 billion in federal health transfer payments to Uttar Pradesh, India’s largest state, are unaccounted for. Several medical officers in Uttar Pradesh who publicly complained about corruption have been murdered. Corruption often starts from birth, literally. Fathers are forced to pay bribes to see their newborns. Others are extorted to get their child’s birth certificate", "In a recent Massachusetts Institute of Technology survey in India, 79 per cent said they opted for private doctors or traditional healers rather than government-run hospitals."
Nov 12, 2011 Education system has max corruption: "Pal mentioned that maximum corruption is prevalent in this sector and he criticised coaching classes. He said, "Large-scale corruption is prevalent in the education system. Coaching classes are hell, as they are killing the creativity of students.""
Nov 11, 2011 DySP held for amassing Rs 25-crore illegal assets: "Officials of the Anti-Corruption Bureau on Thursday arrested a deputy superintendent of police for amassing disproportionate assets worth Rs 25 crore. Sarveshwar Reddy, officer on special duty in Ranga Reddy district, also holds a PhD degree and that too on the subject “The role of police in society” from Dr Ambedkar Open University."
Nov 11, 2011 Rohtak: Murder in broad daylight: "In a shocking case of murder, a dhaba owner was shot dead by 3 men outisde his dhaba on the Rohtak-Delhi Highway on November 7. Even if the CCTV captured the gruesome act, the police is yet to nab any of the murderers till date, and has been looking for more clues to catch the culprits"
Nov 11, 2011 India seeing a worrying rise in suicides: "Suicides rates were the highest in Maharashtra, followed by West Bengal, Delhi and then Mumbai."
Nov 11, 2011 Family vandalize hospital after death of youth: "The patient, Sikandar, was admitted with a knee injury on Wednesday evening. Dr Sushil Kumar administered anesthesia on him for an operation on Thursday morning. Soon after the doctors declared that he was dead."
Nov 11, 2011 Kolkata: Strike at medical college after ruckus: "The relatives of a dead patient allegedly assaulted staff on duty at Calcutta National Medical College."
Nov 11, 2011 SAARC university reduced to a sham: "The Delhi-based university has no campus, no hostel and is struggling with curriculum.", "$70 mn dream turns sour"
Nov 10, 2011 Jawan tortured by police, Ludhiana family alleges: "Harbans Singh said his son Jasbir Singh was stripped and beaten up at Mullanpur Dakha police station by station house officer (SHO), inspector Prem Singh, and other police personnel, and also slapped with two false cases on October 1."
Nov 10, 2011 WB: Infant deaths rise in Malda hospital: "The horror in West Bengal hospitals continues. After several infants lost their lives in the government-run BC Roy Children's hospital in Kolkata, it is now turn of Malda district hospital where a total of ten babies died in less than two days."
Nov 9, 2011 Fearing Khap, IFS officer weds in Delhi: "A security ring comprising Delhi police personnel and private guards was formed around diplomat Neelam Sharma and bureaucrat Kuldeep Arya, as the couple tied the nuptial knot on Tuesday, as the notorious casteist groups in Haryana frowned upon the inter-caste marriage."
Nov 9, 2011 6 babies die at Malda hospital: "it is now the turn of Malda district hospital where at least six babies died within last 24 hours."
Nov 9, 2011 Maruti strike leader takes Rs 40 lakh, leaves job: "30 union leaders left the company with the strike leader as Maruti broke months of strike at the Manesar plant."
Nov 9, 2011 Girl gang-raped in Ghaziabad: "The culprits, one of whom was arrested, also made video clips of the incident."
Nov 9, 2011 Mamata's police station act raises eyebrows: "Opposition CPM said that the act of Mamata was completely unbecoming of a chief minister."
Nov 8, 2011 Manipur completes 100 days of economic blockade: "The Manipur government has now pressed nearly 2000 vehicles to bring foodgrains and petrol."
Nov 8, 2011 Manipur shutdown: Whose responsibility is the North-East?: "The highways are the lifeline for the state since these connect Manipur to other parts of India. The ethnic Kukis had blocked these for 92 days"
Nov 8, 2011 West Bengal Chief Minister leads mob: "West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stormed into Bhawanipur Police Station and releases two partymen who were arrested for rioting, arson and ransacking the police station."
Nov 8, 2011 Pathetic state of Alwar's largest Govt Hospital: "This patient is lying on a broken bed, since it is the only vacant bed in the ward."
Nov 8, 2011 Nearly 1,000 lives lost in temple stampedes in past decade: "there was a huge melee at the famed Sabarimala shrine in Kerala that killed more than 104 devotees on January 14 this year."
Nov 8, 2011 Manipur paralysed as blockade enters 100th day: "A forgotten state", "The common man is literally fighting for his life due to severe shortage of medical supplies."
Nov 8, 2011 Kapali Patne's death by medical negligence?: "Thirty five-year old Kapali Patne died at an operation theatre during child birth on April 16, 2010."
Nov 8, 2011 Mamata Banerjee storms police station in Kolkata, frees two party men: "People in the procession refused to follow the police orders while flaunting their political connections.", "The attack left at least a dozen cops injured, police refused to take action against the attackers."
Nov 8, 2011 Road crashes to be 3rd biggest killer in country: "National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) says that 1.3 lakh people died and over 4.7 lakh were injured on the country's highways and side-roads last year."
Nov 8, 2011 Doc to pay Rs 4 lakh for neglect - Complainant’s wife died of anaesthesia overdose: "Dr Kanth had not conducted any pathological test and personally administered excess anaesthesia, causing damage to the patient’s brain and body to such an extent that she did not regain consciousness after the surgery."
Nov 8, 2011 Maharashtra's shame: Conviction in only 5% of sexual harassment cases: "An abysmal 5% of sexual harassment cases decided in Maharashtra last year resulted in the accused being convicted"
Nov 7, 2011 Is the parole system being misused by VIPs?
Nov 7, 2011 Fool’s world: Who gave Saif the right to be a Nawab?: "The title did not even belong to his father, the legendary gentleman-cricketer, Mansoor Ali Khan. With the withdrawal of privy purses by Indira Gandhi, his title too vanished.", "this charade in Pataudi, and the conferment of a title on Saif Ali khan, is hypocritical and grandiose in a democratic republic. The very idea of retaining and using feudal titles is inimical to democracy. The fact is, even the national Padma awards are not supposed to be used as titles."
Nov 7, 2011 UP: CBI raids NGOs, hospitals on misuse of funds: "Sources have said that so far the CBI has detected irregularities to the tune of Rs 50 lakh."
Nov 7, 2011 Delhi: Teenage domestic help tortured, 2 arrested: "The girl was allegedly beaten up a week before Diwali and was locked up in the toilet by her employer's wife."
Nov 7, 2011 What is ailing Bengal hospitals?: "In the span of just two days last week, 23 crib deaths took place in two government hospitals in Kolkata.", "A visit to some of the care centres can make one cringe - filthy corridors with rows of patients lying on damp floors, dogs roaming around, heaps of garbage at every corner. If that's unpalatable, the treatment meted out by unsympathetic doctors, the behaviour of rude and untrained nurses and the administration of wrong medication make government hospitals in West Bengal a living hell."
Nov 7, 2011 CJ: no action in K'taka medical negligence case: "Parikshit Dalal has been fighting a case of medical negligence for over a year at the Karnataka Medical Council.", "35-year Kapali Patne died in operation theatre during child birth", "Hospital claims anaesthesia reaction"
Nov 6, 2011 Of rights andrebellion… : "India is plagued by scandals, one after the other. Ranging from 2G spectrum to mining scams to Lokpal bill, the problems have come in different magnitudes and forms. Besides these, another major issue concerning entire nation is the issue of separate regions — based on various whims and fancies."
Nov 6, 2011 Baby doom as India booms: "The country’s growing status as an economic superpower is masking a failure to stem infant deaths among the poor"
Nov 6, 2011 Inspite of Sikh PM no justice for '84 victims: Ramdev: "Yoga Guru Ramdev on Sunday said it was unfortunate that despite being a Sikh, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had not been able to provide justice to the victims of 1984 riots and asked the people to teach a lesson to the Congress in next year's Punjab assembly polls."
Nov 5, 2011 Putting Growth In Its Place: "On the margin India’s economic growth hasn’t reached him"
Nov 5, 2011 Twin baby girls found abandoned in carton: "“One of them weighs 900 grams while the other is about 1.2kg."
Nov 5, 2011 Cops hunt Jamia prof for torture of 10-year-old: "A Jamia Millia Islamia professor, whose profile on the university website says he publishes a journal on child abuse, is absconding after being accused of torturing a 10-year-old domestic help at his house."
Nov 4, 2011 Death of Keenan Santos and Reuben Fernandez: Netizens call Mumbai a city of onlookers: "Those rascals think they will be spared and be let out of the jail in less than 10 days. I can't see it happening ...""
Nov 4, 2011 5% drugs in Indian market sub-standard, says Union health ministry: "At a conservative estimate, drugs worth about Rs 5, 000 crore could be sub-standard"
Nov 3, 2011 Mumbaikars outraged, seek justice for bravehearts: "The alleged killers were taken to the court as the campaign seeking justice gathered momentum."
Nov 3, 2011 Outrage over killing of two innocent boys: "An incident that shocked the entire nation...two innocent boys in their 20s attacked and killed in suburban Mumbai's Marol area. The reason for the horrendous act was that they tried to protect their friends from eve teasers. As the outrage over their death grows TIMES NOW has joined the family and friends of Keenan and Reuben to ensure that the death of these brave hearts does not go in vain."
Nov 3, 2011 Is suspending the nurse enough?: "The shockers in Bengal continue as after over 40 children deaths in 6 days in West Bengal hospitals a nurse swabs a mother with acid instead of antiseptic. The chief minister suspended the nurse, but the question remains is that enough?"
Nov 3, 2011 Teenagers spur alcohol sales: "Indian teenagers, mainly in the age group of 15 to 19, are spurring the sales of alcohol in the country, with girls starting to have their first drink at the age of 15"
Nov 3, 2011 Lokayukta, MHA in war over mantri: "The Union home ministry and Delhi Lokayukta are virtually on the warpath with the Lokayukta insisting to know the ministry’s “thought process and analysis’’ as well as the reasons leading to President Pratibha Patil rejecting the recommendation for removal of PWD minister Raj Kumar Chauhan for his alleged involvement in a tax-evasion case."
Nov 3, 2011 National outrage grows over death of two youths killed by eve-teasers in Mumbai
Nov 3, 2011 Horror stories from West Bengal: "In the children ward of the Burdman Hospital in West Bengal, children barely a month old with their mothers are on the floor. The ward so cramped there is hardly any space to move leave alone walk. Clothes hung for drying and that's not all. Outside the ward such is the level of hygiene, utter filth, garbage, slippers strewn around."
Nov 3, 2011 Bengal horror: Woman swabbed with acid?: "In yet another horrific incident in a Bengal hospital, a woman was allegedly swabbed with carbolic acid in the Lalbag subdivisional hospital in Murshidabad. Sikha bibi was admitted in Lalbag subdivisional hospital in Murshidabad for a delivery."
Nov 3, 2011 WB: Mamata blames CPI (M) for infant's death: "An infant was declared dead because carbolic acid was used instead of dettol during delivery."
Nov 3, 2011 'भारत में हैं दुनिया के सबसे ज़्यादा ग़रीब': "भारत में 61 करोड़ लोग ग़रीब हैं, जो कि देश की आधी आबादी से भी ज़्यादा है."
Nov 3, 2011 Eve-teasing horror back in Mumbai
Nov 3, 2011 Woman raped as hubby held at knifepoint
Nov 3, 2011 Jailed ex-minister Pillai released in Kerala: "Kerala Congress (B) leader and former minister R Balakrishna Pillai, sentenced to jail for a year in a corruption case, was today freed under the remission granted by the state government on the occasion of state-formation day."
Nov 3, 2011 Blood-for-blood politics: From Indira Gandhi to Narendra Modi: "For those four days, mobs literally ruled the city, setting fire to entire residential colonies in Trilokpuri and selectively burning Sikh-owned residences and shops in other areas. Travelling by bus, we would be accosted by stick-wielding mobs looking for Sikhs to lynch in full public glare. “Koi sardar hai?”"
Nov 3, 2011 Khap opposes IFS officer's inter-caste union: "Senior members of the village are vehemently opposing the alliance because Yadav is from a different caste."
Nov 3, 2011 1984 riots: victim's families still seeking justice: "The families of the 1984 riots say that they still have not received justice even after 27 years.", "No leaders who organised these killings have been punished"
Nov 3, 2011 Fungus found in IV fluid at Kanwatia Hospital
Nov 2, 2011 Gender bias: Only Afghanistan fares worse than India in South Asia: "India now ranks 129 out of 146 countries"
Oct 31, 2011 Asphyxia killed 180 infants in Gulbarga: "In a shocking incident, 180 infant deaths out of 583 due to Asphyxia [severe deficiency of oxygen] from April to September"
Oct 31, 2011 ‘Your father abandoned your mother... who should have aborted you’: "she has been at the receiving end of some very nasty emails on her birth from Tushar Gandhi, the great grandson of the Mahatma", "he abandoned your mother after having sex with her, maybe repeatedly, and left her with an unwanted pregnancy", "Gandhi said: “I feel concerned about him (the doctor) and I hate you for the trouble you are causing for him. I would never wish for something like this but today I sincerely wish that your mother could have aborted you.”"
Oct 31, 2011 Mamata's eyewash: New unit, no doctors: "Even as innocent infants continue to lose their lives in government hospitals in West Bengal, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare and Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandopadhayay on Monday (October 31) inaugurated an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the BC Roy Children Hospital."
Oct 31, 2011 DGCA finds 'blatant' disregard of norms by flying schools: "The audit by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) came in the wake of the fake pilot scam which led to cancellation of licences of over a score of pilots a few months ago for submission of fake or forged documents. DGCA teams carried out audits of 40 flying schools across the country since mid-April and found discrepancies in almost all of them"
Oct 31, 2011 Economic blockade in Manipur enters 93rd day, 48 hr bandh call: "The crippling economic blockades on two national highways in Manipur entered the 93rd day today"
Oct 30, 2011 5 more infant deaths in Burdwan hospital: "Five more babies have died at Burdwan Medical College and Hospital, days after 13 crib deaths were reported from the premier hospital in the West Bengal district but the authorities maintained there was nothing alarming in the death figures which was normal."
Oct 30, 2011 'Over 5K children raped, another 1,408 murdered in 2010': "10,670 children were also kidnapped or abducted during the year"
Oct 29, 2011 Are Indians endemically corrupt as a people?
Oct 29, 2011 Why is WB CM Mamata Banerjee silent?: "30 infants have died in 72 hours but that has still not prompted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to come out and clarify on what her government is doing to stop babies from dying in government hospitals. Thirteen newborns died in the Burdwan Medical College and four more at Kolkata's B C Roy Children's Hospital, which has witnessed a series of crib deaths, taking the toll in the two government hospitals in West Bengal to 30 on Friday."
Oct 29, 2011 We, The Corrupt: "corrupt governments, like corrupt people, spring from corrupt societies."
Oct 29, 2011 judiciary: backlog The Slim Case Diary: "SC data says 54,562 cases pending in the apex court, 42 lakh at the HCs and over 2.79 cr cases are pending in the lower judiciary"
Oct 28, 2011 Sixteen more babies die in WB govt hospitals; toll 29: "Four more babies died at Kolkata's B C Roy Children's Hospital, which has witnessed a series of crib deaths, besides 12 newborns in the Burdwan Medical College, taking the death toll in two government hospitals in West Bengal to 29 today."
Oct 28, 2011 Rs.40,000 tickets for Gaga concert - they're sold out!: "One has to shell out Rs.40,000 for a ticket to attend international pop star Lady Gaga's performance at the F1 after-party in Greater Noida Sunday and the show is a total sell out,"
Oct 28, 2011 No action plan yet: K'taka CM on malnutrition deaths: "Sadananda Gowda, however, promised to bring to book those responsible for malnutrition deaths in Raichur."
Oct 28, 2011 12 kids die in a WB hospital in last 24 hours: "Six of the 12 children have died of encephalitis at the Burdwan Medical College."
Oct 27, 2011 Sexual exploitation of minor girls up by 186%: "Of the 2.13 lakh crimes against women in 2010, Andhra topped with 27,244 cases, or 12.8%, while Tripura had the highest rate of crime against women at 46.5%."
Oct 27, 2011 Fury over infant deaths in Kolkata: "Atleast 17 infants have died in Kolkata's BC Roy Hospital within the last 48 hours, the Medical superintendant of Kolkata's BC Roy hospital confirmed on Thursday"
Oct 27, 2011 Infant deaths on the rise in West Bengal: "In a rerun of the BC Roy Memorial Hospital tragedy in Kolkata 10 days ago, when 18 newborns died within 36 hours, 21 children have died in the last 48 hours in two government-run hospitals in West Bengal's Murshidabad district."
Oct 27, 2011 Kolkata's shocker, India's shame: "Eleven babies died at the B C Roy Children's Hospital in Kolkata since Tuesday in a rerun of the 18 crib deaths in June there. Six of the babies died on October 25 and the remaining five yesterday"
Oct 27, 2011 Delhi: Malnutrition weakens immunity in children: "A survey of 101 children found 56 of them were malnourished at Kali Basti in Delhi.", "India failing her children"
Oct 27, 2011 12 infants die in 48 hours in Kolkata hospital: "The hospital says the number of deaths reported is not abnormal"
Oct 27, 2011 Bangalore is the suicide capital of India: Report
Oct 26, 2011 11 babies die in 40 hours at Kolkata hospital
Oct 26, 2011 Latimes: India's new Grand Prix track collides with tradition: "ranging in price from $55 to sit on the grass (equivalent to a factory worker's monthly pay) to $22,000 for a top corporate box (several lifetimes' wages for most Indians).", "Yet even as India boasts 55 billionaires, up from 49 in 2010, about 450 million of its people still lack access to a toilet. "
Oct 26, 2011 Eleven babies die in 40 hours at Kolkata hospital: "More than twenty infants had died at the hospital in three days last June. "
Oct 26, 2011 Bhatta-Parsaul: rape victims demand justice: "The UP government has registered an FIR against 16 PAC personnel for allegedly raping 7 women."
Oct 26, 2011 बादाम कड़वे हैं...: "इन विदेशी बादामों में गहन दिलचस्पी दिखा रहे भारतीय ख़रीददारों को ये नहीं मालूम कि ये बाज़ार बाल मज़दूर की पैदाइश हैं."
Oct 26, 2011 Mumbai sub-inspector arrested for extortion: "Mane, along with five others, barged into the residence of one Mohammed Hashim Sheikh (48) in suburban Malad posing as Crime Branch officials. They took away ornaments worth over Rs 18 lakh and Rs 5 lakh in cash"
Oct 26, 2011 'Unwanted' babies in Mizoram a worrying trend: "An abandoned eight-month-old baby girl was found on a road in Ramhlun locality here on the night of October nine, while a foetus suspected to be an aborted baby was found the next day near a place of worship"
Oct 25, 2011 Godman rapes minor: "A godman in village Amgaon Khurd in Salekasa tehsil is reported to have raped a 13-year-old girl after taking advantage of the good faith shown by her father"
Oct 25, 2011 Beware of spurious sweets this Diwali: "Adulterated and spurious sweets are sold all over the country during the festive season."
Oct 24, 2011 Honour killing: Woman hanged, beaten, burnt on pyre: "the woman was first hung from a tree. But on finding that she was still breathing, she was beaten up, doused with kerosene oil and set on fire. Since the fire was not lit properly, they finally laid her on a pyre and burnt her to death,"
Oct 24, 2011 First glimpse of sky for woman confined in house for 10 years: "Sunaina, 40, also known as Suman, was kept in solitary confinement by her father at the family home at Kastikeri village in Sultanganj block"
Oct 24, 2011 40-year-old raped, her daughter killed
Oct 24, 2011 INDIA: Administrative neglect and corruption resulted in the death of farmers who lost their land : "The legally illiterate farmers had been informed that they were signing a lease deed of their land for three years to these companies. Instead, the companies were purchasing the land amounting to a total of 358.43 acres between October 2005 and March 2007. The fraud allegedly happened with the connivance of the land registry officials."
Oct 24, 2011 Karnataka's shame: 2000 die of malnutrition: "The government admits that around 4500 children are malnourished in Raichur."
Oct 24, 2011 FIR lodged against 16 policemen in Bhatta Parsaul rape case: "The police action that followed allegedly saw a platoon commander of 46 battalion PAC and 15 jawans rape a woman in the twin villages of Bhatta and Parsaul."
Oct 23, 2011 Half of Indian women are anaemic: India Development Report: "there is an increasing trend of anaemia among women of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Muslims."
Oct 23, 2011 Kerala: mobiles in jails hint at terror links: "Police found that prisoners had made several calls to Pakistan, US, Afghanistan and Somalia."
Oct 23, 2011 Maharashtra: Hunger kills 500 yearly in Melghat: "The government figures say 266 children have died in the last 4 months but these figures could be much higher.", "Most of the schemes are in paper"
Oct 23, 2011 Licence to defend: "Most of the rich and the affluent in the City are not bothered about the inability of the guardians of law to combat spiralling crime. That some Bangaloreans have armed themselves to the teeth", "police department confirms that there are 10,000 or more gun licence-holders in the City at present."
Oct 23, 2011 6 cops killed in Naxal ambush in Bastar district, Chhattisgarh: "The Naxals set off an IED and opened fire on the policemen as they approached the village,"
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