Everything you need to know about Gandhi Memorial Hospital: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Gandhi Memorial Hospital: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
New Delhi, May 2(ANI): Law Minister Salman Khurshid on Wednesday said that he is ready to take the responsibility for the Congress' poll debacle in Uttar Pradesh (UP) Assembly elections.
A new discovery has raised the hope for better treatment of arthritis. As per this discovery, muscle inflammation outside the joints is equally responsible for discomfort and reduced mobility in arthritis sufferers as swelling of the joint itself. This discovery can lead to the better treatment of the disease.
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will Wednesday visit the site of the ferry accident in Assam that is feared to have claimed 270 lives. He will meet the families of the deceased, an aide said.
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Sydney, May 2 (IANS) Muscle inflammation outside the joints is as much to blame for discomfort and poor mobility in arthritis sufferers as inflammation of the joint itself, says a new study. It potentially opens the way to better treatment.
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Chennai, April 29 (IANS) Five Indians qualified for the main draw of the MCC-SR Subramaniam Memorial ITF men's Futures tennis tournament, here Sunday.
London, Apr 29 (ANI): The Rolling Stones's Keith Richards got the nickname 'the man death forgot' after cheating death when he was electrocuted during a show.
New Delhi, April 29 (ANI): The mouthpiece of the Rashtriya Swayam Sewak (RSS) - Organiser-on Sunday attacked past governments, including the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance for covering up the Bofors scam.
Bangalore, Apr 28 (ANI): The Indian Air Force has expressed to achieve the target of 42 aircraft squadron over the next five-year plan as against the current inventory of 34.
Bangalore, April 28 (IANS) Increasing Talibanisation of Pakistan and shifting of terror focus from AfPak region would pose a serious security threat to India in the next two years, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne said here Saturday.
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) India's Beijing Games bronze medal-winning wrestler Sushil Kumar, who Friday booked his London berth, feels every fighter is on the lookout for an "element of surprise" in the fighting style as every wrestler is studying every other potential rival going through the tapes of bouts.
Bangalore, April 28 (IANS) Congress party president Sonia Gandhi, in a short trip to Karnataka Saturday, met drought-hit villagers, attended a 104-year-old religious leader's birthday celebrations and addressed party workers from the state.
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) 'Abhi na jaana chhod kar... ki cake abhi kata nahin... ki pet abhi bhara nahin (Don't leave the party, the cake hasn't been cut yet, tummy isn't filled yet), recited the blue-eyed 'baby' of entertainment Zohra Segal on her 100th birthday, punning on her favourite sonnet 'Abhi To Main Jawan Hoon' by poet Hafeez Jullundhri as she cut a large chocolate cake.
New Delhi, Apr 27 (ANI): In a bid to push for stronger bilateral relations, President Pratibha Devisingh Patil will be paying state visit to Seychelles and South Africa starting from April 30.
Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) How often do you find a government employee who doesn't want a hike in dearness allowance (DA)? But Kolkata resident Hiralal Burman is an exception - he refuses to accept his increased allowance to protest the poor DA hike for workers under the 100-day rural jobs scheme.
Lagos, April 26 (IANS) At least 37 people were killed and 100 others injured Thursday when a powerful explosion hit the office of Thisday daily, a leading Nigerian national newspaper, in the capital city Abuja. A second office was bombed in Kaduna state.
Mumbai, Apr 25 (ANI): Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan on Wednesday said he was delighted over his exoneration in the Bofors Gun case, but added that his family lived with humiliation for the past 25 years.
Shimla, April 25 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government Wednesday objected to the Russian embassy's allegation that it was trying to take over the trust managing late Russian artist Nicholas Roerich's estate in Kullu.
New Delhi, Apr 25 (ANI): Expressing delight over the final exoneration of Amitabh Bachchan's name in the Bofors Gun case, his wife and Samajwadi Party (SP) lawmaker Jaya Bachchan on Wednesday said the truth had finally come out in the open.
New Delhi, Apr 25 (ANI): Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday said that a new case should be filed in court in connection with the 1985-86 Bofors scam following fresh revelations by Swedish whistleblower in this case.
Hartford, Apr 25 (ANI): Gary Galka, an electrical engineer who claims to have felt his dead daughter's presence, has developed hand-held devices that can detect unusual vibrations in a room, temperature variations - "hot and cold spots" - and other effects associated with the paranormal.
New Delhi, Apr 24 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday termed reports that four senior UPA ministers have written to Congress President Sonia Gandhi offering to step down from their posts to be media imagination, and said all leaders are doing the party work whether in government or outside it.
New Delhi, Apr 24 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday hit out at the UPA Government over reports that four senior Cabinet ministers have written to Congress President Sonia Gandhi offering to step down from their posts, and said the main problem that the country is facing at the moment is the lack of good governance.
Washington, April 24 (IANS) The US Monday unveiled new sanctions against Iran and Syria for using "technologies to monitor and target citizens for violence".
London, April 22 (ANI): When he finally woke up from a 12-day coma, Robin Gibb looked at his son and uttered a heart wrenching: "Hello RJ".
London, Apr 22 (ANI): Salman Rushdie and Padma Lakshmi, who divorced five years ago, were seen leaving the memorial of Christopher Hitchens together in New York on Friday.
Los Angeles, April 22 (IANS) Singer-actress Selena Gomez has been appointed ambassador of "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest's charity foundation.
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan Saturday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi to apprise her of the political situation in the state in the face of criticism of his government over its "slow" decision-making and the CAG report on land deals.
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) An angry fan assaulted a shopkeeper in south Delhi for switching the television off while an Indian Premier League(IPL) match was in progress, police said Thursday, adding he has been arrested.
London, Apr 19 (ANI): A pair of distinctive round-lensed spectacles belonging to 'the Father of Indian Nation' Mahatma Gandhi has been auctioned for 41,000 pounds.
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Godrej Group Chairman Adi Godrej has been elected as the president of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2012-13.
Thrissur, April 18 (IANS) Antony Chittattukara, a 70-year-old antique collector from this Kerala town, had expected to make over Rs.500 million from the auction of Mahatma Gandhi's memorabilia. But the auction, held at Mullock's in London Tuesday, fetched him only Rs.8.5 million.
Ahmedabad/New Delhi, Apr 18 (ANI): Followers of Mahatma Gandhi on Wednesday lamented the auction of artefacts related to him, saying that such events failed to spread his principles and ideals.
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) More than 50 intellectuals have expressed 'dismay over the spiralling descent into irrationality' of the West Bengal government following Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's directives to libraries to subscribe to particular newspapers and the arrest of a Jadavpur University professor for posting her caricatures on internet.
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC) wants the human resource development (HRD) ministry to amend the right to education (RTE) law to ensure that disabled children have the choice to study either in an ordinary or a special school.
Washington, April 9 (ANI): A cruise carrying relatives of some of the more than 1,500 people who died aboard the Titanic nearly 100 years ago, set sail from England on Sunday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the White Star liner.
Bhopal, April 8 (IANS) Saif Ali Khan, Bollywood star and son of late Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, is reaching here Sunday evening to preside in the final of a cricket tournament named after his father, authorities said.
Colombo, April 7 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government has ordered an investigation into the vandalisation of some statues, including that of Mahatma Gandhi, in Batticaloa town.
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) An 11-year-old school girl died while three others were injured here Saturday morning after their motorcycle was hit by a tractor pulling a water tanker, police said.
London, Apr 7 (ANI): Brooklyn Decker, who recently spent time at an army medical hospital to try and prepare for her role for the upcoming film 'Battleship', has admitted that it opened her eyes.
New Delhi, Apr 6 (ANI): Representatives of Jewellers associations on Friday hinted towards ending their 21-day strike after meeting the Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
New Delhi, Apr 6 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has convened a meeting with jewellery manufacturer representatives of major cities here today to address their concerns over the increase in import duty on gold and excise duty on unbranded jewellery in the Budget for 2012-13.
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Mahatma Gandhi's descendants have expressed regret over the forthcoming auction of a 'clump of soil with drops of the Mahatma's blood collected from the site of his assassination' by the British auction house Mullock's.
Lucknow, Apr 3 (ANI): The central government has been unable to answer to a Right to Information (RTI) question put up by a ten-year old schoolgirl from Lucknow, Aishwarya Parashar, asking the year when Mahatma Gandhi was conferred with the title of 'Father of the Nation'.
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Top Indian wrestler Sushil Kumar's coach Yashvir Singh feels it is still too early ring alarm bells over the grappler's form and hoped the 2008 Beijing Games bronze medallist's newly adopted technique will come good in the remaining two qualifying events for the London Olympics.
Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 2 (IANS) Health experts in Kerala are hoping that a nationwide cancer mortality study which underscores the massive health burden of tobacco will galvanise the state and central governments into action and prevent hundreds of thousands of avoidable deaths every year.
Washington, Apr 2 (ANI): Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a spiral galaxy - seen almost edge-on - that resembles a classic alien spaceship.
Good news for the cancer patients in India. The young cancer patients in India will now be able to register themselves in the short courses of photography, animation and painting and start to spend some quality time on with learning.
Mumbai/Nashik, March 30 (IANS) Many young cancer patients will now have a chance to enrol themselves in short-term courses in photography, animation and painting and get on with the wonders of learning, otherwise frequently disrupted by the disease.
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Progressive artists and members of the intelligentsia have expressed outrage over the forcible closure earlier this week of an exhibition of gay photographs by noted lensman Sunil Gupta at the Alliance Francaise in the capital as part of the Francophonie Week.
London, Mar 22(ANI): Bolton Wanderer's team doctor Jonathan Tobin has revealed that midfielder Fabrice Muamba wasn't alive for around 78 minutes, and could survive only due to artificial breathing.
London, Mar 22 (ANI): Footballer Fabrice Muamba, who suffered a cardiac arrest during his club's FA Cup fixture against Tottenham Hotspurs at White Hart Lane on Saturday, has asked his Bolton teammates to get to Wembley for him.
Taking a regular dose of aspirin can reduce the risk of dying of cancer by 37 percent, say Oxford scientists.
London, Mar 22 (ANI): Footballer Fabrice Muamba, who suffered a cardiac arrest during his club's FA Cup fixture against Tottenham Hotspurs at White Hart Lane on Saturday, has asked his Bolton teammates to get to Wembley for him.
London, Mar 22(ANI): Bolton Wanderer's team doctor Jonathan Tobin has revealed that midfielder Fabrice Muamba wasn't alive for around 78 minutes, and could survive only due to artificial breathing.
London, March 21 (ANI): Oxford scientists have revealed that taking a daily dose of aspirin lowers the chance of dying from cancer by more than a third.
New Delhi, Mar 16 (ANI): The Central Government is fully prepared to meet the country's nutritional challenges.
Washington, March 16(ANI): A new study involving an Indian origin scientist has found that brain-tumor cells that are infected with a cancer-killing virus release a protein "alarm bell" that warns other tumour cells of the impending infection and enables them to mount a defense against the virus.
Washington, March 16(ANI): A new study involving an Indian origin scientist has found that brain-tumor cells that are infected with a cancer-killing virus release a protein "alarm bell" that warns other tumour cells of the impending infection and enables them to mount a defense against the virus.
New Delhi, Mar 16 (ANI): The Central Government is fully prepared to meet the country's nutritional challenges.
Washington, Mar 15 (ANI): Doctors can now quickly and accurately identify patients at risk of Chikungunya, facilitating a more targetted treatment and clinical care at the onset of the disease, according to a new study.
Washington, Mar 15 (ANI): Doctors can now quickly and accurately identify patients at risk of Chikungunya, facilitating a more targetted treatment and clinical care at the onset of the disease, according to a new study.
London, Mar 14 (ANI): Men's diets, especially the amount and type of different fats they eat, could determine their semen quality, a new study has revealed.
London, Mar 14 (ANI): Men's diets, especially the amount and type of different fats they eat, could determine their semen quality, a new study has revealed.
London, Mar 10 (ANI): Robbie Savage's 64-year-old father has slipped into a coma and the former footballer was keeping a vigil at his hospital bedside on Friday.
London, Mar 10 (ANI): Robbie Savage's 64-year-old father has slipped into a coma and the former footballer was keeping a vigil at his hospital bedside on Friday.
Washington, Feb 28 (ANI): In a look at how major stressors during childhood can modify a person's biological risk for psychiatric disorders, researchers have identified a genetic change at the root of the association.
London, Feb 27 (ANI): Women could have the opportunity to give birth with their own eggs later in life as they possess a potentially "unlimited" supply of them, scientists say.
London, Feb 27 (ANI): Women could have the opportunity to give birth with their own eggs later in life as they possess a potentially "unlimited" supply of them, scientists say.
Dubai, Feb 24(ANI): An Indian-origin citizen in Dubai, who had lost his memory, was able to rediscover his identity and now wants to go back to his family in India.
Dubai, Feb 24(ANI): An Indian-origin citizen in Dubai, who had lost his memory, was able to rediscover his identity and now wants to go back to his family in India.
New Delhi, Feb 23 (ANI): Removing precancerous polyps during colonoscopies can reduce the risk of death from colorectal cancer by half, a new study has revealed.
New Delhi, Feb 23 (ANI): Removing precancerous polyps during colonoscopies can reduce the risk of death from colorectal cancer by half, a new study has revealed.
Melbourne, Feb 20 (ANI): Girl Guides in New Zealand's town of Dragaville have decided to put it on the map as "Bra-gaville" with their record breaking effort of stringing nearly 170,000 bras together.
Washington, Feb 15 (ANI): There are very few people who successfully achieve their weight loss target.
New Delhi, Feb 15 (ANI): Popular Delhi theatre group, TheThespian Society, in association with Hindustan Times and NDMC is all set to stage a play - Gandhi Tum Zinda Ho - laced with Gandhian ideology and philosophy.
Washington, Feb 14 (ANI): Whitney Houston's comeback movie, 'Sparkle' may be released earlier than its planned released date in August.
Washington, Feb 7 (ANI): Diabetes can cause erectile dysfunction (ED), which can lead to an even more serious condition, experts have warned.
Washington, Feb 7 (ANI): Diabetes can cause erectile dysfunction (ED), which can lead to an even more serious condition, experts have warned.
New Delhi, Feb 5 (ANI): Rahul Bose and Milind Soman observed World Cancer Day on Saturday by taking part in a cancer awareness campaign.
New Delhi, Feb 5 (ANI): Rahul Bose and Milind Soman observed World Cancer Day on Saturday by taking part in a cancer awareness campaign.
Islamabad, Feb 3 (ANI): Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has said he will quit politics if it is proven that his Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) party has been funded by the Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI).
Islamabad, Feb 3 (ANI): Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has said he will quit politics if it is proven that his Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) party has been funded by the Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI).
Melbourne, Jan.28 (ANI): Belarussian Victoria Azarenka lifted the Australian Open women's crown by thrashing Russian Maria Sharapova in straight sets 6-3 6-0 at the Melbourne Park here on Saturday
Melbourne, Jan.28 (ANI): Belarussian Victoria Azarenka lifted the Australian Open women's crown by thrashing Russian Maria Sharapova in straight sets 6-3 6-0 at the Melbourne Park here on Saturday
London, Jan 27 (ANI): Social media sites have made it possible for us to instantly share our thoughts with millions of people, but this also leaves a lot of room for people to say something that they might regret later.
London, Jan 27 (ANI): Social media sites have made it possible for us to instantly share our thoughts with millions of people, but this also leaves a lot of room for people to say something that they might regret later.
New Delhi, Jan 26 (ANI): Finance Minster Pranab Mukherjee would be leaving for a two-day official visit to Chicago, US, on Saturday during which he is expected to hold discussions with business leaders of the corporate world.
London, Jan 26 (ANI): Over one-fifth of young Germans have no idea about Auschwitz, which was the most infamous Nazi extermination camp, a new study has revealed.
Washington, Jan 25 (ANI): As kids grow older, the desire to tan gets stronger and the habit of using sun protection decreases, a new survey has revealed.
Guwahati, Jan 19 (ANI): A Japanese delegation has taken the remains of eleven Japanese soldiers from the Guwahati War Memorial here.he dead soldiers will be honoured at home after resting on foreign soil for nearly seven decades.
Guwahati, Jan 19 (ANI): A Japanese delegation has taken the remains of eleven Japanese soldiers from the Guwahati War Memorial here.he dead soldiers will be honoured at home after resting on foreign soil for nearly seven decades.
Washington, Jan 17 (ANI): The funerary vehicle, which carried late US President John F. ennedy's body after he was assassinated in Dallas, is all set to go under the hammer.
Roorkee, Jan 17 (ANI): With assembly polls in Uttarakhand right around the corner, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday asked people to oust the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government from the stateddressing an election rally here, Gandhi said: "If you want to save the environment of Uttarakhand, its natural resources from being looted, if you want the common man to lead a happy and convenient life, if you want to get back your honour, rights and the real Uttarakhand back, then changing the chief minister is not the only way, you need to change the government as well."
Nevada (US), Jan 9 (ANI): The 26th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Interfaith Community Memorial Service in Nevada (USA) concluded with mantras from ancient Hindu scriptures on January 15.
Even everyday items can cause cancer as per some expert opinions. These items may contain chemicals that could cause cancer.
