PM anguished over AIIMS impasse in Bengal: Dasmunshi

Last Updated: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 14:24

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed anguish over the impasse in setting up an AIIMS-like hospital in West Bengal, union minister Deepa Dasmunshi said Sunday.

PM asks Dasmunsi to end fast for AIIMS-like facility

Last Updated: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 11:51

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday requested Union Minister Deepa Dasmunsi to end her fast to press for setting up an AIIMS-like institute in her constituency Raiganj.

Tallest woman on earth finds new lease of life at AIIMS

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 00:51

For the 25-year-old Siddiqa Parveen, her height, which has earned her the distinction of being the tallest woman on earth, was cause more for pain than joy.

Shashi Tharoor gets clean chit, autopsy report says drug overdose killed Sunanda

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 17:56

Hours after the autopsy report of Sunanda Pushkar was out and given to the Sub-Divisional Magistrate Alok Sharma by AIIMS stating drug overdose may have caused her death, Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor got a clean chit into the matter based on a witness testimony, police sources said on Monday.

Evidence of drug overdose in Sunanda`s body: AIIMS sources

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 00:23

There was no trace of alcohol in the body of Sunanda Pushkar though some evidence of presence of anti-depressant drug was likely, AIIMS sources said on Sunday.

Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor cremated

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 21:47

The mortal remains of Sunanda Pushkar, who was found dead in mysterious circumstances at a luxury hotel last night, were consigned to flames on Saturday in presence of her family members.

Pushkar`s death was unnatural, sudden: Doctors

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 15:21

Junior HRD Minister Shashi Tharoor`s wife Sunanda Pushkar, who died Friday night, had "injury marks" on her body and it is a "case of unnatural, sudden death", a doctor who conducted the post-mortem said.

SC tells government to decide on post reservation in AIIMS

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 22:53

The Supreme Court Thursday said it was for the central government to decide whether there should be reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in super speciality posts in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) as the court declined to revisit its July 2013 judgment.

Lawyers assures HC of helping rickshawpuller`s son`s treatment

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 19:57

The lawyers` association today assured the Delhi High Court that it will ask its members and advocates to contribute towards treatment of the seven-year-old son of a rickshawpuller suffering from Gaucher disease, a genetic disorder.

Delhi HC asks lawyers to help in rickshaw puller`s son`s treatment

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 21:22

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked lawyers to come forward to help a rickshaw-puller, who is running from pillar to post for the treatment of his seven-year-old son suffering from a genetic disorder.

Battered gang-raped minor waits for 20th surgery and justice

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 19:26

At an age when most children cherish their books, clothes and toys, a 12-year old girl is silently suffering the pain of a brutal gang-rape which has forced her to undergo 19 surgeries till now. The victim is now waiting for her 20th surgery at the premier AIIMS here.

Finally, a pharmacy for free medicines at AIIMS OPD

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 21:41

AIIMS mission to provide free of cost generic medicines to its patients visiting the OPD may finally see the light of the day when such a pharmacy starts functioning by this month-end.