Apollo to set up Rs 400 crore medical college and hospital

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 2, 2014, 18:43

A 14-acre plot on Batanagar's Hiland Riverside has been provided free of cost by the state government where Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences and Research would come up by by 2020.

MCI mulls shortening of MBBS course duration by 1 year

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 21:36

The duration of the MBBS course could be shortened by one year with the Medical Council of India (MCI) thinking about introducing specialist skills for undergraduates earlier than what is the practice at present.

10,000 more MBBS seats in India

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 23:55

The government Thursday approved a proposal to increase the number of MBBS seats in the country by 10,000.

Pakistani student alleges discrimination over wearing a veil

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 14:35

A Canadian-Pakistani MBBS student has alleged that she was roughed up by a professor for wearing a veil in the classroom in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Compulsory 1-yr rural posting for MBBS doctors from 2015-16

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 19:37

MBBS students applying for admission to post-graduate medical courses from academic year 2015-16 will have to undertake a mandatory rural posting at a public health centre (PHC) for one year.

Had no film for eight months after `Munnabhai`: Arshad Warsi

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 16:35

Actor Arhad Warsi, best known for his role of `Circuit` in `Munnabhai series, says the film may have done wonders but he did not get any work for six months after that.

Rasheed Masood gets bail

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 19:23

Convicted Congress leader Rasheed Masood was on Tuesday granted three months interim bail by the Delhi High Court on medical ground.

EC announces bypoll to fill Rasheed Masood`s RS seat on Dec 20

Last Updated: Friday, November 29, 2013, 23:57

Election Commission will hold by-election on December 20 to fill up vacancy in Rajya Sabha after Congress MP Rasheed Masood`s disqualification after he was convicted in MBBS seat scam.

MBBS students demand expulsion of tainted batchmates

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 14:33

Students of government medical college here held protests demanding expulsion of those who managed to get admission in medical colleges through the 2012 test paper leak racket.

Munnabhai will return once Sanjay comes out, says Raju Hirani

Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 19:16

The work on the next installment of Munnabhai franchise would start once the actor Sanjay Dutt is released from prison, Bollywood director Rajkumar Hirani said here today.