India

New Delhi, June 25: The severe water shortage in the city has begun to take a toll on urgent health services. At Bara Hindu Rao, the largest municipal hospital in the city, more than 40 surgeries were cancelled over the past week because water could not be arranged for the procedures. Doctors at the hospital said there was no water to sterilize instruments, wash the operation theatre, clean the

New Delhi, June 25: The Delhi Police has arrested suspected key 26/11 Mumbai attacks plotter Abu Hamza at the Indira Gandhi International airport. Sources say Hamza had arrived in Delhi from the Gulf when he was arrested. Hamza was produced before a court which remanded him to 15-day police custody. According to reports, Hamza alias Sayeed Zabiuddin alias Zabi Ansari alias Riyasat Ali is a

New Delhi, June 25: As G-20 countries worked on steps to tackle black money, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said it is a problem but no "magic solutions" were available to deal with menace. "The problem is there but there are no magic solutions available. I think it is going to be a slow process," Singh told reporters accompanying him on his return home after his eight-day foreign tour. The

New Delhi, June 24: With Pranab Mukherjee having a clear edge in the Presidential poll, P A Sangma is now hoping for a "miracle" to see himself emerge a winner, even as he denied being a "tool" in the hands of those supporting him. "Yes, miracles can and do happen in this world...it happens...I believe in miracles. You are right. I do believe in miracles," Sangma said when suggested that only a

New Delhi, June 24: The steps to be announced on Monday by the government and the Reserve Bank of India may include raising the interest for deposits of Non-Resident Indians, cutting down wasteful expenditures and unveiling a bond issue for overseas investors to improve capital inflows in the wake of the rout in rupee. Economic growth has fallen to a nine-year low of 6.5 per cent in 2011-12 and

Gurgaon, June 24: Baby Mahi, the 4-year-old girl who fell into a 70-foot-deep borewell in Manesar on Wednesday, has been declared dead by the doctors at ESI hospital in Manesar. Mahi was rushed to the hospital after being rescued from the borewell on Sunday afternoon. According to TV reports, the hospital authorities said that Mahi was brought dead to the hospital. Mahi's family, which was hoping

New Delhi, June 24: Delhi and Mumbai, the two most vital metros of India, have been chosen for DRDO's Ballistic Missile Defence system that can be put in place at short notice. The detailed proposal is being prepared for final clearance from the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS). The strategic planning has already begun to install the BMD system in the two cities and the final proposal will be

New Delhi, June 24: Eleven pilots of Air India Sunday went on an indefinite hunger strike demanding the reinstatement of their 101 sacked colleagues. "Eleven pilots belonging to Indian Pilots' Guild (IPG) are sitting on an indefinite hunger strike from today (Sunday). Our protest (hunger strike) is only for the reinstatement of our sacked colleagues and for the reputation of our union. We want to

Gurgaon, Jun 24: Earlier, rescuers made a little headway on Saturday night as they finally pierced a hard rock in their effort to reach the Mahi. The hard rock was a major hurdle which the rescuers had been struggling to break for the last two days, Lt Colonel Ashwani Tyagi, who is heading the operation, said. The slab was ocated in the horizontal tunnel between the borewell and the pit dug up to

Jaipur, June 24: Medical services in Rajasthan are likely to remain paralysed on June 25 when doctors affiliated to IMA will go on a daylong nationwide strike to protest the proposed amendments to acts related to clinical establishment and private practice. "Private hospitals, consulting chambers, diagnostic centres, clinics, nursing homes will remain closed on June 25," Indian Medical Association