The Central team, which is in the city to assess the total drug resistant tuberculosis (TDR-TB) situation, held a three-hour long meeting with officials from the state, civic and leading private hospitals on Tuesday.

Hours after the Portugal Supreme Court ruled that India had violated the terms of his extradition treaty, 1993 bomb blasts accused Abu Salem filed an application with the designated Tada court seeking an end to the trial against him.

In a setback to the Narendra Modi government, the Gujarat high court, in a majority decision, on Wednesday upheld the appointment of Lokayukta by the governor while dismissing the plea of the state challenging it.

A recent paper published in the British Heart Journal has made a startling revelation that coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common non-infectious disease in India, and is likely to affect over 65 million Indians by 2015.

Senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde on Monday received a major jolt when his elder brother, Pandit Anna, announced his plans to join the Nationalist Congress Party. Sources from the NCP informed that Mr Pandit will formally join the party on Thursday in a function held in the presence of deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar. Several other BJP workers from Mr Munde’s Parli constituency are also expected to follow Mr Pandit.

A mere technicality granted drunken driving accused Alistair Pereira at least a couple of days of extended freedom on Monday. Pereira, who surrendered to the police on Monday following the Supreme Court judgement, was allowed to go home, as the local court in Mumbai has not yet received a copy of the verdict.

Following the death of two more Total Drug Resistant (TDR) tuberculosis patients in Mumbai, the Union and the state governments has decided to take urgent precautions and quarantine them immediately.

Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Saturday criticised the incident where black ink was thrown at yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s face, calling it an attempt to “blacken the face of democracy”.

Tripura Central University on Thursday conferred honorary D.

Assembly polls maybe round the corner in five states in the country, but the BMC general elections still holds special significance for political parties. In fact, star campaigners Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi are expected to campaign for Congress and the BJP respectively in the BMC polls.