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J&K logged 10,747 cases, 189 deaths in December; lowest in 6 months
Hindustan Times/Jammu | By Ashiq Hussain
UPDATED ON JAN 03, 2021 12:43 AM IST
This is also the first time in six months that monthly fatalities due to the disease were below 200.

Maharashtra prepares to vaccinate 3.25 crore people in six months
By Faisal Malik
PUBLISHED ON DEC 13, 2020 12:37 AM IST
Maharashtra is preparing to administer Covid-19 vaccine shots to 3.25 crore people over three phases in six months, according to officials. However, it is still unclear whether it will be free or not.

Mohali plans aggressive Covid testing
Hindustan Times, Mohali | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON NOV 24, 2020 11:23 PM IST
Special focus on vulnerable sections coupled with aggressive contact tracing aiming for least 15 contacts per case, says deputy commissioner Girish Dayalan

Pregnant woman dies after being denied treatment by 8 hospitals, DM orders inquiry
Hindustan Times, Noida/Ghaziabad | By Tanmayee Tyagi & Peeyush Khandelwal
UPDATED ON JUN 07, 2020 02:26 AM IST
The woman, 30-year-old Neelam, was eight months pregnant and a resident of Azad Vihar in Khoda colony, Ghaziabad.

Noida to issue fresh tenders to finish pending electrical work at stuck projects
Hindustan Times, Noida | By Vinod Rajput
UPDATED ON APR 29, 2020 04:54 AM IST
The Noida authority chief executive officer Ritu Maheshwari on Tuesday reviewed the status of electrical works at different project sites with the electrical department staff.

Three test positive for Covid-19 in Pratapgarh
Hindustan Times, Prayagraj | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON APR 04, 2020 10:10 AM IST
Three suspected corona cases tested positive in Pratapgarh—the first in the region comprising Prayagraj, Kaushambi, Pratapgarh and Fatehpur districts.

Centre gives nod to govt medical college in Hoshiarpur
Hindustan Times, CHANDIGARH | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JAN 29, 2020 10:11 PM IST
New college to be set up at a cost of ₹325 crore, of which ₹195 crore will be borne by the central government

Centre approves govt medical college in Hoshiarpur
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By HT Correspondents
UPDATED ON JAN 29, 2020 02:45 PM IST
The new GMC will be set up at a cost of Rs 325 crore, of which Rs 195 crore or 60% share, will be met by the Centre. It will be the first of its kind in the Kandi region with an intake capacity of 100 seats

Thermal sensors installed at Amritsar airport to detect Coronavirus, says health minister
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON JAN 27, 2020 10:02 PM IST

CORONAVIRUS SCARE: Doctors’ panel to screen passengers at Amritsar airport
Press Trust of India | By Press Trust of India
PUBLISHED ON JAN 25, 2020 10:08 PM IST

Diagnostic centres to be set up in civil hospitals in Punjab under PPP mode
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By Ravinder Vasudeva
UPDATED ON JAN 25, 2020 10:00 PM IST
Policy being framed to invite private players to provide diagnostic facilities to patients inside hospital premises; government will regulate prices of tests at these centres, says health minister

Balaji temple head priest shot dead in Chitrakoot
Hindustan Times, Kanpur | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON JAN 17, 2020 04:25 AM IST
Mahant Arjun Dass, 45, was shot twice on the head from close range and his driver Arvind was shot in the chest, said the police.

‘₹90 cr spent on 82,000 patients under Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana in Punjab’
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON DEC 12, 2019 12:23 AM IST
Highlighting achievements under the Ayushman Bharat scheme, Punjab health and family welfare minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said about 38.55 lakh e-cards have been generated to extend the benefits of this scheme to the masses

Dead rat found in midday meal, nine students take ill
Hindustan Times, Lucknow/Meerut | By S Raju and Rajeev Mullick
UPDATED ON DEC 04, 2019 12:30 AM IST
A senior official in the basic education department said that in the last three years there had been only 22 complaints of poor quality midday meals being distributed to students in 168,000 schools of Uttar Pradesh.

4 held for raping 21-yr-old woman, spot 500 metres away from Noida police post
Hindustan Times, Noida | By Preety Acharya
UPDATED ON NOV 15, 2019 07:19 PM IST
Four people have been arrested while two are still at large. The arrested persons have been identified as Ravi, a resident of phase 3, Brij Kishore, Pitambar alias Pritam and Umesh-- all three are residents of Noida Sector 63. The two absconding accused have been identified as Guddu and Shamu.

12-year-old girl among two dead due to dengue in Ludhiana
Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON OCT 29, 2019 10:51 PM IST
District epidemiologist seeks medical reports of victims; health department says 238 people are suffering from dengue fever

PG medical students may have to serve in district hospitals to be eligible to appear in final exam
New Delhi | By Press Trust of India
PUBLISHED ON OCT 17, 2019 05:55 PM IST
Currently, students pursuing undergraduate medical courses are attached to primary health centres or urban health centres for three months as part of a compulsory rotating internship.

UP government mulling to withdraw doctors from official work
Lucknow | By Rajesh Kumar Singh
UPDATED ON SEP 25, 2019 11:26 PM IST
Large numbers of doctors are posted in the Health Directorate and districts for administrative work. If instead of administrative works, these doctors look after patients the shortage will not be there, says minister Jai Pratap Singh

Snake-bites kill more people than cyclones in Odisha, experts tell you why
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | By Debabrata Mohanty
UPDATED ON SEP 24, 2019 11:04 PM IST
Odisha government statistics between 2016 and 2019 show that of the total 6,228 deaths that took place due to various calamities, snakebite deaths alone accounted for 2,217 lives surpassing casualties due to cyclones, floods, lightning, fire accidents and boat tragedies.

UP cop’s wife consumes phenyl, another writes to DGP
Etawah(UP) | By Indo Asian News Service
UPDATED ON SEP 18, 2019 01:12 PM IST
The wife of ASP consumed phenyl and wife of another SP rank officer of Agra, earlier posted in Lucknow, has written a letter to Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) O. P. Singh demanding action against her husband.

Busy on phone, woman sits on mating snakes, dies after bite
GORAKHPUR | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON SEP 13, 2019 02:57 AM IST
On being bit, the woman screamed but immediately fainted on the floor as froth started coming out of her mouth, the relative said.

Priest killed for being a ‘child lifter’ in UP
Kanpur | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON SEP 13, 2019 02:41 AM IST
The police was looking for any footage of the assault that some locals may have filmed on their mobile phones, he said.

70-yr-old lynched on ‘child-lifting’ rumour
Kanpur | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON SEP 13, 2019 12:13 AM IST
Ram Bharosey was taken to a local hospital that referred him to the district hospital in Karvi, but he died before he could be shifted.

Chinmayanand case: Ex-BJP MP’s aides, lawyer quizzed
Lucknow | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON SEP 12, 2019 04:27 AM IST
The team also took the young woman, who has accused Chinmayanand of raping and physically exploiting her for a year, for medical examination to the district hospital, said a police official who asked not to be named.

As SIT starts quizzing Chinmayanand’s aides,‘videos’ from both sides surface
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON SEP 11, 2019 08:24 PM IST
The case was originally lodged by the woman in Delhi on Saturday but was later handed over to the SIT. The SIT is expected to lodge the case in Kotwali police station of Shahjahanpur.

CPI(M) worker shot dead in Bengal; party supporters block highway
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON SEP 08, 2019 03:10 PM IST
A resident of Dosatina village, Biswas was returning home on his motorcycle. Around 8 pm, when he was passing through Bapujinagar village, some miscreants blocked his path and opened fire from a close range.

Stray dogs kill four-year old girl in Ayodhya
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON SEP 06, 2019 11:11 AM IST
A group of around seven stray dogs attacked the minor.

Police trek 12 km to take injured Maoist to hospital in Chattisgarh
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | By Ritesh Mishra
UPDATED ON SEP 03, 2019 12:50 AM IST
He said a team of 35 constables had been dispatched to bring the Maoist commander from a village in the jungle where he was being treated. The team carried Hidma for 12 km crossing rivers and rough terrain.

16-yr-old Bengal gang rape victim dies
Hindustan Times, Kolkata/Midnapore | By HT Correspondents
PUBLISHED ON AUG 31, 2019 01:11 AM IST
She was brought to SSKM after her condition deteriorated at a district hospital.

FIR registered against MP hospital officials
Bhopal | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON AUG 31, 2019 01:04 AM IST
The FIR was registered at Chhatripura police station against Dr Sudhir Mahashabde, the managing director, and Dr Suhas Bande, the medical superintendent, based on a complaint by Indore’s chief medical health officer (CMHO), Dr Praveen Jadiya.