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Gurgaon kidney racket: Two doctors jailed

March 22, 2013
A CBI court on Friday sentenced two Gurgaon-based doctors to seven years' rigorous imprisonment each for their role in the Gurgaon kidney sale scam that made national headlines in February 2008.  The court of Central Bureau of …

CBI busts doctor over medical entrance exam racket

November 26, 2012
A qualified doctor, who allegedly helps candidates cheat in post-graduate courses in medicine and surgery and uses the ill-gotten money to produce films in southern India – sounds like a script for a movie. Well, it’s …

PGIMER’s exam cancelled after paper leak

November 16, 2012
The Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER) here Thursday cancelled the entrance test held for admissions to post-graduate medical courses following the registration of a criminal case over a question …

Ramadoss went against Centre’s stand: CBI

October 31, 2012
The CBI told a special court that former union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss had taken a decision contrary to the central government's assurance to the apex court on an issue linked to a medical college. The Central Bureau of …

Bihar Uterus Removal Scam: Eight privates nursing homes’ licenses cancelled

September 13, 2012
Licenses of eight private nursing homes were cancelled in Bihar's Samastipur district for unnecessary removal of uteruses of hundreds of poor women to claim insurance money under a central government scheme, officials said …

UP-NRHM Scam: Court pulls up CBI for tardy progress

August 30, 2012
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Wednesday rapped the CBI for the tardy progress in the multi-crore rupee National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scandal. A bench of Justice Imtiyaz Murtaza and Justice A.K. Singh asked …

Bihar Uterus Removal Scam: Notice issued to hospitals and nursing homes

August 29, 2012
 The Bihar State Human Rights Commission issued notice to private hospitals and nursing homes, where uteruses of hundreds of poor women were removed to claim insurance money under a government scheme. "The commission is likely …

Bihar Uterus Removal Scam: Paswan demands CBI probe

August 26, 2012
 Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan demanded a CBI probe into the alleged removal of uteruses of over 16,000 below poverty line women to swindle them of their health insurance money provided under a central …

No more government hospital admission fees in Akhilesh’s UP!

August 24, 2012
The admission fee of Rs 35 has been scrapped in all government hospitals of Uttar Pradesh from Thursday, an official said. The orders in this regard were issued by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Wednesday and were to be …

New healthcare initiatives in Akhilesh’s UP

August 23, 2012
UP CM Akhilesh Yadav's all set to walk the talk about improving healthcare scenario in the state. He flagged off 200 brand new ambulances for some districts of the state.Speaking before the flagging-off ceremony, Yadav said the …

Former health min Ramadoss granted bail

August 5, 2012
A Delhi court granted bail to former union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss and eight other accused in a corruption case of illegally giving permission to a medical college to admit students. Central Bureau of Investigation …

Radha Vinod Raju, the first chief of the National Investigation Agency dead

June 21, 2012
Radha Vinod Raju, the first chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), died here early Thursday due to lung complications, a doctor said. He is survived by his wife and two daughters. Family sources said the final rites …

UP-NRHM scam: CBI files charge sheet against ex-health minister

June 1, 2012
The CBI Thursday filed a charge sheet in a court here against former Uttar Pradesh health minister Babu Singh Kushwaha and his associate R.P. Jaiswal for lapses in fund allocation under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) …

UP-NRHM scam: Akhilesh Yadav alleges Mayawati government plundered billions of rupees

June 1, 2012
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Thursday accused the previous Mayawati government of corruption and alleged that it had "cheated" people. "The previous government cheated the people of the state in the name of law …