
Lucknow: The Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) is likely to file a chargesheet in connection with the murders of former Chief Medical Officers VK Arya and BP Singh on Tuesday accusing two shooters and the person who hired them of murder and criminal conspiracy. The investigative agency in its first chargesheet in the sensational murders of two CMOs is also likely to name a former Health officer in the criminal...

10:39 AM, May 29, 2012

Ghaziabad: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday filed the second chargesheet in connection with the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam. According to the investigating agency, former senior Uttar Pradesh official S P Ram violated tendering rules to procure medical kits. Three others were named in the second chargesheet filed by the CBI. This came a day after the CBI filed its first chargesheet in connection with alleged...

07:34 PM, Apr 04, 2012

New Delhi: As directed by the Prime Minister a meeting was held in PMO on Government's priorities in Health sector, particularly over the next 5 years. The meeting specifically focused on implementation of recommendations of the National Commission forMacroeconomics & Health (NCMH) and the High Level Expert Group (HLEG) on Health set up by PlanningCommission. The Prime Minister has emphasised the need for increased outlay on healthsector during 12thPlan so...

03:12 PM, Feb 29, 2012

Lucknow: The CBI on Saturday conducted fresh raids at 23 places across the state of Uttar Pradesh in connection with the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam. The Raids are being conducted in cities including Lucknow, Varanasi, Ghaziabad, Kanpur, Jhansi, Meerut. The CBI sources have said that the residences of the Chief medical officers (CMOs) and deputy CMOs are being raided. Earlier, four fresh cases were registered by the CBI...

10:51 AM, Feb 25, 2012

When can a baby girl born in Madhya Pradesh expect to live as long and healthy as a baby girl born in Kerala, overcoming the six-fold higher risk of dying before her first birthday? When will a rural Indian have the same level of satisfaction about the healthcare he or she receives, as a foreign medical tourist featured in the brochures of corporate hospitals? Will the 40 million Indians, who...

10:17 AM, Jan 28, 2012

Lucknow: Sunil Verma, a project manager responsible for the upgradation of primary health centres under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), shot himself to death on Monday morning at his residence in Vikas Nagar. Verma is apparently the fourth official allegedly involved in the NRHM scam to kill himself. Three other UP government officials embroiled in the multi-crore scam - BP Singh, VK Arya and VS Sachan - are already...

09:26 PM, Jan 23, 2012

New Delhi: The CBI will take into consideration the CAG report on National Rural Health Mission fund implementation in Uttar Pradesh which has pegged the irregularities to be around Rs 5000 crore while registering new cases in the scam. Agency sources said the detailed analysis by country's auditor will be helpful in ascertaining further losses to the exchequer. Based on the observations by Comptroller and Auditor General, the CBI will...

03:46 PM, Jan 22, 2012

Lucknow: The state of UP's health has been exposed by a CAG audit of the National Rural Health Mission. The final report, which is yet to be tabled in the UP Assembly, was submitted to the governor on Friday. The CAG has exposed some shocking details. According to it, over Rs 5700 crore are unaccounted for in the six-year audit period from 2005 to 2011. During this period, purchases were...

09:18 PM, Jan 21, 2012

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