
Jehanabad: Eight persons lost their lives and four others were taken ill after consuming contaminated sattu (mixed cereal flour) on Monday at Rajabazar locality in Bihar's Jehanabad district, police said. About a dozen persons, mostly daily wage labourers, purchased sattu from a road-side shop and fell ill soon after eating it, Superintendent of Police, Harpreet Kaur said. Eight persons, identified as Pappu, Krishna Kumar, Sansad Das, Krishna Paswan, Dineshi Paswan,...

01:57 PM, May 15, 2012

Ahmedabad: Over 300 people were affected by food poisoning at a village in Viramgam taluka of the district following consumption of contaminated substance on Tuesday, district officials said. "Almost the entire village of over 300 people has been affected due to food poisoning at Vekaria village of Viramgam taluka," District Development Officer Banchha Nidhi Pani said. "Today being Muharram, some drink was distributed among the people of the village, which...

11:47 PM, Dec 06, 2011

Panipat: A total of 69 people fell ill after consuming adulterated buckwheat flour in Panipat on Thursday. All of them were rushed to hospital after they fell ill. However, the doctors said that they were out of danger. Following the incident, the Health authorities conducted raids on shops selling the flour, which is locally called 'Kuttu Ka Atta'. Four samples of the flour were seized to check for adulteration. Some...

09:47 AM, Sep 30, 2011

New Delhi: A 58-year-old MCD employee, who was admitted in a hospital after consuming articles made of contaminated buck wheat along with around 250 others, died in New Delhi on Wednesday even as police arrested 17 people, including one of the main suppliers. A total of 14 cases were registered in east and north-east districts in connection with the incident which was reported yesterday from MS Park, Welcome, Nand Nagri,...

11:28 AM, Apr 07, 2011

The school children were taken to Rajendra Institute of Medical Science. ...

11:25 PM, Nov 13, 2008

The school caretaker says there was nothing wrong with the food. ...

02:21 PM, Jul 09, 2007

Three members of a family in Jaipur died reportedly after eating
golgappas. ...

05:56 PM, Jan 06, 2007

A court issues summons to six doctors of Apollo Hospital. They are charged with destroying evidence in Rahul Mahajan case. ...

08:43 PM, Nov 04, 2006