Two australian radio jockeys called an Indian-origin nurse and tricked her to get details about Kate Middleton's pregnancy. The nurse was found dead in what's being called a case of suicide. ...
11:17 PM, Dec 08, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: In a radical departure from over a century old dress code, female nurses in government hospitals in Kerala can now wear 'churidar and overcoat' as their uniform instead of sari. Considering the 'inconvenience' of sari, the Health Department has decided to allow nurses to wear the 'more convenient' churidar and overcoat. However, the traditionalists could continue to wear sari and the dress code would not be imposed on them....
12:21 PM, Nov 29, 2012
Chennai: City police registered a case on Sunday night against two doctors who allegedly raped a teenage nurse who came to Chennai for a training programme from Kerala. The nineteen-year-old girl arrived in the city on July 8 for a special training programme in the Kerala Ayurvedic Health Centre in Anna Nagar. She had recently joined the centres branch in Tiruchy. The doctors, Ajil Kumar (43) of Tiruchy, and KR...
01:20 PM, Jul 17, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought response of the Centre and state governments for framing guidelines for hospitals, particularly private ones, to prevent them from retaining original certificates of nurses at the time of their employment. A bench headed by Chief Justice SH Kapadia issued notices to Ministry of Health and Family Affairs and state governments on a PIL alleging that harassment and hostile attitude of the various...
05:44 PM, May 07, 2012
Shara, Leh: Tsewang Dorjey is a sub-inspector with the J&K police who set up a nursery school in Shara, a small village in Ladakh where children earlier didn't even start school before the age of 7. Shara is a tiny hamlet 60 km away from Leh, one of the poorest and most inhospitable places of the region. A yellow bus takes the children to their school - Sewa Shera nursery...
08:56 AM, Mar 09, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala government was mulling a new legislation to deal with the wages and other allowances of nurses and other paramedical staff working in private hospitals in the state. This was stated by Minister for Labour Shibu Baby John in the Assembly on Monday while replying to a submission which highlighted the plight and working conditions of nurses in private hospitals. The government would not allow any private hospital to...
02:26 PM, Mar 05, 2012
The Delhi Education Minister has taken note of the CNN-IBN expose showing schools flouting norms in nursery admissions. ...
02:26 PM, Feb 01, 2012
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11:29 PM, Jan 31, 2012
An investigation by Network 18 has revealed that Delhi schools are charging illegal fee for nursery admissions. ...
10:43 PM, Jan 31, 2012
New Delhi: Despite the government laying down strict guidelines about nursery admissions on the basis of a point system, several schools in the Capital are openly flouting the norm. Rather than the child's ability, it is the amount parents are willing to shell out, that guarantees a seat at the nursery level. A special investigation by the IBN network has revealed just how difficult it is to secure admission if...
08:33 PM, Jan 31, 2012
Jodhpur: Ahead of filing its final chargesheet in the Bhanwari Devi murder case, the CBI on Monday interrogated Kusum Bishnoi, considered to be close to accused Congress MLA Malkhan Singh Bishnoi. Kusum, pradhan of Bilara constituency to which Bhanwari belonged and a relative of Malkhan, was taken to the agency's office here late this evening. CBI spokesperson Dharini Mishra said there was no fresh arrest in the case and efforts...
11:58 PM, Jan 30, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday is expected to take a decision on the minimum age criteria for children seeking nursery admissions in the national capital. It currently stands at 3 years. But the Ganguly committee had in 2007 proposed that the age limit be raised to 4. According to the committee, children were emotionally, mentally and physically better equipped to start school at the age of 4....
06:28 AM, Jan 27, 2012
New Delhi: BJP on Monday urged the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi to formulate a transparent procedure for nursery admissions and ensure its strict implementation by schools as the city government has "failed" to do so. "Delhi Government and its Education Department have proved to be incompetent and useless in helping the children in nursery admissions. They have completed only formalities," Delhi BJP President Vijender Gupta said. He asked the Lt...
04:56 AM, Jan 17, 2012
Jodhpur: One of the main accused in the missing nurse Bhanwari Devi case, Om Prakash Bishnoi, on day refused to record his statement before the magistrate and was remanded to judicial custody. The CBI had moved an application in the court on Tuesday for recording Bishnoi's statements, and brought him to the court on Wednesday. However, he refused to record the statement and came out, sources said. The CBI court...
11:19 PM, Jan 11, 2012
Jodhpur: A wrist watch, a toe ring, a pendant and a broken chain have been recovered from the Indira Gandhi canal near Jaloda village in Jodhpur, said to be the place where Rajasthan nurse Bhanwari Devi was murdered and burnt to death. The CFSL team reached the spot to examine the contents recovered. The CBI team carrying the investigations said that the items belonged to Bhanwari Devi. Bhanwari Devi had...
12:16 PM, Jan 07, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday is expected to decide whether to raise the minimum age criteria for nursery admissions to 4 years plus which currently stands at 3 years. In 2007, the Ganguly committee had proposed that the age limit be raised to 4 years plus to reduce the pressure on parents as well as children. However, the Delhi government had asked for an extension of the...
06:21 AM, Jan 06, 2012
New Delhi: About 300 schools in the national capital opened up nursery admissions for the year 2012 on Monday. With more and more schools going online, things have definitely become simpler, but concerns still remain. The sense of uncertainty is still very much around with lakhs of applicants, a handful of schools and few seats. Puneet Malhotra, a 41-year old consultant, has been to seven schools so far. He feels...
08:41 AM, Jan 03, 2012
Jodhpur: Intensifying efforts to trace the body of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi, the CBI has zeroed in on places in Jaloda village where she could have been buried and are scouting the area using sophisticated devices. On the basis of the interrogation of Om Prakash Bishnoi, brother and gang member of Bishna Ram Bishnoi, who is said to have a hand in disposing of the body of Bhanwari devi, a...
06:31 PM, Jan 02, 2012
Jodhpur: Intensifying efforts to trace the body of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi, the CBI has zeroed in on places in Jaloda village where she could have been buried and are scouting the area using sophisticated devices. On the basis of the interrogation of Om Prakash Bishnoi, brother and gang member of Bishna Ram Bishnoi, who is said to have a hand in disposing of the body of Bhanwari devi, a...
02:14 PM, Jan 02, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI's custody of key suspect Sahiram Bishnoi ends on Monday. The CBI in its chargesheet claimed that Sahiram had hatched the conspiracy to kill the Dalit nurse at sacked minister, Mahipal Maderna's behest. Bhanwari has been missing for 121 days now. The CBI on Sunday grilled Maderna's wife Leela Maderna and a Congress legislator's son in connection with the disappearance of Devi, sources said. Mahipal was arrested...
11:14 AM, Jan 02, 2012
