The BJP is gearing up for the possible fall of its government in Karnataka with its former leader B S Yeddyurappa launching his own party on Sunday. ...
10:03 AM, Dec 08, 2012
Union Minister Jairam Ramesh and top leaders of the West Bengal Congress will take out a rally in Maoist-infested Lalgarh on Saturday. The rally comes ahead of the Panchayat elections in the region. ...
08:21 AM, Dec 08, 2012
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Friday sought to tear into Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's claims on development accusing the state government of completely ignoring the welfare of poor and wondered where all the central funds for the state had vanished. ...
03:21 PM, Dec 07, 2012
With less than a week to go for the first phase of voting in Gujarat, the BJP and Congress' rallies have finally in the top gear. Congress President Sonia Gandhi will be addressing public rallies in Junagarh and Surat on Friday. ...
10:20 AM, Dec 07, 2012
The husband of Savita Halappanavar will proceed with an application to the European Court of Human Rights after Irish Health Minister did not agree for a public inquiry into the circumstances leading to her death. ...
06:15 AM, Nov 30, 2012
The Irish government has said it will make a decision before the year-end about the country's tough abortion laws, weeks after Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar died after she was refused termination of her pregnancy despite miscarrying. ...
05:12 PM, Nov 28, 2012
Anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday cancelled a proposed rally in Delhi after Delhi Police denied them permission. Kejriwal's request for permission was denied keeping in mind the Muharram processions that will be taken out on Delhi roads on Sunday. ...
10:06 PM, Nov 24, 2012
Anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday remained defiant and will go ahead with the proposed rally in Delhi despite Delhi Police denying them permission. Kejriwal's request for permission was denied keeping in mind the Muharram processions that will be taken out on Delhi roads on Sunday. ...
09:30 PM, Nov 24, 2012
Ireland: In a rare intervention, the Irish President Michael D Higgins came out in support of the demand of Savita Halappanavar's family for an independent inquiry into her death saying that any investigation 'must meet the needs of the family'. Meanwhile, Savita's husband Praveen Halappanavar told CNN-IBN that her medical report was tampered with. Praveen has been demanding an independent public probe into the circumstances that led to her death....
06:07 AM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: Ireland has dropped three doctors of the Galway University Hospital from the team that will probe death of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar, who died due to pregnancy-related complications after being denied abortion. An announcement in this regard was made by Prime Minister Enda Kenny in the Parliament barely within hours of unveiling of a seven-member team to probe the tragic death. Irish media reports say that doctors who...
06:05 AM, Nov 21, 2012
London: Amidst a raging debate on the country's strict abortion laws, Ireland's Catholic bishops have said that the church "has never taught that the life of a child in the womb should be preferred to that of a mother". Reacting to the death of Savita Halappanavar, the standing committee of the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference said on Monday night that her passing, along with her unborn child, was "a devastating...
05:32 PM, Nov 20, 2012
London: The Irish Cabinet will take up a report of an expert group on abortion on Tuesday as thousands of people in Ireland protest the tragic death of an Indian dentist. Irish Health Minister James Reilly has said he will be bringing the report of the expert group to the Cabinet on Tuesday. Savita Halappanavar, 31, died in an Irish hospital in October after doctors refused to terminate her pregnancy...
04:56 PM, Nov 19, 2012
London: Observing that the tragic death of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar illustrates a gap in Irish law, rights group Amnesty on Saturday asked Ireland to ensure that its domestic policy on access to abortion is in line with international human rights law. Amnesty International has written to Irish Minister for Health James Reilly over the issue expressing its concern. It said Amnesty is concerned that the tragic case of Savita...
09:06 AM, Nov 17, 2012
New Delhi: After the tragic death of a 31-year-old Indian dentist in Ireland, Savita Halappanavar, India has formally spoken to authorities in Dublin. But as the probe goes on, it has been found that thousands of women from Ireland are forced to travel to England for abortions. Savita was unfortunate to get trapped into a difficult choice in hospital. But other women simply travel abroad to exercise the choice that...
07:09 AM, Nov 17, 2012
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday summoned the Irish ambassador following the uproar over the death of an Indian woman in Ireland after a hospital denied her an abortion. Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar was denied the termination of her pregnancy under the country's anti-abortion law even though her life was in danger. The Indian government took up Savita's death directly and the Indian ambassador in Dublin met...
03:56 PM, Nov 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian government took up Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar's death in Ireland directly and the Indian ambassador in Dublin met Irish authorities on Friday after there were protests outside Irish parliament on Thursday. Meanwhile, Ireland has ordered two probes into the incident that took place earlier this week after doctors refused to abort Savita's baby despite a miscarriage. India will, however, not conduct an independent probe of its...
10:35 AM, Nov 16, 2012
New Delhi: The tragic death of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar's in Ireland sparked an outrage and brought the debate on the abortion laws to the fore front. Activists say medical negligence and not the Catholic Church should be blamed for Savita's death. The Indian ambassador in Dublin is expected to meet Irish authorities on Friday to discuss the case directly. However, India won't conduct an independent probe of its own....
07:28 AM, Nov 16, 2012
The tragic death of a 31-year-old Indian dentist in Ireland, Savita Halappanavar, has ignited public protests and political debate on the country's abortion laws that are based on Catholic principles. ...
11:26 PM, Nov 15, 2012
New Delhi: The tragic death of a 31-year-old Indian dentist in Ireland, Savita Halappanavar, who died after being denied a life-saving abortion at an Irish hospital, has ignited public protests and political debate on the country's abortion laws that are based on Catholic principles. Seventeen weeks pregnant, Savita was admitted to a hospital after she complained of severe back pain. Her husband said the doctors diagnosed the miscarriage within hours,...
09:35 PM, Nov 15, 2012
Dublin: Thousands of people rallied outside Ireland's parliament on Wednesday to demand strict abortion rules be eased after a pregnant Indian woman repeatedly denied a termination died in an Irish hospital. Savita Halappanavar, 31, admitted to University Hospital Galway in the west of Ireland last month, died of septicaemia a week after miscarrying 17 weeks into her pregnancy. Her repeated requests for termination were rejected because of the presence of...
08:43 PM, Nov 15, 2012
