Chennai, July 22 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government is set to significantly expand nursing education in the state by increasing the number of seats in government nursing institutions from 796 to 1,651, nearly doubling the existing capacity. The move, which will add 855 new seats across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, aims at strengthening the State’s healthcare workforce while making professional nursing education more accessible to students from economically weaker backgrounds.The ex…
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Jammu, July 18 (IANS) Six Shri Amarnath Yatra pilgrims were injured on Saturday in a road accident on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway. However, officials said that no casualty occurred during this accident.Dr Jitendra Singh MoS (PMO) and Lok Sabha member from Kathua-Udhampur constituency of J&K said on X on Saturday, “UDHAMPUR: Just now received the report of six persons, including five Amarnath pilgrims, having suffered injuries when their vehicle collided with a dumper truck near Jak…
Jammu, July 10 (IANS) Five pilgrims of the ongoing Shri Amarnathji Yatra were injured on Friday in a road accident on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Udhampur district.Officials said on Friday that five Amarnath Yatra pilgrims were injured, one of them critically, after a vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident on the Udhampur-Chenani stretch of National Highway-44 near Toldi Nallah early in the morning.Officials said the accident involving an Ertiga vehicle bearing registrat…
Jabalpur, June 27 (IANS) Three teenagers drowned while bathing in the Narmada River at Dadda Ghat in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur district on Saturday afternoon, police said.The victims, all residents of the Mujawar locality under the Garha area, had gone to the riverside with a group of friends for an outing when the tragedy occurred.The deceased have been identified as Sohil, Sabir and Sahil, aged between 16 and 18 years.Police said all three were engaged in private jobs and had left their homes …
Srinagar, June 20 (IANS) Reports of pacemaker scam, patient exploitation, false insurance claims, unwarranted cardiac procedures, etc., by a cardiologist in the Government Medical College (GMC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district have shocked people. Serious allegations of blatant, wilful and professional dishonesty have been levelled against Dr Syed Maqbool, cardiologist at GMC Anantnag.An explanation served on the accused cardiologist by the government said the doctor had falsified medi…
Gandhinagar/Bhavnagar, June 19 (IANS) Gujarat’s Health Department has ordered strict disciplinary action against six students of the Government Medical College in Bhavnagar after an investigation into a ragging complaint found them guilty, with one student suspended for two years and all six ordered to vacate their hostel rooms immediately.The action followed a marathon meeting of the college’s Anti-Ragging Committee, which began at 5 p.m. on June 18 and continued until 2 a.m. on Friday.The meet…
Bhopal, April 22 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh Council of Ministers on Wednesday approved the establishment of accommodation facilities for patients’ relatives within the campuses of selected medical colleges in the state, to be facilitated through philanthropic organisations. These organisations will establish such ‘relatives’ rest houses’ using their own financial resources; the state government will not provide any financial assistance for this purpose.The fees to be charged by the organisations …
Jammu, April 20 (IANS) At least 14 people were killed, and 33 others were injured on Monday in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district.Additional Deputy Commissioner (Udhampur), Prem Singh, said that so far 14 people have lost their lives and 33 are injured in the bus accident that occurred en route when the bus was coming from Ramnagar to Udhampur town.The Additional Deputy Commissioner said that some of the injured persons have been shifted to the government medical college …
Jammu, April 6 (IANS) MoS (PMO) and Lok Sabha member from J&K’s Udhampur constituency, Jitendra Singh, on Monday announced a slew of developmental milestones for Udhampur, including an ATR flight within six months and subsequently a full-fledged airport. Jitendra Singh said on X today, “Udhampur DISHA meeting highlights:“Aviation milestone: Process of land transfer for a full-fledged civilian airport has begun. Meanwhile, tenders were floated for the construction of an interim bl…
Srinagar, March 26 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch said on Thursday that it was conducting house searches in connection with a Covid period fraud case in which huge amounts were siphoned off.A Crime Branch statement said that the Economic Offences Wing (EOW), Kashmir, of the Crime Branch, J&K, conducted house searches at three different locations in the districts of Srinagar and Budgam in connection with FIR No. 11/2026 registered under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC, read …