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Government decides to relax adoption conditions in certain cases

With more than 6,000 parents waiting to adopt children, government has decided to relax certain conditions on humanitarian grounds including for those who have lost their child to sickness or accident and people who want to adopt children with special needs.The Ministry of Women and Child Development, in a recent circular, has announced forming a committee to look into the cases of exceptions or relaxations in the revised adoption guidelines.”The upper and lower age criterion in case of PAPs/PAP (prospective adoptive parents) desiring to adopt special need children or very sick children as also children above five years with siblings,” the circular says.Currently, to adopt a child up to four years of age, the composite age of the parents must be 90 years or below while for single parent it should not be more than 45 years.Similarly, for child between four to eight years, the composite age is 100 years and 50 years in case of single parent. Child above eight years can be adopted by parents with composite 110 years or below and 55 years individual parent.The committee to be headed by Chairperson Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA) will also include Secretary and Director of the organisation as well as one representative from AIIMS.The others exempted include PAPs who have been in the waiting for more than three years without getting the child as they were with the wrong agency, those leaving abroad for long term assignments, parents who have lost their child to sickness or accident and parents who could not finalise adoption due to upgradation of website of CARA, the nodal agency for adoption. The circular also says it will refer prospective parents to those children who have not been adopted even after 10 referrals.<!– /11440465/Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>

December 30, 2015

Mufti Mohammed Sayeed admitted to ICU in Delhi, say Aiims authorities

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December 30, 2015

J&K CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed flown to Delhi after complaining of uneasiness

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After complaining of uneasiness, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was flown to Delhi, to be admitted to AIIMS.

J&K Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was flown to Delhi, on Thursday, after he complained of some uneasiness at his residence in Srinagar.79-year-old Sayeed was rushed to Delhi in a state aircraft and will be taken to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), official sources said.He had taken over as Chief Minister of a PDP-BJP alliance government in March, 2015.

December 24, 2015

Akhilesh Yadav urges Centre to set up AIIMS in Gorakhpur

it would make provision for other infrastructure in its next budget and start construction

He said that the state has assured to provide 2.5 acre land and if the Centre provides fund,

A day after the Supreme Court slammed the Uttar Pradesh government for failing to appoint a Lokayukta, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said that there was no laxity on his part and he was not at fault. “There was no dilly-dallying on the part of the state government. It is a known fact that who is responsible for the delay in appointment of new Lokayukta in the state,” Akhilesh said without taking any name. He said that the state government was not at fault from any point. “We honour the apex court’s order,” he said.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>The apex court had yesterday directly appointed retired Justice Virendra Singh as the new Lokayukta of UP after the state government failed to meet the deadline fixed by it. Akhilesh was speaking after launching 148 projects worth Rs 585 crore. In a veiled attack on the BJP led NDA government, he said, “Those who used to call our laptop distribution scheme a ‘jhunjhuna’ (plaything), are now themselves talking about digital India.” He said that it was known that those who were talking about Swacch Bharat, have gone with the broom. Stating that there were number of challenges before the country and the state, Akhilesh said debate should be held on development, but some people were raising other issues to distract attention.Referring to the issue of Japanese Encephalitis in east UP, he said he has requested the Centre to set up an AIIMS in Gorakhpur. He said that the state has assured to provide 2.5 acre land and if the Centre provides fund, it would make provision for other infrastructure in its next budget and start construction. Akhilesh said UP has come in the category of a state which decided the new agenda of development and other states were forced to follow it. He said that perception of those who used to call UP, ‘Ulta Pradesh’, has changed after witnessing the development.

December 17, 2015

New Delhi: 7-year-old rape victim was ‘denied’ treatment for four hours at AIIMS

The incident comes days ahead of the third anniversary of the gruesome December 16 gangrape incident.
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The shocking rape case of a seven-year-old girl in the national capital evoked sharp criticism on Sunday, with DCW chief Swati Maliwal alleging that the victim was “denied” treatment for four hours at the AIIMS.The girl was allegedly sexually assaulted on Friday by a juvenile living in her neighbourhood in south Delhi’s Tigri area, following which a case was registered and the accused was apprehended by the police. The incident comes days ahead of the third anniversary of the gruesome December 16 gangrape incident.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>The Aam Aadmi Party also reacted strongly and expressed concern over the issue while assuring that all measures are being taken to ensure safety of women in the city.”The girl is like our daughter and we want women to feel secure while travelling and measures like CCTV installation in buses and public areas are being taken up. DCW and DCPCR (Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights) are working to make environment safer for women,” senior AAP leader Kumar Vishwas told reporters.”As far as the Nirbhaya case accused is concerned, with just days to go for his release, I can only say that it will pose a danger to the society as he will be living among us, and one doesn’t know who would be his next victim,” he said.Meanwhile, the mother of the victim claimed the police was not showing the face of the accused.”The accused lives somewhere nearby but we have never seen his face. Police officials are saying they have nabbed him but when my elder daughter and son-in-law went to enquire, the police did not show his face. Sometimes they say he has been sent to jail… sometimes they say he has been sent for medical examination but his face was not shown to us,” she said.

December 13, 2015

FIR filed against Russian diplomat who allegedly assaulted Delhi traffic cop

The Delhi Police has no authority to arrest the diplomatic due to his ‘diplomatic immunity’ which is why through the MHA, intervention of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is being sought.

The Russian diplomat’s car, stopped by police

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An FIR has been registered against a Russian diplomat who in an allegedly intoxicated state allegedly hit a constable in Moti Bagh in Delhi. Meanwhile the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has been briefed about the incident.The diplomat has been booked under IPC Section 186- obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions, 353- assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty, 332- voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty and 337- causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>The Delhi Police has no authority to arrest the diplomatic due to his ‘diplomatic immunity’ which is why through the MHA, intervention of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is being sought.Following this, the Russian Embassy will be left to contemplate action on the diplomat. Earlier on Wednesday, the diplomat, who was severely intoxicated, rammed into a police barricade and also rear-ended a motorbike, injuring two.The incident happened late at night around 1:30 am where the diplomat after hitting the bike was asked to stop by the police. But instead of stopping, he slammed his car into the barricade.The diplomat refused to come out of the car and allegedly punched and abused a constable on duty. Besides the other biker who has been admitted in AIIMS, the Russian official also sustained injuries and was seen with a heavily bleeding nose.

December 9, 2015

Russian diplomat rams into biker, allegedly tries to assault Delhi police official

“He was so intoxicated that he could not control the car and he was practically unconscious. He was driving really fast and was unable to stop. His car is so badly damaged and this is proof of how hard he rammed into the police barricade. When the police tried to get him out of the car, he refused to do so,” said one of the bikers who sustained minor injuries.

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In a case of road rage, a diplomat from the Russian embassy, who was severely intoxicated, rammed into a police barricade in Moti Bagh here and also rear-ended a motorbike, injuring two.The incident happened late at night around 1:30 am where the diplomat after hitting the bike was asked to stop by the police. But instead of stopping, he slammed his car into the barricade.The diplomat refused to come out of the car and allegedly punched and abused a constable on duty.”He was so intoxicated that he could not control the car and he was practically unconscious. He was driving really fast and was unable to stop. His car is so badly damaged and this is proof of how hard he rammed into the police barricade. When the police tried to get him out of the car, he refused to do so,” one of the bikers who sustained minor injuries told ANI.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>Besides the other biker who has been admitted in AIIMS, the Russian official also sustained injuries and was seen with a heavily bleeding nose.The diplomat was later taken away by his friend, who had a lengthy discussion with the police.The police have established contact with the Russian Embassy and are contemplating legal action.

December 9, 2015

Botched eye-surgery in MP: Not possible to restore eye sight of 40 patients, says AIIMS docs

Pandit, however, conceded that a standard procedure was not adhered to while conducting the surgeries. “The eye surgeon who had carried out the operation has said that operation theatre was not in order,” he added.

Most of the patients of botched-up cataract surgery conducted at a government camp in Barwani district last month have complained of a total loss of vision and only three-four of them could get their vision restored, according to an AIIMS ophthalmologist. A team of six expert doctors from the Delhi-based premier institution, led by ophthalmologist Dr Atul Kumar, today started examining the patients who complained of a blurred vision since the surgeries were held last month. “We have examined 45 patients. Of them, 40 have complained of losing their vision completely. Pus formation has taken place in their eyes due to infection,” Kumar said. He said only 3-4 patients, out of 45, may regain their vision. Kumar said the AIIMS was ready to render all possible help to the victims if the Madhya Pradesh government sends them to Delhi for further treatment.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>The patients have been treated at two private hospitals here after they developed swelling in eyes, coupled with irritation and blurred vision, after undergoing cataract surgeries conducted at a government camp in the district during November 16 and November 21. Kumar said the infection in their eyes could have been caused due to improper medicine. “The quality of medicines used during government’s cataract eye operation camp should be probed,” he said.Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh Health Department Joint Director, Sharad Pandit said it would be premature to draw any conclusion on reason behind the incident since a probe is on. “The investigation being carried out so far has pointed out that the patients have contracted both bacterial and fungal infection. We are also looking at the upkeep of operation theatre, the medical implement and the medicine used during the time of operations,” he said. Pandit, however, conceded that a standard procedure was not adhered to while conducting the surgeries. “The eye surgeon who had carried out the operation has said that operation theatre was not in order,” he added.For its part, the government had already suspended seven persons, including Dr R S Palod under whose guidance the camp was organised, and six personnel of Health department. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had talked to Union Health Minister JP Nadda and sought his cooperation in the treatment of the patients. After his discussions with Nadda, the team of doctors was sent to Indore. The state government has announced that it will bear entire cost of treatment of the eye patients. It has also set up a team to probe the incident, and has suspended six people, including an ophthalmologist.

December 6, 2015

People of Uttar Pradesh have made those speaking on love jehad silent: Akhilesh Yadav

Terming as baseless the objections raised by Centre for the land made available by the state government for setting up AIIMS in Gorakhpur, Yadav said their argument is that the approach road there is narrow.

Akhilesh Yadav

Amid an ongoing debate on intolerance in the country, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said those speaking on issues like love jehad and cow slaughter have become silent as they have been given a befitting reply by the people of Uttar Pradesh.”Several parties which were talking on cow, love jehad and other religious issues are silent now as they have been given a befitting reply in the state,” Yadav said at a function at Madan Mohan Malviya Technical University here.The chief minister also exhorted people not to get embroiled in religious issues.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>Terming as baseless the objections raised by Centre for the land made available by the state government for setting up AIIMS in Gorakhpur, Yadav said their argument is that the approach road there is narrow.”If the Centre so wants, the state government is ready to make this apporach road four lane,” he said. Referring to the central government’s ‘Make in India’ campaign, he said that this dream cannot be realised without taking Uttar Pradesh along.

December 2, 2015

Rajya Sabha adjourns after death of sitting MP

The House stood in silence as mark of respect in the memory of Zhimomi and three other former members – Ram Kapse, Rudra Pratap Singh and N Rajendran

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Rajya Sabha was on Thursday adjourned for the day as a mark of respect to sitting member Khekiho Zhimomi of Nagaland People’s Front, who died in New Delhi on Thursday morning.When the House met on the opening day of the winter session, Chairman Hamid Ansari mentioned the passing away of 69-year old Zhimomi. He was admitted at the AIIMS for the past few days and died in the morning after suffering a stroke.An active social worker who strived for upliftment of weaker and backward sections of society, Zhimomi represented the state of Nagaland in the Upper House for two terms – from July 2008 to April 2010 and from April 2010 till date.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>”In passing away of Shri Khekiho Zhimomi, the country has lost a distinguished Parliamentarian, an able administrator and a dedicated social worker,” Ansari said.The House stood in silence as mark of respect in the memory of Zhimomi and three other former members – Ram Kapse, Rudra Pratap Singh and N Rajendran. Ansari said as a mark of respect to the passing away of a sitting member, the House stands adjourned for the day.Earlier, he said Kapse, 81, who represented Maharashtra in Rajya Sabha from September 1996 to July 1998, passed away on September 29. He was also the Lt Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Singh passed away on October 8 at the age of 79 years. He was two-time member of the Upper House for two terms – from July 1980 to July 1986 and July 1986 to July 1992. Rajendran, who represented Tamil Nadu in the Upper House from July 1995 to July 2001, passed away at the age of 61 on November 11.”We deeply mourn the passing away of Prof Ram Kapse, Dr Rudra Pratap Singh, Shri N Rajendran and Shri Khekiho Zhimomi,” Ansari said.

November 26, 2015

J&K MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid calls all party meet on Nov 28 for IIT, IIM in Kashmir

He said even as Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had sought votes for his party the PDP in the name of development of Kashmir, “what has he achieved by allying with the BJP”

Independent MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid on Saturday called for a united campaign to press the Centre for sanctioning an IIT and an IIM for Kashmir Valley at par with Jammu region of the state. “I am organising an all party round-table meeting on November 28, so that we all unite to pressurise New Delhi to sanction an IIT and an IIM for Kashmir in a similar way like both the institutions were sanctioned for Jammu,” Rashid told reporters here.He said he would invite all mainstream parties, trade bodies, bar association and students’ organisations for the meeting to put up a united platform. “I am in touch with (opposition National Conference (NC) working president) Omar Abdullah and have written to PDP MPs as well. I hope all the parties and other organisations unite on this issue so that we get what we deserve,” Rashid, who represents north Kashmir’s Langate assembly constituency, said.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>The MLA said he would reach out to separatists as well over the issue and take their suggestions. “We will try to reach to them and I am ready to take their suggestions. There is no politics involved in this and there will be no impact on anyone’s ideology,” he said.He said even as Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had sought votes for his party the PDP in the name of development of Kashmir, “what has he achieved by allying with the BJP”. “AIIMS was sanctioned for Kashmir only and Jammu were granted an IIT and an IIM. But the BJP planned an agitation there and they also got an AIIMS. I am not against Jammu, but Kashmir should also have been given IIT and IIM. What has Sayeed achieved?” he said.

November 21, 2015

Can’t share details of FBI report on Sunanda Pushkar’s death until submission in court: Delhi Police

Radiation levels in the viscera samples of Pushkar, the wife of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, were “within the standard safety norms”, Delhi Police had said on Tuesday as they shared the findings of the FBI report

Sunanda Pushkar

The details of the FBI report that has virtually ruled out ‘polonium poisoning’ as the cause of Sunanda Pushkar’s death cannot be made public before its submission in court, Delhi Police said on Wednesday.”The report cannot be made public at least till the time we send it to the court,” said Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi. Even as the report was reviewed by a panel of the senior- most police officials today, Bassi added that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that has been set up to probe the case has not yet been handed over the report for analysis. Analysis of the report shall take time and, even after submission in court, it shall only be shared once all the legal issues connected with it have been studied, the top cop said.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>Radiation levels in the viscera samples of Pushkar, the wife of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, were “within the standard safety norms”, Delhi Police had said on Tuesday as they shared the findings of the FBI report. Bassi had said that the report from the Washington D.C.- based laboratory would be soon handed over to a medical board for examination before further action is taken in the case.Sources in police had said that SIT is likely to summon Tharoor again for questioning. They are also likely to seek court’s permission to conduct a polygraph test (lie detector test) on the former Union minister.Investigators have so far conducted polygraph tests on six persons, all prime witnesses in the case, including Tharoor’s domestic help Narayan Singh and driver Bajrangi and Sanjay Dewan, a close friend of the couple. Tharoor was not subjected to the test but was questioned.According to sources, the eight-page FBI report, received via e-mail around nine months after the samples were sent for examination, has named the alleged poison that led to Sunanda’s death two years ago. The viscera samples were sent to the FBI lab in February to determine the kind of poison that may have killed her after an AIIMS medical board identified poisoning as the reason behind her death but did not mention any specific substance.Reacting to the development, AIIMS forensic head Sudhir Gupta stuck to his opinion that poisoning was the cause of death. However, he said that the “domain is much more large”, when specifically asked whether Polonium-210, a radioactive isotope, had caused Pushkar’s death.

November 12, 2015

Details of FBI report on Sunanda Pushkar can’t be made public before submission in court: Delhi Police

New Delhi: The details of the FBI report that has virtually ruled out ‘polonium poisoning’ as the cause of Sunanda Pushkar’s death cannot be made public before its submission in court, Delhi Police said on Thursday.

“The report cannot be made public at least till the time we send it to the court,” said Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi.

Even as the report was reviewed by a panel of the senior-most police officials on Thursday, Bassi added that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that has been set up to probe the case has not yet been handed over the report for analysis.

Sunanda Pushkar. PTI

Analysis of the report shall take time and, even after submission in court, it shall only be shared once all the legal issues connected with it have been studied, the top cop said.

Radiation levels in the viscera samples of Pushkar, the wife of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, were “within the standard safety norms”, Delhi Police had said on Wednesday as they shared the findings of the FBI report.

Bassi had said that the report from the Washington DC-based laboratory would be soon handed over to a medical board for examination before further action is taken in the case.

Sources in police had said that SIT is likely to summon Tharoor again for questioning. They are also likely to seek court’s permission to conduct a polygraph test (lie detector test) on the former Union minister.

Investigators have so far conducted polygraph tests on six persons, all prime witnesses in the case, including Tharoor’s domestic help Narayan Singh and driver Bajrangi and Sanjay Dewan, a close friend of the couple. Tharoor was not subjected to the test but was questioned.

According to sources, the eight-page FBI report, received via e-mail around nine months after the samples were sent for examination, has named the alleged poison that led to Sunanda’s death two years ago.

The viscera samples were sent to the FBI lab in February to determine the kind of poison that may have killed her after an AIIMS medical board identified poisoning as the reason behind her death but did not mention any specific substance.

Reacting to the development, AIIMS forensic head Sudhir Gupta stuck to his opinion that poisoning was the cause of death. However, he said that the “domain is much more large”, when specifically asked whether Polonium-210, a radioactive isotope, had caused Pushkar’s death.

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November 12, 2015

AIIMS doctors submit Geeta’s DNA report to MEA

The Ministry had asked AIIMS to collect samples for DNA tests to confirm if Janardhan Mahato, who claims that Geeta is his first born Heera, is indeed her father.
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The report of the DNA tests carried out to determine the parentage of 23-year-old Geeta, the deaf and mute girl who returned from Pakistan after being separated from her family over a decade ago, has been submitted to the Ministry of External Affairs.The Ministry had asked AIIMS to collect samples for DNA tests to confirm if Janardhan Mahato, who claims that Geeta is his first born Heera, is indeed her father.”The DNA tests were carried out at the AIIMS Forensic lab, the report of which was submitted to MEA yesterday evening,” a senior doctor at AIIMS said.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>The AIIMS authorities, however, refused to divulge details about the report. When contacted, the MEA spokesperson said he did not know what was in the report.Geeta, who returned from Pakistan after a gap of 15 years, had refused to recognise the Mahato couple from Bihar whom she had identified as her family through photographs when she was in Karachi. She is currently staying at an institution in Indore for hearing-impaired people.External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had stated that Geeta had refused to identify the Mahatos as her family.”If the DNA samples does not match with the samples of the Mahato couple, then government will start afresh the process to find her parents,” she had said.Geeta, now 23, was reportedly just 7 or 8 years old when she was found sitting alone on the Samjhauta Express by the Pakistan Rangers 15 years ago at the Lahore railway station. She was adopted by the Edhi Foundation’s Bilquis Edhi and lived with her in Karachi. Bilquis and her grandchildren, Saba and Saad Edhi, accompanied Geeta here. Her story came to light after the release of Salman Khan starrer ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ in which the hero unites a girl separated from her Pakistani mother who was visiting India.

October 30, 2015

#GeetaComesHome: Sushma Swaraj says Geeta can stay in India irrespective of DNA test result

“She denied all charges immediately. She said that when she went to Pakistan, she was just a little girl so there was no chance that she could have been married,” Swaraj told the media here.

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Brushing aside all reports that Geeta, who returned from Pakistan, was married with children, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday said that the news was false as she had denied the same. “She denied all charges immediately. She said that when she went to Pakistan, she was just a little girl so there was no chance that she could have been married,” Swaraj told the media. According to Geeta’s interpreter, she often felt sad when she was living in Pakistan and showed the eagerness to return to her homeland. “I”ve been told that when Geeta was in Pakistan, sometimes she would often fight because she was so upset. But she has been smiling ever since she has come home and that indicates how she really feels at the moment,” Swaraj added. <!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>DNA test conducted The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has deputed two doctors to collect the DNA samples of 23-year-old Geeta, who has returned to India from Karachi almost after 15 years, to determine her parentage and the results will be known “after 15-20 days”. “We have deputed two doctors to collect the DNA samples of Geeta from the hotel where she is staying. These samples will be sent to the AIIMS Forensic lab and Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) for carrying out necessary tests to determine her parentage,” said Dr Sudhir Gupta, Head of AIIMS Forensics Division. Gupta said that they have already collected the samples of the family which claimed Geeta as its own on October 24 after the Ministry of External Affairs wrote to the hospital.(Read: Sushma thanks Edhi foundation)Real Life Bajraangi BhaijaanThe Ministry had asked it to collect samples for DNA test to confirm if Janardhan Mahato, who claims that Geeta is his first born Heera, is indeed her father.”We have already collected the samples from her reported parents after we received a letter from the Foreign Ministry to assist in her DNA test,” said Gupta adding that the samples have been sent to AIIMS Forensic lab and CBI’s Forensic lab.Read: Geeta’s father confident of passing DNA test)”We are fast tracking this test and the results will be out in 15-20 days,” he added. Geeta, a deaf-mute girl, travelled from Karachi to Delhi this morning, nearly 15 years after she accidentally crossed over to Pakistan as a child. She is accompanied from Karachi by the Edhi family, who run a charitable foundation and looked after her all these years. Geeta will soon meet Janardhan Mahato from Bihar, who she earlier this month had identified as her father from one of the many photographs sent to her by the Indian High Commission in Islamabad. With inputs from agencies

October 26, 2015

Will be foolish for TDP to withdraw support to NDA, says Chandrababu Naidu

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday said his party was supporting the NDA government at the Centre in the interest of the people and for the overall development of the state.Talking to reporters after a day-long meeting of his Cabinet in Vijaywada , Naidu said, “YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy’s demand that TDP should withdraw support to NDA government is only for his own political and personal gains.” “TDP is supporting the NDA only for the benefit of the people and not for any personal benefits. Jagan is waiting for an opportunity to join hands with the NDA to withdraw cases against him if I withdraw the support from NDA. It is foolish to withdraw support,” Naidu said.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>He said the Centre has been allocating funds to the state for various development projects, particularly the Polavaram irrigation project, and for the construction of the new state capital. “The Centre sanctioned 12 central institutions like AIIMS, IIT, IIM, and also some industries like BHEL, DRDO missile projects in view of the state’s development,” the chief minister said, adding that if TDP withdraws its support, all such projects may face problems. “Ultimately people have to decide what they need,” he added.

October 11, 2015

Sanjiv Chaturvedi moves Central Administrative Tribunal against AIIMS Director

Chaturvedi approached the Tribunal on May 25 demanding that all the work for which the post of Deputy Secretary at AIIMS was created should be allocated to him.
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The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has sought a response of the Director, AIIMS on a plea by ex-CVO of the institute Sanjiv Chaturvedi seeking perjury proceedings against the Director. Chaturvedi approached the Tribunal on May 25 demanding that all the work for which the post of Deputy Secretary at AIIMS was created should be allocated to him.According to the basic reference order issued by the Health Ministry on June 23, 2011, the officer joining the post of Deputy Secretary would be given the task of monitoring and supervision of infrastructure projects going on in the institute, management and control of the institute and coordination with multi-disciplinary experts.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>In his petition to CAT, Chaturvedi, a Magsaysay awardee, has demanded that the order of the Health Ministry be immediately implemented as he was totally “jobless” for the past one year after being removed from the post of CVO.Related read: Whistleblower Sanjiv Chaturvedi donates Magsaysay award money to AIIMSIn response to the Tribunal’s notice, the Director said that the June 23, 2011 order regarding work allocation of the Health Ministry has been implemented in “letter and spirit”.Following this, Chaturvedi, filed an application before the Tribunal placing the documents that he was never allocated any office work and sought perjury proceedings against the Director. The Tribunal has fixed the next hearing on October 15.

October 8, 2015

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain says dengue scare is under control

Delhi government had recently ordered that no hospital should deny admission to a dengue patient.

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Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Monday said the dengue scare has not come to an end so far but assured that government has made sufficient arrangements in its all hospitals to fight the vector-borne disease. Jain, however, said the situation is under control and there is no need to be panic due to spurt in dengue cases in the national capital.”We should not focus on numbers of dengue cases as the situation is under control. We have increased the numbers of beds in government hospitals in such a manner that some beds are lying vacant,” the health minister said. He said the dengue scare will continue for the next one month in case the winter season doesn’t approach soon.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>”If the winter season doesn’t approach soon, it is likely that the dengue scare will continue for one month,” the minister said. He also said, “Season of dengue has not come to an end so far. We do not have dearth of beds in government hospitals.There are several persons of neighbouring states coming to Delhi to get treatment. Three more persons, including a 13-year-old boy, have died due to dengue in the capital. The three deaths have taken the dengue death toll this season in Delhi to 33, even though the official casualty figure, according to MCD is 17.Delhi government had recently ordered that no hospital should deny admission to a dengue patient. Meanwhile, officials at AIIMS said that a woman died there yesterday of dengue. The deceased hailed from Nadia district of West Bengal, they said.Nearly 2,200 fresh dengue cases have been reported in the city in the past one week, taking the total number of people affected by dengue to 5,982. Last year, the city had reported three deaths and recorded nearly 1,000 cases.

September 28, 2015

Soldier racially abused in South Delhi, assaulted by locals

According to the police, the incident was reported on Thursday evening when Sherpa went for a haircut. He had his earphones plugged in and saw a group of men allegedly making fun of him from outside the saloon.
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A 21-year-old soldier, hailing from Darjeeling, was hospitalised with severe head injury after allegedly being racially abused and beaten up by a group of around 12 locals in south Delhi’s Vasant Gaon area on Thursday.The victim, identified as Lobsang Sherpa, is posted at the Air Force base in West Bengal and he is presently attached temporarily at a course in Delhi, for which he lives at a rented accommodation in Vasant Gaon, said a police official.According to the police, the incident was reported today evening when Sherpa went for a haircut. He had his earphones plugged in and saw a group of men allegedly making fun of him from outside the saloon.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>When Sherpa went to confront them, they allegedly resorted to racial abuse, which led to a violent altercation between Sherpa and the group, and they started beating him. When locals gathered around, the group dispersed, leaving Sherpa bleeding profusely.Locals called up the police control room and Sherpa was rushed to AIIMS Trauma Centre. He suffered a severe skull injury and his condition is now reported to be stable, said the official.”The police registered a case under Sections 323 and 341 of IPC against several unknown persons,” said DCP (South) Prem Nath, adding that the prime accused has been identified as one Sunny and we are in the process of identifying others.

September 24, 2015

After November dengue cases will decline: AIIMS Director

AIIMS Director M C Mishra urged people not to panic citing the mortality in dengue is very low and that people should start taking enough fluids if they contract the disease.

Dengue till now has affected close to 4000 people and claimed 28 lives unofficially as the official figure of death toll which is 17.
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With dengue menace refusing to relent and hospitals in the city having a huge rush of patients, AIIMS Director said the disease will persist till November and then till will decline.”Until October 15, we will get more cases. After that the temperature will cool down and November onwards we will see the decline and naturally in December, January, it would disappear. There is humidity, temperature and the total environment that the mosquito gets to breed and which starts with the monsoon setting in. So the cases have started coming in from mid-June onwards and after that there has been a surge. September has been bad from that perspective,” AIIMS Director M C Mishra said.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>He, however, urged people not to panic citing the mortality in dengue is very low and that people should start taking enough fluids if they contract the disease.”If you look at the hospitalised patients, who are selected patients, sick patients, even in those, the mortality has been really low and it is in the range of 7-10 per cent (in case of sick patients). The mortality in dengue is is less than half per cent and even less than that. So people must have the confidence that most dengue fever is a common fever which is mild in nature and majority of people will recover from it. But, in occasional cases it does turn into a dengue shock syndrome or Hemorrhagic fever which is far more tragic and that takes the toll,” he said.Meanwhile, experts at AIIMS have advised people not to fall for “herbal cures” citing there is no scientific proof that they help fight the disease even as the demand for giloy and papaya leaves, aloe vera and goat milk shot up in Delhi with dengue patients opting for these to increase platelet count.”We don’t recommend these ‘herbal cures’ like aloe vera, papaya leaf and goat milk. We would also advise people not to scramble for these as there is no scientific evidence or research based on which it can be conclusively said that these herbs and fruits can be effective in the treatment of dengue,” said S K Sharma, Head of Medicine Department at AIIMS.Dengue till now has affected close to 4000 people and claimed 28 lives unofficially as the official figure of death toll which is 17.

September 24, 2015

After dengue, health experts warn Delhiites of swine flu

According to a senior doctor at AIIMS, the hospitals in the city last year had faced infrastructural issues in handling the large number of swine flu cases and stressed on the need for public awareness to check the spread of the infection.

Health experts have warned that citizens may next be confronted with the deadly swine flu with change in season.
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Even as Delhi grapples with dengue crisis, health experts have warned that citizens may next be confronted with the deadly swine flu, which is likely to hit the national capital with change of season.”The swine flu carrier, the H1N1 influenza virus, is prone to appear when the temperatures dip and winter arrives.The issue is that the disease spreads through air and not via a vector, as in dengue, and thus transmission is more rapid.”Elderly people, diabetics, those with kidney problems, cancer patients and pregnant women are at risk and thus should take precautions,” said Dr J C Suri, Professor and Head of Pulmonary Medicine at Safdarjung hospital.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>According to a senior doctor at AIIMS, the hospitals in the city last year had faced infrastructural issues in handling the large number of swine flu cases and stressed on the need for public awareness to check the spread of the infection.”There was a huge rush of people at OPDs who wanted to be tested for swine flu and many of them testing positive had to be admitted at the isolation wards. There was a time, when there was shortage of space…””With limited manpower and infrastructure, the hospital authorities faced a real hard time dealing with the crisis.The H1N1 infection is contagious and can be transmitted from person to person. The virus of this disease spreads by just sneezing, coughing or coming in direct contact with the infected person.”So awareness among people about the cautions they can take at their level can play a vital role in checking the spread of the disease,” said the doctor.When contacted, Health department officials said they have already started the preparatory work to deal with any emergency arising out of H1N1.”This is the dengue season. Next in line is the swine flu in winter. However, we have already started stocking up on drugs, diagnostic kits and other equipment required to combat the disease,” Dr Charan Singh, additional director in-charge of public health, said.Swine Influenza (H1N1) is a respiratory disease caused by type A influenza virus and spreads from person to person through coughing, sneezing or through touch. The medicine generally prescribed for the disease is Tamiflu, which must be taken only under doctor’s prescription.Swine flu had assumed epidemic proportions last year, afflicting over 4,259 people and claiming 12 lives in the city.

September 20, 2015

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh: Meet the the man behind MSG cult

It was a foggy cold winter on December 31, 2014 when I drove to Sirsa from Delhi to interview Dera Sachcha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. A movie produced by him and featuring him as lead star, singer, stuntman was about to be released. It also marked a clear deviation from usual perception of a religious guru or preacher.

India, of course, is no stranger to such deviations as there are various god men and god mothers known for their odd variants of spiritualism. But Gurmeet Ram Rahim evokes curiosity for different reasons – his influence on politics and social life of Punjab and Haryana. He was targeted by Sikh hardliners for wearing attire that resembles the clothes of last Sikh Guru Gobind Singh. In Punjab elections, he successfully flexed his muscles and was much sought after man by the Congress and the BJP.

But in Haryana elections, the BJP literally bent over backwards to win over “Guru ji” as Gurmeet Ram Rahim is fondly called by his disciples. BJP president Amit Shah sent his emissaries to negotiate with him and earn his support for party candidates. The Dera Sachcha Sauda (DSS) extended full support and largely tilted the balance in favour of the BJP. In this context, he emerged as a bit of a power broker.

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. PTI.

Before leaving from Delhi, I got in touch with Dr Aditya, an eye specialist who deals with glaucoma. He also looks after Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s public relations. As I reached the sprawling DSS enclave spread over hundreds of acres, Dr Aditya greeted me outside a convention centre. He informed me that the interview could be held only late in the evening. It meant that I could leave Sirsa for Delhi only next morning as the visibility in the night was almost negligible.

Soon, I was taken to a hall where Gurmeet Ram Rahim was delivering his regular discourse. Enclosures for hoi pilloi were at a distance from the stage where Gurmeet Ram Rahim appeared while a section of suave gentry were given a closer space. I was told that most of the people are professionals, some of them highly qualified doctors from prestigious All India Institute of medical science (AIIMS). Dr Aditya tells that the Sirsa estate of the DSS houses one of the best equipped eye hospital and second biggest eye bank after AIIMS. Given that senior AIIMS doctors belonged to the Guru’s fan-club, Dr Aditya’s claims rung true.

I was soon ushered into a room where Gurmeet Ram Rahim was sitting on an exalted pedestal in his usually grotesque dress.

I asked him if he is trained actor or singer. He denied but confidently said , “I do not find acting or singing difficult. Why can’t I do it as others can do it?”.

“But how can you sing unless you are trained?” I persisted.

“In fact I started rapping and singing fast songs to lure youth away from the fast music that induced drugs to youth,” he gave a rather strange explanation.

In his view, he is targeted by his opponents (say the Akalis) not because of his dressing style but due to his war against the drug warlords in Punjab and Haryana.

Who does he find politically closer to him? I asked. And unambiguous reply was “the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi”.

He sounded like a politically correct and reasonably tolerant person. But that was not true of his devotees, particularly women, who raised objection over questions related to certain unsavoury controversies surrounding him.

Those who know Gurmeet Ram Rahim in Sirsa are hardly impressed by his façade of social service and fight against drug mafias. Yet his influence in the social life is overwhelming. Apparently much of it came from the institutions like hospitals and schools he has built all around the state. The large tracts of land owned by the DSS enables it to have control over the political economy of the region where a large section of dalits and OBCs in Haryana and Punjab get attracted to a new religious order that accommodates those living on the margins.

Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s sartorial style, his antics, his expensive cars, motorcycles and his idiosyncrasies in movies and music can hardly be called impressive. Yet he has an impressive following of underdogs and a section of elites as well. After nearly an hour long interaction with Gurmeet Ram Rahim, I stayed back at his guest house which has all the facilities of a five star hotel. I returned Delhi next morning i.e January 2015.

For the next nine months, I never gave Gurumeet Ram Rahim another thought — until the release of his second movie – MSG. I saw him attired in the same grotesque dress, whizzing past in expensive cars with police cars in tow and moving around TV studios in Noida. It seems like there is little difference in his life and the movie. It’s one and the same.

September 18, 2015

Uphaar tragedy victims hold first public protest in 18 years

With a candlelight vigil and fiery speeches, the families of the Uphaar cinema fire victims held their first public protest in 18 long years, on Saturday in New Delhi. The kin of the 59 deceased raised their voices against two tragedies, the fire that killed their beloved ones, and the recent Supreme Court judgment that, they say, gave them no justice at all.

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With a candlelight vigil and fiery speeches, the families of the Uphaar cinema fire victims held their first public protest in 18 long years, on Saturday in New Delhi. The kin of the 59 deceased raised their voices against two tragedies, the fire that killed their beloved ones, and the recent Supreme Court judgment that, they say, gave them no justice at all.Put together by the Association of Victims of Uphaar Fire Tragedy (AVUT), founded by Neelam Krishnamoorthy who lost her son and daughter in the fire, the vigil was joined by Brinda Karat of the CPI(M), singer Shubha Mudgal who has been supporting them since 1997, AAP MLA Alka Lamba and Delhi state convenor Dilip Pandey, advocate Sanjay Hegde and activist Kavita Krishnan.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>On 19 August, the Supreme Court held brothers Gopal and Sushil Ansal, builders of the ill-fated cinema hall in South Delhi, guilty of “criminal negligence”, ordered them to pay Rs30 crore each but gave them no jail time. Previously, the Ansals had been given the maximum sentence of 2 years by a trial court, which was reduced to one by the Delhi High Court and completely done away with by the Supreme Court.The judgement sent ripples of shock among the families, which had united under the banner of AVUT and fought the case for 18 years. Krishnamoorthy had said then that she wished she had picked up a gun against the Ansals; that she was tired and defeated. At Saturday’s protest, she said her resolve to keep fighting was back but stuck by her wish to take up arms.Declaring their loss of faith in the judiciary, Krishnamoorthy and other families tore apart the Supreme Court’s reasoning that the Ansal, 67 and 76 years of age, were too old to be jailed. If Subrata Roy at 67 and OP Chautala at 80 could be jailed for economic offenses, then why not the Ansals, whose negligence had taken 59 lives, Krishnamoorthy demanded to know in her speech. On a big black banner AVUT had put up the pictures of the aged Ansals and the youngest victim of the fire, a month old baby girl Chetna.Chetna died along with 6 others from her family, her mother and father, her aunt, uncle and two cousins. Her grandfather, Satya Pal Sudan, found out about his family’s death on June 13, 1997, by watching the evening news, that said a cinema had caught fire and the bodies had been taken to All India Institute of Medical Sciences. They retrieved all seven bodies the next morning and cremated them in Mehrauli, a massive cremation ground that Sudan said was choc a bloc with people coming out to offer condolences.Ajay Kumar lost his father and his then 16-year-old younger brother that day. He, then a 20-year-old had gone out for work when his mother, his two sisters, his father brother and a cousin went to watch the 3pm show of Border in Uphaar. “They read about the new renovated cinema in a magazine and wanted to see it,” said Kumar. Later in the evening,her received a call from a policeman at AIIMS saying there had been a fire and his sister was in the ICU. The policeman knew nothing about his other family members. Kumar recounted how he went into absolute shock. He asked his neighbour to drive him down to AIIMS, while his uncle also came running.”AIIMS was crazy that evening, there were so many people. I kept running up and down the stairs but couldn’t find my family. ” It was his uncle who discovered his father’s body. “I refused to accept he was dead. At that moment I wanted to kill myself.” said Kumar. Half an hour later his brother’s body was found. His mother and younger sister were in the ICU for ten days and couldn’t be told about the deaths.Vikas Abhua, similarly, lost his father in the fire, when he was 13 and his younger brother was 6. His father and friend had said they were going to watch a movie in the Moti Nagar cinema, but ended up in Uphaar, where they were trapped in the balcony. After his father’s death, Abhua had to leave school and start working. None of his siblings could complete their education.What galled the families was how the verdict seemed to have substituted money for justice; that the rich could pay their way through taking people’s lives. Karat said that the case had been diluted from the beginning, when it was registered under ‘rash and negligent act’, instead of ‘culpable homicide’. All the speakers said that AVUT’s fight was not for their personal gain but for ensuring safety in public spaces. Krishnamoorthy called out to all present to join in this fight, so that future tragedies could be prevented.Those who had been present throughout the trial talked about how the Ansals’ would be given five star treatment in the court, till Krishnamoorthy complained to the judge, and how the trail was stretched to benefit the brothers.Lamba and Pandey both reiterated Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s promise to try and decline the Supreme Court ordered compensation, which many called blood stained money.At the moment, the families have filed a revision petition against the Supreme Court order, and Krishnamoorthy is fighting another case alleging harassment and intimidation on the part of the Ansals.

September 13, 2015

830 cases of dengue recorded this year; August reports highest number at 778 cases

Salvatore Girone, one of the two Italian marines facing murder charges, is down with dengue in New Delhi after which the Italian defence ministry had dispatched two military doctors to India.
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Over 830 cases of dengue have been reported this year till August, the highest number for the period in the past five years, according to a municipal report released on Monday. The August month has reported its highest number, with cases rising to an alarming 778. At least 780 cases were reported till August 28, and among the fresh 250 cases last week, included a Palestinian diplomat and his two sons. First Secretary in Palestine Embassy Abd Elrazeg Abu Jazer was admitted to a private hospital in Chanakyapuri on August 26 while his two sons Ashraf (23) and Amzad (16) were admitted to a hospital on August 28.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>Salvatore Girone, one of the two Italian marines facing murder charges, is down with dengue in New Delhi after which the Italian defence ministry had dispatched two military doctors to India. The number of cases from January 1 to August 29 for the last four years before 2015 are – 33 (2014), 162 (2013), 13 (2012), 73 (2011). For the same period in 2010, over 1,000 cases were reported.Two casualties have been officially reported due to the vector-borne disease while a 10-year-girl, whose death in the first week of August, has been designated by the municipal bodies as a suspected dengue case.According to South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), which compiles the report on behalf of all civic bodies in the city, the two victims are three-year-old boy Shivam from Inderpuri and 37-year-old woman Mamta Rani from Narela, both belonging to north Delhi.On August 5, the 10-year-old Manipur native girl from south Delhi had died at the AIIMS after a week of high fever, becoming the first suspected death victim of the vector-borne disease, though the municipal corporations did not consider the case, as the ELISA test was not conducted on her. As per municipal norm, only ELISA test confirmed cases are taken in the official death count from the disease.In Delhi, out of the total cases, north Delhi recorded the highest at 352, south Delhi at 220 while east Delhi posted the lowest with 73 cases. 115 cases were reported from areas outside the jurisdiction of the municipal corporations in the city while 30 cases were reported from Uttar Pradesh and 8 from Haryana. 33 cases were reported from other states.Last year, the city had reported three deaths and recorded nearly 1,000 cases. Till August 29, the number of houses found positive for mosquito breeding stands at 1,48,745 while number of prosecution launched in the same period is 13,050.Uptil recently, the SDMC had issued over 80 challans to government and educational institutions in the city, including JNU, DDA, DTC and PWD for breeding of mosquitoes in their premises.

August 31, 2015

AIIMS Student Suicide: Was ragging responsible?

“The preliminary inquiry has ruled out any ragging for the alleged suicide of Khusboo Chaudhary. AIIMS has zero-tolerance policy for ragging,” Gupta said.

Ruling out ragging as a possible cause for the alleged suicide of a first year MBBS student of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), the Public Relation Officer(PRO) of the reputed institute, D.R. Amit Gupta said they have zero-tolerance policy towards ragging.”The preliminary inquiry has ruled out any ragging for the alleged suicide of Khusboo Chaudhary. AIIMS has zero-tolerance policy for ragging,” Gupta said.Describing the unfortunate incident in a press conference he said “A first year MBBS student of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was found hanging in her hostel room in the early hours of today(August 30). The<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>incident was reported by other students of the girls hostel at around 2:15 a.m. The AIIMS security and the hostel superintendent immediately rushed to the spot and informed the police.””The police is now investigating the case and have seized the mobile phone of the student for investigation. However, no suicide note has been recovered from the room of the deceased. She was from Bikaner and her name is Khusboo Chaudhary and had joined the institute on July 10, 2015,” Gupta added. Khusboo was found dead the early hours of Sunday in her hostel room.

August 30, 2015

AIIMS student found hanging in her room in girls hostel

New Delhi: A female medical student was found hanging in her room in a girls hostel at AIIMS on Sunday morning, officials said.

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“The body of a female student, Khushboo Chaudhary, who had recently joined the first year MBBS course, was found hanging in her room in the girls hostel on the campus,” All India Institute of Medical Sciences spokesman Dr Amit Gupta said in a press release here.

AIIMS authorities said preliminary inquiry had ruled out ragging.

Other hostel inmates informed authorities, who called the police.

“Police are investigating and have seized her mobile phone to look for clues. However, no suicide note was found in her room,” Gupta said.

A resident of Bikaner in Rajasthan, the medico had joined the institute in July.

“She was a cheerful girl and spent Saturday evening with most of her friends, shopping and going out,” Gupta said.

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August 30, 2015

Rajnath Singh meets constable injured in Pakistani militant Sajjad Ahmed encounter

The Home Minister also met the Border Security Force Jawan, Ashok Kumar who was badly injured in an ambush in LWE affected area of Malkangiri,

Rajnath Singh met the Constable Mohd. Salim who was part of team who captured Pak terrorist Sajjad Ahmed

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday met the Constable of Jammu and Kashmir police, Mohd. Salim who was injured during an encounter with terrorists, at AIIMS here. Salim was a part of Jammu and Kashmir Police team who participated in the encounter with the Pakistani terrorists in the Panzla forest area in Rafiabad, 85 km from Srinagar on August 27, 2015. The badly injured constable was admitted to AIIMS for better treatment and Rajnath wished him for a speedy recovery. The Home Minister also met the Border Security Force Jawan, Ashok Kumar who was badly injured in an ambush in LWE affected area of Malkangiri, who is also undergoing treatment in AIIMS, New Delhi.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>Pakistani terrorist Sajjad Ahmed was captured in Rafiabad on August 27 after a 26 hour long encounter, after which the Army flushed him out of the cave where he had been hiding, after the rest of the terrorists had been neutralised by the Army.

August 29, 2015

Delhi hospital that withheld infant’s body in damage control

Speaking to dna, Dr Simmar Gill the zonal officer of Fortis, said that the baby was provided the best care possible, the hospital did not realise the family was EWS initially and, once they did, they waived the outstanding sum and released the body.

A day after it’s alleged harassment of a family from the Economically Weaker Section generated a furore in the national capital, Fortis Hospital, is in damage control mode. One of the city’s most high-end, premier private medical facilities made headlines when news emerged that, on the intervening night of August 22-23 they had withheld the body of a deceased 17-day old infant, until the family coughed up an outstanding amount of 3,500 to cover their bill.Speaking to dna, Dr Simmar Gill the zonal officer of Fortis, said that the baby was provided the best care possible, the hospital did not realise the family was EWS initially and, once they did, they waived the outstanding sum and released the body.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>On the night of August 22, Sandeep Kumar, a driver living in Masoodpur village, near Vasant Kunj, rushed his baby boy, gasping and wheezing for breath to Fortis, Vasant Kunj, the nearest hospital for him. The boy had been born with a congenital heart defect, but doctors in AIIMS had told Kumar the baby would live as long as he was on proper medication. Kumar recalled their instructions, if the boy was to have the slightest shortness of breath rush to the nearest hospital and clinic.This is how he ended up in Fortis, his first time in a government hospital, where neither he nor any of his family knew they were entitled to free treatment as BPL card holders. Instead, when asked for a deposit of Rs 18000, the extended family hurriedly put together 14,500.”It took two hours to get the money, and only then did the main doctor show up,” said Kumar. “If they had come on time maybe my son would be alive. When I told the doctor that he said that a doctor is god. “Dr Gill refuted this saying that the child came in “seriously sick” and “at midnight a neonatologist was attending to him. However, he died of cardio-respiratory arrest.” He flatly denied any rudeness from his staff. Kumar said that the staff told him his baby’s body would rot there till he gave the money. According to Gill said that the entire staff had been checked and no one spoke in such a manner.”We have notices and boards announcing the number of EWS beds available and with guidelines for patients. One a few weeks ago we received a letter from the government authorities after a surprise check, commending our EWS services,” said Dr. Gill. By his own admission, Fortis is one of the identified private hospitals that has to give free treatment to 25% OPD and 10% IPD EWS patients. As of today, the hospital says they have 38 outpatients seen on Tuesday, 7 in patients in the morning, 4 of whom got discharged by evening.Kumar, who could not read any of the boards in the hospital, who said that the staff was of no help at all, only learnt about his right as a BPL card-holder on Sunday morning after a hospital guard took pity and told him. Even then, as he did not have his original card on him, the hospital refused to accept copy faxed from his village in Jharkhand. They also refused to accept Kumar’s brother’s card, saying that would cause irregularity in paper-work.It was only when Kumar contacted the local AAP workers did he get his son back.”Perhaps that is something we can learn from this, better communication with those who cannot read or understand our notices,” admitted Gill. He also said that the hospital would refund the money the family had initially deposited, though as of now Kumar has not heard from them in this matter.This baby was the first successful live birth Kumar and his wife had after four miscarriages. His wife has not eaten anything in the past two days. “The AIIMS doctors told me we will make him completely fine. He looked like such a healthy child. Now we can’t have any more children,” said Kumar.dna tried contacted Delhi health minister Satyendra Jain to know government action multiple times but to no avail.

August 26, 2015

Delhi HC pulls up Sudhir Gupta for ‘delaying tactics’ on AIIMS plea

During the brief hearing, Gupta who had earlier alleged discrimination after he claimed to have refused to act unprofessionally in the Sunanda Pushkar autopsy matter, said the way his replacement was being sought by All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) was not justified.
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The Delhi High Court on Monday pulled up AIIMS forensic department head Sudhir Kumar Gupta for not serving the copy of his reply to the institute and other parties, observing that he was trying to “delay” the proceedings on a plea seeking his replacement.”Counsel for petitioner (AIIMS) says that he has not received the copy of reply which has been filed by the respondent (Gupta). It has been found that copy of reply was posted at the address of AIIMS, which appears to be a delaying tactics on the part of respondent,” a bench of Justices G S Sistani and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal said.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>During the brief hearing, Gupta who had earlier alleged discrimination after he claimed to have refused to act unprofessionally in the Sunanda Pushkar autopsy matter, said the way his replacement was being sought by All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) was not justified.”Earlier, the convention adopted by the institute in replacing the head of a department was that either the incumbent was unavailable or he or she resigns from the post, only in those cases a new person was appointed,” Gupta’s counsel Senior Advocate Amarendra Sharan said. To this, the bench observed, “you can’t continue to be a head of department forever.” The counsel then alleged that Dr D N Bhardwaj, whose appointment as the new head of the Forensic Medicine and Toxicology Department is being sought by AIIMS, is not a competent person to hold the post.”He (Bhardwaj) has Parkinson’s disease and he is the person who has left a bullet during an autopsy of victim in a Ponty Chadha case,” Sharan alleged, adding that Bhardwaj does not deserve to be the head of a department.To this, the bench said “may be he has Parkinson’s disease of a very initial stage. This can’t be a ground for not allowing a person to be a head of department.” The bench then posted the matter for September 3. On July 1, the court had sought Gupta’s response on a plea by AIIMS seeking its permission to appoint Bhardwaj as the new head of its forensic department.The application was moved by AIIMS against the backdrop of the court’s March 25 direction asking the institute to take its permission before replacing Gupta. The court order had come on Gupta’s plea challenging a March 4 decision of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) rejecting his charge that one Dr O P Murty was promoted after purging his seniority, with the purpose of obtaining a “tailor-made report” in the sensational murder case of Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor.Gupta had also alleged that AIIMS had illegally purged his seniority with “malafide intention” to punish him for refusing to act unprofessionally in the autopsy matter. BJP leader Subramanian Swamy had also filed an application seeking court’s permission to be heard in the matter. Swamy informed the court that even though the issue related to service matter, the alleged controversy was of public interest and so he wanted to address the court on it.The BJP leader said that Gupta’s decision not to give favourable report in the Pushkar case was correct. In its application, AIIMS had said that Bhardwaj was senior to Gupta by four years and the latter had not challenged the former’s seniority either before CAT or in the high court.Absolving former union minister and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor of the charge of any wrong-doing, CAT had said “the email sent by Shashi Tharoor, the then Union Minister, to Dr Rajiv Bhasin, on January 26, 2014, and the notice dated June 2, 2014 issued by Dr Adarsh Kumar, Member Secretary, Medical Board, AIIMS, do not reveal anything to show that any pressure was put on the applicant to submit a tailor-made autopsy report in Sunanda Pushkar’s case.” In his complaint before the tribunal, Gupta had alleged he was asked to prepare tailor-made autopsy report giving clean chit, irrespective of his professional conclusions, after conducting autopsy on Pushkar’s body.The government had denied the allegations before CAT on August 27 last year, stating that the matter regarding Murty’s promotion was referred to the Department of Personnel and Training and he was promoted only after its clarification.

August 24, 2015

After court case, whistleblower IFS Sanjiv Chaturvedi gets promotion

Named as one of the winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2015, Chaturvedi was also in the spotlight after being removed from the post of Chief Vigilance Officer last year at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) over what he claimed was his role in exposing alleged corruption at the premier institute.

Sanjiv Chaturvedi

Whistleblower Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi has secured a Director -level promotion, nearly two months after he approached the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) in this regard.Named as one of the winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2015, Chaturvedi was also in the spotlight after being removed from the post of Chief Vigilance Officer last year at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) over what he claimed was his role in exposing alleged corruption at the premier institute. The CVO acts as a distant arm of the Central Vigilance Commission.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>”The Governor of Haryana is pleased to grant selection grade to Chaturvedi with effect from January 1, 2015,” an order issued Friday by Haryana government said. After the promotion, Chaturvedi’s designation would change from Deputy Secretary to that of Director. “It was my legitimate right. But it is unfortunate that to get it also I was compelled to move CAT. It was only after the court’s notice that the promotion order was issued just two days before the hearing as the government had no reply,” he told PTI.Chaturvedi, a 2002-batch IFS officer, was to be promoted from January 1 this year. However, his promotion was withheld for allegedly exposing corruption at AIIMS and during his stint in Haryana. He had submitted a number of representations but his case was not even considered in two Departmental Promotion Committee meetings held on January 27 and June 16, this year. Meantime, all his batchmates were promoted.Chaturvedi, who is presently serving as Deputy Secretary in AIIMS, had approached CAT on June 29 claiming that his promotion has been kept pending due to his expose of corruption at AIIMS and his refusal to withdraw a case filed by him before Supreme Court seeking a CBI probe against certain bureaucrats and politicians in Haryana for their alleged involvement in corruption,.The court had admitted his plea and notices were issued to the Centre and Haryana government on July 1. The hearing of the case was scheduled for today. However, on Friday his order was issued. Chaturvedi’s cadre was recently changed to Uttarakhand from Haryana.

August 24, 2015

Parliamentary panel recommends doing away with AIIMS’ first-cum-first-serve system for surgeries

It also noted that a definite element of priority should be accorded to the patients coming from outside Delhi as they come to the institute only after exhausting all medical avenues and resources at their place of stay and their plight is worst amongst all the patients visiting the institute.

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Noting that patients have to wait for “too long” for surgeries and tests at AIIMS in Delhi, a parliamentary panel has recommended putting in place a grading system under which those with severe diseases are served first.”Straitjacketing” of surgeries on a first-cum-first-serve basis does not do “justice” to the patients having serious complications, the department related parliamentary committee on Health and Family welfare observed on the functioning of the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>The panel also recommended that all essential medications should be provide free of cost by the institute to patients belonging to the economically weaker sections (EWS). “The committee is of the opinion that a screening wing of each department should be opened which would, depending on the severity of the disease, put in place a grading system under which patients having disease of severe nature can be operated earlier …and those who have a less serious complication can be operated later as straitjacketing of surgeries on first-cum- first-serve system does not do justice to the patients having serious complications,” the panel, chaired by Satish Chandra Misra, said in its report.The committee observed that the average waiting time for patients in getting dates for surgeries, various processes and tests is “too long” and it is also aware of the fact that in view of the heavy load of patients, the dates for getting surgeries etc are “unduly” delayed.”The committee recommends that the institute should devise a screening wing of each department which the committee feels would be much better and practical than the current system of first-cum-first-serve,” it said.It also noted that a definite element of priority should be accorded to the patients coming from outside Delhi as they come to the institute only after exhausting all medical avenues and resources at their place of stay and their plight is worst amongst all the patients visiting the institute.”As another patient-friendly step, the committee recommends that all essential medications should be provides free of cost by the institute to the economically weaker patients… Moreover, once a patient is admitted in general ward, she/he should not be compelled for any out of pocket expenditure,” the report states.The committee has also asked the premier health instituteto create multiple information desks where qualified social workers are deployed to enable a patient-friendly ambiance right from the time a patient enters the hospital.”The committee feels that these measures would go a long way in making the institute truly patient-friendly and patient-caring,” the committee said in its report.Noting that students are the backbone of AIIMS as in the case of any university, the committee also recommended that the government should ensure that all facilities for academic pursuits, research activities, infrastructure and welfare of students should be put in place on “war footing”.”There should be reservation for AIIMS students in postgraduate entrance examination as is being done in Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER).”It also recommends that PhD candidates should be granted scholarships for the entire duration of their study period.The committee further desires that professional counselling and other such measures should be put in place to help the students facing difficulty with their syllabi,” it said.

August 23, 2015

Whistleblower Sanjeev Chaturvedi transferred from Haryana to Uttarakhand cadre

The Centre approved the inter-cadre transfer of Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer on Sunday

Sanjeev Chaturvedi

Former AIIMS Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) Sanjeev Chaturvedi has been transferred from Haryana cadre to Uttarakhand cadre.The Centre approved the inter-cadre transfer of Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer on Sunday. The Ramon Magsaysay Award winner was given clearance for his inter-cadre deputation by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on August 12.Earlier, Chaturvedi was removed from the post of CVO of AIIMS. This was done even though his appointment order had been for a fixed tenure of four years, ending in June 2016. Chaturvedi also has a reputation as a whistle blower and was reportedly transferred numerous times for exposing scams. <!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>Also Read: All you need to know about whistleblower and Magsaysay award winner Sanjeev Chaturvedi

August 17, 2015

Patient dies after AIIMS live surgery workshop

The patient was suffering from liver cirrhosis and liver cancer and was selected for a liver resection during which he had excessive bleeding and was later admitted in the intensive care unit.

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A 62-year-old patient died on July 31 when he was being operated upon by a Japanese surgeon as part of a live surgery workshop at AIIMS following complication that arose during the surgery.Shobha Ram, who had been suffering from liver cirrhosis and liver cancer, was selected by doctors for demonstration of laparoscopic liver resection. Ram who had developed liver cirrhosis after a hepatitis B infection was referred to AIIMS from Delhi Government-run G B Pant Hospital.The surgery, which started at 9 am on July 31, was being broadcast live to a few surgeons. It was being performed by Dr Goro Honda from Japan’s Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Centre. Honda continued with the laparoscopic technique for almost seven hours, following which there was an excessive bleeding and the patient had to be shifted to ICU where he died within an-hour-and-a-half.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>According to a statement issued by AIIMS, “The patient, Shobha Ram, had cirrhosis of the liver due to hepatitis B virus infection and a liver cancer. The patient had a detailed preoperative assessment for feasibility of removing the tumour surgically. He was planned for a laparoscopic surgical resection by a very renowned and experienced GI surgeon. During the course of the surgery there was bleeding, which is a known complication of the procedure. The procedure was converted to an open procedure and all measures were taken to control the bleeding. The bleeding was controlled and the patient was shifted to the intensive care unit. The total surgical procedure lasted for about 9 hours.”Unfortunately, because of the underlying liver disease he did not do well and succumbed at 11.30 pm. The patient’s relatives were kept informed of the patient’s condition after shifting to the intensive care unit and subsequently,” AIIMS said.The mortality rate of this procedure in patients with cirrhosis in most centres of the world is in the range of 5% -10%, doctors said.

August 9, 2015

DA case: Court asks AIIMS director to examine Ajay Chautala

“Accordingly, Director AIIMS is directed to get the accused examined from eminent doctors and file report if his admission in the hospital or in ICU is required If previous opinion and advises given by the Board earlier constituted in AIIMS, have been followed in the treatment of accused no. 1,” the court said in its order.

The director of AIIMS has been asked by a special court to get INLD leader Ajay Chautala, facing trial in a disproportionate case, examined by a team of doctors and file a report on his medical condition.Taking note of the fact that Ajay, son of former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, has been repeatedly seeking exemption from appearance in the court on the ground that he has been admitted at Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon, special CBI judge Sanjay Garg-I said a second opinion should be taken from the doctors of AIIMS on his medical condition.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>A report was called from the private hospital’s medical superintendent (MS) regarding his medical condition. The MS in the July 6 report mentioned the medical status which had necessitated his admission in ICU on June 18, the court noted.”Therefore, a second opinion regarding medical status of accused no. 1 (Ajay Chautala) necessitating his admission in ICU, needs to be taken. Keeping in view the fact that earlier twice he had been examined by the medical board constituted by Director AIIMS on the directions of (Delhi) High Court, now again accused be sent to AIIMS for getting fresh opinion regarding his medical status,” the judge said.”Accordingly, Director AIIMS is directed to get the accused examined from eminent doctors and file report if his admission in the hospital or in ICU is required If previous opinion and advises given by the Board earlier constituted in AIIMS, have been followed in the treatment of accused no. 1,” the court said in its order.It also directed the MS of AIIMS to file report on the next date of hearing, August 25, and also asked the jail superintendent to produce Ajay before the MS after taking prior appointment.”Put up for prosecution evidence on August 25 and 26.Sufficient number of witnesses be summoned. Fresh production warrant of accused no. 1 be issued for the next date. Copy of this order be sent to Superintendent Jail and MS AIIMS for necessary compliance,” the court said.It passed the order noting that Ajay has not appeared before it in the case from past several dates and everytime he sought exemption on the ground that he was admitted in Medanta Hospital.The special prosecutor had also objected to Ajay’s exemption from appearance before the court.The court was hearing a disproportionate assets case against Ajay. Two other similar cases are pending before it against his brother Abhay and their father and INLD chief O P Chautala.The cases were filed on a complaint by Haryana Congress leader Shamsher Singh Surjewala.Ajay is at present serving 10 years imprisonment awarded in January 2013, by another CBI court in the 1999-2000 junior teacher recruitment scam.OP Chautala was also sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in the same case. Recently the Supreme Court had dismissed the appeals of O P Chautala and Ajay and upheld their 10 years jail term in the case.Ajay is accused of possessing assets exceeding his legal income by 339.27 per cent. His legal income between May 1993 and May 2006 was Rs 8.17 crore. However, he acquired assets worth Rs 27.7 crore, CBI alleged.The probe agency also accused O P Chautala of possessing 189 per cent more assets than his legal income between 1993-2006 while Abhay was accused of owning assets worth over five times his income during 2000-2005.

August 9, 2015

AIIMS issue: Rival parties could not mislead people, says BJP Jammu and Kashmir president

“These parties are frustrated and their leaders can’t even breathe properly as they are out of power,” BJP said.

AIIMS issue: Hunger strike in Jammu

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BJP on Saturday claimed that opposition parties including Congress, National Conference, and JKNPP are in “deep frustration” as they failed to “mislead” masses over the demand for setting up of an AIIMS in Jammu. “Now when the picture is clear that AIIMS will be established in Jammu, parties like NC, Congress and JKNPP are in deep frustration as their designs to mislead the masses have totally failed,” BJP state president and MP Jugal Kishore Sharma said at a press conference here.Sharma said the Union Health Ministry’s letter asking the state government to identify 200 acres of land each for Jammu and Srinagar for “setting up of AIIMS” has convinced the AIIMS Coordination Committee (ACC) that the issue is now settled. “Still, these parties are trying to provoke people through misinformation campaigns,” he alleged.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>”These parties are frustrated and their leaders can’t even breathe properly as they are out of power,” he said. Sharma said that instead of dubbing BJP as “anti-Jammu”, the rival parties must explain to the people what they have done in the last 60 years for the region. They should utilise their energy and time on raising “real” issues facing the people, he said. On the incidents of ceasefire violations, he said that the India troops were giving a “strong” reply to the Pakistani forces. “Gone are the days when the hands of our forces were tied. Now strong reply is given (to Pakistani troops) on every ceasefire violation, he said.

August 8, 2015

All AIIMS to deliver basic minimum standards under ‘AIIMS One’ banner

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All the seven AIIMS in the country have decided to work in a collaborative manner under the banner ‘AIIMS One’ as a part of which they will be following basic minimum standards for patient care, teaching, training and research.”The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has become a brand with which people identify quality health care at an affordable cost.”This is a momentous step towards achieving consistency in the quality of patient care, teaching and research. The aim is to prevent dilution of this brand value which has been built painstakingly over the last half a century and 15 years.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>”All AIIMS have agreed that AIIMS Delhi will be the ‘mother AIIMS’ or ‘mentor AIIMS’ for all the existing and upcoming AIIMS in the country,” said Dr Deepak Agrawal, additional professor, Neurosurgery, and Chairman, Computerisation, AIIMS.”I am very happy to see this proactive collaboration and I am sure that this will ensure that all AIIMS have the same standards or exceed the standards that AIIMS, Delhi, has set,” said AIIMS Director MC Mishra. Other areas where cooperation was agreed to include IT implementation at AIIMS, Delhi, and network infrastructure.Under the Prime Minister’s initiative of Digital India, AIIMS online appointment system was selected as one of the projects to be rolled out across the country. In this direction all AIIMS have to have their OPDs on appointment system which can be accessed online.

August 6, 2015

Jammu bandh: Farooq Abdullah cautions against ‘engineering regional divide’ in J&K

Jammu: National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday cautioned the PDP-BJP combine against inciting regional passions, saying Jammu and Kashmir has to grow and flourish as a single entity and any attempt to trample this peculiar character would be fought tooth and nail.

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“By engineering regional divide, the coalition cannot divert the attention of people from governance failure,” Abdullah said while addressing gatherings enroute Rajouri. Accompanied by NC’s provincial president Devender Singh Rana, he interacted with people at Sunderbani, Lambedi, Nowshehra, Narian, Chingus, Moradpur and Badoon during the first leg of his four-day tour to Rajouri and Poonch.
Abdullah also participated in the Urs of Sain Lal Din Mundrian Walla at Kotranka. “Governance deficit and hollow promises made by PDP and
BJP were leading to discontent and unrest in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh with people suffering on all fronts,” he said.
Referring to the ongoing agitation in Jammu on the AIIMS issue, Abdullah said instead of seeking a resolution by prevailing on the Centre to announce another full-fledged facility, the state government and the BJP in particular has adopted a “confrontational attitude”. “This is not a solution to the problem,” he said.

“In a similarly placed situation on the issue of central university, the NC-led government had ensured that both the regions get two separate varsities,” he added. Since the state government has failed in finding a solution, there is need for an all-party delegation to go to Delhi and urge the Centre to take a call on immediate basis, he added.
Expressing concern over problems being faced by residents in the wake of continued bandh in Jammu over the AIIMS issue, Abdullah said he hoped the government will realise its responsibility and take appropriate measures. Stating that public anger cannot be doused by diversionary tactics or indulging in rhetoric, the NC president said, “It cannot be averted by bringing the people of different regions and communities on eyeball to eyeball situation, as is being attempted.”
He reiterated his party’s support for a separate AIIMS in Jammu, saying health for all is a basic right. “There is immense need for creating adequate infrastructural facilities in this key sector in all the three regions,” he said.

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August 5, 2015

Meerut hospital withdraws decision to discharge Sadhvi Prachi

Doctors attending to the BJP leader had decided to refer her to AIIMS in New Delhi after she wished for it but she later changed her mind after meeting her supporters, Gupta said, adding that her condition has improved considerably.

Sadhvi Prachi

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The administration of LLRM Medical College, where Sadhvi Prachi is recuperating from injuries she sustained during a protest in Bareilly last week, on Tuesday rolled back its decision to discharge her following protests by her supporters. “Sadhvi Prachi can stay admitted in the hospital,” LLRM Medical College Principal KK Gupta said.Doctors attending to the BJP leader had decided to refer her to AIIMS in New Delhi after she wished for it but she later changed her mind after meeting her supporters, Gupta said, adding that her condition has improved considerably. Kshatriya Mahasabha leader Kuldeep Tomar and Meerut College Students’ Union President Dushyant Tomar had yesterday staged a protest, alleging that the hospital administration took the decision to refer Sadhvi to AIIMS under pressure from a senior Uttar Pradesh minister.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>Prachi was injured last week while protesting against alleged eve-teasing incidents and was admitted to the medical college hospital. Meanwhile, Prachi today came down heavily on BJP’s state unit president Laxmikant Bajpai, saying that if he remains in the post till the Assembly polls, slated for 2017, then wining 50 seats would be tough for BJP.

August 4, 2015

AIIMS issue: Farooq Abdullah in favour of all party delegation to meet PM Modi

National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday proposed that an all party delegation from Jammu and Kashmir be formed to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the demand of setting up of an AIIMS in Jammu. Abdullah made and impromptu appearance at the AIIMS Coordination Committee’s protest site here and addressed its supporters.

Farooq Abdullah

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National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday proposed that an all party delegation from Jammu and Kashmir be formed to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the demand of setting up of an AIIMS in Jammu. Abdullah made and impromptu appearance at the AIIMS Coordination Committee’s protest site here and addressed its supporters.”I propose an all party delegation from Jammu and Kashmir to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi for breaking the impasse over the establishment of an additional and full- fledged AIIMS for Jammu,” he said.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>”Both the divisions need AIIMS and there should be no hitch for the Centre to take an immediate decision with regard to providing the facility for Jammu, after having announced it for Kashmir,” Abdullah, who is on a three-day visit to Jammu Province, said.The initiative of the all party delegation will be taken by the people as the government has “failed” in projecting the issue in a right perspective, he said amid huge applause from the ACC supporters. ACC, an amalgamation of over 70 organisations, has been leading an agitation for setting up of AIIMS in Jammu region.He said that AIIMS for both the divisions is not a favour but a requirement in view of inadequate health infrastructure.”We will meet the Prime Minister and make a strong case for the consideration of parliamentarians so that issue is delayed no further,” the National Conference president said.The former Chief Minister expressed concern over “inept” handling of the issue by the coalition government, saying that the “finer sensitivities involved in the matter have not been taken into consideration”. He said the state has peculiar problems and needed a special dispensation.Abdullah hoped that the commitment made to the people of Jammu will be kept and an additional AIIMS announced without further delay.”National Conference has a very clear stand on the issue,” he said, adding “while we welcome the announcement of AIIMS for Kashmir, we strongly plead for similar facility in Jammu.” Later, in an informal interaction with the party functionaries at Sher-e-Kashmir Bhavan, Abdullah said “NC has a track-record of standing for just cause of the people of the state and would knock every door to ensure that the urges and aspirations of the people of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh are satiated.”He urged the party cadre to further intensify the mass contact programme so that the problems of the people are highlighted at appropriate quarters for seeking redressal.

August 3, 2015

AIIMS row: Jammu bandh extended by three days, stray incidents of violence reported

Jammu will witness a shutdown for another 72 hours, the organisers of the bandh said in its third day today even as incidents of violence were reported in parts of the city amidst a brief detention of a Congress leader agitating for the demand for setting up of an AIIMS in Jammu.

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Jammu will witness a shutdown for another 72 hours, the organisers of the bandh said in its third day today even as incidents of violence were reported in parts of the city amidst a brief detention of a Congress leader agitating for the demand for setting up of an AIIMS in Jammu.Some youths, participating in the agitation called by a conglomerate of 70 organisations, pelted stones at police in Purani Mandi area of old city this afternoon, police said. Police resorted to minor tear gas shelling to disperse the stone-pelting youth.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>”The situation was brought under control,” a police officer said, adding no one was injured.The bandh that began on Friday morning will now continue for another 72 hours, said AIIMS Coordination Committee (ACC), the group spearheading the agitation for an AIIMS in Jammu. Business establishments, market places and shop remained closed generally and public transport was off the roads in view of the 72-hour bandh call given by the ACC.Protesters blocked the highway and various roads in the city by burning tyres, police sources said. Congress workers led by the state unit’s senior Vice President Sham Lal Sharma took out a march in support of AIIMS demand, defying restrictions under 144 CrPc in Bakshinagar area today.Police prevented them from moving ahead and detained Sharma, a former minister in the state, along with 16 other party colleagues at Bakshinagar police station. As the news spread, a large number of Congress workers and leaders including former Minister Raman Bhalla rushed to the police station forcing police to release Sharma and others.Later, they took out a big procession in the area accusing BJP of “playing fraud” with people of Jammu on AIIMS despite getting 25 Assembly seats from the region.”16-18 Congress leaders and activists including Sharma were detained for defying restrictions and later released,” a senior Police officer said. Meanwhile, BJP Minister Chander Prakash Ganga faced a difficult situation when his cavalcade was surrounded by a large number of protesters at Tawi Bridge.He faced slogans against him and BJP Ministers before security personnel came to his rescue.

August 2, 2015

Amid strike, police fires teargas to disperse pro-AIIMS protesters in Jammu

Jammu: Police resorted to cane-charge and teargas firing to disperse pro-AIIMS protesters at three places amid clashes in Jammu city, where a bandh was observed for second consecutive day today over the demand for establishment of AIIMS in the region.

The district authorities today ordered imposition of restrictions under CrPC section 144 in Jammu district to ensure peace and normalcy even as police arrested eight protesters during the violent protests.

Congress activists took out anti-government rallies and burnt effigies in Jammu city. AIIMS Coordination Committee activists also took out rallies in several parts of the city in cavalcades of vehicles. As they reached Jewel, Indra Chowk and Kachi Chawani areas, police stopped them from moving towards the BJP headquarters, resulting in clashes.

Police arrest protesters during second day of Jammu bandh over AIIMS issue, in Jammu on Saturday. PTI

Police resorted to cane-charge and teargas shelling to disperse the protesting mobs even as some protesters pelted stones. “Police resorted to cane charge and teargas firing at three places to disperse the protesters. The situation is being brought under control. No one has been injured,” SP Jammu Rajiv Pandey told PTI.

However, the protesters disperse and reassemble at other places resulting in cane-charges on them, he said. “Eight people have been taken into custody,” Pandey said.

ACC went ahead with their three-day bandh in Jammu, which started here yesterday, after rejecting the Centre’s announcement for “AIIMS-like facilities” in the region.

As the violent protests and rallies spread to various areas of Jammu city, District Magistrate Simrandeep Singh today imposed restrictions on Assembly of four or more people and all kinds of rallies in all the municipal limits of Jammu district under section 144 of CrPC.

“This applies to the municipal limits of Jammu city and peripheral tehsils also. Anyone violating shall be booked by police under section 188 of RPC,” the DM said in an order.

Yesterday, ACC activists had clashed with BJP activists amid stone pelting as police resorted to cane charge and tear gas shelling to disperse them at Kachi Chawani area near BJP headquarters here.

Jammu observed a bandh for second consecutive day today over the demand of AIIMS in Jammu. All business establishments, market places and shops remained closed and public transport remained off the roads. Protesters blocked the highway and various roads in the city by burning tyres.

ACC Chairman and Jammu Bar Association President Abhinav Sharma said the fight will continue till their demand for AIIMS in Jammu region is not met. ACC, an amalgamation of over 70 organisations, has been leading an agitation for setting up of AIIMS in Jammu region.

“Let us all participate in this bandh in way that the eyes and ears of BJP government in the state and the Centre open and they see clearly that the struggle for establishment of AIIMS in Jammu is in fact an issue of basic self-respect of the people of Jammu region which they have never compromised,” he said.

Rejecting the clarification given by state Health Minister Lal Singh at a press conference here yesterday, Sharma said, “Nothing less than a full-fledged AIIMS in Jammu is going to satisfy the people.”

Led by Congress spokesman Ravinder Sharma, over 200 Congress activists took out a rally from their office and paraded through the city. Raising anti-government and anti-BJP slogans, they burnt effigies of BJP state and Central governments and demanded immediate announcement of a separate and independent AIIMS for Jammu.

“We strongly condemn the attempt to disrupt the movement of Coordination Committee for AIIMS and the alleged attack on the agitating and peaceful members of Bar and Coordination Committee by some frustrated elements at Kachhi Chowni area outside BJP office and urge people to unitedly strengthen the movement and expose the sabotage by the BJP,” Sharma said.

The Congress spokesman accused the BJP of betrayal and deception and said the party was trying to sabotage the movement for AIIMS. The CPIM today said the government is creating a wedge between the people of Jammu and Kashmir regions in the name of AIIMS. “The AIIMS is necessity for both the regions of the state to provide latest medical facilities to the people of the state”, a CPIM spokesman said.

Reports from Kathua, Samba, Udhampur, Reasi districts said bandh was observed in these towns while reports from other districts of Rajouri, Poonch, Ramban, Kishtwar and Doda said partial bandh was observed in these areas.

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August 2, 2015

Amid strike, police fires teargas and cane-charges pro-AIIMS protesters in Jammu

Police arrest protesters during second day of Jammu bandh over AIIMS issue, in Jammu on Saturday. PTI

However, the protesters disperse and reassemble at other places resulting in cane-charges on them, he said. “Eight people have been taken into custody,” Pandey said.

ACC went ahead with their three-day bandh in Jammu, which started here yesterday, after rejecting the Centre’s announcement for “AIIMS-like facilities” in the region.

“This applies to the municipal limits of Jammu city and peripheral tehsils also. Anyone violating shall be booked by police under section 188 of RPC,” the DM said in an order.

Yesterday, ACC activists had clashed with BJP activists amid stone pelting as police resorted to cane charge and tear gas shelling to disperse them at Kachi Chawani area near BJP headquarters here.

PTI

August 1, 2015

Clashes break out in Jammu over demand for AIIMS, police resort to cane charge and teargas shelling

Jammu: Clashes broke out between activists of AIIMS Coordination Committee (ACC) and the BJP on Friday in Jammu, where a complete bandh was observed over demand of establishment of AIIMS in the region, following which police used cane charge to bring situation to normal.

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ACC has gone ahead with a three-day bandh in Jammu, which started here today, after rejecting the Centre’s announcement for “AIIMS-like facilities” in the region. ACC activists took out a rally in the city in a cavalcade of vehicles. As they raised anti-BJP and anti-government slogans, BJP activists also came out of the party headquarters and raised counter slogans against the ACC and Jammu Bar Association resulting in clashes. Some activists also pelted stones forcing police to resort to minor cane charge and teargas shelling in a bid to disperse the protesters.

“There was clashes between BJP activists and protesters at Kachi Chawani area here. The situation has brought under control. There was minor cane charge. No one has been injured,” SP Jammu, Rajiv Pandey told PTI.

Jammu observed a complete bandh over the demand of setting up of an AIIMS institute in the city. All business establishments, market places and shops remained closed and public transport remained off the roads. Protestors broke window panes of some matadors and trucks on Akhnoor-Canal road and highway. People blocked the highway for two hours and burnt tyres as a mark of protest.

“We will continue the bandh unless and until the Centre does not announce full-fledged AIIMS institute for Jammu. What has been announced by Health Minister J P Nadda is a cruel joke with people of Jammu”, ACC Chairman and Jammu Bar Association President, Abhinav Sharma told reporters here.

“The BJP has yet again betrayed and cheated the people of Jammu region by saying that the Health Ministry yesterday agreed to provide AIIMS-like facilities to Jammu region,” Sharma further said.

“The statement of AIIMS-like facilities are attempts to mislead the people, by the BJP leaders, to sabotage the agitation and Jammu bandh,” Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Spokesman, Ravinder Sharma said.

Health Minister J P Nadda made the announcement on Thursday after meeting with a delegation from the region that has been on the boil over the earlier decision of the Centre to have an AIIMS-like institution in Srinagar and not Jammu. “Both the regions, Jammu and Srinagar, will be provided with AIIMS facilities and similar facilities (AIIMS) will be there in Srinagar and Jammu,” Nadda said after meeting the delegation.

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July 31, 2015

Jammu to shut down for three days over setting up of AIIMS

Jammu: A committee of lawyers, traders and civil society members called for a three-day shutdown in Jammu beginning on Friday, accusing the central government of going back on its promise of setting up an AIIMS here.

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A coordination committee formed for pressing the government for setting up an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Jammu comprises lawyers, traders, industrialists and civil society members.

“The Jammu region will remain shut on July 31, August 1 and 2,” Abhinav Sharma, chairman of the committee and president of Jammu Bar Association said at a hurriedly convened midnight press conference here.

“It became clear on July 20 that BJP had taken recourse to dirty politics as it failed to stand by its commitment to ensure that AIIMS for Jammu region is announced,” he said.

Deputy chief minister and senior BJP leader Nirmal Singh had given a written assurance that AIIMS would be announced before July 21.

The central government has announced setting up of an AIIMS in the Kashmir Valley, and an IIM in the the Jammu region.

IANS

July 31, 2015

Health Ministry setting up AIIMS-like facilities for Jammu and Kashmir: JP Nadda

New Delhi: Noting that the government is committed to balanced regional growth, Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Thursday said that Jammu region will also get AIIMS-like facilities in the wake of demands by locals for setting up seperate AIIMS in the region.

Health Minister JP Nadda. PTI

“The Health Ministry is setting up an AIIMS in Jammu and Kashmir and will provide similar facilities of AIIMS in both Jammu and Kashmir regions,” the Union Minister said.

Nadda’s statement came after a delegation from Jammu and Kashmir comprising state Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh, Health Minister Lal Singh, state BJP president Jugal Kishore Sharma, party J&K affaris in charge Avinash Rai Khanna and general secretary Narendra Singh met him on Thursday.

The delegation met Nadda in the presence of Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

“The NDA government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is committed to provide healthcare facilities for all regions. And we are committed to balanced regional growth when it comes to healthcare facilities,” Nadda said.

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ACC, an amalgamation of over 70 organisations, has been leading an agitation for setting up of AIIMS in Jammu region.

The ACC had given a call for three-day complete Jammu bandh starting 31 July. It will be the third bandh observed over the issue in Jammu region since April this year.

A complete bandh was earlier observed on 24 April and 27 May after which Nirmal Singh had given a written assurance that an AIIMS will be announced for Jammu by the Centre on or before 20 July.

ACC members were hopeful that the three days of Jammu bandh would be sufficient to send a strong message to the government and especially to BJP, that the people of Jammu would “no longer tolerate back-stabbing”.

The Centre has announced that it plans to set up six new All India Institutes of Medical Science (AIIMS) in six different states in order to cater to the increasingly growing demands for more doctors across the country.

PTI

July 31, 2015

Health Ministry setting up AIIMS-like facilities for Jammu: JP Nadda

Health Minister JP Nadda. PTI

“The Health Ministry is setting up an AIIMS in Jammu and Kashmir and will provide similar facilities of AIIMS in both Jammu and Kashmir regions,” the Union Minister said.

The delegation met Nadda in the presence of Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

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ACC, an amalgamation of over 70 organisations, has been leading an agitation for setting up of AIIMS in Jammu region.

The ACC had given a call for three-day complete Jammu bandh starting 31 July. It will be the third bandh observed over the issue in Jammu region since April this year.

A complete bandh was earlier observed on 24 April and 27 May after which Nirmal Singh had given a written assurance that an AIIMS will be announced for Jammu by the Centre on or before 20 July.

PTI

July 30, 2015

Government’s policy isn’t zero tolerance towards corruption, but towards honesty: Sanjeev Chaturvedi

On Wednesday, Chaturvedi was named for the 2015 Ramon Magsaysay award, Asia’s highest honour, for his work as a public servant and his relentless drive against corrupt practices in state mechanisms.

Sanjeev Chaturvedi along with his mother jubilates over winning the Ramon Magsaysay award

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For over a decade, all arms of the state hounded whistleblower and Indian Forest Services officer, Sanjeev Chaturvedi, as he unearthed scams and corruptions wherever he was posted. On Wednesday, Chaturvedi was named for the 2015 Ramon Magsaysay award, Asia’s highest honour, for his work as a public servant and his relentless drive against corrupt practices in state mechanisms.Currently the deputy secretary of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), he has been awarded for ‘Emergent Leadership’, one of the categories of the award.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>Previously, he was the central vigilance officer of AIIMS, a post from which he was suddenly removed by the then Union health minister Harsh Vardhan, after he exposed illegalities on campus which involved senior officials and politicians.This has been a pattern in his career, with seven cases slapped against him at various points of time, from when he was exposing scams as an officer in Haryana, earning the wrath of the Hooda government, to his stint in AIIMS, where he ruffled the NDA’s feathers.His constant battle with politicians and governments has led only to deep disillusionment with the people running the system. “I’m very disappointed in the PMO,” Chaturvedi told the press on Wednesday. “I got to know through RTI that in August 2014, the PM sought a meeting with the then health minister about my removal as CVO.”Chaturvedi learnt that the health ministry submitted a report that, according to him, levelled false and salacious charges against him – accusing him of bad practice, lacking qualification. “This was completely contradictory to their own health secretary Luv Verma’s report from May 2014 which called my conduct outstanding.”Chaturvedi said that he submitted his own documents to the PMO and asked for a “fair probe” but “my harassment accentuated”. “Ever since I made the submission, my promotion, my transfer requests, all have been held up for six months at a time,” he said. “However, my removal was signed in just 24 hours.”Additionally, he said, the health ministry took out a press release on 20 August 2014 that spoke of “pending complaints” in AIIMS, which contradicted AIIMS own written report that clarified there were no cases or complaints against him. “What kind of a ministry fabricates reports against its own officers? This shows that the government’s policy isn’t zero tolerance towards corruption, but towards honesty,” said Chaturvedi.Haryana was no different. When Chaturvedi exposed illegal grabbing of forest land in the Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuary and illegalities in plantation projects in Jhajjar and Hisar, he found himself facing suspension, a departmental charge sheet, a dowry case that his in-laws were reportedly incited to file, an abetment to suicide case where an officer he had suspended took his own life, reportedly for unrelated reasons.In the recent months he has tried to get his cadre changed from Haryana to Uttarakhand due to constant harassment, which, post AIIMS, the central government has delayed repeatedly despite him following the due process.So far, four presidential orders have been issued to squash various charges against him, the Central Administrative Tribunal has taken the PMO to task for needlessly putting obstacles in his cadre deputation process and, in 2010 a CBI probe had found that he was indeed facing harassment from the Haryana government.“There are enough safeguards in our constitution for an honest officer to keep fighting. We cannot be just thrown out of service,” said Chaturvedi. However, he added, “unfortunately, there is a big gap now between the Constitution and the people running the administration”.

July 30, 2015

All you need to know about whistleblower and Magsaysay award winner Sanjeev Chaturvedi

Whistleblower and IAS officer Sanjeev Chaturvedi has been chosen for the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2015.

Sanjeev Chaturvedi

Whistleblower and IAS officer Sanjeev Chaturvedi has been chosen as one of the people to be awarded with the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2015.In its release, RMAF said,”Sanjeev Chaturvedi is being recognised for his exemplary integrity, courage and tenacity in uncompromisingly exposing and painstakingly investigating corruption in public office, and his resolute crafting of program and system improvements to ensure that government honourably serves the people of India.” Here is all you need to know about man of the hour:<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>1. Sanjeev Chaturvedi has a degree in Electrical Engineering from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (NIT Allahabad)2. He is an officer of the 2002 batch of the Indian Forest Service from Haryana cadre.3. Chaturvedi was ranked second in the IFS exam and won two medals for excellence as a trainee.4. At his first posting in Kurukshetra, he exposed a corrupt contractor involved in construction of the Hansi Butana canal.5. At his time with the forest department of Haryana, Chaturvedi accused MLA Prahlad Singh Gillakhera and his relatives of buying rare trees for their gardens from taxpayers’ money.6. Sanjeev Chaturvedi was named in the case where another Haryana forest range officer Sanjeev Tomar was found dead in 2009 after anti-corruption charges were initiated against him. But later, an SIT investigation gave Chaturvedi a clean chit.7. Currently the Deputy Director at AIIMS, Chaturvedi served as the Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) at AIIMS for the period of 2012-14 where he unearthed various irregularities and initiated actions in around 200 cases. However, he was removed from the post of CVO by former Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan.8. New Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal had requested the Centre to appoint Chaturvedi as the chief of anti-corruption bureau and later to be posted to his office as Officer on Special Duty. 9. The beleaguered officer is currently locked in a struggle with the Centre, which has delayed approval of his transfer since he first filed for it on July 25, 2014. He alleges he has been “continuously targeted” ever since he exposed corruption in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, in which “powerful politicians and bureaucrats” were involved.

July 29, 2015

Sanjay Chaturvedi’s deputation proposal pending between Health Minister and AIIMS

The DoPT had on April 29 asked the Environment Ministry to seek the NOC from the Health Ministry so that the proposal could be processed further.

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The deputation proposal of Indian Forest Service officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi, whose services as officer on special duty have been sought by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, is still pending between Health Ministry and AIIMS.According Health Ministry sources, the AIIMS Director till date has not given his views to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), the cadre controlling ministry of the officer, on the deputation proposal and the Health Ministry has now sent another reminder to the institute.”On June 19, the Health Ministry had sought comments from AIIMS Director. However, in earlier cases, including removal of Chaturvedi from CVO post in August 2014 and transferring him to AYUSH department in August 2012, it (Health ministry) had not sought the comments of Director AIIMS. Till date, Director AIIMS has not given his views,” the sources said.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>On June 3, the MoEF, after giving its cadre clearance on the deputation proposal, had asked Union Health Ministry to give NOC for the same. Chaturvedi, former chief vigilance officer of AIIMS, had filed a petition before Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) in May, 2014 saying that he had been made jobless.The CAT had issued notices to the Health Ministry and AIIMS. The next date of hearing is listed for August 11. Kejriwal had on February 16 written to Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar for urgently releasing Chaturvedi from his duties to enable him to work as his OSD. The proposal was held back by the Ministry for two months after which it sought the opinion of DoPT on the issue.The DoPT had on April 29 asked the Environment Ministry to seek the NOC from the Health Ministry so that the proposal could be processed further.After more than one month, the Ministry had sought NOC of the Health Ministry. This is considered to be the last stage after which the file will be sent for approval of Appointments Committee of Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Chaturvedi was removed from his post as CVO of AIIMS in August last year by the Health Ministry.

July 27, 2015

Congress, BJP gun for Parkash Singh Badal over relocation of AIIMS

Ruling SAD’s ally BJP along with opposition Congress on Sunday appealed the Punjab government to reconsider its decision of setting up AIIMS in Bhatinda as against the earlier proposal to establish it in Doaba region.Congress general secretary, Satnam Kainth, said that the state government’s decision is wrong and it is injustice to the people Doaba region.Centre recently approved a project of setting up AIIMS in Doaba. After proposing to set up All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Doaba Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal announced to establish it in Bhatinda.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>”Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, should give reason for changing the location of the project. I have written a letter to former chief minister, Capt. Amarinder Singh, and have requested him to discuss with central government to convert Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences in Jalandhar, as AIIMS. The decision to make AIIMS in Punjab was of Vajpayee government,” BJP Leader Manorajan Kalia said.Requesting the CM to reconsider his decision, Union Minister, Vijay Sampla said, that the final decision of where it should be establish will be of state government. He also added that, it was first decided to be in Badal’s own constituency but later it was shifted to Bhatinda.Congress spokesperson, Sukhpal Singh Khera, led a protest in front of the office of district administrator today and asked state government to reconsider their decision.He also alleged the state government for taking all major projects to Bhatinda because of which development in rest of the area is not there. Earlier, Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, in an interview to the reporters, accused BJP and Congress leader of making it a political issue.

July 12, 2015

Arrested AAP MLA Manoj kumar hospitalised

Police has so far not been able to question the 35-year-old legislator, who was shifted to AIIMS on Friday.

Arrested Aam Aadmi Party MLA Manoj Kumar was hospitalised last night after he complained of chest pain within hours of being sent to police custody by a Delhi court in a case of alleged cheating and landgrabbing.Police has so far not been able to question the 35-year-old legislator, who was shifted to AIIMS on Friday. Within hours of being remanded in police custody, Kumar complained of headache and chest pain due to high blood pressure and was admitted to Lal Bahadur Shastri (LBS) Hospital at Khicharipur in East Delhi last night. “He was admitted to LBS hospital at around 9 PM after he complained of ill health. Now he is being shifted to AIIMS for further treatment,” said Sanjay Beniwal, Jt Commissioner of Eastern Range.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>Doctors at LBS said Kumar’s blood pressure and blood sugar level were found to be high. “He complained of headache, chest pain and palpitation following which doctors conducted several tests which include ECG and Troponin T tests primarily performed to diagnose a heart attack and rule out other conditions with similar signs and symptoms.”He was kept at LBS the entire night under observation. Today morning at around 10.30 AM we referred him to AIIMS and he was shifted there,” said a senior doctor at LBS. Kumar was on Thursday arrested in connection with a cheating and land grabbing case and remanded by a court in two days police custody. The MLA from Kondli in East Delhi was arrested in connection with an FIR filed against him on May 19, 2014, on a complaint of cheating lodged by New Ashok Nagar resident Vijay Kumar.

July 10, 2015

Vyapam scam: MP Police submit Abhishek Singh’s viscera samples to FSL

A top official from FSL said the laboratory has received the viscera samples of Singh for conducting toxicological analysis after obtaining permission from Delhi government’s Home department.

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After being turned away by AIIMS, a team of Madhya Pradesh Police on Wednesday submitted the viscera samples of TV journalist Akshay Singh, who died under mysterious circumstances while covering Vyapam scam, to the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) in Rohini to test for any possible poisoning.A top official from FSL said the laboratory has received the viscera samples of Singh for conducting toxicological analysis after obtaining permission from Delhi government’s Home department.”We usually take samples on special requests by concerned state government or if being sent by court. Here as AIIMS had referred it to us, we had to seek permission from Delhi government as the incident did not happen in our jurisdiction,” said the official.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>On Wednesday , a police team from Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh had come with the scribe’s viscera samples and handed them over to AIIMS forensic department. But today, the AIIMS returned the Viscera samples while keeping the tissues.The AIIMS said it does not have required facilities or mandate to conduct toxicological analysis of viscera samples. The toxicological analysis is carried out to determine possible trace of poisoning and its source.However, the AIIMS has agreed to conduct the medical and histopathological test which involves microscopic examination of tissues to study manifestations of disease. The report in this regard is likely to be submitted within a month.According to sources, Abid Khan, Jhabua district Superintendent of Police had faxed a letter of request to carry out the toxicological tests to the Director of FSL, Dr R K Sarin.Meanwhile, a three-member AIIMS board comprising Additional Professor Dr Adarsh Kumar, Professor Dr Millo Tabin and Senior Resident Doctor Shashank Pooniya, all from the Forensic department of AIIMS, have started conducting the histopathological test.”There were two sets of viscera samples. One set (tissues) we have accepted and have started doing histopathological examination of tissues. While the other set of viscera samples have been sent to FSL-Delhi for toxicological analysis,” AIIMS Forensic Head Dr Sudhir Gupta said.A senior doctor said AIIMS does not have the mandate and facilities required to conduct toxicological analysis of viscera samples. He said even in Sunanda Pushkar’s case, her viscera samples were sent to CFSL last year.”Here at AIIMS Forensic lab we will perform post mortem and histopathological test,” said a senior doctor at AIIMS.Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had also spoken to Union Health Minister J P Nadda urging him that viscera samples be tested at AIIMS.As per post-mortem report, no internal or external injuries were found on Singh’s body. He had an enlarged heart and weight of the heart was more than normal and lungs were congested, the report stated. However, doctors who conducted the autopsy had “reserved” their opinion on the cause of death, following which the samples were brought to Delhi.Singh, who was working with Delhi-based TV Today Group, was suddenly taken ill and died last Saturday after having interviewed parents of a girl Namrata Damor, who had been found dead near railway tracks after her name figured in the Vyapam scam.The demand for sending the viscera outside the state was made by Singh’s sister in a letter to Chouhan. India Today group, for which Singh worked, had also urged Madhya Pradesh government to send his viscera sample to a forensic laboratory outside the state, preferably AIIMS at Delhi, for a transparent examination.A large number of accused and witnesses in the scam – a massive admission and recruitment racket involving several middlemen, medical college owners, bureaucrats and politicians – have died so far under mysterious circumstances.Bowing to public outcry, Chouhan said he will request the High Court to order a CBI probe into the Vyapam case, including the large number of deaths of people allegedly linked to the scam.

July 8, 2015

Vyapam scam: Viscera samples of journalist Akshay Singh arrive at AIIMS

Singh, who was on assignment in Jhabua on Saturday, suddenly took ill and died after having interviewed parents of a girl who had been found dead near railway tracks, after her name figured in the Vyapam scam.

A police team from Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh, arrived at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the national capital with the viscera samples of TV journalist Akshay Singh. Singh, who was on assignment in Jhabua on Saturday, suddenly took ill and died after having interviewed parents of a girl who had been found dead near railway tracks, after her name figured in the Vyapam scam. The journalist was rushed to the civil hospital and later to a private hospital, but doctors failed to revive him. From there he was taken to another hospital in nearby Dahod in Gujarat, where he was declared brought dead. <!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>

July 7, 2015

Vyapam scam: Shivraj Chouhan agrees to send Akshay Singh’s viscera to AIIMS

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, under pressure over two more deaths in connection with the Vyapam scam, has now agreed to send the viscera samples of journalist Akshaya Singh to Delhi’s AIIMS, reported news channels.

This came after Pakshi Singh, the sister of television reporter Akshay who died in Madhya Pradesh under mysterious circumstances while covering the Vyapam scam, had requested that the viscera samples of her brother should be sent to Delhi for test.

Shivraj Chouhan. AFP

In a letter addressed to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Pakshi said: “As you know, he died in mysterious circumstances.”

“I request you to get examined his viscera outside Madhya Pradesh, preferably at AIIMS Delhi for free and fair investigation,” the letter said.

India Today Group also made the demand that the viscera samples be sent outside Madhya Pradesh for test.

In a statement shared on Facebook page, India Today Group demanded a “fair and independent inquiry”.

“The circumstances of the untimely death of TV Today journalist Akshay Singh merits a full, fair and independent inquiry. We urge the Madhya Pradesh government to immediately have the viscera sample sent to a recognised forensic laboratory outside the state, preferably Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences, for a thorough and transparent examination,” the statement said.

“This would assuage the family, friends and well wishers of Akshay who seek some closure,” the statement added.

“Nothing we do will ever bring back Akshay, a brave and fearless journalist. The India Today group stands by the family in their hour of crisis,” the statement said.

On Saturday, Akshay Singh was in Meghnagar in Jhabua district to talk to the family members of scam-accused Namrata Damor who too was found dead under mysterious circumstances.

Jhabua Superintendent of Police Abid Khan told IANS that Akshay Singh and his two colleagues interviewed the family for around an hour after which the journalist suddenly fell ill.

He was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him dead.

With IANS inputs

July 5, 2015

Notify setting up of Jammu AIIMS in government gazette: JKNPP

The Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party on Saturday asked the Centre to notify setting up of Jammu AIIMS in its gazette and accused the government of misleading people of the region on the issue.”The government and the ministers are deceiving the people of Jammu. The government must notify the setting up of the AIIMS in Jammu in the government gazette before July 20 or it must prepare itself to face the music,” JKNPP chairman Harsh Dev Singh said.Accusing the MoS in the PMO, Jitendra Singh, of misleading the people of Jammu, JKNPP leader said that the minister was making ‘immature and misleading statements’.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>He said that during the previous NDA government-led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the then Union Health minister Sushma Swaraj had sanctioned only Rs 120 crore for setting up of AIIMS in Jammu but that was a very small amount as setting up of the premier institute would cost not less than Rs 1,600 crore.Hitting out at BJP leadership for following ‘deceitful politics’, Singh said the people of Jammu region were no naives and could no longer be be-fooled by the motiveless extravagance of the ‘saffron party’ whose only objective was to remain glued to power.He said that BJP leaders need to know that prior to 2012, no AIIMS could be established without an Act of Parliament and without amending the AIIMS Act 1956.He said it was by the virtue of AIIMS (Amendment) Act 2012 that powers to establish the institute were also conferred upon the central government which could thereafter issue a notification after a cabinet nod.He said that the notification was also required to be published in the Gazette of India which alone could be deemed to be a sanction for the purpose of AIIMS establishment.Singh said that the deputy chief minister Nirmal Singh who had given an assurance on June 18 to the AIIMS coordination Committee that written order on AIIMS would be made available before July 20 was merely a hyperbole and an anti-climax.The written order by any central government authority on AIIMS was meaningless until and unless the said institute is sanctioned in conformity with the stipulations laid down in the AIIMS Act with publication of notification to that effect in the Gazette of India, he said.Peoples’ rage in Jammu already having reached its crescendo, it would be impossible for the ‘Saffron Party’ to retrieve its image which has been highly disfigured and is getting fragmented with each passing day, he said.He warned of a mass movement to seek the party’s ouster if AIIMS sanction was not legally and procedurally made before July 20.

June 27, 2015

Hindus in Uttar Pradesh district observe Ramzan fast

Patkar said that around 50 Muslims people, including the president of Bundeli Samaj Haji Pavesh Mohammad, participated in the noble event.

Muslims doing `Wazoo` for namaz on the first day of holy month of Ramzan
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Sidelining the controversy surrounding the International Yoga Day, a group of Hindus in the Mahoba district of Uttar Pradesh has observed Roza with their Muslim neighbours during the Ramzan fasting. “As per the pre-decided programme around 70 people, including 21 Hindus, observed Roza and sat on Udal Chowk on the first day of Ramzan yesterday,” said Tara Patkar, Coordinator of Bundeli Samaj. Patkar said that around 50 Muslims people, including the president of Bundeli Samaj Haji Pavesh Mohammad, participated in the noble event and added that politicians were also invited.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –> “Though politics is going on over the issue of performing yoga on International Yoga Day, we have invited politicians of all parties to show our unity for a cause,” Patkar said. He added that the move would serve a dual purpose by propping up their demands for setting up an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Mahoba and would also contribute to the Hindu-Muslim harmony. He urged the policy makers to initiate a move to improve the poor health services in the area. “We want policy makers to acknowledge our unity and take a positive decision for setting up of AIIMS in the district as poor health services in this area affect all, irrespective of caste and creed,” Patkar said. Patkar said that this would be part of their AIIMS-Mahoba campaign under which they wrote over one lakh letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 18 languages. “Under this campaign, Muslim youths and children wrote to the Prime Minister in Sanskrit while Hindus wrote in Urdu, besides in other languages like Sindhi, Punjabi and Malayalam. Patkar said the district is situated at the heart of Bundelkhand and does not have proper health care facilities. “Patients admitted to primary health centres are referred to Kanpur, Lucknow, Agra and to districts of neighbouring Madhya Pradesh. Setting up AIIMS will help the entire region spread over seven districts in UP and five of MP,” he said.Also Read: China imposes restrictions on Ramzan fasting in Muslim region of Xinjiang

June 20, 2015

AIIMS in Jammu: Hunger strike enters its fourth day

Around 30 members from various groups which are a part of the AIIMS coordination committee on Monday took their turn to sit on strike.

Members of AIIMS co ordination committee sitting on a hunger strike to protest against government decision to give AIIMS to Kashmir, in Jammu on Friday.

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The chain hunger strike launched by a coordination committee of various civil society groups spearheading agitation in support of setting up of an AIIMS in Jammu region, entered fourth day on Monday.Around 30 members from various groups which are a part of the AIIMS coordination committee on Monday took their turn to sit on strike.”It is fourth consecutive day of the strike. 30 members from various groups which are part of AIIMS coordination committee today took their turn to sit on the strike,” said Abhinav Sharma, president of the J&K High Court Bar Association Jammu (BAJ).<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>The AIIMS coordination committee, an amalgamation of over 70 social, religious, political, and business organisations in Jammu, was established after the reported shifting of AIIMS from Jammu region to Kashmir.To press for their demand of the institute to be brought back to Jammu, the AIIMS coordination committee, supported by the members of other civil society groups, had started its indefinite dharna and chain hunger strike.”The chain hunger strike will continue indefinitely until and unless our demand of setting up of AIIMS in Jammu is not met,” Sharma said.The coordination committee members, supported by Congress and other Jammu-based parties, are on hunger strike in front of Maharaja Hari Singh’s statue at Tawi Bridge since Friday.”The people of Jammu are being pushed to the wall by the very same people who once claimed to be their soul voice,” a member of the committee said.Accusing the government of discriminating against the Jammu region, the coordination committee has decided to continue with its chain hunger strike unless the Centre and the state government make a formal announcement of the return of AIIMS to Jammu.

June 15, 2015

Probe sought into AIIMS reservation controversy

The letter raises alarm given AIIMS “long colourful history and legacy of denial of due rights and discrimination against SC/ST/OBC students, staff and faculty members. It calls on the government to investigate the “violation of reservation policy in current faculty selection”, giving the example of the 2013-2014 selection where 40% of the seats for SC/ST/OBC faculty were left vacant.

Members of the faculty at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) have once again reached out to the union health Minister JP Nadda over the ongoing controversy of SC/ST/OBC reservation quota going unfulfilled in the country’s premiere medical institute. In a letter dated May 29, addressed to Nadda as the President of the institute, members have raised serious concerns over denial of reservation in faculty posts.The letter raises alarm given AIIMS “long colourful history and legacy of denial of due rights and discrimination against SC/ST/OBC students, staff and faculty members. It calls on the government to investigate the “violation of reservation policy in current faculty selection”, giving the example of the 2013-2014 selection where 40% of the seats for SC/ST/OBC faculty were left vacant. This has caused apprehension among the faculty members who signed the letter, that an even higher percentage of reserved candidates will be denied their due rights.”<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>The letter traces AIIMS’ fraught history of not filling reserved quote seats, tying it to the “continued anti-reservation mindset of the AIIMS administration” that made sure that the “reservation policy could not be implemented in true letter or spirit”. The letter asks the government to look into the improper making of the roster for implementation of reservation for quote candidates, where, it says, “DOPT guidelines are not followed properly”. It asks the central government to investigate the manipulation of the roster and the “wrong plotting of 3 vacancies” in recent faculty selections, where it claims reserved seats were given to candidates from the general category. Also, to check the “deliberate and biased non-fulfilment of reserved seats by declaring SC/ST/OBC candidates as ‘not found suitable’.”AIIMS faculty members, under the banner of Forum for Rights and Equality have written previously to the centre raising these concerns, most recently in May, where they accused the institute’s administration of trying to bypass the proper roster system in faculty selection. In December last year, members of parties such as the SP, the BSP, JD-U and the Congress raised the issue in Parliament asking that the then ongoing faculty selections be stopped till a probe is completed. However, in January this year, the faculty selection process was completed despite much furore.

June 5, 2015

Was pressurised while preparing Sunananda’s post-mortem report: AIIMS forensic head Gupta

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June 2, 2015

Sunanda case: Emails between AIIMS director and Shashi Tharoor for tailor-made post-mortem report, claims doctor

AIIMS doctor Adarsh Kumar, who conducted the autopsy on Sunanda Pushkar’s body, has alleged that pressure was put on him and other doctors in the forensics department to pass off her death as ‘natural’.

According to Zee News, AIIMS doctor Adarsh Kumar, who conducted the autopsy on Sunanda Pushkar’s body, has alleged that pressure was put on him and other doctors in the forensics department to pass off her death as ‘natural’.Dr Adarsh Kumar, along with Dr Shashank Puniya, was part of the team headed by HOD of forensics department Dr Sudhir K Gupta which conducted autopsy on the 52-year-old, a day after she was found dead in Hotel Leela Palace on January 17 last year. Dr Kumar was member secretary of the medical board that oversaw the autopsy.<!– Dna_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF –>In the final autopsy submitted to the Delhi Police in September last year, the team had claimed that Sunanda’s death occured due to poisoning.Dr Kumar made the allegations in a letter to Union Health Minister JP Nadda, adding that the team had not succumbed to pressure.The senior doctor also alleged that AIIMS director Dr MC Mishra had been uncooperative with the forensic department.Dr Sudhir Gupta echoed similar views. “Dr MC Mishra is not cooperating with me as well as with my department since the autopsy report of Sunanda Pushkar last year.”Dr Gupta too had written a letter to Nadda in which he alleged that Dr MC Mishra had put pressure on him to submit a “tailor-made autopsy report” in the Sunanda Pushkar murder case.”I was asked by Dr MC Mishra to give a post mortem report of late Sunanda Pushkar as natural death, which was contrary to the findings. There are certain emails between Director AIIMS and Sashi Tharoor for making tailor-made post mortem report. But I did not succumb to the pressure and given the factual report as an upright official,” he wrote.Dr Gupta had earlier approached the Central Administrative Tribunal alleging that AIIMS had illegally purged his seniority with “malafide intention” and one Dr OP Murty was promoted to punish him for refusing to act unprofessionally in the Sunanda case.When the CAT rejected his charge, Dr Gupta approached the Delhi High Court for relief. The HC asked the Institute not to replace him without its permission. Subsequently, AIIMS has asked for such permission on Tuesday. AIIMS director Dr MC Mishra has filed an affidavit in the Delhi High Court seeking removal of Dr Gupta as head of the forensics department.

June 2, 2015