Maoists observe bandh in Jharkhand, Orissa

Maoists set fire to a middle school and a four-wheeler at Palamau during its 24-hour bandh on Saturday in Jharkhand, while in Orissa, wherethey had called for a general strike, it came a cropper.......

J&K hospitals ignore precautions against HIV

Government hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir have conducted blood transfusions without carrying out the mandatory tests for HIV and Hepatitis, official sources said.The Comptroller and Auditor General......

Scientists find new method to curb HIV

A team of Chinese and American scientists discovered a way to prevent the deadly HIV virus from spreading through the body.Their most important finding is a compound that can occupy a gap in a......

An infant in a plastic bag

She was probably just a few hours old. Her mother had wrapped her in a black polythene bag and thrown her in the bushes.She had no name, caste or religion.She was just a pound of flesh left to be......