Los Angeles | 8 days ago
Jolie underwent double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer
Los Angeles, May 14 - Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie says she has had a double mastectomy to reduce her risk of getting breast cancer and that her partner Brad Pitt was very supportive.Jolie's mothr died of breast cancer at 56. The 37-year-old said she had had reconstructive surgery with implants, nine weeks after the operation at the start of February.I carried a 'faulty' gene, BRCA1, which sha ... read more

Durban | 8 days ago
Indian-origin doctor in South Africa shot dead
Durban, May 14 - An Indian-origin doctor was shot dead outside his surgery at Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.Dr Bhavish Sewram was shot three times in his neck, back and arm through his car window Monday night, the Independent Online reported Tuesday.Police have launched a manhunt for the killer who fled after the shooting, wearing a white hoodie. The suspect, who was c ... read more

Sydney | 9 days ago
Indo-Fijian woman turns 101
Sydney, May 14 - On the day Fiji observed the 134th anniversary of the arrival of Indian indentured labourers Tuesday, an Indian-origin woman in that south Pacific island turned 101.Deogi Nair was born to Indian indentured labourer parents May 14, 1912, at Naitonitoni in Navua district of Fiji's Serua province, the Fiji Times reported.Fiji observes Girmit Day or the anniversary of the first arriva ... read more

Los Angeles | 9 days ago
To prevent breast cancer, Jolie had double mastectomy
Los Angeles, May 14 - Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie says she has had double mastectomy to reduce her risk of getting breast cancer.The 37-year-old said she had had reconstructive surgery with implants, nine weeks after the operation at the start of February.For any woman reading this, I hope it helps you to know you have options, the actress wrote in the New York Times, reports dailystar.co.uk. ... read more

Rio De Janeiro | 9 days ago
Corinthians to sign Chile midfielder
Rio de Janeiro, May 14 - Reigning FIFA Club World Cup champions Corinthians are set to sign Chile international midfielder Claudio Maldonado.The 33-year-old has been training at the Sao Paulo club since recovering from knee surgery in January and is expected to be offered a one-year contract within days, reports Xinhua.We are talking, it's very advanced, but let's wait until next week to finalize ... read more

Washington | 10 days ago
19 injured in New Orleans Mother's Day parade shooting
Washington, May 13 - Gunmen fired shots during an informal Mother's Day afternoon parade in New Orleans in Louisiana state injuring 19 people, two of them children, according to police.The wounded in Sunday afternoon's shooting in the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana, governed by Indian-American Bobby Jindal, included 10 men and seven women as well as a boy and a girl, ... read more

11 days ago
Ayurveda becoming popular for eye diseases too
Koothattukulam -, May 12 - The world's first ayurvedic ophthalmic hospital here says that more and more people are turning to the ancient Indian system of medicine to resolve eye problems.Doctors at the Sreedhareeyam Ayurvedic Eye Hospital and Research Centre near Kochi assert that ayurveda can easily cure many eye diseases without surgery.Before we came in, there was no ayurvedic medicine in this ... read more

Lucknow | 12 days ago
Classical singer Girija Devi hospitalised
Lucknow, May 11 - Eminent classical singer and Thumri exponent Girija Devi was admitted to a hospital in Varanasi after the 85-year-old took ill, complaining of severe stomach ache, family members said Saturday.The Thumri queen started vomiting at her Sanjay Nagar residence in Varanasi Friday evening. She was taken to Sir Sunderlal Hospital at Banaras Hindu University -, where she was admitted and ... read more

New Delhi | 12 days ago
Five-year-old rape victim discharged from AIIMS
New Delhi, May 10 - A five-year-old rape victim was Friday discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences - here after 23 days of treatment.She was discharged today -. She is passing urine normally and is on semi-solid diet, said AIIMS spokesman Y.K. Gupta.Further surgery on her will be planned after two-three months, Gupta said.The girl, who was brutally raped, was admitted to AIIMS ... read more

Chandigarh | 14 days ago
Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah 'extremely critical'
Chandigarh, May 8 - Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay, who is in a hospital here after being attacked in a Jammu jail last week, suffered renal failure Wednesday and doctors said that his condition was extremely critical.The patient has become extremely critical. He has developed renal failure with no urine output since morning. Hence he was put on peritoneal dialysis by Nephrologists. He had ... read more