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The Delhi government is planning to provide free dialysis in private hospitals for patients whose annual income is below Rs 3 lakh and have been residing in the capital for the past three years, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said here on Monday.Addressing media here, he said that the government was looking for hospitals who would provide dialysis to eligible patients at Rs 1,274, which would be reimbursed by the government.The hospitals or dialysis centres should have more than 10 dialysis mach

As many as 70 passengers on board an Alliance Air flight had a narrow escape after the ATR aircraft carrying them from Mumbai overshot the runway by 50 meters during landing at the Shirdi airport on Monday. All the passengers are safe and there is no damage to aircraft too, an Air India official said. Alliance Air is the regional arm of the national carrier Air India."At round 5.29pm, the Alliance Air flight arriving from Mumbai overshot the runway by 50 meters during landing at the Shirdi airpo

Devendra Fadnavis. File picChief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday directed the town planning authority Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to speed up the pace of work and complete the projects within the timelines. Fadnavis, who was in the city today, inaugurated two flyovers and performed Bhoomipujan for a rail over bridge (ROB) at Kopri and an elevated road and tunnel connecting Thane-Belapur road and NH-4."We have been giving timelines of 24 to 36 months for co

Rajiv GandhiWhile the nation paid tributes to Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary on Monday, the investigation into the assassination of the former Prime Minister is still going on. The former PM was killed 27 years ago at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu by a woman suicide bomber.The status of ongoing investigation by the CBI-led Multi-Disciplinary Monitoring Agency (MDMA), probing the larger conspiracy aspect behind the assassination, was shared with the Supreme Court which had in

Naveen PatnaikAs  Biju Janata Dal (BJD) government completes the fourth year of its fourth consecutive term in power, party chief and Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik on Monday offered some advice to his ministers. He said ministers should work for the people with '3D'- determination, devotion and dedication.Patnaik asked the ministers to work hard every minute to honour the faith of people with these three Ds."I am indebted to the four and a half crore people of Odisha who hav

Yogi AdityanathUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday laid the foundation of a degree college and a stadium named after his spiritual guru, Mahant Avaidyanath, in Jungle Kaudia area in Gorakhpur.After laying the foundation, Adityanath addressed a gathering Gorakhpur. He said, "Mahant Avaidyanathji was a five-time MLA and a four-time MP from this area. From 1957 to 2014, he had great ties with people and they demanded stadium and degree College here.""Dangal (wrestling) and Jungl