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NAGPUR: A drug usually administered on hooch (spurious liquor) poisoning victims proved to be the antidote for the damage caused by the killer cough syrup, Coldrif, which allegedly killed 15 children from Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district and severely affected several others below the age of 12 since August.When all standard treatments failed and children continued…
Representative image (Picture credit: ANI) BHOPAL: Three more children died in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara on Sunday after allegedly having cough syrup, taking the toll to 14 on a day a government doctor was arrested, an SIT was formed and the body of a two-year-old girl was exhumed for autopsy – the first among the reported…
NEW DELHI: Amid the controversy over deaths of children in parts of Madhya Pradesh, allegedly due to consumption of sub-standard cough syrup, Union health secretary Punya Salila Srivastava on Sunday asked states/UTs to ensure strict compliance with Revised Schedule M – updated Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) — by all drug manufacturers.Srivastava, at a meeting with…
An official looks at bottles of the cough syrup after a raid by the Drug and Pharmaceuticals Department officials in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. (Picture credit: PTI) BHOPAL/NEW DELHI: As the number of children dying of renal failure in MP’s Chhindwara district after consumption of cough syrup rose to 11, with two more fatalities reported on…
Agra: A day after 13 people were swept away during Durga idol immersion in Agra, officials on Friday said that the death toll in the incident has risen to five, while seven others are still missing.One injured person has been rescued.The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon when around 50 villagers from Kusiyapur Dugarwala in Kheragarh…
NEW DELHI: Nine workers died and several others were injured when a steel arch collapsed at the Ennore Thermal Power construction site in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday.Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced ex gratia of Rs. 2 lakh from PMNRF for the next of kin of each deceased. The injured would be given Rs. 50,000. According…
KARUR/CHENNAI: TN police arrested Monday night Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam’s Karur district secretary Mathiazhagan, who is among three senior functionaries of actor Vijay’s party named as prime suspects in the Sept 27 stampede that killed 41 people. & A Selvaraj.General secretary Bussy Anand, joint general secretary CTR Nirmal Kumar and Mathiazhagan were mentioned in an FIR…
KARUR: Saturday’s deadly stampede at the TVK rally in Tamil Nadu, which left 40 people dead, was a tragedy in the making from the word go.To start with, it was the timing. TVK president Vijay was supposed to arrive at the rally between noon and 1pm. But by the time he reached the spot, it…
The death of 39 people in a stampede at a Karur event led by Vijay yesterday (September 27) has caused shock and grief across Tamil Nadu. Following this incident, film celebrities, are sharing their condolences. Superstar Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan expressed deep sorrow Many film stars expressed their feelings in remembrance of this tragic accident….
At least 31 people died and several others were injured after a stampede-like situation broke out at a TVK campaign in Karur. Here is how the tragedy unfolded: Actor-turned-politician Vijay was holding a campaign rally in Karur on Saturday, which attracted a huge crowd as the TVK chief’s vehicle made its way slowly through thousands…
