People who play doctor or heed quackery are biting off more than they can chew Whenever a patient with bleeding in the stomach or a child whose fever has not subsided in a week is admitted into Sasaram-based physician B.B. Singh’s clinic, he immediately knows that it’s a case of self-medication. “At least 40-50 per cent of my patients have either had sleeping pills, or antibiotics, or painkillers without a...

-PTI   In a pre-dawn strike, Maoists posing as CRFP personnel attacked a village in the district on Saturday, leaving six villagers dead. The heavily-armed rebels attacked Kareili village around 5 AM and shot dead the villagers including some tribals. While five villagers were killed on the spot, one succumbed to injuries in a hospital. Deputy General of Police Neelmani said the rebels posing as CRPF personnel came in two vehicles and shot dead...

-The Telegraph   The Congress today restated the government’s position of being opposed to including the Prime Minister and the higher judiciary in the ambit of the Lokpal bill, a day before Sonia Gandhi’s scheduled meeting with Anna Hazare. Hazare and his team insist that the offices should come under the scrutiny of the ombudsman. The BJP, which heard out Hazare and his colleagues today, made it clear that it will not “compromise”...

-The Times of India   Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Thursday questioned the Centre's decision of sending two drafts of Lokpal bill to the states for consideration and demanded that the government clarify its stand before seeking states' views on the proposed anti-corruption legislation. Speaking after a meet with civil society group on the Lokpal issue, Kumar said he would discuss the matter with his party and ally BJP. "Let the government...

Jawaharlal Nehru University, set up as a centre for academic excellence for the whole country, mainly caters to students from UP and Bihar. This has come out in the draft performance audit report of Comptroller & Auditor General that also found JNU having diverted Rs 6.29 crore, allocated under Infrastructure Development Fund for OBC reservation, to pay electricity/water charges. The government auditor said JNU had failed to maintain an "all-India character...