RAIPUR - Chhattisgarh, one of the Indian state's worst-affected with the sickle-cell blood disorder, will step up its drive to detect the people suffering from the deadly disease, Health Minister Amar Agrawal said Saturday.

NEW DELHI - The number of new dengue cases has gone down in the capital, due to the advent of winters. There were only two cases of the vector-borne disease Saturday, a Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) report said.

NEW DELHI - Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Saturday promised to prepare an action plan to check the menace of spurious drugs in the national capital.

NEW DELHI - Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Saturday said stiff penalties have been proposed for unethical practices related to organ donation in an amendment to the existing law.

NEW DELHI - Over 50 percent of Indians suffer from tooth decay problems and nearly 77 percent have not visited the dentist in the past one year, a study revealed Saturday.