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Doctor Accused Of Molesting 3 Abortion Patients

Doctor Accused Of Molesting 3 Abortion Patients Dr. Narendra Sharma, of Ashwood, Bowdon, has been accused of molesting 3 women who had come to his clinic for abortion.

The police arrested Dr. Sharma after medical team at the Marie Stopes International Clinic in Manchester raised the alarm. 

Married Dr. Sharma, 51, worked at the clinic as an anaesthetist.

The staff members present during the terminations said that the doctor used the hands of the sedated patients to perform obscene acts on himself in OT.

The women were in a semi-conscious state but were unaware of their surroundings.

Four killed in Egyptian tour bus crash

Four killed in Egyptian tour bus crashCairo  - At least four people were killed and 15 others injured when a tour bus crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula, police and medics said on Monday.

All of the dead were Egyptians, but the injured included people "of various nationalities," police told the German Press Agency dpa.

Most of the wounded were rushed to hospitals in Nakhil, in central Sinai, medics said, but five of the injured passengers were in critical condition and were rushed to a larger hospital in Suez.

24 pilgrims killed, 75 injured in truck mishap on Punjab-Himachal Pradesh border

24 pilgrims killed, 75 injured in truck mishap on Punjab-Himachal Pradesh borderAnandpur Sahib, Mar. 31: At least 24 pilgrims were killed and 75 were injured when their truck returning from Naina Devi shrine overturned at Rampur Jhajjhar village along the Punjab-Himachal Pradesh border on Tuesday morning.

According to official sources, the pilgrims were going to pay obeisance at the Naina Devi shrine in Himachal Pradesh when the mishap took place.

Titanic museum to open in Southampton

Titanic museum to open in SouthamptonLondon, Mar 31: A new museum charting the story of the Titanic could be built in Britain ahead of the 100th anniversary of the ill-fated liner’s sinking.

The 28 million pound museum in Southampton, from where the liner set sail in 1912 on her maiden voyage, is set to feature a climb-aboard replica of the doomed ship, which hit an iceberg causing the loss of 1523 lives.

The plans received a boost after the Heritage Lottery Fund awarded almost 500,000 pounds in development funding – with the potential for a further 4.5 million pounds towards construction.

21 refugees dead, many missing after boats sink off Libya

21 refugees dead, many missing after boats sink off Libya Rome  - At least two boats carrying hundreds of African refugees sank off the Libyan coast, with 21 bodies and 23 survivors recovered and hundreds more missing, Italian media reported early Tuesday.

One boat was carrying a reported 257 people and the second had 340 on board.

The search for missing was continuing.

The two boats were launched from near Tripoli in the direction of Italy. The causes of the shipwrecks were not immediately known.

20 pilgrims killed in a road accident in India

20 pilgrims killed in a road accident in India New Delhi  - At least 20 pilgrims were killed and 65 injured when a truck carrying them from a Hindu shrine overturned on a road in India's northern state of Punjab on Tuesday, a news report said.

The accident occurred near the Anandpur Sahib town early Tuesday when the truck was returning from the Hindu shrine of Naina Devi in neighbouring Himachal Pradesh state, the IANS news agency reported.

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