A man escaped with barely a scratch after a 3-inch nail hurtled into his eye when he accidentally hit it with a strimmer.

The doctor who conducted sterilisation procedures after which 13 women died in central India was arrested, but insisted he didn’t do anything wrong — even though he said he used to perform up to 10 times more surgeries a day than allowed.

A doctor who conducted sterilisation procedures after which 13 women died has been arrested, a senior medical official in India said.

Nem Bai was told getting a tubectomy would be an easy process — that she’d be home by sunset, a few hundred rupees richer and back to work in the fields within two days.

My husband and I have had some money and job worries recently, and our sex life has suffered.

Police arrested a third suspect today over the gang rape and killing of two teenage cousins found hanging from a tree in northern India, as a top state official said he was recommending a federal investigation into a case that has triggered national outrage.

A fire engulfed two coaches of an express train in southern India today, killing at least 26 passengers, officials said.

The four men who raped and killed a young Indian woman on a moving bus will learn if they face execution on Friday.

A one-ton rover as big as a Mini is due to land on Mars on Monday in one of the most daring space missions ever attempted.

A man diagnosed with head and neck cancer 10 years ago will run past the hospital which saved his life next month when he takes part in the Great Limerick Half Marathon.

A former Goldman Sachs board member linked to a hedge fund insider trading case has surrendered to a court in New York City to face criminal charges.

INDEPENDENT News & Media (INM) has further reduced its overall debt by selling its remaining 5.7% interest in Indian media group Jagran Prakashan (JPL) for €32 million.

Independent News & Media have sold its remaining shares in Indian newspaper group Jagran Prakashan Limited on the Bombay and National Stock Exchanges in India for approximately €32m.

A team of pet detectives is looking for a missing cat — with the help of an Indian psychic.

THE Dublin newspaper market’s leading two daily “free-sheet” titles – Herald AM and Metro Ireland – have agreed merger terms, following long-running negotiations.

ALL eight babies born in what is believed to be only the second case of octuplets surviving more than a few hours are stable and doing well.

All eight babies born in what is believed to be only the second case of octuplets surviving more than a few hours are stable and doing well, doctors said today.

A woman has given birth to eight babies, only the second time in history octuplets have survived more than a few hours.

Heavy monsoon rains have lashed northern India, killing at least 74 people and destroying dozens of poorly constructed buildings, police said today.

A WIDER range of support services will be provided to people on cancer treatment in the mid-west with the establishment of a cancer charity.

A WOMAN, whose breast cancer treatment was delayed for 18 months after she was wrongly given the all-clear three times, is only now beginning to think about her future.

THREE hospital consultant posts and eight support staff positions are to be created by the Health Service Executive to bolster breast cancer services in the mid-west.

The following is a statement made by Patient A about her experiences as a breast cancer patient that saw her misdiagnosed three times:

SOME patients attending Barringtons Hospital in Limerick may have had unnecessary breast surgery because of shortcomings in its breast care services, a review has found.

THE mid-west’s director of cancer services said he was sad and angry that a woman’s breast cancer went undiagnosed when she was first referred for examination in 2005.

Indian air force helicopters swept low over the flooded plains of northern India today, dropping desperately needed aid to some 2 million people marooned by some of the worst flooding to hit the area in 30 years, officials said.

Michael Moore has ended his feud with CNN after the US news network admitted making mistakes in their coverage of his latest movie Sicko.

A DECISION to cease cancer screening at Ennis General Hospital and transfer it to Limerick is in the best interest of women’s healthcare, the Health Service Executive said yesterday.

A judge who issued obscenity charges against Richard Gere for publicly kissing Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty has been transferred from his job, it was reported today.

Legal experts in India today ridiculed a court’s obscenity charges against actor Richard Gere and Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty for kissing in public.

An Indian court issued arrest warrants for Hollywood actor Richard Gere and Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty today, saying their kiss at a public function "transgressed all limits of vulgarity," media reports said.

A TOP specialist yesterday accused the INO of causing unnecessary stress and worry to cancer patients by refusing his requests to keep open a 24-hour helpline for out-patients.

THE cricketing world was rocked by acclaimed South Africa captain Hanse Cronje’s fall from grace in the biggest match-fixing scandal the sport has seen.

A MALAISE at the core of our public services surfaced in a recurring theme this week.

AN 18-year-old Muslim woman who ran away from her family in Britain to marry an Indian Hindu she met on the internet described today how she “had to be with” the man she loved.

THE new radiotherapy unit at the Mid-West Regional Hospital will begin to treat cancer patients within the next eight weeks, it was learned yesterday.

Leaders from Canada and Ireland are this week joining families of the victims of the 1985 Air India crash off the Irish coast for a memorial service to mark the 20th anniversary of the tragedy.

INDEPENDENT News & Media (INM) confirmed yesterday it is to buy a 26% stake in Indian newspaper publisher Jagran Prakashan for a modest €25.5 million.

CHRIS DORAN, who realised his dream of representing Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest earlier this year, is helping to raise awareness about one of the world’s fastest growing cancer - non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

At least 21 people have been burned to death in a fight over jobs in eastern India.

Three buildings in western India collapsed when a cooking gas cylinder exploded today, killing at least 17 people and injuring 43 others, police said.

A hospital in New Delhi is attempting to convince the parents of two conjoined 35-day-old boys to take them home instead of abandoning them, a news report said today.

Police in the Indian capital New Delhi were on high alert today as millions of people celebrated an ancient Hindu festival under the shadow of renewed terrorist violence.

THEY don’t want to make a mountain out of a molehill, but Indian authorities are getting very annoyed about advertisement graffiti plastered all over the Himalayas.