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Hans India
3 hours ago
- Health
- Hans India
Shaheen Group secures 500 MBBS seats for Indian students in Tajikistan
Hyderabad: As hundreds of students fail to secure MBBS seats through merit or management quotas, Shaheen Group of Institutions has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Medical Social Institute of Tajikistan, under which 500 students will be able to pursue MBBS degrees at the institute. As part of the collaboration, the Ambassador of Tajikistan to India, along with the Cultural Ambassador and other diplomatic representatives, visited the Shaheen Campus. Dr Zainab, the Tajikistan coordinator, assured that full security is provided to international students there. Dr Abdul Qadeer, Chairman of the Shaheen Group of Institutions, explained that this agreement offers such students a chance to fulfill their dream of becoming doctors. He further stated that students can complete the entire six-year MBBS course, including hostel accommodation and Indian food, for just Rs 32 lakh. Dr Qadeer shared that the course fee can be paid in easy installments. The registration fee is Rs 49,500, and registrations will remain open until the end of June. The Rs 32 lakh package also includes insurance coverage. In a significant move, Shaheen Group and its medical partners will provide FMGE (Foreign Medical Graduate Examination) coaching from the first day of the MBBS course. This ensures that students are well-prepared to obtain a license for medical practice after graduation. For more information, visit:
India Today
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- India Today
Nagarjuna invites Revanth Reddy to younger son Akhil Akkineni-Zainab's wedding
Actor Nagarjuna extended his son Akhil Akkineni's wedding invitation to Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy at his Jubilee Hills residence. A picture of the Kuberaa actor with his wife and the bride's parents along with the chief minister went viral. Naguarjuna's family is now sending invitations ahead of the a viral photo on X, Nagarjuna, his wife Amala and Akhil's to-be bride Zainab Ravdjee 's parents are seen sharing a warm moment with Reddy after inviting him to the upcoming ceremony. This is the second wedding in the Akkineni household, months after Naga Chaitanya and Sobhita Dhulipala's wedding. Nagarjuna invited Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy to Akhil Akkineni-Zainab Ravdjee's wedding. advertisementAkhil is the half-brother to Naga, who is the son of Nagarjuna and Lakshmi Daggubati. The actor got engaged to Zainab in November. He will next be seen in Kishore Abburu 's 'Lenin.' While sharing a picture right after the engagement with Zainab on his Instagram handle, Akhil wrote, "Found my forever. Happy to announce that Zainab Ravdjee and I are happily engaged." Akhil Akkineni will tie the knot with Zainab Ravidjee on June 6, 2025. (Photo Credit: Instagram/akkineniakhil) Zainab is the daughter of industrialist Zulfi Ravdjee, a prominent figure in the construction industry. Her brother, Zain Ravdjee, serves as the Chairman and Managing Director of ZR Renewable Energy Pvt Ltd, a company focused on renewable energy solutions, reported by is known for creating abstract and impressionist works at art exhibitions. Her first major Indian art exhibition, titled "Reflections," was held in her hometown of Hyderabad, according to NDTV. She currently resides in Mumbai. Before entering into the creative world, she also had a brief stint with played the role of Naghma's friend in the late artist MF Hussain's 'Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities.' The movie featured Tabu and Kunal Kapoor in pivotal and Zainab's wedding will take place on June 6, 2025.
Daily Record
3 days ago
- Daily Record
Dad dragged away from dying daughter's bed by cops hit with huge legal bill
Dr Rashid Abbasi will have to pay the legal fees after losing his case for wrongful arrest. A dad who was dragged away from his dying daughter's hospital bed by police has been hit with a huge legal bill. Dr Rashid Abbasi will have to pay the legal fees after losing his case for wrongful arrest. He also brought a civil claim for false imprisonment and assault and battery against Northumbria Police but was condemned as dishonest by a judge. Now, he will have to pay for the five-day trial at Newcastle Crown Court. It means he will have to pay for his civil case and around 60 to 70 per cent of the legal costs of Northumbria Police, a bill estimated at anywhere from £50,000 up to £100,000. In disturbing video images reported by the Mirror, footage showed him shouting 'b*******' and biting officers who restrained and dragged him from intensive care in August 2019. Dr Abbasi had attempted to recover some costs under a one way cost shifting regime but it is understood that police have opposed that move and it is set to be rejected by the judge. It was a bid to offset some of the 'costs liability' which will run into tens of thousands of pounds. Police footage showed Dr Abbasi, 64, sparked the violence in the paediatric unit of the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, said Recorder James Murphy in his judgement. He condemned his 'quite appalling' allegations that an officer had told him that he would never see daughter Zainab again as untrue and said that he doubted even Dr Abbasi had ever believed it. In his damning judgement, he said: "I would be very surprised that a member of the public let alone a police officer would not have decided there was likely to be a breach of the peace. "The attitude of Dr Abbasi at the time described by the nurses and also the security guards paint a much more accurate picture of the menace present on the ward used by Dr Abbasi. "It is perfectly clear to me looking at his demeanour and attitude. If I was a bystander having watched this footage, a reasonable description would have been that Dr Abbasi was a coiled spring." He and his wife, Aliya, 57, also a doctor, were told that medics wanted to remove Zainab, six, from a ventilator keeping her alive. The little girl suffered from a life-limiting neurodegenerative condition called Niemann-Pick Disease. It was a 'truly shocking' incident, the judge said. She died four weeks later. Speaking after the case earlier this month, Dr Abbasi said: "My daughter Zainab was the light of my life. "She was a critically ill young girl. She needed both her parents by her bedside. Any father would have been desperate to stay. "I am disappointed that the arrest was held to be lawful and the description of me by the Judge as a menace was unwarranted and hurtful and is not borne out by the video footage which tells its own story." His solicitor, Daniel Cooper, Partner at Imran Khan and Partners, said he would be advising on the merits of an appeal "in due course." Both Northumbria Police and Dr Abassi's legal team declined to comment on the legal bill.
Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Daily Mirror
Dad dragged away from dying daughter's bed by police faces massive legal bill
Dr Rashid Abbasi lost a civil claim for false imprisonment and assault and battery against Northumbria Police after he was forcibly removed from his dying daughter's hospital bedside The dad who was forcibly removed from his dying daughter's hospital bedside by police is facing a huge legal bill after losing his case for wrongful arrest. Dr Rashid Abbasi also brought a civil claim for false imprisonment and assault and battery against Northumbria Police but was condemned as dishonest by a judge. Now, he will have to pay for the five-day trial at Newcastle crown court in his civil case and around 60 to 70 per cent of the legal costs of Northumbria Police, a bill estimated at anywhere from £50,000 up to £100,000. Disturbing video images showed him shouting 'b*******' and biting officers who restrained and dragged him from intensive care in August 2019. He now faces paying not only his own legal costs but the costs of Northumbria Police following a case which took six years to come to court. He had attempted to recover some costs under a one way cost shifting regime but it is understood that police have opposed that move and it is set to be rejected by the judge. It was a bid to offset some of the 'costs liability' which will run into tens of thousands of pounds. Police footage showed Dr Abbasi, 64, sparked the violence in the paediatric unit of the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, said Recorder James Murphy in his judgement. He condemned his 'quite appalling' allegations that an officer had told him that he would never see daughter Zainab again as untrue and said that he doubted even Dr Abbasi had ever believed it. In his damning judgement, he said: "I would be very surprised that a member of the public let alone a police officer would not have decided there was likely to be a breach of the peace. "The attitude of Dr Abbasi at the time described by the nurses and also the security guards paint a much more accurate picture of the menace present on the ward used by Dr Abbasi. "It is perfectly clear to me looking at his demeanour and attitude. If I was a bystander having watched this footage, a reasonable description would have been that Dr Abbasi was a coiled spring." He and his wife, Aliya, 57, also a doctor, were told that medics wanted to remove their Zainab, six, from a ventilator keeping her alive. The little girl suffered from a life-limiting neurodegenerative condition called Niemann-Pick Disease. It was a 'truly shocking' incident, the judge said. She died four weeks after it. Speaking after the case earlier this month, Dr Abbasi said: "My daughter Zainab was the light of my life. "She was a critically ill young girl. She needed both her parents by her bedside. Any father would have been desperate to stay. "I am disappointed that the arrest was held to be lawful and the description of me by the Judge as a menace was unwarranted and hurtful and is not borne out by the video footage which tells its own story." His solicitor, Daniel Cooper, Partner at Imran Khan and Partners, said he would be advising on the merits of an appeal "in due course." Both Northumbria Police and Dr Abassi's legal team declined to comment on the legal bill.
Daily Mail
23-05-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
Distraught father dragged away from his dying six-year-old daughter's intensive care bedside by police loses legal fight against the force
A distraught father who sued police after he was dragged away from his dying daughter's hospital bedside has lost his legal fight against the force. Shocking footage obtained by The Mail on Sunday showed Dr Rashid Abbasi, an NHS consultant, being wrenched from six-year-old Zainab shortly after he was told her life support was being withdrawn. The harrowing film from a police body camera captured him being forcibly removed from a children's intensive care unit in August 2019 by an officer holding him by the neck. Mr Abbasi's wife Aliya, a former doctor, was also grabbed from behind, pulled from the bedside and fell backwards on to the floor of the hospital ward screaming. The 64-year-old subsequently brought a civil claim for wrongful arrest, false imprisonment and assault and battery against Northumbria Police. However, Mr Abbasi's case was rejected today by a judge, who described Mr Abbasi as a 'menace' on the ward. Judge Recorder James Murphy said there was more than sufficient grounds for the police to believe there was an imminent risk of a breach of peace. He concluded that Mr Abbasi's rights were 'not curtailed' and it therefore did not constitute a wrongful arrest or assault. Mr Murphy said according to The Mirror: 'I would be very surprised that a member of the public let alone a police officer would not have decided there was likely to be a breach of the peace.' 'If I was a bystander having watched this footage, a reasonable description would have been that Dr Abbasi was a coiled spring waiting to breach the peace,' he added. Mr Abbasi was said to have become 'very angry' when he was told he could not return to the hospital to visit his daughter. Staff reportedly found his behaviour 'intimidating' and security was called. However, speaking after the ruling, Mr Abbasi said the description of him as a menace was 'unwarranted' and 'hurtful'. He said: 'At court this week, the officers accepted that, from the time when they arrived until the time they laid hands on me, I was not acting aggressively. 'They accepted that I was not threatening anyone. They accepted that I was not intimidating anyone. 'I am disappointed therefore that the arrest was held to be lawful and the description of me by the judge as a menace was unwarranted and hurtful and is not borne out by the video footage which tells its own story. 'I will be seeking advice from my lawyers in respect of an appeal.' The incident involving Mr Abbasi took place in a hospital in the North of England that the Mail cannot name for legal reasons. It came after the parents were involved in a protracted dispute with doctors over the care of their critically ill daughter. The six-year-old was suffering from respiratory problems and a rare genetic illness called Niemann-Pick disease, which meant she was likely to die during childhood. Medics insisted Zainab should be allowed to die but Mr and Mrs Abbasi fought for further treatment that they were convinced would keep her alive. The couple clashed with Zainab's doctors for years over her treatment. They said that on two previous occasions when Zainab was critically ill they had successfully argued for her to be treated with steroids instead of having life support withdrawn, and were proved correct when her condition improved. After her admission to hospital in July 2019, Mr and Mrs Abbasi believed that, while their daughter was dangerously ill, she could survive with the right care. But the following month on August 19, doctors told the Abbasis that Zainab was dying. An audio recording revealed how one doctor told them that 'the next steps would involve taking her off the ventilator'. Rashid and Aliya pleaded for further tests, but one of the doctors refused, saying the process of moving Zainab on to palliative care needed to start 'straight away'. Rashid told them they would have to get a court order to do so. Urged again to carry out more tests, the doctor replied 'We are not going to be doing any more going round in circles', adding: 'You will never come to terms with this.' The medics then attempted to hand the couple a letter restricting Mr Abbasi's visiting hours amid claims that staff felt 'threatened and intimidated' by him. Dr Abbasi, a respiratory expert who works at a different hospital, stormed out of the meeting but hospital staff then called police, claiming he pushed a senior doctor who attempted to prevent him returning to his daughter's bedside. Half an hour later, four police officers and two security guards gathered at Zainab's bedside where the devastated Abbasis and one of their sons were quietly comforting her. The bodycam footage shows how officers asked on a number of occasions for Mr Abbasi to leave his daughter's bedside and talk to them outside the ward but he refused. Mrs Abbasi suggested the officers talk to her husband at the bedside. She pleaded with them to show 'compassion', saying: 'We were just informed they were going to take the tube out of our daughter.' But after just over five minutes, an officer gave Mr Abbasi a final warning before wrenching him away from his daughter. One officer held his neck as he was dragged in his chair away from the bedside, the footage shows. After being forced on to the floor, Mr Abbasi, who suffers from serious heart problems, complained of 'chest pain', only to be told: 'You've brought this on yourself.' The officers are seen claiming that Mr Abbasi kicked and bit them during the struggle. Mr Abbasi denies the claims. 'You are acting like an animal,' the female officer tells Rashid, firmly adding: 'Your behaviour in front of your child is disgusting' Mr Abbasi previously told the Mail on Sunday: 'The pictures speak for themselves. They behaved like barbarians. They were not prepared to listen. My daughter was given a death sentence half an hour before they arrived.' Mr Abbasi was taken to accident and emergency, where officers later de-arrested him. He said he was told he had suffered a heart attack and the next day he underwent an emergency angioplasty. Following the incident, the NHS trust applied to the High Court for permission to take Zainab off the ventilator, but on September 16, just three days before the hearing was due to start, Zainab died. Dr Abbasi's solicitor, Daniel Cooper, said today: 'Our client was sitting peacefully by his dying daughter's bedside, when police officers decided to drag him away. 'As the body worn footage shows, the force they used to do so was brutal, painful, and highly inappropriate given our client was a grieving father on a children's intensive care ward. 'In evidence, the officers accepted that, from the time when they arrived to the time they laid hands on our client, he was not acting aggressively. 'They accepted that he was not threatening anyone. They accepted that he was not intimidating anyone. 'We do not consider that it was reasonable for the arresting officer, PC Baxter, to form a belief that our client was going to imminently breach the peace. 'We are therefore disappointed the arrest was found to be lawful. We will be advising our client on the merits of an appeal in due course.'
