US jobs beckon Indian nurses

New Delhi (PTI): Over 150,000 trained healthcare professionals are required in the US and nurses from India stand a good chance, Banner Health, a US-based healthcare service provider has said.

According to Paula Bradney, director (recruitment) of Banner Health, Indian nurses stand a good chance as “they are both professional and fluent in English”.

About 150 nurses are flying to the US after being groomed for nearly two years, Bradney said.

Charu Modi Bhartia, the founder of Modi Healthcare Placement echoed Bradney. “There is a huge opportunity for nurses in the US and trained professionals from India are very much in demand because of their natural empathy towards people in pain and fluency in English.”

The healthcare industry in India is growing at a rate of about 7 per cent annually and the demand for professionals is increasing accordingly, Bhartia added.

Godhra key accused in net

Ahmedabad (PTI): A key accused in the Godhra train fire case has been arrested from Godhra town.

Irfan Abdul Majid Kalandar alias Bhobho, who was arrested on Tuesday morning, is a member of the “core group” accused of allegedly setting fire to the S-6 coach of the Sabarmati Express on February 27, 2002.

So far, 107 people have been arrested in connection with the fire, in which 59 people were killed. The deaths triggered the Gujarat riots.

Police claimed that most of the core group members have been taken into custody.

Bird-hit flight

Hyderabad (PTI): A Dubai-bound Emirates Airlines flight with 188 people on board, including the crew members, was turned back following a suspected bird-hit on Tuesday. The flight took off from here at 10.20 am and returned after 20 minutes. Two blades of an engine were found slightly damaged.

HD Shourie dead

New Delhi (PTI): H.D. Shourie, a consumer activist and father of former Union minister Arun Shourie, died here on Tuesday. The retired ICS officer founded Common Cause, a social activist group. Shourie was 93.

Pak infiltrator

New Delhi (PTI): The BSF has apprehended a Pakistani who was trying to enter India and seized heroin worth Rs 8 crore from him. Naved Masi from Lahore was held near Dharma outpost in Punjab’s Ferozepur sector after a brief exchange of fire.

About three tonnes of empty shells have been found in 60 bags lying abandoned in a village near Jamnagar in Gujarat. These were empty shells of fired bullets and had no explosives.