Bengaluru, Aug 23: The Karnataka Medical Education Department on Friday ordered that the stipend of senior resident doctors and postgraduate medical students will be increased by 25 per cent.

The order was passed following a strike by the resident doctors.

According to sources, for the past 15 to 20 days, only emergency services were available due to the strike.

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“After Medical Education Minister Dr Sharan Prakash Patil intervened, the strike was called off by the resident doctors. The minister held discussions with the officials of his department and instructed them to pass an order hiking the stipend. The revised stipend would be applicable from August 1,” a press release issued by the minister said.

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Agartala (PTI): Tripura Police has arrested a woman for allegedly killing her five-month-old child in Sepahijala district, officials said on Monday.

Initial investigation revealed that Suchitra Debbarma (28) killed her infant to pave the way for her plan to elope with a man she had been in a relationship with for a year.

After receiving information from Suchitra's neighbours, a police team headed by officer-in-charge of Sonamura police station Tapas Das went to their house at Rampadapara on Sunday.

"We found the baby lying on a bed while her mother was missing. We took the child to Sonamura sub-divisional hospital, where doctors declared the baby dead. Post-mortem will be conducted soon," he said.

According to Das, Suchitra was later arrested from the village.

"Prima facie, it appeared that Suchitra strangled her child to death when her husband, Amit Debbarma, went out for work at a rubber plantation. During interrogation, she admitted that she wanted to kill the baby and elope with another man with whom she had an extramarital affair," he said.