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A snakebite that wasn’t: How two sons turned their father’s death into an insurance claim

December 22, 2025 7:21 am

For the police, it seemed like an open and shut case, but for an insurance company reviewing the family’s claim, the paperwork told a different story

Bitten twice while ‘playing with cobra’ for stunt, man dies in Muzaffarnagar

September 23, 2025 4:14 am

He returned home around 9 pm, had dinner and went to bed. By 11 pm, his condition deteriorated

No need to panic after snakebite, free treatment available at govt hospitals: Civil surgeon

September 07, 2025 10:01 pm

Expert warns against turning to faith healers, quacks, or self-styled godmen, stressing that they cannot provide medical treatment.

Snakebite cases spike in Chandigarh, Panchkula, and Mohali during monsoon

August 10, 2025 11:43 pm

At Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, doctors treat an average of five–eight snakebite cases daily during the rains

Over 400 doctors trained to reduce snakebite fatalities in tribal regions of Nashik, Nandurbar districts

July 30, 2025 12:32 pm

Experts have said that the proposal should be expedited to enhance surveillance, enable timely intervention, and ensure an effective public health response.

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Why Madhya Pradesh CM's wish to count snakes and rear king cobras is unfeasible

June 21, 2025 11:14 am

Chief Minister Mohan Yadav is keen on “reintroducing” king cobras in Madhya Pradesh as an antidote to spiralling snakebite deaths. He also wants snakes in the state counted in order to assess numbers of the venomous ones.

Chandigarh: Days after woman’s body found in forest, police arrest friend for ‘abandoning’ her following snakebite

June 17, 2025 10:39 pm

Believing she had died, Suraj panicked and instead of continuing to the hospital, drove to the Dhanas forest, where he abandoned her body in the bushes and fled the scene, police claimed

SC seeks replies from Centre, others on plea over snakebite treatment

December 13, 2024 8:50 pm

The plea has sought directions to conduct snakebite prevention health mission and snakebite public awareness campaigns to reduce mortality, especially in rural India.