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Lucknow, Aug 13: Facing flak following death of over 30 children in 48 hours allegedly owing to shortage of oxygen at BRD Medical College in his Lok Sabha constituency of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday sought to indicate that the deaths had been caused by encephalitis and slammed the media for what he termed resorting to ''fake reporting'' on such a sensitive

New Delhi, Aug 13: Terrorists in the Kashmir Valley are now on the run and they cannot continue to terrorise the people for decades, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said today, maintaining that the government's priority was to clean up the Kashmir Valley of armed militants. He said the terrorists in Kashmir were "now under great pressure" and the financial crunch caused by demonetisation and the

Srinagar, Aug 13: Two army men were killed and three others, including a captain, injured in an encounter with militants in Shopian district of south Kashmir, the police said tonight. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation today following information about the presence of militants in Avneera village of Zainapora area of the district, a police official said. He said as the security

Gorakhpur/Lucknow, Aug 12: Raids are being conducted at a company which supplied oxygen cylinders to Gorakhpur's Baba Raghav Das Medical College, where 63 children have died over the last six days. According to media, raids are being conducted at company supplying oxygen to the Baba Raghav Das Medical College in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur. Earlier on Saturday, Congress demanded Uttar Pradesh Chief

Patna, Aug 12: Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) has replaced Sharad Yadav as party leader in the Rajya Sabha with Ram Chandra Prasad Singh. Confirming the big political development, Bihar JD(U) president Vashishtha Narayan on Saturday said that the JD(U) leaders met Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu and gave him in writing that Singh will represent the party in the Upper House. Justifying

New Delhi, Aug 12: Political activist Taifoor Akbar has said that the people in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) are living in slavery as there are no roads and factories in the region. Mentioning about the degraded condition in PoK, Akbar said Pakistan Government has put restrictions on books under the National Action Plan and abducted people and put them behind the bars on sedition charges

Lucknow, Aug 12: The Uttar Pradesh government today said stringent action will be taken against those found guilty in the high number of death of infants in Gorakhpur's state- run Baba Raghav Das Medical College. Gorakhpur district magistrate Rajeev Rautela had yesterday said least 60 children had died in the Medical College within 48 hours. However, state health minister Siddharth Nath Singh had

New Delhi, Aug 12: BJP president Amit Shah has invited Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar to join the ruling NDA, following the latter's alliance with the saffron party in the state to form a new government. "I met JD(U) president Nitish Kumar at my residence yesterday. I invited JD(U) to join the NDA," Shah said in a tweet on Saturday. The Bihar-based party is expected to

New Delhi, Aug 12: A civilian was killed in ceasefire violation and shelling by Pakistan early on Saturday morning in Mendhar sector in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, news agency ANI reported. "Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked firing from 0515 hours in Poonch sector. Indian Army retaliated strongly. Firing ceased at 0645 hours," Army sources told ANI. A 45-year-old woman lost her life in

Lucknow, Aug 11: Thirty children, mostly new born, died allegedly owing to shortage of oxygen at BRD Medical College Hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur town, the Lok Sabha constituency of chief minister Yogi Adityanath, about 275 kilometres from here. According to the sources, the victims included ten children, who were admitted to the neonatal ward, and a similar number of children admitted to