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Acute Encephalitis Syndrome: Centre to set up a panel of experts to monitor situation in Bihar

OpIndia Staff - 19 June, 2019

After Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) claimed over 112 lives in Bihar, the centre has finally decided to intervene by setting up a panel to monitor the situation in Bihar

Politics

RJD’s gutter politics, brings out caste angle in doctors’ strike and encephalitis deaths in Bihar

OpIndia Staff - 18 June, 2019

In certain sections of media and social media, there were already attempts to brand the Bengal doctors' strike as a 'Savarna conspiracy'. RJD seems to be taking the exact same lines.

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Petition filed against Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey for failure to contain AES breakout

OpIndia Staff - 17 June, 2019

The petition has been filed by Social Activist Tamanna Hashmi in the court of Muzaffarpur Chief Judicial Magistrate, holding the Ministers responsible for failing to control the outbreak of the disease.

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Bihar Health Minister displays insensitivity, inquires about India-Pakistan match score during meeting on Encephalitis deaths

OpIndia Staff - 17 June, 2019

The death toll in Muzaffarpur and other districts of Bihar due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) rises to 82

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Bihar: After 20 more children succumb to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome in the last 24 hours, death toll rises to 100

OpIndia Staff - 17 June, 2019

The death toll due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Muzaffarpur and other districts of Bihar has risen to 100

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After poll drubbing, disgruntled RS MP Misa Bharti withdraws approval for projects worth Rs 15 crores

OpIndia Staff - 14 June, 2019

Disappointed after her defeat in LS elections, RJD's Rajya Sabha MP Misa Bharati refuses to fund preapproved projects worth Rs 15 crores under MPLAD

Crime

Bihar: 55 year old Kalam Ansari caught red-handed while raping a 10 year old girl, VHP calls for a bandh in Sheohar

OpIndia Staff - 14 June, 2019

The VHP today called for a bandh in Sheohar, Bihar after a 55-year-old man, Kalam Ansari was caught raping a 10-year-old minor girl ealier this week

Crime

Local Muslims attack Hindu family in Begusarai and force them to sell their house, say ‘even Bajrang Dal won’t be able to save you’

OpIndia Staff - 12 June, 2019

Victim Munni Kumari in her complaint stated that of the three men entered her house at 1 am, two were masked and one was completely naked. The naked man began to rape her mother, while one of the masked men turned towards her and tore off her kurta.

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Bihar MLA’s assistant caught displaying objectionable behaviour while on a ‘study tour’ in Manipur

OpIndia Staff - 10 June, 2019

Some people can be seen dancing in a room, reportedly in Moreh, near the India-Myanmar border where the man repeatedly puts his hand on her shoulder and tries to hug her and get close to her.

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