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Nearly 70 children have died at the BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur since August 7 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister  Yogi Adityanath  on Tuesday stressed the importance of the Swachch Bharat Mission in the eradication of diseases such as encephalitis, which claim the lives of hundreds of children every year. Politics News  : He regretted that children were dying even 70 years after India's Independence. "The cure of diseases such as encephalitis is hidden in the Swachch Bharat Mission. I been saying this repeatedly as I represent eastern UP," he said after unfurling the national flag on the occasion of Independence Day. In the last three decades, Japanese Encephalitis and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome have claimed over 50,000 lives in eastern Uttar Pradesh, mostly in the Gorakhpur district. Adityanath said in his first Independence Day speech as the chief minister that a large numbers of people, including children, died of diseases such as encephalitis, chi...

The BSP supremo was speaking about the Saharanpur anti-Dalit violence in the Upper House Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader  Mayawati News  on Tuesday said she will resign from the Rajya Sabha after being asked to wrap up her impromptu speech on the Saharanpur anti-Dalit violence in the Upper House of the Parliament. "I will resign right away. I will come back and give my resignation," she said and walked out of the House. Politics News  : The Congress walked out of the Rajya Sabha after Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had got a mandate to rule, as BSP supremo Mayawati vociferously spoke against atrocities on Dalits and minorities in Uttar Pradesh and demanded a discussion on the issue. Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad took objection to Naqvi's remarks, saying the BJP had got a mandate to protect the poor, farmers, minorities, and Dalits. "When Mayawati tried to talk, she was told that we have got the m...

President election: The MPs will vote on Green ballots and the MLAs will vote on pink ballots The elected representative of the Parliament and various state assemblies on Monday will vote to elect India's next President. There are two candidates in the fray for the coveted post- National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Ram Nath Kovind and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) candidate Meira Kumar. President Pranab Mukherjee's term is expiring on July 25. In the last  presidential elections 2017  in 2012, Pranab Mukherjee had defeated P A Sangma and got over 69 per cent votes. Ram Nath Kovind, former Governor of Bihar, was announced as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA's candidate for the post of President of India by BJP president Amit Shah on June 19, 2017. Kovind is a leader and a politician from the BJP. Kovind filed his nomination for the election on June 23, 2017. Also Read :  Presidential elections 2017: Kovind likely to sail through as ...

Kovind's name was a surprise to those who wanted somebody with a Hindutva image to be the candidate Politics News   : Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind, a Dalit leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), will be the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), and in all likelihood the next President of India. The BJP Parliamentary Board decided Kovind's candidature at its meeting on Monday. Kovind is widely respected among political circles for his integrity and people remember his family to have led an abstemious lifestyle during his political career, including when he was a Rajya Sabha member from 1994 to 2006. The BJP-led NDA has 48.6 per cent votes in the electoral college and has been promised support from regional parties like the Telangana Rashtra Samiti, YSR Congress Party, and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. Also Read :   Why NDA chose Bihar Governor Kovind, a Dalit leader, as President nominee BJP chief Amit Sha...