Cases of Chandipura virus and acute encephalitis syndrome are increasing in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. The Union Health Ministry, along with experts, reviewed the cases of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome and Chandipura Virus in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. A central team is being deployed to assist the state of Gujarat in the investigation so that it can be stopped.
Patel said, 'Chandipura virus is not contagious. However, intensive monitoring has been done in the affected areas. We have examined 18,646 people in 4,487 houses. The health department is working round the clock to stop the spread of the disease.
Tragedy struck early Monday morning near Chikhodra village in Anand district, Gujarat, when a speeding truck collided with a stationary private luxury bus on the Ahmedabad-Vadodara Expressway. The accident resulted in the loss of six lives and left more than six others injured.
Starting around 7 am in the morning, as per more than 400 years old tradition, the Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath started from Shri Jagannath Temple in Jamalpur area and will return by 8 pm after passing through various routes of the old city.
A major accident has occurred in Surat, Gujarat. Here a six-storey building collapsed. About a dozen people are reported to have been injured in this incident, while some people are feared buried under the debris. It is being told that a five-storey building located in Sachin GIDC area of Surat suddenly collapsed.
Gujarat: A Toddler fell into a borewell about 50 feet deep in Suragapara village of Gujarat. Efforts to save the girl are continuing. After the girl was pulled out of the borewell, she was provided oxygen by the 108 ambulance service team to keep her alive even though her body was showing no movement during the early hours of the rescue operation.
A toddler girl has fallen into a 45-50 feet deep borewell in Surgapara village of Amreli, news agency sources reported. The rescue operation is underway.
Today, a devastating fire swept through the Bharuch BJP office in Gujarat, allegedly ignited by a short circuit. Initial probes indicate electrical malfunction as the likely cause.
Four people of the same family drowned while bathing in Mahisagar River in Anand District of Gujarat. Giving information, Anand District police said that two women were also among those who drowned.
Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav has challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding Muslim reservation by showing the list of 25 Muslim castes included in the Other Backward Class (OBC) list of Gujarat. Narendra Modi has been questioned.
