Citing the latest findings of Central Pollution Control Board on deteriorating conditions of Aami river in Gorakhpur district, Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan

Realising that the closure of Gandak canal could jeopardise its election prospects in eastern Uttar Pradesh, the Mayawati government has lodged a protest with Bihar government saying farmers were b

Visit of doctors from national institutions to worst-affected regions recommended

India has agreed to provide an additional 100 Megawatt (MW) of electricity to Nepal to ease the acute power shortage in the country.

Absence of preventive measures and affordable and accessible health care leads to nearly 500 encephalitis deaths in Uttar Pradesh.

Vishwa Vijay Singh, Congress candidate from the Sahjanwa constituency in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh, knows little about politics.

Criticised for not doing enough to tackle the spread of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh, where hundreds of children die or are dis

Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh, who also holds the Drinking Water and Sanitation portfolio, will work in concert with the Union Health Ministry and prepare an action plan to sub

In Gorakhpur, thousands have become a burden on their poor families

Medical facilities have collapsed as encephalitis epidemic continues to rage

Even as the rest of India recovers from its Diwali celebrations, residents of Poorvanchal have been marking a grim time that descends on the eastern Uttar Pradesh region each year: a time local people call the season of death.

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