As many as 15 deaths occurred due to encephalitis in the past 24 hours.
Nearly 2000 people are undergoing treatment and villages are being fogged.
The Centre will formulate both short term and long-term strategies to tackle the disease, which had acquired epidemic proportions.
12 people have died in the last 24 hours in eastern Uttar Pradesh.
Priyanka, who conducted a meeting with local Congress workers inside the party office for around 16 hours on Tuesday, told reporters, "These things will keep on going, I'm doing my own work." She made the remarks when asked if Vadra's questioning by the ED affected her.
As many as 56 fresh cases were reported, Additional Director (Health) C B M Tripathi said in Gorakhpur, adding that the toll this year was the highest in the past one decade.
23 divisions in the state are in the grip of the disease.
Nearly 79 children have died due to suspected Japanese encephalitis or brain fever in Gorakhpur district of eastern Uttar Pradesh and many more are undergoing treatment, a senior official said on Wednesday.
It was recovered from Gorakhpur in eastern Uttar Pradesh at the instance of Prakash Chander Pandey, who allegedly killed the poetess.
The ancient temple town is famous for silk products crafted by its master weavers.
Expressing grief at the loss of lives in the train collision in eastern Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 2 lakh each to the next of kin of those killed in the accident.
After covering several kilometres on foot along with their families, the labourers, who reached Charbagh bus station in Lucknow on Saturday and Sunday, said there was no point staying in Delhi as they have exhausted their funds and it would be better for them to return to their homes.
Bharat and Vibha Singh from a village in eastern Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur district had written a letter to the PM asking him to suggest a name for their daughter.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra would accompany him to Wayanad.
'At least half the population in UP has been infected.'
They added that Vadra was expected to join the probe again on Friday.
24 migrant workers were declared dead on Saturday early morning when a trailer truck carrying sacks of lime along with people rammed into the back of a stationary truck with many migrant workers sitting in it near a roadside eatery on the national highway in Auraiya.
Congressmen came out against the BJP in Lucknow staging a dharna and demanding Sengar's expulsion from the saffron party.
'We don't have any agenda in that, there will be no discrimination against anyone. Constitution will be Gita in that'
'The idea is to have a place where people can come together and bridge the gap. It will be a contemporary design for the future, and not have the shadows of the past' Ritwik Sharma reports.
An ex-gratia compensation of Rs 2 lakh has been announced for each for the families of those killed.
The Congress also fielded Madhusudan Tiwari from Gorakhpur against BJP's actor-turned politician Ravi Kishan.
With three more children succumbing to encephalitis at the BRD Medical College Hospital in Gorakhpur, the death toll due to the disease has climbed to 304 in eastern Uttar Pradesh this year.
'This is against the Constitution and we will oppose it tooth and nail.'
The Congress general secretary claimed that she was surrounded, held by the throat by a female cop and pushed by another female cop.
The businessman has been grilled in this case four times in the past, the last being February 20.
A UP Police officer said Ashish Pandey, a realtor from Lucknow, held licences for three firearms, which have now been suspended.
The BJP sought to distance itself from its leader's sexist comments.
The Congress general secretary in-charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh said the people of Amethi and Rae Bareli have self-respect and they do not beg from anyone.
Throughout her campaigning, Irani asserted that people of Amethi want change and development and will vote for Modi.
Swirling waters inundated 12 districts in the state.
Mr Modi and Mr Shah will need him if they want to win UP again in 2022 and India in 2024. This signals a Yogi Adityanath-sized change in BJP politics, even under Mr Modi, Shekhar Gupta.
That day is not very far when farmers will get double their present income, says PM.
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