The train was on its way from Gorakhpur to Mathura.
"Mohit Yadav is my name...," said the 24-year-old, before slapping sub-inspector Jitendra Kumar.
Six more people succumbed to the deadly Japanese encephalitis in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday, taking the toll upto 99.
The duo has been identified as Mushiruddin Salauddin Siddiqui (27), a native of Kanpur, but residing in Virar town of neighbouring Thane district, and Manzoor Mahmood Ansari (37), a resident of Birganj town of Nepal.
Despite repeated appeals from the police and the varsity authorities, the protesters refused to end their agitation. Police said the protesters did not have permission to march towards Parliament.
For Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who continues the Gandhi family legacy of active politics that began several generations ago, the formal entry into politics was two decades in the making.
The highest number was reported from Meerut zone where 569 encounters took place.
Rain and thunderstorm wrecked havoc in several parts of Uttar Pradesh leaving at least 21 dead
Over 300 people from Maharashtra have been rescued from the earthquake-hit Nepal in the last four days, while the state government is unable to establish contact with 40 others.
According to an insider, "Winning is all that matters to the BJP. The leaders were warned that he was an undesirable character but they said look at his victory margin."
Mayawati said that the BSP and the SP would not ally with the Congress party in the upcoming elections.
UP: Senior BJP leaders detained while proceeding, violence claims 7
"The friendship between China and Pakistan appears to be very strong but the day is not far when China too gets affected by Pakistan-backed terrorism," Singh, who is in Gorakhpur to take part in a function at the Gorakhnath temple, told media persons on Monday night.
The Centre will formulate both short term and long-term strategies to tackle the disease, which had acquired epidemic proportions.
More than 100 new cases of Japanese encephalitis were reported on Tuesday even as the death toll rose to 324 and the Uttar Pradesh health department requisitioned 72 lakh vials of vaccine to deal with the epidemic.
12 people have died in the last 24 hours in eastern Uttar Pradesh.
An 18-year-old drowned last evening when he went for a swim in Mitha river at Saki Naka in Northeast Mumbai, while a woman sustained minor injuries today when the balcony of a building collapsed at Vakola.
'The Modi government must create conditions to integrate millions into the rural economy as many migrants are certainly not going to return to live an undignified life,' notes Ramesh Menon.
'Yogiji has neither been successful in reducing crime in the state nor has he been able to make the people feel that they are safe,' says one UP minister.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath who went on a whirlwind tour of the state to ensure the victory of his party candidates, described it as a "historic win". He attributed the victory to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision and BJP chief Amit Shah's guidance.
The Bharatiya Janata Party leaders on Saturday credited 'Modi wave' for the party's stong showing in the high stakes Uttar Pradesh elections.
21 fresh cases were reported in the region, while a total of 138 patients are still undergoing treatment.
'The majority of the spread is by people coughing, or sneezing or talking loudly, in a very short distance, two metres from one another, and a mask will prevent that sort of transmission.'
Two families, one from Sonipat in Haryana and the other from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, which claimed he was very much a part of them, have now shown reluctance to own him.
23 divisions in the state are in the grip of the disease.
'Parades and ceremonials are a part of our training and inculcated in us since the beginning of our career. It was very exciting.'
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.
Asim Umar, Al Qaeda's Sharia council chief, heads its operations on the sub-continent.
Can compassion, common courtesy or an 'emotional connect' win seats in the harsh realpolitik of UP, a state riddled with divisions of caste and religion, and confronted with a seemingly impregnable BSP-SP alliance? asks Sunil Sethi.
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