'34 children killed in riots, UP camps’
lucknow: State Government, on Thursday, admitted that 34 children died in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts with 12 of them were in the relief camps in which four due to cold waves. This disclosure was made by the senior officials on the report submitted by a high level committee headed by Meerut Divisional Commissioner. “Death of 12 infants were reported in the relief camps of which four deaths were due to pneumonia,” said UP Principal Secretary (Home) Anil Kumar Gupta and Additional Director General of Police (law and Order) Mukul Goel.
lJP to decide on ties with RJD on Dec 28
Patna: Blaming RJD for bringing long-time association on the brink of collapse, lokjanshakti Party (lJP) on Thursday said a crucial party meeting had been called on Saturday where Ramvilas Paswan would be asked to take a decision on the alliance. “Today the long-time alliance is on the brink of collapse ... RJD is responsible for this undoubtedly,” State party spokesman lallan Kumar Chandravanshi said in a statement here. “The alliance has come to such a pass where lJP chief Ramvilas Paswan
will be asked to take a clear
cut decision,” he said. Chandravanshi said a crucial party meeting had been
called in Delhi on December
28 to discuss the future
course of action.
J&K freezes in subzero temperatures
Srinagar: The cold tightened its grip on Jammu & Kashmir as the mercury plummeted by eight degrees in leh in ladakh region to register the season’s lowest temperature and most parts of the valley froze in subzero temperatures. leh recorded a minimum temperature of minus 14.1 degrees Celsius on Wednesday night, against minus 6.3 degrees Celsius the previous night, an official of the MeT Department here said. It was the coldest night of the winter so far in the frontier town. No fresh rains or snowfall was reported from
any part of the valley, the official said.
Four killed in fire mishap at Andhra
Hyderabad: Four workers were charred to death in a fire that broke out in a rubber factory in Gaganpahad area on Thursday morning. Preliminary reports say that leakage from a pipe line supplying hot liquid chemical resulted in the blaze that spread to one of the rest rooms in the factory premises where the workers were sleeping. “It seems the melted rubber fell on the workers and they were burnt alive. One fire tanker was sent to the area and the fire was put off at around 6.45 am but four were left dead in the the mishap,” a fire officer said. Shamshabad police said the pipeline passed atop the roof of the rest rooms and when the fire spread some workers escaped while four were trapped in the room engulfed in flames.