Tag: Mangal Pandey

Bihar opposition protests over deaths in Muzaffarpur due to AES

Members demanded the resignation of state Health Minister Mangal Pandey over the death of 154 children.

July 1, 2019

Probe ordered against Harsh Vardhan, Bihar health minister over ‘negligence in AES deaths case

The disease has reportedly killed over 150 children in Bihar over the past three weeks although officials have confirmed a lower number of deaths.

June 24, 2019

Nitish Kumar visits Muzaffarpur for first time after AES outbreak; death toll rises to 126

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday sent notices to the Union Health Ministry and Bihar government over the rising death toll.

June 18, 2019

Harsh Vardhan, Bihar minister named in Muzaffarpur child deaths case; CM calls emergency meet

Earlier in the day, Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey's convoy was shown black flags by the Hindustani Awam Morcha and Jan Adhikar Party Loktantrik supporters in Aurangabad.

June 17, 2019

BJP to prepare state specific strategy for HP ahead of LS polls

The BJP is preparing a state-specific policy for Himachal Pradesh ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Addressing the meeting of party MLAs and ministers in which Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur was also present, party in-charge of BJP in Himachal, Mangal Pandey, said the party would fight Lok Sabha elections on the achievements of...

July 29, 2018

Political leaders pay tribute to Mangal Pandey on 191st birth anniversary

Political leaders cutting across party lines paid homage to Mangal Pandey, India’s first freedom fighter, on Thursday  on 19 July on the occasion of his 191st birth anniversary.

July 19, 2018

Denied stretcher, Bihar man carries sick baby in arms with oxy cylinder

In a shocking incident, a man in Bihar was caught on camera carrying his seriously-ill baby in arms with an oxygen cylinder after the hospital authorities reportedly refused him ambulance or stretcher for shifting him to a cardiac hospital. The incident took place in the Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH) on Thursday, prompting the health...

March 24, 2018

Virbhadra has no respect for Arki’s voters: Mangal Pandey

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state incharge Mangal Pandey on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on chief minister (CM) Virbhadra Singh on the issue of corruption and appealed to the voters of Arki in Solan district to not to vote for a person who is out on bail on corruption charges. While addressing mediapersons in Arki...

October 24, 2017

Movies to watch this Independence Day!

August 9, 2017

Social media remembers Mangal Pandey’s heroics on birth anniversary

Cutting across party lines, ministers, parliamentarians, politicians and the common folk on Wednesday remembered Mangal Pandey on his birth anniversary and tipped their hat to the architect of India’s first war of independence that began in 1857. #MangalPandey was among the top trending topics on the micro blogging site as thousands of messages, photos, and...

July 19, 2017

Mangal Pandey to visit Shimla on May 19

Mangal Pandey, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) new incharge of Himachal Pradesh would visit Shimla on three day tour from May 19 to prepare strategy for Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) polls and upcoming assembly polls in state. This would be Pandey’s first to the state after he was appointed state party incharge by BJP Chief...

May 13, 2017