The celebration was reportedly organised to mark the promotion of a doctor and took place inside the SNCU, a restricted unit meant for the treatment of premature, critically ill and infection-prone newborns.
One of the deceased has been identified as 26-year-old Lovepreet Singh, a resident of Tapa Mandi in Punjab's Barnala district. The second victim was reportedly a resident of Butala village in Naurangpur, Amritsar district.
Kerala Chief Minister VD Satheesan said that he has directed Revenue Minister A.P. Anil Kumar and Agriculture Minister T. Siddique to reach the spot.
The judgement was passed by Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma on a petition filed by CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke against the Centre's blocking order.
Punjab Police and the BSF recovered five pistols, ammunition and 2.44 kg of heroin in separate joint operations in Ferozepur, intensifying efforts to crack down on cross-border drone-based smuggling.
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday attacked the central government, and questioned the point in holding elections to local civic bodies in Maharashtra without using electronic voting machines which have voter verifiable paper audit trail facility.
Around 310 pilgrims from different states stranded at Gangotri shrine area and other locations were rescued and airlifted to safe locations on Thursday as Uttarakhand Chief Minister personally monitored the rescue operation.
On the auspicious occasion of Raksha Bandhan, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has announced a special gift for the women of the state from tomorrow.
Providing rehabilitation opportunities to life-sentence prisoners with good conduct, says Minister of Jails Laljit Singh Bhullar
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) parliamentary party floor leaders on Thursday unanimously authorised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President JP Nadda, who is also leader of the house in the Rajya Sabha, to select the ruling Alliance's candidate for the September 9 Vice Presidential election.
