Gujarat

Bird flu: FSSAI advises consumers not to eat undercooked chicken; says no need to panic

Delhi bans sale of poultry products as bird flu cases reported in UP

8:16 pm January 13, 2021

New Delhi: Fresh bird deaths and avian influenza cases were reported in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, while in neighbouring Delhi, civic bodies banned the sale of poultry products, even as the city government asked people not to panic and eat completely cooked eggs and chicken. Unusual mortality among birds has also been reported in some districts of Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir, as per a […]

Godhra woman sent to seven-day police custody in spying case

11:28 pm January 12, 2021

Lucknow: A court on Wednesday sent Anas Gitauli, an associate of ex-serviceman Saurabh Sharma who had been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh ATS for allegedly spying for Pakistan, to police custody for seven days. Special Judge Vijay Chandra Yadav accepted the plea of the state Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) seeking remand of Gitauli, who has been accused of giving money […]

Reports of over 50 bird deaths received by Delhi govt, samples sent for testing, say officials

Bird deaths reported in J’khand, UP; Centre issues advisories on testing, culling operations

8:23 pm January 12, 2021

New Delhi: Fresh bird deaths were reported in Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday amid cases of avian influenza in 10 states and union territories, with the Centre saying it has issued advisories regarding testing protocols and maintaining sufficient stock of PPE kits required for culling operations. In Uttarakhand, where nearly 300 birds, mostly crows, have died over the last few days, an […]

UP: Two cases of bird flu reported in Kanpur

Bird flu confirmed in 7 states; test results of Delhi, Maharashtra samples awaited

9:05 pm January 10, 2021

New Delhi: The Centre on Sunday said bird flu outbreak has been confirmed in seven states — Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, while test results are still awaited for Delhi and Maharashtra samples. No samples have been confirmed positive in wild birds from Balod district, Chhattisgarh which were tested earlier, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying said in a statement. After confirmation of avian influenza (bird […]

Bird flu scare: Delhi bans import of live birds; Ghazipur poultry market, Sanjay Lake shut

10:41 pm January 9, 2021

New Delhi: The Delhi government on Saturday announced a ban on import of live birds and closure of the city’s biggest poultry market at Ghazipur after more avian deaths were reported in the national capital where three recreational parks and the famous Sanjay Lake were shut. Addressing an online media briefing, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said while no confirmed case has so far […]