Observers feel that the smaller OBC castes, which were earlier with SP in significant numbers and shifted to the BSP to a reasonable extent in 2007, gradually shifted to the BJP over the last seven years.
Government data shows, India has evacuated 565 people from Afghanistan so far
About 40% of the deaths and 50% of the infections are among people in the 20-50 years age group.
The scare would have come at a time when there was a bird-flu outbreak in the state and a state government official refused to answer whether the decision was...