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Security being stepped up for Kairana bypoll

Muzaffarnagar: Ahead of the May 28 Lok Sabha bypoll in Kairana, authorities have tightened security and are taking other steps to ensure a fair election, a police official has said.

The district authorities have divided the Uttar Pradesh constituency into 14 zones and 143 sectors, the official said.

He said 51 companies of central paramilitary forces would be deployed for the poll. Out of these, 26 would be stationed in Shamli district and 25 in Saharanpur district, the official said.

The Kairana Lok Sabha seat comprises five assembly segments: Nakur, Gangoh, Kairana, Thana Bhawan and Shamli.

The official said state boundaries touching Kairana would also be sealed ahead of the poll.

The Lok Sabha constituency fell vacant after the death of BJP MP Hukum Singh, whose daughter Mriganka Singh is now the partyโ€™s candidate. She is fighting Rashtriya Lok Dalโ€™s Tabassum Hasan, who is supported by the Congress, the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party.

A bypoll will also be held for the Noorpur assembly constituency in the state on the same day.

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Gangtok: The Sikkim health department has issued an advisory urging the people of the state to take precaution against Nipah virus.

โ€œThough there is minimal possibility of Nipah virus in Sikkim, but the people need to take precaution,โ€ it said in an advisory yesterday in the wake of Nipah outbreak in Kerala.

The symptoms of the virus include fever, headache, vomiting and fainting. Some may show symptoms of epilepsy. The symptoms may last 10-12 days followed by unconsciousness and death as a result of brain fever, the advisory said.

It is advised to the people that they should not eat fruits and vegetables bitten by birds, bats and animals, wash their hands properly after contacting infected person and monitor fever cases with history of travel to the affected areas i.e. Kerala.

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