Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister S. S. Sivashankar, along with Tamil Nadu Electricity Board's Additional Chief Secretary and Chairman J. Radhakrishnan, visited Stanley Government Hospital on Wednesday to meet the worker who was injured in the accident at the Ennore Thermal Power Project co
Assam Police on Wednesday arrested event organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta and manager Sidhartha Sharma in the death of Assam superstar Zubeen Garg, Assam police sources said.
Durga Puja celebrations in Assam, usually marked by colour, festivity and large gatherings, were subdued this year as the state mourned the death of cultural icon and the son of the soil Zubeen Garg. The singer, often called Assam's most loved son, drowned in a tragic incident at Lazarus
Earlier, a major accident took place at the Ennore Thermal Power construction site in Tamil Nadu, where a steel arch collapsed, leading to the deaths of nine workers.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the State government is coordinating with the authorities in Tamil Nadu to bring back the mortal remains of the nine migrant workers who reportedly after falling down at a construction site at Minjur, Thiruvallur district on Tuesday.
The operations led to the apprehension of four cadres from various hill and valley-based insurgent groups and recovered eight weapons, narcotics, and other war-like stores.
The 52-year-old Assamese music icon died on September 19 following a scuba diving accident in Singapore. His mortal remains were first flown to Delhi and later transported to Guwahati on Sunday morning by a commercial flight.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin announced a compensation of ₹10 lakh for the families of each victim of the Ennore Power Plant collapse on Tuesday.
In a post on social media platform X, the Assam CM stated, "Ministry of Home Affairs has now formally invoked the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) in connection with the FIR lodged by Assam Police regarding the unfortunate demise of our beloved Zubeen."
Ahead of her side's ICC Women's World Cup opener against Sri Lanka, Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur said that she wants her team to stay in a "positive state of mind".
Sarma on Monday said that the Assam government has requested the Ministry of Home Affairs to invoke the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) with Singapore in connection with the ongoing probe into Zubeen Garg's death.