Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed grief at the loss of lives in a brick kiln blast in Bihar's Motihari and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) to the next of the kin of each deceased.
Parts of North India including the national capital witnessed cold wave conditions with dense to very dense fog observed over Punjab, Haryana, northwest Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar for the second morning on the trot on Friday morning, the forecast department said.
Opposition MPs staged a walkout in Rajya Sabha today over their demand for a discussion on Chinese action and infrastructure along with LAC and Union Minister Piyush Goyal's remarks on Bihar
"Let me clarify that I have no intention to insult either Bihar or the people of Bihar. If it has hurt anyone's sentiment, I immediately withdraw that statement," the minister said in Rajya Sabha today.
In Day-2 of Khelo India Youth Games Hockey Madhya Pradesh beat Hockey Karnataka while Hockey Haryana and Hockey Association of Odisha drew their match and so did Hockey Mizoram and Hockey Maharashtra drew. Hockey Jharkhand beat Manipur Hockey whereas Uttar Pradesh Hockey beat Hockey Bihar.