Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal approved the policy direction proposed by the power minister, enhancing public safety and ensuring timely assistance to electrocution victims, on Friday.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said "We have appealed to the centre for compensation of 4860 crores but the amount of loss we have incurred is more than 30 thousand crores due to drought in the state."
The lawsuit filed by the family said that the Seattle Fire Department medics reached the residence within six minutes after the first call but they waited to enter because Yurek was wrongly included on a "so-called blacklist" of people who had a history of hostility toward first responders.
The Delhi High Court on Thursday awarded Rs 50,000 compensation that is to be recovered from the salaries of the two police officers of Delhi Police in a case of illegal detention of a man.
The governments of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have been locked in a protracted tussle over the sharing of Cauvery waters. The river is seen as a major source of sustenance for the people in the two states.
Farmers in Amritsar, under the aegis of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, continued to sit on railway tracks as they staged a 'Rail Roko Andolan' (Rail Roko Agitation) on Sunday over their demands, including a Committee for MSP (Minimum Support Price), withdrawal of cases regarding agitatio
Raising the demand for financial aid against the losses incurred during the floods, farmers, under the aegis of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee in Punjab's Amritsar have organised a three-day 'rail blockade' all over Punjab on Thursday.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed both the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force to pay Rs 1.54 crore in compensation for their medical negligence to the ex-Air Force officer who contracted HIV/AIDS during a blood transfusion in 2002.
The Delhi High Court has recently directed the Delhi government to release Rs One crore as Ex Gratia compensation to the husband and minor son of the health worker died on Covid-19 duty.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday met with the family of Major Aashish Dhonchak who lost his life in Anantnag encounter and announced 50 lakh Rs in compensation.
The report should include the status of the FIR, the physical and mental health status of the victim woman and compensation if any, granted to her, a press release issued by the NHRC read adding that the response is expected within four weeks.