The Himachal Pradesh High Court directed the Union Government to grant family pension to 83-year-old Shankari Devi, mother of a deceased BSF soldier, quashing the rejection order and ruling parents eligible after the widow's remarriage.
In his post on social media, Minister Patel wrote that the DNA matches of the deceased couple, who had been settled in the United Kingdom since 1978, were identified side by side.
A groom was murdered a day before his wedding in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur, police said. The incident took place on June 15 and police have taken into custody a man hailing from Dhanpura, the village of the deceased, and who is suspected to have an affair with the would-be-bride.
Following the collapse of a bridge over the Indrayani River in Maharashtra's Pune district on Sunday afternoon, the district administration on Monday announced financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh each for the families of the four individuals who lost their lives in the tragedy.
Following DNA sample matching, the State's Health Department and the Civil Hospital Administration have established a complete system to ensure smooth execution of all procedures, from contacting the relatives of the deceased to handing over the mortal remains.
At Kaushoti Bhavan in D Block, the process begins with meticulous DNA sampling and verification, a significant improvement over older, less organised documentation methods. This step ensures accurate identification of the deceased before further procedures are initiated.
The FSL director stated that the process, from sampling of the deceased passengers' family members to DNA matching, is being carried out continuously for 24 hours. Providing insights into the DNA profiling and matching process, he explained that there are primarily two methods of obtaining D
The deceased have been identified as Captain Rajbir Singh Chauhan (39), resident of Jaipur, Vikram Rawat (47)-- a Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee representative and resident of Rasi, Vinod Devi (66), resident of Uttar Pradesh, Trishti Singh (19), resident of Uttar Pradesh, Rajkumar S