Five Kanwariyas died, and at least 23 others were injured after a private bus carrying pilgrims lost control and collided with a truck in Jharkhand's Deoghar district early on Tuesday, officials said.
"The road accident that occurred in Deoghar, Jharkhand, is extremely tragic. I express my deepest condolences to the families of the devotees who lost their lives in this incident. May God grant them the strength to bear this pain. Along with this, I pray for the speedy recovery of all the i
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Deoghar MP Nishikant Dubey on Tuesday expressed condolences over the deaths of several Kanwar Yatra devotees in a bus accident in Jharkhand's Deoghar district, claiming that at least 18 people had lost their lives.
According to Santhal Pargana Zonal Inspector General (IG) S K Sinha, "Five Kanwariyas have died in the road accident as their bus collided with a truck. Several others are injured. More details are awaited."
According to officials, the two women were caught carrying 23 kg-- 660 grams of dry ganja, concealed in eight packets inside two trolley bags. Preliminary interrogation revealed that they were en-route to Chennai via Deoghar with the narcotics consignment.
Nishikant Dubey mentioned that every language, including Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, and others, is essential for the Indian government.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports regarding an alleged custodial death in Deoghar district, Jharkhand, on May 21.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the Jharkhand government's plea challenging a High Court order that quashed an FIR against BJP MPs Nishikant Dubey and Manoj Tiwari for allegedly forcing Deogarh's Air Traffic Control (ATC) to approve take-off of their chartered flight in August 2022.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved the order on the Jharkhand Government's plea challenging the High Court order quashing FIR against BJP MPs Nishikant Dubey, and Manoj Tiwari in an ATS clearance matter at Deoghar airport.