The Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Police have arrested a student of KIIT University in connection with the alleged harassment of a third-year B.Tech student from Nepal who died by suicide on Sunday.
"It is an absolute lie that thousands of people have died at Maha Kumbh... He should be ashamed of giving such a cheap statement. How can one-fourth of the population of the country come to Maha Kumbh without any arrangements in place?" Sirsa remarked.
Ghosh told ANI, "This is a serious accident. This is the failure of the Railway Ministry and the railway management. First, there were train accidents one after the other, and now so many people died on the platform."
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi paid his condolences to the family members of those who died in the New Delhi Railway Station stampede, in which 18 people were killed and many injured on Saturday night.
"The accident took place on the Prayagraj-Mirzapur highway on late Friday night when a car carrying devotees from Chattisgarh to Maha Kumbh collided with a bus. 10 people died in the accident..." said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Yamunanagar, Vivek Chandra Yadav.
Two persons died on the spot and five others were injured after a granite-carrying vehicle overturned on the Kodad National Highway in Mudigonda of Khammam district on Friday.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday expressed condolences to the families of those who died in a stampede during a temple festival in Kozhikode after elephants ran amok.
Eluru is grappling with a bird flu outbreak after one lakh chickens died at a poultry farm. Authorities have confirmed the outbreak and deployed 20 Rapid Response Teams, setting up a control room to tackle the situation.
A 53-year-old patient died at the Nair Hospital in Mumbai after he was affected by the Guillain-Barre Syndrome. The news was confirmed by the Commissioner of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).