Rajasthan government has decided to pay the relief of 30 lakh rupees in the case of electrocution of bus passengers, on the recommendation of the National Human Rights Commission.
"The incident happened afternoon on Tuesday. The 13-year-old boy named Dornala Laxmi Vivek was flying a kite. The kite suddenly stuck on a high-tension wire. The boy tried to remove the kite with a rod. However, he got electrocuted. A case has been registered," police said.
An 11-year-old boy died due to electrocution while playing on the terrace of a building in Telangana's Rangareddy district on Saturday, officials said.
Actor Yash has reached Hubballi and he is on his way to Gadag to meet the family members of his three fans who died due to electrocution while putting up birthday banners.
According to officials, the victim, identified as Mandar Ashok Chorge, was erecting an iron pipe to make a pavilion at Ganga Hari Niwas Chawl for a haldi ceremony when he came in contact with a live electric cable and got electrocuted.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday suo motu cognisance of a media report of a 23-year-old woman and her nine-month-old baby, who were electrocuted after they stepped on a live wire that lay unattended on a sidewalk near Hope Farm in the Kadugodi area of Bengaluru on Novem
Karnataka's Power Minister, KJ George, on Sunday announced Rs 5 lakh compensation for a woman and her daughter who were electrocuted after stepping on live wire 'hanging' on a footpath in the Whitefield area of Bengaluru.
A 57-year-old woman allegedly died due to electrocution after coming in contact with an electric wire in Cholavaram in Tamil Nadu's Thiruvallr district, police said on Monday.