The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a PIL seeking direction to appoint a five-member expert committee under the supervision of a retired top court judge to inquire into the Hathras stampede incident, where more than 100 people were killed on July 2.
Taking about the incident of a stampede-like situation where 800 people turned up for a walk-in interview in Bharuch district of Gujarat, Congress leader Udit Raj said that the number could have also reached 8000.
The incident occurred at 9 p.m. yesterday when the deceased, a 16-year-old, had come to buy clothes with his brother and his friend. The deceased's brother was also a minor.
As per the officials on the site of the incident, the bus is assumed to have been swept down to the Trishuli River which has swollen hampering the search and rescue operation.
The Quetta police have arrested several peaceful protestors demanding the return of Zaheer Ahmed Baloch, post the lathi charge incident held at the Saryab Road in Quetta, Balochistan.
Delhi LG VK Saxena on Thursday chaired a meeting of Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) to review the flood control preparedness of all concerned agencies and directed them to urgently carry out the work of desilting of drains and removal of encroachment along the drains in the wake
A female SpiceJet employee was arrested following an altercation with a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel at Jaipur airport, to which the airline responded, alleging that the incident was a case of sexual harassment.
An unfortunate incident has happened under the Mohana police station area in the district where two siblings, a brother aged 5 years old and his younger sister aged three years old, were found drowned in the pit, police said.
"The probe revealed that after drinking alcohol at Vice Global Tapas Bar located in Juhu area, accused Mihir Shah drank alcohol at another place between Malad and Borivali," the police said.
Following a road accident in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district which claimed two lives and left around 16 injured, state Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday took cognizance of the incident and directed the officials to ensure proper treatment for injured, an official statement from the