Security forces have intensified their search operation in the Kota Top area of Gandoh in Doda district, following an exchange of fire with terrorists in which a Special Operations Group (SOG) constable was injured on Wednesday night.
Kirti Vardhan Singh on Thursday arrived in Kuwait and immediately rushed to Jaber Hospital to ascertain well well-being of Indians who had been injured in the fire incident in Mangaf area on Wednesday.
After a special cabinet meeting held this morning, the Chief Minister Pinaray Vijayan-led government announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh for the families of the deceased and Rs 1 lakh for those who were injured in the June 12 mishap in Kuwati's city of Al-Mangaf.
At least seven people were injured after a clash broke out between workers of Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday night.
Around 40 Indians are understood to have died, and over 50 are injured in a tragic fire incident at a labour housing facility in the Mangaf area of Kuwait on Wednesday, the Ministry of External Affairs said, adding the injured are being treated in five government hospitals in Kuwait.
Three persons were injured, while over 30 were rescued after portion of a residential building in the Kalwar area of Maharashtra's Thane collapsed on Wednesday night.
After Fareed Ahmed, a Special Operations Group (SOG) constable, was injured in an encounter that broke out between militants and security forces in Doda district on Wednesday, was shifted to Government Medical College Doda for further treatment, where his condition is said to be stable.
Around 40 Indians are understood to have died and over 50 are injured in a tragic fire incident at a labour housing facility in the Mangaf area of Kuwait on Wednesday, the Ministry of External Affairs said, adding the injured are being treated in five government hospitals in Kuwait.
The fire was doused and two injured including a woman and a child were admitted to a hospital, Additional Police Commissioner of Ghaziabad, Dinesh Kumar P, said.
Around 40 Indians are understood to have died and over 50 are injured in a tragic fire incident at a labour housing facility in the Mangaf area of Kuwait on Wednesday, the Ministry of External Affairs said.
Earlier, Kuwait's ambassador to India Meshal Mustafa J Alshemali expressed his condolences and sympathy to the victims of the fire incident, which led to the loss of at least 49 lives.