Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with the team of the Ministry of External Affairs and other officials concerned on Wednesday evening regarding the tragic fire incident in Kuwait, in which over 40 people were killed and more than 30 Indian workers were injured.
Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah demanded to probe the cause of the fire in Kuwait's Mangaf city which killed at least 49 persons and vowed to hold accountable those responsible for the tragedy.
President Droupadi Murmu has rejected the mercy petition of Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Arif alias Ashfaq convicted on December 12, 2000, in the Red Fort attack in which three jawans of Rajputana Rifles were killed, officials said.
A 35-year-old man has been apprehended by the police after he allegedly killed his neighbour over the request for drinking water in the Mundhwa area of Pune city in Maharashtra, on Monday.
Three women were killed and 14 others were injured when a passenger bus they were traveling in met with an accident near Ganganani in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi after losing control, police said on Wednesday.
At least 10 people were killed and 42 others were injured on June 9 when the terrorist attacked the bus, carrying pilgrims, which plunged into a gorge following the attack.
"We offer our deepest condolences to the families of the deceased. Our Embassy in Moscow has pressed the Russian authorities, including the Ministry of Defence, for early repatriation of mortal remains," the MEA said.
The Additional Director General of Police (ADG) of Jammu posted on X, "T-92 #Terrorist firing in village Saida Sukhal near Koota mode PS Hira Nagar #Kathua."
Two days after the terror attack in Reasi in which ten pilgrims were killed, gunshots were reportedly heard by villagers in the Hiranagar area of Kathua on Tuesday, police said.
The bodies of the deceased, namely Pooja Saini, a resident of Murlipura in Jaipur, her two-year-old son Livansh (Kuttu), Rajendra Saini and Mamta Saini, both residents of Chaumun in Jaipur, and one of the injured Pawan Saini, were brought to Jaipur.
Suprabha confessed to the crime in front of the police, stating that she bound her son with a rope and beat him to death with a bamboo stick. She claimed that her son caused her unbearable distress, making it impossible for her to work. The child, the woman alleged, would steal money from th