In yet another alarming incident highlighting Pakistan's worsening public health and sanitation systems, nine people, including six children, have lost their lives to a gastroenteritis outbreak in a village on Karachi's outskirts. The tragedy unfolded in Faiz Muhammad Burro Goth, located nea
YSR Congress Party Vemuru in-charge Varikuti Ashok Babu slammed Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, terming the Kurnool bus tragedy, which claimed 19 lives, a government-made massacre caused by the spread of spurious liquor under his rule, a press release by YSRCP said.
Ten out of the total 19 bodies in the Kurnool bus tragedy have been handed over to the families of the victims, Dr Brahmaji, forensic professor at Kurnool Medical College, said on Sunday.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar hit out at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Tejasvi Surya over the latter's allegation that the Karnataka state government has neglected the development of the state in the last two years. DK Shivakumar countered, asking him to show his contrib
Andhra Pradesh Transport Minister Mandipalli Ramprasad Reddy confirmed that 19 people lost their lives in the Kurnool bus tragedy. He said that the state government has announced Rs 5 lakhs each to the kin of the deceased and Rs 2 lakhs each to the injured.
"Upon the instructions of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, the Telangana government will provide an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakhs to the families of the deceased and Rs 2 lakhs to those injured in the Kurnool bus accident," Goud said in a statement.
A private bus carrying 41 passengers in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool caught fire after colliding with a bike that got stuck under the bus, officials confirmed.
The forensic team arrived at the site of the tragic bus accident and began a detailed inspection of the vehicle. Experts are collecting evidence to determine the exact cause of the fire and the sequence of events leading up to the incident.
"We have directed the transport authorities to seize any unfit buses to eliminate potential threats to life. We direct the transport people that buses will be seized if they don't comply with the rules. There is no playing with the lives of citizens," Telagana Transport Minister Goud told
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge expressed deep sorrow over the tragedy, offered condolences to the families of the deceased, wished the injured a speedy recovery, and called for accountability to prevent such incidents.
In a post on X, Rahul Gandhi wrote, "The tragic and painful incident of a bus catching fire on the Hyderabad-Bengaluru highway in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, resulting in the death of many innocent people, is deeply saddening. I express my heartfelt condolences to the grieving families of al