Following the accident in Uttar Pradesh' Unnao which claimed 18 lives, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh to kin of each deceased while Rs 50,00 will be given to the injured.
Congress leader and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Monday called the Manipur violence a "tremendous tragedy" and said that the need of the hour is peace as violence is hurting everybody.
As Congress leader and LoP Rahul Gandhi is on his visit to Manipur, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Malviya on Monday took a swipe at him and alleged him for indulging in "sick tragedy tourism."
Following the devastating Kallakurichi hooch tragedy, AIADMK General Secretary Edapadi Palanisami on Sunday reiterated the party's demands for CBI investigation and alleged that the state police is involved in the matter.
In a video statement, Suraj Pal who also goes by the name of Narayan Sakar Hari expressed his grief and condoled the deaths at the tragedy that took place earlier this week during a 'Satsang' in Fulari village in Hathras district.
"Why has Rahul Gandhi not found the empathy to visit the families of innocent people who lost their lives in the Kallakurichi illicit liquor tragedy?... Neither Rahul Gandhi nor MK Stalin have consoled the families of these victims...," Kesavan said in a video statement on Friday.
Rahul Gandhi visited the families affected by the Hathras stampede on Friday and urged Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to provide fair compensation for the victims.
Rahul Gandhi, who arrived in Hathras early in the morning, met with the bereaved families of those who lost their lives in the July 2 tragedy at a religious 'Satsang' event of self-styled godman Suraj Pal alias 'Bhole Baba' in Fulari village in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, which claimed 121 l
Union Minister SP Singh Baghel met Hathras stampede victims' families in Agra. He said that as per the information received 17 people in Agra district were killed. Out of the deceased, 16 are women and one is a man.
In a shocking incident, a water tanker driver while trying to escape crushed a youth who was pelting stones on his tanker in the Sangam Vihar area of the national capital.
State Finance Minister Devda said that the budget for the health sector for the current fiscal year was 34 per cent more than that of the budget estimate of the last FY 2023-24.