Bhubaneswar: CM Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday announced ex gratia of Rs 10 lakh each to the families of two devotees who died during the Rath Yatra crowd surge in Puri on July 16.According to an official statement from Majhi’s office, “Anil Das of Cuttack and Ashok Subare Raikar of Mumbai lost their lives while…
Ahmedabad: At least nine persons, including three children, were killed and several others sustained severe burn injuries after a powerful explosion ripped through an illegal firecracker manufacturing unit in the Ramol area on Saturday afternoon, said fire and police officers. Police have detained the factory owner for questioning and a case of culpable homicide not…
Civic Chief Warns Of FIR Against Lapses Nine people were killed in Moshi after a heap of garbage fell on the administrative building of the waste-to-energy plant Pune: Hours after the four-day rescue operation at the Moshi waste depot concluded on Sunday with the recovery of the last missing person, Pimpri Chinchwad municipal commissioner Vijay…
An under-construction warehouse collapsed, resulting in the tragic loss of 14 lives with 19 individuals injured KOLKATA: The death toll in the collapse of an under-construction warehouse in Kolkata’s Taratala area has risen to 14, with 19 others injured, as rescue teams continued to search through the debris on Friday.The warehouse, located off Hyde Road,…
Ranchi: In a bid to address growing man-animal conflicts, the state cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Hemant Soren on Monday hiked the ex gratia amount in the event of death and compensation in case of injuries.Briefing about the decisions, cabinet coordination department secretary Vandana Dadel said that approval has been granted for amendment in…
Bhubaneswar: The residents of a Cuttack village carried two farmers, fatally burned after being struck by lightning, on their shoulders for nearly 8km as the driver of the ambulance they called allegedly denied transporting them on Sunday evening.The incident occurred in Bishnupur village under Tigiria block, where Naba Kishore Rout and Mandardhar Pati were struck…
Ranchi: The home, jail and disaster management department will provide rewards to govt servants and public for giving police information on illegal production, smuggling and peddling of narcotics in order to destroy and curb the menace.Officials said that state govt believes fiscal incentives will motivate people to start an anti-narcotics movement by providing right information…
Patna: An 18-year-old girl was feared drowned in the Ganga, while two others were rescued by locals in Barh sub-division of Patna district on Friday.The deceased, identified as Kajal Kumari of Rahui in Nalanda district, had come to the ghat for a purification bath following her grandfather’s shraddh rituals.Barh SHO Braj Kishore Singh said around…
A tragic incident was reported from Odisha’s Kalahandi district on Tuesday, where six people died of suffocation while working inside an under-construction septic tank. Another worker sustained critical injuries and is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital. The incident occurred in Goud Karlakhunta village under the Madanpur-Rampur area of the district, leaving the entire village…
Hyderabad: Telangana Rakshana Sena (TRS) chief Kalvakuntla Kavitha criticised the state govt over its “cruel and indifferent” attitude toward the farming community. Speaking at a protest demonstration in front of the secretariat on Friday, she said distressed farmers were dying directly on their harvested grain heaps due to procurement delays. She demanded the govt to…
