Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Thursday presented a cheque of Rs one crore, under the personal accident insurance scheme, to the family of martyr Sub Inspector Ramcharan Gauta
The BJP government should stop making empty statements and pay for the losses suffered by the farmers of the state, said the former Haryana CM.
Pulling up the police over the investigation into the rape of a girl student of Anna University inside the varsity campus, Madras High Court on Saturday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to take over the probe and ordered an interim compensation of Rs 25 lakh to the victim besides directing the state government to take action against the Greater Chennai City Police Commissioner.
Addressing the media here on Saturday, NGO representatives alleged that diseases such as cancer and renal disorders, caused by exposure to methyl isocyanate (MIC), have been wrongly categorized as "temporary" by authorities.
The National Human Rights Commission has asked the Odisha government pay Rs 5 lakh compensation to the next of kin of an undertrial prisoner who committed suicide in the jail premises.
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said in the Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday that a compensation policy is already in place for high-tension power lines passing through farmers' fields.
The apex Court has mandated award of compensation to the families of those who die while performing such hazardous tasks, irrespective of whether the employment was in the private or public sector.
CM-designate Atishi met the injured people and their families at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital here late in the evening.
The Arvind Kejriwal government has submitted a proposal in this regard to Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena for his nod.
He also asked the Revenue Minister Jagat Singh Negi to do the necessary study in this regard.
