Even as politics is heating up over the death of a party worker at the Congress office in Lucknow during its agitation on Wednesday, Prabhat Pandey’s last rites were performed in Gorakhpur on Thursday.
The Delhi government will provide an ex gratis of Rs One crore to the next of the kin of five Covid warriors, who lost their lives during the Corona epidemic, an official statement said on Saturday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced an ex-gratia for the victims of the bus accident in Tanahun district, Nepal. An ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh from PMNRF will be given to the next of kin of each deceased and the injured will be given Rs 50,000.
According to the list of victims released by the district administration, the deceased included 106 devotees from 17 districts of UP, as well as one devotee each from Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, Palwal in Haryana and Deeg in Rajasthan, as well as three from Faridabad.
The PM said that he has spoken to the officials to take stock of the situation.
Seven people have been killed and over 50 people were injured in the blaze that broke out in Jay Bhavani building around 3 am today.
As many as 11 persons were killed and one person sustained injuries after an SUV they were travelling in collided with a bus near Jhallar police station in Betul in the wee hours of Friday, an official said.
The Prime Minister's Office said that PM Modi has asked for close monitoring of the situation and delivery of all possible help to the affected persons.
A firecracker shop in Sankarapuram town of Kallakurichi district of Tamil Nadu caught fire on Tuesday evening.
The CM directed the officers of the concerned department to make notification of the announcement of an increase in ex-gratia amount within a week.
