'We come from different parts of India, follow different religions. But when we come here we work together for India. It's so shameful when we see people indulging in such behaviour.'
At least 12 people, a third of them children, were killed and several others were injured when a speeding truck ploughed into a religious procession in Bihar's Vaishali district on Sunday evening, officials said.
Family members of persons missing in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday threatened self-immolation if the state government fails to provide information about their kin within a month.
The family members of a 22-year-old man, who died in police custody in Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh, has rejected the police theory of suicide and demanded justice and strict punishment for those responsible for his death.
Amid mounting opposition pressure for his resignation over the death of a civil contractor, senior Karnataka Minister K S Eshwarappa on Wednesday ruled out stepping down from his post, as he wondered if a Whatsapp message can be treated as a 'death note'.
After they landed at Tehran airport a few days ago, a Pakistani agent took them to a hotel and held them hostage for ransom, officials said.
Sisodia claimed that while the Assam government procured PPE kits for Rs 600 a piece from other companies, Sarma gave urgent supply orders to the firms of his wife and son's business partners for Rs 990 a piece "taking advantage of the COVID-19 emergency".
The diary entries are not regular. It included his thoughts on society, poems and couplets by revolutionaries and freedom fighters.
Priyanka Maurya, was the face of the 'Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon' campaign of Congress in Uttar Pradesh.
Government on Sunday announced Rs 6 lakh compensation for kin of those killed in the country due to the earthquake as Prime Minister Narendra Modi took stock of rescue and relief operations at home and in Nepal and directed that they be speeded up through close coordination among agencies.
A 45-year-old Maratha quota activist allegedly committed suicide in Bandra area of Mumbai in the early hours of Thursday leaving behind a note in which he urged community members to fight for the cause, a police official said.
Three persons, including Upendra Singh, a history sheeter allegedly linked to the Rashtriya Janata Dal strongman and former Lok Sabha MP from Siwan Mohammed Shahabuddin have been detained but no arrests have been made so far.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday announced a financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh for the next of the kin of an army jawan, who was killed by eve teasers in Meerut.
Some videos of the incident surfaced on social media showing the fire with intermittent explosions taking place at the site and people running to save themselves.
Banerjee said the Border Security Force must work impartially as the BJP "may not be in power tomorrow".
State Education Minister Anandiben Patel, who rushed to the site on Friday night, told mediapersons that the government would investigate the incident thoroughly.
Farmers mounted their protest demanding a financial package for losses caused by the recent floods, a legal guarantee to minimum support price, and a sweeping debt waiver.
Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday announced a solatium of Rs three lakh each to the next of kin of those gunned down in red sander smuggling in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.
Squarely blaming Pakistan for the attacks in Mumbai, the Gujarat Chief Minister said that Indian fishing boats that were captured by the Pakistani Navy were used to land terrorists on Indian soil. Pakistan had violated the maritime agreement, he added.
The AAP leader also showed them a video clip in support of the party's claim that AAP leaders were not responsible for the incident.
Jena said that 205 bodies of the total 288 have been identified so far and handed over to their families.
'The workers are doing fine as they get almost every essential item inside'
M I Khan speaks to the bereaved families of soldiers killed along the Line of Control. They demand India though action against the neighbours and NOT compensation.
The wife and brother-in-law of an NRI man, who had been found infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19 here in Gujarat a week back, were also detected with the new strain, officials of the Jamnagar Municipal Corporation (JMC) said on Friday.
The Jammu and Kashmir government has cleared ex-gratia to next of kin of 17 persons, including Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani's brother, killed in terrorism-related incidents in the Valley, while giving one week's time for filing of any objection before formal orders are issued.
The probe report has estimated the cost of damage due to the accident at more than Rs 52 crore.
On the third anniversary of the 26/11 attacks, family members of the four missing fishermen abroad Kuber, the boat hijacked by terrorists, have requested the Maharashtra chief minister to provide financial assistance to them. The Gujarat Fishermen Association has demanded aid to the kin of the fishermen, saying it had raised the demand soon after the attack and had even requested the then chief minister Ashok Chavan to consider their pleas on sympathetic grounds.
The minister said the objective behind setting up the special squad was to create communal harmony.
Against predictions by most exit polls that the ruling Congress had an edge in the state, the BJP banked heavily on the charisma of the PM.
Farmers on Saturday evening ended their three-day 'rail roko' stir that hit the movement of trains, causing inconvenience to passengers in Punjab and Haryana.
The BSP founder is recuperating in Mayawati's Humayun Road residence in Delhi after being discharged from Batra Hospital on July 1.\n\n
Some of them have been inconsolable as they could not even have a last glimpse of their dead relatives in the wake of the COVID-19 protocols.
Distraught relatives of people on board the ill-fated Indore-Patna Express who have still not been united with their family, searched frantically for their loved ones.
The bus was on its way from Gujarat to Mathura in Uttar Pradesh when the accident occurred around 4.30 am, they said.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled central government alleging that there were attempts to suppress the cause of the train accident in Odisha.
The Delhi government on Wednesday announced a compensation of Rs 4 lakh to the next of the kin of those killed in the blast outside the Delhi high court while those permanently incapacitated will get Rs 2 lakh. Those seriously injured in the blast will get Rs 1 lakh while in case of any death of minor, the family will get Rs 1.5 lakh. People who received minor injuries in the blast will be given Rs 10,000
The round-the-clock rescue work is being carried out by 165 personnel from multiple agencies, including the National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force, Border Roads Organisation and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, the State Emergency Operation Centre said.
The chief minister visited Ganai's house at Seer Hamdan village in Anantnag district and conveyed his sympathies to the bereaved family.
