compensation

Amaravati, March 9 – Congress' Andhra Pradesh Congress unit president, Y. S. Sharmila Reddy, on Monday termed the deaths of 11 people due to milk adulteration in Rajahmundry as "murders" by the government.Launching a scathing attack on the state administration, she accused it of criminal...

Kohima, March 9 The issue of modernizing the 123-year-old Dimapur Railway Station and large-scale land encroachment dominated Question Hour on the third day of the ongoing Budget session of the Nagaland Assembly on Monday.Raising the issue, NPP MLA Nuklutoshi said the modernization project has...

Thane, March 9 The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in Thane district of Maharashtra has awarded a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the family of a woman who died in a motorcycle accident 23 years ago.Judge K P Shrikhande passed the order in connection with the accident that occurred in 2003...

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), March 8 A 50-year-old farmer was killed by a tiger in the Sampurnanagar forest range of the Dudhwa buffer zone, officials said on Sunday.Pargat Singh was passing through his sugarcane fields on Friday evening when the tiger attacked him.His family launched a search for...

Seoul, March 7 – South Korea's Gender Equality Minister Won Min-kyong issued an apology on Saturday to former sex workers whose rights were violated in now-defunct brothels built around American military bases, marking the government's first official apology."As the gender minister dealing...

New Delhi, March 6 A Delhi court has upheld the conviction of a man for cheating in a property transaction, but granted him probation considering his age and the long duration of the trial.Additional Sessions Judge Purshotam Pathak partly allowed the appeal of the convict, Braham Singh, and...

New Delhi, March 6 A Delhi Motor Accident Claims Tribunal has awarded over Rs 1.21 crore in compensation to a woman who suffered amputation of her left leg after a road accident in 2016.Presiding Officer Richa Manchanda was hearing a claim petition filed by Renuka Bisht, a resident of Delhi's...

Latehar (Jharkhand), March 6 An elderly man was killed by a wild elephant in Latehar district, Jharkhand, a forest official said on Friday.The incident occurred around 10 pm on Thursday in Bhandar Toli village, under the Chandwa Police Station, when he went outside his house to relieve...

Korba (Chhattisgarh), March 5 The in-charge of a paddy procurement center was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Korba district, Chhattisgarh, in the early hours of Thursday. His wife and a few employees narrowly escaped the attack, officials of the forest department said.The incident...

Amaravati, March 5 Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Vangalapudi Anitha told the assembly on Thursday that the state government would seize and auction the assets of the fireworks factory owners involved in the fatal explosions to compensate the victims.Her remarks came a day after Chief Minister...

Thane, March 5 The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in Thane has awarded a compensation of Rs 46.55 lakh to the family of a man who died in a road accident over eight years ago.In its order dated February 26, a copy of which was made available on Wednesday, the tribunal directed the...

Wayanad (Kerala), March 4 A farmer died in Sulthan Bathery on Wednesday morning, reportedly due to an elephant attack.According to local residents of Vadakkanad in Sulthan Bathery, the victim, Rajeev, had gone to drive away an elephant that had entered his farm.However, when he did not...

Seoni, March 3 A tiger killed a woman and partially consumed her body on Tuesday in the Beharai forest range of Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh, according to an official.Anita Chaudhary, the woman, was collecting forest produce with her husband Roopkumar near the Pandharwani village when the...

Malkangiri (Odisha), March 3 The Odisha government has approved over Rs 4.65 crore in compensation for families affected by violence in the Malkangiri district, an official said on Tuesday.He said Rs 20 lakh of the total compensation will be provided to the next of kin of a woman who was...

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), March 3 A 14-year-old boy was killed in a leopard attack in the buffer zone of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve here on Monday night, officials said.The body was recovered Tuesday morning near a railway track near Khairatiya village in the north Nighasan range of Dudhwa...

Kollam (Kerala), March 3 A Kerala court has awarded damages of Rs five lakh to a retired army officer for "malicious prosecution" by the police.Principal Munsiff Ragi S directed the state government and six of its police officers to jointly pay the compensation to 54-year-old Willington, a...

Indore, March 3 – A day after two sanitation workers died due to asphyxiation caused by toxic gas while cleaning a sewage chamber in Indore, the Madhya Pradesh government has announced a compensation of ₹30 lakh each for their families.Indore Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargav on Tuesday informed that...

Thane, March 3 The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in the Thane district of Maharashtra has awarded a compensation of Rs 25.59 lakh to the family of a 28-year-old woman who was run over by a speeding tanker in 2016.MACT member R V Mohite awarded the sum to the two minor children and the...

Indore, March 2 Two sanitation workers died from asphyxiation after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning a sewer here on Monday, with an eyewitness alleging that the two entered the chamber without any safety equipment, while ambulances reached the spot two hours after the incident.Madhya Pradesh...

Prayagraj, March 2 The Allahabad High Court has observed that a judicial officer, while performing judicial functions, stands above the district magistrate, district police chief, and even the political head of a state, and that disregarding such an officer's order is "unpardonable".The court...