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Patna, April 11 – A devastating road accident in Katihar on Saturday claimed the lives of 10 people and left 25 others injured, triggering grief and concern across the state.Expressing deep sorrow over the fatal accident, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar conveyed his condolences to the...

Balrampur (UP), April 5 Three people died and several others were injured after a car crashed into a bridge on the Balrampur-Badhni national highway here early Sunday, police said.The accident occurred near Purushottam village on the Tulsipur-Pachpedwa stretch when the car, carrying six...

Patna, April 1 – Following the deadly stampede at the Sheetla Mata Temple in the Nalanda district, police have arrested four priests and filed a case against 40 individuals.The incident, which occurred a day earlier, resulted in the deaths of nine devotees and left several others injured.The...

New Delhi, March 31 Union Women and Child Development Minister Annapurna Devi said on Tuesday that the stampede at the Mata Sheetla temple in Bihar's Nalanda district was extremely sad and painful.At least eight devotees, mostly women, were killed and five injured in the stampede at the...

Bihar Sharif (Bihar), March 31 At least eight devotees, mostly women, were killed and eight injured in a stampede at a temple in Bihar's Nalanda district on Tuesday, officials said.The incident occurred due to a large number of devotees visiting the Sheetla Mata temple, under the jurisdiction...

Bihar Sharif (Bihar), March 31 At least eight devotees, mostly women, were killed and five injured in a stampede at a temple in Bihar's Nalanda district on Tuesday, officials said.The incident occurred due to the heavy rush of devotees at the Sheetla Mata temple on Tuesday morning, an official...

Chhindwara, March 28 – The opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh has criticised Chief Minister Mohan Yadav over the tragic road accident that killed 10 people and injured more than 30 in Chhindwara district.State Congress chief Jitu Patwari, who visited Chhindwara on Saturday, met families...

Kaushambi (UP), March 28 The death toll in a road accident involving a pickup truck and a trailer truck in Kaushambi district, Uttar Pradesh, has risen to 10, police said on Saturday.The accident occurred on Friday evening near a petrol pump in the Saini area when a pickup truck carrying...

Bengaluru, March 26 Karnataka Minister Eshwar B Khandre clarified in the Assembly on Thursday that there is no provision to offer government jobs to the legal heirs of persons killed in wildlife attacks, as per existing government orders.Responding to a question by Sringeri MLA T D Rajegowda...

Bhubaneswar, March 26 A total of 4,953 people have lost their lives in various natural disasters in Odisha over the past two years, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari told the state Assembly on Thursday.The state government is providing Rs 50,000 to the families of those...

Rayavaram (Andhra Pradesh), March 26 Thirteen people were killed and 22 were injured after a private bus collided with a tipper and caught fire in Markapuram district on Thursday, police said.While earlier estimates from District Superintendent of Police V Harshavardhan Raju suggested 14...

Bahraich (UP), March 24 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will visit Bahraich on March 25 to distribute financial assistance and allocate land for housing and toilets to 136 families being relocated from the Bharthapur village, officials said on Tuesday.District Magistrate (DM)...

Bhubaneswar, March 19 Altogether, 6,578 people were killed due to lightning, drowning, and snakebites in Odisha in the last two financial years, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari told the assembly on Thursday.In response to a question from MLA Chakramani Kanhar, the...

Bhubaneswar, March 18 Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday suspended four officers for dereliction of duty, two days after a fire incident at the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack claimed the lives of 12 patients, officials said.The suspended officials include three...

Bhubaneswar, March 18 Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi suspended four officers on Wednesday for dereliction of duty, two days after a fire at the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack killed 12 patients, officials said.The suspended officials include three personnel from the Odisha...

New Delhi, March 18 Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced on Wednesday that Rs 10 lakh would be provided ex gratia to the families of adult deceased persons, and Rs 5 lakh to the next of kin of those who were minors and died in the Palam fire incident."The Delhi government stands firmly...

Bengaluru, March 18 Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced compensation for the families of three police officers who were killed in a road accident in Chitradurga district, calling the incident "extremely tragic".The Chief Minister said that an ex gratia of Rs five lakh each would be...

New Delhi, March 18 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed deep sorrow over the fire incidents in Indore and in Delhi's Palam, and announced an ex gratia of ₹2 lakh from the PM National Relief Fund for the next of kin of each deceased, and ₹50,000 for those injured.A total of 17...

Indore, March 18 Eight members of a family were killed when a fire broke out in a three-story house after an explosion at an Electric Vehicle (EV) charging point outside the building in Indore early on Wednesday, officials said.The deceased included two minor children and three women, they...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his grief over the fire incident in Palam, Delhi. In a social media post, the Prime Minister extended his condolences to the families of the deceased and prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured. He has also expressed sorrow over the loss of lives...