Telugu Desam Party MLA Bonela Vijaya Chandra on Saturday (October 25) said that the State government released ₹9.75 lakh compensation to four labourers who had suffered serious injuries due to blast of firecracker parcels in ANL parcel counter of Parvatipuram on October 19, 2025. The money would be distributed to victims — Ravi, Reddi Ramesh, … Read more
The dark monsoon clouds that hung over Fazilka have given way to sunlight that filters through the eucalyptus trees surrounding the government middle school at Salem Shah village. Kirna Rani, 22, cannot enjoy it. She sits on the floor of the corridor, gently stirring a saucepan of water and a flour-jaggery mixture over a shared … Read more
Parents of the R.G. Medical College rape victim met CBI Director Praveen Sood. File | Photo Credit: PTI Parents of the R.G. Medical College rape victim met CBI Director Praveen Sood on Thursday (August 7, 2025) to express their dissatisfaction with the agency’s probe in the rape and murder of their daughter, officials said. The … Read more
Wreckage of Air India’s Boeing 787-8 aircraft, seen a month after the tragedy, in Ahmedabad, Saturday, July 12, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI From hotel booking cancellations to loss of baggage, and from accidental death coverage to trip plan withdrawals, insurance companies have received a range of claims from the kin of the Ahmedabad Air … Read more
PA Campaigners have held frequent demonstrations in memory of loved ones who died due to infected blood used in medical procedures Thousands of victims of the infected blood scandal are being “harmed further” by long waits for compensation, the chair of the public inquiry into the disaster has said. In a hard-hitting report, Sir Brian … Read more
Harriet Heywood BBC News, Cambridgeshire BBC Pelvic mesh was used to give weak or damaged tissue extra support and treat incontinence in women for many years A woman has criticised the government for “dragging its feet” when it came to making reforms for women harmed by pelvic mesh implants. Five years ago, the Cumberlege First … Read more
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy interacting with the families of the victims of a reactor blast that took place at Sigachi Industries in Sangareddy district on Tuesday (July 01). | Photo Credit: MOHD ARIF Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy visited the Sigachi Industries Pvt. Ltd unit in Pashamylaram Industrial area in Sangareddy district on … Read more
A selfie taken by Prateek Joshi with his wife and three children before the Air India flight took off from Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Prateek Joshi, one of the victims of the Ahmedabad Air India flight crash, had studied medicine in Belagavi in Karnataka. He hails from Banawal … Read more
GPs in England are to help the NHS find more undiagnosed patients affected by the contaminated blood scandal. It is thought thousands of people could have been exposed to the hepatitis C virus through contaminated blood transfusions in the 1970s, 80s and 90s; part of a scandal which affected more than 30,000 people in the … Read more
Pahalgam terror attack victim Samir Guha’s wife speaks to the media regarding ‘Operation Sindoor’, in Kolkata, on May 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Widows of Pahalgam victims, in West Bengal, have welcomed ‘Operation Sindoor’ even as they come to terms with their grief. Sohini Adhikari, widow of Bitan Adhikari (40) who was killed in … Read more