The Centre has announced significant support for families affected by the Vizag Steel Plant accident. Ex gratia compensation of Rs 25 lakh ...

The Delhi government has announced financial aid for victims of the Malviya Nagar fire. Families of the 21 deceased will receive Rs 10 lakh...

Demolitions began Sunday in Delhi's Shalimar Bagh. Authorities cleared 143 illegal structures. The Supreme Court upheld orders for road wid...

Seven people died in West Bengal on Friday after severe storms and squalls hit Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly, South 24 Parganas and other distri...

Tragedy struck Karnataka's Uttara Kannada district as eight family members drowned at Tatthehakalu beach. Prime Minister Modi expressed dee...

Ten people died in a tragic road accident in Lakhimpur Kheri. A truck and van collided head-on on the Lakhimpur-Bahraich Highway. Prime Min...

The Jabalpur District Court has directed the registration of an FIR against the cruise boat pilot and others after the boat sank into a riv...

The Union home ministry has updated its classification for Left-wing extremism affected districts. With violence declining, the security-re...

Protests erupted in Imphal West after a bomb attack killed two children. Security forces used tear gas to control demonstrators. A women's ...

A tragic boiler blast at Vedanta Power's Singhitarai plant in Chhattisgarh's Sakti district claimed nine lives and injured fifteen. Vedanta...

The court has directed the same to be paid under ex gratia compensation scheme. The government has earlier rejected the compensation on the...

The top court also set a period of 60 days which would be given to all such persons who are eligible as on date to apply for the ex-gratia ...

A bench of Justices M R Shah and B V Nagarathna indicated that a period of 60 days would be given to all such persons who are eligible as o...

The bench, which had last week expressed concern over fake COVID-19 death certificates being issued for ex-gratia compensation and observed...

The important observation on the interpretation of the provision came in a judgement by which the top court directed National Disaster Mana...

The Centre, which in its affidavit said that paying ex-gratia compensation was beyond the fiscal affordability and the finances of central ...

In an affidavit filed before the top court, the Ministry of Home Affairs said the Centre submitted that it has by ways of "Minimum Standard...