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PM announces PMNRF ex-gratia for victims of West Bengal boat tragedy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed grief over the loss of lives in a boat capsizing incident in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district and announced financial assistance from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) for the families of those killed and the injured.

KTR alleges land scam by Cong in Telangana

However, Industry Minister D Sridhar Babu denied the allegation. He said the government’s decision to levy an impact fee for the conversion of industrial land, which Rao suggested was a scam, was nothing but “malicious propaganda.”