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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.

Stalin accuses Modi govt of conspiracy to block TN’s development :

"Yet another betrayal by the Prime Minister. Even before his speech made before farmers could vanish and his visit to Coimbatore could become a thing of past, the Union Government has turned down our request to enhance moisture content in paddy for procurement from the present 17 percent to 22 percent, in view of the monsoon rains," he wrote on his 'X' timeline.