Tripura to give monthly pension of Rs 10,000 to journalists
Agartala, June 15: The Tripura government has enhanced the journalists pension from Rs 1,000 to Rs 10,000, a Minister here said.
"The cabinet increased the journalists' monthly pension from Rs 1,000 to Rs 10,000. The monthly pension of Rs 10,000 is second highest in India after Tamil Nadu," Law and Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath told the media on Thursday night.
The cabinet meeting was chaired by Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb.
"The government accredited working journalists would get the monthly pension after the age of 60 years," the Minister said.
The previous Left Front government in 2012 introduced the Rs 1,000 pension.
Various journalist bodies including Agartala Press Club, Tripura Journalists Union and Tripura Working Journalists Association thanked the BJP government for increasing the rate of monthly pension.
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Bodies of wall collapse victims handed over to families
Bengaluru (PTI): Bodies of seven people, who were killed when the compound wall of a hospital collapsed due to heavy rains, were handed over to their families on Thursday after the postmortem, police sources said.
Among those who lost their lives, three were from Bengaluru, two from Kerala and one each from Bihar and Assam.
The victims from Kerala had come here as part of a study tour while the others were street vendors.
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The deceased included a child, who is said to be the daughter of a street vendor.
"Last night the autopsy was performed on the bodies and handed over to the families," a police officer said.
The tragedy occured when heavy rains, coupled with strong winds and a hailstorm, battered the area.
The victims took shelter near a wall and were trapped when it suddenly collapsed.
These victims were killed on the spot.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has announced a solatium of Rs five lakh to the next to the kin of the victims and instructed officials to provide free treatment to the seven injured.
