UP: Woman, her daughter hit by train while crossing railway track in Kaushambi
Kaushambi (UP) (PTI): A woman and her minor daughter were killed after being hit by a train while crossing the railway track at Sirathu railway station here on Sunday, police said.
Bano (32) and her six-year-old daughter Hamira were on their way to Kanpur to attend a family function.
Around 8 am, while they were crossing the railway track to catch a train, they were hit by a Prayagraj-Kanpur express train on the Delhi-Howrah rail line, resulting in their death on the spot, they said.
Railway Protection Force (RPF) outpost in-charge Bharwari Prashant Mishra said that on receiving information about the incident, RPF personnel rushed to the spot, identified the bodies and informed the family members. They were residents of Gauspur Navanwa village.
The bodies were sent for post-mortem after legal formalities were completed in the presence of relatives, he added.
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French President Macron concludes Mumbai visit
Mumbai (PTI): French President Emmanuel Macron, along with First Lady Brigitte Macron, left Mumbai for New Delhi on Wednesday after concluding his engagements here, including bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
They were seen off at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport by Maharashtra Governor Acharya Devvrat, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy CM Eknath Shinde.
On Tuesday, Macron held discussions with Modi as part of efforts to further strengthen India-France strategic ties.
During the Mumbai visit, the French president and his wife also met some of India's top filmmakers and actors, and had an animated exchange with them about cinema, culture and collaboration.
President Macron is on an official visit to India from February 17 to 19 at the invitation of PM Modi to participate in the AI Impact Summit hosted by India in the national capital Delhi, besides the bilateral summit in Mumbai.
PM Modi will inaugurate the summit on February 19. As many as 20 heads of states, including French President Macron, will be present at the inaugural session, Electronics and IT Secretary S Krishnan said.
