Minister Khader visits family, pays compensation
Death in wall collapse at Hebbarabail
Puttur, July 08: Urban Development and Housing Minister UT Khader on Sunday visited the house at Salmara Hebbarabail where a grandmother and grandson died in wall collapse on Saturday and consoled the bereaved family members.
During his visit, the Minister handed over a cheque for compensation of Rs 11 lakh including Rs 5 lakh each for Parvathi and Dhanush and Rs 1 lakh for the damage of the house, from the Disaster Management Fund, to the family. He handed over the cheque to the mother of Dhanush. Condoling the death of the two, the Minister directed the officials to take precautionary measures to avoid such incidents during rains.
The Minister directed City Municipal Council Commissioner Roopa Shetty to serve the notice the family, above the house of Dhanush, which is responsible for the collapse of the wall and asked her to submit the action taken report.
MLA Sanjeeva Marandur, former MLA Shakuntala T Shetty, ZP president Meenakshi Shantigodu, CMC president Jayanti Balnadu, deputy commissioner Sasikanth Senthil, assistant commissioner HK Krishnamurthy, CMC vice president Vishwanath Gowda, PUDA president Prasad Kaushal Shetty and others were present.
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2001 Parliament attack anniversary: Vice Prez, PM Modi, MPs pay tributes to fallen heroes
New Delhi (PTI): Vice President C P Radhakrishnan on Saturday led Parliamentarians in paying floral tributes to those who died fending off terrorists who attacked the Parliament House in 2001.
On the 24th anniversary of the attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Radhakrishnan, who is also the Rajya Sabha Chair, were among the first to offer tributes.
A brief function is held outside the now old Parliament building (Samvidhan Sadan) every December 13 to mark the day.
CISF personnel presented a salute or "samman guard" at the venue, after which a moment of silence was observed to mark the anniversary. Till 2023, the CRPF used to offer 'salami shastra' (present arms).
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, a senior party leader, were also present at the event. Union ministers Kiren Rijiju, Jitendra Singh and Arjun Ram Meghwal also lined up to offer flower petals at the photographs of the personnel who went down foiling the attack.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is in Latur to attend the funeral of former speaker of the Lower House of Parliament and ex-Union minister Shivraj Patil.
The attack was carried out by five armed terrorists, but personnel from the now former Parliament Security Service, CRPF and Delhi Police foiled the attack, with no terrorist being able to enter the building.
Six Delhi Police personnel, two Parliament Security Service personnel, a gardener and a TV video journalist were killed in the attack. All five terrorists were gunned down in the forecourt of the then Parliament building.
