The Karur stampede toll climbed to 40 with one more death, while 67 remain hospitalized. Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, led by actor Vijay, has moved the Madras High Court seeking an impartial probe. PM Modi announced compensation for victims’ families
Health Secretary SAM Rizvi pointed out that Nalgonda was a border district of AP and directed the officials to be alert and take measures to ensure that the Covid numbers don't go up
The Chief Justice remarked that if no concrete steps in the form of intensifying the restrictions or imposition of night curfew are taken up by the State government within the next two days, the court would be forced to step in and play the role of the executive.
"While the number of Covid cases were increasing elsewhere in the country, the incidence had come down in Telangana, thanks to the work of the medical and health department."
