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[00:00:10] Hello, this is your daily dose of news from Onmanorama. I am your host Meenu and these are the major news stories of Saturday, June 15th, 2024. Several persons were killed and many others injured after a tempered traveller carrying 23 passengers fell into a cause in Uttarakhand.
[00:00:32] Three days after the deadly blaze that killed 50 people at a building in Kuwait, the managing director of NBTC said that his company would support the families of the victims. Employees of the NBTC group were housed in the building that caught fire on Wednesday.
[00:00:49] A daily court extended the judicial custody of Chief Minister Aravind Kejriwal's aide Beaver Kumar till June 22nd. Kumar was accused of assaulting AAP Rajasthan MP Swati Malewal. The Delhi High Court issued notice to Aravind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal and social
[00:01:07] media platforms like Facebook and YouTube to delete, post and repost of a video of the AAP leader addressing the court on March 28th. After his remarks on BJP's performance in the Lok Sabha elections 2024 spiralled into controversy, RSS leader Indrish Kumar retracted his statement and said that the election
[00:01:31] results indicate the defeat of those who opposed Lord Trump. Let's get into the details. Several persons were killed and many others injured after a tempered traveller carrying 23 passengers fell into a coach in Uttarakhand. The accident took place on the Rishikesh-Bedrinath highway near Raitoli into the Prayag district.
[00:01:54] The minibus fell into the Alakatanda river and teams of the State Disaster Response Force and police jointly did the rescue operations. Calling the incident very sad news, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Thami said that the district magistrate has been ordered to investigate the accident.
[00:02:15] Injured people were airlifted to Ames-Rishikesh, said officials. Three days after the deadly blaze that killed 50 people at a building in Kuwait, the managing director of NBTC said that his company would support the families of the victims.
[00:02:32] Employees of the NBTC group were housed in the building that caught fire on Wednesday. According to media in Kochi, NBTC director KG Abraham said that his company is taking responsibility for the unfortunate incident. He added that his company took the building for lease to provide accommodation for around
[00:02:51] 160 employees. He claimed that the company's lapses didn't lead to the tragedy and that short circuit caused a fire outbreak. The tragic incident claimed the lives of at least 50 migrant workers including 46 Singhs, with 24 being Malayalis. Additionally, 49 individuals sustained injuries.
[00:03:13] The fire in Al Mangkuf building in the Al Ahmadi Governorate was reported to authorities at 4.30 a.m. on Wednesday. Most of the deaths were attributed to smoke inhalation, with reports indicating that the fire originated in a kitchen.
[00:03:29] A court here on Saturday extended till June 22 the judicial custody of Chief Minister Aravind Kejriwal's aide, Pivak Kumar. Kumar is accused of assaulting AAP Rajasthan MP Swati Melaiva on May 13 at the Chief Minister's official residence. Kumar was produced through video conferencing before the duty Metropolitan Magistrate
[00:03:51] who extended the custody and directed the Delhi Police to produce him on June 22. Kumar was arrested on May 18. The Delhi High Court issued notice to Aravind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal and social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube to delete posts and reposts of a
[00:04:10] video of the AAP leader addressing the court on March 28. The court heard a petition for action for violating video conferencing rules. This was back when Mr. Kejriwal was in police custody following his arrest in the alleged liquor policy scam.
[00:04:27] The petition argued Mrs. Kejriwal, as well as the social media handles of the AAP and some opposition parties, had made copies of the video of court proceedings and posted it online. After his remarks on BJP's performance in the Lok Sabha elections 2024 spiralled
[00:04:46] into controversy, RSS leader Indrish Kumar has retracted his statement. According to NDTV, he mentioned that the election results indicate the defeat of those who opposed Lord Ram while those who aimed to uphold Lord Ram's legacy are now in power.
[00:05:04] Kumar's statement caused a stir when he suggested that the Bharatiya Janata Party was restricted to 240 seats due to its arrogance. Speaking at the Ramraj Ayodhya Yadradarshan Pojya and Samaro, Arkanoda near Jaipur on Thursday, Kumar said,
[00:05:20] The party, which did bhakti of Lord Ram and became Arkan, was stopped at 240. However, it became the biggest party. And those who had no faith in Ram were stopped at 234, he said. Referring to the India blog. That brings us to the end of this episode.
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