At least eight people have died and 40 others have been injured after a passenger train collision in Andhra Pradesh’s Vizianagaram district. The accident occurred when a passenger train overshot a signal and collided with another passenger train, resulting in the derailment of at least two coaches. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 2 lakh to the families of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to the injured.
Evil forces want to destabilise state govt, conspiring to disturb communal harmony , says Andhra Minister ANI | Updated: Jan 08, 2021 23:34 IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], January 8 (ANI): As the Andhra Pradesh government has formed communal harmony committees in view of attacks on temples, State Minister Botsa Satyanarayana on Friday said that a few evil forces want to destabilise and defame the state government and are conspiring to disturb communal harmony .
On Thursday, the state government formed a state-level communal harmony committee and district level communal harmony committees, informed state Chief Secretary Adityanath Das.
Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Mekathoti Sucharita, MA&UD Minister Botsa Satyanarayana, Endowments Minister Velampalli Srinivasa Rao, Minority Welfare Minister Amzath Basha addressed a joint press conference on the Communal Harmony Committees today.