The ‘Sree Maariyamman fireworks’ factory had stored firecrackers in a room that caught fire and led to the explosion, the Indian Express website reported. Police told the website the explosion happened at around 1:30 pm. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to the kin of the deceased, writing on Twitter to express his condolences.
Earlier in the day, a Supreme Court-appointed committee today met 12 farmer unions and cultivators from eight states on three farm laws that sparked protests when they were enacted in September.
In Mumbai, a court granted bail to the former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar with a rider that she cannot leave the country with its permission. Two more bodies were recovered from the flood-hit areas of Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, taking the death toll in the calamity to 38.
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