Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said the government gives a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the family of each victim in the Hassan accident to express condolence, not in a bid to equate the value of human life with the compensation.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent out a message to the people of Nepal from Manipur this afternoon.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi peppered his speech in Manipur’s Imphal, his first visit to the violence-hit state in two years, with development, listing out his government’s various initiatives in the state.