Bihar Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary expressed condolences over the deaths of 46 people, including children, from separate drowning incidents during the 'Jitiya' festival. Rescue teams are actively searching,

Patna: At least 43 people, including 37 children, drowned and three others went missing while taking holy dips in rivers and ponds in separate incidents during the 'Jivitputrika' festival in Bihar, the state government said on Thursday. The incidents occurred in 15 districts of the state during the festival held on Wednesday.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar condoles the deaths and announced an ex gratia of ₹4 lakh for the next of kin of the deceased.

At least 46 people, including 37 children, drowned in various Bihar districts during the 'Jivitputrika' festival. The incidents occurred as women took holy dips for the well-being of their children. Authorities have initiated compensation measures for the victims' families,

At least 46 people, including 37 children, have drowned while celebrating a Hindu festival in eastern India, a local government official told AFP on Thursday.

In Bihar, 43 people, including 37 children, drowned and three others went missing during the 'Jivitputrika' festival held on Wednesday. The incidents

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar condoled the deaths and announced an ex-gratia amount of Rs 4 lakh each for the next of kin of the deceased.

Chief minister Nitish Kumar condoled the deaths, which included seven women, and announced an ex-gratia amount of ₹4 lakh each for the next of kin of the deceased.

The incidents occurred in 15 districts of the state during the festival held on Wednesday. During the 'Jivitputrika' festival, women fast for the well-being of their children and both take holy dips.

Altogether 43 people, including 37 children, drowned and three others went missing while taking holy dips in rivers and ponds in separate incidents during the 'Jivitputrika' festival in Bihar, the state government said on Thursday.

In a heartbreaking series of incidents during the 'Jivitputrika' festival, 43 individuals, including 37 children, have tragically drowned while taking holy dips in rivers and ponds across the state of Bihar.