RAMBAN — Three policemen were injured when a vehicle, part of the escort of a High Court judge, skidded off the road and turned turtle on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district on Friday, officials said. The accident took place in the Wagan-Nachilana area when a Gypsy escorting the judge’s vehicle overturned due to […]
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Two soldiers killed as Army vehicle falls into gorge in Kupwara
SRINAGAR — Two soldiers died and two others were injured when their vehicle fell into a gorge near the Line of Control in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said. The Army vehicle they were travelling in rolled down into a gorge at Reyala Murchana Road in Teetwal area of Karnah, they […]
Passenger bus falls into gorge in Poonch; four killed, 44 injured
JAMMU — Four passengers including a soldier were killed and 44 others injured when a private bus skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Tuesday, officials said. Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah expressed their grief over the accident. Abdullah rushed his […]
Army vehicle plunges into gorge in Ramban, three soldiers killed
RAMBAN — Three Army personnel were killed when their vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a 700-feet deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Sunday, officials said. The army truck was part of a convoy moving from Jammu to Srinagar along national highway 44 when the accident occurred near Battery Chashma […]
Six Army soldiers injured in road accident in Udhampur
JAMMU — Six Army personnel were injured after their vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a roadside ditch in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Sunday, officials said. The accident occurred near Chopra market in the town, 65 km away from Jammu, when a bus carrying the soldiers was on its way to […]
Woman killed, 10 injured as mini truck falls into ditch in Ramban
BANIHAL — A 75-year-old woman was killed and 10 of her relatives were injured after a mini-load carrier fell into a ditch in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district early Monday, police said. The members of the extended family belonging to the Bakerwal nomadic community were heading for Kashmir from Teryath village in Rajouri district as […]
Girl student killed, 17 injured after college bus overturns in Handwara
SRINAGAR — A girl student died and 17 others were injured after a college bus they were travelling in met with an accident in North Kashmir’s Handwara on Saturday, officials said. A bus of Government Degree College Handwara carrying 27 students for picnic lost control and turned turtle near Vodpora area of Handwara, they said. […]
Two teenagers killed in Rajouri road accident
RAJOURI — Two teenagers on a motorcycle were killed after allegedly being hit by a private car in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district late on Sunday, officials said. Azhar Shah (19) and Toyab Raza (18) of Saim Semat village were hit by the speeding car at Fatehpur on the Rajouri-Thanamandi Road, they said. The teenagers […]
12 injured as bus overturns inside Navyug tunnel in Banihal
BANIHAL — Twelve people got injured when a bus hit the lining of the Navyug tunnel and overturned in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Wednesday night, officials said. The bus, on its way to Srinagar from Jammu, was trying to avoid a collision but hit the wall of the Qazigund-Banihal tunnel and turned turtle, […]
At least 4 killed, 17 others injured in Ganderbal road accident
SRINAGAR — At least four people were killed and 17 others injured in a road accident involving a bus and a taxi on the Srinagar-Sonamarg road in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, officials said. The accident took place at Gund and both the vehicles sustained major damages, the officials said. They said […]