CHANDIGARH — Four persons were killed while 11 others were injured after a bus rammed into a brick-laden tractor-trolley in Punjab’s Jalandhar district on Monday, police said. The accident took place near the Kala Bakra area in Jalandhar when the bus was going to Jammu from Rajasthan, police said. When the tractor-trolley came on the […]
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Two bodies of accident victims retrieved from river in Poonch, search on for third
JAMMU — Two bodies of accident victims were fished out from a river in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said, as the search for a minor boy continued for the third day on Saturday. The trio were reported missing on Thursday evening when a cab carrying 10 persons skidded off the road and […]
Two missing, 7 rescued after passenger vehicle falls into river in Poonch
JAMMU — Two persons are reported missing while seven others were rescued after a passenger vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a river in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, police officials said. The cab was travelling from Poonch to Surankote and the accident occurred near Kalai Bridge around 8.15 pm, […]
Woman dead, 12 others injured as vehicle rolls down hilly road in Ramban
BANIHAL — A woman was killed and 12 others were injured when a passenger vehicle rolled down a hilly road in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, police officials said. The vehicle was coming from remote Chabba village to Ramban when it met with the accident at Galli Upper Neera. While the woman […]
Driver killed, 17 injured as bus carrying pilgrims falls into gorge near Jammu
JAMMU — A driver from Himachal Pradesh was killed and 17 pilgrims were injured when a bus returning from Mata Vaishno Devi shrine skidded off the road and plunged into a 30-feet gorge near here Saturday evening, officials said. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah expressed grief over the accident and lauded the rescue teams and officials […]
Policeman among three persons killed in road accidents in Jammu, Udhampur
JAMMU — Three persons, including a policeman, travelling on two motorcycles were killed in separate incidents in Jammu and Udhampur districts, officials said on Thursday. Selection grade constable Manpreet Singh, who was in his early 30s, lost his life when an electric bus hit his motorcycle at Gadigarh in Jammu on Thursday, the officials said. […]
Two killed, another critically injured in road accident in Rajouri
RAJOURI — Two men were killed and another was injured when two motorcycles collided head-on in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, police said. The accident occurred on the main road near the office of Deputy Commissioner, Rajouri at 8.45 pm, claiming the lives of Asad (23) from Darhal and Zulfkar Younis (22) […]
One dead, three injured as truck plunges into gorge in Ramban
BANIHAL — One person was killed and three others injured when a truck loaded with liquor bottles skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway on Saturday, officials said. The accident occurred near Battery Cheshma in Ramban district when its driver Rafaqat Khattana lost control while negotiating a […]
13 injured after Vaishno Devi-bound bus collides with truck in Jammu
JAMMU — At least 13 people were injured when a bus carrying pilgrims to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine collided with a stationary dumper truck near here on Tuesday, officials said. The condition of all the injured, including three children and two women, is stated to be “stable”, they said. The accident took place at […]
Four army personnel injured in road accident in Poonch
POONCH — Four army personnel were injured after their vehicle skidded off the road and overturned into a ditch in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. The accident took place at Gantar Morh in Sawjian area when the troops were returning to their camp after patrolling, the officials said. Local volunteers […]