Jalpaiguri/Katihar: Two passengers of a Guwahati-bound special train carrying Northeast Indians fleeing Bangalore were killed and seven others injured on Sunday after they were beaten up and pushed out by unidentified persons. Police and railway authorities remained tightlipped on the identity of the attacked passengers, who hailed from Assam, pending an investigation. Special trains were operated by Railways from Bangalore to ferry passengers fleeing the city over fears of attacks...
09:52 PM, Aug 19, 2012
Chennai: A class IV student of a prominent city school drowned in the institution's swimming pool on Thursday, police said. Police identified the deceased as Ranjan, son of a Tamil film director, a student of the Padma Seshadri Bala Bhawan at KK Nagar in Chennai. The incident occurred during the swimming period and when trainers noticed him in an unconscious state they rushed him to a nearby hospital where he...
07:56 PM, Aug 16, 2012
Bangalore: Nine people were killed and 10 others injured after a Tata Ace mini truck they were travelling in fell into a ditch after the driver lost control over the vehicle. The accident occurred at Kamsagara village near Sathanur in Kanakapura taluk on the outskirts of the city on Sunday evening. Though official sources said only nine were killed, sources said two others, who were shifted to a private hospital,...
12:41 PM, Aug 13, 2012
Shimla: At least 52 people, including 18 women and two children, were on Saturday killed and 46 others injured when an overcrowded private bus veered off the road and fell into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district. The mishap took place near Rajera, 8 km from the district headquarters of Chamba, when the bus driver lost control over the vehicle after a tyre burst and it fell into the...
08:01 PM, Aug 11, 2012
New Delhi: Nearly 13 people who had been trapped in a bus as it got stuck in a pothole on a bridge over the Mahwar river were rescued on Saturday morning. As the water level rose in the river, the passengers climbed over to the rooftop of the bus. The district administration, Army, CRPF and ITBP personnel carried out the relief and rescue operations. ...
04:02 PM, Aug 11, 2012
Mumbai: The Government Railway Police (GRP) has started a new website, displaying figures of the number of men, women and transgenders who have fallen victim to railway accidents. This is the first time that transgenders have been included in the GRP administration statistics. According to GRP officers, they have been asked from their superiors to compile the list in three categories, male, female and transgender. The total number of accidents...
02:37 PM, Aug 11, 2012
While 32 people died on the spot, eight injured persons succumbed to injuries on way to hospital. ...
02:30 PM, Aug 11, 2012
Shimla: At least 40 people were killed and 17 injured on Saturday when an overcrowded bus rolled down into a deep gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district, police said. The private bus was going to Chamba town when it skidded off the road and fell into the 300-feet deep gorge near Rajera, some 10 km from the town. "The rescue operation is still on. The injured have been admitted to...
12:41 PM, Aug 11, 2012
Bangalore: It has been seven months since the Bangalore Traffic Police made it mandatory for drivers of both light and heavy commercial vehicles to wear seat belts. Unlike other cities, till date, this community has not taken the rule seriously especially the heavy commercial vehicle drivers. From the month of January till July, 1,38,353 spot fines have been levied and another 15,480 notices have been sent by the authorities. Sub-Inspector,...
02:26 PM, Aug 09, 2012
Chennai: Fear, anger and a lack of information was perceptible as over a 100 workers gathered around the Metro rail construction site at Pachaiyappas College on Wednesday night, moments after 25-tonne steel rods came crashing down, killing a worker and injuring six others. Please let us in. We want to know the fate of our colleagues, pleaded a worker as L&T officials denied them entry. Angered by what they termed...
01:43 PM, Aug 09, 2012
Chennai: One labourer was killed and six others were injured when a crane at a Metro Rail construction site in the city collapsed, police said. According to the police, the site is located opposite Pachayappa's college. Expressing grief over the incident, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa announced a compensation of Rs one lakh for the family of the victim and Rs 25,000 each for the six persons injured and undergoing...
10:57 PM, Aug 08, 2012
Shillong: Thirty-one people were killed and 27 were injured in a bus mishap in Meghalaya's East Jaintia hills. The mishap happened when a Tripura-bound bus fell into a deep gorge. The incident happened between 3 am and 5 am on Wednesday at the Tamseng village near the Meghalaya-Assam border. The bus was on its way to Agartala from Guwahati when it fell into the 80-feet deep gorge. ...
04:10 PM, Aug 08, 2012
Shillong: At least 22 people were killed and several others critically injured when a Tripura-bound bus fell into a deep gorge in Meghalaya's East Jaintia hills district in the wee hours on Wednesday. The incident took place sometime between 3 AM and 5 AM at Tamseng village near Meghalaya-Aassam border. The bus was on its way to Agartala from Guwahati when it fell into the 80-feet deep gorge. "We have...
11:58 AM, Aug 08, 2012
New Delhi: A 39-year-old driver was killed when a speeding BMW allegedly driven by an MBBS student rammed into the victim's car on Monday, police said. The incident took place at Tilak Marg at around 1:20 am when the victim Mohammad Rafiq, a resident of Mandawali, was returning home. The driver of the BMW was Ayush Arora, an MBBS student who is doing internship with Maulana Azad Medical College. Arora...
11:06 AM, Aug 07, 2012
Melbourne: Australian police have announced a reward of over $100,000 on an Indian man who killed a student in Melbourne almost four years ago before fleeing the country. Puneet Puneet was a 19-year-old learner-driver when he lost control and hit students Dean Hofstee and Clancy Cloker who were walking along City Road in Southbank in October, 2008. Hofstee, 19, was killed instantly while Cloker suffered critical injuries. Both were students...
10:55 AM, Aug 07, 2012
Chennai: A 24-year-old Kollywood actor was arrested after he lost control over his car and hit a two-wheeler and two autos, injuring four persons, on Poonamallee High Road on Sunday morning. Police said the accident occurred as the actor fell asleep while driving. Police said Sriranjan, a new face in Tamil cinema who essayed the lead role in the film Theni Mavattum, was arrested for causing grievous injuries to four...
01:29 PM, Aug 06, 2012
New Delhi: Just days after the Supreme Court let off Sanjeev Nanda without an additional jail term, CNN-IBN spoke to the family of one of the victims of the hit-and-run case that took place in January 1999. The wife and children of homeguard Peru Lal say they are tired and don't want to fight the case any longer. On January 10, 1999 Sanjeev Nandas's speeding BMW mowed down six people...
06:47 AM, Aug 05, 2012
Chennai: A speeding truck mowed down a 7-year-old girl in a hit and run case in Tambaram on the outskirts of Chennai. The truck was chased down by local residents, brought back to the spot of the accident and was set on fire. More details of the accident are awaited. ...
02:06 PM, Aug 04, 2012
New York: An Indian girl was killed and 38 people injured when a double decker bus apparently blew a tire, skidded and slammed into a pillar in the US state of Illinois. Illinois state police have identified the victim as Aditi Avhad, 24. Police said she was a native of India and was travelling to Columbia. The accident, which occurred when the bus with 64 passengers traveling between Chicago and...
12:54 PM, Aug 03, 2012
New York: An Indian girl was killed and 38 people injured when a double decker bus apparently blew a tire, skidded and slammed into a pillar in the US state of Illinois. Illinois state police have identified the victim as Aditi Avhad, 24. Police said she was a native of India and was travelling to Columbia. The accident, which occurred when the bus with 64 passengers traveling between Chicago and...
12:44 PM, Aug 03, 2012
