Jaipur: Thirteen people were killed and 39 others injured when their bus collided with a truck in Churu district in the wee hours on Thursday. The bus was on its way to Karanpur town from Jaipur when the incident occurred near Sardarshahar, SP, Churu, Omprakash said. Seven out of the 39 injured are in a critical condition and have been referred to hospitals in Sikar and Bikaner. ...
09:33 AM, Nov 22, 2012
Hoshiarpur: The nephew of a senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader was on Monday accused of killing two girls in a grisly accident in Hoshiarpur. Reports say that the nephew of Banga MLA Mohinder Kaur Josh ran them over. Even as angry relatives of the girls' families blocked the Pathankot-Delhi highway, the accused was granted bail. The families have further accused him of harassing the victims. ...
02:35 PM, Nov 19, 2012
Cairo: Fifty people, mostly children, were killed when a train slammed into a school bus as it crossed the tracks at a rail crossing south of Cairo on Saturday, further inflaming public anger at Egypt's shoddy transport network. Witnesses said barriers at the crossing were open when the train hit the bus. Transport Minister Mohamed Rashad and the head of the railways authority resigned, and President Mohamed Mursi said those...
02:37 AM, Nov 18, 2012
Kochi: Malayalam actor Siddique escaped unhurt when his car went out of control and fell to a depth of 10 metre near Karunagapally in Kollam. The actor was returning to Kochi from Thiruvananthapuram past midnight yesterday after attending a television channel programme when the mishap occurred. Police immediately took the actor and the car driver to a nearby hospital where they were provided first aid and were discharged. Siddique is...
01:25 PM, Nov 15, 2012
Lahore: A bus transporting 15 Indian fishermen released from a Pakistani jail met with an accident in Punjab province on Monday, causing minor injuries to four of them, officials said. The Lahore-bound bus collided with a speeding truck at Jehanian, located 330 km from the capital of Punjab province, an official of the Highway Police Patrol said. Four of the fishermen sustained minor injuries and police took them to a...
11:00 PM, Nov 12, 2012
New Delhi: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Saturday stepped into controversy after saying that good-looking girls and mobile phones were primary reasons for road accidents. "If you have a good motorcycle, good mobile and a beautiful girlfriend, accidents are bound to happen," he told media. The BJP leader is not the first one to make such a controversial remark. In India, it is the order of the day, especially...
10:31 PM, Nov 10, 2012
Ludhiana: Sixteen students were injured after a school bus lost control, ran over a divider and turned upside down near Focal Point in Ludhiana on Thursday. The injured students were taken to a nearby hospital. Meanwhile, the driver's condition remains critical. "The bus hit the divider resulting in serious injuries to three students. All the students were rushed to a hospital, from where three have been discharged and ten were...
01:49 PM, Nov 08, 2012
Bangalore: A major fire has broken out in a paints godown on Hosur Road in Bangalore. As the godown was stacked with chemical substances, the fire spread quickly. The fire control department said the blaze is likely to be brought under control in 30 minutes. There was no one present inside the godown when the fire broke out at 9 am on Thursday. Around 22 fire engines are at the...
01:06 PM, Nov 08, 2012
New Jersey: A four-year-old Indian-American boy was mowed down by a speeding car driven by a woman at a traffic intersection here, police said. The victim, Dhyanesh, son of Balaji Jeyakannan, was struck by the car and killed on the spot at the junction of Jefferson Avenue and Central Avenue yesterday. The mishap occurred when the child, holding his mother Nagarani Nagarajan's hand, was crossing the road after the stop...
11:48 AM, Nov 02, 2012
New Delhi: Senior Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader K Yerran Naidu died in a car accident on Thursday night. Naidu was returning after an event in Vizag when his car hit a petrol tanker near Ranasthalam in Srikakulam district in Andhra Pradesh. Naidu was immediately taken to a local hospital, where the doctors declared him dead at 3.30 am on Friday morning. Naidu was 55. The mishap took place about...
06:38 AM, Nov 02, 2012
This driver had a a miraculous escape while driving on the Kaluga to Kiev road in Russia on October 21. He smashed into a truck before spinning into a car, but walked away with only minor injuries according to news reports. ...
06:26 PM, Oct 31, 2012
1. A Northbound Hurricane Hurricane Sandy is moving slowly toward the north-northeast but is expected to turn to the north and west later Sunday and Monday, forecasters say. At some point, it's expected to become what's known as an extratropical storm. Unlike a tropical system like a hurricane, which gets its power from warm ocean waters, extratropical systems are driven by temperature contrasts in the atmosphere. Although Sandy is currently...
10:56 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Bloomsburg: The National Weather Service has downgraded Sandy from a hurricane to a tropical storm but warns that "widespread impacts" are still expected into next week for the US East Coast. The storm was expected to increase in speed and move away from the Bahamas and parallel to the southeast coast of the United States later this weekend. Maximum sustained winds dropped to near 70 mph early Saturday, pushing it...
02:56 PM, Oct 27, 2012
New Delhi: Noted comedian Jaspal Bhatti died in a road accident near Jalandhar on October 25. He was going to Nakodar from Bhatinda to promote his forthcoming film 'Power Cut'. The accident happened near the Shahkot area of Jalandhar. Bhatti's car rammed into a roadside tree. Here is a photograph of the car that met with the accident. ...
05:45 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Hyderabad: A child died and another got critically injured after being run over by a car which was being driven by a Telugu television actress while driving for a shoot in Hyderabad. The actress lost control and hit the children who were playing nearby. The incident happened in Cyberabad. The five-year-old boy died right away. A case has been registered against the actress. The police said that the film crew...
03:03 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Hyderabad, Oct 26: A six-year-old boy was killed today in a car accident during a television serial shoot here at the city outskirts. The mishap occurred when a Telugu television actor lost control over the vehicle while shooting and hit Satvik Reddy, killing the minor on the spot, Chandanagar Police said. "Some people had gathered to watch the shoot. The actor lost control over the car and hit a road...
01:14 PM, Oct 26, 2012
London: A 48-year-old NRI IT consultant was crushed to death by his own car after his seven-year-old son accidentally released the handbrake while looking for sweets, an inquest into the six month old incident has heard. According to a report in the Daily Mail, Pratik Pandya tried to stop the car containing his boy rolling away when he was killed on his driveway. He suffered abdominal injuries and a deep...
10:26 AM, Oct 26, 2012
Chandigarh: Popular satirist and filmmaker Jaspal Bhatti, the man behind hit comedy shows like 'Ulta Pulta' and 'Flop Show', died in a road accident in the wee hours today after his car rammed into a tree. Bhatti's son Jasraj, who was driving the car and actress Surilie Gautam, the heroine of his upcoming film 'Power Cut' and film promoter Navneet Joshi were injured in the mishap, police said. The 57-year-old...
04:36 PM, Oct 25, 2012
New Delhi: Famous comedian Jaspal Bhatti has died in a road accident near Jalandhar. Bhatti was going to Nakodar from Bhatinda for the promotion of his upcoming film 'Power Cut'. The accident happened on Shahkot area of Jalandhar. Bhatti's car rammed into a roadside tree. Bhatti's son and actress Surilie Gautam of his upcoming film got injured in the mishap. Both the injured have been admitted to the hospital. Jaspal...
06:19 AM, Oct 25, 2012
Moradabad: A woman was burnt to death after a fire broke out due to an LGP cylinder leak in her house on Monday. Officials said that she was alone at the time of the incident. Eyewitnesses said that they saw smoke emanating from the house and then heard cries for help. But by the time they could get to the woman, she had succumbed to her injuries. Police are further...
08:16 AM, Oct 23, 2012
