
New Delhi: At least 16 people have been reported dead when a bus on Friday night headed to Ajmer collided with a truck and burst into flames on the Gonda-Bahraich road near Chilwaria village in Uttar Pradesh. 44 injured passengers have been rushed to the nearest hospital. The victims were mainly pilgrims on their way to Ajmer Sharif from Ambedkar Nagar. It is believed that the bus exploded because an...

06:34 AM, May 19, 2012

New Delhi: At least 25 pilgrims on Friday night are feared to have died as a bus collided with a stationary truck in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh. Around 60 passengers were on board and were travelling from Sultanpur to Ajmer Sharif. Chief Development Officer of the district Sukhlal Bharti said 44 passengers of the 54-seater bus, that was carrying 60-70 people, were rescued. Some pilgrims managed to get out of the...

12:50 AM, May 19, 2012

Bahraich: Congress has changed its nominees in two seats in Uttar Pradesh, replacing the candidates with their wives after they were convicted in a case of atrocity. BSP legislator Madhuri Verma on Thursday filed her nomination papers from Nanpara seat as a Congress candidate replacing her husband, Dileep Verma, while Reeta Verma will now contest from Shravasti seat in place of her husband Kuldeep Verma, Congress sources said. Dileep and...

06:18 PM, Jan 19, 2012

Kolkata: The ICC has formally conveyed its decision to the West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya that there will be no India vs England match at the Eden Gardens. ICC chief Sharad Pawar called the chief minister in the evening to convey the decision, state Urban Development Minister Ashok Bhattacharjee said here this evening. The ICC has conveyed to the BCCI that it will not be able to hold the ...

11:29 PM, Dec 05, 2007

A 45-year-old Muslim man slit his throat with a knife and sacrificed himself at the shrine of Ghazi Baba in UP. ...

12:49 AM, Jan 02, 2007