45 persons killed in Volvo Bus Accident in India 2013 October 30th

The bus, carrying more than 50 passengers, was travelling from Bangalore city to Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh's capital, when the incident happened early on Wednesday. Seven people, including the driver, managed to escape the blaze. Police say a collision with a culvert ignited the fuel tank of the vehicle. The incident happened at Kothakota in Mahbubnagar district, 140km (86 miles) from Hyderabad, when the air-conditioned Volvo luxury bus...

Muzaffarnagar violence: Death toll climbs to 38, curfew continues in riot-hit areas

Curfew on Tuesday remained in force in riot-hit areas of Muzaffarnagar with the army patrolling troubled places as the death toll rose to 38. Over 360 people have been arrested in connection so far. Muzaffarnagar violence: Supreme Court agrees to hear PIL seeking CBI probe into communal clashes Muzaffarnagar violence: Akhilesh asks officials to make arrangement for treatment of injured SP unfazed by Azam Khan?s absence in party?s...

Muzaffarnagar violence: UP Governor sends report to Centre

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Governor BL Joshi has sent his report on the Muzaffarnagar violence, in which 28 persons were killed, to the Centre, official sources said on Monday. UP Governor sends report to Centre The report has been sent to the Centre on Sunday itself, a senior official said. In the report, the Governor has cited the sequence of events beginning August 27, when three persons were killed in Kawal town of Muzaffarnagar...

Eleven killed in road accident in Jaunpur

 At least 11 people were killed in a road accident in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday night around 11.00 pm after a jeep carrying a group of people skidded from a bridge and fell into Sai River in Jalalpur area. The victims were brought to a local hospital in the wee early morning hours on Saturday (March 02) where eleven of them were declared dead. "At about 12.40 am (local time) all the victims of the accident were brought in. Four of them were brought in injured condition. While one of them succumbed to his injuries,...

Sad story of aircraft crashes and politicians Press Trust Of India

   Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Dorjee Khandu's death in a helicopter crash adds another sad chapter to the story of politicians who have died in chopper and airplane accidents in the country over the past several decades. The tragedy is a grim reminder of the deaths in aerial crashes involving Indian politicians - YS Rajasekhara Reddy, Sanjay Gandhi, Madhavrao Scindia, GMC Balayogi, S Mohan Kumaramangalam, OP Jindal, Surendra Singh,...

15 killed, 24 injured in Uttar Pradesh bus accident

  Amroha: At least 15 people were killed and 24 others injured, two of them critically, when a bus rammed into a tree on Amroha-Joya road in the wee hours of Monday. The incident took place at around 2 AM when the overloaded bus coming from Haridwar was on its way to Kamalpura village in Sambal district, police said. While 13 persons were killed on the spot, two others succumbed to injuries in a hospital. All the victims belong...

DGCA orders an inquiry into the crash of a Pawan Hans helicopter

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation, DGCA, has ordered an inquiry into the crash of a Pawan Hans helicopter in Arunachal Pradesh. Officials in New Delhi said a high level team of DGCA officers led by Director General E K Bharat Bhushan will visit the accident site today. Seventeen people were killed and six seriously injured in a helicopter crash in Tawang town of Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday. The...

Centre forms panel to probe Tawang chopper crash in arrunachal pradesh

PTI This April 19, 2011 photos shows a Pawan Hans chopper crashing into a gorge while landing in Tawang town of Arunachal Pradesh. A Committee of Inquiry has been appointed to probe the crash, which claimed 17 lives. The government has appointed a Committee of Inquiry to probe the circumstances of the Pawan Hans helicopter crash at Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh on April 19 that claimed the lives of 17 people. The committee,...

17 killed as copter falls into gorge

Army personnel and villagers having a look at the remains of a Pawan Hans helicopter which crashed in Tawang on Tuesday. Photo: Special Arrangement PTIPeople watch after a Pawan Hans chopper, with 23 people on board, crashed into a gorge while landing in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh. Second such crash in Tawang district, Arunachal Pradesh In one of the worst helicopter crashes in Arunachal Pradesh, 17 persons, including...

12 killed in IAF helicopter crash

An Indian Air Force (IAF) MI-17 helicopter crashed at Bomdir near Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday, killing all 12 defence personnel on board. The victims included an Army official of the rank of lieutenant colonel and 11 IAF personnel, including two pilots. IAF spokesperson Wing Commander Ranjib Sahoo, based in the Eastern Air Command headquarters in Shillong, told The Hindu that all the bodies have been retrieved from...