At least six passengers were killed and several others sustained critical injuries after a bus in which they were travelling overturned near Kalinga Ghat on Ganjam-Kandhamal border on Tuesday night.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed deep grief over the loss of lives in a road accident in Champawat, Uttarakhand.
In a tragic incident, a bus carrying several passengers from Odisha met with an accident on NH-5 near Ranasarak in Andhra's Srikakulam while on its way to Kerala.
According to sources, the mishap took place when the ill-fated bus from Odisha with 47 passengers on board was on its way to Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
The Regional Health department reported that the accident occurred at about 14:40 local time on Wednesday in a rural sector between the Andean towns of Tayabamba and Huancaspata, Xinhua news agency reported.
The bus was on way from Vadodara to Udhna town in Surat when it hit the truck near Kim Crossroad in the morning, possibly due to poor visibility as a result of fog, he said.
Late last night, a speeding private bus hit a divider and dashed into a stationery pick-up van on the outskirts of Berhampur.
At least 30 people sustained injuries after a bus overturned in Sebakapur village under Raygad block of Gajapati district in the wee hours of Tuesday.
The applauding act of the bus driver, identified as Sunil Kumar Mohanty, saved the lives of many.
Sonepur: A bus carrying more than 40 passengers from a marriage party in Tarabha, overturned injuring as many as 15 people near Tuniamunda village on Sunday evening. As per reports, the passengers were returning to Tuniamunda village after attending a marriage party in Kumude village under Tarbha block when the mishap occurred. Out of the […]
Boudh: As many as 40 passengers had a providential escape after a hyva truck hit a bus they were travelling in on National Highway-57 near Chari Chhak under Purunakatak police limits here in the district on Thursday. According to sources, the mishap took place in the wee hours of Thursday when the private bus named-Sairam […]
Kamakhyanagar: Around 25 passengers escaped an accident narrowly after a bus in which they were travelling overturned near Alutuma bridge here in Dhenkanal district on the wee hours of Thursday. One of the passengers has sustained injuries and has been admitted to a nearby hospital. The Bus, ‘Sriramji’ carrying around 25 passengers was heading towards […]
Phulbani: More than 25 passengers sustained injuries after a bus they were travelling in overturned while crossing Gadiapada ghat near Phulbani of Kandhamal district late Thursday night. The incident took place at around 12 AM. The private bus ‘Raja’ was enroute to Bhubaneswar from Tikabali of the district when the driver of the vehicle lost […]
Bhawanipatna: In a tragic incident, as many as 40 people were injured, some of them critically after a bus they were travelling in overturned at Badakenduguda near Koksara here in Kalahandi district on Sunday. The unfortunate incident took place when the vehicle carrying around 50 passengers was on its way to Hyderbad from Dharmagarh in […]
Bhadrak: As many as 11 persons were injured after a bus in which they were travelling in overturned on National Highway-16 near Trisulapur area here on Sunday morning. According to sources, the accident took place when the bus named Sriananta was on its way to Cuttack from Balasore. Being informed about the incident, fire department […]
Balasore: At least seven persons were injured after a bus carrying migrants from Kerala met with an accident on NH 60 near Basta of Balasore district on Sunday. The accident occurred when a truck crashed into the rear of the bus at around 7:30 am today. As per reports, the bus was on its way […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Sunday decided to change the route to bring Prabasi Odias from Surat who are stranded in different parts of the country due to COVID-19 lockdown. The move comes in the wake of two accidents in Kandhamal district involving buses engaged in transporting Prabasi Odias from Surat in Gujarat in less than […]
Maharashtra: As many as five persons were injured after the bus ferrying migrants from Surat to Odisha’s Ganjam district overturned near Karanja on Nagpur-Amravati National Highway (NH) in Maharashtra on Sunday. All the injured including two bus staff and three migrants have been admitted to the nearby Karanja hospital in Maharashtra, said sources. The bus […]
Phulbani/Bhubaneswar: A bus ferrying Odia workers from Surat met with an accident near Andharkote in Kalinga Ghat on Kandhamal-Ganjam border of the State today evening. The mishap reportedly killed one person at the site while another person injured during the accident succumbed at a hospital. G Udaygiri SDPO, Jaykrushna Behera said, “Police, fire services personnel, […]
Kota (Rajasthan): Twenty-four people were killed and five more sustained injuries after a private bus carrying a wedding party fell into a river on the Kota-Dausa highway in Bundi district on Wednesday morning, police said. The bus, with at least 29 people on board, was headed to Sawai Madhopur from Kota when its driver Shyam […]
Bhadrak: A pilgrimage trip turned into a nightmare for nearly 50 people from Uttar Pradesh, after their bus en route to Puri collided with a paddy-laden truck near Bhadrak in the early hours on Wednesday, killing two persons and leaving at least 40 others injured. According to reports, the bus was carrying the pilgrims from […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government today suspended four officials- two each from Berhampur Electrical Division and Rural Development Department on charges of dereliction in duty that led to the death of ten persons in the fatal accident at Mendarajpur Junction under Rangeilunda block in Ganjam district on Sunday. Following a preliminary inquiry, State Energy Minister Dibyashankar Mishra […]
Konark: One person was killed while 20 others were injured after a passenger bus hit another bus near Konark Eco Retreat festival venue on Puri-Konark Marine Drive road in Puri district on Thursday. According to reports, a passenger bus which was going to Puri hit another tourist bus from behind. The driver of the passenger […]
Ganjam: In a tragic incident, 8 persons were killed and over 40 got injured after a bus skidded off a bridge near Palukhola in Taptapani Ghat of the district. The injured have been rushed to Digapahandi and Berhampur Hospital. Patapur Police and fire services personnel are engaged in rescue operation. As per reports, the ill-fated […]
Junagadh: Six persons were killed and at least 20 others injured after a private bus in which they were travelling overturned in Junagadh district of Gujarat on Saturday, police said. The mishap occurred at Lalpur village in Visavadar taluka in the afternoon, police said. “The private bus was on its way to Junagadh from Savarkundla […]
Jammu: Seven people were killed and 24 injured, some of them critically, when a bus skidded off the road and rolled down into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Thursday, police said. The bus was on its way from Surankote to Jammu when the accident happened at Siot-Lambari in Rajouri district, […]
Kathmandu: At least 14 passengers were killed and 16 others injured in a bus accident on Sunday in Nepal’s Sindhupalchowk district, authorities confirmed. Ganesh Khanal, a spokesperson at district police office Sindhupalchowk, told Xinhua news agency that 12 passengers died on the spot, while the two others succumbed to their injuries in a hospital. According […]
Nayagarh/Jharsuguda: At least one person was killed while nine others sustained injuries in two separate road mishaps in Jharsuguda and Nayagarh districts today. A speeding truck reportedly hit a car near Mahima Chhak under Belpahar Police limits in Jharsuguda district killing the owner of the car. Another person in the car, who sustained critical injuries […]
Nayagarh/Cuttack: A man was killed and 17 others including his wife and son were injured in two separate road mishaps that took place this afternoon in Nayagarh and Cuttack districts. A resident of Tentulipali village was killed while his wife and son sustained critical injuries after their scooter hit a roadside tree at Kachrapali under […]
Islamabad: At least 26 people were killed and a dozen others were injured in a passenger bus accident on in Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region on Sunday, police said. The accident took place on the Babusar Pass in Diamer district. The bus was en route to Rawalpindi from Skardu, Dawn news quoted Diamer police spokesperson Mohammad Wakeel […]
Peshawar: At least 24 people, including women and children, were killed when a bus carrying them fell in a ditch in northwest Pakistan, police said The incident occurred when the bus, carrying 35 passengers, was going to Kandia from Bagru of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. “All 24 people belonging to the same tribe drowned when […]
Agra: At least 29 people were killed on Monday when a passenger bus fell into a gorge on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway. The bus, after hitting the divider, fell into the 40-feet-deep gap between two flyovers on the Yamuna Expressway near Milestone 161 (Jharna nallah) under Etmadpur police jurisdiction of Agra district at around 4.15 a.m. […]
Jammu: Thirty three people were killed and 22 injured on Monday in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, an official said. The accident took place at 8.40 a.m. when a mini bus travelling from Keshwan area to Kishtwar town went out of the driver’s control and plunged into a gorge near Sirgwari […]
Shimla: At least 32 people were killed and 28 others severely injured when an overloaded bus fell into a deep drain in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday, officials said. The private bus (bearing registration number HP 66-7065) fell into the over 300-metre-deep nullah near the Dhoth Morh in Banjar tehsil of the district, […]
Dubai: Repatriation of the bodies of the Indian victims in Thursday’s horrific bus accident in Dubai was finally completed on Sunday. The repatriation of 11 Indians was complete with the last three bodies flown to Mumbai on an Air India flight that left from Dubai at 3.39 a.m. on Sunday, an official told Gulf News. […]
Shimla: Ten people, including three women, were killed and 25 injured when a private bus they were travelling in fell into a 200-foot-deep gorge in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba district on Saturday night, the police said. The accident occurred on the Dalhousie-Pathankot road near Banikhet in Dalhousie sub-division after the driver lost control of the vehicle […]
Lucknow: At least seven people were killed and 34 others injured on Sunday when a Varanasi-bound passenger bus collided head-on with a truck in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri district, police said. Rakesh Pandey, the incharge of the Karhal police station, said: “The accident took place on the Agra Lucknow Expressway while the bus, en route to […]
Thane: Four passengers were killed and 45 others injured Sunday when their bus fell into a gorge in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, an official said. The incident occurred at around 2:45 pm in Torangane ghat between Mokhada and Trimbakeshwar villages, said Thane Region Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) chief Santosh Kadam. The private bus had started from Nashik […]