Tag: Road Mishap

Balasore: At least three persons were killed and 10 others sustained critical injuries after a tourist vehicle they were travelling in rammed into a truck near Shergarh petrol pump in Balasore district in the wee hours on Sunday. According to reports, nearly 25 people from Balisahi area in Puri had booked a light commercial vehicle […]

Cairo: At least 12 persons were killed after a bus collided with a truck on a highway in Egypt’s Monufia province on Wednesday. The bus was carrying workers to their factory in Sadat city, Xinhua news agency reported. Other wounded persons were moved to Sadat Central hospital, the report added. Egypt suffers a high rate […]

Berhampur: At least 37 students of Ravenshaw University in Cuttack were injured after the bus in which they travelling overturned near Taptapani Hanuman temple in Ganjam district. According to reports, as many as 59 students of the premier educational institution were on a picnic to Taptapani and the mishap occurred while they were returning. Though […]

Berhampur/Balasore: On the first day of the new year, as many as four persons lost their lives in separate road accidents across Odisha. In Ganjam, three persons died on the spot and two others suffered critical injuries after their bikes fell off Kochinada bridge under Digapahandi Police limits. As per reports, the victims were travelling […]

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, […]

Nayagarh: As many as four persons, including three of a family were killed after the car they were travelling in rammed into a roadside tree near Karada under Saranakul Police limits of Nayagarh district Friday late night. The deceased have been identified as Chiranjib Sahoo, Aditya Sahoo, Madhusmita Sahoo- all members of a family and […]

Bhubaneswar: Close on the heels of Odisha government’s announcement to make traffic rules stricter from March 1 in a bid to reduce the number of accidents, as many as eight people died today in separate road accidents across several districts of Odisha. In Sambalpur, four persons were killed while six others were injured after a […]

Puri: Palpable tension prevailed in Pipili area after two lady teachers of Pitabash UG ME School were killed in a road mishap on Saturday. The deceased have been identified as Snehalata Sahu and Subhalaxmi Parida. The incident occurred at around 7AM today when both Snehalata and Subhalaxmi were on their way to the school in […]

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 […]

Bolangir: Three persons including a woman were killed and seven other labourers injured after an SUV rammed into a stationary truck near Bairasar village under Puintala block on Sonepur-Bolangir main road in the district today. Reports said two persons died on the spot and another person succumbed to injuries while being taken to hospital. One […]

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 […]

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 […]

Jajpur: Bodies of two youths were found in a pond at Kabirpur village under Sadar Police limits of Jajpur district on Friday. The deceased have been identified as Abhijit Upadhye (21) and Sushil Ray (25) of Jajpur area. It is suspected that Abhijit and Sushil, who were riding a bike, met with an accident at […]

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, […]

Bhubaneswar: When the dark cloud of COVID19 pandemic is eclipsing the world, the grim realities that individuals have to endure often go unnoticed. But these poignant stories often tell an inspiring tale. For Amiyabala, losing her husband a year after losing her only son was a tragedy that could not have been more tragic. A […]