Nine dead as speeding bus falls on rail tracks (Lead)
July 4th, 2009 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) Nine people were killed Saturday when a speeding mini bus skidded off a bridge turned slippery by rain water and fell about 50 feet between two platforms of ... Read more...
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23 killed in Peru bus accident
July 3rd, 2009 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Lima, July 3 (EFE) At least 23 people were killed and 31 injured when two passenger buses in which they were travelling collided head-on in Peru's southern Puno region, officials said.
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26 missing in Jammu and Kashmir bus accident (Lead)
June 7th, 2009 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, June 7 (IANS) At least 26 people were missing after a mini bus with 30 people on board swerved off a mountain road and plunged into a swollen river in Jammu ... Read more...
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Bus mishap in Doda, many could be killed: police
June 7th, 2009 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, June 7 (IANS) A mini-bus with more than 25 people swerved off a mountain road and plunged into a river in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district Sunday. Four passengers, including a ... Read more...
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Indian buses barred from entering Lahore
April 2nd, 2009 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Lahore, April 2 (IANS) Indian passenger buses have been barred from entering the city in the wake of the terror attack on a police academy on its outskirts just 12 km from ... Read more...
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Philippine police foil bomb attack on passenger bus
December 31st, 2008 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, Dec 31 (DPA) Police in the Philippines Wednesday defused two homemade bombs found inside a passenger bus in the country's troubled south, officials said.The bombs, made from 81-mm and 60-mm mortar ... Read more...
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Taliban killed at least 30 passengers: Afghan officials
October 19th, 2008 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Oct 19 (DPA) Afghan officials said Sunday Taliban militants killed at least 30 passengers after they took them hostage in southern Afghanistan, but Taliban said that those killed were Afghan ... Read more...
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Army ensures undisrupted vehicular traffic along NH1A
August 26th, 2008 - 8:53 pm ICT by ANI
Jammu , August 26 (ANI): The Ministry of Defence on Tuesday released a press release stating that despite disturbed situation in Kashmir valley and Jammu regions of the State, the Army ... Read more...
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Beijing transport services on high alert ahead of Olympics
July 22nd, 2008 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Beijing, July 22 (Xinhua) China has put on high alert air, rail and long-distance bus services in the capital as the Olympic Games approach. Armed police with sniffer dogs began round the ... Read more...
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Kerala Government hikes bus fares to meet petro costs
July 10th, 2008 - 5:46 pm ICT by ANI
Thiruvananthapuram, July 10 (ANI): The Government of Kerala today decided to increase fares of ordinary and fast passenger buses by Rs one and fixed the minimum charges in these categories at ... Read more...
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Two bus bombings kill 23, injured 80 in Sri Lanka(Roundup)
June 6th, 2008 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, June 6 (IANS) At least 23 people were killed and about 80 injured Friday as suspected Tamil Tigers bombed two passenger buses in strife-hit Sri Lanka, triggering a furious ... Read more...
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Five killed, scores wounded in Colombo train blast (Lead)
May 26th, 2008 - 8:11 pm ICT by admin
Colombo, May 26 (IANS) At least five civilians were killed and scores wounded when a powerful bomb ripped through a crowded train at Dehiwela on the outskirts of Colombo Monday evening, military ... Read more...
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Orissa gears up to tackle heat wave
April 12th, 2008 - 12:50 pm ICT by admin
Bhubaneswar, April 12 (IANS) Orissa Saturday sounded an alert in all its 30 districts, asking authorities to gear up to face a heat wave in parts of the state, with some areas ... Read more...
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Maoists’ strike affects life in Chhattisgarh
March 27th, 2008 - 12:40 am ICT by admin
Raipur, March 26 (IANS) A daylong work stoppage called by the Maoist guerrillas Wednesday in southern Chhattisgarh affected normal life as the transport operators kept passenger vehicles off the road. Shops and ... Read more...
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14 killed in Peru bus collision
March 16th, 2008 - 10:48 am ICT by admin
Lima, March 16 (IANS) At least 14 people have been killed and 35 injured when two passenger buses collided head-on in northern Peru, Spain's EFE news agency reported Sunday. The accident occurred ... Read more...
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