West Bengal comes to a halt due to shutdown, strike (Lead)
September 21st, 2012 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 20 (IANS) Life virtually came to a halt in West Bengal Thursday due to the Bharatiya Janata Party's shutdown call and the Left-sponsored general strike in the state.However, ... Read more...
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Shutdown affects life in Punjab (Lead)
September 20th, 2012 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 20 (IANS) The nationwide shutdown call by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and left parties affected normal life in Punjab and got a mixed response in Haryana and ... Read more...
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West Bengal paralysed due to shutdown
September 20th, 2012 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 20 (IANS) Life virtually came to a standstill in West Bengal Thursday due to the Bharatiya Janata Party's shutdown call and the Left-sponsored general strike in the state.Rail ... Read more...
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34 killed in Himachal bus accident (Lead)
September 11th, 2012 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Sep 11 (IANS) A total of 34 people, including eight women, were killed when a state roadways bus skidded off the road and fell into a 1,000-foot-deep gorge Monday ... Read more...
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Bus with over 30 people falls into Himachal gorge (Lead)
September 11th, 2012 - 12:53 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, Sep 10 (IANS) A state roadways bus carrying more than 30 passengers skidded off the road and fell into a 500-foot-deep gorge Monday evening in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district, ... Read more...
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51 killed, 46 injured as bus falls into Himachal gorge (Fourth Lead)
August 11th, 2012 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 11 (IANS) At least 51 people, including 18 women, were killed and 46 others injured Saturday when an overcrowded bus rolled into a 300-feet deep gorge in Chamba ... Read more...
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51 killed, 46 injured as bus falls into Himachal gorge (Third Lead)
August 11th, 2012 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 11 (IANS) At least 51 people, including 18 women, were killed and 46 others injured Saturday when an overcrowded bus rolled into a gorge in Chamba in Himachal ... Read more...
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40 die as bus falls into Himachal gorge (Second Lead)
August 11th, 2012 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 11 (IANS) At least 40 people were killed and 17 injured Saturday when an overcrowded bus rolled down into a deep gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district, police ... Read more...
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20 die as bus fall into Himachal gorge (Lead)
August 11th, 2012 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 11 (IANS) At least 20 people were killed Saturday when an overcrowded bus skidded off the road and rolled into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district, police ... Read more...
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23 die in Meghalaya accident (Lead)
August 8th, 2012 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Aug 8 (IANS) Twenty-three people were killed when a bus proceeding from Assam to Tripura rolled down a hill in Meghalaya, police said Wednesday.Ten others were injured in the ... Read more...
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Five killed in road accident in Kanpur
July 25th, 2012 - 1:23 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 24 (IANS) Five people, including a three-year-old girl, were killed and six others injured Tuesday when a truck rammed into a private bus in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur city, ... Read more...
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Four schoolkids, helper killed as bus overturns in Rajasthan
July 24th, 2012 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, July 24 (IANS) Five people, including four school children, were killed and at least two dozen others were seriously injured when their bus overturned in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district Tuesday, ... Read more...
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Eight pilgrims killed in Himachal accident
July 15th, 2012 - 8:02 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 15 (IANS) Eight pilgrims, mostly from Kanpur city of Uttar Pradesh, were killed and 42 others injured when the private bus in which they were travelling rolled down ... Read more...
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Bodies of Andhra accident victims given to relatives
June 17th, 2012 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 17 (IANS) Bodies of the 30 victims of a horrific bus accident in Maharashtra were Sunday transported to their home districts in Andhra Pradesh.Heart-rending scenes were witnessed at ... Read more...
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Two woman cops, three others killed in Rajasthan accidents
June 17th, 2012 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, June 16 (IANS) Five people including two women policemen were killed, while at least 20 others were injured in two separate accidents in Rajasthan Saturday, police said.According to the ... Read more...
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30 pilgrims dead in Maharashtra bus accident (Lead)
June 16th, 2012 - 10:40 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 16 (IANS) At least 30 people were killed and 14 injured when a private bus carrying pilgrims fell off a river bridge near Osmanabad town early Saturday, police ... Read more...
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30 pilgrims dead in Maharashtra bus accident
June 16th, 2012 - 9:30 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 16 (IANS) At least 30 people were killed and 14 others injured early Saturday when a private bus carrying pilgrims to Shirdi fell off a river bridge on ... Read more...
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Six school girls injured in Gurgaon
May 30th, 2012 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, May 30 (IANS) At least six school girls were injured, some critically, when an autorickshaw in which they were travelling was hit by a bus on the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway ... Read more...
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16 die in Uttar Pradesh bus tragedy (Lead)
May 19th, 2012 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 19 (IANS) At least 16 people returning from a religious congregation were killed and over a dozen injured when a private bus in which they were travelling rammed ... Read more...
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Seven people killed in Himachal accidents
May 9th, 2012 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mandi (Himachal Pradesh), May 9 (IANS) Seven people were killed Wednesday in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district in two separate road accidents involving public transport vehicles, a police official here said.Five ... Read more...
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20 dead in UP road accident
April 29th, 2012 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, April 29 (IANS) At least 20 people were killed, while over 12 others were injured Sunday when two buses collided in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district, around 265 km from ... Read more...
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Three killed in Himachal bus accident
April 12th, 2012 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 12 (IANS) Three people, including a woman, were killed and 26 injured when a private bus skidded off the road and rolled down the hill near Hamirpur ... Read more...
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9 killed in two road accidents in Jammu region
March 24th, 2012 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, March 24 (IANS) At least nine people were killed and 29 injured in two separate accidents on mountainous roads in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir Saturday.Police officials ... Read more...
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Cabs, private buses remain off road in Himachal
March 1st, 2012 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 1 (IANS) Private taxis and buses remained off the road in Himachal Pradesh Thursday as public transport operators observed a day's strike to protest a recent hike in ... Read more...
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Three killed in road accidents
February 6th, 2012 - 12:14 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Three people were killed in three different road accidents in the national capital, police said Sunday.An unidentified man, in his mid-thirties, was killed in a ... Read more...
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Shutdown by Dalit groups in Andhra
January 30th, 2012 - 11:13 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 30 (IANS) A day-long shutdown began in Andhra Pradesh Monday on a call given by Dalit groups to protest the recent desecration of statues of B.R. Ambedkar.Schools, ... Read more...
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Goa bus operators coerced into ferrying workers for Sonia rally
December 15th, 2011 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 15 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi's visit to Goa this Saturday has triggered controversy even before she has landed here with bus operators complaining that they were ... Read more...
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Four from Tripura killed in Meghalaya accident
November 11th, 2011 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Nov 11 (IANS) Four people, including three women, from Tripura were killed and 20 injured Friday when a bus they were travelling in fell into a gorge in Meghalaya, ... Read more...
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Seven Gujarat pilgrims killed in Punjab accident
November 6th, 2011 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 6 (IANS) At least seven pilgrims from Gujarat were killed when their bus skidded off the road and landed in a drain near Jalalabad town in southwest Punjab ... Read more...
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Azamgarh tense after student’s death in accident
November 4th, 2011 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 4 (IANS) A mob fought pitched battles with police and resorted to arson and vandalism in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh district Friday after a school student was mowed down ... Read more...
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10 killed in Orissa road accident
November 3rd, 2011 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Nov 3 (IANS) At least 10 people, including three women, were killed and 20 injured when a truck hit a private bus in Orissa's Sambalpur district Thursday, police said.The ... Read more...
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Police post torched during protest
November 2nd, 2011 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 2 (IANS) Furious after a bus ran over a school girl Wednesday, hundreds fought pitched battles with police and torched a police post in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh district, ... Read more...
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Telangana protesters torch buses, railway counter
September 28th, 2011 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 28 (IANS) The ongoing movement for a separate Telangana state appears to be taking a violent turn with suspected protesters allegedly setting afire two private buses and ... Read more...
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Keralites hapless, angry over yet another shutdown
September 19th, 2011 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 19 (IANS) Monday saw yet another statewide shutdown in Kerala, India's most literate state, and as usual educational institutions, offices, shops were all closed, leading to widespread ... Read more...
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39 people have died in Himachal rains
September 10th, 2011 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Sep 10 (IANS) Monsoon rains have claimed 39 lives in Himachal Pradesh and the damage to property is estimated at Rs.355.29 crore, a government spokesman said Saturday.
The maximum loss ... Read more...
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