Yadgir (Karnataka), April 17 (IANS) A tragic road accident claimed six lives after a head-on collision between a car and a private bus resulted in a deadly blaze in Yadgir district of Karnataka on Friday.Six people travelling in the car were burnt alive, while locals rescued two others from the vehicle. They sustained serious injuries and have been shifted to a hospital. The condition of one of the injured is critical.According to police, the incident occurred near Devapur in Surpur taluk, withi…
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Vadodara, April 13 (IANS) The first phase of the Ring Road project in Vadodara, a key infrastructure initiative aimed at improving traffic flow and regional connectivity, has been completed, officials said. The 27.5-kilometre stretch has been developed at a cost of about Rs 316 crore as part of the larger 66-kilometre ring road planned around the city.The project, with an overall estimated cost of Rs 1,500 crore, is being executed in five phases by the Vadodara Urban Development Authority …
Bengaluru, March 23 (IANS) Four people were killed on the spot in a tragic road accident on the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway near Sankalagere village in Channapatna taluk of Karnataka’s Ramanagara district on Monday.The deceased have been identified as 22-year-old Mohammed Farhan and 45-year-old Sulfi from Kozhikode in Kerala, and 45-year-old Rasheed, a resident of Kalasipalya in Bengaluru, along with Saker from Annepalya in Adugodi.According to police, a private bus operated by PK Travels, which…
Gadag, Feb 5 (IANS) Three women farmers were killed on the spot, and more than 10 others were injured in a road accident involving a passenger vehicle and a canter near Jigloor Cross in Karnataka’s Gadag district on Thursday.The deceased have been identified as Annapurna (56), Sangeetha Hosamani (48) and Mariyambu Hunagund (55), all residents of Shivajipete in Gajendragad. They were travelling to Rona to harvest groundnuts.According to police, the accident occurred when daily wage labourers from…
Vadodara, Jan 30 (IANS) Two people were killed and more than 10 others seriously injured after a private bus collided with a stationary truck on National Highway-48 near Karjan in Gujarat’s Vadodara district in the early hours of Friday, police said.The accident occurred near the Dhavat Chokdi bridge when the bus, travelling from Aurangabad to Ahmedabad, rammed into a truck parked on the side of the highway.Officials said the impact was severe, crushing the front portion of the bus and trapping …
Jaipur, Jan 20 (IANS) A tragic road accident in Jaipur claimed the lives of a mother, her son, and daughter-in-law and left seven others injured after their speeding car rammed into a parked container truck. The collision was so severe that the front portion of the car was completely crushed, killing three of the occupants on the spot.The accident occurred around 11 am on Tuesday on National Highway-48 near the Chandwaji police station area on the Jaipur-Delhi highway.Seven other passengers, inc…
Chitradurga, Dec 26 (IANS) The death toll in the bus tragedy in Karnataka’s Chitradurga mounted to seven after the ill-fated bus driver succumbed to injuries in the wee hours on Friday.At least six people were burnt alive, and 21 others suffered burns after a sleeper coach bus caught fire following a collision with a container truck in Chitradurga district of Karnataka on Thursday.The bus driver, 42-year-old Mohammad Rafeeq, a resident of Shiggaon in Haveri district, was admitted to KIMS Hospita…
Bengaluru, Dec 25 (IANS) In a major tragedy on Christmas Day, at least six persons were burnt alive and 21 others injured after a sleeper coach bus caught fire following a collision with a container truck in Chitradurga district of Karnataka in the early hours of Thursday. Chitradurga Superintendent of Police Ranjit Kumar Bandaru said the death toll in the bus tragedy stood at six, including four women, a child and the driver of the container truck.“In total, five dead bodies have been recover…
Bengaluru, Dec 25 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has announced Rs 5 lakh each solatium to the families of victims who lost their lives in the bus tragedy in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district in the wee hours of Thursday.Taking to social media X, CM Siddaramaiah announced, “An ex-gratia compensation of Rs 5 lakh each will be provided to the families of those who lost their lives in the tragic accident in Chitradurga, while those injured will be given Rs 50,000 each.””I have obtained …
Chitradurga, Dec 25 (IANS) Four bodies were recovered from the bus, which caught fire after being hit by a container truck in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district on Thursday. The body of the container truck driver has also been recovered.Preliminary investigations have revealed that three bus passengers are missing, and the police are hopeful that they are alive.So far, five deaths have been confirmed in the incident.Clarifying the confusion surrounding the number of deaths in the tragedy, IGP (Eas…