Three people died and four others were critically injured in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, when two motorcycles collided with a stationary truck while attempting to avoid a speeding vehicle.
An 80-year-old man died in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, after a speeding SUV struck his motorcycle from behind. The incident occurred near Garhwara in the Gosaiganj area. Police have seized the SUV and are investigating the accident.
The incident occurred at around 5.30 AM today when the car she was travelling in hit a metal crash barrier on the Outer Ring Road (ORR) resulting in her death, police said.
The engine of a goods train derailed in Sonbhadra early on Monday, disrupting rail traffic for hours after debris from a nearby hill fell on the tracks due to heavy rains, railway officials said.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday suspended operations at Redbird Flight Training Academy, one of India's largest flight schools, across all five of its training bases in the country. This action was taken after five accidents involving the institute's planes in the past six months. The DGCA announced it would conduct an audit of the academy's maintenance practices and also proficiency checks of the institute's flight instructors before allowing it to resume operations.
The driver of a truck that ploughed into a religious procession killing at least 12 people, including seven children, in Bihar's Vaishali district was rescued from the mangled vehicle and arrested, a senior police officer said on Monday.
At least 12 people, a third of them children, were killed and several others were injured when a speeding truck ploughed into a religious procession in Bihar's Vaishali district on Sunday evening, officials said.
If we can adhere to those standards, most passengers will be happy.
A 30-year-old woman employed with an export company was allegedly gang-raped and murdered and her body dumped in a Delhi Development Authority nursery in south Delhi's Vasant Kunj area.
'Our network somehow saves 3,000 lives every year, but there's so much more to do, as every death due to shortage of blood is easily avoidable.'
Pablo Bartholomew, the legendary Indian photojournalist whose searing images from the Bhopal gas tragedy stunned a nation's conscience 30 years ago, speaks to Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com.
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