Pakistani soldiers battled Taliban fighters on Wednesday in the streets of a key militant stronghold, officials said, as government forces pressed ahead with their offensive in the tribal region of South Waziristan.The soldiers were fighting street by street through the mountainous town of Ladha, the military said in a statement. Over the past day, the fighting has left 10 militants dead in Ladha and...
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bus has fallen into a gorge in India, killing at least 30 passengers and injuring 26 others, police in the state of Himachal Pradesh say.The incident on the overcrowded vehicle happened in the Haripur area of the northern state.The driver of the bus apparently lost control of the vehicle which plunged into a 100ft gorge, a senior police official said.Most are blamed on reckless driving, old and over-laden...
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30 passengers were killed and as many injured when an over-crowded bus rolled down into a gorge near Haripur in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district on Friday.The accident took place around 10 am when the driver lost control over the vehicle while negotiating a turn and the bus fell into the 100-feet deep gorge from a road bridge on Baner Khud.The bus, on way to Dehra from Nagrota Suriyan in the district,...
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least 30 passengers were killed and as many injured when an over-crowded bus rolled down into a gorge near Haripur in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district on Friday.The accident took place around 10 am when the driver lost control over the vehicle while negotiating a turn and the bus fell into the 100-feet deep gorge from a road bridge on Baner Khud.The bus, on way to Dehra from Nagrota Suriyan in the...
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least 30 people have died and about 105 persons affected by Japanese Encephalitis in Bihar, prompting the state health authorities to order chemical fogging in the affected areas of Gaya and Munger districts.State health department sources confirmed 30 deaths due to the disease and claimed that around 105 others were affected in Gaya and other districts because of the spread of the disease."We are...
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Sidhi, Oct 30 /--/ A bear, which mauled to death four persons including three brothers, has been shot dead by policemen in Tanasar Forest Range in Sidhi district. The bear, which killed four persons near Rampur village under Tansar Forest Range on October 28, was shot dead by the policemen on Thursday as it had turned into a man-eater, Sidhi divisional forest officer R B Sharma said here today....
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