Guwahati Accident

Land heaps came falling on the labourers and they got buried under it.

Seven engineering students were killed and six others injured when a speeding SUV collided with a pick-up truck in Assam's Guwahati early this morning.

At least seven students died, while a few others got injured in a road accident that happened at Jalukbari area in Guwahati late Sunday night, informed police officials.

In its statement Ola said that the rider was speeding at the time of the accident and lost control due to panic braking.

D Vishwa, a TT player from Tamil Nadu, died in a road accident on Sunday, while travelling from Guwahati to Shillong for the 83rd Senior National Table Tennis Championships.

Vishwa Deenadayalan, an 18-year-old table tennis player from Tamil Nadu, died in a road accident while travelling from Guwahati to Shillong.

The death count in yesterday's train accident in north Bengal has climbed to nine and 36 people are in hospitals as officials said no more passengers are trapped in the derailed coaches.

"A heavy jerk followed a loud sound, I fell from my berth and everything went blank," said a survivor of the Bikaner-Guwahati Express train, which derailed in West Bengal's New Jalpaiguri district on Thursday, leading to the death of five people.

A rail accident was averted near the Ambala Cantt railway station today as the loco pilot of a Amritsar - Guwahati parcel train applied emergency brakes after noticing repair works on the tracks, officials said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reviewed the situation arising out of the oil well blow out in Assam's Tinsukia district and pressed for capacity development of organisations to prevent such mishaps in the future.

A team of 11 naval divers will join the mission to rescue over 15 people, trapped in a 320-foot-deep mine at Meghalaya's Jaintia Hills for 16 days, early this morning. The divers as well as high-powered pumps required to drain the pit have already reached the site.

An elephant died between Titabar and Mariani stations early Wednesday after being hit by an express train, which derailed after the incident, a Railways official said.

In comments criticised as extremely insensitive, Assam health minister and the BJP's star north-east strategist Himanta Biswa Sarma has linked accidents and life-threatening diseases like cancer to "sin... past life... and divine justice."

At least 10 people were killed and 20 injured today when a bus from Assam fell down a gorge in Meghalaya.

Nearly 30 people including 13 children have been killed in a major road accident in Assam. They were traveling in two buses which were hit by a truck on National Highway 35 in the Barpeta district of the northern part of the state.

Land heaps came falling on the labourers and they got buried under it.

Seven engineering students were killed and six others injured when a speeding SUV collided with a pick-up truck in Assam's Guwahati early this morning.

At least seven students died, while a few others got injured in a road accident that happened at Jalukbari area in Guwahati late Sunday night, informed police officials.

In its statement Ola said that the rider was speeding at the time of the accident and lost control due to panic braking.

D Vishwa, a TT player from Tamil Nadu, died in a road accident on Sunday, while travelling from Guwahati to Shillong for the 83rd Senior National Table Tennis Championships.

Vishwa Deenadayalan, an 18-year-old table tennis player from Tamil Nadu, died in a road accident while travelling from Guwahati to Shillong.

The death count in yesterday's train accident in north Bengal has climbed to nine and 36 people are in hospitals as officials said no more passengers are trapped in the derailed coaches.

"A heavy jerk followed a loud sound, I fell from my berth and everything went blank," said a survivor of the Bikaner-Guwahati Express train, which derailed in West Bengal's New Jalpaiguri district on Thursday, leading to the death of five people.

A rail accident was averted near the Ambala Cantt railway station today as the loco pilot of a Amritsar - Guwahati parcel train applied emergency brakes after noticing repair works on the tracks, officials said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reviewed the situation arising out of the oil well blow out in Assam's Tinsukia district and pressed for capacity development of organisations to prevent such mishaps in the future.

A team of 11 naval divers will join the mission to rescue over 15 people, trapped in a 320-foot-deep mine at Meghalaya's Jaintia Hills for 16 days, early this morning. The divers as well as high-powered pumps required to drain the pit have already reached the site.

An elephant died between Titabar and Mariani stations early Wednesday after being hit by an express train, which derailed after the incident, a Railways official said.

In comments criticised as extremely insensitive, Assam health minister and the BJP's star north-east strategist Himanta Biswa Sarma has linked accidents and life-threatening diseases like cancer to "sin... past life... and divine justice."

At least 10 people were killed and 20 injured today when a bus from Assam fell down a gorge in Meghalaya.

Nearly 30 people including 13 children have been killed in a major road accident in Assam. They were traveling in two buses which were hit by a truck on National Highway 35 in the Barpeta district of the northern part of the state.