12 Natore bus accident victims buried

Twelve deceased among 33, who were killed in a fatal road crash in Baraigram upazila on Monday afternoon, were buried at the village of Sidhuli at Gurudaspur upazila on Tuesday morning.

The 12 deceased, including six siblings, from the same village, were buried at local central graveyard after their namaz-e-janaza at Sidhuli Government Primary School ground at about 10:05am.

At least 33 people, including 14 from Sidhuli village alone, were killed and over 24 others injured in road accident at Razzak intersection on the Bonpara-Hatikumrul highway in Baraigram upazila on Monday afternoon.

The victim's relatives of the village recognised the 12 bodies on the spot while two others—Bahadur and Azad—were kept at Natore Sadar Hospital.

Of the bodies, 30 were handed over to their families at Bonpara highway police camp, said deputy commissioner of the district Mashiur Rahman.

A three-member probe panel, headed by additional district magistrate Mohammad Ali of Natore, has been formed to look into the fatal accident.

Its two other members are assistant police super of Natore (Circle) and the assistant director of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA).

Tuesday 21 October 2014

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Bus falls into gorge in Himachal Pradesh, leaves 15 dead, 17 injured

On Tuesday, at least 15 people were killed and another 17 were injured after a private bus fell into 400 feet gorge in Rohtrung village in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district.

Reportedly, about 35 passengers were on board. The bus was on its way from Sangla valley to Kalpa when the mishap took place.

The driver and conductor were among the dead while all seventeen injured persons have been rescued and rushed to a local hospital.

“All seventeen injured persons have been rescued and rushed to a local hospital nearby. While, the bodies of the deceased have been recovered and will be handed over to the family members after "an on the spot postmortem",” said Deputy Commissioner D D Sharma said.

“The toll could even rise as four injured persons are in a critical condition,” he added.

Reportedly, the victims are mostly from surrounding villages of Sangla and are yet to be identified.

Tuesday 21 October 2014

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Death toll rises to 17 in fireworks plant blast in South India

The death toll in fire at a fireworks factory in southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh rose to 17, after five more deaths were reported here on Tuesday.

The police said two more women are missing since the fire, which started after an explosion so big that many workers were thrown off to nearby fields.

There were 30 people at work when the fire began, said officials in Kakinada, 160 km from the port city of Visakhapatnam. It took nearly two hours to put out the flames as a lot of inflammable material was feeding the fire.

The fire, which triggered several explosions, destroyed the building. Two fire engines battled for two hours to douse the flames.

All the victims were workers in the unit, which was manufacturing firecrackers for the coming Diwali festival.

A burning cigarette is suspected to have led to the fire.

The government has ordered an investigation into whether fire safety precautions had been ignored by the factory's owner.

The factory has been operating every year during the festival season for the last 10 years and reportedly had a licence.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has announced compensation of 200,000 Indian rupees for the families of those who died.

Tuesday 21 October 2014

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