Five people were killed and many injured when a passenger bus they were travelling in fell from a flyover in Odisha's Jajpur late on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.
Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha lauded a citizen's swift response in averting a potential road accident on Sunday when the former's convoy was on the way, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) informed through an official release on Sunday.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reached the government hospital to meet the people injured in a road accident on Sunday morning in Khatima, Udham Singh Nagar district.
At least six persons were killed and four others injured when a car skidded off and fell down a gorge in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, the police said.
The Haryana Transport Ministry will launch a campaign to check the fitness of all school buses and is also considering to proposal to have Alco meters for checking whether drivers are drunk.
According to the police, the victims were travelling in a car when the accident took place at Gurram Guda X Road under Vanasthalipuram police station limits.
In the collision, the bike was crushed by the bus following which the rider was seriously injured, who died in the hospital while undergoing treatment. The bus belonged to a private school.
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, who visited the Civil Hospital's Trauma Centre to extend his support to the injured, confirmed the grim toll, stating that 17 lives were initially lost, with 52 injured passengers rushed to the hospital, 40 of whom were later discharged.
In response to the tragic incident of five children losing their lives in a bus accident in Mahendragarh, Haryana, Education Minister Seema Trikha stated that a show cause notice has been sent to the school involved.