Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) in its latest report said nine people had died over the last 24 hours, including two in Swat, two in Battagram, four in Mansehra and one in Buner.
National Highway-5 has been blocked at three places in Shimla and Kinnaur districts as a result of landslides in the region, the officials said on Sunday.
Villagers have expressed frustration and disappointment with the police's inability to protect them. They said that approximately 400 armed men reportedly passed by four police stations, several security pickets, and even the National Highway with impunity, The Express Tribune reported.
The Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) has rescued all the students who were trapped in the Kasturba Inter College in the Uttarkashi district due to heavy debris, said officials.
The reform plan has met with months of massive demonstrations against it that have seen major highways and city streets blocked to traffic. Many IDF reservists have also been threatening to refuse to perform military service should it pass and this week even saw a general strike carried out
India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy to very heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning at isolated places over Dehradun, Uttarkashi, Tehri, Pauri and Nainital in the next 24 hours.
The truck was loaded with iron ore and was bound to Odisha from Visakhapatnam. The incident took place within the jurisdiction of Arilova Police Station.
After the arrest, Gujarat Police brought accused Tathya Patel and his father Pragnesh to the crime spot where the accident occurred on a flyover at Sarkhej-Gandhinagar (SG) highway on the night of Wednesday and Thursday.
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel held a high-level meeting following the tragic accident in Ahmedabad on Thursday, which claimed nine lives, and instructed officials to take strict action against the accused.
'Highway Night' is a short film, starring Jha, about women and their lives in isolated regions. It depicts the agonising fate of a young girl pushed into the flesh trade and how, after meeting the truck driver, they both decide to stand together.