Varanasi: Three members of a family were killed and two others sustained critical injuries after a truck suffered a tyre burst, veered off the Varanasi-Shaktinagar highway and crashed into their house in Mirzapur’s Ahraura area early Thursday. The incident triggered violent protests, with angry villagers blocking the highway, damaging several vehicles, including a police jeep,…
Times News NetworkMapusa: Heavy monsoon rain has left the newly built Malpe flyover and the adjoining service roads of the NH 66 severely waterlogged, sparking anger among residents.Locals blame faulty engineering and inadequate drainage for turning parts of the highway into a dangerous zone for motorists and pedestrians.Rainwater pooling on the flyover spills onto the…
Imphal: Three people were reportedly injured on Monday when security forces used tear gas shells and smoke grenades to disperse shutdown enforcers in Kangpokpi district, as the Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU) withdrew its indefinite shutdown on NH-2 and NH-37 following an understanding with govt authorities.CoTU, a Kuki-Zo body, had imposed the shutdown along the…
Patna: Three members of a family, including a girl, died and several others were injured when a speeding truck collided with an autorickshaw carrying pilgrims, in Nalanda district on Sunday. The victims were returning to Khodaganj from Malmas Mela in Rajgir when the accident took place near K K Medical College and Hospital in Chhabilapur…
Bhubaneswar: People from 10 villages under Ranpur block in Nayagarh district blocked NH-57 near Binodpada late on Saturday night, protesting frequent and unscheduled power cuts. The blockade was lifted after intervention of local authorities.The villagers blocked the national highway from midnight to 1 am on Sunday in front of the Binodpada electricity substation. The protest…
Times News NetworkChatra: Tension gripped Simaria village after a youth died in a road accident near Jabda check naka late Tuesday night, triggering a prolonged road blockade by residents. The deceased, Pradeep Bakhla, a resident of Sandhali village under Jabda panchayat, was returning home from Lohardaga on his motorcycle when a coal-laden vehicle allegedly hit…
Buxar: A 50-year-old farmer died after being hit by an unidentified vehicle near Kadsar village on Ara-Mohania main road (NH-319) under Sonvarsha police station area in Buxar district on Sunday evening. The deceased was identified as Dhirendra Ravani, a resident of Kadsar village. Following the incident, angry villagers and family members blocked NH-319, leading to…
Elephant attack in Kodagu district Madikeri: The State Highway 90 at Thithimathi in Kodagu district was blocked by farmers who were protesting, demanding respite from wildlife conflict.Hundreds of farmers led by Kadyamada Manu Somaiah, president of district unit of the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha, voiced their anguish against the forest department. They sought the presence…
Balangir: Grieving family members and local residents of two road accident victims staged a road blockade by placing the bodies of the deceased at the junction of national highways 26 and 59 at Belgaon in Balangir district on Tuesday. A hit-and-run accident claimed the lives of two youths on NH-59 on the Chormara Bridge near…
Imphal: A truck driver from West Bengal was killed and a police constable was injured after armed miscreants opened fire on a convoy carrying essential food supplies in Manipur’s Ukhrul district on Friday morning, police said.The victim was identified as 65-year-old Nitish Das from Hooghly district in West Bengal. He was driving a truck loaded…
