6 Amarnath Yatris killed in road mishap

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu/Srinagar, July 3: Six Amarnath pilgrims were killed and two others were critically wounded when their vehicle skidded of the road and plunged into a 200-feet gorge near Ramsu on the Srinagar-Jammu highway on Saturday.
 Police said, the accident happened when the driver of the vehicle (HR55D-4665) failed to negotiate a sharp curve at Mom Passi killing four passengers on the spot and critically injuring four others. The injured were rushed to hospital, where two of them succumbed to their injuries, official sources said.
 The deceased have been identified as Newal Chander, Sudesh Kumar, Arun Kumar, Bhupinder Singh, Tilak Raj and Jagdish Raj-all belonging to Jallandhar, Punjab while the critically injured are Ashwani Kumar and driver Kuldeep Kumar also belonging to Jallandhar. Their condition was stated to be stable, reports added.
 The vehicle was part of today's batch of 85 vehicles which left from the base camp of Bhagwati Nagar here for onward journey to Amarnath Cave in south Kashmir.
 Meanwhile, five persons were wounded when a Sumo (JK13-9273) collided with another vehicle (DL4CAE-1825) at Galander Pampore.
 According to police, the wounded have been hospitalised and a case had been registered.

Lastupdate on : Sat, 3 Jul 2010 21:30:00 Makkah time
Lastupdate on : Sat, 3 Jul 2010 18:30:00 GMT
Lastupdate on : Sun, 4 Jul 2010 00:00:00 IST



  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Digg
  • TwitThis
  • Mixx
  • Technorati
  • Facebook
  • NewsVine
  • Reddit
  • Google
  • LinkedIn
  • YahooMyWeb
  • Print News
  • YahooMyWeb

Code Image  Load New Code
Enter the Security code exactly as you see it in the image security code is CaSe SeNsItIvE(Cookies must be enabled)
  • MORE FROM JAMMU

  • Kashmir

Geelani’s detention challenged

Allow lawyer, family to interact: HC to Govt

NASEER AHMAD

Srinagar, July 3: In a petition challenging detention of Hurriyat Conference (G) Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani under Public Safety Act (PSA) in the High Court his family has described the detention as More


  • Srinagar City

Families await appointment with detained members

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 3: The residents of south City areas like Bagh-e-Mehtab, Mochow and Old Barzulla are up in arms against the police for detaining “innocent civilians” and not allowing their in-time meeting More



  • Jammu

KP youth in dilemma

KASHMIR SITUATION

SUMIT HAKHOO

Jammu, July 3: With the fresh spate of tension gripping Kashmir valley over past two weeks, nearly 900 Kashmiri Pandit youth - selected under the special employment drive under the rehabilitation package More


  • South Asia

PaK PM seeks global focus on Kashmir ‘atrocities’

NISAR AHMED THOKAR

Islamabad, July 3: The Prime Minister of Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK), Raja Farooq Haider Khan, has urged the world community to take effective cognizance of “the worsening human rights situation More


  • Business

Valley hoteliers rebuff campaign against tourism industry

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 3: The Valley hoteliers have taken a strong note of what it said a misleading campaign launched by some vested interest to harm the hospitality sector of Kashmir.  Under the banner More


  • World

Kashmiris protest in London against killings

GK NEWS NETWORK

London: Scores of people staged demonstration outside the Indian High Commission over the recent killings in Kashmir, here on Friday.   The protests were organised by All Parties International More


ADD
Designed Developed and Maintaned By Imobisoft Ltd /Algosol Software Solutions