Nine killed in Madhya Pradesh road accident

August 19th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least 16 people, including four children, were killed Wednesday when the passenger bus in which they were travelling veered off the road and fell into a gorge in northwest Pakistan, TV reports said. The accident occurred in the Mansehra area.

August 17th, 2009 ANANTAPUR - Six persons were killed and ten others injured in a road accident in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district late on Sunday night. According to police, accident took place at around 11:00 p.m.

June 30th, 2009 BHOPAL - Senior Congress leader Rameshwar Thakur took oath as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh at a ceremony at Raj Bhavan today. Madhya Pradesh High Court Chief Justice A K Pattnaik administered the oath of office to the Thakur.

May 19th, 2009 BHOPAL - At least nine people, including seven children, were killed and 20 injured when the tractor trolley they were travelling in overturned in Madhya Pradesh's Tikamgarh district, police said Tuesday. 'The accident took place late Monday in Nanhi Tekri locality when the driver lost balance while negotiating a turn and the tractor trolley overturned,' said an official of Bodera police station.

May 8th, 2009 BHOPAL - At least eight tribals were killed and an equal number injured when the vehicle they were travelling in fell into a ditch in Madhya Pradesh's Betul district Friday, an official said. The accident occurred when a child sitting in the vehicle changed its gear to neutral while it was parked on a slope in Kukrukhamala village, resulting in the vehicle rolling down into a deep ditch.

April 18th, 2009 BHOPAL - Eleven people including six women and three children were killed and five were injured after a jeep carrying them collided with a truck in Madhya Pradesh Saturday, police said. The jeep collided with the truck coming from the opposite side on the Ujjain-Agar road, about 225 km from here.

March 5th, 2009 BHOPAL - A tigress was shifted from Bandhavgarh to the Panna tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh by road Wednesday after the authorities failed to get an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter, an official said. 'The decision to send the four-year-old big cat by road was taken due to the delay in receiving a chopper from the IAF,' Additional Principal Chief Conservator Forest (Wildlife) H.S.

February 10th, 2009 BHOPAL - At least six people were killed and 25 injured when the bus they were travelling in fell into a ditch in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district, the police said Wednesday. The bus, carrying over 40 passengers, was plying between the holy town of Ujjain and Sidhi Tuesday night when the driver swerved to avoid a collision with a jeep coming from the opposite direction.

February 10th, 2009 BHOPAL - Candidates from the entire country would now be eligible to appear for examinations conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Public service Commission (MPPSC) or other bodies for state government jobs, an official source said Wednesday. The state cabinet Tuesday decided that passing higher secondary or graduation from Madhya Pradesh would not be a criteria for recruitment through the MPPSC.

February 8th, 2009 BHOPAL - At least 12 people, including 10 of a family, were killed when a van collided with a truck in Madhya Pradesh's Guna district, police said Monday. The accident occurred in the cantonment area when the Soni family was returning to Gwalior after attending a marriage in Guna, Additional Superintendent of Police Manoj Kumar told IANS.

February 8th, 2009 BHOPAL - At least 12 people, including 10 of a family, were killed and two others injured when a car collided with a truck in Madhya Pradesh's Guna district, police said Monday. 'The accident occurred in the cantonment area of Guna when the Soni family from Gwalior was returning home after attending a marriage ceremony in Guna,' Additional Superintendent of Police Manoj Kumar told IANS.

February 6th, 2009 LUCKNOW - At least 11 people of the same family were killed in Uttar Pradesh Saturday evening when the vehicle they were travelling in collided head on with a speeding truck, the police said. The accident occurred on the Kadaura road in Jalaun district, some 250 km from here, district police chief G.P.

February 2nd, 2009 BHOPAL - At least seven people were killed and three injured when a jeep in which they were travelling collided with a truck in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh, police said Tuesday. The jeep carrying a group of Ramayan Mandali (people who recite Ramayan at religious functions) collided head on with the truck coming from the opposite direction late Monday night.

January 20th, 2009 URUMQI - Five people were killed and 14 others injured Wednesday in a road accident in China's northwestern Xinjiang Uygur region, officials said. The accident occurred at 1.05 p.m.

January 1st, 2009 BHOPAL - At least six people, including a woman and her two children, were killed and two others injured when a sand-laden tractor-trolley in which they were traveling overturned in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh early Friday, the police said. 'The accident occurred near Sunehra village in Udaipura area (150 km from Raisen district headquarters).