Six killed as tractor-trolley overturns in Madhya Pradesh

September 3rd, 2009 BHOPAL - Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Thursday expressed profound grief over the untimely demise of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S.Rajashekhar Reddy, who was killed in a helicopter crash Wednesday. The country, including Andhra Pradesh, has lost an able administrator and a charismatic politician, Chouhan said in his message.

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.

June 30th, 2009 BHOPAL - Senior Congress leader and former Karnataka governor Rameshwar Thakur was sworn in here Tuesday as the 18th governor of Madhya Pradesh. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Leader of Opposition in assembly Jamuna Devi, state Congress Committee president Suresh Pachouri, Madhya Pradesh cabinet ministers and other dignitaries were present on the occasion at Raj Bhavan.

June 2nd, 2009 BHOPAL - At least four people, including two children, were killed and two others severely injured when a tractor-trolley in which they were travelling fell into a well in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh, police said Tuesday. "The mishap occurred Monday evening when the driver of the tractor-trolley lost control while trying to save a buffalo.

June 1st, 2009 BHOPAL - At least 29 people were killed and seven injured when a bus careened off a bridge and crashed into a dry river bed in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh, police said Monday. Police have recovered the bodies of 29 passengers from the crash site on the Chambal river bed.

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.

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.

April 18th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - Three people, including a 10-year-old girl, were killed when the tractor trolley they were travelling in collided with a truck on National Highway-24 near here, police said. The incident occurred around Friday midnight near Bamheta locality of Ghaziabad.

April 12th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh had a narrow escape Sunday when the car he was travelling in was hit by a tractor trolley near here, police said. The accident took place at 1 p.m., when Singh's Ambassador car took a u-turn and was hit by the tractor at Duhai locality of Ghaziabad on Meerut Road.

March 3rd, 2009 RANCHI - At least nine people were killed and 15 injured when a tractor carrying a marriage party hit a bus here, police said Tuesday. The tractor carrying around 25 people to Irba village after a wedding here hit the bus near Bahu Bazar late Monday.

March 2nd, 2009 AMRITSAR - One person was killed when the Amritsar bound Paschim Express late Sunday evening rammed into a tractor-trolley that was loaded with green chillies near here, the police said. According to the police, both the engine driver and the tractor driver were seriously injured in the accident and were taken to the hospital.

January 26th, 2009 INDORE - At least nine people were killed and four injured in a road accident near Indore in Madhya Pradesh late Tuesday evening, police said. 'The accident took place around 8.30 p.m.

January 25th, 2009 LUCKNOW - At least three people were killed and 15 injured, eight of them seriously, when the tractor-trolley in which they were travelling turned turtle in an Uttar Pradesh village, the police said Monday. 'The mishap took place at around 8.30 p.m.

January 24th, 2009 LUCKNOW - At least 11 people were killed and 30 injured when a passenger train collided with a tractor-trolley and a truck at an unmanned railway crossing in Rae Bareli district of Uttar Pradesh early Sunday, a police official said. The accident took place near the Unchahar railway station in Rae Bareli district, some 40 km from here.

January 24th, 2009 LUCKNOW - At least nine people were killed and 35 injured when a passenger train collided with a tractor-trolley and a truck at an unmanned railway crossing in Rae Bareli district of Uttar Pradesh early Sunday, a police official said. The accident took place near the Unchahar railway station in Rae Bareli district, some 40km from here.