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Published on: May 30, 2023, 09:07:45 IST

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9 killed as bus carrying pilgrims from Amritsar to Katra falls into gorge

Nine people were killed when a bus carrying over 75 pilgrims from Amritsar in Punjab to the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu & Kashmir’s Katra veered off a bridge and fell into a gorge at Jhajjar Kotli, around 35 km from Jammu, on Tuesday morning. Read more

“Eight pilgrims have died and over 50 injured,” said Ajat Manhas, a local police officer.

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