At least 30 people were killed and nearly two dozen injured after a passenger bus slid off a Himalayan highway and rolled down a steep slope onto another road in the Doda district of India-controlled Kashmir, approximately 200 kilometers (124 miles) southeast of Srinagar.(PTI)
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"The bus accident in Doda, Jammu and Kashmir is distressing. My condolences to the families who have lost their near and dear ones. I pray that the injured recover at the earliest," the Office of the PM posted on X.(AFP)
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"An ex-gratia of ₹2 lakh from PMNRF would be given to the next of kin of each deceased. ₹50,000 would be given to the injured," according to a statement by the Prime Minister's Office. (AFP)
President Droupadi Murmu said she was deeply saddened by the loss of lives in a bus accident in Jammu and Kashmir.(PTI)
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The 42-seater bus was on the way to southern Jammu city from Kishtwar town when it veered off the road and fell down about 660 feet (200 meters) on an older road in the mountainous region, said Harvinder Singh, a civil administrator.(PTI)
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Tribals and farmers affected by the Ken-Betwa river-linking project stage a symbolic Chita Andolan (pyre protests), Jal Satyagraha and hanging satyagraha by placing nooses around their necks, over their demands of better compensation and rehabilitation, in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 15-day protest ended after police removed them from site.
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Parallelly, the crackdown on protesters to maintain law and order situation in the sensitive areas of Central Delhi continued with lathi charge, tear gas firing etc.
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Television evangilist Joni Lamb sings a praise song during 'Celebration', a show that she and her husband Marcus host on the Daystar Network, on July 30, 2001.
