10 Dead, 25 Injured In Himachal Bus Accident

In Himachal Pradesh occurred drastic road accident on Saturday night. Ten people, including three women, were killed and 25 injured when a private bus they were travelling in fell into a 200-foot-deep gorge in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba district. The accident occurred on the Dalhousie-Pathankot road near Banikhet in Dalhousie sub-division after the driver lost control of the vehicle at 7 pm, district Superintendent of Police Monica Bhutunguru told the reporters on Sunday. Speedy action by quick reaction teams of the Dalhousie cantonment and the civil administration helped in saving the lives of the 25 injured passengers, who were evacuated to nearby hospitals, a Jammu-based defence spokesperson said.The Army reached the accident site immediately and rescue operation continued till midnight, defence spokesperson Col Davinder Anand said. The rescue team carried out mustering of locals for rescue work, rope fixing up to the accident site, traffic management, search and evacuation of the injured persons and recovery of fatal casualties. In a statement issued in Shimla, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has expressed grief over the accident.

air india flights affected world wide due to server glitch system restored

The state-owned carrier Air India on Saturday have gone in to the software lapses. Its passengerservice system (PSS) got down in the wee hours. Due to this world wide 155 air india flights delayed to travel the destinations. Atlast server system was restored after being down for more than five hours and affecting some flights across the world. Air India System restored, chairman and managing director (CMD) of Air India, Ashwani Lohani told reporters.The Air India  Tweeted earlier Due to a breakdown in our server system some of our flights are getting affected all over the world. Several travellers, including Bollywood actress Gul Panag, took to Twitter to complain about the flight disruptions. India’s Jet Airways, which previously had a fleet of around 120 largely Boeing Co planes, was forced to indefinitely halt all flight operations on April 17 after its banks rejected the carrier’s plea for emergency funds.Air India on Saturday said its server system was restored after being down for more than five hours and affecting some flights across the world.

defence minister resigns over sri lanka bombings

The Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando steped out his post. He has announced his resignation on Friday. He is the only secretary took  responsibility for the suicide bomb attacks on the country last Sunday. Fernando told Reuters that while there had been no failure on his own part, he was taking responsibility for failures of some institutions he headed as the secretary of defence.He said that security agencies were actively responding to intelligence they had about the possibility of attacks before they were launched."We were working on that. All those agencies were working on that," he said.The Easter Sunday bombings on churches and luxury hotels killed at least 359 people and wounded around 500 others. Here, the Department of Foreign Affairs is advising people to avoid non-essential travel to Sri Lanka following the weekend bombings.

Narendra Modi in Varanasi: Mega NDA meet ahead of PM's nomination filing

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has filed his nomination papers on Friday from the temple town Varanasi seat for the Lok Sabha elections. On the other side opposition congress announced his party candidate on Thursday against Modi. Ajay Roy as he contested earlier 2014 also in Varanasi.Top leaders including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, Ram Vilas Paswan, Tamil Nadu Deputy CM O Panneerselvam and others are present at the nomination-filing centre in Varanasi. SAD leader Parkash Singh Badal and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray are also present. On Thursday, PM Modi held a mega roadshow in Varanasi, drawing massive crowds, that culminated in a show of strength with the Ganga aarti at the Dashashwamedh ghat. Modi was joined by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and other senior BJP leaders in the temple town.