Sunday, December 3, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Aged bridge falls on train
33 DIE ‘Ulta Pul’ in Bhagalpur was being dismantled when it came down
Patna, December 2
At least 20 persons, including a two-year-old child and five women, were killed and over 19 injured in a freak accident at Bhagalpur today when an 150-year-old bridge fell on the sleeper class coach S8 of the 3071 UP Jamalpur-Howrah Superfast Express. In video (56k)

Buried under: A coach of the Jamalpur-Howrah Superfast Express lies crushed when an overbridge fell on it in Bhagalpur on Saturday. — PTI photo

An ominous warning in 1999 Patna, December 2 Patna: The freak accident at Bhagalpur when a half-dismantled overbridge fell on a coach of Howrah-Jamalpur superfast express again brought to the fore the alleged lackadaisical attitude by respective Railway Ministers to attach adequate importance to the findings by Justice H. R. Khanna.

14 die in HP bus mishap Solan, December 2 Fourteen persons were killed and 30 others injured, four of them seriously, when a Himachal Roadways Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus (HP-14-7501) rolled down a 300-metre gorge near Jokhri village on the National Highway-22 near Kandaghat after being hit by another bus coming from the opposite direction.

Special Powers Act to be amended: PM
Imphal, December 2
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today announced that the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act would be amended soon as part of the steps to address the grievances of the people of Manipur.

Ex-cricketer submits fresh resignation
Sidhu remains our poll star: Badal
Chandigarh/New Delhi, December 2
Standing by the cricketer-turned-politician, Navjot Singh Sidhu, SAD chief Parkash Singh Badal has appreciated his decision to resign from the Lok Sabha in the wake of his conviction for causing the death of a person in road rage.

Nation page
Difficult proposition of law for Soren, Sidhu

China maritime threat: Mehta
New Delhi, December 2
Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sureesh Mehta today said China was creating a maritime area around India that could prove to be inimical to the country's interest in the future.

N-deal law this month
New Delhi, December 2
There is a strong likelihood of the Indo-US civilian nuclear cooperation agreement becoming a US law in a couple of weeks.

Shooters draw first blood Sepak takraw: Malaysia humiliate India 3-0 India unstoppable in kabaddi Pugilists advance India makes formal bid for 2014 Asiad (Details on sports page)

Clarification In the news item “Not cricket: PCC member helps himself’ (November 2), it was erroneously mentioned that Mr B.S. Gill, a member of the Punjab Cricket Club, was “arrested”. He had merely been “rounded up” by the police, which let him off after verification.

Pool idea may sink this Maj-General Chandigarh, December 2 The Army allegedly diverted funds meant to construct a fire-fighting pool, safety aids and allied facilities at an ammunition depot in Hisar to construct a swimming pool adjacent to a Major-General’s house.