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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)

 A coach of the Jamalpur-Howrah Superfast Express lies crushed when an overbridge fell on it in Bhagalpur on Saturday
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.

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Maoists strike in Jharkhand’s Bokaro district
Mine blast kills 14 STF personnel

Ranchi, December 2
At least 14 security personnel belonging to the Special Task Force (STF) were killed in a landmine blast suspected to have been triggered by Maoist rebels in Jharkhand’s Bokaro district on Saturday.

30 jawans hurt in blast at Battle School
Jammu, December 2 
At least 30 Army jawans were injured in a blast inside the Command Battle School at Chingus in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, sources said here today. The blast occurred when the jawans were handling explosives in the school last evening.

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.

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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.

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