Truck runs over family; father, 3 children killed
JAIPUR, July 7: A man and his three children were killed, while his wife was injured, after a truck ran over them while they were standing on a roadside drain cover in Jaipur on Tuesday, police said.The cement cover collapsed under the impact, throwing all five into the drain, police said.The accident occurred near the 200-feet bypass crossing as the truck was headed towards Ajmer. The truck first broke through an iron railing before running over the drain cover on which the family was standing.The three children died on the spot, while their father, identified as Chandra Prakash, succumbed to injuries at a hospital. The mother is undergoing treatment.The impact was so severe that one of the children was beheaded, while the bodies of the others were also badly mutilated.Items found at the scene indicated that the family sold balloons and other goods at road intersections. The damaged truck was later removed with the help of a crane. (PTI)
Largest batch of over 8,800 pilgrims leave Jammu for Amarnath Yatra
JAMMU, July 7: The largest batch of pilgrims so far this year, comprising 8,815 devotees, including 31 foreign nationals, left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here on Tuesday for the annual Amarnath Yatra in Kashmir amid tight security.More than 93,000 pilgrims have paid obeisance at the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in the south Himalayas during the first four days of the pilgrimage, with the figure expected to cross the one-lakh mark later in the day.Officials said the sixth batch comprised 5,831 men, 2,193 women, 31 children, 598 sadhus, 131 sadhvis and 31 foreign nationals.Of them, 3,989 pilgrims travelling in 181 vehicles left for the Baltal base camp in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, while 4,826 pilgrims in 182 vehicles proceeded towards the traditional Pahalgam route in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.(PTI)
