January 10, 2025 10:22 am (IST)

Make this your homepage

South Asia / Southeast Asia / China

8 labourers still trapped in Assam's flooded mine even after 3 days of rescue ops | SC refuses to hear petitions seeking review of its same-sex marriage judgement, says there is 'no error' | 'They should wind up the alliance': Omar Abdullah on AAP-Congress fight over Delhi elections | Pune woman killed by her colleague in full public view for not paying back his money, no one intervenes | Los Angeles wildfire leaves 5 dead, forces 1 lakh including celebs to flee, Hollywood hills ablazed | PM Modi condoles death of six people in Tirupati stampede incident | Days after condemning Pak airstrikes, India in a first engages with Afghanistan's Taliban regime | 6 dead in stampede near Tirupati temple during token distribution to offer prayers | Prominent journalist-film producer Pritish Nandy dies of cardiac arrest at 73 | Thousands, including Hollywood stars, flee Los Angeles upscale neighbourhood as wildfire engulfs homes

Passenger Van Accident

Image credit: Wikimedia Commons

Pakistan: Van plunges into Indus river, 16 dead

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Jun 08, 2021, at 09:49 pm

#PassengerVan #Pakistan #PakistanVanAccident #IndusRiver

Islamabad: At least 16 people died as a van plunged into the Indus river in Kohistan region of Pakistan on Monday, media reports said on Tuesday.

Dasu-Kohistan Control Room officials told Dawn News the van, carrying 16 passengers from the same family including women and children, was en route to Rawalpindi from Chilas when the accident occurred.

According to reports, the family ha privately hired the van for their travel.

Initially, the body of a woman was found lying on the bank of the river, prompting locals and rescue officials to start an operation to locate the other passengers and the van, reports Dawn News.

The rescue team was trying to find the missing people following the mishap.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.