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11 killed as bus falls into gorge in Poonch

Jammu | At least 11 people were killed and 19 others injured on Saturday when a passenger bus skidded off a road and plunged into a deep gorge in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The accident occurred at Plera when the driver of the bus, coming from Loran to Poonch, lost control over the vehicle while negotiating a curve and rolled down into a 100-meter gorge, a police official said.

Quoting preliminary information, he said 11 persons were killed on the spot while 19 others were injured in the accident. The death toll is expected to go up as the condition of most of the injured was stated to be “critical”, the official said. A rescue operation is on and further details are awaited, he said.

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There was too much hype over Surgical Strike: General (retired) D S Hooda

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Talking about the need for a surgical strike, Hooda said, “I do think there was too much hype over it. The strike was important & we had to do it.”

 

Chandigarh| The hype over Surgical Strike carried out by the Indian Army across the Line of Control (LOC) was not needed, said the Retired general DS Hooda. Talking to a news agency, Hooda said that the hype over Surgical Strike was “too much”.

Talking about the need for a surgical strike, Hooda said, “I do think there was too much hype over it. The strike was important & we had to do it.” However, he opined that the matter has been politicised. “Now how much should it have been politicised, whether it was right or wrong is something that should be asked to the politicians,” Hooda said.

After the terrorist attack at Uri, the Indian army had carried out a surgical strike on the terrorist launch pads on the other side of the border.

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