[misc.news.southasia] India: 28 killed in a bus accident

gaddam@remus.rutgers.edu (Surekha Gaddam) (03/09/91)

In the northern state of Haryana, atleast 28 people were killed when a
state transport carrying the overload, plunged in to a 25 meter ditch near
Shimla. The conditon of the seventeen injured passengers is reported to 
be serious.

The former union minister Mr.Anil Shastri resigned from Janata Dal and
the Lok Sabha. Mr.Shastry submitted his resignation to the party president
Mr.S.R.Bommai.

The Parliament  is going to meet on Monday at 11 to discuss the interim
budget, Railway budget and the budget of states and the union territories.

The National Front Chairman Mr.N.T Rama Rao has urged the President to
dissolve the Loksabha and call for immediate elections. Mr.Rama Rao was
addressing newsmen in Hyderabad.

Train services were disrupted on Delhi - Allahabad and Bombay lines following
a major accident elsewhere.

Narotham Reddy