Sikkim accident

Opt out or It is learned that the private vehicle had five persons, with two dying on the spot while the other three sustaining bodily injuries. They were rushed to STNM Hospital. The deceased is identified as a 24-year-old male from Sichey and a 20-year-old female from Tadong in Gangtok, They were declared dead on arrival at the STNM Hospital. Also Read: An FIR has been registered against the driver of the private vehicle under different sections of the IPC. The stretch of Bulbuley between Tashi View Point at one end and Ganesh Tok at the other end has been prone to accidents, mostly due to rash driving or overspeeding. The stretch is often used by learner drivers, as the stretch is mostly traffic-free. This stretch also sees bikers using the space for different kinds of stunts. ADVERTISEMENT

• • • • Sikkim truck accident: Vaisakh's Army job was helping keep family afloat Sikkim truck accident: Vaisakh’s Army job was helping keep family afloat The Army men met with the accident as their truck skidded down a steep slope while negotiating a sharp turn at Zema. Four injured soldiers were air-evacuated. One Keralite was among the 16 Indian soldiers killed in the road accident in northern Sikkim Friday. S Vaisakh, 27, who hailed from Kerala’s Palakkad district, was a Naik with 221 Field Regiment. Vaisakh is survived by wife Geetha and a one-year-old son Thanveek. His parents Sahadevan and Vijayakumari are daily wage labourers. He has a sister Sruthi, who is married. Also read | Vaisakh had last come to Kerala to celebrate Thanveek’s first birthday in October, said relatives. He also came in September to celebrate Onam with his family. A few days before leaving for Sikkim, he had called one of his relatives in the force to inform them about the mission there, they said. The Armymen met with an accident while their truck skidded down a steep slope while negotiating a sharp turn at Zema. The truck was part of a three-vehicle convoy that moved from Chatten towards Thangu. Details of the Army personnel who lost their lives in the mishap. Vaisakh’s family lives in a two-room house erected on a four-cent land. “They were homeless and landless. A few years ago, they got a house at Mathur village under a government scheme,” said K Udayaprakash, Vaisakh’s neighbour and pancha...

New Delhi: Wreath laying ceremony for the 16 soldiers who died in a road accident at Zema in North Sikkim was held in West Bengal's Bagdogra on Saturday, news agency PTI reported. According to a statement by the Army, 16 soldiers of the Indian Army were killed when the Army truck they were travelling in skidded down a steep slope at Zema in North Sikkimon Friday morning. Their wreath laying ceremony was held at Bagdogra airport technical area on Saturday between 12.30 pm and 2 pm. The victims have been identified as Naib Subedar Chandan Kumar Mishra and Naib Subedar Omkar Singh of 285 Medical regiment, L/Havildar Gopinath Makur, Sepoy Sukha Ram, Havildar Charan Singh and Naik Ravinder Singh Thapa of 26 Mechanised Infantry, Naik Vaisakh S and Naik Pramod Singh from 221 Field Regiment, L/Naik Bhupendra Singh, Naik Shyam Singh Yadav, Naik Lokesh Kumar and Grenadier Vikas Kumar from the 25 Grenadiers, Subedar Guman Singh and L/Havildar Arvind Singh from 8 Rajasthan Rifles, L/Naik Somvir Singh of 113 Engineer Regiment and L/Naik Manoj Kumar of 1871 Field Regiment. Bihar | Mortal remains of Lance Naik Pramod Kumar Singh reach Patna. DGP RS Bhatti, Addl Chief Secy Home Dept Chaitanya Prasad & Army officers pay tribute An ex-gratia amount of Rs 11 lakhs has been cleared today, his family will get it soon: Addl Chief Secy Home Dept C Prasad — ANI (@ANI) Notably, the army truck was part of a three-vehicle convoy that was travelling from Chatten to Thangu, the Army statement said. Th...

Hisar (Haryana), Dec 25 (PTI) The mortal remains of Lance Naik Somvir Singh, who was among the 16 army personnel killed in an accident in Sikkim, were consigned to flames at his native village here on Sunday with full state honours. Sixteen soldiers lost their lives when the truck they were travelling in plunged inn a gorge in Sikkim on Friday. The mortal remains of Singh, who belonged to the 113 Engineers Regiment, reached here Sunday morning. As soon as the body reached his home, the martyr’s mother and father kissed his forehead while his sister and brother saluted him. His wife was seen crying inconsolably. Scores of people, including villagers, paid their last tributes to him and shouted slogans in favour of the martyr. His three-year-old daughter and one-year-old son lit the pyre.     Minister of state Anoop Dhanak, Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Jaibir Yadav, army personnel and other officials attended the cremation. Lance Naik Somvir Singh was commissioned into the army on 26 June, 2015. He had come to the village on a 55-day leave and resumed duty last week. Somvir’s younger brother Surender also joined the Army in 2018. Surender is currently posted in Pune. PTI COR CHS VSD TDS TDS This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content. Support Our Journalism India needs fair, non-hyphenated and questioning journalism, packed with on-ground reporting. ThePrint – with exceptional reporters, columnists and edito...

A small plane of Nepal's Tara Air went missing in the morning in the mountainous region of that country minutes after taking off from the tourist city of Pokhara. As per officials, among those on board are Ashok Kumar Tripathi, his wife Vaibhavi Bandekar (Tripathi) and children Dhanush and Ritika, residents of Kapurbawadi here. A burning wreckage of the aircraft has been spotted though the fate of the 22 on board is unknown, Nepalese officials said amid search operations there. In the second incident, a car skidded off the road and fell into a ravine several hundred metres deep in Kedung Bhir in north Sikkim at around 8m on Saturday night. Among those killed are Thane residents Suresh Punamia, Toral Punamia, Devanshi Punamia and Hiral Punamia, all from the same family, officials said. THANE: A missing plane in the Himalayan nation of Nepal and an accident in the north-eastern state of Sikkim hogged public conversation in Thane on Sunday as eight of those involved in the two incidents are from here. A small plane of Nepal's Tara Air went missing in the morning in the mountainous region of that country minutes after taking off from the tourist city of Pokhara. As per officials, among those on board are Ashok Kumar Tripathi, his wife Vaibhavi Bandekar (Tripathi) and children Dhanush and Ritika, residents of Kapurbawadi here. A burning wreckage of the aircraft has been spotted though the fate of the 22 on board is unknown, Nepalese officials said amid search operations there.g...

The first images of the tragic accident showed a devastated Indian Army vehicle at the spot along the Thangu-Zema axis. Initial reports suggested that the truck, which was a part of a three-vehicle convoy of the Indian Army, was negotiating a steep turn along the road when it slipped into the slopes.

NEW DELHI: Sixteen Army personnel including three Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs) were killed in a road accident at Zema in North Sikkim on Friday when their vehicle skidded off while negotiating a sharp turn, the Army said. The Army vehicle in which the personnel were travelling was part of a three-vehicle convoy going from Chatten towards Thangu. "The ill-fated vehicle was part of a 3-vehicle convoy that had moved from Chatten in the morning towards Thangu. Enroute at Zema, the truck skidded down a steep slope while negotiating a sharp turn. A rescue mission was immediately launched and 4 injured soldiers were air evacuated," the Army said in a statement. Union defence minister Rajnath Singh said he is deeply pained by the loss of lives of the Indian Army personnel due to the accident.

Gangtok: In a tragic incident, 16 soldiers of the Indian Army were killed and four others were injured after the vehicle they were traveling in skidded down a mountain in Sikkim on Friday. The ill-fated vehicle was part of a three-truck convoy that was traveling from Chatten to Thangu when it met with an accident at Zema in northern Sikkim. “A rescue mission was immediately launched, and four injured soldiers have been air evacuated. Unfortunately, three Junior Commissioned Officers and 13 soldiers succumbed to the injuries sustained in the accident,” the Indian Army said in a statement. You won’t be short of breath anymore in Sikkim as govt makes oxygen kits mandatory in all vehicles BJP fulfils promises, we abolished Article 370, grand Ram temple is now being built: Rajnath Singh Defence minister Rajnath Singh condoled the loss of lives in the accident. “Deeply pained by the loss of lives of the Indian Army personnel due to a road accident in North Sikkim. The nation is deeply grateful for their service and commitment. My condolences to the bereaved families. Praying for the speedy recovery of those who are injured,” Rajnath Singh said in a statement on Twitter. Read all the • Cyclone Biparjoy: Wind speed to decrease by midnight, says MET director National Disaster Response Force’s (NDRF) Inspector General Narendra Singh Bundela said that the IMD estimates that Cyclone Biparjoy will turn into a depression by tomorrow 12 pm • Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel holds review meetin...