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At least 10 Vaishno Devi pilgrims dead, 57 injured as bus falls down from bridge in Jammu

Ten pilgrims were killed and 57 others were injured when a bus heading for the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine rolled down a bridge in Jammu’s Katra area. Member of Parliament Jugal Kishore has demanded an inquiry into the incident. “The bus was on its way to Katra from Amritsar when the incident took place near Jhajjar Kotli, about 15 km from Katra, in Jammu district,” Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Jammu, Chandan Kohli said. The injured, many of them in a critical condition, were shifted to the Government MedicalCollege, Jammu, for treatment. Reports suggested that the victims were from Bihar.

Go First now cancels all scheduled flights till June 4

Crisis-hit Go First Airlines on Tuesday informed that its scheduled flight operations will remain cancelled till June 4, adding that a full refund will be issued to the passengers. Earlier flight operations were cancelled till May 30. The airline operator had recently filed for voluntary insolvency. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) last week advised Go First Airlines to submit a comprehensive restructuring plan for a sustainable revival of operations.

Amit Shah meets civil society, women’s group in Imphal

Union Home Minister Amit Shah met members of the civil society organisations and a group of women leaders on the second day of his visit to violence-hit Manipur on May 30. Shah arrived in Imphal on May 29, his first visit since the State was engulfed by ethnic clashes claiming more than 75 lives so far. Shah is expected to travel to the hill districts of Churachandpur, Moreh and Kangkokpi to meet the tribal groups. He will be in Manipur till June 1. Shah had earlier in Guwahati said that the clashes erupted after a Manipur High Court order. The High Court on March 27 directed the State government to submit a recommendation for inclusion of Meitis in the Scheduled Tribe list asking to consider the proposal preferably within four weeks.