63.45 pc votes polled in 3 phases of J&K assembly elections
The overall polling percentage in the three phases of J&K assembly elections is 63.45 per cent, said officials this evening after the polling for the third phase concluded on Tuesday.
Five children were among eight members of a family who were killed on Saturday when the vehicle in which they were travelling plunged into a gorge at Daksum in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district.
The victims include a man, two women and five children between 6 and 16 years of age, who were coming from Kishtwar, the police said.
The family was travelling from Kishtwar towards Marwah via the Sinthan Top when the ill-fated vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a gorge killing the entire family on the spot.
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Driver of the vehicle lost control and it plunged into a deep gorge, police said.
The Army, Police and locals immediately launched a rescue operation after the accident.
The Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has expressed grief over the tragic road accident.
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