29 die in Nepal bus accident![]() January 12, 2013 - 12:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Police in Nepal say 29 people have died after a bus veered off a mountain road and crashed. The accident happened near the village of Chhatiwan in the western district of Doti, BBC News reported. Police and local residents helped pull the dead and injured from the scene of the accident, which occurred at night and in foggy conditions. Buses are often overcrowded in Nepal and accidents on poorly-maintained mountain roads are common. Twelve passengers who were seriously injured are being treated in hospital, police officer Nara Bahadur Air told the AFP news agency. In July, more than 40 people, most of them Hindu pilgrims, were killed in two deadly bus crashes in as many days. Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. Partner news |