: Ten persons, including students and women, were injured when the bus they were travelling collided with a lorry at Ettumanoor.
According to police, the bus was coming from Kottayam to Pala when it collided with the lorry that was coming from Pattithanam at the Central Junction at Ettumanoor.
The accident occurred when the private bus tried to over take another vehicle.
The traffic in Ettumanoor town came to a stand still for over an hour following the accident.
Gold seized
: Customs officials seized about 277 gm of gold from a Sri Lankan native at the Cochin International Airport at Nedumbassery on Tuesday. The man named Muhammad Magbul arrived here from Colombo around 8.45 a.m. and was found to be carrying gold illegally.