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- India
India lost 200 elephants in train accidents in 10 years: Wildlife SOS
Mumbai: Ahead of World Elephant Day on August 12, the Wildlife SOS said that India lost at least 200 elephants in train collisions between 201-2020, or on average, 20 pachyderms run or…
- India
LS debate: MPs express concerns over increasing rail accidents
New Delhi: Several MPs on Wednesday voiced their concerns over the increasing number of rail accidents and the state of railway services in India. Congress MP from Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, Harish Meena, during…
- India
Yet another rail accident but ‘PR machine of Fail Minister’ continues: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday took a swipe at Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw after the train derailment in Jharkhand, saying since June the “Fail Minister” has “overseen three accidents” that have…
- India
Gonda accident: Probe blames improper fastening of track; Railways disagree
New Delhi: A five-member team of senior railway officials investigating the derailment of Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express has blamed improper fastening of the rail track for the accident, sources said. One member of the…
- India
UP train accident: Cries fill coaches as Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express derails
Gonda: Sandeep Kumar remembers hearing the cries of a boy and his coach getting filled with dust as the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express derailed here on Thursday, July 18. “I remember the loud cries…
- Telangana
Telangana: Elderly man hit by train; body found hanging on loco
Hyderabad: An unidentified elderly man died after he was hit by a train on the city outskirts and his body was found hanging on the Loco of an empty rake, Government Railway…
- Kolkata
Bengal rail accident: GRP forms 6-member SIT to conduct parallel probe
Kolkata: The Government Railways Police (GRP) on Wednesday announced the formation of a six-member special investigation team for an independent probe in the Kanchanjunga Express-goods train collision in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district…
- Photos
Train accident in West Bengal
Kolkata: Locals gather after a collision between the Kanchanjungha Express and a goods train, near Rangapani railway station, on Monday, June 17, 2024. At least five people were killed and 30 others…
- India
Bengal train mishap: Death toll rises to 10, Kanchanjunga Express returns to Sealdah
The death toll in the Kanchanjunga Express-goods train collision in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district has risen to 10, said officials, adding that the train has returned to Sealdah. A senior official from…
- India
Bengal rail accident: Centre announces Rs 10 lakh ex gratia for kin of deceased
The Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday. June 17, announced compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the kin of the deceased and Rs 2.5 lakh towards individuals who suffered grievous injuries…
- Kolkata
WB: 5 dead, 30 injured as goods train collides with Kanchanjunga Express
Kolkata: At least five persons died and around 30 others were injured after a goods train collided with the Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express near Rangapani station in West Bengal on Monday, police said.…
- Kolkata
2 compartments of express train derail near Bengal’s New Jalpaiguri
Kolkata: At least two rear compartments of the Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express derailed on Monday after a goods train collided with it near New Jalpaiguri station in West Bengal, a senior railway official…
- Chennai
Three run over by train in Tamil Nadu
Chennai: A man and his two daughters were run over by a train on Sunday at suburban Veppampattu, Government Railway Police said. According to the GRP, the man and his children ‘trespassed’…
- Andhra Pradesh
Passengers recount moments after AP train derailment, thank God for being alive
Bhubaneswar: As the Visakhapatnam-Rayagada Passenger Special train jumped the track on Sunday evening in Andhra Pradesh, the six-year-old daughter of Dilip Kumar Patro fell from the upper berth but fortunately did not…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP train accident: Initial probe points finger at Rayagada passenger train crew
New Delhi: A preliminary railway probe into the Sunday evening accident in Andhra Pradesh has held the driver and the assistant driver of Rayagada Passenger train responsible for the collision as it…
