Bengal Train Mishap

Out of around 10 lakh sanctioned posts under the safety category in the Indian Railways, more than 1.5 lakh are vacant, the Railway Ministry has said in response to an application under the Right to Information Act in March.

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday visited the site in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district where the Bikaner-Guwahati Express train had derailed on the previous day, leaving nine dead and at least 36 injured.

A young couple from Nagpur, who were returning by the ill-fated Gyaneshwari Express after a honeymoon vacation to Darjeeling, are yet to be traced.Amit Gajbhiye, an employee at a private firm, and his wife Anita, a school teacher, were among the passengers who boarded the Kurla-bound train at Howrah station.Both had spoken to their parents before l...

Three days after the train derailment in West Bengal's West Midnapore, the search is still on for the missing relatives and friends.

The West Bengal Director General of Police Bhupinder Singh told NDTV on Saturday that Maoists were behind the Gyaneshwari Express derailment and claimed to have identified the culprits behind the incident that has claimed over 120 lives so far."Those who did it are all members of Maoist squads. We have identified them and search is on to nab them,...

A day after close to 100 passengers were killed when 13 coaches of Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari Express derailed in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, several trains that ply through the Maoist belt at night have been rescheduled in the state. Meanwhile in Jharkhand, no trains will run during the night for next four days.South Eastern Railways' dec...

At least 65 passengers were killed and 200 injured when 13 coaches of Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari express train derailed in West Midnapore district early on Friday after Maoists sabotaged the train tracks. Five of these coaches were also hit by a speeding goods train.Following the mishap, a number of trains in the region have been cancelled and some h...

Out of around 10 lakh sanctioned posts under the safety category in the Indian Railways, more than 1.5 lakh are vacant, the Railway Ministry has said in response to an application under the Right to Information Act in March.

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday visited the site in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district where the Bikaner-Guwahati Express train had derailed on the previous day, leaving nine dead and at least 36 injured.

A young couple from Nagpur, who were returning by the ill-fated Gyaneshwari Express after a honeymoon vacation to Darjeeling, are yet to be traced.Amit Gajbhiye, an employee at a private firm, and his wife Anita, a school teacher, were among the passengers who boarded the Kurla-bound train at Howrah station.Both had spoken to their parents before l...

Three days after the train derailment in West Bengal's West Midnapore, the search is still on for the missing relatives and friends.

The West Bengal Director General of Police Bhupinder Singh told NDTV on Saturday that Maoists were behind the Gyaneshwari Express derailment and claimed to have identified the culprits behind the incident that has claimed over 120 lives so far."Those who did it are all members of Maoist squads. We have identified them and search is on to nab them,...

A day after close to 100 passengers were killed when 13 coaches of Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari Express derailed in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, several trains that ply through the Maoist belt at night have been rescheduled in the state. Meanwhile in Jharkhand, no trains will run during the night for next four days.South Eastern Railways' dec...

At least 65 passengers were killed and 200 injured when 13 coaches of Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari express train derailed in West Midnapore district early on Friday after Maoists sabotaged the train tracks. Five of these coaches were also hit by a speeding goods train.Following the mishap, a number of trains in the region have been cancelled and some h...