West Bengal Train Attack

Criticising the West Bengal government for the two successive attacks on the Vande Bharat Express train in the state, Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury here today said such incidents prove that administration is "good for nothing."

The name "Corona Express"given by Mamata Banerjee to migrant trains will become her "exit route" from Bengal, Home Minister Amit Shah said today, attacking the Chief Minister in a virtual rally.

A man has died in West Bengal after he was allegedly beaten up by a jawan of the Railway Police Force or RPF at the Behrampore railway station this morning.

One person has been arrested in connection with the beheading of a man by a group of assailants in a crowded compartment of a train in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place on Monday when the Katwa-Azimgunj Passenger train was entering Bazarsau station in Murshidabad district. A group of assailants atta...

It's what Mamata Banerjee has been demanding. Sources say the West Bengal government has agreed to a CBI investigation into last week's train accident in which close to 150 people were killed in Midnapore when a train headed to Mumbai derailed.

Both the Home Ministry and the West Bengal police have blamed the Maoists for the train disaster in Midnapore. The Maoists have denied any role in the tragic incident.

It's a move that could become the latest stress test of the tense relationship between the Congress and key ally, Mamata Banerjee. At a press conference in Delhi, Home Minister P Chidambaram said that early leads suggest the Maoists were behind Friday's train tragedy in which more than 140 people were killed after a train derailed in the Midnapore ...

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...

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has said a bomb blast as part of a "calculated attack" caused the Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari Express to first derail and then get hit by a goods train, killing at least 71 people and injuring more than 200.Speaking to NDTV hours after the incident, the minister said administration and police authorities had informed h...

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...

Following is the chronology of Maoists' targeting trains in West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar.April 22, 2006 - Maoists lay siege to a passenger train in Latehar for eight hours.May 2008 - Maoists lay siege to a passenger train in Latehar for five hours.November 2009 - Maoists blow up railway tracks in Simdega district in Jharkhand derailing a passen...

At least sixty five passengers were killed and 200 injured when 13 coaches of a Mumbai-bound express train derailed in West Midnapore district early today after Maoists sabotaged the train tracks. Five of these coaches were also hit by a speeding goods train.The incident occurred at 1:30 am when the Howrah-Kurla Lokmanya Tilak Gyaneshwari Super Del...

The men who held a Rajdhani train hostage in West Bengal's West Midnapore District have given interviews freely to the media.

Criticising the West Bengal government for the two successive attacks on the Vande Bharat Express train in the state, Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury here today said such incidents prove that administration is "good for nothing."

The name "Corona Express"given by Mamata Banerjee to migrant trains will become her "exit route" from Bengal, Home Minister Amit Shah said today, attacking the Chief Minister in a virtual rally.

A man has died in West Bengal after he was allegedly beaten up by a jawan of the Railway Police Force or RPF at the Behrampore railway station this morning.

One person has been arrested in connection with the beheading of a man by a group of assailants in a crowded compartment of a train in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place on Monday when the Katwa-Azimgunj Passenger train was entering Bazarsau station in Murshidabad district. A group of assailants atta...

It's what Mamata Banerjee has been demanding. Sources say the West Bengal government has agreed to a CBI investigation into last week's train accident in which close to 150 people were killed in Midnapore when a train headed to Mumbai derailed.

Both the Home Ministry and the West Bengal police have blamed the Maoists for the train disaster in Midnapore. The Maoists have denied any role in the tragic incident.

It's a move that could become the latest stress test of the tense relationship between the Congress and key ally, Mamata Banerjee. At a press conference in Delhi, Home Minister P Chidambaram said that early leads suggest the Maoists were behind Friday's train tragedy in which more than 140 people were killed after a train derailed in the Midnapore ...

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...

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has said a bomb blast as part of a "calculated attack" caused the Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari Express to first derail and then get hit by a goods train, killing at least 71 people and injuring more than 200.Speaking to NDTV hours after the incident, the minister said administration and police authorities had informed h...

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...

Following is the chronology of Maoists' targeting trains in West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar.April 22, 2006 - Maoists lay siege to a passenger train in Latehar for eight hours.May 2008 - Maoists lay siege to a passenger train in Latehar for five hours.November 2009 - Maoists blow up railway tracks in Simdega district in Jharkhand derailing a passen...

At least sixty five passengers were killed and 200 injured when 13 coaches of a Mumbai-bound express train derailed in West Midnapore district early today after Maoists sabotaged the train tracks. Five of these coaches were also hit by a speeding goods train.The incident occurred at 1:30 am when the Howrah-Kurla Lokmanya Tilak Gyaneshwari Super Del...

The men who held a Rajdhani train hostage in West Bengal's West Midnapore District have given interviews freely to the media.