Train Accident
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Indore-Patna Express was carrying almost 50 per cent more passengers than its capacity: Report
India | Nov 21, 2016, 08:50 AM ISTIn a shocking revelation in the Indore-Patna train tragedy that killed at least 120 people, it has emerged that the train on the ill-fated day was carrying over fifty percent of passengers more than what has been originally claimed by the Railways.
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Indore-Patna Express mishap: Less than 1/3rd of e-ticket buyers had opted for rail insurance
India | Nov 21, 2016, 07:34 AM ISTOut of the 410 tickets booked on the IRCTC website, accounting for 695 passengers of the unfortunate Indore-Patna express accident only 126 (accounting for 209 passengers) included the recently announced travel insurance that costs less than Re 1.
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Seven children, six women killed during Chhath Puja celebrations in Bihar
India | Nov 07, 2016, 01:04 PM ISTIn a tragic incident, at least six women were killed after being hit by a train near Darbangha in Bihar in the wee hours of Monday morning.
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13 killed, 40 injured as passenger trains collide in Pakistan
World | Nov 03, 2016, 10:31 AM ISTAt least 13 people were today killed and 40 others injured in Pakistan after two passenger trains collided here.
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53 killed, over 300 injured after passenger train derails in Cameroon
World | Oct 22, 2016, 06:40 AM ISTAt least 53 persons were killed and about 300 injured when a passenger train from Cameroon's capital Yaounde to economic capital Douala derailed.
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Odisha: Two dead, 30 injured as passenger train rams into goods train in Cuttack
India | Sep 29, 2016, 10:09 PM ISTAt least two people died and 30 others sustained injuries after a passenger train rammed into a stationary goods train near Kathojodi station at Cuttack.
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16 killed, 150 injured in train accident in Pakistan
World | Nov 17, 2015, 11:05 PM ISTKarachi: At least 16 people were killed and more than 150 injured today when a speeding train derailed in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, weeks after it was targeted by Baloch militants in a blast near
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Three trains catch fire at Puri railway station
India | Nov 12, 2015, 08:16 PM ISTPuri (Odisha): A fire broke out today in three express trains at Puri railway station here, damaging at least four bogies, but no one got injured in the incident, railway officials said.Some bogies of New
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Kalka train mishap: Britain hails India's response
India | Sep 13, 2015, 08:30 PM ISTKalka: Britain on Sunday praised the Indian authorities for their response to derailment of Kalka-Shimla chartered heritage train near Kalka, in which two British nationals were killed and 13 others injured, and said it was
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Delhi Police's swift action saved girl's life after her hand chopped by metro
India | Aug 13, 2015, 05:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi Police is often in news for the wrong reasons. With offences like taking bribe, harassing commoners, delayed action and collecting ‘haftas' etc, the Delhi police has carved a bad image of itself
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Twin train Mishap: 4 horrifying survivor tales
India | Aug 06, 2015, 11:39 AM ISTBhopal: The survivors of unfortunate Harda twin train mishap of Tuesday night shared their horrifying accounts, which will haunt them for the rest of their lives.A three year old girl, Gudiya was rescued who saw
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In Pics: Two trains derail in Madhya Pradesh, coaches fall into river
India | Aug 05, 2015, 11:25 PM ISTHarda (Madhya Pradesh): In a first of its kind disaster, 27 people were killed as two trains derailed within 15 minutes near a bridge here in Madhya Pradesh, sending 21 coaches plunging into the rain-swollen
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1 militant caught alive in J&K terror attack, 30 dead in twin train mishap: Top 5 News Headlines
India | Aug 06, 2015, 08:51 AM ISTJ&K terror attack: 2 militants killed, 1 caught alive, 3 hostages freedUdhampur: Security forces killed two militants and captured another alive setting free three hostages after a fierce gunfight which left 2 BSF jawans dead.Captured
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Monsoon caused cave in at 500-metre tracks: Chairman Railway Board
India | Aug 05, 2015, 05:22 PM ISTNew Delhi: The 500 metre rail track which caved in between Itarsi and Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh where two express trains derailed was not among the vulnerable sections identified by the Railways during monsoon, a
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Harda twin train mishap: Central Railways cancels 10 trains
India | Aug 05, 2015, 04:20 PM ISTMumbai : In the aftermath of the twin train derailment near Harda in Madhya Pradesh, the Central Railways have cancelled 10 down trains for today and tomorrow that originate from its zone.“As of now, 10
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PM Modi expresses distress over twin train accident in MP
National | Aug 05, 2015, 11:06 AM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed distress and pain over the loss of lives in twin train accident in Madhya Pradesh and said authorities are doing everything possible on the ground. "The two train accidents in Madhya
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Timeline: Major train accidents in India since 2000
India | Aug 05, 2015, 11:26 AM ISTNew Delhi: Two trains got derailed at the same spot within minutes while crossing a bridge in Madhya Pradesh late Tuesday night. More than 27 people are feared dead so far in the accident with
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29 killed, 25 hurt in MP twin train derailments; probe ordered
India | Aug 05, 2015, 10:55 PM ISTHarda(MP) : At least 29 passengers, including 11 women and five children, were killed and 25 others injured when several coaches of two trains, one heading to Mumbai and another to Varanasi, derailed over a
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West Bengal: Train derails, two killed in collision
India | Jul 04, 2015, 05:05 PM ISTPurulia/Kolkata: Two persons were killed when a truck collided with a goods train at a level crossing in Chandil-Purulia section of South Eastern Railway today and the train subsequently derailed.The collision took place between Kantadih
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Pakistan army officers among 17 dead in rail mishap,sabotage feared
World | Jul 02, 2015, 09:50 PM ISTLahore: At least 17 people, including senior officers of Pakistan Army, were killed today when four bogies of a special train carrying troops fell into a canal in Punjab province after the bridge it was