Train Accident
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Passengers caught in fire screamed as Hampi Express coach went up in flames
India | May 22, 2012, 07:39 PM ISTBangalore, May 22: It was an unbearable and gory sight to see fellow passengers burning and screaming for help as they stood helpless due to the searing heat, said shocked passengers of the mishap-hit Hampi
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27 injured as Punjab Mail derails in Rohtak, probe ordered
India | May 06, 2012, 09:51 PM ISTRohtak (Haryana), May 6: At least 27 passengers including seven women were injured when eight coaches of the Delhi-bound Ferozpur-Mumbai train derailed in Haryana's Rohtak district early this morning.The Punjab Mail which was on its
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Rail Mishap : Preliminary Probe Points Towards Over-Speeding
India | Sep 14, 2011, 12:11 PM ISTChennai, Sep 14: Preliminary investigation into the train accident at Sitheri has found that it took place due to over-speeding of the EMU train which rammed into a stationary train, Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi today
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9 Killed, In TN Train Crash, Human Error Suspected
India | Sep 14, 2011, 03:28 PM ISTSitheri (TN), Sept 14: A human error may have led to the train accident last night in which nine persons were killed with Railway authorities today saying the driver of the EMU train that rammed
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23 Killed In Train Mishap In MP
India | Sep 20, 2010, 11:48 PM ISTShivpuri (MP): Twentythree people were killed and 50 injured when a goods train hit the stationary Indore-Gwalior Intercity Express head-on in Madhya Pradesh after it overshot the signal amid heavy rains and poor visibility in
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WB CM Calls For Review Of Maintenance And Passenger Safety
India | Jul 19, 2010, 08:14 PM ISTWest Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Monday in Kolkata said the issue of railways' maintenance and passenger safety should be "seriously reviewed" following the recent spurt in train accidents. "Maintenance and safety aspects of
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Mamata Busy With WB Politics, Ignoring Rail Ministry: Parties
India | Jul 19, 2010, 04:16 PM ISTThe train accident on Monday gave fodder to non-UPA parties to target Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee who was accused of being busy with West Bengal politics at the cost of her ministry but the government
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Nobody Can Predict Accident, Says Pranab
India | Jul 19, 2010, 03:30 PM ISTNew Delhi: Senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee on monday sought to dismiss suggestions that Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's absence from her Ministry was the reason for recurrence of train accidents. "Accidents are accidents. Nobody can
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Mamata Expresses Suspicion About Cause
India | Jul 19, 2010, 05:08 PM ISTKolkata/Sainthia(WB): Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee raised suspicions about the cause of the second major train accident in West Bengal in two months on Monday while one of her top officials did not rule out sabotage.
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Major Train Collisions In The Past
India | Jul 19, 2010, 11:00 AM ISTForty-nine people killed and 150 were injured early Monday when the speeding Sealdah-bound Uttarbanga Express rammed into the Vanachal Express at Sainthia station in Bhirbhum district. Following is the chronology of major train accidents since
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Gas Cutters Brought To Take Out Bodies
India | Jul 19, 2010, 12:42 PM ISTKolkata: Heavy-duty gas cutters were brought from Panagarh to extricate bodies trapped in the mangled coaches of Vananchal Express which was hit in the rear by the Uttarbanga Express early Monday at the Sainthia station.
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Train Mishap In West Bengal Leaves 63 Dead
India | Jul 19, 2010, 10:22 PM ISTSainthia (WB) A high speed Sealdah-bound express train tore into the rear of another killing 63 people and injuring 92 others at Sainithia station of Birbhum district, apparently overshooting a signal in the small hours