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  WB CM Calls For Review Of Maintenance And Passenger Safety

  India | July 19, 2010 20:14 IST

  West 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 | July 19, 2010 16:16 IST

  The 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 | July 19, 2010 15:30 IST

  New 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 | July 19, 2010 17:08 IST

  Kolkata/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 | July 19, 2010 11:00 IST

  Forty-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 | July 19, 2010 12:42 IST

  Kolkata: 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 | July 19, 2010 22:22 IST

  Sainthia (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