Kolkata, 18/6: India will launch an investigation on Tuesday into a train collision that killed nine people in the state of West Bengal and injured more than 50, a day after a top railway official blamed the incident on driver error. The death toll was revised down to nine from 15 after Monday’s accident,…
Balasore, 18/6: Curfew has been clamped in Odisha’s Balasore town following a clash between two groups, police said on Tuesday. The district administration has also suspended internet service in certain sensitive areas of the town and urged people to stay in their homes and not to step out. Curfew was clamped from midnight of June…
Mumbai, 18/6: Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty hit their new all-time high levels in early trade on Tuesday helped by firm trends in global markets, buying in IT stocks and fresh foreign fund inflows. Rising for the fourth straight session, the 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 334.03 points to hit its fresh lifetime peak of…
New Delhi: The goods train that rammed into the Kanchanjunga Express between Ranipatra Railway Station and Chattar Hat Junction in West Bengal on Monday was allowed to cross all red signals as the automatic signalling had “failed”, internal documents. The document, a written authority called TA 912, was issued to the driver of the goods…
New Delhi, 17/6: Ending the suspense over Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha seat pick, Congress on Monday announced that its top leader will retain Raebareli seat in Lok Sabha while his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will make her electoral debut in Wayanad, which he is vacating.
New Delhi, 17/6: The Monday morning collision near New Jalpaiguri happened because a goods train disregarded the signal and hit the Kanchanjungha Express, which was on way to Sealdah from Agartala, the Chairperson of the Railway Board has said. According to chairperson Jaya Varma Sinha, five people died in the incident, however, some local reports…
Bhubaneswar, 17/6: Chief Minister Shri Mohan Charan Majhi has directed the water resources officials today for timely completion of the ongoing projects. He also asked top officers of the department to manage water efficiently during the delayed monsoon. He advised the department to be in a state of preparedness for managing possible flood situation…
New Delhi, 17/6: The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Monday announced that an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) would be given to the next of kin of the deceased in the railway mishap that took place earlier today in West Bengal’s Siliguri. Earlier today, PM Modi condoled…
Srinagar, 17/6: An encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Monday.Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Aragam area of Bandipora district late on Sunday night following information about presence of ultras there, the officials said.
Darjeeling, 17/6: A passenger train and a goods train collided on Monday in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced, leading to the deaths of five persons, and injuries to at least 20-25 others. The 13174 Kanchanjunga Express from Agartala collided with the goods train near Rangapani close to New Jalpaiguri…
