Gyaneshwari Express

• Gyaneshwari Express disaster: Key suspect killed in encounter

  Top Maoist leader and a key suspect in the Gyaneshwari Express train disaster, Umakanto Mahato, has been killed by joint forces in West Bengal's Jhargram district. (In pics: Gyaneshwari Express derails, hit by goods train)Mahato was killed in an overnight encounter at Mohanpur forest, about 30 km from Jhargram.He was a leader of Maoist-backed Peopl...

• Jhargram train attack: PCPA leader Sameer Mahato arrested

  The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) leader Sameer Mahato in connection with last month's Jhargram train attack. He will be produced in court today.At least 148 passengers were killed and 200 injured when 13 coaches of Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari Express derailed in near Jhargram ...

• Bengal train tragedy: Mamata insists on CBI inquiry

  A day after the Bengal government struck it down, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee insisted on a CBI inquiry for a fair probe into the West Midnapore train tragedy. Calling the Gyaneshwari train derailment a heinous and brutal murder, Mamata said that whosoever is behind the train crash should be punished."This is our government. We will decide wha...

• Train attack: It wasn't us, say Maoists

  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.

• No CBI inquiry into train attack, says Bengal govt

  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 ...

• Chidambaram: CPI-Maoist or front group behind train attack

  Home Minister P Chidambaram has said that "the needle of suspicion in the attack on the Gyaneshwari Express in West Bengal points to the CPI-Maoists or a front organization for the CPI-Maoists."Last week, more than 140 passengers were killed in West Midnapore when the Gyaneshwari Express headed to Mumbai derailed about 135 kms from Kolkata. The Gya...

• Bengal train mishap: Honeymoon couple still missing

  A young couple from Nagpur, who were returning by the ill-fated Gyaneshwari Express after a honeymoon vacation to Darjeeling, are yet to be traced.Amit Gajbhiye, an employee at a private firm, and his wife Anita, a school teacher, were among the passengers who boarded the Kurla-bound train at Howrah station.Both had spoken to their parents before l...

• Bengal train derailment: Over 148 dead, more bodies trapped

  The toll in the Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari Express derailment rose to over 148 today as more bodies were pulled out from the wreckage of the mangled coaches.

• Train carrying Gyaneshwari Express survivors reaches Mumbai

  Two days after the derailment of Gyaneshwari Express in West Bengal, unhurt passengers finally reached Mumbai by a special relief train late on Saturday night. Emotions ran high as many struggled to cope with the scale of the tragedy. Many were happy to have escaped from the jaws of death. But amidst this all was a feeling anger against the Naxals ...

• Maoists behind West Bengal train disaster, says Bengal DGP

  The West Bengal Director General of Police Bhupinder Singh told NDTV on Saturday that Maoists were behind the Gyaneshwari Express derailment and claimed to have identified the culprits behind the incident that has claimed over 120 lives so far."Those who did it are all members of Maoist squads. We have identified them and search is on to nab them,...

• Mamata alleges political conspiracy, demands CBI probe

  Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today alleged there was a "political conspiracy" behind the Gyaneshwari Express derailment without blaming Maoists for the disaster and demanded a CBI probe.      As Banerjee and arch rival CPI-M indulged in a blame game, the train's driver B K Das filed a FIR with the Government Railway Pol...

• No night trains in Jharkhand for next four days

  A day after more than a 100 passengers were killed when 13 coaches of Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari Express derailed in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, the Railways has decided not to run trains in Jharkhand during the night for the next four days. Trains that ply through the Maoist belt in West Bengal at night have also been rescheduled.Top rail...

• Night trains rescheduled in West Bengal

  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...

• Bengal train derailment: 120 dead, more bodies trapped

  The toll in the Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari Express derailment rose to 120 today as more bodies were pulled out from the wreckage of the mangled coaches with rescuers working throughout the night. (See Pics)Many bodies are still said to be trapped in the debris. The railway and disaster management teams are working round the clock but it's going to t...

• Bomb blast caused train derailment: Mamata Banerjee

  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...