Kalka Mail

Going all-in to court voters ahead of the West Bengal elections later this year, the BJP's latest initiative to christen Independence movement icon Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's birth anniversary as "Parakram Diwas" was followed by renaming the historic Kalka Mail train on Friday.

Kalka Mail Derail: Two coaches of an empty rake of Kalka Mail derailed while entering Howrah station in the early hours of Sunday, leading to disruption of train movement of South Eastern Railway, an official said in Kolkata.

"The railways need money," says JN Shukla, a portly, bespectacled India Railways official who is travelling as a passenger this day.

As the Kalka Mail train pulls into Delhi railway station at dawn, it is every man, woman and child for themselves. Before the train has stopped, crowds elbow and jostle into packed compartments destined for Kolkata, 1,500 km and 25 hours away on one of the largest, most decrepit and dangerous rail networks in the world.

Hours after being sworn in as Railway Minister, Dinesh Trivedi arrived in Kanpur to meet the victims of the Howrah-Kalka Mail accident in Uttar Pradesh undergoing treatment in hospital.After arriving in Kanpur, Trivedi headed to the Hailet hospital where 64 passengers injured in the train accident are being treated. (Read: Who is Dinesh Trivedi?)"T...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who today met those injured in the Kalka Mail accident at a hospital in Kanpur, pulled up railway officials after the victims complained that they had not got the promised compensation.During his nearly 40-minute visit to Hallett hospital, Rahul, who was accompanied by Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal and senior ...

Six-year-old Roshan, who survived the devastating Kalka Mail accident on Sunday has found her father. The accident which claimed 69 lives completely shattered Roshan. She was frantically searching for her parents in Fatehpur Hospital. This morning Roshan finally got the good news when she was informed her father had reached Fatehpur Hospital, Rosha...

Minister of State for Railways, Mukul Roy did not visit either Fatehpur, where the Kalka Mail derailed, killing at least 69 people or Rangiya where the Puri Guwahati Express went off the rails because of a blast. Mr Roy denied receiving any orders from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) to rush to Rangiya, though sources claimed the PMO had conveyed...

Among the victims of the Kalka Mail derailment were three Swedish nationals, two of whom were found dead during the rescue operation, officials said on Monday."They were Swedish nationals, travelling in a second class reserved coach that was completely smashed in the accident. While two died on the spot, their third companion was hospitalized in Ka...

The devastating Kalka Mail accident has now claimed 69 lives. At least 150 passengers have been injured in the accident. (In pics: Kalka Mail derails in UP)The rescue operation, has, meanwhile, ended. The rescue workers faced extreme difficulty in reaching the last coach of the New Delhi-Howrah Kalka Mail that derailed on Sunday.Nearly hundred Arm...

31 people died and at least 150 were injured when 12 bogies, including the engine of New Delhi-Howrah Kalka Mail derailed near Malwa railway station in Fatehpur district of Uttar Pradesh today.The death toll is likely to go up with railway authorities saying many might still be trapped under the debris. Rescue operations are still on with the help ...

Going all-in to court voters ahead of the West Bengal elections later this year, the BJP's latest initiative to christen Independence movement icon Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's birth anniversary as "Parakram Diwas" was followed by renaming the historic Kalka Mail train on Friday.

Kalka Mail Derail: Two coaches of an empty rake of Kalka Mail derailed while entering Howrah station in the early hours of Sunday, leading to disruption of train movement of South Eastern Railway, an official said in Kolkata.

"The railways need money," says JN Shukla, a portly, bespectacled India Railways official who is travelling as a passenger this day.

As the Kalka Mail train pulls into Delhi railway station at dawn, it is every man, woman and child for themselves. Before the train has stopped, crowds elbow and jostle into packed compartments destined for Kolkata, 1,500 km and 25 hours away on one of the largest, most decrepit and dangerous rail networks in the world.

Hours after being sworn in as Railway Minister, Dinesh Trivedi arrived in Kanpur to meet the victims of the Howrah-Kalka Mail accident in Uttar Pradesh undergoing treatment in hospital.After arriving in Kanpur, Trivedi headed to the Hailet hospital where 64 passengers injured in the train accident are being treated. (Read: Who is Dinesh Trivedi?)"T...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who today met those injured in the Kalka Mail accident at a hospital in Kanpur, pulled up railway officials after the victims complained that they had not got the promised compensation.During his nearly 40-minute visit to Hallett hospital, Rahul, who was accompanied by Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal and senior ...

Six-year-old Roshan, who survived the devastating Kalka Mail accident on Sunday has found her father. The accident which claimed 69 lives completely shattered Roshan. She was frantically searching for her parents in Fatehpur Hospital. This morning Roshan finally got the good news when she was informed her father had reached Fatehpur Hospital, Rosha...

Minister of State for Railways, Mukul Roy did not visit either Fatehpur, where the Kalka Mail derailed, killing at least 69 people or Rangiya where the Puri Guwahati Express went off the rails because of a blast. Mr Roy denied receiving any orders from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) to rush to Rangiya, though sources claimed the PMO had conveyed...

Among the victims of the Kalka Mail derailment were three Swedish nationals, two of whom were found dead during the rescue operation, officials said on Monday."They were Swedish nationals, travelling in a second class reserved coach that was completely smashed in the accident. While two died on the spot, their third companion was hospitalized in Ka...

The devastating Kalka Mail accident has now claimed 69 lives. At least 150 passengers have been injured in the accident. (In pics: Kalka Mail derails in UP)The rescue operation, has, meanwhile, ended. The rescue workers faced extreme difficulty in reaching the last coach of the New Delhi-Howrah Kalka Mail that derailed on Sunday.Nearly hundred Arm...

31 people died and at least 150 were injured when 12 bogies, including the engine of New Delhi-Howrah Kalka Mail derailed near Malwa railway station in Fatehpur district of Uttar Pradesh today.The death toll is likely to go up with railway authorities saying many might still be trapped under the debris. Rescue operations are still on with the help ...