Kolkata Train Incident

A Kolkata metro passenger, whose hand got stuck in the train door, died on Saturday. The incident took place at Park Street metro station.

A man committed suicide along with his two sons by jumping in front of a speeding train in West Bengal's East Bardhaman district, a Government Railway Police (GRP) official said on Tuesday. The incident took place in East Bardhaman district's Masagram railway station in the wee hours of Tuesday.

Two persons were killed and 17 injured in a stampede on a foot overbridge at the Santragachi railway station in West Bengal's Howrah on Tuesday evening after announcements were made about simultaneous arrival of trains on platforms connected by the overbridge.

The BJP has called a 12-hour bandh today in West Bengal, protesting the death of two youth at North Dinajpur's Islampur. Sporadic incidents of violence have been reported across the state. The police are out in full force in capital Kolkata and other sensitive districts.

10 people have died in Kolkata and other parts of West Bengal after heavy rain and strong winds this evening. Flights, train services and traffic in Kolkata were severely hit too due to thunderstorm and the strong winds.

In a shocking incident, a woman and her teenage daughter, travelling from Kolkata to Delhi, were injured after they jumped off a moving train near Kanpur in a bid to escape eve-teasing, the police said today.

Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said the train derailment in West Midnapore appeared to be an act of sabotage but it was not yet clear whether explosives were used to blast the tracks. "It appears to be a case of sabotage where a portion of the railway track was removed. Whether explosives were used is not yet clear," he said in a statem...

At least 71 passengers were killed and 200 injured when 13 coaches of Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari Express derailed in West Bengal's West Midnapore district early on Friday. Five of these coaches were also hit by a speeding goods train. (See Pics)The incident occurred at 1:30 am when the train was running between Khemasoli and Sardiya stations, about ...

At least 65 passengers were killed and 200 injured when 13 coaches of Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari express train derailed in West Midnapore district early on Friday after Maoists sabotaged the train tracks. Five of these coaches were also hit by a speeding goods train.Following the mishap, a number of trains in the region have been cancelled and some h...

At least 71 passengers were killed and 150 injured when 13 coaches of a Mumbai-bound express train derailed in West Midnapore district early on Friday. Five of these coaches were also hit by a speeding goods train.The injured passengers were admitted in Khargpur Railway Hospital and Midnapore Medical College Hospital, the officials said. Here is th...

The Railways has said death and damage would have been far less in the train accident in West Bengal early on Friday if a goods train had not rammed the derailed coaches of the Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari Express.  Vivek Sahai, member traffic, railways board, said 20 people were confirmed dead as of now and 104 had been injured. The maximum damag...

Following is the chronology of Maoists' targeting trains in West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar.April 22, 2006 - Maoists lay siege to a passenger train in Latehar for eight hours.May 2008 - Maoists lay siege to a passenger train in Latehar for five hours.November 2009 - Maoists blow up railway tracks in Simdega district in Jharkhand derailing a passen...

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has rushed to the site where the Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari Express first derailed and then was hit by a goods train, has said the Railways was on red alert and there had been patrolling on the tracks just an hour before the incident happened. Mamata said the accident was caused by a blast. But there is stil...

At least sixty five passengers were killed and 200 injured when 13 coaches of a Mumbai-bound express train derailed in West Midnapore district early today after Maoists sabotaged the train tracks. Five of these coaches were also hit by a speeding goods train.The incident occurred at 1:30 am when the Howrah-Kurla Lokmanya Tilak Gyaneshwari Super Del...

A man allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a running metro train at the Chandni Chowk station in Kolkata on Wednesday, the second similar incident in two days.

A Kolkata metro passenger, whose hand got stuck in the train door, died on Saturday. The incident took place at Park Street metro station.

A man committed suicide along with his two sons by jumping in front of a speeding train in West Bengal's East Bardhaman district, a Government Railway Police (GRP) official said on Tuesday. The incident took place in East Bardhaman district's Masagram railway station in the wee hours of Tuesday.

Two persons were killed and 17 injured in a stampede on a foot overbridge at the Santragachi railway station in West Bengal's Howrah on Tuesday evening after announcements were made about simultaneous arrival of trains on platforms connected by the overbridge.

The BJP has called a 12-hour bandh today in West Bengal, protesting the death of two youth at North Dinajpur's Islampur. Sporadic incidents of violence have been reported across the state. The police are out in full force in capital Kolkata and other sensitive districts.

10 people have died in Kolkata and other parts of West Bengal after heavy rain and strong winds this evening. Flights, train services and traffic in Kolkata were severely hit too due to thunderstorm and the strong winds.

In a shocking incident, a woman and her teenage daughter, travelling from Kolkata to Delhi, were injured after they jumped off a moving train near Kanpur in a bid to escape eve-teasing, the police said today.

Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said the train derailment in West Midnapore appeared to be an act of sabotage but it was not yet clear whether explosives were used to blast the tracks. "It appears to be a case of sabotage where a portion of the railway track was removed. Whether explosives were used is not yet clear," he said in a statem...

At least 71 passengers were killed and 200 injured when 13 coaches of Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari Express derailed in West Bengal's West Midnapore district early on Friday. Five of these coaches were also hit by a speeding goods train. (See Pics)The incident occurred at 1:30 am when the train was running between Khemasoli and Sardiya stations, about ...

At least 65 passengers were killed and 200 injured when 13 coaches of Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari express train derailed in West Midnapore district early on Friday after Maoists sabotaged the train tracks. Five of these coaches were also hit by a speeding goods train.Following the mishap, a number of trains in the region have been cancelled and some h...

At least 71 passengers were killed and 150 injured when 13 coaches of a Mumbai-bound express train derailed in West Midnapore district early on Friday. Five of these coaches were also hit by a speeding goods train.The injured passengers were admitted in Khargpur Railway Hospital and Midnapore Medical College Hospital, the officials said. Here is th...

The Railways has said death and damage would have been far less in the train accident in West Bengal early on Friday if a goods train had not rammed the derailed coaches of the Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari Express.  Vivek Sahai, member traffic, railways board, said 20 people were confirmed dead as of now and 104 had been injured. The maximum damag...

Following is the chronology of Maoists' targeting trains in West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar.April 22, 2006 - Maoists lay siege to a passenger train in Latehar for eight hours.May 2008 - Maoists lay siege to a passenger train in Latehar for five hours.November 2009 - Maoists blow up railway tracks in Simdega district in Jharkhand derailing a passen...

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has rushed to the site where the Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari Express first derailed and then was hit by a goods train, has said the Railways was on red alert and there had been patrolling on the tracks just an hour before the incident happened. Mamata said the accident was caused by a blast. But there is stil...

At least sixty five passengers were killed and 200 injured when 13 coaches of a Mumbai-bound express train derailed in West Midnapore district early today after Maoists sabotaged the train tracks. Five of these coaches were also hit by a speeding goods train.The incident occurred at 1:30 am when the Howrah-Kurla Lokmanya Tilak Gyaneshwari Super Del...

A man allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a running metro train at the Chandni Chowk station in Kolkata on Wednesday, the second similar incident in two days.