Chandigarh/New Delhi: Three coaches of Howrah-Delhi Kalka Mail derailed at a railway station in Haryana early this morning but no one was hurt. The derailment took place near Rathdhana station close to Sonipat, about 60 kms from Delhi, at 0543 hours, a Northern Railway official said.
The train was moving at a slow speed after crossing Sonipat in the busy Ambala-Delhi section when the three bogies jumped off the track, he said.
Divisional Railway Manager Ashwini Kumar said there was no casualty in the mishap and all the passengers of the derailed bogies were safe.
"Three out of the 24 coaches, including the luggage compartment, derailed. The train barring the three coaches has left with the passengers of the derailed coaches," the official in Delhi said....
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12:47 PM, Oct 28, 2011
Kanpur: Bodies of eight victims of Kalka Mail tragedy, whose identity could not be ascertained, have been cremated after taking their DNA samples, a senior railway official said on Sunday. "Sixty-nine people, including two Swedish nationals, were killed in the rail mishap on July 10 at the Fatehpur district of Uttar Pradesh," General Manager Of North Central Railway Harish Chandra Joshi said adding that identity of eight could not be...
05:17 PM, Jul 24, 2011
New Delhi: Amid concerns over increasing number of train accidents, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has sought a detailed safety plan from the Railways. "A detailed safety plan is being readied to be submitted to the Prime Minister's Office shortly," a source in the Railway Ministry said. The Prime Minister asked for the report after derailment of the Howrah-Kalka Mail on July 10 in which 69 passengers were killed and around...
01:17 PM, Jul 22, 2011
Days after the death of over 60 people in the Kalka Mail accident, the new Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi says he will set up a Railway Security and Safety Board. ...
01:33 PM, Jul 19, 2011
Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court on Monday asked the Railway Ministry to file a detailed affidavit within two weeks in connection with the Kalka Mail derailment that left nearly 70 dead this month in Uttar Pradesh. A Division Bench comprising Justice Imtiyaz Murtaza and Justice Jayashree Tiwari passed the order on a PIL filed by advocate Bharti Kashyap. The petitioner requested the court to give directions to the Railway authorities...
08:17 PM, Jul 18, 2011
New Delhi: Railway Ministry sources tell CNN-IBN that engine failure could be the cause of the Kalka Mail accident that killed over 60 people on Sunday. The engine of the Kalka Mail stopped suddenly leading to the accident according to the sources. Malfunction of the undergear of the locomotive could also be a reason. The driver of the Kalka Mail said he saw the engine shaking. The application of emergency...
06:14 PM, Jul 13, 2011
New Delhi: Immediately after being sworn in as the Union Railway Minister, Dinesh Trivedi went to meet the victims of the Howrah-Kalka Mail accident which took place on Sunday. While at the Fatehpur District Hospital Trivedi was heckled by the family members of those injured. The mob also chanted slogans against the police and the railway officials alleging that they did not inform family members before removing bodies from the...
09:01 AM, Jul 13, 2011
Kanpur: It has been three days since the Howrah-Kalka Mail tragedy and still many injured passengers remain unidentified. One such victim is a man, approximately 30-years-old, who was brought to Hallet Hospital in Kanpur in an unconscious state. Soon after he was admitted, he slipped into a coma. "He has suffered severe head injuries, because of which his breathing isn't constant and that's why we had to put him on...
07:36 AM, Jul 13, 2011
New Delhi: Making rail safety his top priority, Dinesh Trivedi, who took oath as the new Railway Minister on Tuesday, announced a job each to the next of family of the deceased in the Kalka Mail mishap and headed straight for the accident site under party chief Mamata Banerjee's "directive". "Circumstances are very unfortunate....there is an accident that everybody knows. So I am not going to Rail Bhawan nor my...
08:25 PM, Jul 12, 2011
New Delhi: Even as the political blame game continues on Sunday's Kalka Mail accident, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi visited the Kanpur Civil Hospital on Tuesday. He met the injured undergoing treatment at the hospital. The Prime Minister and the UPA government have come under fire for allegedly neglecting the Railways Ministry and its being said that Rahul's visit comes as a repair job by the Congress. The Opposition criticised...
08:29 AM, Jul 12, 2011
Allahabad: The Indian Air Force (IAF) has deployed eight aircraft along with 180 army personnel for rescue and relief operations at the site of the derailment of the Kalka Mail in Uttar Pradesh. According to IAF spokesperson, one IL-76 transport plane, two Avros, one Embraer, two MI-17s and two Chetak helicopters have been deployed along with heavy machinery and medical teams. "Seven lives were saved including, that of a woman,...
10:20 PM, Jul 11, 2011
In crisis it's the courage of those from villages near the Kalka Mail accident site that seems to stand out. ...
09:53 PM, Jul 11, 2011
Families have been destroyed as the survivors recount the moments when the disaster struck. ...
09:52 PM, Jul 11, 2011
New Delhi: A day after the worst train accident took place in Uttar Pradesh, as the Delhi bound Kalka Mail, killing 67 people and injuring over 200, the Opposition has severely criticised the government and the Prime Minister for neglecting the Railway Ministry. However, the question remains as to who is responsible for the tragic state of the Indian Railways. Minister of State for Railways Mukul Roy snubbed Prime Minister...
08:25 PM, Jul 11, 2011
Malwan, UP: The Howrah-Delhi-Kalka Mail accident at Malwan in Uttar Pradesh is perhaps one of the worst rail accidents in recent times that leaves behind more than 60 people dead and hundreds injured, with the death toll still rising. For those who lost their loved ones life will never be the same. In the midst of the madness and chaos, one can't help but notice a child crying helplessly. But...
04:14 PM, Jul 11, 2011
Two accidents within a span of few hours in which at least 66 people have been killed and over 300 injured once again expose the widely held belief that Indian Railways is not on the right track. Do frequent train accidents make you feel more unsafe while travelling?
02:51 PM, Jul 11, 2011
As death toll mounts in the Kalka Mail accident, angry families demand answers. ...
02:32 PM, Jul 11, 2011
New Delhi: Two accidents within a span of few hours in which at least 66 people have been killed and over 300 injured once again expose the widely held belief that Indian Railways is not on the right track. With no full-time railway minister since May 2011 and several key posts in the organisation vacant, tragedies like the Howrah-Kalka Mail derailment and Guwahati-Puri Express crash were just waiting to happen....
01:38 PM, Jul 11, 2011
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday asked Trinamool leader and Minister of State for Railways Mukul Roy to visit the accident site of the Guwahati-Puri Express in Assam. The Prime Minister has pulled up Roy a day after the minister said he was waiting for the Prime Minister's order, and asked him to visit the accident site in Assam. Giving his clarification, Mukul Roy said, "The Prime Minister...
10:40 AM, Jul 11, 2011
