Jaunpur: The Doon Express on Thursday got derailed near Mahrawa station in Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh, killing at least three people died and injuring 15 other. Union Railways Minister Mukul Roy ordered an enquiry into the accident, saying sabotage cannot be ruled out. The Railway Minister, who is mostly absent from New Delhi, ordered the routine enquiry in Kolkata. A crowded Doon Express was en-route to Dehradun from Howrah when...
08:53 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: Union Railway Minister Mukul Roy has said that sabotage cannot be ruled out in the Doon Express accident near Mahrawa station in Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh. A total of five bogies of the 18-coach Doon Express derailed killing at least five people and injuring 12 others. The Railway Minister also ordered a high-level enquiry into the incident, terming the accident as unfortunate. "Relief and rescue operations are...
04:42 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: In a horrific incident in Delhi's Aman Vihar, two kids were killed in an accident involving a tractor on Friday morning. The children were being taken to school on a motorbike, when the tractor hit them from the back. Two of the kids are seriously injured while one remaining has been discharged from hospital. The driver of the tractor is still absconding. Meanwhile tension remains in the area...
11:04 AM, Apr 07, 2012
Mumbai: An alert Air Traffic Controller prevented a mishap at the Mumbai airport on Thursday evening by directing an incoming JetLite flight to stay airborne, as another Jet Group flight took a little longer than expected to clear the main runway. The incident also delayed the departure of another JetLite flight from the city, a Jet Airways spokesperson said. "At 6:07 pm, a JetLite flight from Nagpur was to land,...
11:46 AM, Mar 23, 2012
Burdwan: Seven persons were killed and 70 others were injured when a bus overturned near Ausgram in Burdwan district in the early hours on Saturday. The bus carrying members of a marriage party from Kolkol village in Burdwan district to Birpara in neighbouring Birbhum district overturned when the driver lost control over the speeding vehicle at around 3:30 am, police said. Among the dead were two children and many of...
09:29 AM, Mar 10, 2012
Howrah: Charging the CPI(M) with "lying" to the people of West Bengal throughout the 35 years of Left Front rule, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday that such a political party "should not exist". "Such a political party should not exist. Throughout the Left Front rule of 35 years, it had lied to the people. During its rule, it has looted farmers, the future of unemployed youth and even...
12:15 AM, Feb 20, 2012
Melbourne: More than 120 people are feared dead after a ship with over 350 on board sank off Papua New Guinea's north coast, even as ships and helicopters are continuing to search for missing people, officials said Friday. About 350 Papua New Guineans were on board the Rabaul Queen when it went down in the Solomon Sea about last morning, according to local media reports in Melbourne. The ship was...
12:20 PM, Feb 03, 2012
Chennai: A major air mishap was averted at Chennai airport on Saturday when a Delhi-bound private airliner which had been cleared for take-off stopped on the runway just as an Air India flight was about to land. Airport authorities have sought explanation from Jet Airways as to why the aircraft was stopped despite it being cleared for take-off. Airport sources said the Delhi-bound Jet Airways plane was taxiing on the...
02:30 PM, Sep 24, 2011
New Delhi: A major mishap was averted on Friday morning when a Turkish Airways flight veered off the taxiway after landing in Mumbai. The incident occurred at 4:13 am at Mumbai Airport's Rapid Exit Taxiway - N8. All 97 passengers on board Turkish Airways flight TK 720 are safe. The main runway of the Mumbai airport was closed and a probe has been ordered by the Directorate General of Civil...
07:34 AM, Sep 02, 2011
New Delhi: The train accident in Fatehpur district of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday when a speeding Delhi-bound Kalka Mail derailed killing at least 35 people and injuring over 100 was the worst rail mishap this year. Following is the chronology of major train accidents in the country since 2000: Dec 3, 2000: Forty-six people were killed and over 130 injured as the Howrah-Amritsar Mail rammed into a derailed goods train...
06:19 PM, Jul 10, 2011
Cairo: Up to 43 people drowned on Friday when a ferry capsized in the Nile river in the southern Egyptian province of Bani Suief, state media reported. The ferry was carrying a minibus packed with 32 passengers, mostly mourners heading to a funeral across the river. The bus slid off and sank in the river. The state-run MENA news agency said 43 people died when the ferry overturned in Bani...
09:28 PM, Apr 29, 2011
Phoenix: Flight attendants had just begun to take drink orders when the explosion rocked the cabin. Aboard Southwest Flight 812, Shawna Malvini Redden covered her ears, then felt a brisk wind rush by. Oxygen masks fell, the cabin lost pressure, and Redden, now suddenly lightheaded, fumbled to maneuver the mask in place. Then she prayed. And, instinctively, reached out to the stranger seated next to her in Row 8 as...
08:17 AM, Apr 03, 2011
The hole is just about the size of the rescue capsule and worst, it is not even straight. ...
10:59 PM, Oct 13, 2010
Mumbai: A Kingfisher Airlines Mumbai-New Delhi flight made an emergency landing after a suspected bird-hit here Friday morning, an official said. The flight IT-331 had taken off and was into flight for nearly 15 minutes when the incident occurred and the aircraft returned as "a precautionary measure", the official said. There were 120 passengers plus crew members aboard. No casualties were reported. They were later accommodated in an alternate aircraft...
10:25 AM, Oct 08, 2010
Jairam Ramesh visited Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal where seven elephants were killed by a speeding goods train recently. ...
12:03 PM, Oct 02, 2010
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