
Two survivors who escaped the deadly Hampi Express collision on Tuesday recall the horror. ...

02:37 PM, May 22, 2012

Penukonda: The death toll in the train accident in Andhra Pradesh has risen to 24, with over 35 people injured, sources say. The Hampi Express collided with a stationary goods train at Penukonda in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh early on Tuesday morning. The accident happened at around 3:15 am on Tuesday. Earlier, Railway Minister Mukul Roy had said, "It is a sad incident. I have ordered for a...

12:13 PM, May 22, 2012

Penukonda: Eighteen people have been charred to death and over 35 have been injured after the Hampi Express collided with a stationary goods train at Penukonda in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh early on Tuesday morning. The accident happened at around 3:15 am on Tuesday. The Hampi Express was on its way to Bangalore and reportedly overshot the signal. All those trapped inside the first three mangled bogies including...

10:20 AM, May 22, 2012

Hyderabad: The Hampi Express collided with a goods train near Penukonda in Andhra Pradesh early on Tuesday morning on its way from Hubli to Bangalore. The death toll has risen to 16 and over 25 were injured in the collision, according to a railway spokesperson. The accident happened at around 3:45 am on Tuesday. Railway Minister Mukul Roy is reportedly on his way to the accident site. The Railway Ministry...

07:33 AM, May 22, 2012

New Delhi: Hampi Express from Bangalore to Hospet in the wee hours on Tuesday met with an accident with a goods train near Penneconda in Andhra Pradesh. Five people are confirmed dead, 25 passengers have been reported injured and five are critical. Three bogies of the Hampi Express have been derailed. The accident caused the first two compartments of the train to catch fire. Rescue efforts are still underway in...

05:44 AM, May 22, 2012

Patna: Six persons were injured when a passenger train hit six vehicles at an unmanned level crossing at Daniawa Bazar railway halt in Patna district on Monday, railway sources said. A jeep, a private vehicle, a bus, a truck and a tempo were crossing the track when the Fatuah-Islampur passenger train rammed into them, sources said. Six persons who were injured in the accident were admitted to a nearby hospital,...

01:58 PM, Mar 19, 2012

New Delhi: Three students were killed and two others were seriously injured when their speeding car rammed into a stationary bus. The accident took place in south Delhi on Tuesday morning when the driver of the car lost control of the vehicle while overtaking a van. The deceased have been identified as Mayank, Akash and Vikas, all of them students, police said. Their two friends Vikas Berewa and Vipul Garg,...

09:45 AM, Mar 14, 2012

Warsaw: Polish prosecutors have opened an investigation into how a train ended up on the wrong tracks after two engines collided head on late on Saturday, killing 15 people and leaving 54 in hospitals. Prime Minister Donald Tusk called the accident the most tragic train catastrophe in Poland in recent years after visiting the site in the early hours of Sunday. He said it was too soon to say what...

02:17 PM, Mar 04, 2012

Kochi: Naval divers on Sunday recovered the body of one of the three fishermen who went missing after their boat was hit by a merchant vessel of Alappuzha coast. Two fishermen had been killed in the incident. The body, which was found inside the sunken boat, has been handed over to local fishermen, naval sources said in Kochi. Search is going on to locate two other bodies. Deep sea clearance...

12:01 PM, Mar 04, 2012

The Cabinet approves tougher punishment for traffic offences that includes a jail term of two years for rash and drunk driving. ...

10:51 PM, Mar 01, 2012

Thiruvananthapuram: The Indian Coast Guard and Indian Navy have launched a search operation to trace the ship which collided with a shipping boat at the high seas off the Kochi-Alleppey coast killing at least two fishermen. Four ships and a Dornier aircraft have been deployed to trace the ship involved. "INS Sarvekshak from Southern Naval Command and ICGS Savitribai Phule who were at sea were diverted to the area while...

04:52 PM, Mar 01, 2012

New Delhi: Two people have died in a car accident in the national capital after two cars collided early on Monday morning in front of Siri Fort in South Delhi. A Honda City was hit from behind by a Swift Dzire. Among those dead were the driver of one of the cars and a seven-month pregnant woman travelling in one of the cars. ...

11:10 AM, Feb 27, 2012

New Delhi: One bogie of the Brahmaputra Mail got derailed on Wednesday leaving five dead and six injured. Accident took place at 5.50 AM at Karanpura in Eastern Railways division. The accident happened when a stationary goods train with fault in the engine suddenly rolled back and hit the sleeper coach at Karanpura station. Sahibganj SP Vijay Laxmi said, "Rescue operations are on. All the injured have been shifted to...

07:38 AM, Jan 11, 2012

In a freak accident in the US, three freight trains crashed in Northwest Indiana on Friday. One of them was ferrying highly flammable material. The accident occured when one of the trains rear-ended another that had stopped on the tracks for unknown reasons. The crash triggered an explosion. Firefighters struggled to control the blaze. No casualties were reported. ...

10:39 AM, Jan 07, 2012

Ambala: Ten children on their way to school were killed and 23 others were injured when the bus carrying them collided head-on with a truck amid heavy fog on Saha-Shahabad road near here this morning. Police said visibility was poor due to a thick blanket of fog in the area and the two vehicles collided head-on. The victims were in the age group of 5 to 8 years and were...

12:55 PM, Jan 02, 2012