Northern Railways today made history as the first train chugged through India's longest railway tunnel through the Pir Panjal mountain range, connecting Kashmir Valley to Banihal town on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway. The train on a trial run, arrived at Banihal station from Qazigund in Anantnag district of Kashmir, was witnessed by hundreds of local residents of this highway town. ...
04:23 PM, Dec 28, 2012
New Delhi: The parents-in-law of a widow, expelled out of her matrimonial house after her husband's death in 2010, has been asked by a Delhi court to pay Rs 10,000 as monthly maintenance to her and her minor son. Metropolitan Magistrate Rachna Tiwari Lakhanpal gave the order holding that a man's widow is entitled to claim maintenance from her father and mother-in-laws. Accordingly, the court asked the woman's father-in-law, an...
09:09 AM, Apr 15, 2012
New Delhi: A special train that was dispatched to carry the injured passengers from the Howrah-Delhi Kalka Mail derailment site in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, reached New Delhi on Monday morning, ending the horrific ordeal. Doctors with medical supplies received over 165 passengers on the platform. The Centre has announced compensation packages for families of all the casualties and the injured. Minister of State for Railways KH Muniyappa said, "It's...
07:37 AM, Jul 11, 2011
New Delhi: Joining the rescue operations, Army on Sunday dispatched two columns, one each from Kanpur and Allahabad, with relief assistance troops, medical teams and equipment to the Kalka Mail accident site near Malwa station in Uttar Pradesh. At least 35 people were killed and over 200 injured when 15 bogies of a speeding Delhi-bound Kalka Mail derailed near the station in UP on Sunday in the worst train accident...
07:42 PM, Jul 10, 2011
New Delhi: Attacking the Centre in the wake of the derailment of Kalka Mail, BJP on Sunday accused the government of being indifferent to the safety of people and said the Railway Ministry is "surviving on God's mercy". Claiming that the accident took place as Kalka mail collided with a goods train, BJP spokesperson Syed Shahnawaz Hussain said the mishap would not have occurred, had anti-collision device been installed in...
07:13 PM, Jul 10, 2011
Kolkata: Minister of State for Railways Mukul Roy on Sunday asked the Railway Board to give compensation of Rs 5 lakh and Rs 1 lakh to families of those killed and injured in the Howrah-Kalka Express derailment in Uttar Pradesh. "I urged the Railway Board to give compensation of Rs 5 lakh and Rs 1 lakh respectively to families of persons who were killed and injured in the derailment," Roy...
07:08 PM, Jul 10, 2011
Kolkata: The relatives of passengers aboard the Kalka Mail which derailed in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday said they could not obtain information about their loved ones from the helpline set up at the Howrah railway station. "I spoke to my father at 2 pm and he said he was fine. But his voice was getting husky and he could not speak properly. I am very tense, I and my brother-in-law...
06:58 PM, Jul 10, 2011
New Delhi: Railways will run two special trains for carrying relatives and friends of Howrah-Kalka Mail accident victims to the site of the mishap near Malwa station in Uttar Pradesh. A special train will run from Howrah to Fatepur and another will start from Delhi to Kanpur for carrying relatives and friends of accident victims to the site," said Chandralekha Mukherjee, Railways Executive Director (Information & Publicity) on Sunday. The...
06:46 PM, Jul 10, 2011
Arrangements have been made for a special train to carry the relatives of the passengers to the accident site. ...
06:12 PM, Jul 10, 2011
Kolkata: The Eastern Railways will run a special train from Howrah to take relatives of passengers of Delhi-bound Kalka Mail which derailed near Malwa in Uttar Pradesh killing at least 35 people and injuring over 100 in the worst train accident this year. "Arrangements have been made for a special train to carry the relatives of the passengers to the accident site. The train will leave Howrah station at 8...
05:35 PM, Jul 10, 2011
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday expressed sorrow at the loss of lives in a rail accident in Uttar Pradesh and directed the Railway Ministry to deploy all available resources in the area for rescue and relief operations. Singh also spoke to the Minister of State for Railways about the incident. "The Prime Minister has expressed deep sorrow and shock at the loss of lives caused by the...
04:12 PM, Jul 10, 2011
New Delhi: Thirty five have been confirmed dead and over 140 injured as the Howrah-Delhi-Kalka Express derailed near Fatehpur Malwa in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. The incident took place around 12:30 pm. Reports say that 13 bogies have been derailed and more than 100 passengers have been injured. Approximately 1200 people were travelling on board Kalka Mail. The train was travelling from Howrah to New Delhi and was moving at...
01:43 PM, Jul 10, 2011
N Railways is starting re-modelling work at the New Delhi Railway Station. ...
12:11 PM, Sep 06, 2008
Basseterre: Nathan McCullum hit 50 and took two wickets plus a crucial catch to lead New Zealand to a 88-run victory over West Indies in the third one-day international on Wednesday to cut the hosts' lead to 2-1 in the five-match series. McCullum hit four boundaries and a six from 70 as New Zealand reached 249-9 off 50 overs at Warner Park. He then took 40 for 2 from six...
08:33 AM, Jun 08, 2008
