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Thursday, June 19, 2025
TopicTrain accident

Topic: train accident

Mumbra train tragedy: Call for automated doors, more trains after at least 4 dead due to overcrowding

2 trains on parallel tracks came too close & their passengers on footboards collided & fell, says Central Railway. Dozen suffered injuries & are recuperating in hospitals.

Four killed, six injured after falling off overcrowded local train in Thane

Four killed, six injured after falling off overcrowded local train in Thane

Restoration work underway after 3 coaches of Secunderabad-Shalimar SF Express derailed near Howrah

Three coaches, including a parcel van, of the 22850 Secunderabad-Shalimar SF Express derailed near Nalpur Station at 5:31 am today. No serious injuries or casualties were reported.

Passenger train collides with goods train at Tamil Nadu’s Kavarappettai railway station

As per initial reports, one coach of the Mysore-Darbhanga train caught fire and another 6 have been derailed.

2 killed, multiple injured after several coaches of Howrah-CSMT Express train derail near Jharkhand

The accident took place around 3.45 am, after which Accident Relief Medical Equipment (ARME) reached on-site to manage the situation. Rescue operations are currently underway.

At least 4 dead, 23 injured after 8 coaches of Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express derail near Gonda in UP

North Eastern Railway says relief vehicles have arrived & 4 SDRF teams are making their way to site of accident. CMO statement says all hospitals & health centres nearby on high alert.

Probe points to lapses by goods train crew, operating dept in Bengal train accident that killed 10

The horrific accident occurred when a goods train rammed into the stationary Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express in Darjeeling district on Monday.

Textbook use of ‘convenient truths’ & ‘biological’ woes of EVM

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Goods train rams into Sealdah-bound Kanchenjunga Express in Bengal, 5 dead

According to initial reports, two coaches of the express train was derailed after being hit from behind.

At least 2 killed as train runs over commuters in Jharkhand’s Jamtara district

A three-member committee has been formed to investigate the issue of MEMU train running over two persons who were walking on the track in the region.

On Camera

Why betting on a reformed Iran could be a mistake for India

Yusuf T Unjhawala’s argument that a secular and reform-oriented regime in Iran could be less prone to aligning with India’s adversaries raises some pertinent questions.

More salaried than self-employed Indians earning less than Rs 25k a month face borrower stress—study

Think360.ai, a firm that helps banks & financial institutions make credit decisions, based its analysis on 20k borrowers. 

What are US ‘bunker buster’ bombs & stealth bombers than can strike Iran’s nuclear mountain

Both GBU-57 munition & B-2 stealth fighter is with America. Moreover, Israel does not have any aircraft in its inventory to carry out such a challening mission.

India-Pakistan terms of engagement: H-word, M-word & the Trump hyphenation

Return to hyphenation is dreaded because our successive govts have laboured for three decades to rid us of what we see as the equivalence big powers used to draw between us and Pakistan. Three things follow.