Mother jumps from running train to save newbornOctober 7th, 2009 KOLKATA - A mother who gave birth on a train jumped off it as the newborn slipped through the toilet pipe and fell on the tracks in West Bengal, a railway official said Wednesday. Both the mother and baby are fine.
Three killed in blast near MaduraiOctober 6th, 2009 CHENNAI - Three people were killed and two injured Tuesday evening when an explosion rocked a railway station near Madurai in Tamil Nadu, police said. The exact nature of the explosion was not clear.
Two killed in blast near MaduraiOctober 6th, 2009 CHENNAI - At least two people were killed and four injured when an explosion rocked the Cholavanthan railway station near Madurai Tuesday evening, police said, adding that the nature of the blast was under investigation. The explosion occured just as the Myladuthurai-Tirunellvelli passenger train was entering the station at about 6 p.m., the Madurai police said.
Villagers torch two train bogiesSeptember 30th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Two coaches of the Mahananda Express were torched at Hathras in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday by a mob protesting against the closure of the town's 100-year-old railway station. Over 100 villagers stopped the train, which plies between New Delhi and Kolkata, at the station and set fire to the bogies, police said.
Maoists blast tracks, abduct five railway employees in OrissaSeptember 10th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Maoist guerrillas blew up railway tracks and triggered blasts at several places in Sundergarh district of Orissa and also abducted five railway employees, police said Thursday. Around 20 Maoists abducted five railway employees, including the station master, from the Topadiha station in the district early Thursday, said Diptesh Pattnaik, the superintendent of police of Rourkela.
74 yr old incest father held for raping daughters in ArgentinaAugust 20th, 2009 BUENOS AIRES - A 74-year-old man has been arrested on charges of raping his three daughters over a period of 17 years and also sexually abusing children he fathered with the elder daughter, the police said. The man was arrested after his 29-year-old daughter filed a criminal complaint with police in the city of Itati.
Ticketless passenger alleges she was stripped, railways deniesAugust 4th, 2009 KOLKATA - A ticketless passenger accused a woman ticket checker of stripping her, leading to a mob fury at the bustling Sealdah station here. But an official inquiry found she had disrobed herself to draw sympathy from fellow commuters, a railway official said Tuesday.
11 dead, 10 injured as wall collapses in NoidaJuly 28th, 2009 NOIDA - Eleven people died and 10 more were injured when a wall collapsed on their slums in Noida due to heavy rain, police said. The incident occurred at 11.00 p.m.
Moscow's Leningrad railway station to get its pre-Revolutionary name back _ 18 years lateJuly 9th, 2009 Moscow's Leningrad station getting old name backMOSCOW — Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin has lost another round in the fight over Russia's history. Eighteen years after the city of St.
BJD activists disrupt rail traffic in OrissaJuly 7th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Rail services were affected at various places in Orissa Tuesday following demonstrations at railway stations by the youth wing of the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) to protest the alleged neglect of the state by the central government in the railway budget. Although the demonstrations were peaceful, railway officials said the movement of trains was affected as protesters sat on the tracks in some places for nearly two hours.
Maoists blast rail track in OrissaJune 13th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Maoists blasted a railway track in Orissas Sundergarh district early Saturday, police said. The rebels triggered the blast near Chandiposh railway station, some 30 km from the steel city of Rourkela, R.K.
Man axes two daughters to death in Greater NoidaJune 12th, 2009 GREATER NOIDA - A man, angry over his dowry demands not being met, allegedly axed to death his two minor daughters but was arrested before he could kill his wife, police said Friday. The incident occurred Thursday in Mangroli locality of Greater Noida under the Jewar police station, police said.
Trains torched in BiharJune 1st, 2009 PATNA - Coaches of two passenger trains were set ablaze and the Khusrupur railway station in Bihar's Patna district was ransacked by a mob Monday to protest the East Central Railway's decision to not halt any express rain at the station. Police said hundreds of people set fire to three coaches of the Danapur-Jainagar Intercity Express and one bogie of Rajgir Danapur Express in Khusrupur, about 35 km from here.
Train coaches torched in Bihar (Lead)June 1st, 2009 PATNA - Coaches of two passenger trains were set ablaze, rail lines uprooted and the Khusrupur railway station in Bihar's Patna district was ransacked by a mob Monday to protest the East Central Railway's decision to not halt any express train at the station. The running of nearly a dozen trains on the Danapur-Howrah and Patna-Barauni routes was disrupted following the incident and hundreds of passengers stranded at different railway stations.
Maoists attack railway station in OrissaFebruary 28th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Maoist guerrillas Saturday attacked a railway station and blew up its building in Orissa's Sundergarh district, police said. Nearly 100 rebels attacked the Bhalulata railway station, asked three employees to vacate the building and blew it up with explosives, Inspector General of Police Pranabindu Acharya told IANS.
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