Mamata to reach Mathura accident site Wednesday night

October 21st, 2009 KOLKATA - The railways are probing if the emergency chain was pulled to halt the Mewar Express Wednesday, leading the speeding Goa Express to crash into it in Mathura city, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said here. "There is prima facie evidence of an incident of chain pulling.

October 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Uttar Pradesh government will give compensation of Rs.10 lakh and a job to the families of those killed in the train accident in Mathura early Wednesday, the state's Agriculture Minister Laxminarain Choudhry said. At least 13 people were killed when two Delhi-bound passenger trains collided early Wednesday in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura city.

October 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Relief was writ large on the faces of survivors of two Delhi bound passenger trains that collided early Wednesday in Mathura city in Uttar Pradesh, killing 23 people. But many complained of delayed reaction by the authorities.

October 21st, 2009 MATHURA/NEW DELHI - Tragedy struck early Wednesday when a speeding New Delhi-bound passenger train rammed into a stationary train in Mathura city, killing 23 people and injuring 20. Many survivors complained of late reaction by the authorities.

October 21st, 2009 AGRA/NEW DELHI - At least 23 people were killed when two Delhi-bound passenger trains collided early Wednesday in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura city. Hours after the Goa Express rammed into the stationary Mewar Express, several people continued to be trapped in the mangled carriages.

October 21st, 2009 AGRA/NEW DELHI - At least 13 people were killed when two Delhi-bound passenger trains collided early Wednesday in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura city. Hours after the Goa Express rammed into the stationary Mewar Express, several people continued to be trapped in the mangled carriages.

October 20th, 2009 AGRA - At least 10 people were reportedly killed, over a dozen injured and several others believed to be trapped in a mangled carriage after two trains collided Wednesday morning in Mathura city in Uttar Pradesh, officials said. The accident occurred when the Goa Express rammed into the stationary Mewar Express from behind at an outer signal, some 55 km from Agra.

October 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday ordered an inquiry into the train collision in Mathura that killed at least 10 people and announced a compensation of Rs.500,000 for the families of the deceased. "I have ordered to set up a high level committee to inquire about the incident.

October 20th, 2009 AGRA - At least 10 people were reportedly killed and over a dozen injured when two passenger trains collided early Wednesday morning in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura city, officials said. The accident occurred at about 5:00 a.m.

September 10th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Six students of a private engineering college have been detained for allegedly ragging a student in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, police said Thursday. Police detained the six students, who are in their second year at Ganeshi Lal Narayandas Institute of Technology, Wednesday night for ragging Vikas Parashar, a first year student.

September 8th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Police in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura town Tuesday said they had solved the murder of a teenaged girl whose body was found stuffed in a bag in a coach of a Mumbai bound train, and arrested her uncle from New Delhi. The girl, identified as Manjot Singh, was murdered by her uncle Gurbagh Singh, a resident of Delhi, they said.

August 19th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - At least nine people were missing after an oil tanker caught fire following a collision with a ship off Malaysia's Malacca Straits, sources said Wednesday. About 16 people were rescued following The accident that took place Tuesday night when the oil tanker collided with another ship near Port Dickson in the Malacca Straits, said the sources, who wished not to be named.

July 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian Railways has over 1.7 lakh vacancies for various grades, which will be filled in after reviving the existing recruitment process, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee informed the Rajya Sabha today. Replying to a question, Banerjee said the review of the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) would also examine regional aspirations and problems raised during the railway recruitment process in Maharashtra, Assam, and Karnataka.

June 21st, 2009 AGRA - Six employees of a shoe factory here were killed and at least 12 others injured early Sunday when the stationary bus they were in was hit by a speeding car transport carrier, police said. The employees were returning home from the factory after their night shift when the accident occurred, police added.

March 12th, 2009 MATHURA/ NEW DELHI - Priests at Prahlad Kund in Phalen village in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura District celebrated Holi on Wednesday by walking through a fireball. "We have been seeing this fair from a long time.