2 people were killed and over 15 people were injured when 18 coaches of the Howrah-CSMT Express derailed near Chakradharpur in Jharkhand on 30th July. The incident occurred around 3:45 am between Rajkharsawan West Outer and Barabamboo. Emergency response teams, including Accident Relief Medical Equipment (ARME) and Additional Divisional Railway Managers, quickly arrived on-site to assist. The injured people in the Howrah-Mumbai train tragedy received first aid from railway medical staff before being transferred to Chakradharpur for further treatment. Swapnil Dhanraj Nila, the CRPO central Railway, informed that all the injured people have been taken to the nearby hospital. Train Manager Md. Rehan narrated the entire incident. The train derailment lead to the cancellation of five trains and the short termination of four others. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee criticized the central government for its handling of train safety, questioning if there would ever be an end to these accidents. The cause of the derailment is still under investigation.
30 July,2024 11:42 AM IST
A train carrying the injured victims of the Odisha train tragedy reached Howrah Railway Station in West Bengal on June 03. The survivors recalled the chilling moments before and after the Coromandel Express jumped rails and resulted in one of the greatest Indian tragedies.
03 June,2023 04:50 PM IST | Mumbai
On Thursday, Odisha got its first Vande Bharat Express as Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the train virtually. The train, with 16 coaches, will cover a distance of 500 km between Howrah and Puri and will take around six and a half hours to complete its journey. PM Modi also laid the foundation stone and inaugurated several railway projects valued at more than Rs 8,000 crores in Odisha today.
18 May,2023 05:42 PM IST | Mumbai
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off Vande Bharat Express between Secunderabad and Tirupati on April 08. It will reduce the travel time between the two cities by almost three and a half hours. He also inspected Secunderabad-Tirupati Vande Bharat Express and interacted with school children.
09 April,2023 03:07 PM IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on April 02 took a dig at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over Ram Navami’s clashes on March 31.
02 April,2023 10:49 PM IST | Mumbai
Ram Navami Clash
Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani on Friday launched an attack at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the violence during a Ram Navami procession in Howrah and accused her of giving clean chit to those who pelted stones during the procession. "Stone pelting happened during Ram Navami's procession in Howrah. Instead of delivering justice Mamata Bandopadhyay (Banerjee) gave a clean chit to stone pelters who took the law into their hands and attacked the Shobha Yatra of Ram Navami," Irani alleged.
01 April,2023 02:04 PM IST | Mumbai
Ram Navami Clash In Howrah; BJP, TMC Blame Each Other
Several vehicles were set on fire, stones were thrown and shops ransacked as clashes between two groups broke out in West Bengal's Howrah amid Ram Navami celebrations on Thursday. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is on a two-day sit-in protest in Kolkata against Centre's policies, called "rioters the enemy of the country" and said those behind the violence "will not be spared". While BJP leader Amit Malivya, denied her allegations and blamed the Trinamool government for the violence.
31 March,2023 04:48 PM IST | Mumbai
Window panes of two coaches of the newly inaugurated Howrah-New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express were on Tuesday damaged allegedly owing to stone pelting from outside in North Bengal, a railway official said here. The incident occurred a day after the down Vande Bharat express train from New Jalpaiguri faced a similar incident on Monday when the glass pane on a coach's door suffered cracks owing to stone pelting. An official said that one window pane each in two coaches of Vande Bharat express was damaged before the train reached New Jalpaiguri station on Tuesday afternoon. An FIR has been lodged over the incidents, an awareness campaign has also been started to prevent the recurrence of such incidents, the official said.
04 January,2023 06:07 PM IST | MumbaiRescuers today pulled out the body of the youth who fell into a well in West Bengal's Howrah district, more than 10 and half hours after he fell into the well. Video courtesy: NDTV
25 June,2012 08:49 AM IST
A young woman jumped off from second floor of a building in an attempt to escape rape in West Bengal's Howrah district. Victim's boyfriend, along with two of his friends, attempted to rape her after spiking her drink.
07 March,2016 12:22 PM ISTADVERTISEMENT
