Indian Army jawans joined in the rescue and relief operation at the accident site at Sainthia in Birbhum on Monday morning. The team of Army personnel included seven officers and over 160 jawans, sent by the Headquarter Bengal Area of the Eastern Command of the defence ministry.

The Sainthia train tragedy in which nearly 66 people were killed and over 100 others were injured has cast a shadow on Mamata Banerjee’s rally on July 21. Sources said that some Trinamul Congress leaders suggested that the rally should be cancelled due to the accident. However, Ms Banerjee rejected the suggestion. She

The train accident in Sainthia rocked the state Assembly on Monday as the MLAs of the ruling Left Front and the Congress and Trinamul Congress traded charges.
Their verbal duel led to pandemonium in the House. Speaker Hasim Abdul Halim had to intervene to calm the warring members. Later, the Opposition walked out of the House protesting against the ruling of the Speaker.

“Human error” had led to the collision between the Uttar Banga Express and Vananchal Express at the Sainthia railway station in Birbhum early on Monday. The railway authorities have come to this conclusion after a day-long investigation at the accident site.

Railway minister Mamata Banerjee has again hinted at sabotage behind the collision between the Uttar Banga Express and Vananchal Express at the Sainthia station in Birbhum district in the wee hours of Monday.

Railway minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday came in for strong critcism from CPI(M) for the Uttar Banga Express-Vananchal Express collision at Sainthia station in Birbhum district. Senior CPI(M) leader Shyamal Chakraborty went so far as to brand her as the “most incompetent” railway minister in the history of the

Will a “disappointed” West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee attend the CPI(M) central committee meeting slated to be held from July 21 to 23 in New Delhi?

A Trinamul Congress leader, Nishkanta Mandol, was killed by the Maoists in 2009 after he failed to return arms and show accounts for spending Rs 13 lakhs that the Maoists had given him to spend for the Nandigram movement. This has recently been revealed during an investigation by the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department, (CID).

Koteswar Rao alias Kishenji, the CPI(Maoist) politburo member who had gone underground after he was reportedly injured in an encounter near Hathilot in March 2010 in West Midnapore district, has expressed his desire to become the all-India spokesperson of the CPI(Maoist) party after the death of Azad. The Central

Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had to face an embarrassing situation in the Assembly when his own party MLA asked him if he was satisfied with the role of the police. Mr Bhattacharjee who is also the state home minister was giving a statement on the violence in the state during the Question Hour in the House. He told the