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An express train was thrown off tracks and rammed by an oncoming goods train in Maoist-active West Midnapore at 1.25am on Friday, triggering Bengal’s worst train tragedy blamed on an act of subversion. ...  | Read.. 
 
Bomb scare on railway tracks, train services affected
Updated May 29, 2010 16.40 hrs (IST)
Five small crude bombs along with some crackers were today found lying along the tracks near Jharsuguda in Orissa today, triggering a bomb scare and ...  | Read.. 
 
Appeals judge lifts ban on Malik, says he's a changed man
Updated May 29, 2010 14.00 hrs (IST)
A Pakistan Cricket Board-appointed appeals judge today lifted the one-year ban on former captain Shoaib Malik, saying the all-rounder, accused of being a ”negative i ...  | Read.. 
 
Curbs on trains in Kharagpur belt
The Jnaneswari Express tragedy has prompted the railways to suspend the movement of passenger trains in the Kharagpur-Rourkela and Kharagpur-Adra sections of South Easter ...  | Read.. 
 
Target SP, blast kills commando
Maoists triggered a landmine blast today to target Palamau superintendent of police, killing one of his commandos and injuring two others who were leading the way to a ma ...  | Read.. 
 
The derailed Jnaneswari Express at Rajabandh in West Midnapore. Picture by Amit Datta
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God saved me twice in two minutes
Anthony Gomez
who climbed out of a bogie that was hit later by a goods train
‘I saw men walking towards the track with sledgehammers’
Ratan Mahato could not sleep because of the oppressive heat. ...  | Read..
Sabotaged and squashed
Suspected Maoist sabotage today derailed a Mumbai-bound train from Howrah, causing five coaches ...  | Read..
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