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Editorials on Bengal train mishap: ‘Focus on eye-catching aspects? Not doing the basics right’

While authorities probe the Kanchanjunga Express-cargo train accident near West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri, the toll has raised serious questions over accountability, safety and policy priorities.

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Survivors Recall Horror Of Deadly Double Indian Train Crash

Survivors of an Indian double train crash that killed nine people described on Tuesday their terror when a driver missed a signal and rammed a goods train into a passenger express.

International Business Times

BJP engaged in beautification of words; neglecting passengers' amenities: Mamata Banerjee after train mishap

After a goods train collided with an express train in West Bengal's Darjeeling district on Monday morning, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee slammed the central government for neglecting passengers' amenities and focusing only on beautification of words. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Trains collide in eastern India, killing at least 8 with rescue work ongoing

Eight people died and several were injured when a cargo train rammed into a passenger train in India’s eastern state of West Bengal

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Seven Killed As Indian Passenger And Goods Trains Collide

At least seven people were killed when an express passenger train and a goods train collided Monday in India's West Bengal state, derailing three passenger carriages, police said.

International Business Times

Cargo Train Collides With Passenger Train In West Bengal

Tragic train collision in West Bengal leaves five dead and several injured, highlighting safety concerns in India's railway network.

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Goods train collides with Kanchenjunga Ex in Darjeeling; Five killed, several injured

At least five passengers were killed and over 20 people sustained injuries after a goods train rammed into Kanchenjunga Express train in West Bengal's Darjeeling district on Monday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Kanchanjunga Express collides with goods train in West Bengal; 5 dead, many injured: Officials

A collision between the Kanchanjungha Express and a goods train around 9 am today, near West Bengal’s New Jalpaiguri, has reportedly left five people dead and several severely injured, as per government officials.

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400-paar, strategic mistakes, social justice plank: Why BJP tally dipped in reserved seats

The focus on social justice and reservation during the last two months of Lok Sabha poll campaign ostensibly led to the BJP’s tally of reserved seats being reduced to 55 from its previous 77 – a total of 131 constituencies are reserved for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes across…

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If TMC didn’t go solo in Bengal, BJP’s tally would’ve shrunk to 9

The BJP has won 12 of West Bengal’s 42 Lok Sabha seats, but the party’s tally could have shrunk to nine had the Trinamool Congress contested in an alliance with other opposition parties, shows an analysis of EC data.

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‘Silence of Dalits’, ‘unreliable’ answers: Why pollsters thought they got it wrong

Some exit polls hit the bull’s eye. Others get the results partly right. But today was neither of them.

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Repolling underway in two booths in West Bengal

Repolling was underway on Monday at one booth each in the Barasat and Mathurapur Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal, officials said. Read further on Dynamite News: Underway

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Exit polls: Modi to return with historic mandate, 3 say BJP largest party in Bengal

If exit polls are to be believed, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set for a historic third term with a landslide mandate. The National Democratic Alliance, led by the BJP, is expected to make inroads into the south, and win big in Odisha, and West Bengal in the 2024 Lok…

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LS Polls: Mob loots EVM, throws VVPAT machine in pond in West Bengal's South 24 Paraganas

Amid the seventh and the last phase of the Lok Sabha election which began at 7 am on Saturday, Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) were looted by local mob and two VVPAT machines have been thrown inside a pond in South 24 Parganas. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Tracking campaign data on Modi and Rahul: The message in battlegrounds, and hints on low priorities

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has addressed more than twice the number of public meetings than that of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi since the beginning of the NDA and INDIA poll campaigns, shows a Newslaundry analysis.

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‘They stole our jobs and life’: Anger and desperation in India’s coal belt

People living in the coal belt in West Bengal say their demands are unheard as India elects its government.

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Cyclone Remal slams into India, Bangladesh: What we know

Nine people have been killed, as the cyclone, which made landfall on Sunday, now weakens and heads inland.

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Cyclone Remal weakens gradually; flight operations resume in Kolkata

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed that severe cyclonic storm Remal has weakened into a cyclonic storm in the early hours of Monday, and is expected to gradually weaken further. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Cyclone floods coastal villages and cuts power in Bangladesh, where 800,000 had evacuated

A cyclone has flooded villages and left hundreds of thousands of people without power after making landfall overnight along the coasts of Bangladesh and India’s West Bengal state

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Cyclonic storm 'Remal' to reach Bengal coast by Sunday midnight

The IMD has forecast that the cyclone will cause rainfall and strong winds in West Bengal, Tripura, some other parts of northeastern states, and coastal Bangladesh. Read further on Dynamite News:

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West Bengal: Gold worth Rs12Cr seized on India-Bangladesh Border

The total weight of the seized gold is 16.067Kgs and the estimated market value is Rs12Cr. Read further on Dynamite News:

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India prepares for a severe cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal in coastal areas near Bangladesh

India’s Kolkata airport will suspend flight operations from midnight Sunday for 21 hours after a storm over the north Bay of Bengal intensified into a severe cyclonic storm

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Cyclone 'Remal' to hit Bengal coast tonight, warning issued in Northeast region

India Meteorological Department has announced that Cyclone Remal will intensify into a severe cyclonic storm in the next six hours and will cross between Bangladesh and adjoining West Bengal on Sunday midnight. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Bangladesh MP's body minced into pieces, West Bengal CID arrests butcher

In a shocking revelation, the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) said that they have arrested one of the suspects in the Bangladesh MP killing case, Read further on Dynamite News:

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New firm, zero assets: How Mamata aide acquired Times Group’s Bengal paper

The Times Group had launched Ei Samay – its flagship Bengal daily with an average current circulation of around 1.7 lakh copies – in 2012. But last week, it was taken over by a company that was barely a month old. And the face of the acquisition was West Bengal…

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