people were injured and train movement was hit when the engine and three coaches of Kolkata-Haldibari Intercity Express got derailed in West Bengal's Birbhum Tuesday, the Eastern Railway said.One of the injured was released after administering first-aid, while the other wounded was being brought to the B R Singh Hospital for further treatment, an ER release said.Following the derailment in between...

Source : Webindia123 | 36 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Haldibari

Ten injured in train derailment

SURI: It was a close shave for the passengers on board the Kolkata-Haldibari Express that derailed at Mahula village on Tuesday. While two passengers were seriously injured, eight suffered minor bruises after three compartments and the engine of the train got derailed.R N Mahapatra, the CPRO, Eastern railway said, "Three compartments (D-1, D-2, D-3) and the engine were derailed. The cause is yet to...

Source : Times Of India | 36 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Haldibari

Four people of marriage party die in accident

members of a marriage party, including two children, were killed and fourteen injured when they were returning home with bride and groom to Haldibari from Berubari in Jalpaiguri district today.Among the injured six were critical and admitted to the different hospital, police said today. All the victims were returning to Haldibari from Berubari in a vehicle, that rammed against a mango tree on the roadside...

Source : Webindia123 | 103 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Haldibari

Another rhino found killed near Kaziranga

Police and forest officials Sunday recovered another carcass of a rhino from near the Kaziranga National Park in Assam. Its horn had already been removed by poachers.The carcass of the rhino was recovered from Haldibari area under Dolamara forest range of the park in Karbi Anglong district, Forest officials said. The rhino was killed earlier this month.According to police, the recovery followed the...

Source : Newkerala | 241 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Haldibari

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Haldibari cannot kill the hot chilli problem for Mamata Banerjee, according to farmers and traders of a region that grows the vegetable for the rest of Bengal.The Darjeeling district authorities have revealed that they have not been notified what the candidate expenditure ceiling sh |CPM in Darjeeling district sent a letter to three regional parties yesterday, requesting them to participate |A 70-year-old...

Source : Telegraphindia | 351 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Haldibari

Metro disrupted twice in a day

17°C.Metro services were disrupted twice during the evening peak hour on Wednesday, first by a suicide attempt and then by a fire scare.At 5.45pm, a man in his early sixties — later identified as a resident of Haldibari in Cooch Behar — jumped in the path of a train at Rabindra Sadan station. But because he landed between the two tracks, the train passed over him without causing him any serious in...

Source : Telegraphindia | 532 Day(s) AgoCategory : City | City : Haldibari