The travelling ticket examiner and the coach attendant have been detained in connection with the incident, he said and added the police were looking for two other suspects.
Following are some of the terror-related incidents that have taken place in Punjab between 2001 and 2016.
Applications are invited for the Professional Education-I, Professional Education-II and Final Examinations to be held on November 1.
Ganguly, who is expected to join the West Bengal team midway, has not yet reached the coal township.
Superintendent of Police M S Bhatia said around hundred ultras surrounded the station and asked railway employees and passengers to vacate the place. They then exploded dynamites.
Mamata announced that over Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion) would be invested in developing the Aerotropolis project which, she felt, would ultimately change the industrial scenario in the region comprising Burdwan, Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia distracts.
Six long distance trains bound for Howrah and Sealdah were delayed due to the bandh called by the Maoist Communist Centre and People's War in Bihar and Jharkhand.
The railway minister said this a day after the derailment of the Howrah-Guwahati Kamrup Express.
Manoj Singh struck a match winning 44 in a low scoring match of the East Zone Ranji Trophy one-day tournament.
There was a collision between the 302 down Varanasi-Asansol passenger train and a light engine near Jaddugram in Gaya-Koderma section under Dhanbad.
The hosts registered a thumping 105-run win over the West Indies in the first one-day international of the five-match series.
'We are going to have a recession this year, maybe next year too...'
The polling for the sixth phase on May 12 covers 6 states and one Union Territory.
The 1986 batch Odisha cadre IPS officer has been described as a competent officer and is known for his acumen in handling disasters.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi once again led the BJP's campaign holding several rallies and stepping up his attack on Opposition parties, particularly the Congress.
'Deeply flawed, Sacred Games and Mirzapur come nowhere close to representing the diversity of stories from this country,' says Vikram Johri.
"There were some women cadre also in the Maoist contingent that attacked the train on Thursday," Additional Director General of Police (ADG), Law and Order S K Bhardwaj told PTI.
The elections in this phase are seen as a big test for the Bharatiya Janata Party
Meeruthiya Gangsters is a decent attempt from a debutant director, says Nishi Tiwari.
'Isn't it obvious that the BJP government in Jharkand and its police force care two hoots about the Supreme Court's orders?', asks Jyoti Punwani.
Police and railway officials said RPF jawan Sukhnath D Singh and a passenger were killed in the attack while Kumar Amit, a Patna-based Bihar police sub-inspector, was found dead in an AC coach when the Dhanbad-Patna Inter-City Express reached Keul at Lakhisarai, ECR Chief Public Relation Officer (CPRO) Amitabh Prabhakar and Lakhisarai DSP Vijay Prasad said.
The company has also advised power firms to use trucks to carry coal from remote mines, like the Amrapali open cast pit in eastern Jharkhand state.
In our series on Super30 achievers, we find out how Aquibur Rahman has fared since he cleared his IIT-Joint Entrance Exam.
Third of faculty positions vacant. One per cent seats empty. New institutes lag in infrastructure, research.
They came, they wowed and won our hearts with these gorgeous outfits representing their states.
An inquiry has been ordered by the Director General of Mines Safety and a high-level committee of experts has been constituted by Coal India to investigate the causes of the accident.
An exhibition in Bengaluru showcases some of the best photographs by legendary photojournalists, such as James Nachtwey, Sebastiao Salgado and Steve McCurry
Rediff reader Pritam tells us how he met his wife Seema.
The annual fee has been hiked from Rs 90,000 to Rs two lakh.
Currently, 23 power units with a cumulative capacity of 30,000 MW have super critical coal stock situation A lack of synchronised approach between the concerned ministries and power plants, has led to this crisis, says Shreya Jai.
The Lok Sabha election will be held in 7 phases, beginning on April 11, 2019 and ending on May 19, 2019.
Everyday coal is illegally ferried on around 5000 bicycles out of the mines of Central Coalfield Limited in Giridih, Jharkhand but no seems to mind. Shahnawaz Akhtar reports
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