Powerful explosives other than RDX were used in the blast in a coach of the Haldibari-Siliguri passenger train that killed seven persons on Monday, West Bengal Home Secretary P R Roy said in Kolkata on Wednesday.
No militant group has so far claimed responsibility for the blast.
Their vehicle overturned at Dudhia, about 20 km from Siliguri.
Bengal beat Punjab by nine wickets in a Ranji Trophy Super League tie in Siliguri on Tuesday.
Sourav Ganguly on Monday raised Rs 16.5 lakh for the liver transplant of a Siliguri boy by auctioning his bats.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India will bear the entire cost of the cash-strapped North Eastern states' Ranji Trophy debut, which has been mandated by the Supreme Court-appointed Lodha Committee, a couple of whom will play their home games at neutral venues due to lack of infrastructure.
A cup of tea saved Narayan De from the blast in a coach of the Haldibari-Jalpaiguri passenger train that killed eight persons at Belakoba station near Siliguri on Monday.
Parle Products Pvt Ltd announced the fourth year of 'Parle Saraswati Vandana - 2005', an initiative to help children showcase talent during 'Saraswati puja'.
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Salopek is on an intercontinental journey of 24,000 miles, tracing humankind's movement out of Africa right down to South America.
'The world does not care about the tension on our border.' 'India has to emerge as a strong economic power.' 'Respect comes when the world sees a country with a direction and leadership that has a vision,' points out Ramesh Menon.
The party leaders are confident the NDA will achieve the majority mark of 272, reports Archis Mohan.
Indian national football team slumped to its worst-ever FIFA rankings, 171, in the 209-nation chart.
The wheels turn for bicycles, as manufacturers go back to the basics. After motorised two-wheelers overtook cycle sales in the country, manufacturers are focusing on commuter segment again and reviving entry-level cycles.
Enjoy exclusive use of the New Jalpaiguri-Darjeeling toy train.
The accident occurred when the van came in the way of the Alipurduar-Siliguri up passenger train at an unmanned level crossing in between Banarhat and Keran stations of the North Frontier Railways.
Bharati Das, the Indian wife of Maninder Pal Singh Kohli, the prime accused in the Hannah Foster murder case, has refused to accept a British cash award of around Rs 4 lakh for providing information to help arrest him from Kalimpong.
The landslides have caused extensive damage to NH 10 and NH 55, cutting off road and telecommunication link to Darjeeling and Sikkim.
Gujarat beat Bengal in the last over of the Ranji trophy tie.
The much-awaited inaugural run of the Kolkata-Agartala via Dhaka bus, which was flagged off by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday, hit a roadblock with technical glitches preventing the journey.
Replying to Bengal's first innings total of 298, Gujarat were 269 for 3 on the second day of the Ranji Trophy match.
Bharati, wife of Maninderpal Singh Kohli, prime suspect in the rape and murder of a 17-year-old British national, said she wants to meet her husband and hear from him whether he is guilty or not
'Winning this election will take us a step closer to realising our dreams'
Nature therapy package launched ahead of Nathu-La traffic.
'You have been surrounded from all directions, if you want the safety of your troops and your personal safety, we will give you eight hours to make up your mind to surrender.'
Specially abled Sai Kaustuv Dasgupta talks about how he wants to make his life a message to all the 'wheelchair warriors'.
Suddenly the sands are shifting and even friends are acting strange.
Smriti Mandhana continued her impressive run in the Women's Cricket Super League
Hundreds of serving and veteran officers on Friday celebrated bicentenary of the first battalion of Gorkha Rifles (1/1 GR) with vigour and zest at Pathankot.
Other than Gujarat, Odisha and West Bengal, call centres would come up in Assam, Manipur, Tripura.
Rediff.com's Rajesh Karkera made an 11-day road voyage across some of South Asia's most deserted, challenging, terrain, always under the gaze of the sacred, dazzling Himalaya.
Bibek Debroy highlights the importance of the Assam Rail Link Project.
The West Bengal State Election Commission on Sunday postponed counting of votes in the election to Bidhannagar and Asansol municipal corporations following allegations of large-scale violence, even as opposition parties demanded fresh elections.
With the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha renewing the demand for Gorkhaland in Darjeeling following United Progressive Alliance unanimously endorsing creation of a separate Telangana state, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday ruled out division of West Bengal and blamed the Congress for the agitation in the hills.
When China protested strongly over the August decision on J&K -- not once but twice -- we ignored it. And to compound matters, we simply turned our back and walked over to the 'Quad' alliance with the US, upgrading it to ministerial level, and thereafter began following the American footfalls on Taiwan and COVID-19 to taunt and humiliate Beijing, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Rescue operations were underway in three subdivisions of Darjeeling district where multiple landslides have claimed 38 lives besides washing away highways and damaging homes.
Moving ahead in the multi-crore Saradha chit funds scam case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday attached assets, including a school, a cement factory and few resorts, worth Rs 60 crore (Rs 600 million) in West Bengal in connection with its money laundering probe.
A Gorkha Janmukti Morcha supporter attempted self-immolation in Darjeeling as the indefinite bandh by the GJM for a separate Gorkhaland entered the sixth day on Thursday, even as the West Bengal government said it would follow court orders strictly to maintain normalcy.
Protesters also burnt effigies of Banerjee and vowed to continue their fight for Gorkhaland.
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