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Kolkata: The Kanchanjunga Express was travelling from Agartala in Tripura to Sealdah in Kolkata when a goods train hit it from behind near Rangapani station, close to New Jalpaiguri Monday morning, resulting in the deaths of nine people and injuries to 41. Preliminary findings point to a combination of human error and signal failure as contributing factors. The Railway Board’s initial report on Monday revealed that the goods train, operating under a defective automatic signalling system, was travelling above speed limits when it crashed into the Kanchanjunga Express. The railways have not commented on this issue. When the automated system fails,…

NEW DELHI: The Congress decision to have Rahul Gandhi retain Raebareli and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra contest from the seat he is vacating, Kerala’s Wayanad, is seen as one of the party’s better planned strategic moves. It is expected to give it a firm foothold in both north and south — necessary groundwork for future elections. Raebareli is one of the two Gandhi family bastions in Uttar Pradesh, represented for long by Rahul Gandhi’s mother Sonia Gandhi. With the other bastion, Amethi, won back from the BJP by longtime Gandhi family loyalist KL Sharma, it gives back the Congress its…

Several records were broken during the T20 World Cup 2024, Group C match between West Indies and Afghanistan on Tuesday. Asked to bat first, West Indies posted 218/5 in 20 overs with Nicholas Pooran playing a blistering knock of 98 off 53 balls. So far, this was the highest total in the ongoing T20 World Cup. However, the main highlight of the innings was Pooran’s entry into elite list of batters, who smashed 36 runs in an over in a World Cup match. In that over, the 28-year-old batter smashed three sixes and three boundaries. To make things worse, Omarzai ended bowling…

NEW YORK: In a scathing criticism of the beleaguered Pakistan cricket team, head coach Gary Kirsten has said that there is “no unity” in the side and he has “never seen such a situation” in his long coaching career. Kirsten’s criticism follows the Pakistan’s team’s group stage exit from the ongoing T20 World Cup in the USA and West Indies. Entering the tournament as runners-up from the previous edition, the Pakistan team produced one of its worst performance in recent years and ended the event with a consolation win over Ireland, having suffered a shock loss to newcomers USA before biting the…

DELHI: An Indian national, accused of being involved in a murder-for-hire plot against a Sikh separatist on American soil, has pleaded not guilty in the case at a federal court, days after he was extradited from the Czech Republic to the US. The 52-year-old Nikhil Gupta, also known as Nick, was arrested in the Czech Republic in June last year at the request of the US government on charges of being involved in a plot to assassinate Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York. Pannun holds dual American and Canadian citizenship. Gupta was produced before a federal court in…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: In light of the fact that Darshan Rama Bhisaji, the accused, is 42 years old and still in critical condition, the North Goa District & Sessions Court has denied his bail application while they wait for permission to record his dying declaration. Darshan is accused of hitting Gauresh Bhisaji in the head last month with a metal rod, causing severe injuries and bleeding. The victim was deemed unfit to testify during the hearing of Darshan’s bail application, despite Darshan’s assertion that Gauresh has been released. The victim’s critical condition was reported to the…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Kadamba Transport Corporation Limited (KTCL) has been harsher in its condemnation of employee drunk driving, firing seven bus drivers in the last six months after they tested positive for alcohol multiple times while they were working. KTCL uses breathalysers to randomly test its drivers for alcohol consumption. Those found driving while intoxicated face severe disciplinary action, according to the company’s managing director Derrek Neto. According to Neto, “We identify alcoholics through these random checks.” The KTC first gives a driver a showcause notice if they discover that they are intoxicated. As a last warning, the driver is…