India: Chronology of major train accidents in recent years

Railways witnessed another train mishap on Sunday after a passenger train derailed on Konkan Railway route in Raigad district, killing 15 people and injuring 50 others. The incident took place just...

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Mumbai train mishap: 12 killed, 30 injured as Diva-Sawantwadi passenger train derails near Mumbai

At least 12 people were killed and 30 injured when a passenger train derailed on Konkan Railway route in Maharashtra's Raigad district on Sunday. The accident occurred just outside a tunnel near...

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Bridge collapse in China kills 11

The death toll from the collapse of an uncompleted bridge in south China's Guangdong province has risen to 11 as of Sunday morning, said local authorities. The stone arch bridge under construction...

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255 buried bodies identified in N. Afghan landslide: official

Up to 255 victims were identified out of hundreds of villagers buried under their collapsed houses in a deadly landslide Friday in northern Afghan province of Badakhshan, a provincial disaster official...

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Death toll rises to 10 in Colombia mine disaster

Rescue workers recovered more bodies Saturday of people killed in a landslide at an illegal gold mine in western Colombia, raising the death toll to 10, with an additional six feared dead. Miners...

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Death toll in South Korea ferry disaster rises to 236

Eight more bodies were recovered Saturday from the ferry that sank off South Korea last month, reports said, amid concern that some of the missing may never be found. Divers focused on previously...

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