The crash took place at around 20:30 GMT when an express train rammed into a train that was stationed at Sainthia. Immediate help was pressed into service by the government to rescue those who were left alive.

The rescue teams found it difficult to cut through the hard metal wreckage, thus delaying the rescue process. Several deaths happened due to the delay in rescue operations and because immediate help did not reach the victims, who were below tons of metal.

Indian Railways is considered to be one of the best in the world, catering and accommodating major chunk of population. It is also the most popular mode of transport in India.

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The outlawed communist party of the India Maoists are protesting against the gunning don of there leader Cherukiri Rajkumar know as Azad. According to Ksihenji, top Maoist leader; Azad was killed by the Police in Andhra Pradesh. Thus the Left wing party has called for a nationwide two day bandh.

This statement was made from an undisclosed location by Kishenji. The Maoist party leader also stated that all emergency services including supply of food, medicenes, transport and fire services would be exempted from the bandh.

Kishenji also maintained that Azad who was a senior leader on the Maoists peoples Liberation Party, his companion were arrested and then killed by the Police and they were victims of gun battle.

He also cruiticsied the center for  turning a  deaf ear to the protest and stated that although Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Chidambaram and Andhra Pradesh Chief K Rosaiah are interested in opening dialogue with the Maoists party they are yet killing their leaders.

This has also happened in the past as 13 politburo members on the COPIU Maoist party have been killed or put behind bars and the party seeks to take revenge for Azad’s death.

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According to Mark Toner who is a spokesman at the US states Department told an AFP news source on Friday that we continue to urge China to handle all detentions in China.

They laid stress on the need to exercise judicial processes relating to last year’s violence in Urumqi in a transparent manner.

He also stated that they have urged China to make sure that the legal rights of all the Citizens in China are respected in accordance with all international standards of due process.

According to Toner, the United States of America had expressed it concerns to China on repeated basis.

All communication has been through the embassy in China. According to reports the tensions that occurred in the regions minority Vighurs and Majority section belonging to the Han Chinese turned brutal in the Capital of Xinjang during the month of July in the year 2009.

Observaers state that the friction between the Han Chinese and the China’s main ethnic group leaves them in a state of Economic and cultural influx in their homeland.

[Source: Asia News]

The Afghan soldiers were in an ambush in Ghazni province, when the NATO air force began firing on them without warning. Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi, the Afghan Defence Ministry spokesman condemned the latest of the many ‘friendly fire’ deaths, that are on the rise due to miscoordination with of the NATO with the local Afghan forces. The general also said that such incidents are frequent, were the afghan military is killed by the NATO forces.

Josef Blotz the NATO spokesperson has confirmed the NATO airstrike of Wednesday that killed its allies in the Afghan war. Two more soldiers were injured apart from the five dead.

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According to Navy’s Public Relations Officer, the incident took place at about 10.30 am at the firing range at INS Dronacharya in Kochi.

Preliminary reports say that he suffered injuries from a small arm during a training session. An inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the accident.

Rear Admiral Jamwal was a specialist in anti submarine warfare and was commissioned into the Indian Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer in the Executive Brach of the Navy on July 1, 1980. He was the second top man in the Southern Naval Command, which is primarily a training establishment, and was a highly regarded officer. He also commanded the Frigate INS Beas as its Commissioning Captain and was the Naval Attache in Moscow earlier.

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According to the police the boat overturned while it was in the middle of the river, en route from Ranha village to Bhagwanpur. Most of the people feared dead were daily wage earners, who were crossing the river to other riverside areas.

The Gandak river runs in Bihar’s West Champaran district. The senior district officials were helped by the local drivers in  the rescue operation.

In all over 100 people were on the boat when it sank, according to Nishant Tiwary, the superintendent of police. About sixty of then swam their way to safety to the banks of the river.

The Bihar Government has ordered an investigation into the accident and has declared one lakh rupees as compensation for the families of each of the victims.

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The attackers chose a time when it was cool weather and many people had thronged the Sufi shrine. But they were in for a shock as three blasts occurred, one at the gate of the shrine, while the other two occurred in the basement of the shrine.

There was mayhem, as concerned relatives rushed to the shrine to find their loved ones, and many demonstrators gathered outside the shrine protesting the lack of security that lead to the attacks. The police had to fire in the air in order to disperse the crowd before it got violent.

According to the sources, this has not happened for the first time that bombings have occurred at Sufi Shrines as these are very popular tourist attractions. This is also an indication of the lack of security measures in Pakistan and Pakistan has become vulnerable to more attacks.

The Pakistan government faces the ire for its inability to track down militant is Punjab who have formed groups with Pakistanis Taliban to spread violence and terrorism in Pakistan.

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The Nato military base in Jalalabad located in eastern Afghanistan was inundated with suicide bombing and gunfire’s, According to the Taliban, this was a message to the newly appointed general for Afghanistan.

According to the witnesses, there was gunfire and many US helicopters were seen hovering over the airfield at the military base.

According to Aljazeera newspaper, the Taliban has reported six people taking part in the attack.

It was well planned out attack where the Suicide bomber detonated himself in vehicle at the gate of the base while there were other fighters armed with AK47s  and rocket propelled grenades stormed the airport.

Nato’s International Security Force (Isaf) has reported that Afghan and Isaf forces repelled a number of insurgents as they tried to attack the Jalabad airfield this morning as the attacked using vehicle propelled explosive device and other rocket borne grenades and many small arms fire.

According to sources around 2,700 military and civilian personnel are based at the site in eastern Afghanistan. The attacks also indicate that there is very little chance of reaching a consensus with the Taliban on ending the political unrest in the country.

[Source: Al Jazeerah Agency]

According to Madhav Kumar, the resignation from the post of the Prime Minister is in lieu of demands for peace process as a new constitution will be formed and the present condition of political deadlock in the state would be resolved.

Madhav Kumar also stated that he had been facing pressure from the opposition Maoist party to resign and make away for a more power sharing government.

But all pleas for a consensus were rejected and he had to resign so that the government is able to enforce peace process by drafting a new constitution. Now Nepal will be ruled by three parties to form a power sharing government but they are yet to come to a consensus on what form it should take.

The troubled country has been marred with an increased amount of political unrest as politicians from the power sharing parties are vying for powerful positions in the cabinet. In the meantime the Prime Minister of Nepal will remain in his position as caretaker until his successor has been chosen.

[Source: Kathmandu Post]

Benigno Aquino

Philippines have a new President, Beningo Aquino, as he promises to lift the country from poverty by eradicating a widespread corruption that has been plaguing the nation. The last month’s elections proved to be a success, as a large number of supporter voted in favor of Aquino.

It was a day of celebration and triumph in Philippines as Benigno Aquino took his place as the new president of Philippines.

Manila resounded with cheers from the crowds as Aquino made it clear that he will keep his promise and removing corruption and poverty from the nation would be the main principle behind his administration.

He also said that these words were not just slogan but a Motto for the new government.

The people of Philippines have great expectation from Aquino who they also refer to as Noynoy. He is also the descendant of great icons of democracy Benigno and Corazon Aquino who were strategic in challenging the rule of the country’s late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

His mother has been the Philippines president during the year 1986 during the people power revolution that also marked the end the Marco dictatorial ship. Most of the supporters present at the inauguration ceremony were dressed in yellow as this is a color associated with the people power party.

[Source: Asia News Agency]