Railway collision in eastern India kills 15, injures several
The goods train smashed into the rear of a passenger train, causing three carriages to go off the rails.
Mon Jun 17 2024
At least 15 dead in eastern India over 24 hours as temperatures soar
India has been experiencing a blisteringly hot summer and a part of capital Delhi recorded the country's highest ever temperature.
Fri May 31 2024
Deadly India rail crash caused by faulty signal connections made during repair
The June 2 crash at Bahanaga Bazar station, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, killed 288 people and injured more than 1,000.
Tue Jul 04 2023
Floods, landslides kill dozens as monsoon rains lash northern, eastern India
The rains overwhelmed hundreds of villages, sweeping away houses, leaving residents stranded as rescue crews racing to evacuate survivors.
Mon Aug 22 2022
Landslide kills 14 in eastern India, nearly 50 others feared dead
Rescue workers battled heavy rains to pull out 19 survivors from the rubble after the landslide at a railway construction site.
Fri Jul 01 2022
Huge swathes of farm land swamped in eastern India after cyclone
More than 96,000 hectares of agricultural land has been inundated in parts of an eastern Indian state hit by a powerful storm this week.
Sat May 29 2021
Cyclone leaves coastal villages in eastern India, Bangladesh cut off by tidal surges
Cyclone Yaas ripped through the eastern Indian state of Odisha on packing gusts of up to 140 kph and whipping up tidal surges.
Thu May 27 2021
8 killed, 40 injured in bus accident in eastern India
At least eight people were killed and 40 others injured as a bus carrying them skidded off the road at a sharp curve in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, police said Monday.
Mon Apr 24 2017
Bus carrying Indian artists crashes, killing 27
At least 27 performing artists, one of them a child, were killed when their bus plunged into a deep gorge in eastern India.
Mon Apr 18 2016
Hope fades for survivors as India flyover toll hits 25
The death toll from a collapsed flyover in eastern India rose to 25, after emergency workers toiled through the night to find any remaining survivors trapped under huge slabs of concrete.
Fri Apr 01 2016
Indian police investigate revenge rape of 11-year-old
Police said medical examinations confirmed the girl had been assaulted on Monday.
Fri Jul 11 2014
Indian court convicts three over gangrape of Catholic nun
A court convicted three men Friday over the gangrape of a nun during a bout of anti-Christian violence in 2008 in eastern India that killed at least 35 people.
Fri Mar 14 2014
Indian village council orders gang-rape of woman as punishment
A woman was gang-raped by some 12 men on the orders of a village council in eastern India as punishment for apparently having an affair.
Thu Jan 23 2014
Small bomb blasts near rally for India opposition leader
Five small bombs exploded killing one person in the eastern Indian city of Patna Sunday, where opposition leader Narendra Modi was shortly set to address a political rally.
Sun Oct 27 2013
India cyclone survivors return home to destruction
Hundreds of thousands of people who were evacuated before Cyclone Phailin crashed into eastern India have begun returning to their homes.
Mon Oct 14 2013