Wednesday, September 11, 2002, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 4:00 pm (IST)

Ultras kill J&K Law Minister
Srinagar, September 11
Jammu and Kashmir Law Minister Mushtaq Ahmad Lone was killed today in a militant attack, official sources said here. The militants first triggered a landmine blast as his motorcade passed and fired a volley of gun shots killing him in Rednag village in Kupwara district.

120 die in worst Rajdhani mishap
Rafiganj (Bihar), September 10
More than 120 persons were feared killed and about 180 injured, some of them critically, when the new Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express from Howrah jumped tracks hurtling one of the bogies into a virtually dry river bed with many others dangling from an 86-year-old bridge near here late last night. 
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Passengers and rescue workers walk by the derailed luxury train near Rafiganj on Tuesday. Right: An unidentified girl, a survivor of the accident, cries by the wreckage of the train.
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Railways says sabotage
New Delhi, September 10
Chairman Railway Board, I.I.M.S. Rana, on returning today from the accident spot, reiterated that sabotage was the main cause of the accident. Addressing mediapersons at Rail Bhavan here late evening, Mr Rana said the train had derailed 50 metres before reaching the bridge and that there was no link between the bridge and the derailment.

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Buta Singh, Mamata Banerjee flay Railways
Kolkata, September 10
The tragic train accident which has taken a toll of over 100 lives, has cast a pall of gloom in Bengal as many of the victims are from the state. The accident shocked not only the families of the victims, but also common people.