Maoists target train, 76 dead
Gyaneswari Express derails after blast on track in WB
Kolkata,Jhargram (WB), May 28
In the worst-ever train accident caused by Maoists, at least 76 passengers were killed and over 200 injured at the wee hours last night in the Maoists-infested west Midnapore district near Kharagpur. The death toll may go up further since some passengers were still trapped inside the fallen bogies and the condition of several injured passengers in the hospitals was stated to be critical, the state home secretary Samar Ghosh told media persons at Writers’ Buildings.

Shock and grief over attack

Security personnel and volunteers look for survivors at the site where the Gyaneswari Expressderailed and collided with a goods train following an explosion on the track at Saridah in West Midnapore district of West Bengal on Friday. — PTI

Night trains in Maoist belt may be suspended
Friday’s attack the worst strike on Railways by Naxals
New Delhi, May 28
The fourth incident of rail attack by Maoists in the last 10 days may force the Railways to halt night operations in the five Naxal-hit states. Today’s attack, however, has been the worst strike on the Railways by Maoists.

Timeline
‘A sharp jerk and coaches overturned’
Editorial: Tackling sabotage

80 dead as Taliban storm Lahore mosques
Lahore, May 28
Terror struck Pakistan's heartland of Punjab today as heavily-armed Taliban gunmen wearing suicide vests stormed two mosques packed with Friday worshippers from minority Ahmadi sect here, killing over 80 people and injuring scores in the fist major attack in Lahore since March.

PM calls up Obama, discusses talks agenda
New Delhi, May 28
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today told US President Barack Obama that a warm welcome awaited him and his family when they visit India in November this year.

Canada sorry for visa jibes
New Delhi, May 28
In a damage-control exercise, Canada has deeply regretted the language used by its officials during ‘routine’ visa refusals to some Indian applicants connected with security agencies. The words used had cast false aspersions on the legitimacy of work carried out by these security institutions, it added.

No immediate relief for Rathore
To remain in jail, case adjourned till Monday
Chandigarh, May 28
Haryana’s disgraced top cop will remain behind bars at least till Monday for molesting Ruchika, his daughter’s classmate. As SPS Rathore’s revision petition came up for resumed hearing this afternoon, the former police chief’s counsel made attempts to build up a case for the suspension of his sentence on technicalities.

1.45 lakh requests pending at Suvidha centres Chandigarh, May 28 A survey by Punjab’s Information Technology (IT) Department has found that more than 1.45 lakh applications received at the Suvidha centres in the districts are pending, to be acted upon by various government offices. This is the first time that a districtwise survey of the pendency of the applications received at these centres has been carried out and the picture that has emerged is startling.