India

JHARGRAM - The death toll in the Gyaneshwari Express train derailment has risen to over 140 on Sunday, as more bodies were pulled out from the wreckage of the mangled coaches.

CHENNAI - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will investigate the alleged 2G spectrum scam that has put Union Telecom Minister A Raja in the controversial spotlight.

CHITRADURGA - At least 30 people were burnt to death and over 28 others injured in an appalling accident, when the bus in which they were travelling, collided with a diesel oil tanker in Karnataka's Chitradurga District on Sunday morning.

KOLKATA - Polling for 81 municipalities, including the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, began amidst tight security here on Sunday.

NEW DELHI/KOLKATA - Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Polit Bureau member Sitaram Yechury on Saturday rubbished Railway Minister Mamata Banrejee's charges against CPI-M with regard to Friday's Gyaneshwari Express train mishap, asserting that she is covering up the lapses of her ministry into the incident.