Samjhauta Express blasts: why does passenger safety figure so low in the railways’ priorities?

Wednesday , 21 February '07
It’s 2 am and the family from Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, is the first to claim bodies from the 67 lying at the Panipat Civil Hospital mortuary. It has not been an easy decision.Wednesday , 21 February '07
Starting from the kind of explosives used in Sunday’s blast on the Samjhauta Express, investigators have put a whole set of such attacks under the scannerWednesday , 21 February '07
The Samjhauta Express that leaves tomorrow night will be slightly different from the one that left on Sunday. To secure the trainWednesday , 21 February '07
Lost in the tragedy of the Samjhauta Express attack is one familiar story: five years ago, if coach S-6 of the Sabarmati Express turned into a veritable death-trap in Godhra once the fire beganWednesday , 21 February '07
Two militants carry out attack. 4 killed, 12 injuredWednesday , 21 February '07
A section of the Pakistani media today said that the Samjhauta Express blasts may have been the handiwork of “Hindu extremists”...Wednesday , 21 February '07
An organisation established by Lashkar-e-Toiba founder Hafeez Muhammad Sayeed has set up a mobile operation theatre on Pakistan’s sideWednesday , 21 February '07
The attack on the Samjhauta Express has cast a cloud over the talks Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Ahmed is scheduled to have with Kashmiri separatist leaders on February 22.Wednesday , 21 February '07
Proposals worth Rs 17.71 crore put forward by the Railway Protection Force to procure Explosive Vapour Trace detectorsWednesday , 21 February '07
Nasir Ali Khan and his younger sister Zakira did not want to believe that one of the several caskets lined up along the corridor leading from the mortuary to the OPD at Panipat Civil Hospital could contain a charred body vaguely resembling their BaajiWednesday , 21 February '07
At 2 am on Tuesday, a police team reached the burns ward of the Safdarjung Hospital here with a suspect.Wednesday , 21 February '07
Long after the last television van had left the scene and the last journalist had found his quote...Wednesday , 21 February '07
It is going to be a lonely ride through the night for the first nine Pakistanis who crossed over to identify their loved ones killed in the blast on the Samjhauta Express.
Tuesday , 20 February '07
Shortly after the Samjhauta Express pulled out of Old Delhi station last night, it was 11 pm, way beyond their bed time but they were too excited to sleep.Tuesday , 20 February '07
Four men who are said to have got off the Samjhauta Express — two as the train pulled out of the station, two as it slowed down before Diwana last night — could hold the key as investigators set out to put the pieces together.Tuesday , 20 February '07
Nil recovery. Of the 67 bodies at the Panipat Civil Hospital morgue, 50 carried this tag. Bodies charred beyond recognition, identification has become a difficult task.Tuesday , 20 February '07
All passengers who boarded the 4001 Up Samjhauta Express on Sunday evening had to have valid passports and visas.
Tuesday , 20 February '07
As news of the blasts on board the Samjhauta Express, perhaps the most enduring symbol of the Indo-Pak people-to-people relationship