Friday, November 27, 1998
Express runs into derailed Frontier Mail, 160 dead
In the worst rail accident in three years - the worst ever in this region - at least 160 people were killed and twice as many injured when the Calcutta-bound Sealdah Express from Jammu rammed into derailed coaches of the Amritsar-bound Frontier Mail at Kauri village near Khanna in Punjab's Ludhiana district.
Faleiro is Goa CM
In a day of dramatic developments, Congress leader in Goa Assembly Luizinho Faleiro was sworn in as Chief Minister by Governor Lt Gen J F R Jacob on Thursday night. This follows Wilfred D'Souza's resignation in the early hours, ahead of trust vote.
BJP to take stock of post-poll situation
A crucial meeting of the Coordination Committee of the BJP and its allies has been called in New Delhi on November 29, a day after the results of the Assembly elections in four states, to dispel doubts over mid-term polls and political regrouping.
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