A cargo train rammed into a passenger train in India's eastern state of West Bengal on Monday, killing at least eight people and injuring several others with rescue work ongoing.
The state's Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said in a post on social media platform X that doctors, disaster-response teams and ambulances were engaged in rescue work at the accident site, which is near the state's Darjeeling district, a tourist spot nestled in the Himalayan foothills. “Action on war-footing initiated,” she said.
