Manmohan announces Rs 2 lakh solatium

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed grief over the death of Gyaneswari Express passengers and announces Rs 2 lakh to the relatives of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for each of those seriously injured.

At least 20 passengers were killed and 150 injured when suspected Maoists blasted rail tracks in West Midnapore district early Friday derailing 13 coaches of a Mumbai-bound express train which rammed into three bogies of a goods train.