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Blast in Punjab derails goods train, driver hurt
The Morning Standard
|January 25, 2026
A minor blast blew off a portion of the railway track near the Sirhind station in Punjab’s Fatehgarh Sahib district around 9.50 pm on Friday, injuring the loco pilot of a freight train, the engine of which sustained some damage.
At the time of the incident, the freight train was passing through Khanpur village, located around five kilometres away from the Sirhind station. It was a dedicated track for freight trains.
This story is from the January 25, 2026 edition of The Morning Standard.
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