One of the Indian trains in a crash that killed more than 60 people was travelling three times faster than it should have been and ignored signals to stop, investigators said today.

MITHUN MAHATO was fast asleep on an overnight train before an enormous jolt awakened him and he panicked because his coach was flipping over.

India today refused to rule out sabotage in a train crash that killed more than 60 people and injured dozens more.

An express train crashed with a passenger train at a station in eastern India early today, mangling the carriages and killing 56 people, railway police said.

Suspected sabotage by Maoist rebels derailed an overnight passenger train that was then hit by a freight train in eastern India today, killing at least 65 people and injuring an additional 200.

The death toll from a storm that swept past the east coast of India and slammed into neighbouring Bangladesh rose to nearly 90 today.

Manmohan Singh was sworn in as India's prime minister for the second time in New Delhi today.

Voting for the fifth and final phase of parliamentary elections in India began today.