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Jamtara, April 4 The Jaynagar-Puri Express had to be halted for over 30 minutes on Saturday near the Jamtara Railway Station in Jharkhand, after passengers alerted the train staff about smoke billowing from the wheels of a sleeper coach, an official said.The train was travelling from Jaynagar...

Bhubaneswar, April 4 Ten opposition parties in Odisha, including the BJD and Congress, strongly opposed the Railway Board's decision to transfer the Palasa-Ichhapuram section from East Coast Railway (ECoR) to South Coast Railway (SCoR) and termed it as "anti-Odisha and unjust".The BJD...

Bhubaneswar, April 3 – The opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) severely criticised the Odisha government on Friday over the proposed merger of Palasa and Ichchapuram with the proposed Vishakhapatnam division of the South Coast Railway zone.The party alleged that instead of Odisha benefiting more...

Jammu, April 2 Amidst an anticipated surge in pilgrim traffic during the summer vacation period, the Northern Railway's Jammu Division announced on Thursday an additional 40 runs of the special train between New Delhi and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra railway station, an official said.Jammu...

New Delhi, March 31 A fire broke out in a petrol-laden tank wagon at Shakur Basti railway station on Tuesday, but was quickly contained by multiple agencies, a Delhi Police officer said.The incident occurred at the railway yard when petrol leaked from the lid (manhole) of a stationary tank...

Ghaziabad, March 23 – A Special CBI Court in Ghaziabad on Monday sentenced a former railway official from Agra to four years in prison for demanding a bribe of Rs 30,000 from a contractor.The Special Court found Rafi Ahmad, then Chief Yard Master at Agra Cantt Railway Station, guilty under the...

Mumbai, March 22 Train services were disrupted at Kalyan railway station in Thane district, Maharashtra, on Sunday after a man climbed an overhead equipment (OHE) mast, prompting authorities to switch off the power supply, officials said.The incident occurred around 2 pm when the man climbed...

Guwahati, March 20 – The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) continues to make significant progress in its commitment to green energy and sustainability, with substantial advances achieved in solar power installation across its divisions and units, officials said on Friday.NFR’s Chief Public...

Kanpur (UP), March 19 A small LPG cylinder caught fire along the busy Delhi-Prayagraj railway route, causing panic at the Kanpur Central railway station, officials said.The incident occurred in the Cantonment area around 7:30 pm on Wednesday, about two km from the station, where a five-kg...

Udhagamandalam, March 18 Tense moments prevailed on the Mettupalayam-Coonor railway route after one of the nine wild elephants camped inside a tunnel, chasing some railway employees near here, officials said on Wednesday.A video of the incident that occurred on March 17 went viral on social...

In light of the expected high volume of devotees traveling to the holy shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi during the upcoming Navratri, the Northern Railway has decided to add an additional sleeper coach to Train No. 13151/13152 (Kolkata–Jammu Tawi–Kolkata Express). An Akashvani Jammu...

Ranchi, March 17 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a junior engineer of the South Eastern Railway for allegedly accepting a bribe from a private company representative in exchange for facilitating an electrical connection at a site office in Jharkhand, officials said on...

Bengaluru, March 15 Rising female long jumper Mubassina Mohammed won the gold medal in the long jump at the fifth Indian Open Jumps Competition held at the Anju Bobby George Foundation Campus here on Sunday.In her journey to win the gold with a jump of 6.38m, the 20-year-old, representing the...

March 14, New Delhi: Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal inaugurated the iconic "Van Rani toy train" at Sanjay Gandhi National Park on Saturday.The train service, which had been suspended after damage from a 2020 cyclone, has now been restored with a battery-operated system aimed at promoting...

New Delhi, March 13 As many as three proposals for developing long-standing rail connectivity from north to south Kerala are currently under consideration, from which the best and most cost-effective option for the state will be chosen, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in the Rajya Sabha...

Bhopal/Jabalpur, March 13 – In a sudden incident that caused panic among passengers, the brake van – the last coach – of the Shahdol-Nagpur Express train derailed on Friday, officials said.The incident occurred around 12:30 pm while the train was travelling from the Seoni-Shahdol section...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a two-day visit to Assam, starting today. During his visit, Mr. Modi will launch several development projects worth over ₹47,800 crore in the state. The PM's visit to Kokrajhar has been cancelled due to weather conditions. The PM will be virtually...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 12 Union Minister of State Suresh Gopi said on Thursday that the Railway Ministry has granted additional stops to two trains passing through Kerala, providing relief to passengers.The trains are the Visakhapatnam-Kollam Express and the Nagercoil-Mangaluru Junction...

To accommodate the increased passenger traffic and reduce waiting lists during the ongoing peak season, the Jammu Railway Division of Northern Railways has decided to extend the availability of an additional Third AC (3AC) coach on the prestigious Jammu-New Delhi Rajdhani Express for multiple...

New Delhi, March 10 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday approved two multi-tracking projects of the Railway Ministry connecting West Bengal and Jharkhand, with a total cost of Rs 4,474 crore.These projects involve the construction of...