Tag: railway
In a daring heist, a gang on Sunday morning at a gunpoint looted passengers of cash and valuables and assaulted some of them aboard the prestigious New Delhi-Patna Rajdhani Express in Bihar's Buxar district, the police said.....
At least 15 wagons of a goods train, loaded with coal, derailed on Thursday in Haryana's Ambala district and fell into the bed of Markanda river, railway officials said.....
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday survived the Panamagate scandal that had threatened to oust him. The Supreme Court, in a 3-2 judgement, ordered a fresh probe into allegations of financial irregularities and money laundering, while noting that there was "insufficient evidence" to remove Sharif.....
Reviewing the progress towards handling and resolution of grievances related to the Railways, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that "strictest possible action" will be taken against railway officials found guilty of corruption.....
Railways accidents become continuing story in three years of NDA Government. Suresh Prabhu seems to be making the same mistakes as his predecessors.....
Taking their connectivity links further, India and Bangladesh on Thursday opened a new rail line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee jointly flagging-off the Kolkata-Khulna 'Bandhan Express' via video-conferencing.....
Four coaches of a passenger train were gutted in a fire in Bihar's Mokama railway yard on Wednesday, an official said. No one was injured in the incident.....
The Railways on Thursday suspended two officials, a day after five persons were killed when nine coaches and the engine of a train heading to Delhi from West Bengal derailed in Uttar Pradesh.....
The Naxals blew up railway tracks in Jharkhand's Giridih district affecting train services on the busy Grand Chord Dhanbad division, an official said on Tuesday. ....
Hours after 60 people were crushed to death by a train while watching the burning of a Ravana effigy here, the Railways on Saturday said it was not responsible for the tragedy.....