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Railways slow on equipping trains with LHB coaches

The Railways are yet to equip all important express and mail trains with modern LHB coaches as a saf...

Doon Express derails in UP, 5 dead

Five persons were killed and 50 others injured when seven bogies of Howrah-Dehradun Doon Express der...

Passenger train catches fire, no casualty

Alert passengers pulled the emergency chain and jumped out of the Indore-Ratlam passenger train whic...

NASA’s lunar spacecraft completes mission ahead of schedule

A NASA mission to study the moon from crust to core has completed its prime mission earlier than exp...

Chinese Communist party axes ex-minister

Liu Zhijun, a former railway minister, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China due to "s...

Kenya: Blast blamed on `Arabic-looking bearded man`

An explosion ripped through a building full of small shops in downtown Nairobi on Monday, injuring a...

Railways suspend seven for train tragedy

Railways have suspended 7 officials, including 2 drivers, for the Hubli-Bangalore Hampi Express acci...

20 detonators found on railway track

As many as 20 detonators were on Sunday found on a railway track at Nashkal station in Warangal dist...

Roadmap for preventing rail mishaps: Roy

Railway Minister Mukul Roy on Wednesday asked the Railway Board to prepare a detailed roadmap to pre...

Bill to give more powers to RPF gets Parl nod

A bill to provide more powers to the RPF to check instances of theft in railways and prevent misuse...

`Hampi Exp mishap as driver jumped signal`

Train accident in Anantapur of AP occurred as the Bangalore-bound Hampi Express jumped the signal at...

220 turtles found on Mumbai-bound train

A huge cache of rare turtles stuffed in two bags was discovered by GRP on board the Mumbai-bound Pus...

Railways` anti-collision device not foolproof: CAG

Railways has been unable to develop a robust and reliable anti-collision device to prevent train mis...

Timely detection of explosives prevents disaster

Acting on information given by a passerby, railway police recovered five detonators, five gelatin st...

Human trafficker nabbed in Guwahati, 8 girls rescued

The Government Railway Police nabbed a human trafficker and rescued eight girls from her clutches.

`Izzat` railway passes being misused, complain MPs

Members from across the political spectrum today alleged in the Lok Sabha that `Izzat` railway passe...

Goods train derails, train movement hit in Koraput

Five rice-laden wagons of the train, proceeding from Hirakud to Jeypore, jumped off the tracks at Ch...

Maoists blow up rail tracks at Gurupa Station

The CPI (Maoist) ended their "Bharat bandh", called in protest against anti-Maoist operation, at mid...

MP: Woman held for possessing 6 pistols

A tribal woman was arrested after six country-made pistols were from her possession at Bina railway ...

NF Railway to run special train during Urs

The North East Frontier (NF) Railway will run a special train to clear extra rush of passengers duri...

Safety low priority for railways: CAG

The Comptroller and Auditor General has observed safety related works are being accorded low priorit...

Railways facing severe financial crunch: CAG

CAG report for the year ending March 2011 observed that railways has not been able to meet operation...

Parl panel wants to change PPE Act to reclaim DMRC premises

To allow DMRC to reclaim properties under unauthorised occupation, a Parl Panel has endorsed the nee...

Fire erupts in Jammu Mail, no one injured

The blaze occurred on Hiranagar-Kathua stretch when a passenger threw a cigarette in the coach of De...

Literary classics now in Braille

The Chennai-based Third Eye Charitable Trust has transcribed 19 popular classics in Bengali and Engl...

Central Rly implements new e-ticket refund system

Central Railway has implemented a new, Advance Coaching Refund System (ACRS) recently to reduce the ...

Rlys for new system after problems in anti-collision device

The Indian Railway is considering an alternative system after trial runs of the anti-collision devic...

Special Yesvantpur-Ernakulam Express from May 18

The South Western Railway today announced that it would run weekly express special trains between Y...

Rajkot: Homesick boy from Bihar fakes kidnapping

A ten-year-old boy from Bihar, who claimed that he was kidnapped from Delhi and was on Tuesday found...

HC: Keep a post vacant in Rlwys Claims Tribunal

The central government has been directed by Delhi HC on the plea of a former member who was not give...

Rohtak: Punjab Mail derails; 27 hurt, probe ordered

At least 27 passengers including seven women were injured when eight coaches of the Delhi-bound Fero...

`Chapra rail wheel factory ready for commissioning`

Government Friday informed the Rajya Sabha that a rail axle wheel manufacturing factory in Chapra in...

340 rail projects pending: Minister

Government Thursday said 340 railway projects, including launch of new rail lines, were pending for ...

Platform ticket to now cost Rs five

Get ready to shell out Rs 5 instead of Rs 3 for entering railway platforms across the country.

Bihar: Train engine collides with bogey

Twelve train passengers were injured on Monday after an engine collided with a bogey during shunting...

1.4 lakh jobs in railways next year: Mukul Roy

Railway minister Mukul Roy on Sunday said that 1.4 lakh people would be recruited in the railways ne...

ECR introduces 2 SPLs for entrance tests

East Central Railway (ECR) will run two special trains for South India on May 2 and 3 for BE and Med...

Tatkal scheme rakes in moolah for Indian Rlys

The revenue generated under the Tatkal scheme for reservation of railway tickets has shown a steady ...

Now, satellites to monitor IR trains

All trains, including Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto, will be monitored by a satellite-based navigat...

Land for Guwahati railway wagon factory identified

The business model for the proposed wagon manufacturing factory in PPP mode in Guwahati has been fin...

Mukul to pursue Mamata`s Vision 2020 for railways

Railway Minister Mukul Roy Thursday said he would take his Trinamool party chief Mamata Banerjee`s V...

Lahore railway station blast toll rises to four

An eight-year-old boy, a victim of the bomb attack at the Lahore railway station, has succumbed to h...

Make all railway level crossings manned, demand MP

A strong demand was made in the Lok Sabha for making all rail crossings manned and relaxation of rul...

Blast rocks Lahore railway station; 3 dead, 40 injured

A bomb blast has rocked the railway station here on late Tuesday, according to Geo TV news report.

`Country`s longest rail-cum-road bridge nearing completion`

The construction work on India`s longest rail-cum-road bridge over the Brahmaputra river in Assam, c...

Investigation under way into Amsterdam train crash

Two separate investigations will focus on whether human error or a mechanical fault led to the two t...

Trains collide in Amsterdam, 125 injured

One of the trains involved in the crash serves the cities of Den Helder and Nijmegen, while the othe...

Prostitute’s sexual encounter leads to death

A sexual encounter turned into nightmare for a prostitute and a Railway engineer in Mumbai.

`After railways, Banerjee now sending WB to ICU`

Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Surjya Kanta Mishra said after having sent the railw...

Relief for Mumbai: Chaos controlled, trains on track

Central Railway claimed to have normalised up to 85 percent of its suburban operations. By Friday ev...

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