Oscar-winning filmmaker Hamdan Ballal beaten, detained by Israeli forces in West Bank amid retaliation for 'No Other Land' documentaryHamdan Ballal, Oscar-winning co-director of No Other Land, was attacked by Israeli settlers in the West Bank village of Susya and later det...
Former Syrian official arrested in California who oversaw prison charged with tortureSamir Ousman al-Sheikh, a former Syrian military official who oversaw Adra Prison, was arrested in Los Angeles on visa fraud charges and su...
Kurmi community's agitation disrupts rail and road traffic in West BengalSeveral organizations of the Kurmi community continued blockade of railway tracks at Khemasuli in Paschim Medinipur district and adjacent N...
64 trains cancelled as agitation by Kurmi organisations in West Bengal continue for third dayMore than 225 trains have been cancelled since April 5 when the blockade by a group of people over issues not related to the railway starte...
South Eastern Railway cancels 223 trains due to protest at two stations in West BengalThe protests are being carried out at Kustaur Station in the Adra-Chandil section of the Adra Division and Khemasuli Station in the Kharagp...
Kurmi organisations block train tracks & NH 6 in Bengal, several trains cancelledThe members of the Kurmi community under the banner of Adivasi Kurmi Samaj and West Bengal Kurmi samaj started rail blockade at Khemasauli ...
Kurmi community's 'Rail Roko' protest demanding ST status enters Day 2People from the Kurmi community in West Bengal continued their 'Rail Roko' protest in Purulia for the second day on Wednesday over their de...
Five Railway Territorial Army units to be disbandedThe Railway Territorial Army (TA) units were raised as an auxiliary force in 1949 under the Territorial Army Act, 1948, for maintaining rai...
'Janani Sewa' launched in South Eastern RailwayThe initiative was being implemented on the line of Union Minister for Railways, Suresh Prabhu's 2016-17 Railway Budget Commitment, an SER ...
Railways to run special trains to cater to Durga Puja rushIn a bid to avoid rush in regular trains towards New Delhi and Yesvantpur, weekly special trains will be run towards New Delhi and Yesvantp...
- Adhir Choudhury inaugurates new rail station in Purulia
Adhir Choudhury inaugurated the new building, modelled on the Royal Palace of Coochbehar.
- 16 new trains to be launched shortly including two Durontos and one Shatabdi
Railways today announced launching of 16 new trains including two Durontos and one Shatabdi as part of its budget commitments.
- Adra project in limbo as Railways, NTPC differ on land value
NTPC's proposed project at Adra in WB, which it plans to execute with Railways, has hit a roadblock over valuation of land on which it is t...
- Railways-NTPC Adra JV caught in Mamata-Nitish tussle
The joint venture has been caught in a tussle between the railway ministry and Bihar government over issues relating to a similar joint ven...
- Night run of passengers trains further suspended
In view of security reasons, East Coast Railway (ECR) today further suspended running of passenger trains on Kharagpur-Rourkela and Kharagp...
- Passenger trains suspended during night in Maoist-hit routes
Passenger trains in Maoist-hit Kharagpur-Rourkela and Kharagpur-Adra routes will continue to remain suspended during the night from 10 pm t...
- Railway Budget 2009-10: Gravy train to Writers' Buildings
Mamata Banerjee has used the railway budget very deftly as a powerful tool to woo the tribal and minority population in West Bengal in the ...