Maharashtra: 140-km long railway stretch sees rise in suicides; 17 cases reported in 5 monthsA 140-km long stretch of the South Central Railway under the Aurangabad office of the Railway Police Force (RPF) has witnessed 17 suicides ...
09 Jun, 2021, 06.50 PM IST
Lockdown 2020: Over 8,700 people died on railway tracks during the year, many of them migrantsThe Railway Board shared the data on such deaths for the period between January and December 2020 in its reply to a question by Madhya Prad...
02 Jun, 2021, 06.43 PM IST
Despite curtailed railway services, 8,700 people died on tracks in 2020, many of them migrantsWhile the fatalities during 2020 were lesser compared to four years immediately before that, the numbers are still significant given the fa...
02 Jun, 2021, 04.56 PM IST
Delhi to Ahmedabad in just over three hours? Yes pleaseThis is the second bullet train project being planned in India and it would connect into the high-speed rail (HSR) corridor from Ahmedabad ...
12 Sep, 2020, 06.52 AM IST
Rs 16,000 cr transferred in a/cs of poor, labourers in MP: CM Shivraj Singh ChouhanMadhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said despite the states economy collapsing due to COVID-19 outbreak, the govt has transferred o...
19 May, 2020, 01.31 PM IST
PM approves Rs 2 lakh for kin of migrants run over by goods train in Aurangabad, Rs 50K for injuredPrime Minister Narendra Modi asked the Railways to furnish details of the total fund required, along with the names of the deceased, their ...
12 May, 2020, 07.24 PM IST
View: The working person’s right to lifeSuch speculations are undeterred by survivors’ accounts of exhaustion, police harassment driving them to the tracks, the mistaken belief th...
12 May, 2020, 12.32 AM IST
Railways orders comprehensive probe into Aurangabad accidentThe Railways has ordered a comprehensive probe into the Aurangabad accident in which 16 migrants workers who were sleeping on the tracks we...
08 May, 2020, 10.41 PM IST
NHRC notice to Maharashtra govt over deaths of migrant workers on rail tracksThe NHRC has taken suo motu cognisance of media reports about mowing down of 16 migrant workers by the goods train in the early hours of Fr...
08 May, 2020, 06.56 PM IST
Maharashra accident: Rail safety watchdog calls for 'abundant caution' to avoid recurrence of such incidentThe Commission of Railway Safety, which investigates all serious rail accidents and clears all rail projects, also said that now that such ...
08 May, 2020, 06.55 PM IST
Aurangabad train accident: Survivors raised alarm, but in vainSurvivors of the Aurangabad train accident frantically raised alarm to alert their group members sleeping on tracks about a fast-approachin...
08 May, 2020, 04.03 PM IST
Policy of providing buses, trains to transport migrant workers poorly implemented: P ChidambaramThe policy of providing buses and trains to transport migrant workers was poorly designed, coordinated and implemented, senior Congress lea...
08 May, 2020, 04.00 PM IST
Pained beyond words at death of migrants: JP NaddaCondoling the death of migrant workers after being run over by a goods train in Aurangabad, BJP president JP Nadda said on Friday that he w...
08 May, 2020, 12.04 PM IST
To work in India, expats ask for the moonAs an increasing number of companies in India have their businesses in small cities and towns, hiring an expat is becoming a tough negotiat...
08 Jan, 2019, 01.14 PM IST
Chronology of major train accidents in IndiaOver 100 passengers were killed and more than 200 injured when 14 coaches of the Indore-Patna Express derailed near Pukhrayan in Kanpur
20 Nov, 2016, 04.19 PM IST
PM Modi's 100-day report card: Major initiatives undertaken by RailwaysGowda assured, "Third party audit system of catering services will be in place shortly so that the quality is assured."
08 Sep, 2014, 05.28 PM IST
Maoists blow up train track in Bihar's GayaMaoists blew up a railway track near here, forcing stoppage of many prominent trains, including three Rajdhanis, in the late night hours.
03 Aug, 2013, 11.42 AM IST