Five Bangladeshi nationals, including three women, were arrested during the past 24 hours in TripuraIn Tripura, authorities have apprehended five Bangladeshi nationals, including three women, at the Agartala Railway Station during a joint ...
62 Foreigners apprehended by RPF of Northeast Frontier Railway in last one monthContinuing the fight to detect illegal migrants, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Northeast Frontier Railway, in the month of June, 20...
GRP constable booked for trying to ferry migrant workers by trainCCTV footage at the New Delhi railway station showed that the inspector of the Government Railway Police (GRP) facilitated around 45 people...
- Ahead of Independence Day, security at stations across Northeast India beefed up
Assam police has already arrested 8 linkmen belonging to proscribed militant outfit, anti talk ULFA.
MoS Railways dubs Railway Protection Force as 'toothless', demands more power for itCurrently, even if a crime is detected by the RPF, the case has to be handed over to the GRP for further enquiry.
Railway Protection Force steps up vigil in border areasRPF has increased the train escorting service from about 1300 to 2146 trains now and aims to cover 3000 trains in near future.
Spurt in theft cases in trains and railway premisesRailways has witnessed an increase in theft cases as 21,688 thefts were reported in running trains and at platforms in 2015 as compared to ...
7,575 missing, abandoned children rescued from rail premises in 2015The Women and Child Development Ministry, in coordination with the Railways, has set up help desks at 20 stations, Minister of State for Ra...
Rail travel has got even more unsafe over the yearsEven as railways tries to get control over maintenance of law and order in trains, the latest government data could bolster its case as it ...
Suresh Prabhu advocates empowering of RPF for seamless policingThe Bibek Debroy Committee, in its recent report, has said the Railways' core activity is to run trains and not to engage in activities suc...
Government Railway Police should be brought under railway ministry: Suresh PrabhuThis, Prabhu said, would help the Railways in conducting seamless policing and provide better safety to the passengers.
Suresh Prabhu seeks more powers for Railway Protection Force, states oppose himThe minister said no other country in the world has so many government security and policing organizations to protect their railways system.
Rajnath Singh moots proposal for online FIRs for railway crimes"We have to ensure security for all modes of transportation. A strategy should be worked out to provide security to all forms of transporta...
Railway ministry pushes to do away with GRPA proposal in this connection is likely to come up in the conference on rail security to be attended by home secretaries and DGPs of state ...
Railways seeks integrated security to tackle rising crimesDuring the UPA regime, railways proposed an amendment to the RPF Act that would hand the central force policing power to deal with crimes.
Rail Ministry wants to take over operational control of GRPGRP comes under the control of the state governments, while the Railways pays 50 per cent of the amount spent on salaries of GRP personnel.
- Railways to move 'Railway Protection Force (Amendment) Bill 2012' in Budget session
A legislation to make Railway Protection Force the sole body responsible for passenger security is likely to be introduced in the Budget se...