Boarding moving trains may soon cost you Rs 2,000, RPF mulling on-the-spot fines: ReportCommuters face new fines for boarding or alighting from moving trains. The Railway Protection Force is introducing penalties up to Rs 2,000...
Railway launches Sangyaan App to provide in-depth info on three new criminal lawsBesides section-wise analysis and advanced search tools, the app includes other essential legal acts and rules related to railway security,...
RPF personnel can be treated as 'workman' for compensation purposes: SCA bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Manoj Misra dismissed an appeal filed by a commanding officer of the Railway Protection Special Force...
Case against ad agency after porn clip plays at Patna railway stationAccording to RPF Inspector Sushil Kumar, on March 19, telecasting of porn videos suddenly happened around 10 am on the LED screen of the ra...
Watch: Man drives autorickshaw on to railway platform, gets finedThe auto driver, identified as Vinod Pandey, was fined Rs 500 under the Railway Act for driving his vehicle onto platform number one of Kur...
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.
Nearly 1400 male passengers arrested for travelling in ladies coaches: Northern RailwayThis year so far, 61211 people were arrested under different sections of the Railway Act and Rs 1.5 crore of fine realised from them.
RPF personnel not to check passengers' ticketRPF personnel will not be involved in ticket checking drives and chasing passengers for this purpose on moving trains and on platforms as i...
Railways to set up tourist help desk at 24 stationsThe plan is to cover all major stations with such tourist-friendly facility across the country in a phase-wise manner after setting it up i...
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...
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.
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.
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Mamata Banerjee has directed railway minister Dinesh Trivedi to take the proposed amendment to the Railway Protection Force (RPF) Act off t...
- Now, row over powers for railway police
Powers for railway police: Narendra Modi calls it yet another assault on federalism; Mamata Banerjee finds boot on other foot
- After NCTC, Modi now opposes RPF amendment bill
After NCTC, it was the turn of a proposal to empower Railway Protection Force (RPF) with police powers that has come under attack from Guja...
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Consider taxability of accumulated balance in your PF account on or after termination of service. Ernst & Young’s Surabhi Marwah & Karishma...