As Oppn flags safety, Vaishnaw says 90% fall in accidents in 20 yearsIn the Lok Sabha, opposition members expressed concerns over railway accidents and the financial state of Indian Railways, while ruling par...
18 Mar, 2025, 12.46 AM IST
Will probe root cause of rail accidents, conspiracy will not last long: Amit ShahHome Minister Amit Shah announced that the government will soon unveil an initiative to protect India's 1.10 lakh km railway network follow...
17 Sep, 2024, 02.33 PM IST
Jharkhand rail accident: Akhilesh Yadav slams govt, says it wants to make record in every fieldThe Union Government faces criticism after the Howrah-CSMT Express derailed in Jharkhand, killing two and injuring many. Opposition leaders...
30 Jul, 2024, 01.19 PM IST
Kanchanjunga Express Train Accident: Congress blames govt handling of railwaysCongress president Mallikarjun Kharge said: "In the past 10 years, the Modi government has indulged in the utter mismanagement of the Railw...
18 Jun, 2024, 12.23 AM IST
JICA, Railways hold second consultative meeting on technical cooperationThe Technical Cooperation (TC) project that commenced in December 2018, would be implemented during the next one and half years.
20 Jun, 2019, 10.13 PM IST
Amritsar tragedy not 'railway accident', no statutory inquiry: Railway Board chairman"The Commission conducts statutory investigation into railway accidents. This was an incident where people were trespassing on the tracks a...
20 Oct, 2018, 07.54 PM IST
Railway accidents decreased from 85 in 2016 to 49 this year: GovernmentMinister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain said in Lok Sabha that out of the 49 such accidents, 30 accidents were caused due to failure of...
20 Dec, 2017, 09.13 PM IST
Suresh Prabhu, Yogi Adityanath announce compensation for Rampur derailment injuredHowever, there was no casualty in the accident, Northern Railway spokesperson Neeraj Sharma said.
15 Apr, 2017, 01.06 PM IST
Who is responsible for railway accidents: Congress to PM Narendra ModiModi ji has made many speeches about Accountability. Who is accountable for the increase in Railway Deaths, Modi ji? asked Congress.
23 Jan, 2017, 10.10 PM IST
Dawood link in Kanpur railway tragedy?Police suspect that two of the men were involved in a conspiracy to blow up the railway tracks and cause mass casualties.
20 Jan, 2017, 10.32 AM IST
After 19 years, Railways doubles compensation to rail accident victimsThe compensation for 34 other kinds of injuries has also been doubled to Rs 7.2 lakh-Rs 64000 now from the earlier levels.
23 Dec, 2016, 06.34 AM IST
Rise in deaths of Asiatic lions in Gujarat: GovernmentJavadekar said that in 2013, the total number of deaths were 76 while in 2014, 78 lions died. The death figure increased to 91 in 2015.
09 May, 2016, 04.50 PM IST
Inflation on rise, revise compensation for rail accidents: Delhi High CourtA public interest litigation filed by Sethu Niket through advocate Esha Mazumdar told the HC that the compensation amount was fixed more th...
24 Nov, 2015, 12.00 PM IST
Rail accidents killed 25,000 people in 2014: NCRBThe majority of railway accidents (61.6 per cent) was due to fall from trains or collision with people on the tracks, the report said.
20 Jul, 2015, 11.47 AM IST
Railways told to hold more discussions before amending its compensation normsA parliamentary committee has asked the Railways Ministry to hold detailed discussion with various stakeholders before introducing the amen...
06 May, 2015, 05.44 PM IST
- Goods train mows downs 7 elephants
A goods train speeding at 70kmph through the Dooars in Jalpaiguri, ploughed into a herd of elephants, killing seven of them - the highest n...
24 Sep, 2010, 10.25 AM IST
- Govt plans anti-collision devices throughout rail network
The government will soon come out with a vision document to make railways accident free and is looking at installing anti-collision devices...
04 Dec, 2009, 12.35 AM IST