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Passengers robbed at gunpoint in reserved sleeper coach: NCDRC holds Railways responsible for safety lapse, orders Rs 20,000 compensationThe National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission found Railways deficient in service. Passengers were robbed at gunpoint inside a reserv...- The 1920 Great Alberta Train Robbery: Three Russian men robbed a moving train for a fortune; Two were shot five days later, while the conductor’s stolen pocket watch led police to the third three years later in AmericaThree Russian men robbed a Canadian Pacific train in Alberta during 1920. The robbers escaped with little money and valuables, triggering a...
- CCTV cameras were first used to monitor Nazi V-2 rockets: Here's how wartime technology became a global surveillance toolCCTV technology originated in 1942 for monitoring Nazi rocket launches. Early systems lacked recording capabilities, making them impractica...
- Mangalsutra, cash stolen on Rajdhani Express: Consumer Commission orders Railways to pay Rs 80,000; here's whyFor theft of mangalsutra, State Bank of India (SBI) passbook and cash in Rajdhani 3AC coach, North Railways ordered to pay Rs 80,000 compen...
- Easy access, rising addiction: The new face of Northeast’s drug problemNortheast India’s narcotics crisis is no longer confined to cross-border trafficking. As heroin becomes widely available across parts of As...
- Railway’s AI-powered face recognition system intercepts ‘hardcore habitual offenders’An Artificial Intelligence system has successfully identified habitual offenders at Visakhapatnam Railway Station. The AI system, named Rai...
- Saif Ali Khan knife attack: One suspect detained from train at Durg railway station in ChhattisgarhThe Railway Police Force detained a man from a train at Durg railway station in connection with the knife attack on actor Saif Ali Khan. Th...
- Railways Ministry undertakes drive under 'Operation Yatri Suraksha' to enhance security of passengersUnder the operation, the RPF will take various steps including increasing CCTV surveillance, escorting trains, surveilling active criminals...
- Electoral bonds: Congress protests at Parliament premisesThe issue of electoral bonds has snowballed into a political flashpoint. This is following reports that the Reserve Bank of India and the E...
- Over 55,000 thefts reported in trains in last 3.5 years: Railways dataAccording to data collated by Indian Railways, between January and June this year, 9,222 cases of thefts of passengers' belongings were reg...
- 2 MPs' luggage stolen during train trips; RS expresses concernRaising the issue separately in Rajya Sabha, the two women MPs said they lost their luggage while travelling in long-distance trains.
- Indian Railways: Train travel riskier as crime jumps by 34 per centAmong the states, UP tops the chart with the maximum number of 8,293 cases, followed by Maharashtra (7,358), Madhya Pradesh (5,082), Delhi ...
- 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 ...
- Bullet trains won't start running so soon: AK MittalThe country would not be witnessing operational bullet trains so soon, because the existing/proposed projects will take six to eight years ...
- 5 prisoners escape from Nagpur Central PrisonFive prisoners escaped from the high-security Nagpur Central Prison in the wee hours of the day.
- 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.
- Saw rise in theft, dacoity on trains in 2013: GovernmentThere were 532 reported robberies in 2013 as compared to 448 in 2012 while the number of dacoities was at 41 in 2013 as against 39 in 2012.
- Danish woman gangrape: 2 accused sent to police custodyTwo more persons arrested in connection with gangrape of a 51-year-old Danish tourist were remanded in police custody by a court till Janua...
- Railways to move 'Railway Protection Force (Amendment) Bill 2012' in Budget sessionA legislation to make Railway Protection Force the sole body responsible for passenger security is likely to be introduced in the Budget se...
- Railway sought after by insurance companiesIndian Railway is being sought after by insurance companes as each time you travel by train you are insured for just 4.75 paisa against acc...
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