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Modi 3.0 anniversary: Congress jabs govt with 'promise versus reality' documentThe Congress party has released a document critiquing the Modi government's performance over the past 12 years. The party claims that grand...
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...
‘Furnace’, ‘human oven’: Why people are worried about non-AC local trains with closed doors in hot and humid MumbaiMumbai is introducing India's first non-AC suburban train with automatic sliding doors, a safety upgrade following a fatal accident. The ne...
Over 3 crore fake accounts removed from IRCTC portal: Ashwini VaishnawIndian Railways has removed over three crore fake accounts from the IRCTC portal to stop ticket touts. Most train seats, 78 percent, are in...
Planning train travel this Diwali or Chhath Puja? Indian Railways has an important announcement for youIndian Railways has issued a crucial advisory for Diwali and Chhath Puja travelers, urging them to avoid carrying flammable items like fire...
From ropeways to new office hours, Maharashtra readies big plan to end the Mumbai local train squeezeIn response to alarming fatalities on Mumbai's suburban rail network, the Maharashtra government is forming a task force to explore stagger...
4 dead, 9 injured after falling off local train near MumbaiA tragic incident near Mumbra station in Mumbai resulted in four fatalities and nine injuries when commuters fell from a crowded local trai...
Local train accident: Congress slams govt, demands Railway Minister Vaishnaw's resignationMaharashtra Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal called for Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw's resignation following a tragic local train ac...
Thane train mishap: What CM said and how Railways plan to fix itFollowing a tragic incident where four passengers died and six were injured after falling from an overcrowded Mumbai local train, the Railw...
Thane Train Accident: At least four dead, several injured as passengers fall from crowded local trainThane Train Accident Today: Tragedy struck on Monday as at least five passengers died and several others were injured after falling from an...
Railway Board decides on having automatic door closure facility for Mumbai local trains following Thane accidentFollowing a tragic accident in Thane, the Railway Board has mandated automatic door closers for all new and existing Mumbai suburban train ...
New Delhi Railway Station remains overcrowded hours after deadly stampedeDespite additional measures, the influx of passengers -- several of them Maha Kumbh pilgrims travelling to Prayagraj -- has continued with ...
What are the world's most tragic rail accidents of the last decade?At least 233 people died and over 900 others were injured when 17 coaches of the Coromandel Express and SMVT-Howrah Super Fast Express dera...
1981 Bihar to 2023 Balasore train accident in Odisha, here are India's deadliest rail accidentsIndia has witnessed several tragic train accidents throughout the years, including the country's deadliest in 1981, which killed at least 8...
Railways must pay compensation if a person falls off crowded train and suffers injuries: Bombay HCA single bench of Justice Bharati Dangre directed the Western Railways to pay Rs 3 lakh to a 75-year-old man who suffered injuries to his l...
Loo and behold, it’s Indian railwaysMoreover, foreseeing that these items might get pilfered, leaving users of the facility literally high and dry, train toilets will continue...
586 train accidents in last 5 years; 53% due to derailmentsNearly 53 per cent of the 586 train accidents in the last five years were due to derailments with the Utkal Express derailment being the la...
586 train accidents in last 5 years; 53 per cent due to derailmentsOver 20 people died and 97 were injured after 14 coaches of the Utkal Express derailed near Muzzafarnagar in western Uttar Pradesh on Satur...
Railways to form panel to study feasibility of CCTVs in trainsThe Railways told the Bombay High Court that it would soon form a committee to study the feasibility of installing CCTV cameras in ladies' ...
- Railway Minister Mukul Roy blames "negligent" van driver for rail accident
Railway Minister Mukul Roy today blamed the van driver for the major accident at an unmanned level crossing near Hathras in Uttar Pradesh.