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After winning poll battles, Modi has picked up a new fightAmidst rising crude oil prices and a weakening rupee, Prime Minister Modi has urged Indians to embrace austerity. His call to reduce fuel c...
ET Prime Special Series: Multibagger or IBC - Part 57: Forging firm that supplies Tata, M&M, JCB. Nobody talks about it enoughFor over four decades, one company has been making crankshafts quietly and precisely, supplying customers from Tata Motors to Liebherr to M...
Vedanta Chhattisgarh power plant blast: Death toll rises to 23The death toll from a blast at the Vedanta power plant in Chhattisgarh's Sakti district has risen to 23. Two more workers died from their i...
Building collapse at Kannauj: All 28 trapped workers rescued after 16-hour operation, FIR lodgedRescuers safely pulled out all 28 workers trapped in the rubble of a collapsed under-construction building at Kannauj railway station after...
Busy making 'one' Adani safe: Rahul Gandhi attacks PM Modi after railway worker crushed to death in train mishapRahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition, criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi following the death of a railway employee in a shunting acc...
A train passenger won Rs 1 lakh damages for bag theft at Delhi State Commission only to lose the case before NCDRC; Lessons to be learntIndian railways: A passenger travelling in AP Express (train no. 12724) from New Delhi to Nagpur in reserved 3rd AC coach experienced shock...
Rail passenger gets Rs 1 lakh compensation for stolen luggage during travel on Malwa Express 6 years agoJaya Kumari, from New Delhi, faced a prolonged struggle after her bag, containing valuables, was stolen on the Malwa Express in 2016. After...
Senior engineer bound down over electrocution incident at New Delhi Railway StationThis section means that the police officer shall, in all cases, where the arrest of a person is not required under the provisions of sub-se...
Electricity pole where woman died due to electrocution attended to; wiring, safety fittings replaced: RailwaysThe Northern Railways on Tuesday said an electricity pole on the New Delhi Railway station premises where a woman recently died due to elec...
CBI takes over Odisha train accident probeA team of CBI reached the accident spot in Balasore to initiate the investigation, said people in the know of the matter. The agency will a...
Balasore train tragedy: Rail police files FIR; CBI probe on trackThree sections of the Railways Act too have been invoked in FIR. These are "endangering safety of persons travelling by railway by wilful a...
'Least bothered about passenger safety': Lalu takes on Centre over Odisha train tragedyThe railway ministry has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh for the deceased, Rs 2 lakh for those severely injured, and Rs 50,000 for tho...
Two killed in stampede in West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee blames RailwaysThe Nagercoil-Shalimar Express and two EMU locals arrived at the station at the same time, while Shalimar-Vishakhapatnam Express and Santra...
No compensation for injuries sustained while boarding a moving train, it's an offence, says HCThe Gujarat high court said trying to get into a moving train, especially when the train has left the station, should be an offence.
If one dies getting on, off train, Railways must pay compensation: Supreme CourtA bench of Justices A K Goel and R F Nariman held that death or injury during boarding or de-boarding a train will be an ‘untoward incident...
Railways invites people to provide information on Utkal Express accident inThe move comes in the wake of people at the spot in Khatauli in Uttar Padesh alleging negligence on the part of the railways that led to th...
Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2014 withdrawnSuresh Prabhu today withdrew the Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2014 in the Lok Sabha, which was aimed at providing clarity on "accidental fall...
New rail law to make it tough to claim compensation in cases of 'untoward' incidentsMore rail passengers die due to falls from trains than collisions or derailments, and a new law is all set to make it much harder to claim ...
- Railways suspend six staff for Brahmaputra Mail accident
The driver, assistant driver and guard of the goods train that was involved in a mishap with the Brahmaputra Mail were among six staff memb...
- Mumbai's rail fatalities tops Bhopal gas disaster
20,706 people have been killed in Mumbai in the last five years by Central & Western Railway. In Pics: The Bhopal gas disaster | Full cover...