Do people want easy rail travel or picture with 'shahenshah's' statue: Rahul Gandhi in dig at govtGandhi's attack on the government came days after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said setting up selfie booths at railway stations w...
30 Dec, 2023, 03.01 PM IST
PM selfie booths at railway stations brazen waste of taxpayers' money: Congress chief KhargeThe Congress chief alleged that earlier, the blood and sacrifice of the country's brave soldiers were politically used by ordering the arme...
26 Dec, 2023, 02.25 PM IST
Kerala will get more Vande Bharat trains: MoS V MuraleedharanKerala will receive more Vande Bharat Express trains, according to Union Minister V Muraleedharan. The announcement followed the flagging o...
24 Sep, 2023, 05.02 PM IST
Second vistadome coach to be attached to Mumbai-Goa Tejas Express from April 14One vistadome coach was attached to the Mumbai-Karmali Tejas Express in September last year. After the attachment of an additional vistadom...
12 Apr, 2023, 09.33 AM IST
Independence Day: Netizens share pictures, facts and opinions on social mediaA few users posted their pictues with the Indian flag under the hashtag 'SelfieWithTiranga' and 'HarGharTiranga' initiative. Many added 'My...
15 Aug, 2022, 04.33 PM IST
Heritage steam loco removed from Rail Bhawan; Vande Bharat replica to replace itThe vintage locomotive was removed from the Rail Bhawan premises in the early hours. During day time, many passers-by were caught by surpri...
06 Dec, 2021, 09.59 PM IST
Amritsar tragedy: Railways to launch massive anti-trespassing drive, budget to be 'no constraint'The national transporter had initiated a drive last year too, after a slew of 'selfie deaths' on tracks were reported from across the count...
20 Oct, 2018, 11.03 PM IST
Worst accident caused by trespassing in history of railwaysOn June 4, 2002, the Kasganj level crossing disaster occurred when a Kanpur–Kasganj Express collided with a passenger bus in Uttar Pradesh,...
20 Oct, 2018, 04.19 PM IST
Footage shows people taking selfies from tracks during Amritsar tragedy, criticisedPunjab minister Navjot Sidhu's wife Navjot Kaur Sidhu, who was the chief guest at the programme, later said nobody knew how the accident ha...
20 Oct, 2018, 12.03 AM IST
Selfies can be deadly - and India leads the wayStates are launching awareness campaigns and there’s even an app tracking dangerous spots, but India still has the highest number of selfie...
18 Feb, 2018, 12.18 AM IST
Refrain from selfies, stunts near rail tracks: Piyush GoyalThe message from Goyal also comes on a day an equally disturbing video of a Kashmiri man lying down on a railway track under a running trai...
25 Jan, 2018, 05.44 PM IST
First AC local train starts in Mumbai; commuters elatedEarlier, BJP MPs Kirit Somaiya, Gopal Shetty, Maharashtra minister Vinod Tawde, Mumbai BJP chief Ashish Shelar and WR General Manager Anil ...
25 Dec, 2017, 05.24 PM IST
When snapping a selfie led to damaging historyAn 18th century statue in Lisbon broke recently after being knocked down by a tourist attempting to take a selfie with it.
08 Dec, 2016, 01.36 PM IST
Smartphones should detect 'no selfie' areasAs a significant percentage of selfie-related fatalities have happened in India, the recent imposition of no-selfie areas was expected.
13 Aug, 2016, 09.40 AM IST
Popular passenger train Century Express chugs into pages of historyPeople decorated the platform with balloons, distributed water bottles to passengers, gave mementos to crew and also took selfies with the ...
15 May, 2016, 03.42 PM IST
Selfie near train can now land you in jailThe order came following the recent deaths of three youths and a 45-year-old man, all allegedly killed while taking selfies close to the ra...
21 Apr, 2016, 11.41 AM IST
Tourists will always be selfie-ish, let’emThe EU is contemplating a ban on selfies in front of historical landmarks.
02 Jul, 2015, 06.48 AM IST