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Labrador dies during Ludhiana-Pune train journey; pet owner alleges negligence
June 02, 2026 10:36 pm
According to PFA, Balbir Singh, a resident of Ludhiana, had booked his four Labradors in the brake van of the Jhelum Express to travel to Pune, where his family was attending a wedding.
Delhi-Alwar RRTS: Gurgaon civic body clears land for casting yard
May 12, 2026 4:38 pm
164-km corridor in Phase 1 of Namo Bharat semi-high-speed railway network for Delhi-NCR; as it awaits Centre’s final clearance, Gurgaon pushes ahead with preparations
Railway Minister to flag off Jammu to Srinagar Vande Bharat Express today, regular services to begin May 2
April 30, 2026 2:31 am
With this, the premium chair-car train, which has been operating between Katra and Srinagar, will now begin its journey from Jammu Tawi station. The number of coaches has also been increased from eight to 20
Cabinet approves 4 railways, road projects worth Rs 11,944 crore
March 11, 2026 5:16 am
These two projects covering five districts across the states of West Bengal and Jharkhand will increase the existing network of railways by about 192 km. It is expected to increase freight loading by 31 million tonnes per annum.
With seven new corridors, India will be 100% atmanirbhar in making Bullet trains, says Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw
February 05, 2026 7:26 am
The Minister also noted that land acquisition would be one of the main challenges for the project
When a Railway Minister had to resign after hiking train fare
December 22, 2025 3:12 pm
In India's political history, a railway minister had to once put in his papers after hiking train tickets. The opposition came from his own political party, a coalition partner at the Centre, demanding for its nominee minister's resignation and a rollback of the fare hike.
Central Railway data: Over 8,100 people booked for offences ranging from ticketless travel to illegal entry into ladies’ coaches in October
November 17, 2025 7:59 pm
Among the key violations, 59 persons were booked under the Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act for allegedly stealing railway property, leading to recoveries worth Rs 4.62 lakh.
How police outsmarted an IRCTC ticket tout, whose habit of chewing tobacco led to his arrest with all evidence intact
October 16, 2025 3:57 pm
After the arrest of Bipin Gaur from Bhiwandi in Maharashtra in December 2023, the police dismantled a ticket tout network of 16 people.
Railway pointsman arrested after police recover 2 liquor stashes in Gujarat’s Vadodara Railway yard
September 16, 2025 6:31 pm
‘Court rejected our remand application in case of the second stash recovery, but we re-arrested him in the first case (based on a tip-off),’ said Vadodara Western Railways SP Abhay Soni
Central Railway services remain largely unaffected despite waterlogging in Mumbai’s Kurla
September 15, 2025 2:57 pm
Central Railway officials said waterlogging in Kurla, one of the busiest junctions on the suburban network, was quickly attended to by engineering teams deployed on site.
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The divine train journey
January 27, 2014 11:53 am
Thousands of Muslims attended the annual three-day event near Dhaka that is one of the world’s largest religious gatherings.
RAILWAY VIDEOS
What it takes to keep Darjeeling Himalayan Railway running
June 22, 2020 6:20 pm
A recent rap from UNESCO on the ‘diminishing heritage value’ of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway has added to a long list of the 117-year-old train’s problems. We explore what it takes to keep this World Heritage Site running.
Railway Budget 2016 will transform railways: Manoj Sinha
February 25, 2016 6:47 am
New Delhi, Feb 25 (ANI): Before the announcement of Rail budget 2016-17, Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha on Thursday said this Rail budget will act as a transforming budget for the Indian Railways. He added that this budget has been prepared keeping in view the needs of common man.
Suresh Prabhu gears up to present Rail Budget 2016
February 25, 2016 5:55 am
New Delhi, Feb 25 (ANI): Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu gave final touches to the Rail Budget ahead of presenting it in the Parliament on Thursday.Taking about their expectations form the Budget, one of the passengers said the government should focus more on cleaner coaches and quality of food so that more people travel by trains.While another passenger said fares of daily passenger trains should be reduced and the safety of women passengers should be considered in the upcoming budget.
Sarfaraz Alam has been arrested, interrogation underway- AS Thakur
January 24, 2016 5:13 pm
Patna, Jan 24 (ANI): District Superintendent of Police A.S. Thakur on Sunday said that Janata Dal (United) MLA Sarfaraz Alam has been arrested and interrogation is underway. Meanwhile, maintaining his stand, arrested Sarfaraz Alam today said the charges of molestation that have been made against him are completely false and baseless. According to the complaint, the incident occurred on January 17 when Alam allegedly misbehaved with the couple on board the train. An FIR was registered against him with GRP Patna the next day. The MLA was allegedly travelling without ticket and was drunk. A footage of the purported incident was also aired by the media.
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