Hyderabad: Ace badminton player and London Olympics bronze medallist flew a Kiran MK II jet trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force on Friday at the IAF's training academy at Dundigal in Andhra Pradesh. Kiran MK II aircraft is being used by the Air Force to train its rookie pilots before they move to fly other fighter and transport aircraft. Saina's visit is being seen at inspiring the young cadets...
04:22 PM, Sep 28, 2012
New Delhi: All AC train fares, freight tariff and cost of food at railway stations will go up from October 1 with the coming into force of service tax on them. This follows a decision taken at a meeting between Railway Minister CP Joshi and Finance Minister P Chidambaram. Fares of AC First Class, Executive Class, AC-2 tier, AC-3 tier, AC Chair Car will go up by 3.708 per cent...
04:49 PM, Sep 27, 2012
Siwan: A bus on Wednesday collided with an express train at an unmanned railway crossing in Siwan district in Bihar, killing as least seven students. Following the accident, an angry mob set on fire the railway crossing where the incident took place. The mob also ransacked the Siwan railway station. The situation continues to be tense in the area. The speeding Bagh Express rammed into the bus of the DAV...
05:42 PM, Sep 26, 2012
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Amit Yadav has launched a rail blockade in Jharkhand early on Monday morning at the Parsabad Railway station in Koderma district. Many trains including the Sealdah and Howrah Rajdhanis have been forced to halt due to the blockade. The BJP activists are demanding opening of a reservation counters at Parsabad station and stoppage of Mumbai-Howrah and other express trains at Parsabad station. "BJP...
08:46 AM, Sep 24, 2012
Kochi: Five people were killed when their car was hit by the Hapa-Tirunelveli Express at an unmanned level crossing at nearby Aroor on Sunday, Railway sources said. Three persons were killed on the spot, while two others, including a three year-old child, were rushed to hospital, where they were declared brought dead, the sources said. The accident occurred around 3:00 pm, they said. ...
05:04 PM, Sep 23, 2012
Protestors also blocked trains at the Bhubaneswar railway stations since 6 am in the morning. ...
10:52 AM, Sep 20, 2012
Jaipur: In a shocking incident in Rajasthan, a goods train was set on fire by an angry mob after it rammed into a truck at an unmanned railway crossing on the Jaisalmer-Bikaner line, killing eight and injuring several others. While the injured have been shifted to a hospital, the mob also burnt a relief train that was sent to the accident site. The furious mob continues to block the affected...
02:24 PM, Sep 17, 2012
New Delhi: Railways have no plans as yet to increase freight charges despite the steep hike in diesel prices which have put an additional burden of over Rs 1200 crores on it. "There is no move as yet to increase freight charges even if it (diesel price hike) hits us hard," said a senior Railway Ministry official. Railways consume about 250 crore litres of diesel per annum to run its...
03:49 PM, Sep 14, 2012
New Delhi: Accidental igniting of crackers on board the Tamil Nadu Express caused the fire that claimed 32 lives and injured 28 people in July this year, said official sources on Thursday. "The fire was caused due to accidental igniting of crackers being carried in the S-11 coach of the train," said the preliminary inquiry report submitted by Commissioner Railway Safety (South Central Circle) Dinesh Kumar Singh to the railway...
10:16 PM, Sep 13, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi tattoo artist death case took an unusual twist on Monday after a train driver admitting hitting a man on railway tracks near the same spot on the same date at the same time when Paras Bhasin reportedly died near the railway tracks. The train driver's statement now puts a big question mark on the victim's family's claims that he was murdered by his in-laws. The Delhi...
02:25 PM, Sep 10, 2012
Shillong: Despite opposition from several quarters fearing influx of outsiders, Meghalaya is set to be included in the country's railway map with the Centre sanctioning at least two projects for the state. Chief Minister Mukul Sangma would lay the foundation stone for the state's first railway station at Mendipathar in Garo Hills region on Saturday, while the assembly was informed about a railway head connecting Shillong with Byrnihat in Ri-Bhoi...
07:44 PM, Sep 06, 2012
Bangalore: The sight of 300 policemen gathered at the City Railway Station in order to present a scene of heightened security lent reassurance to around 500 people who returned to the city from the Northeastern states early on Tuesday morning. A special train which left Guwahati on Saturday afternoon chugged into the City Railway Station at 4.30 am with passengers who had left the city following rumours of threat to...
12:55 PM, Sep 05, 2012
Guwahati: With trepidation and hope that things would be back to normal, people from the northeast of India who fled cities like Bangalore and Pune, centres of information technology and education, fearing violence after inter-community clashes in Assam have started returning to work. What was an exodus with thousands of people - one of the largest in recent times within a country - leaving their jobs and educational institutes is...
10:30 AM, Sep 05, 2012
New Delhi: A group of MPs of the DMK, a key UPA constituent, on Tuesday met Defence Minister AK Antony and demanded a halt to the training programme for Sri Lankan army personnel in New Delhi, terming it the programme an act that would affect the "sentiments of Tamils". "We have submitted a memorandum to Defence Minister Antony; we have asked the Centre to immediately stop the training programme for...
02:31 AM, Sep 05, 2012
New Delhi: The DMK and the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu stand united over the issue of training given to Sri Lankan soldiers on Indian soil. DMK Chief Karunanidhi has come out strongly in support of Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on taking a strong stand. The DMK has hit out at the Centre for ignoring the plight of innocent Tamil fishermen who were being allegedly attacked by the Lankan Army. "All...
02:18 PM, Sep 04, 2012
Bangalore: To strengthen policing in Bangalore, the state government is contemplating to take the advice of security experts from other nations and is sending its officers abroad for training, said Home and Deputy Chief Minister R Ashok during an interaction with Express reporters on Monday. He said, Policing is a challenging job and the Bangalore police are doing a good work. However, to further strengthen the system we will look...
02:13 PM, Sep 04, 2012
Chennai: A special train from Guwahati, ferrying back people from the Northeast who had fled the southern cities following rumours of attacks on the community, reached the city late on Monday evening. The Bangalore-bound train left Guwahati on Saturday afternoon. As the train chugged into platform number seven at the Chennai Central Railway Station around 9.30 pm, a handful of lensmen and journalists rushed to the coaches hoping to catch...
10:56 AM, Sep 04, 2012
New Delhi: Passengers will soon be able to use smart cards for buying train tickets on the busy Delhi-Howrah and Delhi-Mumbai routes and also in the Kolkata Metro. "A pan-India multi-purpose smart card is going to be launched by railways in two most sought after routes on a pilot basis shortly and the modalities are being worked for it," said a senior Railway Ministry official involved in the project. Aptly...
04:57 PM, Sep 02, 2012
Mandya: A group of ABVP activists caused a flutter as they picked up an altercation with a group of over 150 youths travelling by a train suspecting them to be illegal Bangladeshi immigrants. However, during police intervention it came to light that the youths were construction workers from West Bengal, Bihar and Odisha heading to Bangalore, Railway Police DySP Arif Ali told PTI. The incident late last night delayed the...
10:38 AM, Aug 31, 2012
Sairenkon: In April this year, ten boys were forcefully taken to militant training camps in Myanmar. The family members of three boys in this village are still living in fear. Mother of ex-child soldier said, "I am living in constant fear and think what will happen to my son in the future." The boys tell us that they were lured with the promise of money and cellphones. Although pressure from...
08:38 AM, Aug 31, 2012
