New Delhi: In a shocking revelation, IBN Network and Cobrapost has exposed a nexus between rail ticket touts, police and railway officials wherein the touts are allowed to buy tickets in bulk against false names. In the sting operation conducted by IBN Network and Cobrapost, rail clerks have admitted on camera that they can get RAC and Waitlist tickets confirmed illegally. Also, RPF constables said on camera that policemen were...
10:20 PM, Aug 10, 2012
Kolkata: Asian Games gold medallist Pinki Pramanik, who was accused of gender misrepresentation and rape by her live-in partner, has rejoined her duty at the Sealdah Railway Station after the Eastern Railway revoked her suspension. The former middle-distance runner, who had got a relay gold at the Doha 2006 Asiad, on Thursday rejoined as a ticket collector in the station. "I feel relieved after the trauma which I had gone...
04:24 PM, Aug 10, 2012
Hyderabad: The South Central Railway will run 10 special trains between Hyderabad and Kolhapur. Accordingly Train No. 07143 Hyderabad-Kolhapur special train will depart Hyderabad at 11.10 pm on Aug 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12 and will arrive Kolhapur at 10.45 pm the next day. In the return direction, Train No 07144 Kolhapur-Hyderabad special train will depart Kolhapur at 07.30 am on Aug 9, 10, 11, 13 and 14 and...
01:40 PM, Aug 07, 2012
New Delhi: An inactive website of the Southern Railways www.southernrailway.gov.in has been defaced apparently by Pakistani hackers. The hacker group that calls itself 'Pak Cyber Pyrates' replaced the home page of the website with a page with content that denounces India's role in Kashmir. The official Southern Railways website moved to a new domain www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in back in 2010. Inactive websites are a soft target for hackers as they are not...
10:15 AM, Aug 07, 2012
New Delhi: Indian Railways on Thursday signed an agreement with Belgium to modernise and make some of the country's railway stations world class, said an official statement. "Indian and Belgian railways will benefit with mutual consultation and exchange of information services on development and modernisation of railway stations," Railway Minister Mukul Roy said after signing a Memorandum of Understanding with Belgian Deputy Prime Minister Didier Reynders, who is also Belgian...
12:48 AM, Aug 03, 2012
The northern regional load dispatch centre data shows Punjab was drawing over 800 MW till 1 pm on Wednesday. ...
07:57 PM, Aug 01, 2012
Kolkata: As many as 105 trains on Eastern Railway and 75 others on South Eastern Railway's network were left stranded in seven divisions on Tuesday after the eastern grid collapsed, completely stalling train services for about four hours. Eastern Railway sources said that arrangements were made for diesel engines to run long-distance trains which were stranded at various places. Railway engineers were successful in hauling Sealdah- bound Rajdhani Express, Patna-Howrah...
07:20 PM, Jul 31, 2012
Pune: Officials of the Anti-Dacoity Cell (ADC) arrested three persons on suspicion of their involvement in six train robberies, including the two recent cases where passengers on board the Jodhpur-Pune Express and the Goa-Nizamuddin Express were attacked and robbed of their valuables. The arrests were made on Monday morning. The arrested persons were identified as Sagar Kamathe (19), Atul Nimbhore (22) and Kailas Vagare (22), all residents of Solapur. They...
03:28 PM, Jul 31, 2012
32 passengers were killed after a coach of the Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express caught fire at Nellore in Andhra Pradesh. On Face the Nation, CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts - Are Railways becoming death traps? Here is the full transcript of the show: Sagarika Ghose: Hi there, yes there's been yet another tragic rail accident. 32 passengers were killed when a coach of the Delhi-Chennai...
11:46 AM, Jul 31, 2012
32 passengers were killed after a coach of the Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express caught fire at Nellore in Andhra Pradesh. ...
11:58 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Gagan Narang shoots bronze at the London Olympics. Tamil Nadu Express catches fire killing at least 32 people. ...
11:55 PM, Jul 30, 2012
In an interview to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Sam Pitroda stressed on the need of the modernisation of Indian Railways. ...
11:40 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Amritsar: Four school children were killed and 20 were injured on Monday when a speeding mini local train rammed into their school bus at an unmanned railway crossing at Kot Mehtab Singh village near Amritsar. Three of the injured students are in a critical condition, battling for their lives at the Civil Hospital in Amritsar. Locals are helping the authorities in the rescue operations. The other injured have been rushed...
04:33 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Mumbai: The lifeline of Mumbai took a hit on Friday evening as the motormen on the suburban network's Western Line are on strike. As many as 200 assistant motormen went on mass leave putting several demands before the government. Following the move by the motormen, the services on the Western Line that caters to close to 36 lakh people everyday have pretty much halted. There are also huge traffic jams...
07:36 PM, Jul 20, 2012
Chennai: Work is on at a frantic pace at the Beach Railway Station to implement the first phase of the Integrated Security Surveillance System (ISSS). The project is aimed at giving security and law enforcement officials eyes over every part of the station. The project would help track kidnapping, pickpocketing and chain snatching cases, apart from keeping an eye on the safety of train driver cabins, officials told City Express....
12:52 PM, Jul 18, 2012
Chennai: 12-year-old Pravin (name changed), son of an Air Force officer who lived in Anna Nagar, was spotted by Railway Police standing alone in a phone booth at Central Railway Station, late one evening. The boy was dressed in school uniform and was informing his parents over phone that two persons had kidnapped him from his school. The police picked up the boy and handed him over to his parents....
01:01 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Mumbai: Much of India is outraged by the acts of a mob that molested a teenage girl on a Guwahati street on July 10. What is a greater outrage is the fact that such episodes keep repeating themselves regularly all over the country. While the depravity of the wrongdoers is certainly reprehensible, what has contributed to this nightmare is the fact that more often than not " apart from knee-jerk...
01:25 PM, Jul 16, 2012
The Indian Railway Protection Force (IRPF) was formed in the year 1954. IRPF is one of the Group A Central Civil Service of India. The training ground for RPF is at Jagjivan Ram RPF Academy, Lucknow. The cadre controlling authority is the Director General, RPF. Cadre size: 287 posts (direct recruitment: 50%, promotion: 40%, Lateral Entry: 10%). Functions of the Officers - Responsible for protection of Railway property. - Assist...
06:07 PM, Jul 12, 2012
New Delhi: The new measures introduced by the Indian Railways with regard to the Tatkal train tickets reservation has come as a major relief to the common man. People have welcomed the new steps taken by the railway. Happy with the measures initiated by the Indian Railways on Tuesday, the passengers found it easier to get Tatkal tickets, which were being cornered by the touts. "I think the people will...
06:36 PM, Jul 10, 2012
New Delhi: After the IBN network exposed malpractices in the Railway Tatkal scheme, the Central Vigilance Commission is considering launch of an enquiry to ascertain whether Railway officials are involved in malpractices. The CVC has sought a report on the action taken from the Railways. Based on the report the CVC may suggest remedial action. Official sources said the CVC is likely to launch an enquiry either by its own...
01:20 PM, Jul 01, 2012
