NEW DELHI: A legislation to make the Railway Protection Force (RPF) responsible for all railway related law and order issues, apart from passenger safety, will likely be tabled in March 2012 when the Budget will be discussed in Parliament. The Bill is before the Cabinet for an approval. The RPF Amendment Bill, 2011, which has been sitting for a while, will give it powers to register cases of crime and...
03:07 PM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: In a possible breakthrough in the Samjhauta Express blast investigation, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday claimed to have arrested the man who allegedly placed the bomb on the India-Pakistan train in February 2007. The suspect has been identified as Kamal Chouhan, who is a resident of Indore. NIA sources say he is now being interrogated. He is likely to be produced at the Patiala House Court...
07:12 AM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi: In a big breakthrough in the Samjhauta Express blasts investigation, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday arrested the man who allegedly placed the bomb on the train that linked India and Pakistan. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the suspect, identified as Kamal Chouhan, is a resident of Indore. He is likely to be produced in the Patiala House court in Delhi on Monday. Over 60 people had...
11:09 PM, Feb 12, 2012
New Delhi: A 19-year-old girl was pushed off a moving train in Kottayam by a man on Friday. Witnesses said the man barged into the Ladies' section of the Ernakulam-Kottayam passenger train and got violent with the girl. He was caught by passengers and handed over to the police. Last year, a woman called Soumya was pushed from a moving train and raped near Thrissur. ...
11:55 AM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: Even as the 2012-13 Railway Budget is round the corner, the Railways is falling short of about 300 coaches to introduce 30 new trains promised in the last budget including double-decker AC trains between Delhi and Jaipur. Railways had announced introduction of 99 new trains including express and passenger services in the last budget, but till date 31 trains including seven Duronto trains, two double-decker AC trains and...
05:08 PM, Feb 09, 2012
London: Chelsea spent 28 million Pounds on firing manager Carlo Ancelotti and hiring Andre Villas-Boas, an outlay that does not appear to be paying off with the team performing worse in the English Premier League this season. Ancelotti was ditched in May after failing to win a trophy in his second season at Stamford Bridge, prompting owner Roman Abramovich to take a costly gamble on luring the inexperienced Villas-Boas from...
02:46 PM, Feb 09, 2012
Moscow: Russia and India on Monday started preparations for the joint INDRA-2012 military exercises scheduled to be held in Russia this summer, a Russian official said. Lt. Col. Alexander Gordeyev, spokesman for the Eastern Military District, said: "An Indian military delegation arrived on Monday in Ulan Ude (in Russia's Far East) to discuss the preparation for INDRA-2012 military drills to be held this summer." Russian and Indian military officials will...
04:17 AM, Feb 07, 2012
Raipur: Police in Chhattisgarh's Korba district launched a search on Monday for a man who threw out a minor girl from a running train after a failed rape attempt. "The accused has been identified as Ramdayal Kevat, aged 35 years. He knew the 13-year-old girl's family. Late Sunday, he took her to a train and tried to rape her. He pushed her out when he failed," officials at the police...
06:59 PM, Feb 06, 2012
Guwahati: A passenger train derailed on Friday morning in Kamrup (Rural) district of Assam, after hitting an earth-cutting vehicle on its track, leaving two people dead and 50 injured. The Bongaigaon-Guwahati Chilarai Passenger train rammed into the vehicle stuck on the track at Gossainghati between Azara and Mirza railway stations leaving about 50 injured around 9.30 am, railway sources said. Three bogies of the Bongaigaon-Guwahati passenger train derailed. The injured...
10:19 AM, Feb 03, 2012
Mumbai: Habitual rooftop passengers on suburban local trains, get ready for the shock of your lives, quite literally. Western Railway (WR) is in the process of completing the long-pending project of switching over to a 25,000-volt alternating current (AC) from the present 1,500-volt direct current (DC) by February 5. This means that power of extremely high-voltage will be flowing through the overhead cables that supply electricity to the trains. If...
01:04 PM, Jan 30, 2012
Pune: Even as a hail of bullets failed to deflate tyres of the state transport (ST) bus hijacked by Santosh Mane and stop his murderous road rage that killed eight and injured over 30, an uncomfortable question has raised its head, whether the police's 'lack of shooting practice resulted in a firing fiasco' on January 25. According to weapon experts, hitting a moving target needs precision and it could be...
12:57 PM, Jan 30, 2012
Mumbai: The exceptionally low temperatures in northern India have led to the mercury closing in on single digits in the city in recent days. But the scorching, sweltering summers aren't far away and no one appreciates the malady more than a suburban rail commuter. Which is why an air-conditioned local train is the dream of most of the 69 lakh daily passengers on Western and Central Railways in Mumbai. And...
12:40 PM, Jan 25, 2012
New Delhi: Dense fog in many parts of North India on Friday affected rail as well as air traffic with 30 trains running late and more than 60 flights delayed. The Patna-Delhi Rajdhani was among the trains delayed, a Northern Railway Spokesperson said Purshottam Express, Vaishali Express and Jansadharan Express were among the mail and express trains running late. On Thursday, 54 trains, including Rajdhani were rescheduled due to fog....
10:59 AM, Jan 20, 2012
New Delhi: As many as 40 flights and 35 trains were delayed on the Wednesday morning due to dense fog in Delhi and parts of North India. As the mercury plummeted sharply leaving Delhiites shivering, the minimum was recored at 5.6 degree Celsius as compared to Tuesday's minimum of 9.3 degree Celsius. Flight operations at the IGI Airport were disrupted with 40 flights delayed and three cancelled. Two other flights...
10:54 AM, Jan 18, 2012
New York: A New Jersey woman got the morning commute of her life when she gave birth to her first child on a Path commuter train to New York. The 31-year-old Indian-origin woman, who lives in Harrison, New Jersey, said she had started feeling contraction-like pains but didn't think they were real because her baby wasn't due yet. She and her 30-year-old husband decided to travel into the city to...
05:10 PM, Jan 17, 2012
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