Male vendors won't be allowed to sell their wares in the ladies compartments of local trains, Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil said on Tuesday. He was speaking to reporters at the Churchgate station here after a surprise visit to the bustling terminus to review women commuters' security during the evening peak hours. ...
07:45 PM, Jan 01, 2013
Sunando Sen, the 46-year-old Indian immigrant who died after being pushed in front of a subway train here by a woman, will be cremated on Monday by his friends. Indian Ambassador to the US Nirupama Rao expressed her condolences on the death of Sen on micro-blogging site Twitter, describing it as a senseless and foul murder. ...
04:59 AM, Dec 31, 2012
Security forces have busted a Naxal training camp following an encounter with the ultras during a search operation conducted in Jappemarka forests in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, a top police official said on Sunday. A couple of detonators, battery, wire, Maoist literature, ration, medicines in large quantity and other naxal-related materials, besides books, stationery items and stitching machines were recovered from the camping site, Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range)...
08:48 PM, Dec 30, 2012
A 31-year-old woman suspected of shoving an Indian immigrant in front of a subway train has been charged with second-degree murder as a hate crime after she told the police that she hated Hindus and Muslims since 9/11. Prosecutors Saturday identified the woman, who allegedly shoved India-born Sunando Sen of Queens, in front of a subway train Thursday as Erika Menendez of Bronx. ...
06:14 PM, Dec 30, 2012
NIA on Saturday made its first arrest in connection with Maharashtra's 2006 Malegaon bombing after the role of right-wing groups came to the fore with the nabbing of Swami Aseemanand in 2011. ...
06:03 PM, Dec 29, 2012
Anger and outrage in the city against the gangrape of a 23-year-old girl has caused the civic agency-run primary schools in New Delhi to announce that girl students and woman teachers would be trained to defend themselves. ...
02:01 AM, Dec 27, 2012
China on December 26 opened the world's longest high-speed rail line that more than halves the time required to travel from the country's capital in the north to Guangzhou, an economic hub in southern China. The opening of the 2,298 kilometer (1,428 mile)-line was commemorated by the 9 am departure of a train from Beijing for Guangzhou. Another train left Guangzhou for Beijing an hour later. ...
07:08 PM, Dec 26, 2012
China on Wednesday inaugurated world's longest high-speed rail route linking its capital Beijing with the southern metropolis of Guangzhou, covering a distance of 2,298 kms. ...
08:16 AM, Dec 26, 2012
Winter has set in across the north and the cold wave has intensified, claiming five more lives in Uttar Pradesh, taking the death toll to 11 in just three days. Temperatures have dropped to 2 degrees Celsius in some areas of Uttar Pradesh. ...
06:21 AM, Dec 25, 2012
New Delhi: Beginning January 1, suburban train passengers in Mumbai will have to pay Rs 2 to Rs 4 more for the daily journey as the Railways have decided to increase the surcharge on suburban train services in the metropolitan. According to a notification issued by Railways, the increased surcharge will be applicable from January 2013. The earning from surcharge will help railways to repay the loan taken for Mumbai...
09:21 PM, Dec 21, 2012
New Delhi: The brutal gangrape in Delhi has put the focus on security for women. But there is one place in Delhi where school girls are learning the art of self-defence. A group of specially-trained women constables helps girls learn self defence. Sixteen-year-old Mariya Khan oozes confidence as she walks to her school. Her steely eyes and reflexive biceps can now handle all the unwanted male attention. In New Delhi's...
09:50 AM, Dec 19, 2012
New Delhi: The accused in the 2007 Samjhauta blast will be produced in the Panchkula court on Monday. The key suspect, Ranjender Chaudhary, was arrested on Saturday in Madhya Pradesh by the National Investigation Agency. The arrest of Chouhan, believed to be a close aide of Ramji Kalsangra and Sandeep Dange, key accused in the case, came after he was asked to appear before the NIA headquarters in New Delhi...
07:13 AM, Dec 17, 2012
New Delhi: A 40-year-old man jumped in front of a Delhi Metro train in New Delhi on Sunday evening but escaped without any serious injury due to the driver's prompt action in stopping, officials said. The incident led to train services on the blue line (Noida City Centre-Dwarka) being disrupted for about 20 minutes. "Asif, a resident of Sadar Bazar, was standing at platform number 2 on R.K. Ashram Marg...
11:06 PM, Dec 16, 2012
New Delhi: 2007 Samjhauta blast accused Rajendra Chaudhary will be produced in a court in Panchkula on Monday. In a major breakthrough, Chaudhary was arrested on Saturday from Ujjain by the NIA. The NIA believes he is the man who planted the bomb on the train. Chaudhary carried a reward of Rs 5 lakh. The NIA has already arrested Kamal Chauhan, Aseemanand and Lokesh Sharma for their alleged involvement in...
10:54 AM, Dec 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Minister of State for Railways Surya Prakash Reddy has indicated that the train fares may be hiked soon as the "financial condition of the Railways is not sound". Speaking to reporters, Reddy said that hiking the fares had become necessary. Train fares have been at the centre of political battles involving the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA). TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, an...
10:14 AM, Dec 16, 2012
Bahraich: Fifteen wagons of a train carrying kerosene caught fire after it derailed near Jarwal Railway Station in the district in the wee hours on Friday. The fire broke out after four bogies including the engine of the train going to Bihar derailed, PRO, Northern Railway, Alok Srivastava said. Fire tenders have been rushed to control the flames from the district headquarters, he said. No injuries or casualties have been...
10:38 AM, Dec 07, 2012
Paulsboro: A freight train derailed on Friday on a railroad bridge that has had problems before, toppling tanker cars partially into a creek and causing a leak of hazardous gas that was blamed for sickening dozens of people, authorities said. Members of the National Transportation Safety Board arrived in New Jersey on Friday afternoon to investigate. They will try to determine whether the derailment was caused by a problem with...
08:35 AM, Dec 01, 2012
Paulsboro: More than a dozen people are being evaluated for possible respiratory problems after a freight train derailed on a bridge in southern New Jersey and dumped several tanker cars carrying hazardous materials into a creek. Officials at Underwood-Memorial Hospital say 11 people have been transported with complaints related to the rail accident in Paulsboro and five more arrived on their own. The hospital's communication's office says all are believed...
09:09 PM, Nov 30, 2012
Two AC coaches of the GT Express caught fire near Gwalior on Friday, leaving at least one person dead. According to sources, the person died due to a heart attack. ...
12:21 PM, Nov 30, 2012
Gwalior: Two AC coaches of the GT Express caught fire near Gwalior on Friday, leaving at least one person dead. According to sources, the person died due to a heart attack. The train caught fire at the Sidholi Staion near Gwalior. The cause of the fire is not known yet. The fire has affected other trains on the route. More details awaited. ...
07:00 AM, Nov 30, 2012
