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: 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
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 Delhi: In these high-tech times, Indian Railways continues to rely on the age-old practice of bursting fire crackers on tracks to alert train drivers during dense fog. "Fire crackers continue to help us deal with fog. New technology supplements the decades old practice," said Y S Rajput, senior PRO, Northern Railway. According to Rajput, the Delhi division buys around 1.5 lakh fire crackers every year for use during periods...
04:08 PM, Jan 09, 2012
Road and air traffic was affected as visibility dropped below 50 meters and the temperature came down to 12 degrees Celsius. ...
06:33 AM, Jan 05, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In view of the Sabarimala pilgrimage season, the Southern Railways have announced additional Sabarimala/ Winter Special trains. Certain trains have also been sanctioned temporary stops at Chengannur and Thiruvalla till January 19, 2012, said an official release here on Wednesday. Advance reservation for the additional Sabari/ Winter special trains would begin on November 22. The trains are: Train no. 06009 Chennai Central-Kollam Weekly Special, 06010 Kollam - Chennai Central...
08:42 AM, Nov 24, 2011
Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samiti chief K Chandrasekhar Rao's son KT Rama Rao, his daughter and several other pro-Telangana activists were taken into preventive custody on Saturday ahead of the three-day rail roko campaign across the state. Some protesters have also been detained for trying to block the tracks at Hyderabad's Sitafal Mandi station. On Friday, the police vowed to take tough action against protestors who resorted to violence. Over 250...
08:24 AM, Oct 15, 2011
Madurai: Five trains in the Madurai division were diverted in view of the call for rail roko agitation by the Telegana joint action committee from 06:00 hrs of October 15 to October 17 1800hrs, Southern Railway said on Friday. According to a release, the Rameswaram Okha Express leaving Rameswaram at 19.30 hrs on October 14 will be diverted via Katpadi, Tirupati, Guntakkal, Bellari Miraj, Vasai Road and Ahmedbad. Hazrat Nizamuddin...
04:54 AM, Oct 15, 2011
Chennai: The Southern Railway has temporarily cancelled about 10 trains passing through Arakkonam-Katpadi section following last night's train mishap at Sitheri near Arakkonam. According to a statement by Southern Railway on Wednesday, the cancelled trains were Chennai Central-Bangalore Mail, Chennai Central-Erode Yercaud express, Chennai Central-Coimbatore Kovai Express, Coimbatore-Chennai Central Kovai Express, Chennai Central-Bangalore Brindavan Express. Bangalore-Chennai Central Brindavan Express, Chennai Central-Coimbatore Duronto Express, Coimbatore-Chennai Central Duronto Express, Erode-Chennai Central Yercaud...
12:18 PM, Sep 14, 2011
Bangalore: South Western Railway will run the following Special Trains to clear extra rush in view of Onam festival - Train No 06537 Yeshvanthpur - Kochuveli Garib Rath Express Special will leave Yeshvanthpur at 16.45 hrs on September 6, 2011 and arrive at Kochuveli at 11.10 hrs the next day. In the return direction, Train No 06538 Kochuveli -Yeshvanthpur Garib Rath Express Special will leave Kochuveli at 14.00 hrs on...
02:36 AM, Sep 08, 2011
New Delhi: Heavy rains lashed Mumbai on Saturday morning resulting in water logging and flooding in the low lying areas of the city. Heavy rains continued to lash the city for the third consecutive day on Saturday, causing water logging in several parts of the metropolis. The city has received about 20 milimetres of rainfall since Saturday morning. The met department has said that it will continue to pour over...
02:48 PM, Jun 11, 2011
Amsterdam: Dutch authorities recalled red beet sprouts from three countries on Thursday after samples were found to be contaminated with a strain of E coli bacteria that was apparently less dangerous than the one causing Europe's deadly E coli crisis. German health officials, meanwhile, reported that three more people died of the ailment on Thursday, raising the toll to 29 in less than six weeks. The Dutch Food Safety Authority...
02:00 AM, Jun 10, 2011
Jat protests have led to over 70 trains being canceled and over 30 trains being re-scheduled and so, passengers are stranded at railway stations. ...
04:16 PM, Mar 25, 2011
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