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‘No refreshments served, nobody answered phone’: Allahabad HC judge outraged over ‘inconvenience’ during train journey, seeks explanation from railways
The letter further stated that the incident “caused great inconvenience and displeasure to his Lordship. In this regard, the Honourable Judge wishes that explanation may be called from the erring officials of the Railways, the GRP personnel and the pantry car manager.”
Fact-check: No, Army jawans didn’t push a train to ‘start’ it. News24 and others spread misinformation regarding an incident where forces helped with a...
A video went viral on social media showing the Army jawans police team, railway staff, locals, and commuters onboard pushing a train to 'start' it
Stones pelted on Bengaluru-Dharwad Vande Bharat Express, second such attack in a week
According to the Railways officials, the outer glass of C5 coach seat numbers 43, 44 and EC-1 coach toilets were damaged due to stone pelting on the Vande Bharat Express.
A rail-road tunnel under the Brahmaputra in Assam to become a reality, DPR tenders for the ₹6,000 crore project to be opened next month
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said that work on a rail-road tunnel under Brahmaputra river will start soon with opening tender for DPR
Coromandel Express set to resume operation today; CBI initiates a probe into the tragic train accident
Chaudhary stated that the Coromandel Express train will start its journey from Shalimar station at 3:20 pm on Wednesday. In addition to this, the Railway chief PRO stated that an ex-gratia of Rs 16.10 crore has been given to over 536 people.
Quick thinking of Rajdhani pilot averts major train accident in Bokaro after a tractor trolley gets stuck at a Railway crossing
The major mishap was averted by the loco pilot's fast thought and quick action, as he quickly applied the brakes, bringing the train to a stop at the right time.
Indian Railways dismisses “baseless” Times of India data on construction of railway tracks in India
Times of India claimed in its report that 98% of railway tracks in India were laid pre-independence between the years 1870 and 1930.
Balasore triple train accident: Railway Minister says ‘responsibility not over yet, need to make sure missing persons’ family members can find them’
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Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said that their goal is to make missing persons' family members can find them as soon as possible after the horrific triple train accident that took place in Odisha's Balasore
As Railways confirms that Odisha train accident was caused by passenger train smashing into goods train, here is what ‘electronic interlocking’, ‘point machines’ are...
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It is by now confirmed that the accident took place after the Coromandel Express entered the wrong track due to a wrongly set interlocking system, causing it to smash into a goods train.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw says the root cause of the Balasore train accident has been identified, track to be restored soon
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Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who reviewed the restoration work at the Balasore triple train collision site on Sunday, said the root cause of the accident has been identified and the track will likely be restored by today.
