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- Bangalore
Centre approves Rs 1,264 crore Ballari-Guntakal rail project
Bengaluru: The Union Cabinet has approved a major railway infrastructure project worth Rs 1,264 crore to construct the third and fourth railway lines between Ballari in Karnataka and Guntakal in Andhra Pradesh.…
- India
TTEs sell empty berths like vegetables in market: Calcutta HC
Kolkata: Holding that a section of the travelling ticket examiners (TTEs) sell unoccupied berths in trains like “vegetables in a market”, the Calcutta High Court asked the general managers of all railway…
- Bangalore
Protest against Railway Board withdrawn after employees’ appeal
Hubballi: Kannada organisations have unexpectedly withdrawn a planned large-scale protest against the Railway Board over its decision not to offer Kannada as a language option in departmental promotion examinations. The move comes…
- Andhra Pradesh
Centre committed to Andhra’s development: Pralhad Joshi
Amaravati: Union Consumer Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday, June 16, said the Centre is committed to the development of Andhra Pradesh under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and is…
- Bangalore
Hundreds escape tragedy after train coaches detach near Vijayawada
Bengaluru: A major railway tragedy was narrowly averted after coaches of a special train travelling from Bengaluru to Bihar got detached while the train was moving at high speed. The incident, which…
- India
Three coaches of Ujjaini Express derail near Rishikesh
Rishikesh: Three coaches of the Ujjaini Express derailed near the Khand Gaon area here on the night of Monday, May 18, when the train was being moved to the railway yard, officials…
- India
Railway Ministry’s app to report sexual harassment to become active on Mar 8
New Delhi: Female railway employees can lodge workplace-related sexual harassment complaints through the HRMS (Human Resource Management System) application from March 8, International Women’s Day. A Railway Ministry’s circular, dated March 5,…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad to emerge as ‘railway hub’: Union Minister Kishan Reddy
Hyderabad: Union Coal Minister G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday, February 3, said Hyderabad would emerge as a railway hub in the country with the establishment of a centre of ‘Kavach’ automatic train…
- India
Jaipur: Alert loco pilot thwarts derailment bid on Maharaja Express
Jaipur: A major conspiracy to derail the Maharaja Express, one of India’s most luxurious tourist trains, was foiled near Jaipur due to the alertness of the loco pilot. The train, carrying hundreds…
- India
Kolkata Metro railway services face brief disruption due to power supply glitch
Kolkata: Commuters were inconvenienced during the morning rush hour on Tuesday, as Kolkata Metro railway services on the busy Dakshineswar-Shahid Khudiram stretch were affected for nearly an hour, owing to a power…
- India
Assam: 8 elephants killed after being hit by Rajdhani Express
Eight elephants were killed and one injured after a herd was hit by the Sairang-New Delhi Rajdhani Express in Assam’s Hojai district in the wee hours of Saturday, a forest official said.…
- Technology
Indian Railways 2nd largest freight carrying rail network in world: Minister
New Delhi: The government has informed that freight loading increased from 1,233 million tonnes (MT) in 2020-21 to 1,617 MT in 2024-25, making Indian Railways second largest freight carrying Railways in the…
- India
UP: Passengers get off on wrong side, run over by incoming train
Mirzapur: Four passengers were run over by an incoming train on Wednesday while they were alighting from the wrong side at Chunar Railway Station, a railway official said. The passengers got off…
- Bangalore
Woman’s body found hanging in decomposed state at her house in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: A woman’s body was found hanging in a decomposed state at her rented house in the city, police said on Sunday. The incident occurred in Gayatri Nagar in north Bengaluru that…
- India
Jharkhand: Newborns enrolled in Aadhaar, birth certificates issued on same day
Jamshedpur: The Chakradharpur divisional railway hospital in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district said newborns in the medical facility were enrolled in Aadhaar and their birth certificates were issued simultaneously for the first time,…
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