Tag: railway
Cabinet Reshuffle: Modi Rejigs Team, Sitharaman Gets Defence, Goyal Railways
Nirmala Sitharaman was named India's Defence Minister in a reshuffle-cum-expansion of the Union Cabinet by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 3 September. Piyush Goyal was awarded charge of the Indian Railways.....
24 Fall Ill After Consuming Food On Tejas Express
At least 24 passengers of the Goa-Mumbai Tejas Express on Sunday fell ill after consuming food served by on-board pantry car operator and were admitted to hospital, officials said. The IRCTC has launched an investigation. ....
Maoist Attack In Bihar; One Killed, 2 Abducted
Maoists have attacked a railway station in Bihar, killing one person and abducting two to enforce their shutdown, police said on Wednesday.....
Mumbai Commuters Get AC Local Trains
The Indian Railways on Monday flagged off the country's first air-conditioned suburban local train for Mumbai commuters, 150 years after the first suburban local was hauled by a steam engine in 1867, officials said.....
A.P. Express Coaches Catch Fire, None Injured
At least two coaches of the A.P. Express caught fire near Birlanagar in Madhya Pradesh on Monday, officials said. No one was injured.....
UP Train Derailment: 6 Dead, Ex-gratia Announced, CRS Inquiry Ordered
Six persons were killed on Wednesday after nine coaches and the engine of an express train heading to New Delhi from Malda town in West Bengal derailed in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to the family of those killed.....
Amritsar Train Tragedy: Punjab Governor, Sidhu Visit Injured In Hospital
With at least 61 people crushed by a speeding train in Amritsar and over 70 others injured, senior political figures including Punjab Governor V.P. Singh Badnore and Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, visited the injured in hospitals here on Saturday.....
Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express Catches Fire, 2 Dead
A fire broke out in the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express near Siliguri in West Bengal on Friday killing two passengers, who jumped out of the moving train in panic, a fire official said.....
Journalist Thrashed, Urinated Upon By GRP Men In UP
Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel thrashed a journalist who was covering a train derailment near Dhimanpura in the early hours of Wednesday.....
Tejas Is 1st Lucknow-Delhi Train To Be Run By Private Players
The first train, operated by private players, to be run between Lucknow and Delhi will be the Tejas Express. ....
