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Thiruvananthapuram: Government Railway Police has launched a drive to screen drunk passengers at railway stations and on trains in Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Palakkad and Kozhikode zones, days after a drunk man allegedly pushed a teen girl off a moving train near Varkala town in Kerala. The authorities hope the exercise may act as a deterrent to…
The Visakhapatnam station wears a deserted look due to cancellation of several originating trains, due to the cyclone Montha. | Photo Credit: V RAJU The Waltair Division of East Coast Railway has taken extensive precautionary measures and put in place elaborate arrangements to effectively manage the impact of Cyclone Montha. Speaking to the media on…
The Railway Board has allowed certain fare concessions to be restored to the disabled, patients and students post the COVID lockdown. The notification has already been issued to the zonal railways for implementation. Top of the list are the disabled persons. Those orthopaedically challenged or paraplegic persons who cannot travel without escort for any purpose,…
Every Chhath Puja, returning home to Bihar turns into an adventure — trains bursting with passengers, traffic jams that defy physics, and conductors who redefine honesty. Atul Thakur relives his experiencesIt was 2014. End-October. I was in Delhi — where I work — but needed to go back home to Bihar for the Chhath Puja….
The Tirupati-Mannargudi-Tirupati Pamani Express (17407/17408) will be permanently augmented with one AC three-tier coach and three sleeper class coaches from Tirupati with effect from July 27 and from Mannargudi from July 28. The revised composition of the trains after the augmentation will be: 2 AC three-tier coaches, three sleeper class coaches, four chair cars, 11…
D. Ravikumar. File | Photo Credit: T. Singaravelou Villupuram Member of Parliament D. Ravikumar has urged the Railway Board to approve the detailed project report (DPR) for the doubling of the Villupuram-Thanjavur section, with some variations. Mr. Ravikumar placed this demand before the Southern Railway, as a follow-up to the annual meeting of the Southern…
Anbumani Ramadoss. File | Photo Credit: E. Lakshmi Narayanan Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) president Anbumani Ramadoss on Wednesday (April 2, 2025) questioned the non-release of the ‘pink book’ for Southern Railway, which details the annual estimates in the Railway budget for States, including Tamil Nadu. In a statement, he said the “negligent attitude” of the…
New Delhi: Millions of devotees from across India have been visiting the ongoing Maha Kumbh mela in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj – one that is held every 12 years – causing a huge rush in trains and traffic on roads. A wave of stampede-like incidents and angry passengers breaking train windows as they were unable to…
Telangana got a record railway budgetary allocation of ₹5,337 crore in current year’s budget, which incidentally, is just one crore rupees more when compared to last year’s allocation. Andhra Pradesh, on the other hand, got ₹9,417 crore or an additional ₹266 crore when compared to last year’s ₹9,151 crore for various railway works. Overall, South…
Railways pacer Himanshu Sangwan found himself in the collective consciousness of Indian cricket followers after taking the “most important wicket of his life,” dismissing superstar Virat Kohli in a Ranji Trophy match against Delhi on Friday. Sangwan, who played U-19 cricket for Delhi alongside the likes of Rishabh Pant before moving to Railways,…
