Harried Shatabdi passengers reach seven hours late
October 28th, 2011 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Oct 28 (IANS) For a 250-km journey that was to take only three hours, reaching seven hours late Friday was a harrowing time for hundreds of passengers on the ... Read more...
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Special train for Bhutan royal couple
October 25th, 2011 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) The railways have extended the famed Indian hospitality to Bhutan's visiting royal couple by arranging a special luxury train for their honeymoon trip to ... Read more...
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Indian Railways to get its most powerful diesel locomotive
September 26th, 2011 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Locomotive major Electro-Motive Diesel Monday said it has completed the design for a high-horsepower locomotive for the Indian Railways.According to the company, the new design ... Read more...
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Inquiry team set up on Tamil Nadu accident
September 14th, 2011 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 14 (IANS) The Southern Railway has announced setting up of an inquiry team to probe the Tuesday night's Tamil Nadu train accident which has claimed 10 lives.The Chennai ... Read more...
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Human error caused Tamil Nadu train accident
September 14th, 2011 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai/Arakkonam, Sep 14 (IANS) Human error seems to have caused the train accident that killed 10 people in Tamil Nadu's Vellore district, Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi said Wednesday.The Chennai Beach-Vellore ... Read more...
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10 die in Tamil Nadu train collision, survivors recount trauma
September 14th, 2011 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
Chennai/Arakkonam, Sep 14 (IANS) A big metallic bang... that's what survivors remembered Wednesday from the traumatic moments the night before when an EMU train rammed a stationary passenger train near ... Read more...
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Harsh steps against those responsible for rail accident: Trivedi
August 1st, 2011 - 1:12 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi Sunday said a proper inquiry will be held to fix accountability for the derailment of the Guwahati-Bangalore Express in West Bengal's ... Read more...
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Assam on high alert after train bombing
July 11th, 2011 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 11 (IANS) A massive security alert was sounded Monday across Assam after the overnight separatist bombing that derailed a passenger train and left more than 100 people ... Read more...
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100 injured as passenger train bombed in Assam (Third Lead)
July 11th, 2011 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 10 (IANS) At least 100 people were injured, 20 of them critically, when a powerful bomb ripped apart a passenger train late Sunday in India's restive northeastern state ... Read more...
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50 injured as passenger train bombed in Assam (Second Lead)
July 10th, 2011 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 10 (IANS) Separatists bombed a passenger train Sunday night leaving at least 50 people injured, several of them critically, in India's restive northeastern state of Assam, officials said.A ... Read more...
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Samjhauta blasts: NIA charges Aseemanand, four others
June 20th, 2011 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
Panchkula (Haryana), June 20 (IANS) The National Investigating Agency (NIA) Monday filed its chargesheet against radical Hindu activist Swami Aseemanand and four others in a court here, holding them responsible ... Read more...
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Truck falls over train, 13 trains cancelled
May 16th, 2011 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 16 (IANS) As many as six express and seven passenger trains were cancelled after a truck fell on to a goods train from an overhead bridge in Andhra ... Read more...
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26 hurt in Orissa train collision, a few trains cancelled (Lead)
May 4th, 2011 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, May 4 (IANS) At least 26 passengers were injured after a goods train collided with the Koraput-Rourkela Inter City Express in Orissa's Bolangir district early Wednesday, forcing railway authorities ... Read more...
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I stand by my statement: Sanjiv Bhatt
April 22nd, 2011 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, April 22 (IANS) A senior police officer, who has filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court implicating Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots in the ... Read more...
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Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani catches fire, one injured
April 18th, 2011 - 10:55 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 18 (IANS) A passenger was injured when three bogies, including the pantry car, of the Mumbai-New Delhi Rajdhani Express caught fire near Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh early Monday, ... Read more...
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Tanker train to help water scarce areas of Jharkhand
April 10th, 2011 - 6:34 pm ICT by ANI
Jamshedpur, Apr 10 (ANI): The railway authorities in Jharkhand allotted a tanker train to supply water to the water scarce regions of city.With the temperature rising, people of Jamshedpur are undergoing severe ... Read more...
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Neelachal express derails after hitting road roller in Orissa
February 27th, 2011 - 7:47 pm ICT by ANI
Bhubaneswar, Feb 27 (ANI): Ten bogies of the Puri-Delhi Neelanchal Express derailed near Bhadrak, about 120 kilometres from here on Sunday after the train collided with a road roller.No casualties have, however, ... Read more...
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BJP workers taken for a ride - back home
January 23rd, 2011 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmednagar (Maharasthra), Jan 23 (IANS) Police and railway officials here hoodwinked Bharatiya Janata Party activists headed to Jammu and Kashmir for the Republic Day flag hoisting and shunted their special train ... Read more...
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Rajasthan cops take Aseemanand to Ajmer for blast probe
January 22nd, 2011 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 22 (IANS) Swami Aseemanand, a radical Hindu activist, was taken into custody by Rajasthan Police here Saturday to probe his role in the 2007 blast in the Dargah of Khwaja ... Read more...
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Samjhauta train bombing: Aseemanand’s statement recorded
January 15th, 2011 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Panchkula (Haryana), Jan 15 (IANS) Swami Aseemanand, a radical Hindu activist, was Saturday presented before the chief judicial magistrate (CJM) here to record his statement in connection with the 2007 Samjhauta Express ... Read more...
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Samjhauta blasts: Aseemanand gets 14-day judicial remand
January 13th, 2011 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Panchkula (Haryana), Jan 13 (IANS) Hindutva activist Swami Aseemanand, in custody for his alleged involvement in the 2007 Samjhauta Express blasts, was Thursday sent to 14-day judicial remand by a National Investigation ... Read more...
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Railway coach, container unit to come up at Budge Budge
January 12th, 2011 - 12:30 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 11 (IANS) Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday laid the foundation stones at Budge Budge for factories to manufacture air-conditioned bogies and containers."In last two years, there has been an ... Read more...
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Pak National Games participants accommodated in rail bogies in Peshawar
December 25th, 2010 - 5:32 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Dec 25 (ANI): In a case of high-class mismanagement, the Pakistan Railways squad that arrived in Peshawar to participate in the 31st National Games were made to stay in train bogies ... Read more...
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Samjhauta blasts: Hindu leader sent to police custody till Jan 3
December 24th, 2010 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
Panchkula (Haryana), Dec 24 (IANS) Hindu religious leader Swami Aseemanand was Friday sent to police custody till Jan 3 by the National Investigation Agency's (NIA) special court here in connection with the ... Read more...
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Diesel locomotive derails after ramming into freight train in Ambala
December 24th, 2010 - 5:50 pm ICT by ANI
By Paramjeet Singh VirkHaryana, Dec.24 (ANI): A diesel locomotive derailed after it rammed into a Delhi-bound freight train at Ambala in Haryana on Friday morning.Besides the locomotive, many wagons of the freight ... Read more...
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Samjhauta train blasts: Hindu leader sent to police custody
December 23rd, 2010 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
Panchkula (Haryana), Dec 23 (IANS) Hindu religious leader Swami Aseemanand was Thursday sent to a day's police custody by a court here in connection with the 2007 Samjhauta train blasts in Haryana ... Read more...
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Swami Aseemanand to be quizzed over Samjhauta train blast
December 21st, 2010 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 21 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will question Hindu religious leader Swami Aseemanand, accused in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast in Hyderabad, in connection with the Samjhauta train blasts ... Read more...
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Blast derails India-bound train in Pakistan
December 4th, 2010 - 10:50 am ICT by IANS
Karachi, Dec 4 (IANS) A blast on railway tracks near Karachi early Saturday derailed two bogies of the Thar Express, which was travelling from this southern port city of Pakistan to Rajasthan ... Read more...
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Dhaka to introduce railcars using Indian credit
November 29th, 2010 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 29 (IANS) Bangladesh will introduce three-carriage trains called railcars between the national capital and its adjoining districts next year, using a part of the $1 billion Indian line of credit ... Read more...
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‘Unstoppable’ keeps the tension going(IANS Film Review; Rating:***1/2)
November 27th, 2010 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
By Satyen K. Bordoloi
Film: "Unstoppabale"; Director: Tony Scott; Cast: Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson; Rating: ***1/2The '90s audience chased a bus in "Speed". The 2000s could have been the decade of ... Read more...
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Sabarimala spruced up as pilgrimage begins Wednesday
November 14th, 2010 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvanananthapuram, Nov 14 (IANS) The Sabarimala temple in Kerala, one of the most revered religious centres of the country, is ready for the nearly two-month long pilgrimage season beginning Wednesday, a minister ... Read more...
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Train derails in Punjab, no casualties
October 26th, 2010 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
Jalandhar (Punjab), Oct 26 (IANS) The Amritsar-bound Tata Moori Express derailed here Tuesday afternoon, railway officials said. But there was no report of injuries to passengers.Just minutes after the train crossed the ... Read more...
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14 RPF officials booked for corruption
October 1st, 2010 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 1 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation Friday filed charge sheet against 14 railway police officials in cases of corruption and extortion, an official here said.The CBI action came nearly ... Read more...
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Delhi Metro to reserve coach for women from Oct 2
September 26th, 2010 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) One coach in all Delhi Metro trains will be reserved for women from Oct 2 in order to decongest the bogies.
The reserved ladies' coach will be ... Read more...
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Emotional farewell for metre gauge train in Kerala
September 19th, 2010 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Punalur (Kerala), Sep 19 (IANS) It was all over for the last metre gauge train in Kerala when the Punalur-Chencotta passenger train to Tamil Nadu pulled out of this city Sunday evening.
Since ... Read more...
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