The advance reservation period for trains will soon be reduced to 60 days from 120 days. The new rule will come into effect from May 1, 2013. This has been done to discourage unscrupulous agents trying to book seats in advance and creating a fake demand for se...
The advance booking for the double-decker train, to Bangalore from Chennai, begins today. Several have signed up for the first ride in anticipation. This double-decker train will hopefully relive some of the congestion.
The reservations are full for the summer run of the Nilgiri Mountain Railway. The mountain train goes from Coonoor to Udhagamandalam, and passes through several scenic spots. It is a major hit with the tourists and the waiting list has crossed 3000.
The Muzaffarpur-Yeswantpur Express train derailed in Sitteri, near Arakkonam, killing one and injuring more than 50, yesterday. As the tracks were damaged, several trains going to Bangalore and Chenni were cancelled. However, the tracks have now been repaire...
The Muzaffarpur-Yeswantpur Express train derails in Sitteri, near Arakkonam, killing one and injuring more than 50. As the tracks have been damaged, several trains going to Bangalore and Chenni have been cancelled. Eleven coaches of the passenger train deraile...
The Muzaffarpur-Yeswantpur Express train derails in Sitteri, near Arakkonam, killing one and injuring more than 50. Eleven coaches of the passenger train derailed in the early hours of the morning. As the tracks have been damaged, several trains going to Banga...
Four people are feared dead and thirty others injured when 11 coaches of the Muzaffarpur-Yeshwantpur weekly express derailed near Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu. rescue operations are underway.
28-year-old man Manu Pillai lost both hands after being pushed out of a train in Kerala. He was standing up to a group of eve-teasers who were passing lewd comments on a lady who was travelling in the same compartment. Manu, travelling on the Malabar Express, ...
Sri Lankan war crimes protesters stop the Egmore-Puducherry passenger train near Chengalpet, and demand that Rajapaksa be declared a war criminal. The protests in Tamil Nadu have taken a turn for the worse, as a man today set himself on fire in Madurai.
For failing to carry out developmental work in the last 35 years, Sivaganga traders shut down shops. Along with the residents of Sivaganga, they carried out a massive rail roko demanding that the Chennai-Trichy Pallavan train be extended to Manamadurai. Sivaga...
Union Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal has promised to allot more trains for Kerala. He has also assured that other projects which are in the pipeline will be completed in time. The Railway Minister has made this assurance to KPCC president Ramesh Chennitha...
Sinthanai Kalam | Tamil Nadu gets 14 new trains in the Railway Budget presented by railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. However, CM Jayalalithaa has slammed the Budget stating that Tamil Nadu has been completely ignored. How much of this is true? Journalist KV...
The Railway Budget 2013-14 presented by Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal in Parliament lays thrust on safety, consolidation, improving passenger amenities and fiscal discipline. The budget has absorbed the increase in passenger tariff due to increase in die...
Tamil Nadu gets 14 new trains in the Railway Budget presented by minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. The number of bogies has also been increased to 12 from 9. A few extensions and conversions to broad gauge have also been introduced.
Union Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal is set to present the Railway Budget 2013-14 in the Parliament today. Indications are that rail fares are likely to go up in line with the fuel price hike. Speculation is rife about the announcement of new trains and m...
As the countdown to the rail budget begins, the Malappuram district has a host of demands to resolve their travel woes. Most of the long-distance trains do not have a stop in any of the stations in the Malappuram district, which comes under the Palakkad divisi...
As the construction of a limited use subway is underway between the Erode junction and Chavadipalayam, train services between Erode and Trichy that come from Palakkad will be cancelled.
The revised train fare has come into effect from Monday midnight. The fare hike ranges from two paise to 10 paise for different passenger classes. This was the first increase in rail fares in a decade's time. The government expects that the modernization and t...
January 21st brought sad news with it. The announced railway fares have been put into place from today onwards. The steep increase in prices have been justified by the government by saying that the fares haven't been increased in 10 years but the amenities hav...
Opposition parties slammed the government on railways fare hike and have now demanded a partial roll back. Even UPA ally DMK wants the same. The Congress, however, stands by government's decision. Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal had announced an across-the...
The Railway Minister, Pawan Kumar Bansal, said that there would be a fare hike in all the segments in the Railways. This increase in fares might face a lot of protests from Opposition parties as well as the public. The citizens have already said with inflation...
Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal hikes train fares across the board with effect from January 21 midnight. The proposal will rake in an additional Rs 1200 crore revenue for the railways. The fare for sleeper class has been increased by 6 paise per kilometer....
In an unfortunate incident, a 30-year-old woman is forced to jump off a moving train to avoid being molested. The woman was allegedly harassed by an Army jawan inside the Delhi-bound Brahmaputra Express. The Jawan followed her to the bathroom and forced himsel...
Four days after an Indian man, Sunando Sen, was shoved to his death in front of a train in New York, the police have arrested a 31-year-old woman in the case. According to the the NYPD, the accused Erica Menendez has admitted it was a racially motivated attack...
The ministry of Railways has decided to impose a fine up Rs 500 if caught littering on its premises. After the failure of several awareness campaigns, the Railway ministry has decided to prosecute offenders with a fine. The rules prohibit a person from litteri...
After a college student Pawan Kumar lost his life after coming under a train, many students in Kanpur started protesting against his death by destroying public property and buses on roads. The protest came under control after the police lathi-charged them. The...
In the Baharaich district of Uttar Pradesh, a massive fire broke out on a train carrying fuel wagons. No injuries or casualties have been reported so far. According to the Railways, 10 out of the 47 wagons have been completely engulfed in fire.
A massive fire has broken out on a train carrying fuel wagons near Jarwal station in Uttar Pradesh's Baharaich district. No injuries or casualties have been reported so far. According to the Railways, 10 out of the 47 wagons have been completely engulfed in fi...
Bogie of the Ernakulam-Kayamkulam passenger train was derailed near Alappuzha railway station. This was caused due to breaking of the coupling that links the coach to the engine. No casualty has been reported in the accident.
The Nilgiris Mountain Rail train has been given the heritage status by UNESCO, but that doesn't stop natural calamities from hitting it. A huge boulder rolled down the mountain and a fragment fell on a coach of the train, injuring a 11-year-old girl. The train...
Another Arab spring country, Libya is also welcoming aid from the West. Washington is helping the country improve its military. The revolution-torn country is reportedly hosting hundreds of new soldiers who are training the Libyan army.
Right wing leader Bal Thackeray, founder of the Shiv Sena, who passed away at around 3:30 PM on Saturday, will be cremated today at the Shivaji Park in Dadar, which is where Bal Thackeray launched the Shiv Sena at a massive rally in 1966. Lakhs of people are e...
The Hyderabad-Solapur Falaknuma passenger caught fire in Karnataka on Tuesday, leaving at least two people dead and seven others injured, out of which four people have been declared out of danger and two are in a critical stage. The train caught fire at the Gu...
Demanding continuous release of water to Tamil Nadu as per the orders of the Cauvery River Authority, the CPI avtivists block the trains in Thanjavur, Thiruvarur and Mayiladuthurai. Around 1000 CPI activists participated in the protest. The CPI leader A Raja s...
More than 100 kgs of heroin and 500 bullets were seized from a Pakistani goods train. The Amritsar customs officials seized drugs that are worth more than Rs 500 crore in the international market. The heroin was packed in packets and put inside the cement bags...
Watch how Sonia backfired at the BJP, Lalu slammed Nitish's government in Bihar, women filed petition against Jaiswal for sexist comments and how a train escaped an accident in spite of its bogie cutting loose from the engine.
Bogies of a Rajdhani Express detached, while the train was travelling at a speed of 100km/hr, in Ajmer. The cup link of one of the bogies, broke loose and the train was divided into two halves, injuring one passenger. Due to the speed in which the train was tr...
Despite the numerous complaints filed, drawing attention towards the poor quality of food served by the pantry cars in trains, the Railway department fails to make any improvement. A recent accusation has been made on the Rajdhani Express train, which was trav...
An IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officer of Uttar Pradesh, has been charged with attempt to rape, following a complaint lodged by a girl. IAS officer Shashi Bhushan Lal Susheel was arrested on Monday for allegedly molesting a girl, while travelling on th...
After an anti-Islam film by a California filmmaker spurred anti-US riots in Libya and Syria, which resulted in the death of four Americans including the US Ambassador Christopher Stevens when the US Consulate in Benghazi was stormed, some pointed their finger ...
Eight people, including two girls, were killed in a gruesome train-bus collision in Bihar. An engineering college bus tried to cross an unmanned level crossing, when a Delhi-bound Howrah mail collided into the bus. The angry public that had gathered around tor...
Seven persons were killed and over 30 injured on Wednesday, when a train rammed into an engineering college bus, at a manned level crossing in Bihar's Siwan district. The incident sparked off protests by students, who even tried to torch the train. The inciden...
The Social Democratic Party of India, (SDPI), blocks trains at Elumpoor railway station in Chennai, by staging protest and raising slogans against the recent diesel price hike and the FDI in retail issue. The party has also expressed its anguish over the polic...
BJP leaders in Bengaluru court arrest and express solidarity with the Bharat Bandh. BS Yeddyurappa, former CM, carries out a protest on the roads of Bengaluru and courts arrest. Gopinath Munde has also been detained by the police for protesting.
The epicentre of the Bharat Bandh - the Jantar Mantar sees Nitin Gadkari, the BJP leader, joining in. The opposition bandh has been successful in most parts of the country, with very little incidents of violence reported. Ravi Shankar Prasad and CP Thakur led ...
BJP leaders express confidence that the Bharat Bandh is an indicator of the dissent that is rising in the country. The bandh is against the diesel price hike and the FDI in retail. BJP had earlier said that anti people's policies needed to be rebelled against.
BJP leaders Ravi Shankar Prasad and CP Thakur are detained by the police while protesting against the government during the Bharat Bandh. Ravi Shankar Prasad led the procession of 1000 BJP workers who were protesting against the price hike.
BJP leader Rajnath Singh says that the SP and the BSP must make their stand clear. They cannot support the Bharat Bandh and still continue to be a part of the government, says the leader. The SP workers have been actively protesting against the reforms and eve...
BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad reaches Patna to take part in the Bharat Bandh and protest against the UPA government's reforms. He will ride a bicycle in protest of the diesel price hike and other 'anti-people' reforms. The Bharat Bandh has been called by the ...
While the government still believes that the Bharat Bandh is just a political exercise, the Opposition is taking it very seriously. In Patna, BJP MLA Nitin Naveen disrupted the Rajdhani Express in the railway station and caused a commotion. SP workers in Allah...
There are reports of stray incidents of violence as the country shuts down. The BJP-led NDA called for the Bharat Bandh to oppose the diesel price hike, cap on LPG subsidy and the entry of multi-brand retail. Rail traffic is disrupted, particularly in Uttar Pr...
The Opposition calls for a nationwide strike against government reforms like FDI in retail and the diesel price hike. The government however remains unfazed and says that it is merely a political exercise. The bandh has been peaceful so far with several cities...
The impending lorry strike and the Bharat Bandh causes a great deal of vegetables getting stagnated in the Salem market. The traders have expressed concerns and have said that if the vegetables are not transported in time, then the loss could run into Rs 1 cro...
BJP-led NDA calls for a nationwide strike against the UPA government's reforms like FDI in retail and the diesel price hike. The AIADMK, TMC, and the BSP have opposed the strike and have announced that their States would not observe the strike.
Samajwadi Party expresses solidarity with the Bharat Bandh and several workers take their protests to the roads. Many SP workers block the Delhi-Howrah railway track and raise slogans against the diesel price hike and retail FDI.
The nationwide strike against government reforms like like FDI in retail and the diesel price hike has begun. Though the government believes that it is merely a political exercise, the Opposition states that the bandh 'echoes the sentiments of the people'.
He first took the social networking site Twitter by storm and then grabbed eyeballs with his blogs, and now tech-savvy Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has reached out via live video chatting to his voters. Modi's successful attempt makes him the first eve...
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's much-hyped hangout session commenced after a 45-minute delay. With over eight lakh fans on Twitter and five lakh fans on Facebook, the announcement of Modi's live interaction with netizens had sparked a lot of curiousity....
Narendra Modi was readying himself for a Google outreach programme when jail terms were handed out to those covicted in the 2002 Naroda-Patiya massacre. Among those sentenced is Maya Kodnani, a three-time BJP MLA under the Narendra Modi fold, who is sentenced ...
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi joins the august company of US President Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Julia Guillard as he chooses to answer questions on Google Hangout. Timing the event to the same day as the sentencing in the Naroda-Patiya...
The Special court verdict into the Naroda Patiya case has taken a huge toll on the image of the Narendra Modi government. The court's decision to sentence Mayaben Kodnani, a former Minister under the wing of Chief Minister Narendra Modi, has led to speculation...
BJP MLA Maya Kodnani, who was convicted for her involvement in the 2002 Naroda-Patiya riots case, has now been handed a 28-year jail term. The former BJP Minister under the Narendra Modi government, Mayaben Kodnani, is sentenced to a double life imprisonment b...
Ex-VHP leader Babu Bajrangi has been sentenced to 21 years in jail for his role in the 2002 post-Godhra riots in Naroda-Patiya. Former BJP Minister under the Narendra Modi government, Mayaben Kodnani, has been given a quantum of 28 years. The prosecution has ...
Former BJP Minister under the Narendra Modi government, Mayaben Kodnani, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Special Court in Gujarat. In its verdict, the court passed a quantum of 28 years on the BJP MLA held guilty for the 2002 post-Godhra riots in ...
The quantum verdict in the Naroda-Patiya case has been announced. The Special Court has sentenced former BJP Minister Mayaben Kodnani to life imprisonment. In its verdict, the court set a quantum of 18 years on the BJP MLA held guilty for the post-Godhra riots...
For a political leader with Prime Ministerial ambitions, the verdict on the Naroda-Patiya post-godhra carnage comes as an embarassing bolt out of the blue. The Special Trial Court's decision to convict BJP MLA Maya Kodnani has stunned the Gujarat government to...
The people who escaped the rioting mob that attacked their houses in 2002, have finally come a step closer to being vindicated. BJP MLA Maya Kodnani and a Bajrang Dal leader are among the 32 people convicted in the 2002 Naroda-Patiya riots case. Over 90 people...
In what is being viewed as a huge jolt to the Narendra Modi government in Gujarat, a Special Trial Court has convicted the BJP stalwart's former minister in a post-Godhra case. BJP MLA Maya Kodnani and a Bajrang Dal leader are among the 32 people convicted by ...
Although Narendra Modi's government is facing flak for the Special Trial court's verdict into the Naroda-Patiya post-Godhra riots, the Gujarat Chief Minister has reason to rejoice as he has not been named or convicted in the case. In what is being viewed as a ...
The Narendra Modi government is facing flak over the Special Court's decision to convict BJP MLA and former Minister Maya Kodnani in the Naroda-Patiya case. The Modi government ironically welcomes the decision making it clear that the Gujarat Chief Minister h...
The Narendra Modi government is facing flak over the Special Court's decision to convict BJP MLA and former Minister Maya Kodnani in the Naroda-Patiya case. The Modi government ironically welcomes the decision making it clear that the Gujarat Chief Minister h...
In a massive insult to the uniform, four Railway Policemen in Mumbai are remanded to five days in custody for throwing a 40-yr-old man off a train. What makes the matter truly horrendous is that fact that Habibullah Khan was thrown off the train for not paying...
Kokhrajar MLA Pradeep Brahma has been arrested inciting violence and creating tension in the region. Protests have also broken out in Bodoland, over the arrest of the MLA. Supporters resorted to arson, setting dried plants, and tires on fire. Tension also esca...
Today's top stories from across India: Morphed photographs, bulk SMS-es and MMS-es inciting panic among Northeast Indians originated in Pakistan; Arrests made in Bangalore to curb rumour mongering and threats against northeast Indians; Security still in place ...
The Karnataka government has finally swung into action to curb dangerous rumours and take action against rumour mongers in the city. The Rapid Action Force has descended in the state's capital, while three CRPF companies have been kept on standby. Bangalore po...
Thousands of North-Eastern people arrive in Guwahati from Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai and other metropolitan cities across India. The special trains ferrying the panic-stricken North-Eastern Indians arrrived in Guwahati early this morning. The people hav...
The first train bringing people from Bangalore to Guwahati has reached its destination. The passengers seem relieved to be back in their home state. The mass exodus from India's metropolitan state's continue amidst rumours of a possible post-Ramzan ethnic clas...
While the State and the Centre promise protection to people from the North East residing in Bangalore, a Manipuri youth in the city is assaulted, increasing fears that the rumours might be true. The Centre's assurances now have no takers, despite the police sw...
Although there is no let-up in the exodus of North-East people from the nation's metropolitan cities, Pune has taken the moral high-ground and put forward a heart-warming display of soldarity, setting the tone for the rest of the country. The Muslims and North...
In the latest roundup of news from Delhi and Mumbai: Muthu, a jawan climbed up a mobile tower in New Delhi yesterday, protesting against his seniors. He was on unauthorised leave since Jul 7 and did not want his pay to be cut. The hunt is on to find the men w...
The Home Ministry has now resorted to sending bulk SMS and MMS in an attempt to curb the mass North-Eastern exodus from Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad. The government is desperately trying to calm the fear psychosis that has gripped the people and ha...
Both Houses of Parliament today discussed the plight of the North-East people who were relocating in thousands due to fears of an ethnic clash. Members of Parliament in both Houses expressed their solidarity with the people of the North-East. The Prime Ministe...
Fear continues to fuel an exodus of North-Eastern people from Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai and even some from Hyderabad. The Centre, meanwhile, is talking tough. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Home Secretary RK Singh have both assured strict action against th...
Responding to the concerns brought forth by the BJP, SP and the CPM, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assures the safety of all the North-Eastern people residing in the various metropolitan cities in India. Expressing his solidarity with the thousands of families...
Both Houses of Parliament today discuss the plight of the North-East people, who are relocating in thousands due to fears of an ethnic clash. Opposition leader in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, calls for the adjournment of the Question Hour in order to discuss ...
Responding to the concerns brought forth by the BJP, SP and the CPM, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assures the safety of all the North-Eastern people residing in the various metropolitan cities in India. Expressing his solidarity with the thousands of families...
Opposition leader in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, calls for the adjournment of the Question Hour in order to discuss the sad plight of the North-East Indians, who have been scared into fleeing from Bangalore and Mumbai. Expressing their solidarity with people...
The Opposition led by the BJP, the SP and the CPI-M have given a notice for the adjournment of the Question Hour in Parliament today. They have called for a discussion on the mass exodus of North-Eastern people from the prime metropolitan cities including Mumb...
While incidents of fresh violence are reported in Assam, Home Secretary RK Singh comes down hard on the mass exodus of North-Eastern people. He claims that rumour-mongers will be brought to book. He assures that none of the culprits responsible for this massiv...
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has stepped in to assuage the fears of those North-Eastern people fleeing from Bangalore, Mumbai and Chennai. Tarun Gogoi has sent emissaries to the affected states and metropolitan cities from where the mass exodus is taking p...
Thousands of people continue to flood the railway stations in Bangalore on Friday as the mass exodus of fear-struck North East Indians continues. The people from the North-East have chosen personal safety over the repeated assurances from the government. The p...
The mass exodus of fear-struck North East Indians from Bangalore still continues, despite repeated assurances from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and top police officials. The people are fleeing due to rumours of a massive eth...
Who is spreading these rumours warning of violence against people from the North-east? More than 5000 people have fled Bangalore to Assam and other states after these rumours. Why hasn't the police been able to scotch these rumours and take quick action? Who ...