Follow Us on Google News Guwahati, March 9 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Railways and Jal Shakti V. Somanna on Sunday said that a record allocation of Rs 10,440 crores has been made for Railways in the northeastern region in the Union Budget 2025–26. After visiting the Guwahati Railway Station, the Union Minister said … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bhubaneswar, March 9 (IANS) The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch has apprehended ten Bangladeshi illegal infiltrators including three females and a juvenile during a raid at Bhubaneswar Railway Station. The STF through a press statement issued on Sunday revealed that the Bangladeshi nationals have no legal documents … Read more
SRINAGAR, Mar 5: Security forces, along with Fire and Emergency Services, conducted a mock drill at a railway station in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Wednesday to evaluate emergency response mechanisms. Personnel from Kulgam police, Army, Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), Railway Protection Force (RPF), Fire and Emergency Services participated in the drill at … Read more
Guwahati, March 5 (IANS) The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), which operates in the northeastern states and in seven districts of West Bengal and five districts of north Bihar, has successfully completed a series of crucial infrastructure upgrades aimed at improving safety and ensuring smooth train operations in important sections of its network. NFR Chief Public … Read more
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Heads seem to have started rolling over the stampede at New Delhi Railway station last month with the government shifting out the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Delhi, an official said on Tuesday. The February 15 incident triggered by a surge in crowd waiting to board trains to Prayagraj for Maha … Read more
Aizawl/Guwahati, March 4 (IANS) Mizoram’s Aizawl will be the fourth capital city in the northeast region to be joined by a railway link, and within five months, with the Bairabi-Sairang new line project at an advanced completion stage, officials said on Tuesday. Railway officials said that the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is laying the new … Read more
Surat, March 2 (IANS) Surat commuters in Gujarat have received an infrastructural boost with the inauguration of a Rs 54-crore, 502-metre-long railway underpass bridge connecting Limbayat and Dindoli. The longest railway underpass in the state, built jointly by the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) and the Gujarat government’s Urban Development Department, was officially opened to the … Read more
Guwahati, March 1 (IANS) A new railway line from Assam’s Kokrajhar to Gelephu in Bhutan has been proposed to improve cross-border connectivity and strengthen bilateral ties, officials said here on Saturday. The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Kapinjal Kishore Sharma said that the Indian Railways is actively advancing towards Prime Minister … Read more
Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) Retiring room and dormitory services will remain suspended at the Howrah railway station – one of the busiest in the country – for renovation, Eastern Railway (ER) has announced. Officials have not mentioned from when these services will resume. “It has been decided to suspend Retiring Room and Dormitory services at … Read more
