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  82 special trains for Puri chariot festival

  India | July 04, 2013 17:47 IST

  Bhubaneswar, July 4: The Indian Railways Thursday announced it would run 82 special trains to handle the rush for the famous Rath Yatra (chariot festival) of Lord Jagannath, beginning at Odisha's beach town of Puri

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  Heavy fog wreaks havoc in Delhi; flights, trains hit

  India | February 01, 2013 19:46 IST

  New Delhi, Feb 1: After heavy fog Friday morning that disrupted air and rail traffic severely, the skies remained clear and sunny through the day. The Met office has forecast similar conditions Saturday as well.According

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  7,253 theft, 549 drugging cases on trains till September 2012

  India | November 28, 2012 21:48 IST

  New Delhi, Nov28: As many as 7,253 theft and 549 drugging cases in trains were reported till September 2012, according to Railway Ministry data.Maximum number of theft cases (1,406) were reported in Western Central Railway,

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  8 special trains to clear Diwali rush

  India | November 09, 2012 21:06 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 9: Railways today said over 800 special coaches have been pressed into service and about eight special trains are being run to clear the Diwali rush.  Observing that most of the rush

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  Mixed response to Bharat Bandh, Life unaffected in Delhi, Mumbai

  Politics | September 20, 2012 15:52 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 20: The dawn-to-dusk bandh called by NDA, Left parties and UPA supporters SP and JD(S) today evoked a mixed response in the capital with most markets remaining closed but overall life was

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  Karnataka on alert after threat to carry out blasts on trains

  India | August 13, 2012 22:34 IST

  Bangalore, Aug 13: Railway police are on high alert in Karnataka in the wake of threats by suspected terror groups operating from Mysore to carry out blasts on some trains plying from here on the

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  Delhi Metro to induct eight coach trains by December

  India | July 15, 2012 13:50 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 15: Delhi Metro will start inducting eight coach trains on its network by this December to tackle the ever-increasing rush and has begun conducting mandatory tests on a train that has been

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  Two trains catch fire while being taken to yard

  India | July 13, 2012 21:33 IST

  Jodhpur, Jul 13: Two air-conditioned coaches of separate trains were gutted within a span of hours while they were being taken to a yard for cleaning at the railway station here.Two trains—Bandra-Jodhpur Sooryanagari Express and

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  New Tatkal booking system from Tuesday

  India | July 09, 2012 20:52 IST

   New Delhi, Jul 9: Amidst rising complaints about misuse of the railway's Tatkal scheme of booking tickets, a revised scheme with additional measures to check the lacunae will come into effect from tomorrow under which

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  MP Boy Separated In 1988 Meets His Family After 24 Years

  India | March 25, 2012 17:32 IST

  Bhopal/Khandwa, Mar 25: Destiny had separated them in 1988, but Google and Facebook united them after 24 years. This sums up the story of a family based in Khandwa, located around 200km from the state

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  Over 24 Trains To Remain Cancelled For Another 10 Days

  India | January 10, 2012 22:41 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 10: Northern Railway today decided to extend cancellation of trains by another 10 days in view of foggy weather conditions persisting in parts of north India.The decision came as poor visibility over

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  Dense Fog Affects 69 Trains

  India | January 01, 2012 22:08 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 31: Dense fog today affected the movement of 69 trains causing inconvenience to passengers.Railways have cancelled 30 trains and rescheduled 12 due to foggy conditions, a Northern Railway spokesperson said.As many as

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  Dense Fog Leads To Large-Scale Disruption Of Trains

  India | December 19, 2011 22:59 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 19: Dense fog over North India triggered large-scale disruption of train services today with over 100 trains arriving “inordinately late” in the city and over three dozen being resheduled.The worst affected were

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  33 Trains Extended, 13 New Passenger Trains To Be Introduced

  India | February 25, 2011 15:49 IST

  New Delhi, Feb 25: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced extension of 33 existing trains and introduction of 13 new passenger trains: Following trains are proposed to be extended: Chhindwara-Gwalior Express to Delhi (11101/11102) Jhansi-Chhindwara

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  25 Trains Cancelled Due To Yamuna Flood Situation

  India | September 11, 2010 12:29 IST

  New Delhi: Northern Railways has cancelled 25 trains and diverted 36 others due to the rising flood waters in the Yamuna river.  The trains diverted include Kalka Mail, Shaheed Express, Garib Nawaz Express, Awadh Assam

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  Flights, Trains, Road Traffic Disrupted As Fog Envelops Delhi

  India | January 21, 2010 10:25 IST

  Dense fog continue to hit flight operations at the IGI airport and train services for the second consecutive day on Thursday. Most of the domestic or international flights could not take off nor arrive at