RJD President and former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav has expressed deep condolences on the tragic death of 18 people in the stampede at New Delhi station on Saturday and demanded the government to provide Rs 20 lakh compensation to the dependents of the deceased and proper treatment to the injured.
A total of 68 cases of excess luggage were detected during an intensive checking drive at Sealdah regarding excess un-booked luggage.
The Centre has allocated Rs 10,599 crore for railway development in Odisha, in a 12.5-fold increase from the previous NDA government, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister for Railways, said on Monday.
Soumitra Majumdar, additional general manager and other principal head of the departments of SER were also present during the meeting.
The grand Mahakumbh festival at Prayagraj's Sangam has drawn over 13 crore devotees so far, with preparations in full swing for the Amrit Snan on Mauni Amavasya, January 29.
According to a latest expenditure report of Indian Railways till January 5, heavy investment is made in capacity augmentation, a reality aiming to make rail travel a world class experience in India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to virtually inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for several significant railway projects on Monday, aiming to enhance connectivity and drive regional development.
South Korean investigators were set to finalise compiling the transcript of the cockpit voice recorder recovered from the wreckage of the crashed Jeju Air plane, the transport ministry said on Saturday.
New year is all set to bring faster and safer rail travel to commuters in India. After successfully giving faster, safer and world class travel experience to people travelling short and medium distance chair car trains, Indian Railways is making this a reality for long distance trains also.
This partnership was formalised through a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on Thursday by NFR general manager Chetan Kumar Shrivastava and IRCON chief managing director H M Gupta.
