New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) In a significant crackdown on drug trafficking through the rail network, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Central Railway has seized 43 kilograms of narcotics worth Rs 12.82 lakh in two separate operations conducted in Nagpur and Kalaburagi earlier this month. Railway authorities said the operations exposed a narcotics smuggling syndicate operating through train routes.According to a press release issued by Dr Swapnil Nila, the seizures were made during targeted su…
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Patna, March 3 (IANS) A major police action ahead of Holi has created a stir in Bihar’s East Champaran district. Superintendent of Police Swaran Prabhat has suspended 37 constables with immediate effect for remaining absent from duty without prior notice.According to sources, police personnel had been deployed to maintain law and order during the sensitive festival period.In this context, unauthorised absence was treated as serious indiscipline.The SP made it clear that negligence during festi…
Chandauli, Feb 28 (IANS) The Government Railway Police (GRP) seized Rs 1.75 crore in cash allegedly being transported illegally during a checking drive at the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction in Uttar Pradesh’s Chandauli district, officials said on Saturday.The action was carried out as part of intensified security measures being undertaken ahead of the upcoming festivals. A joint team of the GRP and the Railway Protection Force (RPF) has been conducting extensive checking at railway station…
Guwahati, Feb 27 (IANS) The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), which operates in ten Northeastern and Eastern Indian states, carried out coordinated anti-encroachment drives in West Bengal and Assam to ensure safety and protect railway lands, officials said on Friday. NFR’s Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Kapinjal Kishore Sharma said that, reaffirming its commitment to safeguarding railway infrastructure and ensuring safe train operations, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) of NFR underto…
Kannur, Feb 27 (IANS) Political tensions escalated sharply after an explosive device was hurled at the residence of a Kerala Students Union (KSU) leader who had protested against Health Minister Veena George, even as questions mounted over the circumstances surrounding the minister’s reported injury and subsequent 500 km road journey to the state capital.The pre-dawn attack targeted the house of KSU district secretary Bithul Balan at Thiruvallur in Kozhikode around 2.30 a.m.Balan is currently in…
Patna, Feb 24 (IANS) It has been ten years since complete liquor prohibition was implemented in Bihar, yet liquor smugglers continue to operate fearlessly, repeatedly challenging law-enforcement agencies with ever-evolving tactics. Over the years, smugglers have been caught transporting liquor by building secret cellars inside trucks, hiding bottles in ambulances, petrol tanks, gas cylinders, and even concealing consignments in graveyards and cremation grounds.While such cases have surface…
Rajkot (Gujarat), Feb 2 (IANS) Two men were killed, and another was critically injured after a high-speed Vande Bharat train struck them near a level crossing in Gujarat’s Rajkot on Monday, officials said.The incident occurred near the Maldhari level crossing close to Gondal Chowkdi between Bhaktinagar and Ribda railway stations in the Bhavnagar division when the Vande Bharat train was travelling on its scheduled route.According to preliminary information, three men came onto the railway track a…
Agartala, Jan 19 (IANS) In a joint operation, the Tripura Police and the Railway Protection Force (RPF) arrested two suspected arms and drug peddlers on Sunday after they arrived in Agartala on an express train, officials said. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Rati Ranjan Debnath, said on Sunday that Tripura Police personnel and RPF troops recovered a loaded pistol and around 100 bottles of banned cough syrup from the possession of two youths from Bihar after detaining them at Agartala …
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Ahead of the country’s first Vande Bharat Sleeper Train’s launch, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) has written a letter to the Officer-in-Charge (IC) of Kaliachak Police Station in Malda, expressing apprehension on the possible attack on the train with stones.On Friday afternoon, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Vande Bharat Sleeper Train from Malda Town Railway Station.Before that, Intelligence reports have indicated a potential attack. It is learnt that…
Bengaluru, Jan 15 (IANS) Karnataka BJP leader Chalavadi Narayanaswamy on Thursday flagged national security concerns over West Bengal-Bengaluru rail connectivity and appealed to Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw over the alleged unchecked movement of Bangladeshis.Narayanaswamy, who is the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council, stated in his letter: “I am writing to bring to your immediate attention a matter of grave concern regarding the potential compromise of nationa…