Bhopal, July 22 (IANS) A young woman who had left her home without informing her family was safely reunited with her relatives after the timely intervention of ticket-checking staff on board the Gondwana Express, West Central Railway said on Wednesday.The development came on Monday on Train No. 12409 Gondwana Express between Itarsi and Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi stations in the Bhopal Division.According to railway officials, during routine ticket checking, a co-passenger informed Deputy Chief T…
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New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The country’s largest medical entrance examination, the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination, is set to be held on Sunday, June 21, following the cancellation of the original May 3 examination amid allegations of irregularities.The National Testing Agency (NTA), in coordination with the Central and state governments, police, district administrations and paramilitary forces, has put in place extensive security arrangements to ensure a leak-proof, fair and transparent process for …
Mumbai, June 5 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a senior official of the West Central Railway for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from a contractor in exchange for processing payments and releasing dues related to contract work, an official statement said on Friday.The arrested official has been identified as West Central Railway’s Deputy Chief Engineer-II (Construction), Narayan Singh Bundela.According to the CBI, a case was registered on June…
Kota (Rajasthan), May 17 (IANS) A high-level inquiry has been ordered after a fire broke out in two rear coaches of the Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express on Sunday, a West Central Railway official said, adding that an additional coach will now be attached to the train to facilitate the onward journey of passengers. Officials said that all passengers travelling in the affected coach were evacuated safely and no injuries or casualties were reported in the incident.Following the fire, railway authoritie…
Bhopal/Ratlam, May 17 (IANS) It was a swift, around 15-minute emergency evacuation protocol by onboard Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel and railway staff that helped successfully deboard all 68 passengers from the B-1 coach of Train No. 12431 TVC-NZM Rajdhani Express on Sunday. A massive fire broke out in the Thiruvananthapuram Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express 12431 in the morning, causing widespread panic.The incident occurred around 5:30 a.m. between the Luni Richha and Vikramgarh Al…
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Indian Railways has speeded up 549 trains in this year’s timetable across zones, along with introducing 122 new trains in 2025, extending 86 trains and converting 10 trains to superfast, the government said on Friday.Under the Timetable of Trains (TAG) 2026, Indian Railways has introduced new trains, extended existing services, increased frequency, converted trains to Superfast, and speeded up services across various railway zones. In the Central Railway (CR) zone, 4 ne…