Several bogies of a goods train derailed near the Ayodhya Junction on Saturday evening, officials said, adding that no injuries were reported in the incident.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday attended as Chief Guest the 9th Mising Youth Festival hosted at Kareng Chapori near Bogibeel Bridge in Dhemaji district.
The Finance Minister further said that three major economic railway corridor programmes-- energy, mineral and cement corridors, port connectivity corridors, and high traffic density corridors--will be implemented.
The Indian Army extricated two individuals trapped inside the vehicles after a passenger van met with an accident with load-carrying vehicles along National Highway 15 in Assam.
Following the deadly train derailment incident in Sindh's Nawabshah on Sunday, Federal Minister for Railways and Aviation Khawaja Saad Rafique said someone could have "deliberately" caused the accident, according to Geo News.
At least 30 people were killed and over 80 others have been injured after 10 bogies of Hazara Express derailed on Sunday near Sahara Railway Station in Sindh's Nawabshah district, 275 kilometres away from Karachi, Geo News reported.
At least 20 people lost their lives and 80 others suffered injuries after nearly 10 bogies of Havelian-bound Hazara Express derailed on Sunday as the train accidentally got off the tracks near Sahara Railway Station, 275 kilometres away from Karachi, reported Geo News.
Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of the Inland Waterways Transport (IWT) terminal to be developed at Bogibeel in Dibrugarh, by the bank of the River Brahmaputra (National Waterways 2) in Assam's Dibrugarh.
Two bogies of Lohit Express train travelling from Guwahati to Jammu got decoupled in West Bengal's North Dinajpur district on Tuesday, railway officials said.