Eleven express trains from Chennai Central were cancelled on Monday after the water level reached the danger mark at Bridge No. 14 between Vyasarpadi and Basin Bridge owing to heavy downpours.
Biswa Jyoti Das, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Biswanath Chariali told ANI over the phone that, last night at around 10 pm, a male wild elephant died after being hit by the Donyi Polo Express train.
Windowpane of an executive class coach of the Rourkela-Bhubaneswar Vande Bharat Express train was damaged due to stone pelting between Meramandali and Budhapank on the Dhenkanal-Angul railway section in Odisha, officials said on Sunday.
November 21 became a special day for President Draupadi Murmu's village, Rairangpur, as the people in this region received the gift of an express train for the first time.
At least six people were injured in the fire incident in the New Delhi-Darbhanga superfast express train, said officials. The train was near Sarai Bhopat Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh's Etawah when the fire erupted.
No major damage or injury to any of the passengers was reported in the incident as the crude bombs exploded beside the passing train. The incident took place at around 12 noon as the train from Kolkata was heading towards Dhaka.
South Western Railway has decided to run special express trains between Shree Siddharoodha Swamiji Hubballi and Mangaluru Junction for two trips in each direction to clear the extra rush of passengers in view of the Dussehra festival, said a statement from SWR on Wednesday.