Saamana, the official mouthpiece of the Shiv Sena (UBT), raised questions on the functioning of the Indian Railways and passenger safety after 21 coaches of the North-East Express derailed in Bihar's Buxar district on Wednesday night, leaving four passengers dead and over 30 injured.
In his letter, the Rajya Sabha MP said that the government introducing luxury trains in a frenzy while the infrastructure for trains for common people is being sorely forsaken.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday directed officials to ensure all the preparations for inaugurating the country's first rapid rail in Ghaziabad are completed on time.
According to officials with Lumding railway division of North East Frontier Railway, the special train departed from Danapur station at 6:00 am with 1006 passengers on board.
New Delhi [India], October 12: The 15th International Railway Equipment Exhibition (IREE), is being organized at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi in collaboration with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India.
With a view to clearing the extra rush of cricket fans attending the India - Pakistan Cricket Match at Ahmedabad, Western Railway will run one pair of Superfast Special Trains on Special fare between Mumbai Central & Ahmedabad.
BJP state president Samrat Chaudhary on Thursday expressed grief over the loss of lives in the derailment of 21 coaches of the North East Express in the Buxar district on Wednesday night.
Bharatiya Janata Party President JP Nadda condoled the Buxar train accident in which 4 people were killed and around 70 were injured after 21 coaches of the North-East Express train derailed near Raghunathpur station in Buxar district.
"Three teams of NDRF were rushed to at the spot last night once we received information of the incident. The NDRF teams launched the relief and rescue operation along with the local administration," Nityanand Rai said speaking to ANI on Thursday.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of police under the supervision of SDPO Porvorim carried out the raid at a private bungalow in Alto Pilerne area and found the accused betting online over a cricket match between India and Afghanistan in World Cup 2023.
Kharge posted, "This is the second major derailment accident after the Balasore train accident of June 2023. Accountability of the Railway Ministry and the Central Government should be fixed."