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Baby jumbo among three killed by speeding train in Assam
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Nagaon (Assam) [India], Dec. 5 (ANI): Three elephants - aged about 15, 13 and 3 years - were found dead by a railway patrolling team on Monday morning after they were hit by the 15905 Up Kanyakumari-Dibrugarh Vivek Express near Jugijan railway station in Nagaon District late last night.
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Nabha jailbreak: Police custody of KLF chief Mintoo extended by seven days
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 5 (ANI): The police custody of Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) chief Harminder Singh 'Mintoo', who along with five others escaped after the high security Nabha jailbreak and was arrested by the Delhi Police near Delhi Railway Station, was extended by seven
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Pakistan can't afford bullet trains, says Railway Minister
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov. 30 (ANI): Pakistan Railway Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique has informed the National Assembly that the country cannot afford to have bullet trains.
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Afghanistan and Turkmenistan inaugurate railway line
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Nov. 28 (ANI): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and his Turkmenistan counterpart Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow officially inaugurated the Imamnazar (Turkmenistan) and Aqina (Afghanistan) Railway Line between the two countries on Monday.
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TopRankers launches its exclusive offline app
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 28 (ANI): TopRankers, a Bengaluru-based online test preparation portal which enables students to prepare for competitive exams through an innovative platform, announced the launch of its offline mobile app exclusively for students preparing for Banking and Government e
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Railways waives off service tax for booking online tickets
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 23 (ANI): In an endeavour to relieve customers, the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) in the wake of demonetisation drive has done away with service tax charges on online bookings done through its website till 31st of December.
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Kanpur train tragedy: Jhansi DRM transferred, five engineers suspended
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 22 (ANI): Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Jhansi, Santosh Aggarwal has been transferred and five engineers suspended after the Indore-Patna Express tragedy near Kanpur on Sunday morning that claimed as many as 146 lives and left scores injured.
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Kanpur train tragedy: Railway route at accident site now functional
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kanpur [India], Nov. 22 (ANI): In Uttar Pradesh, the railway route at accident site in Kanpur dehat has become functional from last late night hours and passenger trains are now passing through the Pukhrayan route where the accident occurred on Sunday.
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Kanpur tragedy: Prabhu assures action against guilty
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 21 (ANI): Union Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu on Monday said that the government has ordered an inquiry into the Kanpur train tragedy and added that a forensic investigation is required to look into every possible angle.
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Normal traffic to be restored by midnight, rescue operation on war footing
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 21(ANI): A day after India witnessed one of its worst train accidents in recent years, the Indian Railways on Monday clarified that initial forecast for restoration of train traffic is late midnight today and added that rescue operations are going on at war footing.
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Government apathy has exposed poor railway safety: JD (U)
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 21(ANI): The Janata Dal (United) in Monday criticized Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu for the government's apathy on railway safety.
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Probe ordered, rescue operations priority: Railways Minister
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh)[India], Nov. 20(ANI): Union Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu, who visited Pukhrayan, the accident site of the Patna-Indore Express, in Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh, said a probe has been ordered in this connection and rescue operations are priority, adding tha
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